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LEGEND MAGAZINE (OCTOBER - 2019) Current Affairs and Quiz, English Vocabulary & Simplification Exclusively prepared for RACE students Issue: 23 | Page : 40 | Topic : Legend of OCTOBER | Price: Not for Sale OCTOBER CURRENT AFFAIRS the two cities from four hours to 45 minutes, once ➢ Prime Minister was speaking at a 'Swachh completed and will also decongest Delhi. Bharat Diwas' programme in Ahmedabad on ➢ As much as 8,346 crore is likely to be spent the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. NATIONAL NEWS on the project, which was signed in March, 2016. ➢ Mr Modi said, the Centre plans to spend 3 lakh crore rupees on the ambitious "Jal Jivan PM addresses Arogya Manthan marking one Raksha Mantri Excellence Awards for Mission" aimed at water conservation. year of Ayushman Bharat; employees of Defence Accounts Department ➢ Prime Minister also released Launches a new mobile application for was given on its annual day. commemorative 150 rupees coins to mark the Ayushman Bharat ➢ Defence Accounts Department, one of the occasion ➢ Prime Minister Narendra Modi will preside over oldest Departments under Government of India, Nationwide “Paryatan Parv 2019” to the valedictory function of Arogya Manthan in is going to celebrate its annual day on October 1. promote tourism to be inaugurated in New New Delhi a two-day event organized by the ➢ Rajnath Singh will be Chief Guest at the Delhi National Health Authority to mark the completion celebrations, which will take place at Manekshaw ➢ The nationwide Paryatan Parv, 2019 to of one year of Ayushman Bharat, Pradhan Centre in Delhi Cantt. Shripad Naik will be the promote tourism to be inaugurated in New Delhi. Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY). Guest of Honour. ➢ The aim is to propagate the message of ➢ Mr Modi will launch a new mobile PM addresses the 56th Convocation of Dekho Apna Desh to encourage people to visit application of Ayushman Bharat and Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. tourist destinations of the country and also spread Ayushman Bharat Start-Up Grand Challenge ➢ Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the the message of Tourism for All. Saal Ek - Ayushman Anek and also release a 56th Convocation of the Indian Institute of ➢ The parv was jointly inaugurated by commemorative stamp. Ayushman Bharath was Technology, Madras. Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash launched on September 2018. ➢ Addressing the gathering Prime Minister said, Javadekar, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra ➢ The purpose of Arogya Manthan is to provide “In front of me is both a mini-India and the spirit Pradhan and Tourism Minister Prahalad a platform to meet all important stakeholders of of New India. There is energy, vibrancy and Singh Patel at Rajpath lawns in New Delhi. PM-JAY and discuss challenges faced in the positivity. Mahatma's 150th Birth Anniversary was implementation of the scheme in the past year. ➢ Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his celebrated on Oct 2 ➢ It also aims to forge a new understanding address by adding that education and learning is ➢ October 2 is celebrated as Gandhi Jayanti to and create pathways towards improving a continuous process. mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. implementation. Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina inaugurated 3 ➢ One of the biggest political figures in India's Govt issues notification for minimum bilateral projects via video link and struggle for independence in 1947, Gandhi was stipend payable to trade apprentices exchange MOUs. the man behind the Satyagraha movement and ➢ The Government has issued a notification ➢ Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina the civil disobedience, based on non-violence. regarding minimum stipend payable to trade arrived in New Delhi on a four day visit to ➢ This year marks the 150th birth anniversary apprentices. India. She will be attending the India Economic of Mahatma Gandhi. ➢ Minister of Skill Development and Summit of the World Economic Forum in Nation remembers former Prime Minister Lal Entrepreneurship, Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey Delhi. Bahadur Shastri on his birth anniversary@ announced at the State Ministers’ Conference on ➢ This is the first visit of Prime Minister Sheikh ➢ The Nation also remembers Former Prime Skill Development in New Delhi. Hasina after assuming office for the third Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his birth ➢ He said a minimum stipend will be given based consecutive term and in the second term of Prime anniversary. on one's qualification and it will be in the range of Minister Narendra Modi. ➢ President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M five thousand to nine thousand rupees per ➢ During the visit Sheikh Hasina will hold Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi month from now onwards. bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra visited Vijay Ghat, the samadhi of Shastriji in the ➢ He further said that employers having four or Modi and call on President Ram Nath Kovind. national capital and offered floral tributes. more workers are eligible to engage apprentices. ➢ The two Prime Ministers will jointly inaugurate ➢ Lal Bahadur