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Current Affairs (English) Date:03-10-2019 National:

 President of , Shri Ram NathKovind presented 2019 Swachchta award to Sachin Tendulkar in at the 5th India Today Safaigiri Summit on the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Shri Ram Nath Kovind presented 2019 Swachchta Ambassador award to former Indian cricketer Shri Sachin Tendulkar during the 5th edition of India Today Safaigiri Summit held in New Delhi.

 In a first of its kind, IRCTC will pay compensation to passengers on delay

For the 1st time in India, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) will compensate for passengers of the Tejas Express (India‟s first private train running on the Lucknow-New Delhi route ) if the train is late.

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Keypoints: i. Compensation: If Tejas Express runs one hour later than its scheduled time, passengers will be paid Rs 100 and if this train was delayed more than two hours, Rs 250 will be given to the passengers. ii. Insurance Cover: Apart from compensation, an insurance cover of Rs 25 lakh will also be provided free of cost to passengers, including insurance of Rs 1 lakh for theft or robbery during the journey. TejasExpress: It is the India‟s first semi-high speed fully air-conditioned train introduced by Indian Railways. The Express will be flagged off on October 4, 2019 by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. This train will run six days a week.

 4th edition of KAZIND-2019, a joint military exercise between India & Kazakhstan begins at Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand.

It aims to carry out counter- terrorism operations in hilly areas.

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 Telangana Peddapalli district tops in 2019 rural Swachhta survey

Peddapalli district of Telangana became first in the 2019 rural Swachhta survey (sanitation survey) to become the cleanest district in India. The most improved district in the list was Haryana‟s Faridabad, which moved to second place in 2019 from its previous rank of 71 in 2018. Haryana‟s Rewari district ranks 3rd in the list.

 Amit Shah flagged off second Vande Bharat Express Train between Delhi and Katra.

Economy:

 S&P Global Ratings projects India‟s growth to 6.3% from previous 7.1% for 2019-2020.

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Appointments:

 Tata communications named Amur S Lakshminarayanan as its MD & CEO

Tata Communications has named Amur Swaminathan Lakshminarayanan as Managing Director (MD) and Group Chief Officer (CEO). He succeeds Vinod Kumar, who has resigned from the company on July 8, 2019.

appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Greece

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of of India notified that Mr Amrit Lugun was appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Greece. He is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Officer of the 1989 batch. He succeeds Ms. .

 Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Niue

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Sports:

 Indian women chess player Koneru Humpy ranked world no 3 in FIDE 2019 rankings Indian woman chess player Koneru Humpy, aged 32, from Andhra Pradesh was ranked world number 3 in the 2019 rankings released by Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) or World Chess Federation. She recently won the FIDE Women‟s Grand Prix tournament 2019 held in Skolkovo in Russia and accumulated 17 ELO points to clinch the third spot with a global rating of 2,577.

 Australia‟s Alyssa Healy creates world record becoming highest scorer in women‟s T20I

Australian cricketer Alyssa Healy created a world record for the highest individual score in women‟s T20I (Twenty Twenty International) by scoring 148 runs off 61 balls against Sri Lanka in the third and final t20I match of “Sri Lanka Women tour of Australia, 2019” at the North Sydney Oval in Australia. She surpassed teammate Meg Lanning‟s previous world record score of 133 runs.

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Obituary:

 Noted nephrologist and Padma Shri awardee H L Trivedi passed away at the age of 87

Noted nephrologist (specialist in the study of kidney functions) and Padma Shri awardee Dr Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi passed away at the age of 87 due to age-related illness in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.He was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, in 2015 for his contribution as a nephrologist to the society.

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State News:

 Uttarakhand CM launches awareness campaign called „Urjagiri‟ to stop power theft

The Chief Minister (CM) of Uttarakhand, Trivendra Singh Rawat has launched a public awareness campaign called „Urjagiri‟ to stop the electricity theft and saving in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

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