Important Current Affairs 22nd October 2017 with PDF
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Important Current Affairs 22nd October 2017
Hirasar airport project gets clearance
o The Centre has given green clearance for a greenfield airport project at Hirasar to the Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Ltd (GSAICL).
o The state government has proposed a new airport in Rajkot district as the existing one is small and the earlier plan to extend the current runway could not materialise because of high land cost.
o The project is worth Rs. 1,400 crore. Lebanon passes first budget since 2005
o Lebanon's parliament has approved a government budget for the first time since 2005.
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o For 12 years, political crises and wars have forced Lebanon's state institutions to operate without a budget.
o The 2005 assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri, plunged Lebanon into turmoil, dividing the country between supporters and enemies of Damascus. Sushma Swaraj visits Dhaka
o With External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is on a two-day visit to Bangladesh.
o Dhaka will be looking at increased cooperation on how to deal with the Rohingya refugee crisis.
o Sushma Swaraj had promised all possible help to deal with the massive influx of Rohingya refugees during her 15-hour flight to New York, seated next to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina last month. India, Mozambique to develop Rovuma gas
o India and Mozambique agreed to expedite development of the giant Rovuma gas discovery, which is planned to be converted into LNG for exports.
o Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, while his visit to Tokyo for LNG Producer–Consumer Conference discussed the development of the gas field.
o Oil India Ltd has 4% stake while a unit of BPCL holds 10% stake in project. Pension for govt staff widows restored
o CM Amarinder Singh has restored the Special Family Pension for widows of government employees killed by extremists.
o He has agreed to extend the Red Card scheme to families of police personnel killed during the militancy period.
o He said that pension under the scheme would be made available to the widow till her death as against the earlier provision of it being provided until her remarriage. 2 | P a g e
Astronauts to install new camera system
o Two NASA astronauts have successfully completed a spacewalk to install a new camera system outside the International Space Station.
o This has replaced a blown fuse and installed a new high definition camera on the starboard truss of the station.
o This was the fifth spacewalk of Bresnik's career - 32 hours total spacewalking - and the third for Acaba - 9 hours and 46 minutes total spacewalking. Modi's visit to Gujrat
o Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Gujarat for the third time this month, as the BJP pulls out all the stops ahead of the assembly elections in the state.
o Modi will inaugurate and lay foundation stones for a number of projects in Bhavnagar and Vadodara districts.
o The projects that will be launched by Modi include the first phase of the Rs 650-crore ‘roll-on, roll-off ferry service. Indian companies top CSR reporting list
o According to 10th KPMG Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting, India has emerged as the top country for reporting corporate social responsibility information.
o The survey was carried out by studying annual financial reports and corporate responsibility reports.
o 95 of the 100 Indian companies in the survey acknowledged human rights as an issue to their business. APEDA to promote NE products
o Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) an apex organisation will conduct programmes to promote products of north eastern India in Bangladesh and Myanmar.
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o It is being orgIanised under the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
o Programme will be organised in association with Indian High Commission in Yangon and is scheduled to be held in November 2017. Banks to sell more small savings schemes
o In order to encourage savings, Central Govt has issued a notification allowing all public sector banks and top three private sector banks (ICICI, HDFC and Axis Bank) to accept deposits under various small savings schemes.
o Until now, most of these schemes were sold through post offices.
o Small savings schemes include National Savings Certificate, recurring deposits and monthly income plan. Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan gets award
o The very popular playback singers Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan have been selected for the Madhya Pradesh state government’s prestigious National Lata Mangeshkar award.
o The artistes will be honoured for their contribution in the field of singing and composition of music.
o The award is alternatively given to music directors and playback singers every year. Suu Kyi's name removed from Oxford
o Students at the St Hugh’s College voted to remove Aung San Suu Kyi’s name from the title of their Junior Common Room, in North Oxford, England.
o Her name was dropped owing to her inability to stop severe human rights abuses against Rohingyas in Myanmar.
o She had graduated from St. Hugh’s College in 1967 and was granted an honorary doctorate from the university in 2012. Sibi George appointed as the Ambassador 4 | P a g e
o Sibi George is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of 1993 batch. He has also served as deputy chief of mission of Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia.
o Sibi George will replace Smita Purushottam as the ambassador of India to Switzerland.
o He is presently serving as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Aftairs. He would to take up this assignment shortly. Offline tool for GSTR-3B returns
o GST Network (GSTN) has launched an excel-based offline tool for businesses to file initial GSTR-3B returns.
o Taxpayers can download excel-based offline tool from the GSTN portal under the download section and later fill in the data. Following this, the file can be uploaded on GST portal.
o The purpose is to create a platform for all the concerned parties related to the GST. Peru legalized medical marijuana
o Peru’s conservative Congress passed a bill to legalize medical uses of marijuana.
o This legislation was proposed by Preu’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.
o It came after police cracked down on a group of mothers making cannabis oil in a makeshift laboratory to treat their children suffering from epilepsy, a neurological disorder. Amal Datta passes away
o Former Lok Sabha member Amal Datta, a nephew of legendary Marxist leader Jyoti Basu, died at a private city hospital following a cardiac arrest.
o Datta (84), who represented the Diamond Harbour constituency in the lower house of parliament for 14 years, left behind his wife and two sons.
o He entered the Lok Sabha in 1982 as a CPI-M member. He was re-elected in 1984, 1989 and 1991. Dasna Jail to rename its dental clinic 5 | P a g e
o As a gesture to acknowledge the Talwar couple’s services, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to rename the dental clinic at Dasna Jail in Ghaziabad after Aarushi Talwar.
o Aarushi was murdered at the age of 14 at her residence in 2008.
o Aarushi Talwar’s parents – Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, who are also dentists spent four years in the jail since 2013 as the accused in the murder case. Toilets to be named as ‘izzat ghar’
o The Central Government has asked each state to name the toilets in their rural households as “izzat ghar”, or to use a phrase in regional language equivalent to “house of dignity”.
o It is done with the aim of making India open defecation free by 2nd October 2019.
o The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation is looking over the implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission in villages. UP doubles ex-gratia amount for police
o Uttar Pradesh State Government under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced to double the ex-gratia amount for police officials martyred on duty.
o Post this announcement, the ex-gratia amount for Police officials martyred on duty stands, revised to Rs. 40 lakh from Rs. 20 lakh earlier.
o r. Adityanath made this announcement at the Police Commemoration Day Parade in Lucknow. Committee to select RSTV’s editor
o A five-member committee has been formed to select the candidate for the post of editor-in-chief of Rajya Sabha TV.
o This committee is headed by Prasar Bharati Chairman A Surya Prakash.
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o The post of RSTV’s editor-in-chief felt vacant when Gurdeep Singh Sappal resigned after Hamid Ansari’s term as vice-president came to an end in August 2017.
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