• Honorary guests from India will join the notable list of speakers synonymous with the World Government Summit to showcase the country’s emerging International Day of Older Persons: October 1 economic growth, highlight valuable knowledge, The International Day of skills, and capabilities and elaborate on the country’s Older Persons is observed on unique culture, according to the Summit. October 1 each year. • On December 14, World Teachers’ Day: 5 October 1990 the United World Teachers' Day is celebrated yearly on October 5. Nations General • World Teachers' Day is celebrated around the world Assembly voted to establish October 1 as the since 1994. International Day of Older Persons as recorded in • "Teaching in Freedom, Empowering Teachers" is the Resolution 45/106. theme of this year's World Teachers' Day. • The day was observed for the first time on October 1, 1991. UN ends 13-year military peacekeeping mission in Haiti • The theme of the International Day of Older Persons The UN soldiers left Haiti finishing their 13 year military 2017 is “Stepping into the Future: Tapping the peacekeeping mission in Haiti. Talents, Contributions and Participation of Older • A UN peacekeeping mission helped to maintain order Persons in Society.” in Haiti through 13 years of political turmoil and disaster. UAE begins collecting 'sin' taxes on tobacco, energy drinks • UN troops reached more than 10,000 in number after The United Arab Emirates has begun collecting new "sin" taxes the January 2010 earthquake. on tobacco products, energy drinks and soft drinks. • The UN lowered its flag at its headquarters in Port- • Tobacco and energy drinks will be taxed at 100 au-Prince. percent and soft drinks at 50 percent. • The new tax push comes as the UAE and other oil- India drops a rank, is eighth most valuable nation brand rich Gulf nations have struggled with low global India is ranked the eighth most valuable nation brand while the energy prices. United States retained its top position and China took the second spot in the league of nations according to Brand Nepal, India to conduct first joint tiger count Finance’s Nation Brands 2017. For the first time, Nepal and India will undertake a joint tiger • India went down one spot over the previous year, the census next month in their national parks, forests and protected report said, because the economy grew at its slowest areas. pace. • Conservation authorities and experts would install • China, the fastest growing nation brand in 2017, saw cameras in various locations in tiger habitats as well valuation grow 44 per cent. as in buffer zones to capture and track the movements of the tiger. International Day of the Girl Child: 11 October • The counting of tigers will begin from the second International Day of the Girl Child is an international week of November. observance day declared by the United Nations; it is also called the Day of the Girl and the International Day of the Girl. India picked as guest country at World Summit of • October 11, 2012, was the first Day of the Girl. Governments • The theme for the year 2017 is ‘EmPOWER Girls: The World Government Summit announced that India is a Before, during and after crises’. guest country in its upcoming gathering. • The Annual Gathering is scheduled for February 11 to US, Israel withdraws from UNESCO 13, 2018. 1 WiFiStudy.com

The US and its ally Israel have announced they will withdraw • ‘Home Safe Home: Reducing from the United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organization, Exposure, Reducing accusing the body of "anti-Israel bias". Displacement’ is the slogan • Heather Nauert, US state department spokesperson, for International Day for Disaster said the US would establish an "observer mission" to Reduction 2017. replace its representation at the Paris-based agency. • The US was angered in 2011 when UNESCO G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors members granted Palestine full membership of the Meeting body, despite opposition from its ally Israel. The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Points to Remember Arun Jaitley participated in the G-20 Finance Ministers and • UNESCO's headquarters is in Paris. Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting in Washington • This organization of the United Nations has been D.C. working since 1946. • The discussion focused on the agenda items pertaining to • It is known for marking world heritage. Global Economy and Framework for Growth, Compact • Irina Bokova is the secretary General of UNESCO. with Africa and International Financial Architecture. • The Finance Minister Shri Jaitley is presently on a one China Overtakes US As World's Largest Ice Cream week visit to USA mainly to participate in Annual Producer Meetings of the World Bank and IMF among others. China has overtaken the US as the world's largest ice cream producer, according to figures published at an industry expo in Tokyo is world's safest city, Delhi is 43rd north China's Tianjin City. Tokyo has once again topped the list of The Economist's Safe Cities Index 2017 while Delhi and Mumbai ranked 43rd and • In 2016, China's major frozen drink producers yielded 45th respectively. over 3.3 million tonnes of frozen drinks, ringing up • The index, produced by The Economist Intelligence Unit, nearly $6.6 billion in sales. was based on 49 indicators covering digital, health, infrastructure and personal security. India 100th on global hunger index • Of the 10 cities at the bottom of the index, two are in India has a “serious” hunger problem and ranks 100th out of South Asia (Dhaka and Karachi), three in South-east Asia 119 countries on the global hunger index with a GHI score of (Manila, Ho Chi Minh City and Jakarta) and two in the 31.4, behind North Korea, Bangladesh and Iraq but ahead of Pakistan, according to a report. Middle East and Africa (Cairo and Tehran).

• The country’s serious hunger level is driven by high World Standards Day: October 14 child malnutrition and underlines need for stronger World Standards Day is commitment to the social sector, the International observed on On 14th October Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) said in its every year all over the world. report. • 14th October was • India stood at 97th position in last year’s rankings. chosen to mark the date, • Central African Republic ranked last. in 1946, when delegates • Chile, Cuba and Turkey have a GHI score of less than from 25 countries first 5 and have ranked as the best nations on the index. gathered in London to

create an international International Day for Disaster Reduction: October 13 organization focused on facilitating standardization. International Day for Disaster Reduction is being observed on • The first World Standards Day was celebrated on every 13 October every year all over the world. 14thOctober, 1970. • The International Day for Disaster Reduction was started in • World Standards Day theme for 2017 is “Standards make 1989. cities smarter”.

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World Statistics Day: October 20 World Students' Day: 15 October World Statistics Day is observed all over the world on 20 World Students' Day is celebrated on 15 October every year on October every year. the occasion of birth anniversary of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. • World Statistics Day was celebrated for the first time • The most loved President of India, APJ Abdul Kalam on 20th October 2010 throughout the world. was a scientist who made India proud with his missile • The United Nations Statistical Commission declared defense programme. 20th October as World Statistics Day. • But his favourite job was teaching and that’s how he • World Statistics Day highlights the importance of wanted the world to remember him. reliable and timely data for informed decision-making • Due to his love for students and focus on promoting by governments and individuals. education, the United Nations declared his birthday (October 15) as ‘World Student’s Day’ in 2010. India ranked No. 1 in pollution related deaths: Lancet report World Food Day: 16 October With 2.51 million deaths in 2015, India has been ranked No. 1 October 16 is observed as the World Food Day in honour of in pollution related deaths, according to a report by The Lancet the founding of the Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN Commission on pollution and health. in 1945. • China recorded the second highest number of such • The theme for this year is “Change the future of deaths (1.8 million). migration. Invest in food security and rural • India accounted for about 28 per cent of an estimated development”. nine million pollution linked deaths worldwide in 2015. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: October 17 Robert Mugabe removed as WHO goodwill ambassador International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed On after outcry 17th October every year all over the Zimbabwean President Robert • This day was chosen because on 17th October 1987, Mugabe has been removed as a over a hundred thousand people gathered at the goodwill ambassador, the World Trocadero in Paris, where the Universal Declaration Health Organization (WHO) said of Human Rights was signed in 1948. following an outrage among • Theme for International Day for the Eradication of Western donors and rights groups Poverty 2017 is: ‘Answering the Call of October 17 at the appointment. to end poverty: A path toward peaceful and inclusive • Mugabe, 93, is blamed in the West for destroying societies’. Zimbabwe's economy and numerous human rights abuses during his 37 years leading the country as Gandhi museum inaugurated in Durban either president or prime minister. A Gandhi museum has been inaugurated on a small piece of land once owned by Mahatma Gandhi in the coastal city of United Nations Day: 24 October Durban. 24 October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since • Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh 1948. inaugurated the museum, which will reflect the life • In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly and universal influence of Mahatma Gandhi. recommended that the day be observed by Member • Gandhi owned the land in 1897 and used to hold States as a public holiday. public meetings there when the Natal Indian Congress • UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in planned its fight against laws discriminating against 1945 of the UN Charter. Indians in South Africa. Singapore Passport World's 'Most Powerful' 3 WiFiStudy.com

Singapore has the world's "most powerful" passport, • The idea of celebrating International Day of Diplomats according to a global ranking topped for the first time on October 24 was proposed by Indian poet-diplomat by an Asian country. Abhay K. in his piece for a leading online daily titled • India ranked at 75th position, three notches better than its 'Why the World needs International Day of Diplomats'. previous ranking. • According to the 'Global Passport Power Rank 2017' by Jeff Bezos passes Bill Gates to become the world's richest global financial advisory firm Arton Capital, Germany person is ranked second, followed by Sweden and South Korea A post-earnings surge in Amazon.com Inc. shares Friday pushed in third place. Jeff Bezos to the top of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index for the first time, vaulting him ahead of Bill Gates who had held the top Chile named best country to visit in 2018 spot as the richest person on Earth for more than four years. Chile has been named the best country to visit next year by • At the close of U.S. markets on 27 October, Bezos had a Lonely Planet in its 'Best in Travel 2018' list. net worth of $93.8 billion, $5.1 billion ahead of Gates • South Korea and Portugal have ranked second and third on the Bloomberg index, a daily ranking of the world’s respectively, while Djibouti and New Zealand have 500 richest people. completed the top five. • Gates, 61, had been the world’s richest person since 2013. • The other countries featured on the list are Malta, Georgia, Burundi becomes first country to leave International Mauritius, China and South Africa. Criminal Court Burundi has become the first country to withdraw from the Saudi Arabia bestows humanoid robot with citizenship International Criminal Court. A humanoid named Sophia has made • The pullout took effect a year after Burundi notified the history by becoming the first robot in the United Nations secretary-general of its intention to world to be granted citizenship. leave the court that prosecutes the world’s worst • Saudi Arabia offered citizenship atrocities. to the robot, designed by • Burundi is the only one of three African nations to go entrepreneur David Hanson. ahead with withdrawal after they made moves last year • The particulars of the citizenship to leave, amid accusations that the court focuses too were not discussed, and it’s not clear if Sophia will have much on the continent. the same rights as a human Saudi Arabian citizen. • South Africa’s withdrawal was revoked in March. Gambia’s new government reversed its withdrawal in Nepal govt accepts resignation of envoy to India February. The Nepal government has accepted the resignation of Deep Kumar Upadhyay, the countrys ambassador to India, who has Spanish PM dismisses Catalan government quit to contest the upcoming parliamentary elections. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced the • Upadhyaya had tendered his resignation to Deputy immediate sacking of Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Krishna and his government and called new elections in the Bahadur Mahara on October 6. region on December 21. • Upadhyay has filed his nomination for the upcoming • This followed the decision taken by the Catalan parliament parliamentary election from Kapilastu district in earlier in the day to unilaterally declare independence of western Nepal as the ruling Nepali Congress candidate. the region in the northeast of Spain. • Rajoy announced the measures after a special cabinet First International Day of Diplomats celebrated in Brasilia meeting called at his residence in the Palacio de la The first International Day of Diplomats was celebrated in Moncloa to decide how to apply Article 155 of the Brasilia on October 24 with participation from the diplomats of Spanish Constitution. Bangladesh, Brazil, France, Ghana, India, Israel, Italy, Mexico, South Africa and Turkey.

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World Stroke Day: October 29 India has opened two immigration check posts along the World Stroke Day is observed on October 29 to underscore borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh, a reflection of its the serious nature and high rates of stroke. growing closeness with the two eastern neighbours. The theme for World Stroke Day 2017 is “What’s your reason • The home ministry said the central government has for preventing stroke? “. designated Zorinpui land check post in Lawngtlai • Stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is district of Mizoram as an authorised immigration cut off. Without blood, brain cells can be damaged or check post for entry into or exit from India with valid die. travel documents for all classes of passengers to or from Myanmar. • In a separate notification, the ministry said the central government designated Kawrpuichhuah land check post in Lunglei district of Mizoram as an authorised Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates Pratham-Shyok bridge immigration check post for entry into or exit from in Leh India with valid travel documents for all classes of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the passengers to or Pratham-Shyok bridge that will link Leh to Karakoram, from providing connectivity on the strategically important Darbuk- Bangladesh. Shyok-Daulat Beg Olde axis for military transport. • India shares a • The bridge is a major development on the Shyok 1,643-km-long Gong river which will enhance travel of locals as well border with as the Army in this strategic region. Myanmar • It will increase travel and communication for strategic which touches Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, transport, the Minister said. Manipur and Mizoram. • India shares a 4,096-km-long border with Bangladesh The third edition of 'Women of India Organic Festival' which touches Assam, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya To celebrate and promote women entrepreneurs and farmers in and West Bengal. the organic sector from across India, the Ministry of Women and Child Development is hosting the 3rd annual ‘Women of President Kovind inaugurates Shirdi Airport India Organic Festival’ from October 1st to 15th, 2017, in New President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the swank new Shirdi Delhi. Airport in Ahmednagar and the inaugural Alliance Air • Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Union Minister for commercial flight to Mumbai. Women and Child Development, inaugurated the • The inauguration of the airport, developed by festival in the presence of Shri Virendra Kumar, Maharashtra Airport Development Corporation Minister of State, Ministry of Women and Child (MADC), also marks the start of the year-long Development, on October 1 at Dilli Haat (INA). centenary celebrations of Shri Saibaba Samadhi for • With the theme ‘Good for Women; Good for India; which over 11 million pilgrims are expected from Good for You’, the Ministry intends to highlight the around the world. health and environmental advantages of organic • The small town in western Maharashtra is a world- goods, provide a platform for women engaged in it famous pilgrim spot for the ‘samadhi’ temple of a and boost the development of sustainable and easily 20th century saint, known as Saibaba, who is revered accessible sales outlets for women producers from the by all communities. remotest corners of India.

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• This year’s theme was “Stepping into the Future: MP CM launches 'Single Click Pension Delivery' scheme Tapping the Talents, Contributions and Participation Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan of Older Persons in launched 'Single Click Pension Delivery' scheme, wherein the Society. money will go directly into the account of the beneficiaries. • Shri Thaawarchand • More than 35 lakh people of the state will be Gehlot Union benefitted from this move. Minister of Social • Chauhan honoured the elderly who completed the age Justice & of 100 years with the "Shataayu" award. Empowerment along with the Minister of State Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar, MCI to give Unique Permanent Registration Number to all took the pledge with other dignitaries and 5000 doctors participants. The Medical Council of India has written to the country’s • Then the “Walkathon” was flagged off by Shri largest body of doctors to help digitise India’s registry of Thawarchand Gehlot & MOS Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar doctors through a unique registration number similar to and they also took part in 1 km Walkathon with all the AADHAAR as part of its ongoing e-governance initiative. dignitaries. • The move is expected to help doctors practice in different States without seeking different licences Rajghat gets Mahatma Statue, for the first time across borders. Rajghat, the Samadhi of the Father of the Nation in the national capital , has for the first time acquired a new feature that could Government to celebrate Swachh Bharat Diwas on 2nd appeal to the large number of visitors. October • Vice-President of India Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu The third anniversary of the Swachh Bharat Mission will be unveiled a 1.80 metre tall bronze statue of Mahatma celebrated as "Swachh Bharat Diwas" on 2nd October. Gandhi on the occasion of the 148 Birth Anniversary • October 2 is also celebrated as the International Day of the champion of country’s independence. of Non-Violence. On June 15, 2007, the United • The statue, sculpted by the renowned Shri Ram Sutar Nations General Assembly had voted for this. is installed in the Parking Area of Rajghat Samadhi Bhopal set to become first state capital to get trans toilet Complex at a cost of Rs.8.73 lakhs. It is mounted on Over five months after the union government asked all states a two feet high pedestal clad with granite. to allow transgender people to use any public toilet of their • The famous message of Gandhi ji “Be the Change choice, Bhopal is set to become the first state capital to come You Wish to See” is inscribed on the front side of the up with an exclusive toilet for the transgender community. pedestal. Installation of the Statue is a part of a large • It will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh number of improvement works at Rajghat undertaken Chouhan. during the last three years. • In April this year, the union ministry of drinking water and sanitation had issued guidelines to state Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 to be Held in governments to put in efforts to make people from the Hyderabad transgender community feel as equal citizens. A high-level delegation from the Government of India and the United States met, at NITI Aayog to plan the 2017 Global Thaawarchand Gehlot Flags off “WALKATHON” for Entrepreneurship Summit, which will be held November 28-30 Older Persons at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre in To mark the ‘International day of Older Persons’ on 2nd Hyderabad, India. October, more than 5000 participants gathered at India Gate for • The Summit will be inaugurated by the Prime a noble cause to spread the message of caring and giving Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Advisor to the respect to older persons and senior citizens. President, Ivanka Trump, who leads the U.S. delegation. 6 WiFiStudy.com

