October 2018 Current Affairs Pdf

OCTOBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS PDF

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OCTOBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS

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Important Dates and Events______2 Agreements News ______4 Science & Technology News ______5 Appointments & Resignations News ______7 Awards News ______9 National News ______12 International News ______18 Business News ______22 Sports News ______25 Obituary News ______28 Current Affairs 2017 - 18 PDF Collections ______29 More Current Affairs ______30 Recommendations ______30

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Important Dates and Events

▪ World Habitat Day is celebrated on the first Monday of October. ▪ World Ballet Day is celebrated in the first week of October. ▪ World Sight Day is celebrated on the second Thursday of October. ▪ International Day of Older persons is celebrated on October 1. ▪ World Coffee Day is celebrated on October 1st. ▪ World Vegetarian Day is celebrated on October 1st. ▪ Gandhi Jayanthi is celebrated on October 2 on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi. ▪ International Day of Non-Violence is celebrated on October 2 ▪ German Unity Day is celebrated on October 3 every year in Germany. ▪ Stevie Ray Vaughan Day is celebrated October 3rd every year in Austin, Texas, US. ▪ World Animal Day is celebrated on October 4 with the Mission of raising the status of animals. ▪ World Teachers' Day is held annually on October 5. ▪ National Poetry Day is celebrated on 6 October in Britain and it is a British campaign to promote poetry, including public performances. ▪ World Post Day in India is celebrated on October 9 every year. ▪ World Mental Health Day is celebrated with the objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world on October 10.

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▪ International Day of the Girl Child is an international observance day declared by the United Nations on October 11. ▪ Fiesta Nacional de Espana is the national day of Spain. It is held annually on October 12 and is a national holiday. ▪ World Standards Day (or International Standards Day) is celebrated internationally each year on 14 October. ▪ Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is a day of remembrance for pregnancy loss and infant death which is celebrated on October 15. ▪ Global Handwashing Day is celebrated on October 15 everyone. ▪ World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on 16 October in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization. ▪ International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is celebrated on October 17. ▪ Phan day is celebrated on October 19 every year. ▪ Mole Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated among chemists, chemistry students and chemistry enthusiasts on October 23, between 6:02 a.m. and 6:02 p.m. ▪ UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter which is celebrated on October 24. ▪ Intersex Awareness Day is an internationally observed on October 26 which is the awareness day designed to highlight human rights issues faced by intersex people ▪ Labor Day is observed on October 27 in New Zealand. ▪ National Cat Day is observed on October 29 in US. ▪ Reformation Day is a Protestant Christian religious holiday celebrated on October 31

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Agreements

➢ Asian Development Bank (ADB) and India sign $150 Million Loan to improve Regional Connectivity in North Bengal and North-East ➢ India and ADB signed $110 Million Loan to Improve Rural Connectivity in Madhya Pradesh ➢ UNICEF & NASSCOM sign MoU to strengthen child rights ➢ CII, UN Environment signed MoU for environmental cooperation ➢ Coal India signs MoU with NLC for 5000 MW power generation through joint venture company ➢ IIT Madras signed MoU with TN e-Governance agency for data driven governance ➢ SBI signed MoU with Nepal’s National Banking Institute for human resource development ➢ NSE signs pact with Uttarakhand government to enhance MSMEs growth in state ➢ Central University of Jammu signs MoU with ISRO to set up Space Applications Center ➢ IWAI launches Ro-Ro service from Neamati to Manjuli Island in Assam ➢ India and Sri Lanka sign two MoU for construction of 1200 houses ➢ India-Azerbaijan signed protocol on trade and economic, science and technology cooperation ➢ OYO partners with payments platform PhonePe ➢ IRCTC launched ‘Ask Disha’ chatbot on its e-ticketing website

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➢ ICFRE signed 2 MOUs with Navoday Vidyalaya Samiti and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan for promotion of conservation ➢ India and Tanzania sign 2 MoUs in New Delhi