Shastri National Memorial Trust The minister stressed the need to create a new 3 bilateral projects via video link and exchange will organise a programme of devotional and structure of Kaushal Vikas Mitra from State to MOUs. patriotic songs by noted singer Sapna Bhatnagar village level. Amit Shah flagged off the Delhi-Katra Vande on the 115th birth anniversary of the former 6th Edition of International Conference Bharat Express from the New Delhi Railway Prime Minister. MASCRADE 2019 Organised by FICCI in New Station Delhi ➢ Union Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off NSA Doval and Saudi Crown Prince ➢ The 6th edition of International Conference the Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express from Mohammad Bin Salman held bilateral Mascrade 2019 (Movement against the New Delhi Railway Station and said it was a relations in several areas FILE PIC: PTI Smuggling and Counterfeit Trade) was held "big gift" for Jammu and Kashmir's development. ➢ National Security Advisor Ajit Doval held on 26-27, September 2019 in New Delhi. ➢ The high-speed train will bring down the travel detailed discussions with Saudi Crown Prince ➢ The event was organised by FICCI CASCADE time between Delhi and Katra, the last station on Mohammed Bin Salman on bilateral, regional (Committee Against Smuggling and way to the Vaishno Devi temple, to 8 hours and international issues. Counterfeiting Activities Destroying the from the current twelve hours. ➢ Mr Doval is on a two-day visit to the Kingdom, Economy), a dedicated forum of FICCI. ➢ The first commercial run of the train will be a statement by the Indian Embassy in Saudi ➢ The theme for MASCRADE 2019 was on 5th of this month and booking of tickets is now Arabia said the two sides also reviewed the strong ‘Containing Counterfeiting, Smuggling and open on the IRCTC website. and fraternal ties, besides discussed exploring Piracy: A Winning Strategy’. ➢ The first Vande Bharat Express was stared ways and means to further strengthen and Nitin Gadkari inaugurated Dasna-Hapur between Delhi to Varanasi in February this year. consolidate the bilateral relations in several section of the expressway. PM Modi emphazised to eradicate single-use areas. ➢ The 14-lane Delhi-Meerut Expressway will plastic by 2022 on 'Swachh Bharat Diwas' ➢ Saudi Arabia and India are set to establish a be ready in the next six months, road transport @ Strategic Partnership Council which will be co- and highways minister Nitin Gadkari said while ➢ Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called upon chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and inaugurating the Dasna-Hapur section of the people to eradicate single-use plastic from the Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman expressway. country by 2022. Governor gives assent to Jammu and ➢ The much awaited 82 km Delhi-Meerut ➢ Mr Modi said, plastic is a major threat to Kashmir National Law University Bill (FILE Expressway will reduce the commuting between environment and we have to achieve the goal to PIC) eradicate single-use plastic from the country. ________________________________________________________ 7601808080 / 9043303030 RACE Coaching Institute for Banking and Government Jobs www. RACEInstitute.in Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RRB | TNPSC |KPSC 2 |LEGEND MAGAZINE | OCTOBER - 2019| ➢ Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal UP CM Yogi Adityanath flags off India’s first ➢ Indian Oil Corporation built 850 metres of Malik has given assent to the Jammu and ‘private’ train. road using 16 metric tonnes of single-use Kashmir National Law University Bill thereby ➢ Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi plastic waste in bitumen concrete, and has invited paving way for the establishment of a National Adityanath flagged off the country's first ‘expression of interest’ from various parties and Law University in Jammu and Kashmir. corporate run train Lucknow-Delhi Tejas aggregators to consistently supply commercial ➢ Enactment of the Jammu and Kashmir Express. The flagging off function was held at quantities of such waste. National Law University Act will pave way for the Lucknow Junction. ➢ The move by Indian Oil aims to utilize single- setting up of a National Law University in Jammu ➢ Tejas Express is a more premium version of use plastic waste. and Kashmir. the Shatabdi Express category of air-conditioned ➢ About the road: For the construction of the Four crore rupees worth of black money chair cars. A whopping Rs 25 lakh free road, around 16 million tonnes of waste plastic seized since declaration of Maharashtra insurance will be provided for each and every from single-use carry bags and packaging film Assembly Elections: DGIT (Investigation) passenger. waste were used. ➢ The Directorate General of Income Tax Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived (Investigation) is working 24*7 to curb the use of 17 Chinese hand grenades recovered from Aizawl to inaugurate North East Handloom black money and cash inducement in the on- J&K’s Poonch district and Handicraft Exhibition @ going Assembly Elections in the state, said AIR PICS ➢ Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Director General of Income Tax (Investigation), ➢ In Jammu and Kashmir Army and police Aizawl on a day-long tour to Mizoram.