• The GES is the preeminent annual gathering of High Level Committee for proper management of water emerging entrepreneurs, investors, and business resources in NER leaders from around the world. The Government has constituted a high-level committee for proper management of the water resources in the North Eastern Chandrababu Naidu launches 'Swachh Andhra Mission' Region (NER) under the Chairmanship of Rajiv Kumar, Vice- Taking the cue from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Chairman, Niti Aayog. Bharat Mission, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu • This is a sequel Naidu launched Swachh Andhra Mission on the occasion of to the Prime Gandhi Jayanti. Minister Shri • Ace shuttler PV Sindhu, who has been chosen as the Narendra Modi’s brand ambassador of Swachh Andhra, joined Naidu visit to Guwahati on this occasion. in August this year to review the flood situation and relief work in 'No helmet, no petrol’ rule comes into force in Andhra the North Eastern States. Pradesh • The Committee would facilitate optimising benefits 'No helmet, no petrol' rule for two-wheeler riders to reduce of appropriate water management in the form of road accident deaths has come into force in Andhra Pradesh. hydro-electric power, agriculture, bio-diversity • Chandrababu has sanctioned Rs 10 crore for conservation, reduced flood damage erosion, inland equipment to implement this rule. water transport, forestry, fishery and eco-tourism. • He also ordered the officials to conduct a weekly Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region check on the motorists for effective implementation (DoNER) will serve as the coordinating point. of the rule. • The Committee will submit its report, including Plan • Naidu said that road safety rules must be implemented of Action, by June, 2018. strictly to reduce the number of road accidents in the • During the review of the flood situation with the Chief states. Ministers of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, the Prime Minister had Karnataka Government launches Mathru Poorna scheme announced constitution of a High-Level Committee The Karnataka government has launched Mathru Poorna, a for holistic management of water resources in the scheme meant to meet the nutritional needs of pregnant and NER. lactating women in rural areas. • Under the programme, pregnant and lactating poor Turtle Sanctuary to be set up in Allahabad women in rural areas will get one nutritious meal In order to protect the rich aquatic biodiversity of river Ganga daily for 25 days in a month. from escalating anthropogenic pressures, development of a Upgradation of the Women’s Police Training Centre at Turtle sanctuary in Allahabad along with a River Biodiversity Yamethin, Myanmar Park at Sangam have been approved under Namami Gange The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri programme. Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval to the • The project at an estimated cost of Rs 1.34 crore Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and would include development of River Biodiversity Myanmar on upgradation of the Women’s Police Training Park at Sangam (confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and Centre at Yamethin, Myanmar. The MoU was signed on 6th mythical Sarasvati), establishment of a Turtle Rearing September, 2017. Centre (Permanent nursery at Triveni Pushp and • The MoU covers upgradation of the Yamethin makeshift annual hatcheries) and awareness about the Women’s Police Training Centre to further augment importance of river Ganga and imperativeness of its the capabilities of the Myanmar Government to build conservation has been approved. capacities of its police force with technical and • This project will provide much needed platform to financial assistance from Government of India. make the visitors aware of their place in the 7 WiFiStudy.com

ecosystem, their roles and responsibilities, improve securing livelihoods of the people in the region and their understanding of the complexity of co-existence enhancing enforcement to reduce wildlife crime. with the environment and help generate awareness for • The project - called SECURE Himalaya - was reducing the impact of human activities on critical launched by the Union environment minister Harsh natural resources. Vardhan in association with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on the inaugural Country’s first ITI for dibyangans in Dibrugarh day of the Global Wildlife Programme (GWP) Foundation stone for the first ever Industrial Training Institute conference. for the Dibyangans exclusively was laid at Dibrugarh ITI Complex at Borboruah, Dibrugarh by Chief Minister Mukesh Ambani is India’s Wealthiest Man for the 10th Sarbananda Sonowal. straight year • This is a one of a kind institute in the country in order Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani emerged as India's to set up a new pathway for empowerment of the wealthiest for the 10th straight year as his net worth swelled to differently abled youth of the state. USD 38 billion (nearly Rs 2.5 lakh crore) while the wealth of 100 richest rose by 26 per cent despite economic hiccups. Gujarat first state to slash VAT on fuel prices • Wipro's Azim Premji was the distant second with a Ahead of the state assembly elections, the state government has net worth of USD 19 billion, moving up two places cut value-added tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel, making it the from last year, while Sun Pharma's Dilip Shanghvi first state to follow the Centre's directions to do so. slipped from his earlier second place to the ninth now • Recently, the union government cut basic excise duty (USD 12.1 billion) on Forbes magazine's annual on petrol and diesel by Rs 2 a litre. 'India Rich List 2017'. • Gujarat currently levies a 28.96 per cent VAT on petrol and diesel. UP govt launches mass marriage scheme The Uttar Pradesh government approved the Mukhyamantri Paryatan Parv of M/O Tourism begins across the country Samoohik Vivaah Yojana, a mass marriage scheme, wherein The Ministry of Tourism, in collaboration with other Central Rs 35,000 will be spent on each Ministries, State Governments and Stakeholders is organizing couple, besides gifting them mobile a “Paryatan Parv” across the country from the 5th to phones and household items. 25th October 2017. • Under the scheme, mass • The programme is being organized with the objective marriages will be of drawing focus on the benefits of tourism, conducted by the social showcasing the cultural diversity of the country and welfare department. reinforcing the principle of “Tourism for All”. • Programmes in this regard • The Parv is being inaugurated at the Humayun’s will be organised by urban local bodies like nagar Tomb, New Delhi by Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister panchayat, nagar palika and nagar nigam, kshetra of State (I/C) for Culture. panchayats, zila panchayats, government/semi- government organisations and NGOs, which will be Centre launches six-year secure Himalaya project authorised by district magistrates of respective The Centre launched a six-year project to ensure conservation districts. of locally and globally significant biodiversity, land and forest resources in the high Himalayan ecosystem spread over four President to Inaugurate India Water Week 2017 states in India. President Shri Ram Nath Kovind will inaugurate India Water • Protection of snow leopard and other endangered Week – 2017 on October 10, 2017 in New Delhi in the presence species and their habitats is one of the key of Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and components of the project which will also focus on Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Nitin Gadkari and Union Ministers of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga

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Rejuvenation Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal and Shri Dr. Satya Pal • The Festival is being organised to celebrate the 25th Singh. year anniversary of ASEAN-India Dialogue • About 1500 delegates from India and 13 other Relations. countries will attend the five day international event. • The theme for this commemorative year "Shared The theme of India Water Week – 2017 is “Water and Values, Common Destiny” along with this Music Energy for Inclusive Growth”. Festival aims to boost cultural influences among the • The 5th edition of India Water Week (IWW) will be peoples of the ASEAN member states and India. celebrated with a multi disciplinary conference and a concurrently running exhibition enriching the theme Three-day Global Medical Conference Begins In and showcasing the technologies and solutions Chandigarh available for the areas under deliberation of the meet. A three-day international conference, aimed at engaging industry and academic leaders to discuss current unmet Dr. Mahesh Sharma to inaugurate ‘Rashtriya Sanskriti medical needs, began at CSIR-Institute of Microbial Mahotsav-2017’ Technology (IMTECH) in Chandigarh. The “Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav (RSM)-2017” will be held • CSIR-IMTECH is a premier microbial institute under from 7th to 9th October, 2017 in India’s 1st World Heritage the aegis of the Union Ministry of Science and City i.e Ahmadabad, Gujarat. Technology. • Ms. Sujata Prasad, Additional Secretary, Ministry of • The aim of the conference 'IMTechCon 2017' is to Culture addressing the media persons Ahmadabad, engage industry and academic leaders to discuss Gujarat said that Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav was current unmet medical needs globally. conceived by the Ministry of Culture in the year 2015 and after the grand success of the First Rashtriya ISRO to set up research centre in Guwahati Sanskriti Mahotsav in November-2015, the Ministry The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will set up a of Culture decided to organize it with an intent to research centre in Guwahati for start ups, academicians, showcase the rich cultural heritage of the Country in environmentalists and entrepreneurs. all its rich and varied dimensions, viz Handicrafts, • ISRO would set up the exclusive research facility in Cuisine, Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Assam to explore the possibility of using geospatial Documentation and Performing Arts-Folk, Tribal, technology, which include data generated through Classical and Contemporary- all in one place. global positioning system (GPS), geographical • So far, this Ministry has organised 5 RSM’s i.e 2 in information systems (GIS) and satellite remote Delhi, 1 each in Varanasi, Bengaluru and RSM North sensing for expediting the development of Assam, East in all NE State capitals. officials said. • Additional Secretary informed that The Minister of • Remote sensing technology would be used for State for Culture (I/C) and Environment, Forest & accurate flood warning system, prevention of soil Climate Change, Dr. Mahesh Sharma erosion and land slides to name a few. will inaugurate the 6th edition of Rashtriya Sanskriti • The state government would provide land to ISRO Mahotsav on 7th October 2017 at 7.00 pm at free of cost for the research centre. Sabarmati River Front Event Centre, A Block in Ahmadabad. India to conduct the First ‘BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise- 2017’ First Edition of the ASEAN India Music Festival held in The First ‘BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise- 2017’ New Delhi (BIMSTEC DMEx-2017) has been conducted by the National Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India in Disaster Response Force (NDRF) as the lead agency from collaboration with Ministry of Culture and Seher presents the October 10-13, 2017 in Delhi and the National Capital Region first ever ASEAN-India Music Festival from October 6th-8th (NCR). 2017 at Purana Quila in New Delhi. 9 WiFiStudy.com

• This Exercise will be a platform for sharing Best • Gandhi was shot dead in New Delhi on January 30, Practices on all aspects of Disaster Risk Reduction 1948 by Nathuram Vinayak Godse, a right-wing (DRR), strengthening regional response and advocate of Hindu nationalism. coordination for Disaster Management among the BIMSTEC member countries. Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurates Saudi Aramco India • The main focus of the BIMSTEC DMEx-2017 will be Office on testing the region’s preparedness and resilience Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Skill Development towards effective activation of inter-Governmental & Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, inaugurated interaction/dialogue/agreements for immediate Saudi Aramco’s ARAMCO ASIA INDIA office in Gurugram deployment of regional resources for disaster jointly with Mr Amin H Al-Nasser, President and CEO of response. Saudi Aramco. • The office is located at Two Horizon Tower, Dialogue of Civilizations – IV being Organized from 8th – Gurugram. 15th October, 2017 • Saudi Aramco through its subsidiary ARAMCO Asia ‘4th Dialogue of Civilizations’ is being jointly organized by the India (AAI) established its formal business presence Archaeological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture and in India in 2016. National Geographic in New Delhi from 8th to 15th October, • AAI would now formally engage in crude oil and 2017. LPG marketing, engineering & technical services, and • The theme of the Conference is “Technology and other business development activities. Civilization”. • In 2013, the National Geographic Society initiated a Prez launches Rs 100 crore clean water initiative five-year annual conference called “The Dialogue of President Ram Nath Kovind launched Mata Amritanandamayi Civilizations,” the mission of which is to encourage Math's Rs 100 crore clean water initiative for rural India at the scholarly and public discourse about the five ancient, math headquarters in Kerala. literate civilizations of the world (i.e., Egypt, • Kovind, who is on his maiden visit to the southern Mesopotamia, South Asia, China, and Mesoamerica). state after assuming office, inaugurated the • 'Jivamritam' filtration system, envisaged to provide 9th Annual ‘World Dental Show 2017’ opens in Mumbai clean drinking water to 10 million villagers across the The 3-day international exhibition -9th Annual ‘World Dental nation. Show 2017’ has opened Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai. • The programme was organised as part of the 64th • It is an integral part of Asia’s biggest dental event. birthday celebrations of spiritual leader Mata • The exhibition was hosted by the Indian Dental Amritanandamayi Devi, popularly known as 'Amma' Association (IDA). among her devotees. • It is showcasing the evolving global technologies and techniques in dentistry. Prime Minister launches Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) SC appoints amicus on a plea seeking reprobe of Gandhi "Let no child suffer from any vaccine-preventable disease". murder • This was stated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra The Supreme Court put some searching questions on a plea Modi as he launched the Intensified Mission seeking reopening of the investigation into the assassination of Indradhanush (IMI) at Vadnagar in Gujarat. Mahatma Gandhi. • Through this programme, Government of India aims • After a brief hearing, a bench comprising Justices S A to reach each and every child under two years of age Bobde and L Nageswara Rao appointed senior and all those pregnant women who have been left advocate and former additional solicitor general uncovered under the routine immunisation Amrender Sharan as amicus curiae to assist the court programme. in the matter. 10 WiFiStudy.com

• The special drive will focus on improving Yoga and Medical field as Chairpersons and Co- immunization coverage in select districts and cities to chairpersons of the technical sessions. ensure full immunization to more than 90% by • The theme of this year’s conference will be ‘Yoga for December 2018. Wellness’. • The achievement of full immunisation under Mission Indradhanush to at least 90% coverage was to be NMCG Approves Eight Projects worth over Rs 700 Crore achieved by 2020 earlier. National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved eight projects • With the launch of IMI, achievement of the target has worth Rs. 700 crore, out of which four pertain to sewage now been advanced. management in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, three are related to treatment of drains through bio-remediation and PM lays foundation stone for Bhadbhut barrage project one of inventorization and surveillance of river Ganga. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the • On sewage management front, a project for pollution Rs 4,337-crore Bhadbhut Barrage project which aims to stop abatement in river Ganga at Bally in West Bengal has the ingress of salinity along the Narmada river. been approved at an estimated cost of Rs 200.07 crore • Modi, on the second day of his two-day visit to poll- that would include construction of a 40 MLD STP bound Gujarat, also flagged off a new train between under Hybrid Annuity based PPP model among other Udhna in Surat and Jaynagar in Bihar. works. • The prime minister also inaugurated various neem- • Similarly, construction of a 65 MLD STP under related projects of the Gujarat Narmada Valley Hybrid Annuity model has been approved for Fertilisers Company Limited (GNFC), and said the Bhagalpur in Bihar at an estimated roject cost of Rs idea of 100 per cent neem-coated urea, conceived by 268.49 crore. his government, has stopped its pilferage and helped • In Uttar Pradesh, sewage treatment related works at in addressing the problem of urea shortage faced by an estimated cost of Rs 213.62 crore have also been farmers. approved that includes construction of two STPs (28 MLD + 05 MLD) in Farrukabad and one 2 MLD STP Vice President to inaugurate the third International at Bargadiya drain in Fatehpur. Conference on Yoga • Pollution abatement works for river Ganga like Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has inaugurated the interception, two-day ‘International Conference on Yoga for Wellness’ at diversion Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. and • The conference is being organized by Ministry of treatment of AYUSH as a part of commemorating the celebration sewage in of 21st June as International Day of Yoga declared by Bithoor have the United Nations. also been approved at an estimated cost of Rs 13.40 • Yoga focused deliberations of the conference will be crore. organized in six technical sessions followed by Panel • Three projects of treatment of drains using bio- Discussion among 16 interdisciplinary experts from remediation technology have also been given a green prominent scientific institutions. signal at an estimated cost of Rs 4.29 crore. These are • The thematic areas of deliberations include Yoga for Rajapur drain and Digha drain in Patna and Laksar research in non-communicable diseases and scope of drain in Haridwar. Yoga in Integrated Medicine, Control of Cancer, • One project for pollution inventorization, assessment Depression, Gynecological disorders and Pain and surveillance on river Ganga has also been Management. approved at an estimated cost of Rs 42.9 crore. • 25 national and international experts will be the Continuation of an ongoing exercise, the project aims speakers and 11 highly reckoned resource persons of to strengthen environmental regulation and water quality monitoring vis-à-vis river Ganga. 11 WiFiStudy.com

President of India inaugurates India water Week-2017 The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra The President of Modi has approved the signing of "Memorandum of India, Shri Ram Nath Cooperation (MoC)" between India and Japan on the Kovind, inaugurated "Technical Intern Training Program (TITP)". India Water Week- • This MoC is expected to be signed during the 2017 on October 10, forthcoming visit of Hon'ble Minister for Skill 2017 in New Delhi. Development & Entrepreneurship during October, • Speaking on 16-18, 2017 at Tokyo. the occasion, • The Technical Intern Training Program (TITP) is an the President said that water is essential to life. It is ambitious program to send Indian technical interns to fundamental to the economy and to ecology – and to Japan for on the job training for a period of three to human equity. five years. • The issue of water is becoming still more critical in • It is expected that the MoC will pave the way for view of climate change and related environmental bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the concerns. area of skill development. • Better and more efficient use of water is a challenge for Indian agriculture and industry alike. It requires us IALA to change its status to Inter-Governmental to set new benchmarks in both our villages and in the Organization cities we build. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for International Association of Germany to help Indian Railways to increase speed Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) German Railways will assist Indian Railways to make to change its status from country's existing rail corridors semi high speed. The semi high Non-Governmental speed trains will run at 200 km per hour. Organization (NGO) to • A joint declaration of Intent was signed between Inter-Governmental Ministry of Railways and Germany in Rail Bhavan Organization (IGO). regarding carrying out of feasibility study on existing • The move will 643 km Chennai-Kazipet corridor of Indian Railways facilitate “to by German Railways for increasing the speed of foster the safe, passenger trains to 200 kmph on 50.50 percent cost economic and sharing basis. efficient movement of vessels". It will bring IALA at • German Railways is likely to undertake more such par with International Maritime Organisation (IMO) projects for Indian Railways. and International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO).

