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CURRENT AFFAIRS CAPSULE (JULY TO OCTOBER 2018) (FOR IBPS PO & CLERK MAIN EXAMS) NATIONAL • Fertiliser major IFFCO announced that it has • The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, inaugurated been ranked as the biggest cooperative in the the first Assembly of the International Solar world by 'Word Cooperative Monitor' report 2018. Alliance in New Delhi. • According to a report named QS Asia University • Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) launched a Rankings 2019 by Quacquarelli Symonds, India Flood Forecasting and Early Warning System doubled their presence in the ranking. India has (FFEWS) for Kolkata City. the third largest number of universities and • A parliamentary panel headed by Kirit Somaiya institutes (75), after mainland China (112) and will examine the functioning of retirement fund Japan (89). body Employees Provident Fund Organisation • According to a report titled ‘Nation Brands 2018’ (EPFO), its coverage and recovery of arrears. released by Brand Finance, India has secured • The Union Government constituted a four- ninth rank out of top 50 valuable national brands. member Group of Ministers headed by Rajnath • India's first engine-less train, "Train 18", Singh to examine and strengthen the existing developed by the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) legal and institutional frameworks for dealing with and seen as a successor to the prestigious matters of sexual harassment of women at the Shatabdi Express, was unveiled by Railway workplace. Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani. • Odisha government launched the State’s own • PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Sardar food security scheme to cover the poor people. Vallabhbhai Patel's memorial on the leader's • The Government constituted a seven-member 143rd birth anniversary in Gujarat's Narmada ministerial panel headed by Bihar Deputy Chief district. Called the Statue of Unity. Minister Sushil Modi to examine modalities for • India will become the world's third largest aviation revenue mobilisation in case of natural calamities market around 2024 surpassing the UK, and disasters. according to global airlines' body International Air • In pursuance of its objective of ensuring that Transport Association (IATA). Legislation is in sync with the needs of strong • The Supreme Court ruled that no Bharat Stage-IV economic fundamentals, the Government has vehicle shall be sold across the country with constituted a Competition Law Review effect from April 1, 2020. Committee to review the Competition Act. The • Angriya, India’s first luxury cruise ship, has been Committee was headed by Injeti Srinivas. inaugurated at Mumbai. • ICGS Varuna, an indigenously-designed training • The government has announced 100 crore rupee vessel built by Reliance Naval and Engineering award for states that would complete the Limited for the Indian Coast Guard, was launched household electrification early under the in Pipavav. Saubhagaya scheme. • North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) • Minister of State for Textiles, Ajay Tamta has biggest military manoeuvres since the Cold War stated that the Ministry will release 7.8 crore was held in Norway. rupees for the construction of a textile tourism • India, Japan and the U.S. are set to elevate the complex in Nongpoh, Ri-Bhoi district of bilateral ‘Cope India’ air exercise to a trilateral Meghalaya. format. • The country’s first India-Israel Innovation Centre • India and Japan are all set to hold the first-ever (IIIC), an entrepreneurial technology hub, was joint military exercise 'DHARMA GUARDIAN- launched in Bengaluru. 2018' involving the Indian Army and Japan • The country's biggest skill competition, India Ground Self Defence Force in Mizoram. Skills 2018 was held in New Delhi. • The sixth edition of IBSAMAR, a joint Multi- • The Centre has assured Karnataka government National Maritime Exercise between the Indian, that nearly 450 crore rupees will be reimbursed to Brazilian and South African Navies, was held at it in connection with the expenditure incurred for Simons Town, South Africa. procuring cereals and coarse cereals. • Shahi Litchi of Muzaffarpur, Bihar has got official • The Election Commission has announced the poll recognition as it receives the geographical schedule for Assembly elections in Madhya indication (GI) tag. Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and • Alphonso Mango from Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and Telangana. other adjoining areas in Maharashtra, got a • Assam launched launched Asia's first cannisters Geographical Indication (GI) Tag. based Methanol Cooking Fuel Program. • The cabinet has approved the new telecom • As many as 21 countries in the Indian Ocean Rim policy, now named National Digital Association, IORA, adopted the Delhi Declaration Communications Policy (NDCP) 2018, which on Renewable Energy in the Indian Ocean aims to attract USD 100 billion investment and Region. create 4 million jobs in the sector by 2022. Triumphant Institute of Management Education Pvt. Ltd. (T.I.M.E.) HO: 95B, 2nd Floor, Siddamsetty Complex, Secunderabad – 500 003. Tel : 040–27898195 Fax : 040–27847334 email : [email protected] website : www.time4education.com 1 • The Supreme Court declared the Centre's • The National Nutrition Month (September) is flagship Aadhaar scheme as Constitutionally being celebrated across the country to mark the valid. The Supreme Court ruled that linking the fight against malnutrition. Aadhaar card to PAN card is mandatory and is • NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer Amitabh Kant needed for filing income tax returns. The apex announced that India will shortly unveil a One court, however, said Aadhaar is not mandatory Nation-One Card policy for public transport that for opening bank accounts and linking with will entail connectivity between various modes of existing accounts. transport. • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched • India along with 23 other nations participated in a Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya major Indian ocean-wide tsunami mock drill which Yojana from Ranchi, Jharkhand. Under this will involve evacuation of thousands of people scheme, over 10 crore families will be provided from coastal areas in over half a dozen coastal health assurance worth five lakh rupees each, states. every year. • Rima Das’ National Award-winning feature • The Union Cabinet has approved an ordinance Village Rockstars has been chosen to represent making triple talaq a punishable offence. India in the Best Foreign Language category at • The Union Minister for Railways and Coal, Piyush the 91st Academy Awards next year Goyal inaugurated the ‘first ever’ India Tourism • In order to fight the growing problem of Mart (ITM 2018) in New Delhi. counterfeit drugs in India, NITI Aayog and Oracle • The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, launched the signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) to pilot a real ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ Movement, to boost drug supply-chain using blockchain distributed nationwide public participation in the Swachh ledger and Internet of Things (IoT) software. Bharat Abhiyan, and catalyse the fulfilment of Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of a Clean India. India And UN Signed A Five-Year Sustainable • The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) Development Framework for 2018-2022 released the report HIV Estimations 2017. As per • The government of India-United Nations the report, Maharashtra has the highest number Sustainable Development Framework (SDF) of people living with HIV in India. Andhra Pradesh 2018-2022 outlines the work of UN agencies in and Karnataka were on second and third place, India, to support the achievement of key respectively. development outcomes that have been identified • The Union cabinet approved a proposal for the in consultation with the government and are complete electrification of Indian Railways by aligned to the national priorities. 2021-22, reducing dependence on imported fossil • BSNL has inked a pact with Japan’s Softbank fuel and saving revenue for the national carrier. and NTT Communications to roll out 5G and • The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has internet of things (IoT) technology in India. announced the implementation of the Human • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired exchanged the MoUs with the Tata Trusts and Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (Prevention Dell to provide a technological platform for nation and Control) Act, 2017. wide prevention, control, screening and • The act criminalises any kind of discrimination management program of Non-Communicable against people suffering from AIDS in terms of Diseases (NCDs). treatment, employment and workplace. • The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Indian • The first of its kind university in the country in the Space Research Organization (ISRO), transport sector, the National Rail and Department of Space signed an MoU for setting Transportation Institute (NRTI), started up of an state-of-the-art Integrated Control Room operations in Vadodara. for Emergency Response (ICR-ER) in Ministry of • The first ever mid-air refuelling of the Home Affairs. indigenously developed light combat aircraft • Cisco, a U.S.-based firm, that makes networking Tejas was successfully carried out, placing India telecommunications equipment, has signed two in an elite group of countries having air-to-air agreements with the NITI Aayog and Bharat refuelling capacity for military planes. Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to speed up its • The Supreme Court abolished Section 377 of the Country Digital Acceleration programme in India. Indian Penal Code (IPC), the 1862 law which • NITI Aayog, Intel and Tata