Science & Techology o Japan’s Minerva-II-1 rovers send back first video from asteroid Ryugu 280 million km away o China launches Centispace-1-s1 satellite on Kuaizhou-1A low-cost solid-fuel rocket o Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe launches new robot MASCOT onto asteroid Ryugu’s surface o Development trials of Astra Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVR-AAM) Completed Successfully o Parker Solar Probe completes first Venus flyby: NASA o Successful night trial of Prithvi-II missile from Odisha o Scientists develop tiny spheres to trap water contaminants (bisphenol A) o British scientists create 3D-printed meals o First bio-electronic medicine developed o China successfully launches two remote sensing satellites o NASA’s Voyager 2 probe approaches Interstellar Space o Scientists have developed what may be the world’s fastest camera: T-CUP

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o IRCTC launched ‘Ask Disha’ chatbot on its e-ticketing website o Navy inducted first Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel to rescue sunk, disaster-hit submarines o NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory space telescope shuts down in orbit o China launches twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites to speed up GPS-style system o Chinese scientists develop nanogenerator to power wearable electronics o World’s first lab-grown oesophagus implanted in mice o Scientists develop web-based tool to monitor fake news on Facebook, Twitter o US military successfully tested ballistic missile intercept system o First indigenously overhauled Sukhoi-30 MKI handed over to IAF by 11 BRD, Ojhar o Vikram: lander for soft landing on the Moon successfully tested by ISRO o Rocket carrying 1st UAE-made satellite launched from Japan o China, France launch satellite to study climate change o World’s first bio-brick grown from human urine.

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Appointments & Resignations

❖ Max Life MD Rajesh Sud resigned, CFO Prashant Tripathy appointed as next MD ❖ 6-member board led by Uday Kotak set up to appoint chairman of IL&FS ❖ Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad elected as new Hockey India president ❖ Arun Kumar appointed Director General of Railway Protection Force (RPF) ❖ Rajesh Agrawal Takes over charge as a New Member (Rolling Stock), Railway Board ❖ Ravi Venkatesan appointed UNICEF’s special representative ❖ India-born Harvard professor Gita Gopinath was appointed the chief economist of IMF ❖ OPPI re-elected A Vaidheesh as President for 2nd term ❖ Facebook appoints Adam Mosseri as Instagram Head ❖ Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad elected as new Hockey India president ❖ Sudhir Garg appointed as CMD of National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) ❖ Sanjay Verma appointed India’s Ambassador to Spain ❖ Vikram Limaye appointed Chairman of Working Committee and Director on the Board of WFE ❖ IL&FS appoints Vineet Nayyar as Vice-chairman and Managing Director

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❖ WFE appoints NSE’s Vikram Limaye as Chairman of Working Committee ❖ Government appoints former Canara Bank MD Rakesh Sharma as IDBI MD ❖ Srinivasan Swamy appointed chairman of International Advertising Association (IAA) ❖ Hima Das joins Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) in Guwahati as HR officer ❖ Pankaj Sharma Appointed India’s Ambassador to UN Conference On Disarmament ❖ Brett Kavanaugh Sworn in As US Supreme Court Justice ❖ Yes Bank names TS Vijayan & OP Bhatt as external members for MD selection panel ❖ Mahesh Reddy appointed as PHDCCI Secretary General ❖ Pravin Srivastava appointed as India’s third Chief Statistician ❖ Brett Kavanaugh Sworn in As US Supreme Court Justice ❖ Nikki Haley resigns as US ambassador to UN ❖ Former SBI chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya joins ChrysCapital as advisor ❖ Tushar Mehta appointed as the new Solicitor General of India ❖ HDFC Bank appoints Vinay Razdan as Chief Human Resources Officer ❖ Bank of Baroda’s MD and CEO P S Jayakumar gets one-year extension ❖ AirAsia India names Sunil Bhaskaran as MD and CEO

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❖ Arun Kumar Rath replaces M Ravi, takes charge as Bhilai Steel Plant CEO ❖ Suchitra Durai appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Thailand ❖ Priyank Kanoongo appointed chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) ❖ Shekhar Mande appointed as Director-General of CSIR: Appointments Committee of the Cabinet ❖ Nimesh Shah elected new chairman of Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) ❖ BankBazaar appoints former RBI deputy governor SS Mundra as advisor ❖ Nokia appoints Alia Bhatt as brand ambassador in India ❖ Former SBI chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya appointed as independent director of Wipro ❖ IRS officer Sanjay Kumar Mishra appointed as Enforcement Directorate (ED) chief ❖ Michael D Higgins re-elected as Irish president for second term

❖ Jair Bolsonaro elected President of Brazil.