Kempegowda Airport will be India's first Aadhaar- Cabinet approves SANKALP & STRIVE Schemes to boost enabled airport Skill India Mission Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) is all set The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the to be become country's first Aadhaar-enabled airport by 2018. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved two new • After a two-month pilot project in February, World Bank supported schemes of Rs. 6,655 crore - Skills Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood decided to make KIA fully compliant with Aadhaaar- Promotion (SANKALP) and Skill Strengthening for Industrial enabled entry and biometric boarding system. Value Enhancement (STRIVE). • SANKALP is Rs 4,455 crore Centrally sponsored MoC between India and Japan on the "Technical Intern scheme including Rs. 3,300 crore loan support from Training Program" World Bank whereas STRIVE is a Rs. 2,200 crore -

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central sector scheme, with half of the scheme outlay Union Textiles Minister inaugurates IHGF - Delhi Fair as World bank loan assistance. Autumn 2017 • SANKALP and STRIVE are outcome focused The Union Textiles Minister schemes marking shift in government's Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani has implementation strategy in vocational education and urged the exporting fraternity to training from inputs to results. take care of the welfare of artisans who are the backbone Suresh Prabhu kick-starts “Make in India: Sweden 2017” of the sector. Make in India: Sweden 2017, organized by the Department of • The Minister said that design and product Industrial Policy and Promotion in Stockholm, from October development play a crucial role in value realisation 12-13aims to enhance Indo-Swedish cooperation and explore and in turn in the benefit that the artisans and new areas of partnership. producers are able to reap from their products. • Several run-up events and high level meetings took • The Minister said this after inaugurating IHGF - Delhi place a day before the commencement of Make in Fair Autumn 2017, world’s largest handicrafts and India: Sweden 2017. gifts fair. • The Indian delegation led by the Minister of • The fair is being held at India Expo Centre & Mart, Commerce & Industry, Shri Suresh Prabhu held a Greater Noida, during October 12 - 16, 2017. bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of Sweden, • Delivering the inaugural address, the Minister Mr. Stefan Löfven. applauded the role of Export Promotion Council for • The meeting reiterated the dedication to further Handicrafts in promoting exports of handicrafts. strengthening of the Indo-Swedish economic • She noted that handicraft exports have witnessed a relationship and exploring new avenues of year-on-year growth of 13.15% in 2016-17 and has collaboration. touched Rs. 24,392 crores. • The Minister appreciated the launch of schemes by Launch of Mobile Health App `MedWatch' By the Indian EPCH under their CSR programme, for education of Air Force children of artisans. On the occasion of its 85th anniversary, the Indian Air Force • The scheme provides full support to education of has launched an innovative mobile health App named children of artisans through open schools. `MedWatch' in keeping with the Prime Minister's vision of • 75% of the expenditure will be borne by EPCH and ‘Digital India'. 25% by member exporters. • ‘MedWatch’, available on the IAF's AFCEL network, • Smt. Irani added that it is the dream of the Hon’ble comprises a host of features that will provide Prime Minister that no child in the country should be authentic health information to all IAF personnel. left illiterate. • A Reminder Tool to enable timely immunization for the children of all Air Warriors is an important DoP launches Sampoorna Bima Gram Yojana component of the App. This will directly enable The Minister for Communications Shri Manoj Sinha launched 'Mission Indradhanush' of the Govt of India. the Sampoorna Bima Gram (SBG) Yojana and an initiative for • ‘MedWatch’, the first mobile health app in the three expansion of clientele base of Postal Life Insurance. Armed Services, was launched by Air Chief Marshal • He said that all villages under the Saansad Adarsh Gram BS Dhanoa, Chief of the Air Staff, during the Air Yojana will be brought under its ambit. Force Commanders' Conference at New Delhi on 11 • The Minister said, under Sampoorna Bima Gram (SBG) Oct 17. Yojana, at least one village (having a minimum of 100 households) will be identified in each of the revenue districts of the country, wherein endeavour will be made to cover all households of that identified village with a minimum of one RPLI (Rural Postal Life Insurance) policy each. 13 WiFiStudy.com

• Coverage of all households in the identified Sampoorna Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a corpus of Rs Bima Gram village is the primary objective of this scheme. 10,000-crore to be given to top 20 Indian universities for their • Shri Sinha said, under the scheme expansion of clientele development, in order to ensure that the top ranking institutions base of PLI, it has now been decided that benefits of PLI will are counted among the best in the world. no more be confined to Government and semi-Government • Addressing a function on the centenary celebrations employees, but will also be available to professionals such as of the Patna University in Bihar, PM Modi said that Doctors, Engineers, Management Consultants, Charted his government has undertaken “a step forward” Accountants, Architects, Lawyers, Bankers etc. and to towards making 10 private and 10 government employees of listed companies of NSE (National Stock universities world class. Exchange) and BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange). • Modi said, we will provide an assistance of Rs 10,000 crore to 10 private universities and an equal number Dr Mahesh Sharma Inaugurates ‘Deep Dharohar’ of government ones for a period of five years. Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (Independent charge) for • All these universities have to do is to demonstrate Culture inaugurated “Deep Dharohar” organized by the their potential to become world class,” he said. Ministry of Culture. • The top 20 universities will be selected through a • The festival was inaugurated by the lighting of 1000 diyas challenge which will be judged by a third party. by the participating artists and artisans and children from organisations like the CCRT, SAPNA Prayas and Kailash Satyarthi’s foundation. 'Rajasthan assembly first in India to call motions online' The Rajasthan assembly has become the first in India to call India to hold Dubai’s 1st-ever AYUSH conference in Nov attention and adjournment motions and proposals online from India will hold Dubai’s first-ever AYUSH conference next legislators to send them to the state government. month to spread awareness about the prevention and • Speaker Kailash Meghwal inaugurated the new management of lifestyle diseases through Yoga and Ayurveda. system by sending a call for an attention motion to the • ‘International AYUSH Conference and Exhibition 2017’ state government with a click of a mouse.. with the theme of ‘Lifestyle diseases: Prevention and • The system is expected to save time, labour and use management through AYUSH’ will be organised from of paper in the functioning of the assembly, and also November 9-11 by Science India Forum, with the support of help legislators in bringing attention to urgent public Ministry of AYUSH. issues. India Sri Lanka Joint Military exercise Mitra Shakti 2017 begins World's largest combustion research centre at IIT Madras The fifth India-Sri Lanka Joint Training Exercise MITRA The world's largest combustion research centre which will SHAKTI 2017 started with a grand Opening Ceremony impart a major boost to the Indian scientific community was conducted at Aundh Military Station, Pune. inaugurated at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. • The exercise is based on Counter Terrorist Operations and • The National Centre for Combustion Research and an Infantry company from both the countries is participating in Development (NCCRD) was inaugurated by NITI the same. Aayog member V K Saraswat. • The India - Sri Lanka joint training exercise MITRA • This is the world's largest combustion research centre. SHAKTI 2017 in its fifth edition will send a strong signal to the world that both India and Sri Lanka understand the “Exercise INDRA - 2017: Indo-Russia Joint Exercise” emerging threat of terrorism and stand shoulder to shoulder in Exercise INDRA-2017, countering this menace. the first ever Tri Services

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in the Eastern Military District of Russia from 19 to 29 Oct wisdom of Ayurveda and modern diagnostic tools and 2017. technology. • Exercise INDRA in its pre6vious nine avatars has • Speaking on this occasion, the Prime Minister been conducted as a single service exercise alternately congratulated the gathering on the celebration of between the two countries. Dhanvantari Jayanti as Ayurveda Divas. • The year 2017 marks a major milestone as this Exercise has been upgraded to involve all the three Ministry WCD launches campaign on 'women for women': Services of the Armed Forces (Army, Navy & Air #IamThatWoman Force), which further accentuates the importance of In an attempt to end Gender bias in women against women, the Joint Services in the present world environment. Ministry of Women and Child Development is undertaking • Exercise INDRA-2017 will be conducted at the 249th online campaign #IamThatWoman. Combined Army Range Sergeevisky and in the Sea of • Through the campaign, the Ministry seeks to highlight Japan near Vladivostok. the various aspects of women standing 'by' and 'for' women. Defence Minister Sitharaman commissions INS Kiltan • Ministry of WCD has urged people to shun Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman commissioned the stereotypes associated with women harming other indigenously-built anti-submarine warfare stealth corvette INS women. Kiltan at the Eastern Naval Command. • Twitter and Facebook users have been encouraged to • Kiltan is the latest indigenous warship after Shivalik tag and share stories of women helping women with a class, Kolkata class and sister ships INS Kamorta and photograph and post online with the hashtag INS Kadmatt to have joined the Indian Navy’s arsenal #IamThatWoman. wherein a plethora of weapons and sensors have been integrated to provide a Common Operational Picture Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister launches Bhavantar (COP). Bhugtan Yojana • It is India’s first major warship to have a Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan superstructure of carbon fibre composite material launched the ambitious ‘Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojna’ in the resulting in improved stealth features, lower top presence of the farmers at the Krishi Upaj Mandi in Khurai, weight and maintenance costs, it said. Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh. • In the future, it would also be installed with short • The objective of this scheme is to ensure reasonable range SAM system and carry an integral ASW prices to the farmers for their agriculture produces and helicopter. thereby protecting them from losses suffered on • This is the third of the four Kamorta-class corvettes account of distress sale. being built under Project 28. • The ship derives its name from one of the islands in Delhi among the world’s worst cities for women Aminidivi group of the strategically located A survey by Thomson Reuters Foundation ranked Delhi among Lakshadweep and Minicoy group of islands. the world’s worst megacities when it comes to women safety. • Delhi has been placed at fourth position after Cairo, The first ever All India Institute of Ayurveda dedicated to Karachi and Kinshasa (Congo). the Nation • The survey was conducted in 19 of the world’s The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, dedicated the All megacities, based on UN’s ranking, between June and India Institute of Ayurveda, in New Delhi, to the Nation. July this year. • The first ever All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) is set up along the lines of AIIMS. Haryana records 39 percent of all cancer cases in India • As an apex institute under the Ministry of AYUSH, Cancer is strengthening its grip across India, and reportedly, the AIIA will bring synergy between the traditional Haryana has a major share, with over 39% of cases recorded in the state. 15 WiFiStudy.com

• Approximately 17.3 lakh new cancer cases are being service quality survey in the category of 5 to 15 million estimated by the year 2020 in India, therefore with the passengers per annum. present trends Haryana might have around 6.5 lakh • On a scale of 1 to 5, Hyderabad airport’s score cancercases by then. improved from 4.4 in 2009 to 4.9 in 2016. • Breast cancer has a majority share of cancer cases and • RGIA was opened in year 2008 and is operated by is the leading cause for deaths in women suffering GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. (GHIAL). with non-communicable disease. • According to an Indian Council of Medical Research Jaipur and Srinagar Airports rated Best Airports in the (ICMR) report, breast cancer shares 10% of all cases. World The Jaipur and Srinagar Airport got First and Second rank IIT Bombay top ranked Indian institute in QS Asia respectively in the category of 2-5 million passengers in ACI- University Rankings ASQ Survey. The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) has • Dr. Guruprasad Mohapatra, Chairman, Airports emerged as the only Indian institute to better its performance Authority of India along with his team received the among the top 100 universities in the latest Quacquarelli ACI-ASQ Award at a function held in Mauritius. Symonds (QS) Asia University Rankings 2018. • The Chairman congratulated both APDs for their • The top-ranked Indian institute in the QS Asia stupendous achievement and challenged more AAI University Rankings, IIT Bombay saw its best airports to compete and win at ACI-ASQ Awards in position at 34th rank in the last three years. their respective categories in future. • Other Indian institutes like IIT Delhi ranked at 41, IIT • This is for the second consecutive time that Jaipur Madras (48), Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Airport has been rated the Best Airport in the World Bangalore (51), IIT Kanpur (59), IIT Kharagpur (62), in the traffic volume of 2 to 5 million passengers per University of Delhi (72), IIT Roorkee (93) and IIT year. Guwahati (98) showed a decline in their respective rankings as against last year. Arunachal Assembly approves Kamle as 23rd district The Arunachal Assembly India, Brazil, South Africa sign IBSA Trust Fund passed a bill paving way for agreement creation of a new district to India, Brazil and South Africa signed the IBSA Trust Fund be named Kamle. Agreement that seeks to fight poverty in developing countries. • With the official • The agreement was signed by Minister of State for creation of the new External Affairs V K Singh who led the Indian side at district, the total number of districts in the state shot the 8th IBSA trilateral Ministerial Commission up to 23. Meeting in Durban. • Chief Minister Pema Khandu introduced the • The IBSA Trust Fund brings together the three Arunachal Pradesh Re-Orgaisation of Districts emerging economies of India, Brazil and South Africa (Amendment) Bill 2017 in the Assembly on October to combat poverty in other developing countries. 14. • Each country contributes USD 1 million annually to • Kamle district, constituting the eastern part of Lower this fund which is managed by the UN Development Subansiri district and western part of Upper Subansiri Programme's (UNDP) Special Unit for South-South district, would have a population of 22,256 of Cooperation. homogeneous people.

ACI ranks Hyderabad airport No. 1 in 5 to 15 million Canada to be partner country for Tech Summit-2017 category Canada will be the partner country at the 23rd iteration of the Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) has Tech Summit, knowledge and technology conference and ranked No. 1 in the Airports Council International’s (ACI) exhibition from 14 – 15 November, 2017 in New Delhi. 16 WiFiStudy.com

• The Summit is being organised by the Confederation • Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation wrote to of Indian Industry (CII) and the Indian Department of state government’s principal secretaries after Science and Technology (DST). observing the name “izzat ghar” being used in many • The India-Canada Tech Summit will highlight a broad parts of Uttar Pradesh. range of research and innovations areas where India • The ministry with an aim of making India open and Canada are world leaders. defecation free by October 2, 2019 is overseeing the • The themes for the Summit include Advanced implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission in Manufacturing Transportation, Agricultural villages. Technology, and Energy. PM Narendra Modi launches several projects in Gujarat Assam to hold Global Investors Summit in February, 2018 Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the poll-bound Gujarat The first Global Investors Summit in Assam will be held in for the third time this month, where he inaugurated and laid Guwahati in February next year and Prime Minister Narendra foundation stones for a number of projects in Bhavnagar and Modi will inaugurate it. Vadodara districts. • The state government plans to utilise the event to • PM Modi inaugurates the first phase of the Rs 615- showcase Assam's business potential with attractive crore 'roll-on, roll-off (ro-ro)' ferry service between policies so that investments are made. Ghogha in Bhavnagar district and Dahej in Bharuch in the Gulf of Cambay. President to inaugurate International Gita Mahotsav • In, Vadodara, he inaugurated and laid the foundation in Haryana stones for projects worth over Rs 1,140 crore. President Ram Nath Kovind will inaugurate the International Gita Mahotsav in Kurukshetra, Haryana, on November 25. Rajasthan govt passes ordinance to protect judges, babus • He will also participate in Gita Yajna and Gita Poojan from probe ceremonies at Brahma Sarovar. The Vasundhara Raje • The mahotsav which will conclude on December 3 government has passed an will have Mauritius as partner country and Uttar ordinance which seeks to Pradesh as partner state. protect both serving and former judges, magistrates Kerala govt prohibits using 'Dalit', 'Harijan' in official and public servants in communications Rajasthan from being investigated for on-duty action without The Kerala Information and Public Relations Department's its prior sanction. internal circular has directed to avoid usage of words "Dalit" • The Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) and "Harijan" in its official communications. Ordinance, 2017, promulgated on September 7, also • The order was issued based on the directive from seeks to bar the media from reporting on accusations Kerala State Commission for Scheduled Castes (SC) till the sanction to proceed with the probe is obtained. and Scheduled Tribes (ST) Chairman Justice PN Vijayakumar. North Korea, Pak not invited for consumer protection • The department informed that the government has conference in India also banned the usage of word "Keezhalar" which was India has not invited Pakistan and North Korea to attend the used to refer to scheduled communities. first global conference on consumer protection to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi Centre asks states to name toilets as ‘izzat ghar’ in rural next week, consumer affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said. areas • The two-day Regional Conference on Consumer The Centre has asked each state to name the toilets in their rural Protection will be held on October 26-27 and will see households as “izzat ghar”, or to use a phrase in regional the participation of 23 countries. language equivalent to “house of dignity”. 17 WiFiStudy.com

• India is organising the event at the request of United Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) to support Nations Conference on Trade and Development skilling in smart cities. (UNCTAD). • National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), an executive arm of MSDE, has collaborated with New Govt to organise global ayurveda meet in February Delhi Municipal Council Smart City Limited The Kerala government will organise an international seminar (NDMCSCL) to extend cooperation for setting up of and ayurveda expo in Kochi in February next year. PMKK Centres for Smart Cities, to provide skill • The four-day seminar will showcase Kerala's training for unemployed youth through its short-term achievements in health tourism, healthcare and training (STT) module and contribute to the capacity ayurveda. building of municipal employees through Recognition • Apart from leading firms and experts in the field, of Prior Learning (RPL) program. well-known names in the economic and business sectors will also take part in the event. Sitharaman to attend Southeast Asian defence ministers' meeting Hyderabad to host CFSI's Intl Children's Film Fest next month In her first foreign visit as defence minister, Nirmala Several film personalities are expected to attend the 20th Sitharaman will travel to the Philippines to attend a Southeast International Children's Film Festival (ICFFI) to be held in Asian defence ministers' meeting which is likely to review the regional security architecture including China's growing Hyderabad between November 8 and 14. assertiveness in the South China Sea. • The festival, also called 'The Golden Elephant', being • China claims sovereignty over all of South China Sea, a organised by Children's Film Society, India (CFSI), will huge source of hydrocarbons. be hosted by the Telangana government jointly with • However, a number of ASEAN member countries CFSI and the Union Ministry of Information and including Vietnam, the Philippines and Brunei have Broadcasting. counter claims. • A record number of 1,402 entries, drawn from as many as • India has been supporting freedom of navigation and 109 countries, have been received by the CFSI in access to resources in the South China Sea in accordance various categories, including animation, documentary with principles of international law, including the 1982 and short films. UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. • The theme for this year's festival is 'New India'.

