Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (22nd to 31st October 2018)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 4^th week of October 2018. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming IBPS PO, Clerk 2018 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

Important Weekly Current Affairs 4th Week of October 2018

1) PM announces national award in Netaji’s name for – Disaster relief workers

2) US to pull out of Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty signed with – Russia

3) Himachal Pradesh government is considering a proposal to rename state capital Shimla to – Shyamala

4) SBI launches its first “Wealth Hub” in – Mangaluru

5) Green Climate Fund approves $1 billion to assist poor countries to tackle – Climate Change

6) Suresh Nambath appointed as the next Editor of – ‘The Hindu’

7) IL&FS appoints advisers to help board – Arpwood Capital and JM Financial Consultants as financial and transaction advisers to the group while Alvarez & Marsal has been appointed restructuring advisers.

8) Panel recommends UNCITRAL model for – Cross-border insolvency

9) US-based Dalit writer who wins 2018 Shakti Bhatt Prize is – Sujatha Gidla

10) Annual Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award is won by – Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

11) Nasscom, Dubai Internet City sign MoU to attract – Indian enterprises

12) PM Modi inaugurates 36th Indian Carpets Expo in – Varanasi

13) 7th meeting of education ministers of member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was held in – Astana, Kazakhstan

14) The state government which made the man-animal conflict a ‘State Declared Disaster’ is – Uttar Pradesh.

15) PNB Metlife launches AI-powered customer service app called- Khushi

16) ‘PayPay’ mobile wallet in Japan in JV with SoftBank, Yahoo Japan is launched by – Paytm

17) The first-ever joint maritime exercise will be conducted between ASEAN and China in the – South China Sea

18) European Space Agency and JAXA have successfully launched an unmanned Bepi Colombo spacecraft to – Mercury

19) World Polio Day is observed on October 24

20) United Nations day will be observed on – October 24

21) GCF approves $43 million to boost climate resilience for – India’s coastal communities

22) 80% of Ganga to be clean before – March 2019

23) World’s oldest intact shipwreck found in – Black Sea

24) NASSCOM partnered with Hiroshima for Japan-India IT corridor in – Hiroshima

25) US to pull out of Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty signed with – Russia

26) 4-day International Dance Festival is going to held in – Gwalior

27) Seven hundred and twenty eight crores capital infusion to Syndicate Bank from – Central government

28) TCS among top 10 firms to get foreign labour certification for – H-1B visas

29) TVS Motor gets a New CEO – K.N. Radhakrishnan

30) 19th Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration is won by – Fali S. Nariman

31) Maharshi Valmiki Jayanti Award for – Deve Gowda

32) UN Investment Promotion Award is won by – Invest India

33) 27th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference Starts In – Gandhinagar, Gujarat

34) Fourth Edition Of NITI Lecture Series Held In – New Delhi

35) India-China high-level meeting on bilateral security cooperation held in – New Delhi

36) Sagar conference inaugurated in – Goa

37) The book “Nehru and Bose: Parallel Lives” has been authored by – Rudrangshu Mukherjee.

38) President inaugurated three-day Vishwa Shanti Ahimsa Sammelan in – Maharashtra

39) Tea Board of India is to launch an app named – Chai Sahay

40) Orientation workshop on Health and Nutrition Initiatives under Aspirational District Programme and launch of Mobile app called – e-Mitra

41) World’s 2nd most underinsured country is – India

42) UAE, US to conduct military exercise near Dubai is called – Iron Magic 19

43) Russia and Pakistan holding military exercise in Pakistan is called – Druzhba-III

44) Vijay Hazare Trophy is won by – Mumbai

45) International Artist’s Day is celebrated annually on – October 25

46) ICRI has declared year 2018 as – International Year of the Reef

47) Sale Of BS-IV Vehicles should stop across Country from – April 1, 2020

48) Sachin Tendulkar gave away prizes to the winners of South Asia Regional WASH innovation in – Thimphu

49) New President of Cameroon is – Paul Biya

50) State government that has to introduce livestock veterinary scheme is – Haryana

51) New MD and CEO of Paytm Payments Bank is – Satish Kumar Gupta

52) New interim CBI director is – Nageshwar Rao

53) 2018 Seoul Peace Prize is won by – PM Narendra Modi

54) UN Award for excellence in promoting investments in sustainable development is won by – Invest India