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Awards ▪ Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to cancer researchers from US, Japan ▪ Mahatma Gandhi to be posthumously awarded the US Congressional Gold Medal ▪ Nobel Prize in Physics Goes to Arthur Ashkin, Gerard Mourou And Donna Strickland ▪ South Sudanese surgeon Dr. Evan Atar Adaha receives 2018 Nansen Refugee Award ▪ Nobel Prize for Chemistry goes to scientists from US, UK ▪ Winners of 2018 Nobel Peace Prize: Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad ▪ Lilima Minz to receive Ekalabya Puraskar, 2018 ▪ Nobel laureates Nadia, Mukwege nominated for Mother Teresa Award-2018 ▪ Nepal bags tourism awards at Annual Travel Awards ceremony ▪ NGO Narayan Seva Sansthan Honoured With Postal Stamp ▪ India’s Keerthana Pandian wins IBSF world U-16 snooker title ▪ Deborah Herold win gold medal in elite women’s 40 km competition at Saksham Pedal Delhi ▪ Indian pair win U-15 girls doubles title in Badminton Asia Junior U- 17 & U-15 championships ▪ Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Goes to William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer

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▪ Eminent cancer surgeon Sultan Pradhan conferred Dhanvantari Award ▪ ESIC Wins ‘ISSA GOOD Practice Award, Asia & The Pacific 2018’ ▪ Simona Halep, Naomi Osaka nominated for WTA Player of the Year ▪ Nobel Economics 2018 awarded to Americans William Nordhaus and Paul Romer ▪ Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu presents “Ramineni Awards 2018” ▪ Chhattisgarh’s Veena Sendre is India’s first Trans Queen ▪ Indus Towers, the 29th Indian recipient of Deming Prize ▪ Jailed Chechen activist Oyub Titiev won European rights award Vaclav Havel prize ▪ Sikkim’s 100% organic farming wins FAO’s Future Policy Gold Award ▪ Maryse Conde wins New Academy Prize in Literature ▪ Prema Gopalan wins Social Entrepreneur of the Year award 2018 ▪ H M Pernal gets Vishwa Konkani book award ▪ Anna Burns wins 50th Man Booker Prize with Milkman ▪ Khayyam named for 2018 Hridaynath Award for lifetime achievement ▪ Sakharov prize awarded to jailed Ukrainian filmmaker Sentsov ▪ BEML received Top Challengers Award 2018 & Best Mining Equipment Seller Award

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National

➢ President gives assent to Karnataka’s 2016 Good Samaritan Bill ➢ UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrives in Delhi on 4-day visit ➢ Sushil Modi-led GoM to examine modalities for ‘calamity tax’ under GST ➢ Govt to convert 1.5 lakh Primary Health Centers into Wellness Centers ➢ CM Naveen inaugurates ‘Kalahandi Dialogue’ conclave ➢ Govt permitted import of pet coke by the graphite electrode industry ➢ UPSC to allow facility of withdrawal of applications by candidates ➢ Odisha launched its State Food Security Scheme covering 25 lakh poor people on Gandhi Jayanti ➢ Project Utkrisht launched by Indian Railways ➢ National Khadi Festival 2018 inaugurated by Union MSME Minister ➢ IIT-Kharagpur named national coordinator for research scheme- ‘SPARC’ of HRD ministry ➢ Yuva Nestam launched in Andhra capital of Amaravati on Gandhi Jayanti ➢ Sahyog-Hop Tac 2018: joint exercise of India, Vietnam commenced in Chennai ➢ India’s first dolphin research centre to come up soon in Patna ➢ Haryana’s MDU declared cleanest govt university by HRD Ministry