Madhya Pradesh tops in digital initiatives: Survey India’s First Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra for Madhya Pradesh has emerged as the top state in terms of Skilling in Smart Cities digital initiatives undertaken, with a maximum score of 100.1 To bring momentum in skilling through collaborative efforts, on performance index, followed by Maharashtra at 99.9 and the Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh along with Andhra Pradesh at 99.8, says a report by Coeus Age Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Skill Consulting. Development and Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra • Chhattisgarh (97.4) and Karnataka (95.3) occupied the Pradhan inaugurated India's first Pradhan Mantri Kaushal fourth and fifth positions in the list, respectively. Kendra (PMKK) for Skilling in Smart Cities, in collaboration • The report is based on a comparative assessment of digital with New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC). initiatives by 36 states and Union Territories. • The ministers also laid the foundation for a Skill

Development Centre at Moti Bagh and a Centre of Supreme Court Slaps Rs. 2 Lakh Fine On Environment Excellence at Dharam Marg, New Delhi. Ministry • Affirming synergies with the Government of India’s The Supreme Court today came down heavily on the Union flagship programs, the new skill development centres Environment Ministry for not finalising pollution emission underscore the commitment of the Ministry of Urban standards for industries using pet coke and furnace oil in the Affairs & Housing (MUHA) and the Ministry of Skill

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national capital region and slapped a cost of Rs. two lakh on India grants USD 585,000 aid to Sri Lanka university it. India has provided equipment and vehicles worth USD • Terming it as a "completely disgusting state of affairs", the 585,000 to a university in Sri Lanka’s Tamil-dominated north top court asked the Ministry why the standards were not as part of its development partnership with the country in the finalised despite its earlier direction that it should be field of higher education. done on or before June 30 this year. • The assistance package was given to develop agriculture as well as an engineering faculty on the Killinochchi ‘Paika Bidroha’ to be named as 1st War of Independence campus of University of Jaffna, Indian High The ‘Paika Bidroha’ (Paika rebellion) of 1817 will find a Commission said in a statement. place in the history books as ‘the First War of Independence’ • The material worth USD 585,000 (SLR 90 million) is part from the next academic session, HRD Minister Prakash of the USD 3.9 million (SLR 600 million) development Javadekar said. project to develop the agriculture and engineering • Mr. Javadekar had first made the announcement IN departments of the university. Bhubaneswar at a function to mark the bicentenary of the Paika rebellion, and added that the Centre has BJP to observe first anniversary of DeMo as ‘anti-black allocated Rs. 200 crore for commemorating it across the money day’ country. Bharatiya Janata Party will celebrate 8 November, first • Paikas were peasant militia under the Gajapati rulers of anniversary of the demonetisation move, as ‘anti-black Odisha who rendered military service to the king during money day’, said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. times of war. • Earlier, the Opposition had said that they will observe 8 • They rebelled against the British rule under the leadership November as a ‘black-day’ with nationwide protests and of Bakshi Jagabandhu Bidyadhara as early as 1817. rallies. • Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has also announced to hold a Indian ship in Indonesia for joint exercise – CORPAT nationwide protest, “Dhokha Divas”, on 8 November to Indian Naval ship mark the completion of one year of demonetisation. Sukanya reached Belawan port, Indonesia ‘Letters of Intent’ for 14 monuments under ‘Adopt a to take part in the 30th Heritage Scheme’ edition of CORPAT Seven shortlisted companies were given ‘Letters of Intent’ for (Coordinated Patrol) fourteen monuments under ‘Adopt a Heritage Scheme’ of and third Bilateral exercise between the Indian and Indonesian Ministry of Tourism at the closing ceremony of ‘Paryatan navies. Parv’ at Rajpath Lawns, New Delhi. • The exercise is aimed at fostering closer maritime ties with • These companies will be the future ‘Monument Mitras’ countries located on the rim of the Indian Ocean. who would associate pride with their CSR activities. • SBI Foundation shortlisted for the adoption of - Jantar Deadline to link Aadhaar with schemes extended till Mantar, Delhi. March 31 • TK International Limited shortlisted for the adoption of The deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar to avail -Sun Temple, Konark, Raja Rani Temple, benefits of various government schemes would be Bhubaneshwar and Ratnagiri Monuments, Jajpur, extended till March 31 next year, the Centre told the Odisha Supreme Court. • Yatra Online Pvt. Limited shortlisted for the adoption • It told a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra that of: Hampi, Karnataka, Leh Palace, Jammu & Kashmir, the deadline for Aadhaar linking to avail benefits of the Qutub Minar, Delhi and Ajanta Caves, Maharashtra schemes was to end in December and it has now been • Travel Corporation of India Ltd. shortlisted for the decided to extend it till March 31, 2018. adoption of: Mattancherry Palace Museum, Kochiand Safdarjung Tomb, Delhi 19 WiFiStudy.com

• Adventure Tour Operator Association of India • It means that pictures of the chief minister, ministers or shortlisted for the adoption of : Gangotri Temple Area politicians can no longer be used in posters or hoardings, and Trail to Gaumukh and Mt. StokKangri, Laddakh, often put up as a show of strength and support – larger Jammu and Kashmir the better. • Special Holidays Travel Pvt. Ltd. (With) Rotary Club of Delhi shortlisted for the adoption of Agrasen ki Baoli, International Conference on Green Initiatives & Railway Delhi Electrification • NBCC shortlisted for the adoption of Purana Quila, Minister of Railways & Coal Shri Piyush Goyal inaugurated Delhi. International Conference on Green Initiatives & Railway • The ‘Adopt a Heritage Scheme’ of Ministry of Tourism Electrification organised by Ministry of Railways through was launched on World Tourism Day i.e. 27th Institution of Railways Electrical Engineer (IREE) India. September, 2017 by the President of India. • The main objective of the two days international conference is to bring green power project developers Power Minister addresses the 3rd Global Investors’ India and other stakeholders on a common platform for Forum making Indian Railways (IR) an efficient and Greener Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & mode of transport. Renewable Energy, Shri R. K. Singh addressed the 3rd Global • This conference has the aim for giving boost to ‘Make in Investors’ India Forum in New Delhi. India’ and ‘Innovative India’ campaigns of Hon'ble • The theme of the event was ‘Ideate, Innovate, Prime Minister of India. Implement and Invest in India’ and it was attended by global industry stalwarts. India pips US to become second-largest smartphone • The event was organized by the ASSOCHAM and market witnessed the participation of Global Industry stalwarts, India has pipped the US to become the world's second-largest who engaged in an intense discussion with the Minister; smartphone market at the end of the third quarter, according and senior officials of the Ministry. to two research firms, which also said China’s Xiaomi is expected to end Korean major Samsung’s four and-a-half year Odisha will be the 'Focus State' at World Food India-2017 reign at the top soon. Odisha will be the 'Focus State' in the World Food India • Singapore-based Canalys said in a report that the Indian (WFI)-2017, a mega international food event to be held at smartphone market grew by 23% year-on-year in the New Delhi from November 3 to 5. July-September quarter to top 40 million units. • More than 200 global companies from 30 countries will be participating in the event. First International Conference on Consumer Protection concludes • Besides, 450 domestic companies and leading research The First International and development (R&D) institutes along with 95 Indian industry captains are likely to participate in WFI. Consumer Protection Conference on “Empowering

consumers in new markets” for Madras HC bans photos of living persons on banners in the South, South East and East Tamil Nadu Asian Countries was held on 26 The Madras high court banned the use of pictures of living persons on banners and hoardings in Tamil Nadu, where to 27 October 2017 in New Delhi. towering cut-outs of politicians and actors are almost a part of • Mr. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India inaugurated the local culture. the Conference which was attended by 1600 participants • The court asked Tamil Nadu’s top official to maintain a that included delegates from 19 countries. clean environment and also ensure that there were “no • Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD unnecessary drawings” on buildings and residential addressed the conference in the Inaugural session. places in all wards of the southern state. 20 WiFiStudy.com

• The Conference was chaired by Shri Ram Vilas Paswan, Ministry of MSME along with other dignitaries and Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public senior officials from the Ministry were also present. Distribution. • Speaking on the occasion, Shri Giriraj Singh said that the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development 11th World Congress on Adolescent Health held in New (MSMED) Act, 2006 contains provisions to deal with Delhi cases of delayed payment to Micro and Small The 11th World Congress on Adolescent Health was held in Enterprises (MSEs). New Delhi during 27th to 29th October 2017. • As per the provisions, the buyer is liable to pay compound • The theme for World Congress on Adolescent Health 2017 interest with monthly rests to the supplier on the amount was ‘Investing in Adolescent Health—the Future is at three times of the bank rate notified by Reserve Bank Now’. in case he does not make payment to the supplier for the • This event was hosted by MAMTA Health Institute for supplies of goods or services within 45 days of the day Mother and Child and the Public Health Foundation of of acceptance of the goods/service or the deemed day of India (PHFI). acceptance.

Dalai Lama addresses peace conference in Imphal The 14th Dalai Lama during his three-day maiden visit to Manipur addressed at the International Peace Conference in the Imphal RCom calls off merger deal with Aircel • The conference was aimed at promoting peace and Reliance Communications (RCom) has called off plans to harmony in the northeastern region. merge its wireless business with rival Aircel, citing legal and • The conference brought a host of religious leaders from regulatory uncertainties. various countries, including Buddhist monks from • Had the merger gone through, it would have created South-East Asia and Myanmar, under one platform. India’s third-largest telecom provider with 175 million subscribers. India to host UN wildlife summit in 2020 • The proposed deal with Aircel signed last September. India will host the next United Nations (UN) global Fitch lowers India's growth forecast to 6.9% wildlife conference in 2020, Fitch Ratings has lowered India's economic growth forecast for it was announced on 28 the current fiscal to 6.9 per cent from 7.4 per cent after the GDP October. growth "unexpectedly faltered" in the April-June quarter. • An announcement in this regard was made in the • The Asian Development Bank (ADB) had last month Philippine capital on the last day of the 12th Meeting of slashed India's GDP growth forecast for the current the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on fiscal to 7 per cent from 7.4 per cent owing to Migratory Species (CMS COP). weakness in private consumption, manufacturing • The CMS COP is held once in three years. output and business investment. • India had posted a 7.1 per cent growth in 2016-17. Giriraj Singh launches MSME Delayed Payment Portal – MSME Samadhaan GIFT-IFSC ranks at 10th place in global financial centres Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Shri Giriraj index Singh launched MSME Delayed Payment Portal – MSME India's first IFSC has been featured at the tenth place in the Samadhaan. latest September 2017 edition of Global Financial Centres • It will micro and small entrepreneurs across the country to Index 22 (GFCI) - London. directly register their cases relating to delayed payments • The Gandhinagar-based IFSC has ranked ahead of by Central Ministries/Departments/CPSEs/State other leading financial hubs at Luxembourg, Seoul, Governments. Shri Arun Kumar Panda, Secretary, Abu Dhabi, Toronto and Beijing.

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• GIFT has been put in the same league as other top Bangladesh Signs USD 4.5 Billion Loan Deal With India financial centres at New York and Hong Kong. Bangladesh signed a whopping USD 4.5 billion third line of credit (LoC) agreement with India for its infrastructure and US ships first lot of crude to India social sector development. The first shipment of US crude oil to India arrived at Paradip • The agreement was signed in the presence of Finance Port in Odisha, as part of the two million barrels contracted by Minister Arun Jaitley and his Bangladeshi counterpart India. A M A Muhith. • The shipment follows recent commitments to US oil • The new Indian line of credit, worth USD 4.5 billion, purchases by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and will be used to fund 17 major projects in Bangladesh, Bharat Petroleum (BPCL), both of which have placed which include electricity, railroads, roads, shipping orders for over 2 million barrels from the US. and ports. • US crude oil shipments to India have the potential to boost bilateral trade by up to $2 billion. India signs €300 million Finance Contract with European Investment Bank AIIB, ADB approves $ 100 mn loan for India’s power Government of India and European Investment Bank (EIB) sector signed the Finance Contract for lending of € 300 million for China-led AIIB and multilateral funding agency ADB will co- Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase II Line R6. finance a USD 100-million loan for India to improve power • Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase II is to be jointly transmission network and expand the use of solar and wind financed by the European Investment Bank (€500 energy. million) and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank • The loan, approved by the Board of Directors of the (€300 million). Beijing-headquartered Asian Infrastructure • The first tranche of Euro 300mn was signed on Investment Bank (AIIB), involves co-financing of October 5. USD 50 million from the Manila-based Asian • The project envisages extension of East-West & Development Bank (ADB). North-South lines for Bangalore Metro Rail which • This was the fourth co-financing made by the AIIB includes a total length of 72.095 km (13.79 km and the ADB, two major multilateral development underground) and 61 stations with 12 underground banks in Asia. stations. • India is the second largest shareholder in the AIIB. The bank has an authorised capital of USD 100 RBI forms High-level Task Force on Public Credit Registry billion. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has formed a High-level Task Force on Public Credit Registry (PCR) for India. RBI keeps repo rate, reverse repo rate unchanged • The task force has been constituted under the The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept the repo rate and chairmanship of Yeshwant M. Deosthalee. reverse repo rate unchanged at 6 percent and 5.75 percent • It will review the current availability of information respectively. on credit, the adequacy of existing information system • Repo Rate: Unchanged at 6% and identify gaps that could be filled by a PCR. • Revrese Repo Rate: Unchanged at 5.75% • Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) Rate: Unchanged HDFC Life launches service bot Neo at 6.25% HDFC Life Insurance Company has launched Neo — a • Bank Rate: Unchanged at 6.25% servicing bot for Twitter that uses artificial intelligence for • Cash Reserve Ratio: Unchanged at 4% customer service. • Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR): Changed by 50 basis • The insurer hopes to deploy the bot in answering points to 19.5% policy —related queries on social media.

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• This is the second bot put in operation by HDFC Life, Foundation, Swadhaar Fin Access, Indian School of after the launch of SPOK, which was an email bot to Micro Finance for Women (ISMW), Samarpit and the answer customer queries. PACE Foundation -- have been selected to execute the pilot project in collaboration with banks. Axis Bank acquires Freecharge • The total cost of the pilot project over a period of three The country’s third largest private sector lender Axis Bank said years is Rs 18.40 crore. it has acquired payments wallet Freecharge for Rs 373 crore in • The aim of the CFL is to inculcate the habit of making an all-cash deal. a household budget and recording financial • Sangram Singh has been appointed as the CEO of transactions, encourage transactions in savings Freecharge Payment Technologies Private Ltd, it said. accounts, and active saving by depositing in banks • Freecharge presently has revenue of about Rs. 80 through fixed deposits and recurring deposits. crore. SBI to fund Maharashtra govt’s affordable housing Vijaya Bank inks MoU with HPCL for digital payments schemes Vijaya Bank has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding The State Bank of India (MoU) with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) for (SBI) will soon ink an enabling all HPCL retail outlets with BHIM/UPI merchant MoU with the solutions. Maharashtra • This rollout will empower all petrol pump attendants government-owned PSU and LPG delivery personnel to accept digital Shivshahi Purnarvasan payments. Prakalp (SPPL) for • Customers can make payments by scanning a financing affordable housing under the State’s slum payment QR code, using BHIM Vijaya or any BHIM rehabilitation schemes. app that supports payments via UPI. • The SBI will make available funds for the construction of affordable housing tenements under RBI imposes restrictions banking business on Oriental the slum rehabilitation schemes, including the Bank of Commerce Dharavi Redevelopment Project, of the Maharashtra The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed certain government. restriction on banking activities of government-owned Oriental • According to sources in SBI and SPPL, the MoU is Bank of Commerce which has suffered huge losses due to expected to promote private sector participation in sharp rise in bad loan. construction of affordable housing under the slum • This will be the seventh bank among the 21 PSU rehabilitation schemes in Mumbai. The SBI will banks to be placed under restrictions since March this promote its home loan business with special offers calendar year. under the SBI Hamara Loan scheme. • RBI has earlier placed restrictions on six banks which include Dena Bank, Central Bank of India, IDBI Govt raises stake in IDBI Bank to 77.79% Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Bank of Maharashtra IDBI Bank said its promoter, the government of India, has and UCO Bank. increased its stake in the company to 77.79% by acquiring 3.81% shares through preferential allotment. RBI to launch financial literacy drive in 9 states • The government earlier had 73.98% stake in IDBI The Reserve Bank will soon launch a financial literacy drive in Bank. 80 blocks in nine states on pilot basis to educate people on e- • The government of India has acquired 3.81% shares transactions, formal sector borrowings and insurance carrying voting rights in the company due to purchases. preferential allotment of equity shares. • Six NGOs registered with the Depositor Education and Awareness Fund -- CRISIL Foundation, Dhan 23 WiFiStudy.com

ICICI Bank commits Rs 10 crore for welfare of armed SBI to set up country's largest innovation centre at forces Mumbai Country's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank committed The nation's largest lender State Bank of India is creating a a financial assistance of Rs 10 crore to the Indian Armed 15,000-sqft innovation centre in Navi Mumbai investing Forces. around Rs 100 crore. • The fund will be utilised towards welfare activities • The centre, to be built at its Global IT Centre in and betterment of the families of ex-servicemen who Belapur in Navi Mumbai, will be the largest have lost their lives guarding the nation. innovation centre by any financial services company • The contribution would be made in two equal tranches in the country. by the bank as part of its Corporate Social • The innovation centre is part of a Rs 200-crore Responsibility (CSR) initiative. allocation that the bank has earmarked for innovation • A cheque worth Rs 5 crore was handed over to last year. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as part of the initiative. Bharti Airtel acquires telecom business of Tatas Bharti Airtel and Tata announced that they have entered into World Bank reduces India GDP growth forecast to 7% an understanding to merge Consumer Mobile Businesses In its South Asia Economic Focus (Fall 2017), the World Bank (CMB) of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) and Tata reduced India’s GDP growth forecast to 7% for 2017-18 from Teleservices Maharashtra Limited (TTML) into Bharti Airtel. 7.2% estimated earlier. • The acquisition is subject to requisite regulatory • After remaining the world’s fastest-growing region approvals. for eight consecutive quarters, South Asia has slipped • The merger is being done on a debt-free cash-free to the third position behind East Asia and the Pacific basis. regions, as India’s economy slowed to its lowest level • As part of the agreement, Bharti Airtel will absorb in 13 quarters, the World Bank said. Consumer Mobile Businesses (CMB) of TTSL and TTML across the country in 19 circles (17 under IMF cuts India’s 2017 growth forecast TTSL and two under TTML). The International Monetary Fund (IMF) pared its growth forecast for India by half a percentage point to 6.7% for 2017. IndusInd Bank to take over micro finance company Bharat • In its latest World Economic Outlook, IMF said the Financial world economy is going through a cyclical upswing The Board of Directors of IndusInd Bank Ltd and Bharat that began midway through 2016. Financial Inclusion Ltd approved the merger of two companies • It raised the global growth estimate marginally for through a composite scheme of arrangement. 2017 to 3.6% while flagging downside risks. • As per the merger terms, the shareholders of Bharat Financial will receive 639 shares of IndusInd for Canara Bank launches first digital branch in Bengaluru every 1,000 shares of Bharat Financial. Canara Bank, which has set an ambitious target of moving to • The Board of Directors of the two companies ‘paperless’ futuristic banking, launched its first ‘Digital approved the scheme at their respective meetings. Banking Branch’ at Spencer Towers in MG Road, Bengaluru. • Titled ‘CANDI’, the branch will provide an end-to- Odisha government department signs MOU with SBI end digital experience to customers. The Odisha government's Directorate of Treasuries and • The bank, as part of the run-up to its digital foray, has Inspection and the State Bank of India have signed an MOU introduced customer-friendly mobile apps which help for integration of SBI e-Pay with cyber treasury. customers get most of the information related to their • The MoU is a landmark initiative by the state accounts from the app without the need to visit the government to facilitate revenue collection from branch. citizens through digital banking platform, an official said. 24 WiFiStudy.com

