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Current Affairs: Important Days

Date	Important days	Theme
October 25	National Ayurveda Day	–
October 27	World Day for Audiovisual Heritage	“Engage the Past Through Sound and Images”
October 28	International Animation Day	–
October 30	World Thrift Day (India)	–
October 31	National Unity Day	–
October 31	World Cities Day	Changing the world: innovations and better life for future generations

Current Affairs: National

1. Indian Railways has launched ‘one touch ATVM’ at 42 suburban stations of Central Railway for fast ticketing
2. Government sets up panel under the chairmanship of K VijayRaghavan to resolve dispute between MeitY and NitiAayog over AI mission
3. IRDAI forms panel under the chairmanship of S. Sadagopanto vet proposals for innovations

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IRDAI- Regulatory and Development Authority of India
Chairperson	Subhash Chandra Khuntia
IRDAI Headquarters	Hyderabad

4. Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has released the 14th National Health Profile (NHP) 2019

Current Affairs: International

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the RuPay card in Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabia Capital	Riyadh
Saudi Arabia Currency	Saudi riyal
Saudi Arabia Crown Prince	Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud

2. California’s governor declared a state-wide emergency over wildfires
3. Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) 2019 inaugurated to the public at the Sharjah Expo Centre

Current Affairs: State

1. Uttar Pradesh government changes Emergency service number from 100 to ‘Dial 112

2. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath launched Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana on the occasion of Dhanteras

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Uttar Pradesh Capital	Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh CM	Yogi Adithiyanath
Uttar Pradesh Governor	Anandiben Patel

3. Andhra Pradesh government has launched an online portal SMARTPORT

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Andhra Pradesh Capital	Amaravathi
Andhra Pradesh CM	Jaganmohan Reddy
Andhra Pradesh Governor	Biswabhusan Harichandan

4. The first-ever Ladakh Literature Festival (LLF) is scheduled from 29th to 31st October
5. Odisha government inked Letter of Understanding (LoU)for ‘drink from tap mission’ with UNICEF
6. Odisha CM Patnaik launched a social service initiative ‘Odisha Mo Parivar’ aimed at encouraging environment protection, blood donation and the welfare of Odias in distress

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Odisha Capital	Bhubaneswar
Odisha CM	Naveen Patnaik
Odisha Governor	GaneshiLal

7. Gandhinagar district of Gujarat has become the first Kerosene-free district of the state

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Gujarat Capital	Gandhinagar
Gujarat CM	Vijay Rupani
Gujarat Governor	AcharyaDevVrat

8. Kerala tourism to be differently-abled friendly by 2021

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Kerala Capital	Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala CM	PinarayiVijayan
Kerala Governor	Arif Mohammad Khan

9. 7th edition of the Tawang Festival began in Arunachal Pradesh

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Arunachal Pradesh Capital	Itanagar
Arunachal Pradesh CM	PemaKhandu
Arunachal Pradesh Governor	BD Mishra

Current Affairs: Banking and Finance

1. The Central Government, Odisha and the World Bank signed a loan agreement worth $165 million to support smallholder farmers in the state

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World Bank
Headquarters	Washington, D.C., United States
President	David Malpass

2. The Vijaya Bank Heritage Museum was inaugurated old headquarters of Vijaya Bank, Bangalore
3. Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) in association with Universal Sompo General Insurance Co Ltd. has launched an upgraded health care plus insurance policy

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Indian Overseas Bank CEO	ShriKarnamSekar
Indian Overseas Bank Headquarters	Chennai
Indian Overseas Bank Tagline	Good people to grow with

4. World Bank to continue with $6 billion Annual lending support to India

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World Bank
Headquarters	Washington, D.C., United States
President	David Malpass

5. RBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 35 lakh on Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) for violating norms on frauds classification and notification

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TMB CEO	K V Rama Moorthy
TMB Headquarters	Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu
TMB Tagline	Be a step ahead of life

 

ORGANISATION	GDP RATE
	2019 – 20 (FY20)	2020 – 21 (FY21)
Fitch Ratings	5.5%	6.2%

Current Affairs: Business

1. Reliance Industries (RIL) has decided to set up a digital platform subsidiary with investment of Rs. 1.08 lakh crore
2. Twitter to ban all political advertisements on the platform globally