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➢ Policy on Biometric based Digital processing of passengers at airport released by Civil Aviation Ministry ➢ Alphonso Mango from Konkan, Maharashtra got GI tagged ➢ UN postal agency issues commemorative stamps on International Day of Non-Violence ➢ Indore, Bhopal Metro Rail projects get Cabinet approval ➢ Sahyog-Hop Tac 2018 kicks off in Chennai ➢ IIT-Kharagpur named national coordinator for research scheme ➢ First assembly of ISA, second ministerial of IORA and Second REINVEST meet to be held in India ➢ 2nd Edition of IndiaSkills 2018 in New Delhi ➢ Country’s first methanol-based cooking fuel rolled out by APL in Assam ➢ 4-day 4th India International Science Festival inaugurated by President Kovind in Lucknow, UP ➢ Centre to release state rankings under Poshan Abhiyaan next year March ➢ India’s 1st ‘Methanol Cooking Fuel Program’ Launched in Assam ➢ 21 IORA countries adopt Delhi Declaration on Renewable Energy ➢ Odisha CM launches Nirman Kusuma Yojana ➢ ‘Nirman Kusuma’ programme launched by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik ➢ NASSCOM unveils Centre of Excellence for IoT in Haryana ➢ Southern Railway became an unmanned level crossing free zone

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➢ Country’s biggest skill competition ‘India Skills 2018’ concludes ➢ India-Japan maritime exercise commences at Visakhapatnam ➢ Karnataka Unveils ‘Unnati Scheme’ to Help Entrepreneurs From SC/ST Communities ➢ Haryana to set up anti-terror force ➢ Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Auditorium dedicated to people in Sri Lanka ➢ Chhattisgarh’s Veena Sendre is country’s first Trans Queen ➢ ‘JIMEX 18’: 3rd edition of India-Japan bilateral maritime exercise began at Visakhapatnam ➢ Sumitra Mahajan inaugurated Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference of India Region, Zone III in Guwahati ➢ Shri Nitin Gadkari laid the Foundation Stone for various developmental projects in Uttar Pradesh ➢ EAM Sushma Swaraj launched ‘India for Humanity’ initiative in New Delhi ➢ 10-member government panel set to probe e-commerce firms’ big discounts. ➢ President of India Inaugurates 29th Accountants General Conference ➢ 9-day 17th edition of Old World Theatre festival will commence from October 20, 2018 ➢ MedWatch’: Mobile Health app for citizens of India Launched by IAF on Air Force Day

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➢ India’s first ever National Environment Survey to commence in 24 states, 3 UTs in Jan, 2019 ➢ Website for ‘Aero India 2019’ launched by Min. of Defence ➢ Wireless chargers, bluetooth, low range devices exempted from licensing norms: DOT ➢ Government cuts excise duty on jet fuel to 11 % from current 14 % ➢ First India-Israel Innovation Centre opens in Bengaluru ➢ NITI Aayog & ICC(ICA) held Workshop on Best Practices in International Arbitration ➢ The National Electronics Policy 2018’ states $400 billion manufacturing ecosystem turnover by 2025 ➢ Special Central Government Package for Footwear and Leather Sector ➢ Home Ministry exempts Sikh women from wearing helmet in Chandigarh ➢ 2nd Japan-India Act East Forum held in New Delhi ➢ 4-member panel to look into #Me Too Cases: Union minister Maneka Gandhi proposes ➢ Shri Vijay Goel inaugurated the Online Assurances Monitoring System ➢ ‘Minimum river flows’ set for the Ganga by NMCG ➢ 3 Mobile Apps i-Khet Machine,e-PEHaL,e-Prevent launched by Punjab to check Stubble Burning ➢ NITI Aayog & Microsoft India partnered to bring in AI tools for agriculture and healthcare

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➢ India remains polio free, all vaccines used in Government immunization programme safe: UNICEF, WHO ➢ Ashwini Kumar Choubey releases analytical report of the National Health Profile-2018 ➢ National Autism Intervention Research Centre: Haryana’s first autism research centre opens in Gurugram ➢ Multimodal logistics park policy proposed by Commerce ministry ➢ 1st Indo-US tri-services exercise likely to be in India in 2019 ➢ 46th edition of IHGF-Delhi Fair Autumn-2018 inaugurated by MoS for Textile Ajay Tamta ➢ India to set up a special desk UAE PLUS to facilitate investments from UAE : 6th UAE-India High-Level Joint Task Force meeting ➢ Punjab CM laid foundation stones for 5 projects in Amritsar ➢ Khadya Sathi: Food Security Scheme launched by West Bengal ➢ NITI Aayog launches guidelines for public-private partnership in treatment of NCDs ➢ Minister Mahesh Sharma and Hardeep Sing laid the foundation stone of the India Prime Ministers’ Museum ➢ 10th Edition of BIOFACH INDIA inaugurated by Union Minister Suresh Prabhu ➢ 2-day 22nd National level meeting held between India and Myanmar ➢ 2018 edition of India-EU dialogue on cooperation in the field of Digital Communications held in New Delhi

