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Super Typhoon GONI
- Eastern cost of Philippines was slammed into by a powerful super typhoon Goni on 1st Nov.
- Typhoon Goni hit the catanduanes province with wind of 225 km/hour and gusts of 280 km/hr, it also affected dense populated region of the country
- Recent Typhoons in India-
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- Cyclone Nisarga – Maharashtra, Gujrat
- Cyclone Amphan – West Bengal, Odisa
- Cyclone Strom Bulbul – Bangladesh, West Bengal
Gully Boy
- Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt starrer film Gully Boy awarded with ‘The Best Original Score’ at 14th Asian Film Festival on 28th Oct 2020.
- The 14th Asian Film Festival was announced virtually .
- South Korean film Paradise was selected for best film.
Swadhinata Award
- Swadhinta Award is the highest national award of Bangladesh, this year this award was given to Bharteshwari home and 8 other people.
- This Award is bestowed upon Bangladeshi citizens and organization in the field of war of liberation, language movement, education etc. since 1997.
Malabar Exercise
- USA, japan, Australia and India will start the first phase of Malabar Naval exercise on the cost of Vishakhapatnam.
- Malabar started in 1992 by India and USA, it become trilateral in 2015 with addition of Japan, this year Australia will also join this.
- INS Ranvijay, INS Shivalik, INS Sukanya, INS Shakti and submarine INS Sindhuraj will participate in 1st phase of exercise.
Kabartal Wetland and Asan Conservation Reverse
- Kabartal wetlan in Bihar and Asan conservation reverse in Uttarakhand have been nominated as Ramsar Sites.
- Now India has total 39 Ramsar Sites including these two, the highest in South Asia
- Kabartal wetland also known as Kanwar Jheel
- ACR is 444-hectare area is 1st Ramsar Site of Uttarakhand.