55) Nishtha Dudeja won the Miss Deaf Asia 2018 is belongs to – Haryana

56) World Agriculture Prize is awarded by – M.S. Swaminathan

57) India, Iran, Afghanistan hold first trilateral on – Chabahar port project

58) STAPCOR 2018: International Conference on Status and Protection of Coral Reefs held at – Bangaram Island, Lakshadweep

59) Global Agriculture Leadership Summit 2018 opens in – New Delhi

60) India’s richest book prize is won by – Benyamin

61) PM Modi Launches ‘Main Nahi Hum’ Portal In – New Delhi

62) Fastest Cricketer to Reach 10,000 Runs in History of ODI Cricket is – Kohli

63) North East Olympics begins in – Imphal

64) MotoGP world champion won by – Spain’s Marc Marquez

65) Ayush Ministry to develop parameters to certify – Yoga professionals.

66) Indian telecom industry will rollout one million WiFi hotspots by – December 2019

67) India’s first made-in-India engineless train is set to hit the tracks for trials called – ‘Train 18’

68) The country which successfully Tests World’s Largest Cargo Drone – China

69) Sri Lanka tops list of countries for travel destination in – 2019

70) Ethiopia’s first female president is – Sahle-Work Zewde

71) IDFC Bank to be renamed as – IDFC First Bank

72) FICCI India Sports Awards 2018 is won by – Athletics Federation of India

73) The 2018 WETEX (Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition) has started at the – Dubai.

74) India Mobile Congress 2018 held in – New Delhi

75) PM Modi Inaugurated Krishi Kumbha in – Lucknow

76) Union HRD Minister launches the web portal SPARC in – New Delhi

77) NATO’s biggest military maneuvers begins in – Norway

78) New Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is – Mahinda Rajapaksha.

79) World’s largest airport ‘under one roof’ to open in – Istanbul

80) Pakistan to send first manned space mission in – 2022

81) The Punjab government has banned the sale of – Glyphosate

82) Centre to build sports stadium for differently-abled in – Meghalaya

83) Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board to issue Masala bonds worth Rs 5,000 crore for – Development works

84) Gogha- Dahej Ro-Pax Ferry service will be inaugurated in – Gujarat

85) India’s First Rooftop Solar Powered Cinema and South Mumbai’s Largest Multiplex – METRO INOX.

86) RBI to inject Rs 40000 cr liquidity into system in – November

87) Reliance Naval and Engineering (RNEL) launched a 3,000-tonne training ship for the – Indian Coast Guard (ICG)

88) Senior diplomat Saurabh Kumar has been appointed India’s ambassador to – Myanmar

89) 2nd International Conference On Primary Health Care Held in – Kazakhstan

90) Union Minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurated the 10th Edition of BIOFACH INDIA

91) Maneka Gandhi inaugurates 5th edition of Women of India National Organic Fest 2018 in – New Delhi.

92) Wheelchair shuttler Sanjeev Kumar wins two gold medals at – Denmark Open

93) Angela Merkel to Step Down As German Chancellor In – 2021

94) Gujarat First Mega Food Park Inaugurated In – Surat

95) India’s First Robotic Dinosaurs Gallery Inaugurated In – Kapurthala

96) Clara Sosa Won Miss Grand International 2018 in – Myanmar.

97) India, Japan sign MoC to promote – Ayurveda, Yoga

98) 5th National Summit On Public Health Care Begins In – Assam

99) India & Pakistan Declared Joint Winners of Asian Champions Trophy in – Oman

100) Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or National Unity day is celebrated every year on – 31st October

101) CSIR developed Less Polluting Firecrackers named – SWAS, SAFAL and STAR

102) World’s first sovereign Blue Bond – Seychelles

103) Gandhian Thought and Swachhata Seminar Organized in – Wardha

104) Supreme Court prohibited the plying of 15-year-old petrol and 10-year-old diesel vehicles in the – Delhi

105) FPIs pull out INR 35,600 crore from Indian capitals market in – October

106) The Union Cabinet of India constitute a Joint Working Group (JWG) on Fintech with – Singapore

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