• The SBI e-Pay is the payment aggregator service wing Mahindra & Mahindra said it has launched a programme, of the bank which will facilitate on line payment of Prerna, to empower women working in the agriculture sector government dues by the customers of any public/ by promoting efficient and ergonomic farm tools and private sector banks by using the payment gateway of equipment. SBI. • The project will be initially launched in the state of Odisha, with the intention to positively impact the lives of over 1,500 families across 30-plus villages. Union Bank launches bilingual Android app • The company, which is part of the USD 19 billion Union Bank of India has launched an Android app, Union Mahindra Group, yesterday celebrated the 'Mahila Sahyog, as part of its drive to digitise customer-facing banking Kisan Diwas' with the launch of this programme. services. • The Union Sahyog app is bilingual — offering both Google Viewed as Most Authentic Brand in India: Survey English and Hindi language — and packs in all Indian consumers regard Google as the most authentic brand, mobile-based banking applications, missed call/SMS- even though Amazon.com tops the list globally, reveal results based services, Internet banking login and self-user of a new survey. creation, deposit and loan product information, online • In India, Google is followed by Microsoft, account opening, online loan application, online Amazon.com, Maruti Suzuki and Apple. complaints and even RTI. • Globally, Apple takes the second spot after Amazon • It also offers extras such as branch locator, EMI in the authenticity race, according to the results calculator, social media links and digital banking revealed by Cohn & Wolfe. information. Kotak Mahindra Bank and Zeta launch Paymint Italian banks most exposed to ECB’s new bad loan Kotak Mahindra Bank (“Kotak”) and Zeta, a fintech pioneer, proposal: S&P announced the launch of Italian banks are the most exposed to new bad loan rules Paymint – a comprehensive proposed by the European Central Bank and may lend less to digital platform to manage companies in response to them, credit ratings agency Standard multiple employee benefits. & Poor’s. • A multi-wallet • “We see Italian banks becoming increasingly less digital prepaid keen to lend to domestic corporations,” S&P said in a solutions platform, report looking at the ECB’s proposal that require bank Paymint enables corporates to offer a host of benefits to provision against loan losses at regular intervals. to its employees including meal vouchers, medical SEBI revamps expert panel on Market Infrastructure reimbursements, leave travel allowances, gift cards, Institutions conveyance, fuel allowances, driver salaries and so SEBI reorganised its committee on Market Infrastructure on. Institutions (MII) that advises it on reviewing norms related to • Paymint offers corporates a single digital interface, stock exchanges, clearing corporations and depository powered by Zeta, to manage multiple reimbursements participants. and allowances offered to employees. • The five member expert committee on MII is now chaired by R Gandhi, former Deputy Governor at SBI Foundation commits Rs10 crore for conservation of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). CST • One of the major responsibilities of this committee is The SBI Foundation has committed Rs10 crore for the overall assessment of the existing MIIs’ framework. conservation and restoration of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CST) of Mumbai over a period of three to Mahindra launches 'Prerna' project for women farmers five years.

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• The CST railway station, formerly known as Victoria • The public sector bank will provide finances with Terminus, is a Unesco World Heritage Site. assurance that loans up to Rs 10 crore would be • Through this project, the CSR arm of the State Bank provided within six to seven weeks at competitive rates. of India aims to contribute in development and Business Standard preservation of world heritage structures, SBI said in a statement. Govt to infuse Rs 2.11 lakh crore into PSU banks over 2 • Restoration work of CST heritage building will be years done by INTACH, an expert agency. The government has announced an aggressive Rs. 2.11 lakh crore capital infusion for the NPA hit public sector banks over Aadhaar linking mandatory for bank accounts: RBI a period of two years. The Reserve Bank of India has said biometric identity number • Out of this, Rs. 1.35 lakh crore will be through the Aadhaar linkage with bank accounts is mandatory. recapitalisation bonds, while remaining Rs. 76,000 • The RBI clarification followed media reports quoting crore from the budgetary support, Financial Services a reply to a Right to Information (RTI) application Secretary Rajiv Kumar said. that suggested the apex bank has not issued any order • Non-performing assets of banks have increased from Rs. for mandatory Aadhaar linkage with bank accounts. 2.75 lakh crore in March 2015 to Rs. 7.33 lakh crore as on June 2017. Banks to now match original IDs with photocopies The Government has made it mandatory for banks and RBI slaps Rs 2 crore penalty on IDFC Bank financial institutions to check the original identification The Reserve Bank of India documents of individuals dealing in cash above the prescribed has imposed a monetary threshold, to weed out the use of forged or fake copies. penalty of Rs 2 crore on • The Department of Revenue in the Finance Ministry IDFC Bank for has issued a gazette notification making an contravention of regulatory amendment to the Prevention of Money-laundering restrictions pertaining to (Maintenance of Records) Rules. loans and advances. • Biometric identification number Aadhaar and other • The central bank, in a official documents are required to be obtained by the statement said the penalty has been imposed in exercise reporting entities from anyone opening a bank of powers vested in RBI under the Banking Regulation account as well as for any financial transaction of Rs Act, 1949, taking into account failure of the bank to 50,000 and above. adhere to certain directions issued by RBI.

RBI sets up task force to develop public credit registry ADB Sign $300 Million Loan to Promote Fiscal Reforms The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up a high-level task in West Bengal force to develop a comprehensive public credit registry The Asian Development Bank and the Government of India (PCR) signed a $300 million loan to continue a series of fiscal • It is an extensive database of credit information for India reforms in the State of West Bengal to improve the quality of that is accessible to all stakeholders. public service delivery. • The 10-member task force is headed by Y. M. Deosthalee, • The Second West Bengal Development Finance Program ex-CMD, L&T Finance Holdings. targets a further increase in public investment through reduction of unproductive expenditure, and savings EEPC India, PNB ink MoU to provide easy finance from efficiencies in revenue collections. The Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) of India • Phase I of the project costs $400 million. and Punjab National Bank (PNB) singed an MoU to provide access to finance for the small and medium enterprises and Tata among top five in India's most attractive brands merchant exporters of the council. index 26 WiFiStudy.com

The Tata conglomerate is the only Indian brand to feature among the top five in the India's most attractive brands index RIL first Indian company to cross Rs 6 trillion market cap which has been topped by South Korean consumer electronics Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) became the first Indian maker Samsung. company to cross Rs6 trillion market capitalisation after its • Tata, which was at number 7 in 2016 is ranked at number shares surged over 75% so far this year and hit a fresh lifetime 4 in India's Most Attractive Brands 2017 study, carried high. out by Trust Research Advisory (TRA) and based on • The stock added nearly Rs3 trillion market cap since April primary research conducted on close to 2,450 after its telecom arm Reliance Jio started charging its consumers across 16 cities. customers. • Samsung, which had occupied the third place last year, pipped LG and Sony to regain the top slot. AU Small Bank, Sidbi launch Rs200 crore fund for MSMEs RBI fines Yes Bank Rs 6 crore for non-compliance AU Small Finance Bank tied up with Small Industries The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced it has Development Bank of India (Sidbi) to launch a Rs200 crore imposed a penalty of Rs 6 crore on Yes Bank for not fund for providing loans to micro, small and medium complying with the directions of the central bank. enterprises (MSMEs). • Yes Bank delayed reporting an information security • The programme will fund term loans in the Rs25 lakh to incident involving its ATMs and failed to comply with Rs2 crore ticket size. the RBI's direction on Income Recognition Asset • Both the financial institutions will earmark a corpus of Classification (IRAC norms). Rs100 crore for lending under this agreement this financial year. India to help develop Colombo, Trincomalee Ports India will help develop both Colombo and Trincomalee ports India and World Bank sign $200 Million Loan Agreement in Sri Lanka, foreign secretary S Jaishankar, days after Sri for the Assam Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe named India The Government of India and the World Bank signed a $200 as a top contender for developing the strategically located million Loan Agreement for the Assam Agribusiness and Trincomalee harbour. Rural Transformation Project. • The development potentially extends India's outreach in • The Project will support the Government of Assam to the Indian Ocean, where China is pursuing an facilitate agri-business investments, increase agriculture expansionist policy. productivity and market access, and enable small farm • India is also helping build road and rail projects in Sri holders produce crops that are resilient to recurrent Lanka. floods or droughts in the state. • The Project will be implemented in over 16 Districts of ADB sign $65.5 Million Loan to support Coastal Assam. Over 500,000 farming households will directly Protection in Karnataka benefit from the Project. At least 30 percent women are The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of expected to participate in project activities. Specific India signed a $65.5 million loan agreement in the national focus will be given to women-led enterprises and their capital to continue interventions to check coastal erosion on participation in the decision-making process of farmer the Western Coast in Karnataka. producer organizations. • The loan is the Second Tranche of a $250 million financing • The $200 million loan from the International Bank for facility under the Sustainable Coastal Protection and Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), has a 7-year Management Investment Program. grace period, and a maturity of 16.5 years. • The financing will be used to address the immediate coastal protection needs and for strengthening SBI extends Rs 2317 crore for 43 solar power projects institutional capacity of Karnataka’s Public Works, Ports and Inland Water Transport Department.

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State Bank of India signed an agreement with seven • Prof. Jagdish Mukhi as the Governor of Assam companies for funding solar power energy following a line of • Shri Ganga Prasad as the Governor of Meghalaya credit from World Bank. • Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi was appointed as the • The seven companies include Adani Group, JSW Energy, Lieutenant Governor for Andaman and Nicobar Hinduja Renewables, Tata Renewables Energy, Azure Islands. Power, Cleantech Solar and Hero Solar Energy. • The bank has funded 43 projects rooftop solar power President Appoints Commission to Examine Sub projects amounting Rs 2317 crore with the aggregate Categorization of OBC capacity of 475 mw. The President on 02.10.2017, in exercise of the powers • SBI has availed $ 625 mn from World Bank. conferred by article 340 of the Constitution appointed a Commission to examine the sub-categorisation of Other Government sets up Arun Jaitley led panel on PSU bank Backward Classes. mergers The composition of the Commission is as follows: Moving ahead with reforms in the public sector banking • Chairperson -Justice (Retd.) G. Rohini. space, the government has constituted a ministerial panel • Member -Dr. J.K. Bajaj. headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley that will oversee • Member(Ex-officio)-Director, Anthropological merger proposals of state-owned banks. Survey of India. • The other members of the panel include Railway and Coal • Member (Ex-officio)-Registrar General and Census Minister Piyush Goyal and Defence Minister Nirmala Commissioner, India. Sitharaman. • Secretary of the Commission-Joint Secretary, • The panel will oversee the proposals coming from boards Department of SJ&E, Ministry of Social Justice and of PSBs for consolidation. Empowerment.

Microsoft joins IIT Kharagpur to create 'deeper' search Yatinder Pal Singh Suri elected as PPMAI Chairman engine The Process Plant and Machinery Association of India In a bid to take on Google Search, Microsoft said it is working (PPMAI) has elected Yatinder Pal Singh Suri as its new with professors from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)- Chairman. Kharagpur towards developing a system that can form the • Suri is currently working as the Managing Director basis for a deeper, more meaningful search engine. and India head of Finland-based stainless steel major • The new search engine could assist users looking for Outokumpu. subjective information and trusted opinions, the • PPMAI is a service organisation having members company said in a statement. from companies serving in industries such as oil and • Bing is a web search engine owned and operated by gas processing, refineries, fertilisers, chemicals, Microsoft. petrochemicals, synthetic fibre, and environmental

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Rajnish Kumar as new SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar, 59, the senior most of the managing directors President of India appoints Governors at State Bank of India (SBI), The President has been pleased to make the following will become the 25th chairman appointments:- of the country’s largest lender, • Brig. (Dr.) B. D. Mishra (Retd.) as the Governor of succeeding Arundhati Arunachal Pradesh Bhattacharya, who is set to • Shri Satya Pal Malik as the Governor of Bihar retire on 6 October. • Shri Banwarilal Purohit as the Governor of Tamil • The government Nadu announced his 28 WiFiStudy.com

appointment for three years. Kumar currently is in • Chaitanya Gayatri Chinthapalli, has been elevated as charge of retail banking at SBI. an Executive Director at Bank of India. • Kumar’s appointment comes at a time when SBI’s • S.Krishnan has been elevated as an Executive profitability is under strain because of ballooning bad Director at Syndicate Bank. loans and sluggish credit growth. • Lingam Venkata Prabhakar has been elevated as an • Kumar’s predecessor Bhattacharya was the first Executive Director at Punjab National Bank. woman chairperson of the 200-year-old state-owned bank. Nisha Biswal to head US-India Business Council Nisha Biswal, a former state department official, will head the Mongolia ushers in new Prime Minister US-India Business Council, a powerful advocacy group of US The Mongolian legislature installed a new prime minister, companies with business interest in India. bringing into focus the potential implications for diplomatic • USIBC is a part of the US Chamber of Commerce, the relations with North Korea as well as neighboring Russia and largest lobbying organisation in the country that China. wields real political power in Washington. • Khurelsukh Ukhnaa, the deputy prime minister from • Biswal, who was assistant secretary of state for South the ruling Mongolian People's Party, took office after and Central Asia in the Obama administration, is a confirmation vote in the parliament. expected to join on November 1 in her new position. • He succeeds Erdenebat Jargaltulga, who was ousted by the legislature last month in a no-confidence vote. House panel to look into China-India relations A parliamentary committee has Pooja Kapur is next Ambassador of India to the Republic decided to examine the whole of Macedonia gamut of Sino-Indian relations, Ms. Pooja Kapur, (IFS: 1996) has been concurrently accredited including the border situation. as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Macedonia, • The Standing with residence in Sofia, Republic of Bulgaria. Committee on External Affairs, which will examine • She is expected to take up the assignment shortly. She the relations between the two Asian powers, is headed is presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of by Shashi Tharoor, Congress member of the Lok Bulgaria. Sabha. • The move comes days after Congress vice-president Centre appoints 9 EDs in public sector banks Rahul Gandhi had demanded that Prime Minister The Centre has elevated as many as nine General Managers to Narendra Modi explain the resumed road- Executive Directors in various Public Sector Banks (PSBs). construction by the Chinese near the Doklam plateau. • Bajrang Singh Shekhawat has been appointed as • The committee will examine in detail the issue of Executive Director of Central Bank of India. “cooperation” between India and China in • Govind N Dongre has been appointed as Executive international organisations. Director at Punjab & Sind Bank. • Ajay Kumar Srivastava has been appointed as an Anupam Kher appointed as Chairman FTII Executive Director at Indian Overseas Bank. Shri Anupam Kher, veteran cine star, has been appointed as • Matam Venkata Rao has been elevated as an Chairman of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Executive Director at Canara Bank. Pune. Shri Kher succeeds Shri Gajendra Chauhan. • Kulbhushan Jain has been elevated as an Executive • Shri Kher who has appeared in over 500 films is a Director at Andhra Bank. recipient of the Padma Shri in 2004 and the Padma • Rajesh Kumar Yadhuvanshi has been elevated as an Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution in the field of Executive Director at Dena Bank. cinema and arts.

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• The veteran star has won many national and heightened concerns about the agency's funding and international awards including the ‘Filmfare Award future direction. for Best Performance in a Comic Role’ five times. • Azoulay succeeds outgoing Director-General Irina • He has appeared in acclaimed international films such Bokova of Bulgaria, whose eight-year term was as the 2002 Golden Globe nominated Bend It Like marred by financial woes and criticism over Beckham, 2007 Golden Lion award-winning Lust, Palestine's inclusion as a member. Caution and 2013 Oscar-winning Silver Linings • Recently, the US and Israel said they plan to pull out Playbook. of the Paris-based organisation over its perceived • He has appeared in more than 100 plays and has also anti-Israel bias. authored the book ‘The Best Thing about You Is You’. Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar resigns • Earlier he served as the Chairman of the Central Ranjit Kumar, India’s second-most senior law officer, has Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and was the resigned from the the post of Solicitor General of India citing Director of National School of Drama from 2001 to personal reasons. 2004. • He was appointed by the incumbent government of • He is also an alumnus of National School of Drama Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 7 June 2014. (1978 batch). • Ranjit Kumar succeeded Mohan Parasaran. Points to Remember • The Solicitor General of India assists the Attorney • FTII is an autonomous body under the Ministry of General of India in advising the Union Government Information and Broadcasting and is regarded as a on matters pertaining to law. center of excellence across the world. • Appointments Committee of the Cabinet appoints the • Films made by FTII’s students have enjoyed excellent Solicitor General. Attorney General for India is receptions in festivals in India and abroad and have appointed by the President under Article 76(1) of the won National and International awards. Constitution.