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➢ Governors’ panel submitted report on doubling farm income; gave 21 recommendations ➢ Union Minister Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurated Gujarat’s first Mega Food Park in Surat ➢ Train 18: India’s first engineless train set for trials ➢ 3-day India Mobile Congress held at Aerocity, New Delhi ➢ Punjab, Centre joined hands in war against stubble burning

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International

• Sushma Swaraj’s Visit to New York USA • India ranked 5th in pictorial warnings on cigarette packets: Canadian Cancer Society • IMF, World Bank and WTO launched Reinvigorating Trade and Inclusive Growth Report • NASA completes 60 years of space research • Joint Exercises Between Coast Guards of India, Vietnam • Multi-National Maritime Exercise ‘IBSAMAR-VI’ Starts in South Africa • 14 –day IBSAMAR VI: India, Brazil & SA Navies train to build interoperability in South Africa • India launches ‘Operation Samudra Maitri’ to help tsunami-hit Indonesia • Kurdish leader Barham Salih elected as Iraq President • Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s 3-day visit to Kazakhstan • Apple world’s top brand, Facebook slips to 9th spot: Report • RBI approved formation of ‘Kerala Bank’ having Rs 650 bn in deposits • First Abu Dhabi Bank & ToneTag tie up for sound based payments • Interpol chief resigns amid detention in China • Earth will reach 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold by 2030: Report • Nikki Haley resigns as US ambassador to UN

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• Hurricane Michael hits Cuba • Pakistan Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Ghauri Ballistic Missile • “Quintero One”: World’s First Full-Scale Hyperloop Passenger Capsule Unveiled • Kamandag: Japan military joins historic Philippine war games for the first time since WWII • Jharkhand, the partner state at Goa International Film Festival 2018 • “Clear Sky 2018”: Ukraine launched large-scale air exercises with NATO countries • India ranked 147th in Oxfam world inequality index • Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Auditorium dedicated to people in Sri Lanka • Japan now holds the world’s most powerful passport • Former Pakistan left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman retires from international cricket • Indian Naval Ship & Aircraft reach Belawan Indonesia for 32nd India – Indonesia coordinated patrol (CORPAT) • Bangladesh enacts Digital Security Bill, 2018 • Idiocracy among 1,400 new words in Oxford dictionary • India, Australia held second 2+2 dialogue in Canberra, Australia • New World Bank fund to insure against climate disasters • Malaysia to abolish death penalty • India slips to sixth position out of 123 countries in global RTI rating

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• Global Hunger Index 2018: India ranks 103rd out of 119 countries • Overview of EAM Swaraj’s 2-day Visit to Tajikistan • International conference on the future of the Indian Ocean held in Colombo on (11-12th Oct) • India & China launch first joint programme to train Afghanistan diplomats • World Bank offers disaster-hit Indonesia $1 bn in loans • India Elected toIndo-Australian Collaboration for Enhancing Community Media UN Human Rights Council with highest number of votes • Indo-Australian Collaboration for Enhancing Community Media • 6th RCEP Inter-Sessional Ministerial Meeting attended by C. R. Chaudhary in Singapore • India, France to make logistics pact operational after US, to explore tri-service exercise with the 3rd country • 8-10 member ‘Break into India Strategy Committee’ to strategize for investment in India: Sri Lanka • Data breach in India second highest after US in first half of 2018: Gemalto • India is the world’s most depressed country, closely followed by China and the US: WHO • India ranked 58th most competitive economy in World Economic Forum(WEF) index • QS India University Rankings 2019: First-ever QS Ranking of India’s Higher Education Institutions

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• Nokia partners BSNL to implement industrial automation solutions • Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa sworn in as Prime Minister • First Pakistan astronaut will go into space in 2022 with China’s help • UN decided to launch project on creating India’s intangible heritage inventory • India donated USD 300,000 for UN Peacekeeping training on Issues of Conduct, Discipline • World’s largest airport ‘under one roof’ opened in Istanbul, Turkey • World’s first sovereign Blue Bond launched by Seychelles, assisted by WB.

