DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 26 OCTOBER 2020

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 26 OCTOBER 2020

1. International Chefs Day : 20 October

2. Government approves setting up of 47 additional ITBP outposts to step up vigil along border.

3. India ranks 131 in global mobile internet speeds.

4. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal threw open the much-awaited flyovers at Seelampur and Shastri park to the public in northeast Delhi .

5. Scientists have created a super white paint that is the yin to Vantablack’s yang.

While ultra black materials can today absorb more than 99.96 percent of sunlight, this new super white coat can reflect 95.5 percent of all the photons that hit it. Instead of warming up under direct light, objects painted with this new acrylic material can remain cooler than their surrounding temperature even under the Sun, which could allow for a new energy-efficient way to control temperature inside buildings.

6. PM Modi inaugurates three projects in Gujarat

The third project the PM launched is a 2.3 km-long ropeway project on Mount Girnar in Junagadh city, a major pilgrimage site. The ropeway project is being touted as the longest temple ropeway in Asia. The 2.3 km Girnar ropeway has been developed by Usha Breco Limited at an investment of ₹130 crore.

7. Rachakonda (Hyderabad) police made a film on women empowerment titled ‘Ammay’.

8. Tanmay Srivastava, who top-scored for the India under-19 team which emerged triumphant in the 2008 Colts World Cup in Malaysia under Virat Kohli’s captaincy, retired at the age of 30.