Yuvraj named Laureus ambassador Sunny Verghese appointed as WBCSD Chair from 2018 Mercedes-Benz and Laureus Sport has named Cricketer Yuvraj The World Business Council for Sustainable Development Singh as their first brand ambassador in India. announced that Mr Sunny Verghese has been appointed as the • The global auto manufacturer said it had appointed new Chair of WBCSD. the cricketer to “to bring the change and uplift the • Mr Verghese’s term begins on 1 January 2018 for a society through the power of sports.” duration of two years. Gautam Bambawale India's next ambassador to China • The appointment was enacted by a vote from Seasoned diplomat Gautam Bambawale, India's high members at the 2017 Annual General Meeting of commissioner to Pakistan, was appointed as the country's next WBCSD in Mexico City. envoy to China. • Mr Verghese will succeed Mr Paul Polman, CEO of • This was announced by the external affairs ministry. Unilever, who has been Chairman of WBCSD since • A 1984 India Foreign Service (IFS) officer, 2014. Bambawale will replace Vijay Gokhale. Jacinda Ardern to be New Zealand's next PM France's Audrey Azoulay to be next UNESCO chief Jacinda Ardern will become New Zealand’s next prime UNESCO's executive board has chosen former French Culture minister 26 days after the country’s electorate cast their votes. Minister Audrey Azoulay to be the UN cultural agency's next • Labour party will form a coalition government with leader over a Qatari candidate. NZ First, along with the backing of the Green party, • The US announcement this week that it's quitting which means Ardern, 37, becomes New Zealand’s UNESCO rocked the multi-day election and third female prime minister.

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• Ardern, who also becomes New Zealand’s youngest • It may be recalled that during his visit to Srinagar on prime minister for 150 years, said she was committed November 7, 2015, the Prime Minister had announced a to forming a strong and durable government. package of Rs 80,068 Crores for the overall development of the State. Sibi George appointed next Ambassador of India to Switzerland IPPB appoints Suresh Sethi as its MD & CEO Sibi George has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has appointed Mr. India to Switzerland. Suresh Sethi, the former MD of Vodafone M-Pesa Ltd. as • He will replace Smita Purushottam. George is its Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer. presently serving as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of • Mr. Sethi had been selected by the Banks Board Bureau External Aftairs. from amongst top contenders for the post, from both • George, a 1993 batch Indian Forest Service (IFS) public and private sector Banking and Fintech officer, has also served as deputy chief of mission of professionals. Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia. • Mr. Sethi takes over from the dynamic leadership of Mr. A.P. Singh who had been the interim MD & CEO of Rakesh Asthana appointed CBI special director IPPB since January 2017. Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana has been appointed Points to Remember the special director of the CBI. • IPPB has been incorporated as a Public Limited • Asthana, a 1984-batch IPS officer, had been serving in Company under the Department of Posts with 100% GOI the Central Bureau of Investigation as additional director. equity. • Gurbachan Singh has been appointed as Special • IPPB plans to leverage the unparalleled reach of the Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB). India Post network to achieve a Pan India roll out of 650 • Deepak Kumar Mishra and Sudeep Lakhtakia have branches by early next year. been promoted as Special DG in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Alok Kumar Pateria appointed as ADG, CISF • Rajesh Ranjan and AP Maheshwari have been The Appointments Committee of promoted to the ranks of Special DG in the Border the Cabinet has approved the Security Force (BSF). appointment of Shri Alok Kumar Pateria, IPS (MP:86) as Additional Centre appoints Shri Dineshwar Sharma as its Director General, CISF on Representative in J&K deputation basis In a major development, the Centre today appointed Shri • • He appointed has been Dineshwar Sharma, former Director of Intelligence Bureau, as made for a period upto 31.05.2020 i.e. date of his the Representative of Government of India to initiate and carry superannuation from the date of assumption of charge forward a dialogue with the elected representatives, various of the post or until further orders, whichever is earlier. organizations and concerned individuals in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. NS Venkatesh appointed AMFI chief executive • Shri Sharma will initiate a sustained interaction and NS Venkatesh has been appointed as chief executive of the dialogue to understand the legitimate aspirations of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI). wide cross sections of society, particularly the youth in • The post was lying vacant after CVR Rajendran Jammu and Kashmir and communicate them to the State stepped down from the position in December. Government and the Centre. • Prior to joining AMFI, a nodal association of mutual • The move comes in the wake of various steps taken by funds across India, he was the executive director at Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to address the needs Lakshmi Vilas Bank. of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. HSBC appoints Jayant Rikhye as CEO India

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The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) • KRIBHCO has been chosen among the Companies announced the appointment of Jayant Rikhye as the chief category for marketing the highest quantity of 22,768 executive officer for India. tons of compost during 2016-17. • The appointment would be effective from December 1 • Delhi based citizen group ‘My Delhi Keep It Clean’ subject to regulatory approvals, HSBC said in a statement. gets the award for promoting voluntary efforts to • In his new role, Rikhye will lead HSBC’s next phase clean public places effectively using Face Book, in of growth in the country, where he first joined the Group the Self-Help Group category. in 1989. • Richmond Park, Gurugram, located in DLF Phase-IV and completed in 2002 has been chosen for the award N.J.Gangte appointed High Commissioner of India to for exemplary decentralized waste management Zambia initiative through waste segregation at source, in the Shri N.J.Gangte (IFS: 1994) has been RWAs category. appointed as the next High Commissioner • RWA Federation of Mysuru has shown the way in of India to the Republic of Zambia. Zero-waste effluent management system. • He is expected to take up his • Roseland Housing Society, Pune also gets the award assignment shortly. He is presently for waste segregation initiative. Joint Secretary in the Ministry of • ‘No Food Waste’ initiative of Coimbatore has been External Affairs. selected in the Innovative Practices category for end- to-end cycle to manage and reduce food waste. Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P assumes charge as the Vice • Kasturba Gandhi Balika Awasiya Vidyalaya, Chief of Naval Staff Ambikar gets the award in the Schools and Colleges Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar P, AVSM, VSM has assumed charge category while Swacch Ambikapur Sahakari Samiti as the Vice Chief of Naval Staff from Vice Admiral Karambir has been chosen in Self-Help Group category for Singh AVSM at a formal ceremony held at South Block, New women empowerment and livelihood generation by Delhi. converting garbage into wealth. • Vice Admiral Karambir Singh proceeds to • Pemayangste Monastery, Gyalshing, Sikkim will be Visakhapatnam and is scheduled to take over as Flag felicitated in the category of religious institutions for Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Naval Command being a Zero-waste institution. on 31 Oct 17.

Meenakshi temple wins swachh award The Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple in Madurai has been adjudged the cleanest iconic place in the country under

Swachhta Hi Seva (cleanliness is service) programme. FB Group gets Swacchata Award for voluntary citizen action • The temple earned the top slot from among 10 iconic Fertilizer Cooperative, KRIBHCO was conferred the places selected under the Swachh Bharath Mission in Swacchata Award by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs the country. on the occasion of the third anniversary of the launch of • Dedicated to Meenakshi, an incarnation of Parvati, Swacch Bharat Mission(Urban) for leading in marketing of and her consort Sundareswar, an incarnation of Shiva, compost made from Municipal Solid Waste. the temple was adjudged the Best Swachh Iconic • The Ministry will felicitate 20 individuals and Place from a formidable list of contenders that agencies in 7 categories for significant contribution included the Taj Mahal, Ajmer Sharif Dargah, the towards furthering the Clean India objective in urban Golden Temple, Tirupathi temple and Sri Vaishno areas. Devi temple.

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The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute has decided to The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has been adjudged award the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly as the best department for its contribution during Swachhta to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for Pakhwada, an inter-Ministry initiative of Swachh Bharat their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the Mission of Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. circadian rhythm. • The Health Ministry observed the Swachhta • Hall was born in New York, Rosbash in Kansas City, Pakhwada from 1st February, 2017 to 15th February, and they both worked at Brandeis University. Michael 2017. Young was born in Miami and worked at Rockefeller • The award was presented to the Ministry on 2nd University. October, 2017, the third anniversary of Swachh • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Bharat Mission. Shri C K Mishra, Secretary (HFW) administered by the Nobel Foundation, is awarded received the award on behalf of the Ministry. once a year for outstanding discoveries in the fields of life sciences and medicine. Classical singer Manik Bhide chosen for Bhimsen Joshi • It is one of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by award Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of Noted vocalist Manik Bhide was chosen for the prestigious dynamite, in his will. Bharatratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi award for year 2017-18 for • As of 2015, 106 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or her contribution in the field of music. Medicine have been awarded to 198 men and 12 • The Maharashtra government award, the highest in women. the category of performing arts, consist of Rs five lakh • The first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was in cash, a plaque and citation. awarded in 1901 to the German physiologist Emil von Behring, for his work on serum therapy and the The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 development of a vaccine against diphtheria. The 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to three • The first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in scientists for improving images made of biological molecules. Physiology or Medicine, Gerty Cori, received it in • Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard 1947 for her role in elucidating the metabolism of Henderson will share the nine million kronor glucose. (£831,000) prize. • They developed a technique called cryo-electron Nobel prize in physics awarded for discovery of microscopy (cryo-EM), which simplifies the process gravitational waves for looking at the machinery of life. Three American physicists have won the Nobel prize in • Prof Dubochet was born in Switzerland, Joachim physics for the first observations of gravitational waves. Frank is German and Richard Henderson is from • Rainer Weiss has been awarded one half of the 9m Edinburgh, UK. Swedish kronor (£825,000) prize, announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. IIM Faculty Member Selected For Teaching Innovator • Kip Thorne and Barry Barish will share the other half Award 2016 of the prize. IIM Bangalore's Prof. P C Narayan, a faculty from the Finance • All three scientists have played leading roles in the & Accounting area, has been selected for the 'Teaching Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Innovator Award-2016' by the Ministry of Human Resource Observatory, or Ligo, experiment, which in 2015 Development, Government of India. made the first historic observation of gravitational • The Award will be presented at a ceremony by the waves. MHRD, soon. • The teaching innovation that fetched Prof. Narayan Ministry of Health adjudged best for ‘Swachhta the award was titled "Transitioning from a 'Teacher- Pakhwada’, receives award centric' to a 'Student-centric' Classroom and Online Learning". 33 WiFiStudy.com

• Dr. Thaler's contributions have built a bridge between Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize in Literature the economic and psychological analyses of British author Kazuo Ishiguro, best known for his novel The individual decision-making. Remains of the Day, has won the Nobel Literature Prize on October 5. Student from Belarus becomes first-ever Miss Wheelchair • "In novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the World abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with A psychology student from Belarus, Aleksandra Chichikova, the world," the Academy wrote in its citation. was chosen Miss Wheelchair World in the first-ever edition of • Born in Nagasaki, he moved to Britain with his family the beauty pageant held in Warsaw. when he was five years old. • The pageant was organised by the Poland-based Only • Of the 114 laureates honoured since the prize was first One Foundation. awarded to France's Sully Prudhomme in 1901, only • India’s Rajalakshmi won the ‘Miss Popularity award’ 14 are women. at pageant.This is three years after she won Miss Wheelchair India in 2014 Gauri Lankesh named for Anna Politkovskaya Award lain journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh will be posthumously T D Radhakrishnan selected for Vayalar award awarded the Annual Anna Politkovskaya Award, an award for Noted Novelist T D Radhakrishnan's 'Sugandhi Enna Andal women human rights defenders from war and conflict zones, Devanayaki' has been selected for this year's prestigious for her fearless journalism, it was announced on Thursday. Vayalar award. • The award has been conferred by international human • The award, carrying a cash prize of Rs one lakh, rights organisation Reach All Women in WAR (RAW citation and a statuette, will be presented to him on in WAR) to Lankesh a month after she was shot dead October 27, the death anniversary of poet and lyricist outside her residence here on September 5. Vayalar Ramavarma. • Lankesh, the editor of Kannada tabloid “Gauri • The award, given for the best literary work in Lankesh Patrike” is the first Indian to win the award. Malayalam, was instituted in 1977 by the Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Trust in memory of Vayalar. 2017 Nobel Prize in Peace The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to International President of India Presents 18th Lal Bahadur Shastri Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), a coalition of National Award non-governmental organisations from over 100 countries The President of India, around the globe. Shri Ram Nath Kovind, • The Norwegian Nobel Committee honoured the presented the Lal Geneva-based group “for its work to draw attention to Bahadur Shastri National the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any Award for Excellence in use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking Public Administration, efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such Academics and weapons.” Management for the year 2017 to Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Economics Nobel goes to Richard H. Thaler • He said that Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak was the most The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory deserving person for an award named after Shri of Alfred Nobel 2017 was awarded to US professor Richard H. Shastri as he has contributed immensely in the Thaler ''for his contributions to behavioural economics.'' direction of getting rid of the practice of manual • Dr. Thaler (72) has incorporated psychologically scavenging. realistic assumptions into analyses of economic • The Mayor of New York had declared April 14, 2016 decision-making. as the ‘Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak International Day’ keeping in mind this contribution made by Dr. Pathak. 34 WiFiStudy.com

• He also received the Padma Bhushan in 1991. M K Sanu chosen for Mathrubhumi Literary award Amul named best FMCG co by IAA Eminent critic, biographer and orator M K Sanu has been India’s largest food products marketing organisation, Gujarat chosen for the Mathrubhumi Literary Award for 2016 in Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF), recognition of his rich contribution to the Malayalam literature. which markets the Amul brand of milk and milk products, has • The award carries a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh, a citation and a been recognised as the country's best Fast Moving Consumer statuette. Goods (FMCG) company in the food sector by the • A jury headed by eminent poet Vishnu Narayanan International Advertising Association (IAA). Namboothiri selected Sanu for the award. • Amul was presented the Fifth IAA Leadership Award for this recognition at Mumbai. Namita Gokhale bags Centenary National Award for • The prestigious awards instituted by the IAA’s India Literature Chapter recognise excellence towards contribution in Eminent writer Namita Gokhale has been nominated for the marketing, advertising and media sectors as well as first Centenary National Award for Literature. celebrate outstanding achievements of individuals • The award is to be conferred by one of the most and teams. prestigious literary bodies in India- the Asam Sahitya Sabha -for her outstanding literary contributions as Boxing coach Sandhu gets Nat'l award for senior citizens well as her service to the nation in supporting and Long-serving Indian boxing coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu has showcasing literary talent. been honoured with the National Awards for senior citizens by • This is also the first time that the Sabha will be President Ramnath Kovind. honouring an English-language author. • Sandhu, who has the distinction of coaching both the • The Sabha has instituted the national award as part of men and women boxers, was bestowed the honour at its centenary celebrations. a function. • Sandhu was India's longest-serving men's national Jnangarima Manad Alankaran for writer E Sonamani coach, occupying the position for two decades. he Jnanpith Jury Board, at a meeting, unanimously decided to • Sandhu was the chief coach when India won its confer the Jnanarima Manad Alankaran 2017 to Elangbam maiden Olympic medal in boxing through Vijender Sonamani Singh, noted Manipuri litterateur. Singh in 2008. • Sonamani has enriched Manipuri language with his adept multifaceted creations through novels, short Madhu Valli from USA crowned Miss India Worldwide stories, poetry, translation and Khand Kavyas. Madhu Valli, an emerging hip hop artist and a student of • Sonamani has authored more than forty books and is criminal law at George Mason University in Virginia, has been a doyen of the Manipuri literary and socio-cultural crowned as Miss India Worldwide 2017. fraternity. • Stephanie Madavane from France was declared runner up at the 26th edition of the beauty pageant Singer T M Krishna to get Indira Gandhi National held in New Jersey. Integration Award • The beauty pageant attracts people of Indian origin Carnatic vocalist T.M. Krishna will be conferred with the from across the world. Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for 2015-16. • Sarita Pattnaik from Texas was declared Mrs India • The singer, who won the Ramon Magsaysay award Worldwide. for bringing “social inclusiveness in culture” in 2016, • Organised by New York-based India Festival will be presented with the honour by Congress Committee, Miss India Worldwide is the only president Sonia Gandhi on October 31, Indira international Indian pageant with affiliates in over 35 Gandhi’s death anniversary. countries and considered among the top ethnic • The award consists of a citation and a cash prize of pageants in the world. ₹10 lakh. 35 WiFiStudy.com

• The Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration Time Magazine has included Delhi University student was instituted in 1985 by the Congress in its centenary Gurmehar Kaur in its list of Next Generation Leaders for 2017. year. • Gurmehar, the only Indian in the list, is the daughter of an Indian Army captain who was martyred while Indian peacekeepers in Sudan awarded UN medal fighting terrorists in the troubled region of Jammu and s many as 50 Indian peacekeepers stationed in South Sudan Kashmir. have been awarded the UN Medal for their professionalism and service in protecting civilians and building durable peace in the George Saunders wins 2017 Man Booker Prize conflict-ridden country. US author George Saunders became only the second American • The Indian peacekeepers are part of the UN Mission writer to win Britain's renowned Man Booker Prize, which was in South Sudan (UNMISS). awarded for his first full-length novel "Lincoln in the Bardo". • The are deployed with the Indian Battalion stationed • The book chronicles the death of Abraham Lincoln's at Bor in the Jonglei region of South Sudan. 11-year-old son Willie. • They were presented with the award recently by • The award, launched in 1969, was only open to UNMISS Force Commander General Frank Mushyo writers from Commonwealth states until it began Kamanzi. permitting authors from other English-speaking countries in 2014. Prabha Varma chosen for Padma Prabha Puraskaram • Last year Paul Beatty became the first American to A jury headed by ace novelist M Mukundan chose Varma for win the award for his novel "The Sellout". the prestigious Padma Prabha Puraskaram award, considering his contribution to Malayalam literature. Petroleum Ministry conferred with Swachh Bharat Inter- • The award was instituted by Kalpetta-based Padma Ministerial Award Prabha Memorial Trust in memory of M K Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG) has been Padmaprabha, a leading socialist and one of the awarded with Swachh Bharat Inter-Ministerial Award by founders of modern Wayanad. Minister of State, Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation • Varma is the winner of Kendriya Sahitya Academi, Shri S.S. Ahluwalia. Kerala Sahitya Academi and Vayalar awards, • The award in the inter-Ministerial category was Mahakavi Puraskaram, Mahakavi Pandalam presented to MoPNG on the basis of the activities Keralavarma Kavitha Puraskaram and Vallothol undertaken in the past three years and was received award, besides many other recognitions. by Senior Adviser (PNG).