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Business

❖ Rs. 36,000 cr to be injected into system through purchase of govt bonds: RBI ❖ PNB raised benchmark lending rate by up to 0.2 pc ❖ SBI cut daily ATM cash withdrawal limit to Rs 20,000 ❖ NSE Indices launched 2 dynamic asset allocation indices ❖ Irdai allows PoS disbursal of all micro-insurance products ❖ India, Uzbekistan set $1-bn bilateral trade target ❖ Paytm tops UPI payments with over 33% market share ❖ BSE, the first exchange to launch of gold, silver contracts ❖ Asian Development Bank (ADB) and India sign $150 Million Loan to Improve Regional Connectivity ❖ UNCTAD expects India’s GDP to rise 7% in 2018 ❖ Infosys Finacle launched digital engagement solution for banks for tailored experiences ❖ IMF, World Bank and WTO Seek Removal of Barriers to Global Service Trade ❖ Tata Communications acquires IoT firm Teleena ❖ Fourth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy announced; RBI keeps policy rates unchanged ❖ CRISIL Upgrades AU Bank’s Long-Term Debt Instruments Rating to AA- With Stable Outlook

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❖ PayPal launched merchant App for business in India; targeting SMEs ❖ RBI proposes Voluntary Retention Route to attract long-term investment ❖ RBI approved formation of ‘Kerala Bank’ having Rs 650 bn in deposits ❖ Flipkart Forays into Insurance with Bajaj Allianz ❖ Growth in India firming up, projected to accelerate further, says World Bank ❖ NHB lifts refinance cap to Rs 30000 crore for housing finance firms ❖ LinkedIn acquires employee engagement firm Glint ❖ Google+ to shut down amid security concerns ❖ National Housing Bank increased refinancing limit towards eligible institutions ❖ UP among top GDPI contributors for insurance industry: SBI Gen Insurance ❖ Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nestle biggest ocean polluters: Report by Greenpeace ❖ RBI injected Rs 12,000 crore into system on Oct 11 to manage liquidity ❖ India’s debt lower than best, emerging market economies: IMF ❖ IBM India, NITI Aayog co-design programme to skill students in new-age tech ❖ World Bank approved USD 195 mn to Nepal for financial, energy sector reform

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❖ Eligible foreign entities allowed to participate in commodity derivatives market: SEBI ❖ Anil Kumble’s startup Spektacom Technologies launches Microsoft AI-enabled ‘Power Bat’ ❖ 9-member group headed by Zaware to study issues at IL&FS: ICAI ❖ RBI laid down norms for operationalization of CCPs ❖ RBI to inject Rs 40,000 cr into banking system via OMO in November 2018 ❖ Microsoft overtook Amazon as world’s 2nd most valuable company ❖ SBI, Hitachi Payments formed joint venture for digital payment platform ❖ WhatsApp, CII collaborated to train SMEs, entrepreneurs in India ❖ WTO to set up dispute panel on India-US case on export subsidies

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Sports News

▪ Samsung 2018 Hyundai Archery World Cup Final in Samsun, Turkey ▪ Lewis Hamilton wins Russian Grand Prix ▪ 2018 ATP Shenzhen Open (Tennis) in Shenzhen, China ▪ BCCI covered under RTI Act, rules Central Information Commission ▪ Yuvraj Wadhwani lifts 25th Asian junior individual squash championship title in Chennai ▪ Rohit Sharma climbs to 2nd spot, Shikhar Dhawan to 5th in ICC ODI batsmen rankings ▪ Australian midfielder Mile Jedinak announces retirement from international football ▪ Russia’s World Cup hero Igor Akinfeev retires from international football ▪ Manu Bhaker Named India’s Flag-Bearer at Youth Olympic Games ▪ Nick Compton, former England batsman, retires from cricket ▪ Manipur clinch Women’s National Football Championship crown ▪ Thangvellu Mariyappan named India’s flag-bearer for Asian Para Games ▪ Youth Olympic Games 2018 Begins in Argentina ▪ Virat Kohli becomes second fastest to score 24 Test centuries after Don Bradman ▪ Lewis Hamilton wins the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix ▪ India beat Sri Lanka to lift U-19 Asia Cup trophy

