Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 3rd week of October 2018. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming IBPS PO, Clerk 2018 and other competitive exams can make use of it.
1) World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on – 16 October.
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| Theme | Abu Dhabi |
2) 35 Multimodal logistics park policy proposed by – Commerce ministry
3) Germany and the UK launched new GRiF, with support from – the World Bank
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| UK Capital | London |
| Currency | Pound Sterling |
| PM | Therasa May |
4) Vaishno Devi shrine board enhanced the free insurance cover to pilgrims to – Rs five lakh.
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| Jammu & Kashmir Capital | Jammu & Srinagar |
| CM | Vacant |
| Governor | Satya Pal Malik |
5) Minting of which denomination coin is cut by half due to non-availability of raw material – Rs 10 coins
6) WPI Inflation Rises To 5.13% in – September
7) New chairman of Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) – Nimesh Shah
8) Hridaynath Award for lifetime achievement is won by – Khayyam
9) 2018 Fukuoka Arts and Culture Prize is won by – Dr. Teejan Bai.
10) Social Entrepreneur of the Year award 2018 is won by – Prema Gopalan
11) India, Australia participate in second 2+2 dialogue in – Canberra, Australia
12) 6th India International Silk Fair held in – New Delhi
13) The book “Maharana Pratap: The Invincible Warrior” is authored by noted historian – Rima Hooja
14) Youth Road Safety Learners Licence Programme launced by MoS Road Transport – Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya
15) Rank of India in global RTI rating is – Sixth
16) First India-US tri-services exercise to be held in – 2019
17) Triangular series by defeating Sri Lanka in Blind Cricket won by – India
18) A Serbian professional tennis player who has recently won the 2018 Shanghai Masters Tennis tournament – Novak Djokovic
19) Official mascot for the Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup is – Turtle ‘Olly’
20) 8th edition of Sultan Johar Cup is won by – Great Britain
21) India’s first agriculture and food business online learning platform has launched in – Warangal
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| Andhra Pradesh Capital | Hyderabad, Amaravathi |
| CM | Chandrababu Naidu |
| Governor | ESL Narashiman |
22) Korean War memorial to be built in – Delhi
23) Museum on Prime Ministers of India will be set up in – Delhi
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| Delhi Capital | New Delhi |
| CM | Arvind Kejriwal |
| Governor | Anil Bijal |
24) Electric auto rickshaws are set to be launched in – Kerala
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| Kerala Capital | Thiruvananthapuram |
| CM | Pinarayi Vijayan |
| Governor | P. Sadasivam |
25) RBI approved NBFC license for – Kreditech
26) BankBazaar appoints which former RBI deputy governor as advisor – SS Mundra
27) 2018 Man Booker Prize for the Novel ‘Milkman’ is won by – Anna Burns.
28) International Olympic committee award is won by – Suheil Tandon
29) Wildlife Photographer of 2018 award is won by – Dutch Oosten
30) the country that has to engage deeply with TN at the upcoming Global Investors Meet 2019 is – Australia.
31) Two-day Agri-startup and Entrepreneurship inaugurated in – New Delhi
32) 6th Meeting Of UAE-India High-Level Joint Task Force Held In – Mumbai
33) Kamal Haasan launched a safety app named – Raudram.
34) name the Union Minister of state who resigns recently – MJ Akbar.
35) Much awaited Rani-Jhansi Flyover inaugurated in – Delhi
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| Delhi Capital | New Delhi |
| CM | Arvind Kejriwal |
| Governor | Anil Bijal |
36) Muzaffarpur’s Shahi Litchi Gets GI Tag of – Bihar.
37) The state that has announced formation of Kodagu Development Authority is – Karnataka.
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| Karnataka Capital | Bangalore |
| CM | Kumarasamy |
| Governor | Vajubai Rudubai Wala |
38) India’s first Cryptocurrency ATM opens in – Bengaluru
39) 45 Indian companies participating in Expo Cihac held in – Mexico City
40) Arundhati Bhattacharya is appointed as additional director of – RIL
41) MoU signed between Lady Irwin College & MoRD for – Roshni
42) World’s most depressed country is – India
43) Rank of India in most competitive economy in WEF index is – 58th
44) Former UP and Uttarakhand CM Narayan Datt Tiwari passes away
45) First India, Japan joint military exercise to be held in Mizoram is – Dharma Guardian
46) What is the rank of India in Most Valuable Nation Brand – 9th
47) NCW launches dedicated e-mail address to report instances of sexual harassment at – Workplace
48) North Central Railways launches two mobile apps – NCR RASTA and Yatri RASTA
49) RBI issues guidelines for facilitating money transfer among – e-wallets
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| RBI Headquarters | Mumbai |
| Governor | Urjit Patel |
50) IFC Launches $1 Billion Masala Bond Programme In – The US And Europe
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| IFC Headquarters | Washington, D.C., United States |
| Chairman | Philippe Le Houerou |
51) Treasurer of World Steel Association is held in – Sajjan Jindal.
52) Par panel headed by Kirit Somaiya to examine functioning of – EPFO
53) PM Narendra Modi chairs 6th meeting of – NDMA
54) 12th ASEM Summit held in – Brussels, Belgium
55) 7th Meeting of Education Ministers of SCO Member States held in – Astana, Kazakhstan.
56) October 21 is observed as the – ‘Police Commemoration Day’
57) “QS India University Rankings 2019” is topped by – IIT Bombay.
58) Four Himalayan peaks near Gangotri glacier of Uttarkashi district have been named after – Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
59) World’s longest sea bridge between China-Hong Kong to open on – October 24
60) China has successfully tested the world’s largest unmanned transport drone – “Feihong-98 (FH-98)
61) China is in the process of creating an – “Artificial Moon”
62) Punjab government signed a MoU with the Centre to implement the – PMJAY
63) In a first, UP govt makes man-animal conflict a – ‘State Declared Disaster’
64) Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award for – Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
65) 4th annual Carnot Prize 2018 won by Union Minister – Piyush Goyal
66) 27th Fusion Energy Conference held in – Gandhinagar, Gujarat
67) India to Host 4th Edition Of Global Partners’ Forum in – December 2018
68) The World Diamond Council (WDC) is to hold its 14th annual general meeting (AGM) in – Mumbai
69) Yogi Adityanath’s biography by Pravin Kumar is now in – Hindi
70) CSIR-IITR has developed an innovative technology for “Drinking Water Disinfection System” called – OneerTM
71) European and Japanese space agencies launched an – Ariane 5 rocket.
72) India’s First Domestic Cruise ‘Angriya’ Flagged Off From – Mumbai
73) Japanese Nobel chemistry laureate Shimomura dies at – 90.
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