Javed Akhtar to Be Honoured With Hridaynath Swraj Paul honoured for contributions to manufacturing, Mangeshkar Award education Veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar is Prominent NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul has been being honoured with the Hridaynath conferred with the Life Time Achievement Award here for his Mangeshkar Award on the 28th outstanding contributions in the fields of manufacturing anniversary of Hridayesh Arts and the industry, education and philanthropy. 80th birthday of veteran music composer • The 2nd British Asian Achievers Awards, organised Hridaynath Mangeshkar. by Jagatwani, a Hindi weekly, was held at the • Akhtar will receive Rs 100,000 along with a Grosvenor Hotel in Lonon. memento. • He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the • Hridayesh Arts is organising a music programme Government of India in 1983. titled 'Amrut Hriday Swar Lata' to salute and celebrate 75 glorious years of the musical journey of Bharat Gurmehar Kaur named Next Generation leader by Time Ratna awardee and songstress Lata Mangeshkar. magazine 36 WiFiStudy.com

CSS Corp wins NASSCOM customer service excellence • The IGBC has been established by the CII to enable award 2017 sustainable built-environment for all. CSS Corp, a new-age IT services and technology support • Govardhan Eco Village is a farm community and company, has been named as the winner of the Customer retreat centre spread over a scenic landscape of 100 Service Excellence Award 2017 by NASSCOM, India's acres at Galtare in Wada taluka. premier IT industry body. • CSS Corp emerged as a leader in the transformation Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan to get Lata Mangeshkar category for its proven capabilities in creating Award additional revenue generation opportunities for Noted music composers clients globally through its proprietary tech support Usha Khanna, Bappi and analytics platforms. Lahiri, Anu Malik and playback singers Alka nvironmental scientist Schellnhuber receives Blue Planet Yagnik and Udit Narayan Prize have been selected for the he world's most prestigious award for pioneers in Madhya Pradesh environmental science was given to Hans Joachim governments prestigious National Lata Mangeshkar Award. Schellnhuber this week in Tokyo. • The artistes will be honoured for their contribution in • He is Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate the field of music composition and singing. Impact Research (PIK), a member of the Leibniz • The award, instituted in the honour of Mangeshkar, Association. will be presented on October 26 at a function in • The Blue Planet Prize, coming along with 50 million Indore, the birthplace of the 88-year-old legendary yen, honors outstanding thinkers who help to meet singer. challenges of planetary dimensions. Cristiano Ronaldo Wins FIFA World Player Of The Year Adesina wins 2017 World Food Prize Award The World Food Prize 2017 goes to Dr. Akinwumi Ayodeji Real Madrid's Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo was Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group crowned the FIFA best soccer player in the world for the for helping Africa get it right in agriculture and making it a key second consecutive year. player of securing food for the world. Here is the list of the awards: • The official announcement of the Prize was made • Cristiano Ronaldo wins Best Fifa Men's Player during a ceremony at the U.S. Department of • Lieke Martens wins Best Fifa Women's Player Agriculture in Washington D.C. • Celtic win Fifa Fans Award • The prize was founded by Norman E. Borlaug, a • Sarina Wiegman wins Best Fifa Women's Coach native of northeast Iowa who was awarded the 1970 • Zinedine Zidane wins Best Male Coach Nobel Peace Prize for his life’s work on feeding the • Gigi Buffon wins Best Goalkeeper world through the scientific advancements of the • Olivier Giroud wins Puskas Award for best goal Green Revolution. Sharmila Tagore Honoured With Lifetime Achievement ISKCON’s Govardhan Eco Village gets green Award platinum award Veteran actor Sharmila Tagore was bestowed with the The Govardhan Eco Village, set up by the International Society Lifetime Achievement Award by the PHD Chamber of for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Palghar district, has Commerce and Industry in New Delhi for her contribution in won the ‘green platinum award’. the field of cinema. • The village’s director, Gauranga Das, received the • Minister of State for Prime Minister's Office Jitendra award, instituted by Indian Green Building Council Singh and Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari presented the (IGBC). 37 WiFiStudy.com

award to Tagore at a ceremony held at Siri Fort • The veteran actor was recently appointed as Chairman of Auditorium. Film and Television Institute of India.

Ram Gopal Bajaj will be conferred with National Kalidas Award Renowned theatre director, Ram Gopal Bajaj, will be conferred with the National Kalidas Award instituted by the Max Verstappen wins Malaysian Grand Prix Madhya Pradesh government in the field of theatre. A commanding drive from • It is to be noted that this award is provided for various Red Bull's Max Verstappen aspects of theatre in excellence, long spiritual practice saw him soundly beat three- and continuous creation. time world champion Lewis • The selection committee recommended Ram Gopal Hamilton to win Malaysian Bajaj's name with unanimous decision. Grand Prix at the Sepang • Under this honour, cash award of Rs 2 lakhs is given to Circuit. the awardee. • Verstappen grabbed the lead from then race leader Hamilton on lap 4. AP CM Naidu receives 'Golden Peacock Award' in • Daniel Ricciardo held off Sebastian Vettel for third. London Sebastian finished in fourth place. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has received the 'Golden Peacock Award' under the category - Pooja Kadian Clinches India's Maiden Gold In Wushu Global Leadership in Public Service and Economic Worlds Transformation - at a convention in London. Pooja Kadian created history as she bagged India's maiden gold • Earlier eminent recepients of the award under other medal at the World Wushu Championships. categories are - anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, • The three-time World Championships silver medallist agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan, Odisha Chief struck gold in the 75 kg of the women's sanda Minister Naveen Patnaik and former Delhi chief competition. minister Sheila Dikshit. • She defeated Evgeniya Stepanova of Russia in the • Naidu's wife and managing director of the Heritage final. Foods Nara Bhuvaneswari also received the award under the category - Corporate Governance and India's Anupama wins inaugural snooker meet Sustainability. Anupama Ramachandran of India and Dylan Emery of Wales have claimed the World Open Under-16 Snooker Venezuela's opposition awarded Sakharov Prize Championship titles in the girls and boys category, The democratic opposition and political prisoners in respectively, in St. Petersburg Russia. Venezuela have won the European Union's Sakharov Prize for • Federation of Billiards Sports of Russia hosted this human rights. first ever World Open championships for Under-16 • The European Parliament said it wanted to reward the boys and girls, which was a success with total courage of students and politicians fighting for freedom participation of 73 cueists from across the world. in the face of a repressive government. • The Venezuelan laureates follow the footsteps of last Sandhu wins first Asian Tour title at Yeangder TPC year's winners, two Yazidi women who escaped sexual Indian golfer Ajeetesh Sandhu fired a superb two-under 70 to enslavement by Isis group. clinch his maiden Asian Tour title at the USD 500,000 Yeangder Tournament Players Championship (TPC) in Taipei. Anupam Kher receives 'Pramod Mahajan Smriti Award' • The 28-year-old sunk three birdies against a lone Veteran Bollywood actor Anupam Kher received Pramod bogey to return with a winning total of 12-under 276 Mahajan Smriti Award in Pune. 38 WiFiStudy.com

to defeat USA's Johannes Veerman (71) by one-shot national championships since 2008 for the selection at the Linkou International Golf and Country Club. of Indian team for the world championships.

Hamilton roars to Japan win Maria Sharapova wins Tianjin Open title Lewis Hamilton romped to victory at the Japanese Grand Prix Former world number one Maria Sharapova won her first title to close in on a fourth world title after Sebastian Vettel retired since May 2015, beating Aryna Sabalenka 7-5 7-6 (10-8) in the with engine failure on lap four. Tianjin Open final. • Max Verstappen finished second and Daniel • The 30-year-old Russian was playing her seventh Ricciardo secured third spot. event since she returned to the tour in April from a 15- • Valtteri Bottas finished fourth and Kimi Raikkonen's month drug ban. Ferrari finished fifth. • It is the five-time Grand Slam winner's 36th WTA tournament victory. Ashish Nehra set to retire from International cricket on November 1 Mohun Bagan lift Governor's Gold Cup for 10th time Veteran speedster Ashish Nehra has decided to retire from Maidan heavyweights Mohun Bagan won the 37th All India competitive cricket after the first T20 International against Governor's Gold Cup football tournament for the 10th time by New Zealand at his home ground, Feroz Shah Kotla, on defeating Partha Chakra by a narrow 1-0 margin. November 1. • In the final match played at Paljor Stadium, Mohun • Making his India debut back in 1999 under Bagan's striker GA Kramah scored the lone goal in the Mohammed Azharuddin, Nehra has so far played 17 seventh minute. Tests, 120 ODIs and 26 T20 Internationals for the • Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling attended the country. final and gave away trophies and cash prize to • He has picked 44 Test wickets, besides 157 ODI and winners and the runner-up. 34 T20 scalps. Federer brushes aside Nadal to win Shanghai Masters FIFA suspends Pakistan from international football Roger Federer got one over his old rival Rafael Nadal to win Pakistan has been suspended from international football the Shanghai Masters 6-4, 6-3 in a showdown between the two because of what global soccer body FIFA described as undue best players on the planet. third-party interference in the country’s football federation • It was a 94th title for the Swiss legend, drawing him (PFF). level with the great Ivan Lendl, and was a fifth victory • FIFA said in a statement that the suspension would in a row against world number one Nadal. prevent Pakistani teams, including the national side, from playing in international competition and the PFF Kavita Devi becomes first Indian woman wrestler to sign from benefiting from FIFA development and training with WWE programmes. Kavita Devi has made history by becoming the first ever woman Bengaluru to host World Sudoku, Puzzle Championships wrestler from India to be awarded a Bengaluru will host the 12th World Sudoku Championship and WWE developmental contract. the 26th World Puzzle Championship from October 15 to 21, • Devi is an accomplished which will witness the participation of over 33 countries. power-lifter who won gold at • After the 2008 World Sudoku Championship that was the 2016 South Asian Games, held in Goa, this is the second time that India will host representing India the top events of the puzzle world from October 15 to • The announcement was made by WWE Champion 21. Jinder Mahal during his visit to the nation's capital. • Logic Masters India, the Indian representative body of the World Puzzle Federation, has been conducting 39 WiFiStudy.com

• Devi also has the distinction of being the first Indian • As a result, Bhullar etched his name on the Macao woman to compete in a WWE ring, during her Open trophy for the second time having previously participation in the Mae Young Classic. won the event in 2012.

Indian boxers win 8 medals in Balkan Open Lewis Hamilton wins United States GP Indian pugilists returned with an impressive haul of eight Lewis Hamilton passed rival Sebastian Vettel to take a medals, including four golds, from the third Youth dominant victory in the United States Grand Prix but will have International Championships Balkan Open 2017 at Sofia, to wait at least one more race if he is to win a fourth world title. Bulgaria. • The Mercedes driver is 66 points clear of Vettel, who • Besides four golds, the Indian boxers won one silver finished second. and three bronze medals. • It means Hamilton is almost certain to win the title in • Indian youth team was also adjudged as the best team Mexico next weekend. in the championship. Jitu Rai, Heena Sidhu win gold in air pistol mixed team India beat Malaysia 2-1 to win third Asia Cup title event India's ten-year wait for the continental title ended as they beat Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu combined to give India their first Malaysia 2-1 to win their third Asia Cup title in Dhaka. gold medal of the ISSF World Cup Finals, clinching the top • India won the tournament twice before in 2003 and honours in the 10m air pistol mixed team event on the opening 2007 editions. day of competitions. • They finished runners-up in the last edition in 2011 • Rai, a Commonwealth and Asian Games gold- after losing to South Korea in final. medallist, and Sidhu, also a former Commonwealth Points to Remember Games gold-winner, picked up their third gold together in • The Asia Cup is an international men's and women's the mixed team event, being held officially for the first field hockey tournament governed by the Asian time at an ISSF World Cup. Hockey Federation (ASHF). • The duo shot 483.4 in the final to finish top of the • It was introduced in 1982 for men's competition and podium at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Ranges. the women's competition was added a year later as non-official championship until the official Manav Thakkar First Indian to Top ITTF Junior Circuit tournament held in 1985. Rankings • South Korea has been the most successful team with Manav Thakkar became the first Indian to occupy the top spot on the ITTF World Junior Circuit standings, following the 4 titles in Men's and 3 titles in Women's competition. conclusion of the tournament in Belgrade.

• Thakkar was previously placed at No. 5 position. Kidambi Srikanth wins Denmark Open • The players that follow him in WJC standings include It took Kidambi Srikanth just 25 minutes to finish the Denmark Open Super Series final and Korea’s Lee Hyun Il. American Kanak Jha at No.2, Argentina’s Francisco Sanchi, Frenchman Bastien Rembert and Chinese Taipeis • Srikanth defeated his opponent 21-10, 21-5 to Feng Yi-Hsin. deservingly take away his third Super Series title of FIFA U-17 World Cup: Brazil beat Mali 2-0 to finish the year and fifth overall. third • He had earlier stunned World No. 1 Viktor Axelsen Alan and Yuri Alberto scored in the 55th and 88th to reach the semi-finals. minutes, respectively, as Brazil defeated Mali 2-0 to finish

third at the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Gaganjeet Bhullar Lifts Macao Open Trophy For The • The 10-man Brazil sealed third place play-off match at Second Time the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata. Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar romped home to a three-shot • The same venue will host the final clash between victory at the Macao Open to bag his eighth Asian Tour title. England and Spain.

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• Raider Pardeep Narwal (19 points) starred for Patna to National Games to held next year from November 4-17 single-handedly dominate the match and clinch the all- in Goa important victory. After a lot of delay, Sports Authority of Goa finalised the • Top-scorer: Pardeep Narwal (Patna Pirates) dates of the 36th National Games, to be held in Goa in • Best debutant: Sachin (Gujarat Fortunegiants) 2018 from November 4 to 17. • Best raider: Pardeep Narwal • There was uncertainly over the dates of the 30- • Best defender: Surender Nada (Haryana Steelers) discipline event ever since the Games were awarded to the • Most valuable player: Pardeep Narwal State in 2011. • The delays to the 34th and 35th editions of the Games, Kidambi Srikanth wins French Open Super Series title which were hosted by Jharkhand and Kerala respectively, Kidambi Srikanth dished out a blemish less performance affected Goa’s plan to hold the mega-event. in French open final to collect his fourth Super Series title of the year. Martina Hingis announces retirement from pro tennis • Srikanth took just 34 minutes to ease past Japanese Hall of Famer qualifier Kento Nishimoto in the Super Series final 21-14, Martina Hingis, 21-13. one of only six • Srikanth surpassed Saina Nehwal as the only Indian to women's players win four Super Series titles in a year. Saina won three in to hold the No. 1 2010. ranking in both • He clinched titles at Indonesia, Australia and Denmark singles and earlier this year. doubles at the same time, announced her retirement. Johor Cup hockey: Indian junior team wins bronze • Hingis won 13 major doubles titles, along with five in medal singles and seven in mixed doubles. Indian Junior Men’s Hockey team beat hosts Malaysia 4- • The Swiss star still is the youngest Grand Slam 0 in the Bronze medal match of the 7th Sultan of Johor champion in history, having won the Wimbledon doubles Cup 2017 at the Taman Daya Hockey Stadium. title when she was just 15. • Goals from Vishal Antil (15’, 25’), Vivek Prasad (11’) and Shilanand Lakra (21’) were enough for India to finish IFA U-17 World Cup 2017: England Crowned their tournament with the Bronze medal. Champions England made a remarkable comeback from two goals ATP World Tour: Bopanna wins doubles in Vienna down to outclass three-time runners-up Spain 5-2 and Rohan Bopanna and Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay won the clinch their maiden FIFA U-17 World Cup at a packed doubles title in the Erste Bank Open. Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata. • They beat Marcelo Demoliner and Sam Querrey 7- • England have now done a FIFA double in the same 6(7), 6-7(4), 11-9. year, having won the FIFA U-20 World Cup in June. • The title here worth 500 ATP points and €132,030 for • Earlier Brazil beat Mali 2-0 in the third-place playoff the Indo-Uruguayan pair. to earn a consolation after they lost to England in the semi- • It was the third Tour title of the season for the 37-year- final. old Bopanna, ranked 17 in the world.

Pro Kabaddi League: Hat-trick for Patna Pirates Mexican Grand Prix: Hamilton takes fourth title Patna Pirates beat Gujarat Fortunegiants 55-38 to clinch Britain’s Lewis Hamilton has been crowned Formula One its third straight title in the ProKabaddi league at the world champion after he finished ninth in a dramatic Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai in season 5. Mexican Grand Prix.

