NATIONAL PRIME NEWS/ PIB – (GPN):

• Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

  • Around Rs 1,082 crore paid to 41,084 farmers for procurement of paddy on MSP

• Ministry of Earth Science

  • A fresh low pressure area is very likely to form over north Andaman Sea & adjoining east central Bay of Bengal around 9 October 2020

• Ministry of Electronics & IT

  • Industry leaders to address sessions on using AI for health, education, inclusion and social empowerment on 4th and 5th day of RAISE 2020 Summit

• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

  • Dr Harsh Vardhan interacts with social media users during Sunday Samvaad-4
  • India sustains steady trend of less than 10 lakh Active Cases for 13th Consecutive Day

• Ministry of Jal Shakti

  • Woman Sarpanch from Punjab leads the movement of ‘water for all’

• Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises

  • Despite Covid-19 Fear, Khadi India’s Flagship CP Outlet Records sale of Rs 1.02 crore on Gandhi Jayanti

• Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

  • Top Policymakers to speak on “India PV EDGE 2020” on Solar Manufacturing

• Ministry of Science & Technology

  • Scientific Data sharing given highest attention by our government: Prof. Ashutosh Sharma,DST Secretary at the STS Forum
  • Moving towards a vaccine to reduce yield loss due to diseases in rice
  • Scientists from Agharkar Research Institute, Pune discover two new species of pipeworts from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra & Karnataka

• Ministry of Tourism

  • Ministry of Tourism organises 58th session of Dekho Apna Desh Webinar Series on Gandhi, Ahmedabad and Salt March”

• NITI Aayog

  • Top Policymakers to speak on India PV EDGE 2020 on Solar Manufacturing ENDS