Current Affairs: Appointments

Arvind Singh	Chairman of Airports Authority of India
Sukhbir Singh Sandhu	Chairman National Highways Authority of India
B Srinivas	MD National Horticulture Board
Ganji Kamala V Rao	Chairman & MD of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) Ltd.
Vijayendra	Chairman & MD ofNational Small Industries Corporation Ltd
Pramod Kumar Tiwari	Director General of the Bureau of Indian Standards
Amit Yadav	DG, Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Manohar Lal Khattar	Chief Minister of Haryana (second consecutive term)
Dushyan tChautala	Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana
Alberto Fernandez	President of Argentina
Mokgweetsi Masisi	President  of Botswana
Evo Morales	President of Bolivia
Sophie Wilmes	Prime minister of Belgium
Sharad Arvind Bobde	Next Chief Justice of India (47th CJI  )
P S Sreedharan Pillai	New Mizoram Governor
Satya Pal Malik	New Goa Governor
Girish Chandra Murmu	Lieutenant Governors of Jammu and Kashmir
Radha Krishna Mathur	Lieutenant Governors of  Ladakh
Birender Singh Yadav	India’s next Ambassador to Iraq
Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi	India’s next High Commissioner to Samoa
Rafael Grossi	Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Current Affairs: Resignation

Saad Hariri

Lebanon Prime Minister

Current Affairs: Awards and Honours

Shri. Thakur Anup Singh ( Marg ERP Ltd’s Chairman & MD)	Udyog Rattan Award– 2019 by the ‘Institute of Economic Studies’ for his exceptional work in transforming the Indian industry landscape how MSMEs can accelerate their business using technology
IlhamTohti ( Economist)	‘Sakharov Prize’ (European Union’s highest human rights prize) for his work defending China’s Uighur minority
JaspritBumrah SmritiMandhana Fakhar Zaman (Pakistan) Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka) Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)	Wisden Almanack Cricketer of the Year award
Gundappa Viswanath& Lala Amarnath	Inducted into the Wisden India Hall of Fame
Cricket Country: The Untold History of the First All India Team by Prashant Kidambi	Wisden India Book of the Year
BharatPe	Digi Dhan Mission Fin-tech Award 2018-2019 for ‘Innovation in Digital Payments through Emerging Technology’
Leeladhar Jagoori (Hindi writer)	28th Vyas Samman for the year 2018 for his poetry collection- Jitne Log Utne Prem ( Award money of Rs. 4 lakh along with a citation)

1. Lucknow -based City Montessori School (CMS) has won the Guinness World Record for becoming the ‘world’s largest school’ in terms of strength of students
2. Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja claims new speed record for summiting the world’s 14 highest peaksin just seven months
3. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) to hosts 2nd Assembly of International Solar Alliance (ISA) in New Delhi

Current Affairs: Summit and Conference

1. New Delhi to host first “Global Bio-India 2019” summit from 21st – 23rd November
2. 28th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change to be held in Beijing, China.
3. Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)ministerial meeting to be held in Abu Dhabi

Current Affairs: Ranking

Index	India’s Rank	Top	Least	Other info
Global Health Security Index	57th / 195	US (83.5)	Equatorial Guinea	It is a project of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security, with research by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

1. Microsoft founder Bill Gates overtakes Amazon entrepreneur Jeff Bezos as the world’s richest person
2. Three Indian-origin CEOs, Shantanu Narayen(6th), Ajay Banga(7th) and SatyaNadella(9th) are among the world’s top 10 best-performing CEO, featured in a list compiled by the Harvard Business Review (HBR).

Current Affairs: Science and Technology

1. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have developed a new technology to capture carbon dioxide from air

Current Affairs: Books

Author	Book
Romesh Gunesekera (Sri Lankan author)	Suncatcher

Current Affairs: Defence

2. India is planning to enhance its mobile network in the eastern-most regions of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh
3. Indian and French armies will conduct joint counter-terrorism drills under ‘Exercise Shakti-2019’ in the Mahajan field firing range in Rajasthan
4. Philippine Army plans to buy India’s BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile to strengthen its coastal security

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Philippines Capital	Manila
Philippines Currency	Philippine peso
Philippines President	Rodrigo Duterte

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Current Affairs: Sports

1. The Indian football team slipped two places to 106 in the latest FIFA rankings
2. China to host expanded 24-team FIFA Club World Cup in 2021

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FIFA Headquarters	Zurich, Switzerland
FIFA President	Gianni Infantino

3. Karnataka was crowned the 2019-20 Vijay HazareTrophy
4. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) has won the Formula One, Mexican Grand Prix 2019
5. International Cricket Council (ICC)has banned Bangladeshi cricketer Shakib Al Hasanfrom all cricket for two years
6. Tiger Woods secured a record-equalling 82nd PGA Tour crown after he won the Zozo Championship in Japan
7. The BCCI has asked manufacturer SG to deliver 72 pink balls by next week for India’s first-ever day night Test, to be held at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata

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Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
BCCI Headquarters	Mumbai
BCCI President	Sourav Ganguly

Current Affairs: Obituaries

Person	Field
Dilip Parikh	Former Gujarat chief minister
V. Nanammal	Yoga exponent

 

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