# Indian Railways has declared the Okha-Kanalus (141 Kms) and Porbandar-Wansjaliya (34 Kms) sections of Gujarat in Western Railway as the Green Train Corridors (installation of bio-toilets in all coaches)
- 114-km stretch in Tamil Nadu between Rameswaram and Manamadurai had been identified as a Human Waste Discharge Free Train Corridor and was formally inaugurated as the first green corridor in July this year.
# Central Government has announced opening of at least one Krishi Vigyan Kendra in all districts of the country
# First ever Global Conference to Strengthen Arbitration and Enforcement in India begins today in New Delhi
- Chief Justices of six countries are participating at the first ever Global Conference on Arbiration in India to share their thoughts
# Ministry of Tourism launched the Implementation of the Sustainable Tourism Criteria for India (STCI) in association with Ecotourism Society of India (ESOI)
# Union Home Minister, Mr. Rajnath Singh will chair the 22nd Meeting of the Western Zonal Council in Mumbai today (Oct 21, 2016)
- 21st Meeting of the Western Zonal Council was held at Panaji (Sep 2015)
- Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi chaired the Inter-State Council Meeting in New Delhi (Jul 2016)
# Ministry of State for Culture and Tourism, Dr. Mahesh Sharma released a publication on International Conference on Indus Saraswati Civilization in New Delhi
# US asks India to liberalise retail, financial services
# Telangana: State Cabinet to discuss Krishna Water Tribunal Verdict
# West Bengal: All Singur farmers to get back their land by Nov 10
# Fire at Sivakasi shop kills 8
# Ex - IAS Officer, Mr. R. Christodas Gandhi said sorry for his remark on Thanthi TV debate; he said that, he will slap Lord Rama with Slippers
# Tamil Nadu leads in selling of power (electricity) mainly to Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
# TANGEDCO floats tender for 500 MW solar power
# After DMK, now it is the run of PWF leaders to meet President, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee on the Cauvery River Row
# Iraq: ISIS leaves the City of Mosul
# Pakistan: Supreme Court issued notice to Prime Minister, Mr. Nawaz Sharif in Panama Papers case
# UK: Will continue to play a full role in EU till we leave - Prime Minister, Ms. Theresa May
# USA: Third and Final round of debate of Presidential candidates; Democratic nominee, Ms. Hillary Clinton leads the race
# As per the forecast by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), India will become the third largest aviation market in the world displacing the UK by 2026
- China will displace the US as the world’s largest aviation market around 2029
# No member country hs sought long - standing issues, including food security - relatedd, to be taken off the negotiating table of the Doha round: WTO Chief, Mr. Roberto Azevedo
# Kochi (Kerala) becomes the first Indian city to be officially declared as one of the venues for hosting the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
# Indian woman wrestler Geeta Phogat was appointed as a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Haryana Police by Haryana Government
# The Indian Boxing Council, a licensing body for the country’s professional boxers, has been inducted into the World Boxing Organisation with voting rights in the WBO’s annual convention at Puerto Rico.
# Indian football team acchieved its best FIFA ranking in over six years; it is now placed at 137th place; jumpedd 11 places after it defeated Puerto Rico in an international friendly in Mumbai
# Noted British statistician Sir David Cox was named the inaugural recipient of the International Prize in Statistics. He is honoured for Survival Analysis Model Applied in Medicine, Science, and Engineering.
# Qualcomm announces the world’s first 5G Modem, called the Snapdragon X50
# Book "From Darkness towrds the Light" by Union Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley (his selective speeches and articles)
# Oct 21: Police Commemoration Day
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