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▪ Sandeep Chaudhary bags India’s first gold at Para Asian Games ▪ Para shooters bag India’s first medal at World Sports Trap C’ship ▪ India, England, Sri Lanka to play blind cricket tri-series in Goa ▪ Caroline Wozniacki wins her 30th WTA singles title ▪ Asian Para Games: Raju Rakshitha, Jadhav Suyash Narayan, Manish Narwal and Ekta Bhyan win Gold in different events ▪ Dakar to host 2022 Youth Olympic Games ▪ Thangjam Tababi Devi clinches India’s first judo medal at Youth Olympics ▪ Former Chelsea, England defender John Terry retires from football ▪ International Olympic Committee (IOC) picks Senegal as first African host for Youth Olympics ▪ Bajrang Punia First Indian To Get Seeded At World Wrestling Championship ▪ Turtle ‘Olly’ named official mascot for the Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup ▪ India ranked 5th in ICC global women’s T20I team rankings ▪ Japan all set to host 2019 World Relays ▪ Prithvi Shaw youngest Indian to hit a century on Test debut ▪ Michael Schumacher’s son Mick Schumacher wins 2018 F3 European title ▪ 2018 Rolex Shanghai Masters (tennis) ▪ Malnad Ultra Marathon 2018 flags off in Chikmagalur, Karnataka

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▪ Leander Paes wins Santo Domingo Open trophy ▪ India wins triangular series by defeating Sri Lanka in Blind Cricket ▪ 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia ▪ Bengaluru FC wins Puttaiah Memorial Cup 2018 ▪ Suheil F. Tandon wins International Olympic committee (IOC) award ▪ Wheelchair shuttler Sanjeev Kumar wins two gold medals at Denmark Open ▪ Sourav Kothari wins 2018 WBL World Billiards Championship title in Leeds, England ▪ FIFA announces increased prize money for women’s World Cup ▪ Simona Halep becomes first recipient of Chris Evert WTA World No.1 Trophy ▪ Belgium occupies Top Spot in FIFA Rankings, India Stays at 97 ▪ 2018 Senior World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary ▪ Roger Federer wins 9th Swiss Indoors title for 99th ATP title ▪ India & Pakistan declared joint winners,Akashdeep Singh best player of the tournament ▪ 2018 ITTF Challenge Belgium Open in De Haan, Belgium ▪ Maverick Vinales Wins Australian MotoGP ▪ Manipur emerges overall champions in first North East Olympic Games 2018 ▪ Lewis Hamilton secures 5th world title as Max Verstappen takes Mexican GP victory

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Obituary o Former MP Malti Sharma dead o Musician Balabhaskar passes away o Veteran Malayalam film personality Thampi Kannanthanam passes away o Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Member M V V S Murthy passed away o Oscar-winning animator Will Vinton passes away o Senior journalist Pradip Chowdhury passes away o Renowned Spanish soprano Caballe passes away o Prominent Gandhian Natwar Thakkar passes away o Gujarat human rights lawyer Girish Patel passes away o Well-known Malayalam poet M N Paloor passes away o Geeta Upalekar, the girl in iconic ‘Glow of Hope’ painting dies at 102 o Noted Malayalam poet M N Paloor passes away o Kanpur University’s former Vice Chancellor Sarvagya Singh Katiyar passed away o Film trade expert Santosh Singh Jain passes away o Assamese singer Kishour Giri passes away o Activist GD Agrawal dies on 112th day of fast to clean Ganga o Legendary Hindustani Classical Musician Annapurna Devi Passes Away Aged 92

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o Microsoft co-founder, philanthropist Paul Allen dies at 65 o TMC founder member Pankaj Bandyopadhyay passes away o Veteran BJP leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Madan Lal Khurana passes away o Urdu writer Qazi Abdussattar passes away o Senior composer & lyricist Yashwant Dev passes away in Mumbai o African American playwright Ntozake Shange passes away.

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