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• The race was won by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen but Mercedes’ Hamilton clinched his fourth drivers’ championship after Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was unable to win the race following collisions between the trio on the Former I&B Minister Purushottam Lal passes away first lap. Former Union minister and socialist leader Purushottam Lal Kaushik died due to age-related ailments. He was 87. • He had served as tourism and civil aviation minister in the then Prime Minister Morarji Desai's cabinet during 1977- 1979. The Coalition Years: Autobiography of pranab mukherjee • He headed the Information and Broadcasting Ministry Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President in the then Prime Minister Charan Singh's cabinet Sonia Gandhi and some during July 1979-January 1980. others leaders were present At the launch of Filmmaker Kundan Shah passes away the third volume of former Veteran director Kundan Shah, best known for the dark president Pranab comedy Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, passed away at his home. He was Mukherjee’s 69. autobiography ‘The Coalition Years: 1996-2012.’ • He had studied direction at the Film and Television • The book being published by Rupa Publications tracks Institute of India in Pune and made his feature film Mukherjee’s journey from 1996 and explores the highs and debut in 1983 with the cult classic Jaane Bhi Do lows that characterized 16 years of “one of the most tumultuous Yaaro (1983). periods in the nation’s political history”. • He made his directorial debut on television in 1986 with the popular series Nukkad and went on to direct Hema Malini's Biography:Beyond The Dream Girl sitcom, Wagle Ki Duniya, based on cartoonist R.K. Deepika Padukone launched the Laxman’s character, the common man. biography of veteran actress Hema Malini in Mumbai. Actor and filmmaker Lekh Tandon passes away • The biography, titled Veteran filmmaker and actor Lekh ‘Beyond The Dream Girl’, is Tandon passed away at his house in written by Ram Kamal Powai, Mumbai. Mukherjee, and was unveiled • Lekh Tandon directed on Hema Malini's 69th numerous Bollywood birthday (October 16). movies and acted in films • The biography's foreword like Swades, Rang De Basanti, Chennai Express and has been written by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Chaarfutiya Chhokare. Dreamnation: Uniting a Country with Handwritten • He also shared the 1978 Filmfare Best Screenplay Dreams: A Book on Kalam Award for his movie Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man The book ‘Dreamnation: Uniting a Country with Handwritten Bhaye with Vrajendra Gaur and Madhusudan Dreams’ was released online by Indian women’s cricket team Kalekar. captain Mithali Raj recently. • His directorial Amrapali which starred • The book contains inspiring words of Dr A.P.J. Abdul Vyjayanthimala and Sunil Dutt, was India’s Kalam. submission to the 39th Academy Awards for the Best • The book was co-authored by Saji Mathew and Jubie Foreign Language Film. John. Thumri queen Girija Devi passes away

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Eminent classical singer Girija Devi passed away in Kolkata. (D) Himachal Pradesh She was 88. (E) Jammu & Kashmir • Known as the "thumri queen", Girija Devi popularised 4. In which of the following city Ministry of Women and the genre of semi-classical Indian music. She was conferred with all three Padma awards, and was honoured Child Development is hosting the 3rd annual ‘Women of with the Padma Vibhushan in 2016. India Organic Festival’?

(A) Bhopal Tamil writer Melanmai Ponnusamy passes away Tamil writer and Sahitya Akademi award winner Melanmai (B) Jaipur Ponnusamy passed away. He was 66. (C) Lucknow • He won the award in 2008 for his short story collection, (D) New Delhi Minsara poo. • He had published 22 short story collections, six novels, (E) Chennai six novellas and a collection of essays. 5. Consider the following statements:- • His first short story was published in Semmalar, the 1. India has designated Zorinpui land check post in literary magazine of the Communist Part of India (Marxist). Lawngtlai district of Mizoram as an authorised immigration check post for entry into or exit from India to or from Myanmar. Current Affairs Question 2. India has designated Kawrpuichhuah land check post 1. On which day International Day of Older Persons is in Lunglei district of Mizoram as an authorised celebrated by UNO? immigration check post for entry into or exit from (A) 1st October India to or from Bangladesh. (B) 2nd October 3. India shares a 1,643-km-long border with Myanmar (C) 30th September which touches Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, (D) 29th September Meghalaya and Mizoram. (E) 5th October Which of the above statements are correct? 2. Which among the following gulf countries imposed new (A) Only 1& 2 “sin” taxes on tobacco products, energy drinks and soft (B) Only 2& 3 drinks. (C) Only 1 &3 (A) Qatar (D) 1,2 & 3 (B) Saudi Arabia (E) None of these (C) United Arab Amirates 6. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the swank new (D) Kuwait Shirdi Airport in which of the following city of (E) Oman Maharashtra? 3. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the (A) Satara Pratham-Shyok bridge in which of the following region? (B) Ahmednagar (A) Arunachal Pradesh (C) Latur (B) Sikkim (D) Nagpur (C) Manipur 43 WiFiStudy.com

(E) Nanded (E) Uttar Pradesh 7. Who among the following has been appointed as 11. On which day International Day of Non-Violence is Lieutenant Governor for Andaman and Nicobar Islands? celebrated by UNO? (A) Shri Banwarilal Purohit (A) 1st October (B) Prof. Jagdish Mukhi (B) 2nd October (C) Shri Ganga Prasad (C) 3rd October (D) Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi (D) 30th September (E) Shri Satya Pal Malik (E) 30th January 8. Who among the following has been appointed as Governor 12. Which of the following city is set to become the first state for Bihar? capital to come up with an exclusive toilet for the (A) Shri Banwarilal Purohit transgender community? (B) Prof. Jagdish Mukhi (A) New Delhi (C) Shri Ganga Prasad (B) Shimla (D) Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi (C) Bhopal (E) Shri Satya Pal Malik (D) Jaipur 9. Consider the following statements:- (E) Hyderabad 1. To celebrate and promote women entrepreneurs and 13. Which of the following Institution awarded in the category farmers in the organic sector from across India third of religious institutions for being a Zero-waste institution? edition of 'Women of India Organic Festival' held in (A) Pemayangste Monastery New Delhi. (B) Venkateswara Temple 2. The theme of this festival is ‘Good for Women; Good (C) Vishnupad Mandir for India; Good for You’. (D) ISKCON Temple 3. This festival is hosting by Ministry of Agriculture. (E) Somnath Which of the above statement/statements is/are wrong? 14. Which of the following city awarded in the Innovative (A) Only 1 Practices category for end-to-end cycle to manage and (B) Only 2 reduce food waste? (C) Only 3 (A) Chennai (D) Only 1&2 (B) Coimbatore (E) Only 2& 3 (C) Vishakhapatnam 10. Which of the following state government launched 'Single (D) Indore Click Pension Delivery' scheme? (E) Ahmedabad (A) Rajasthan 15. Which of the following Company awarded for leading in (B) Madhya Pradesh marketing of compost made from Municipal Solid Waste? (C) Himachal Pradesh (A) Nuziveedu Seeds Limited (D) Maharashtra (B) Monsanto India

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(C) National Agro Industry 20. Which of the following rating agency has lowered India's (D) Godrej Agrovet Limited economic growth forecast for the current fiscal to 6.9 per (E) KRIBHCO cent from 7.4 percent? 16. Which among the following temples has been adjudged (A) CRISIL the cleanest iconic place in the country under Swachhta Hi (B) ICRA Seva (cleanliness is service) programme? (C) CARE (A) Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple (D) Moody's (B) Golden Temple (E) Fitch (C) Tirupathi temple 21. At which rank India's first IFSC has been featured in the (D) Sri Vaishno Devi temple latest September 2017 edition of Global Financial Centres (E) Vishnupad Mandir Index 22 (GFCI) – London? 17. Who among the following player won Malaysian Grand (A) 10th Prix at the Sepang Circuit? (B) 12th (A) Max Verstappen (C) 28th (B) Lewis Hamilton (D) 46th (C) Daniel Ricciardo (E) 25th (D) Sebastian Vettel 22. The first shipment of US crude oil to India arrived at which (E) Magnus Carlsen of the following port? 18. With which country India will undertake a joint tiger (A) Kandla census next month in their national parks, forests and (B) Tuticorin protected areas? (C) Kochi (A) Bangladesh (D) Paradip (B) Bhutan (E) Visakhapatnam (C) Nepal 23. Which of the following article of the constitution (D) Myanmar conferred a power to President for appointing a (E) Sri Lanka Commission to examine the sub-categorisation of Other 19. At which of the following place a tall bronze statue of Backward Classes? Mahatma Gandhi has been established on the occasion of (A) Article 340 the 148 Birth Anniversary? (B) Article 348 (A) Gandhi Maidan (C) Article 249 (B) Parliament (D) Article 321 (C) Raj Ghat (E) Article 305 (D) Sabarmati Ashram 24. Who among the following has been appointed as (E) Champaran chairperson of a Commission to examine the sub- categorisation of Other Backward Classes?

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(A) Dr. J.K. Bajaj 28. Which of the following state has launched Mathru Poorna (B) Baljit Singh scheme to meet the nutritional needs of pregnant and (C) G. Rohini lactating women in rural areas? (D) Biswajit Saha (A) Telangana (E) Laxmi N. Dehran (B) Rajasthan 25. Consider the following statements: - (C) Maharashtra 1. Nobel assembly has decided to award the 2017 Nobel Prize (D) Karnataka in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael (E) Uttar Pradesh Rosbash and Michael W. Young. 29. Consider the following Banks:- 2. Award will be given to them for their discoveries of 1. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm. 2. International Monetary Fund 3. The first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was 3. World bank awarded in 1901 to the German physiologist Emil von Behring. 4. Asian Development Bank Which of the above statements are correct? Which among the above banks will co-finance a loan for India (A) Only 1&2 to improve power transmission network and expand the use of (B) Only 2&3 solar and wind energy? (C) Only 1&3 (A) Only 1 &4 (D) 1,2 & 3 (B) Only 2 & 3 (E) None of these (C) Only 1,2 & 3 26. In which city Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 to be (D) Only 2,3 & 4 Held? (E) 1,2,3 & 4 (A) Panaji 30. Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Barry Barish have won the (B) Bhopal Nobel prize in physics for which of the following work? (C) Ahmedabad (A) LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational (D) Hyderabad waves (E) New Delhi (B) Topological phase transitions and topological phases 27. Which of the following state has implemented 'No helmet, of matter no petrol' rule for two-wheeler riders to reduce road (C) Discovery of neutrino oscillations accident deaths? (D) Invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes (A) Telangana (E) None of these (B) Andhra Pradesh 31. Which among the following ministries has been adjudged (C) Maharashtra as the best department for its contribution during (D) Karnataka Swachhta Pakhwada? (E) Tamil Nadu (A) Ministry of Earth Sciences (B) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

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(C) Ministry of Women and Child Development (A) 5.75% (D) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (B) 6% (E) Ministry of Railways (C) 6.25% 32. Who among the following has been chosen for the (D) 6.50% prestigious Bharatratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi award? (E) 5.50% (A) Sombala Kumar 37. Which of the following country has signed a third line of (B) Sumitra Guha credit (LoC) agreement with India for its Infrastructure (C) Manik Bhide and Social Sector Development? (D) S. D. Burman (A) Nepal (E) Sanjukta Ghosh (B) Malaysia 33. Which country’s Women Police training centre will get (C) Bangladesh technical and financial assistance from Government of (D) Myanmar India? (E) Sri Lanka (A) Bangladesh 38. Who among the following has been appointed as new (B) Nepal chairman of SBI? (C) Malaysia (A) B. Sriram (D) Myanmar (B) Rajnish Kumar (E) Indonesia (C) P.K. Gupta 34. In which of the following city a Turtle sanctuary will be (D) Dinesh Kumar Khara set up to protect the rich aquatic biodiversity of river (E) Sanjiv Malhotra Ganga from escalating anthropogenic pressures? 39. Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson (A) Varanasi have won the Nobel prize in chemistry for which of the (B) Allahabad following work? (C) Haldia (A) Development of multiscale models for complex (D) Patna chemical systems (E) Dehradun (B) Development of super-resolved fluorescence 35. In which of the following city Country’s first ITI for microscopy. dibyangans opened? (C) Studies of G-protein-coupled receptors (A) New Delhi (D) Improving images made of biological molecules (B) Kolkata (E) Mechanistic studies of DNA repair (C) Bengaluru 40. What is the theme of the World Teachers Day? (D) Dibrugarh (A) Valuing Teachers, Improving their Status (E) Gandhi Nagar (B) Valuing Teachers, Improving their Status 36. According to revised monetary policy, what is new repo (C) Teaching in Freedom, Empowering Teachers rate? (D) Empowering teachers, building sustainable societies

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(E) None of these (B) Only 2 &3 41. Which of the following state has become the first state to (C) Only 1 & 3 follow the Centre's directions to cut value-added tax (D) 1,2 & 3 (VAT) on petrol and diesel? (E) None of these (A) Rajasthan 44. With which bank India signed the Finance Contract for (B) Haryana lending of € 300 million for Bangalore Metro Rail Project (C) Madhya Pradesh Phase II? (D) Gujarat (A) European Investment Bank (E) Maharashtra (B) Citibank Europe 42. Consider the following statements:- (C) Bulgarian National Bank 1. The Ministry of Tourism is organizing a “Paryatan Parv” (D) International Asset Bank across the country from the 5th to 25th October 2017. (E) Economic and Investment Bank 2. The programme is being organized with the objective of 45. Who among the following is a chairman of a High-level showcasing the cultural diversity of the country and reinforcing Task Force on Public Credit Registry (PCR) for India, the principle of “Tourism for All”. formed by RBI? 3. The Parv is being inaugurated at the Humayun’s Tomb, New (A) Yeshwant M. Deosthalee Delhi . (B) Viral Acharya Which of the above statements are correct? (C) Chetan Ghate (A) Only 1 & 2 (D) Vinod Rai (B) Only 2 & 3 (E) U K Sinha (C) Only 1 & 3 46. Which of the following company has launched Neo — a (D) 1, 2 & 3 servicing bot for Twitter that uses artificial intelligence for (E) None of these customer service? 43. Consider the following statements:- (A) HDFC Life Insurance Company 1.Centre launched a six-year SECURE Himalaya project to (B) Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company ensure conservation of locally and globally significant (C) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance biodiversity in the high Himalayan ecosystem spread over five (D) Birla Sun Life Insurance states in India. (E) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance 2. Protection of snow leopard and other endangered species and 47. Who among the following has won Nobel Literature Prize their habitats is one of the key components of the project. 2017? 3. The project - called SECURE Himalaya - was launched in (A) Bob Dylan association with the United Nations Development Programme (B) Svetlana Alexievich (UNDP). (C) Kazuo Ishiguro Which of the above statements are correct? (D) Patrick Modiano (A) Only 1&2 (E) Alice Munro

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48. For which of the following novel British author has won (C) Water Management for Sustainable Development Nobel Literature Prize 2017? (D) Water, Energy and Food Security for Solutions (A) The Jungle Book (E) None of these (B) Never Let Me Go 53. In which city “Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav (RSM)- (C) The Buried Giant 2017” held? (D) An artist of the floating world (A) New Delhi (E) The Remains of the Day (B) Varanasi 49. Who among the following will be posthumously awarded (C) Ahmedabad the Annual Anna Politkovskaya Award? (D) Hyderabad (A) Nidhi Razdan (E) Bengaluru (B) Mini Menon 54. Consider the following statements:- (C) Shoma Chaudhary 1. Ministry of External Affairs in collaboration with Ministry (D) Gauri Lankesh of Culture will present the first ever ASEAN-India Music (E) Barkha Dutt Festival in New Delhi. 50. Who among the following has bagged India's maiden gold 2. The Festival is being organised to celebrate the 25th year medal at the World Wushu Championships? anniversary of ASEAN-India Dialogue Relations. (A) Pooja Kadian 3. The theme for this commemorative year is "Shared Values, (B) Priyanka Jeet Toshi Common Destiny”. (C) Dipa Karmakar Which of the above statements are correct? (D) Marry Kom (A) Only 1&3 (E) None of these (B) Only 2 &3 51. Which of the following country has chosen its new Prime (C) Only 1&2 Minister bringing into focus the potential implications for (D) 1,2 & 3 diplomatic relations with North Korea as well as (E) None of these neighboring Russia and China? 55. In which city a three-day Global Medical Conference (A) Philippines aimed at engaging industry and academic leaders to (B) Mongolia discuss current unmet medical needs held? (C) Uzbekistan (A) New Delhi (D) Vietnam (B) Lucknow (E) South Korea (C) Chandigarh 52. What is the theme of India Water Week which will be (D) Jaipur inaugurated by president on October 10, 2017 in New (E) Indore Delhi? 56. In which city Indian Space Research Organization will set (A) Water for all: Striving together up a research centre for start ups, academicians, (B) Water and Energy for Inclusive Growth environmentalists and entrepreneurs of North East states?

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(A) Digboi 3.ICAN is honoured “for its work to draw attention to the (B) Dispur catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear (C) Imphal weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty- (D) Shillong based prohibition of such weapons.” (E) Guwahati Which of the above statements are correct? 57. Which of the following bank has acquired payments wallet (A) Only 1&3 Freecharge for Rs 373 crore? (B) Only 2 &3 (A) HDFC (C) Only 1&2 (B) ICICI (D) 1,2 & 3 (C) AXIS (E) None of these (D) IDBI 61. In which country UN ends 13-year military peacekeeping (E) Vijaya Bank mission? 58. Which of the following bank has entered into a (A) Western Sahara Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with HPCL for (B) Haiti enabling all HPCL retail outlets with BHIM/UPI merchant (C) Mali solutions? (D) Cyprus (A) HDFC (E) Lebanon (B) ICICI 62. Consider the following statements:- (C) AXIS 1. First ‘BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise- 2017’ (D) IDBI (BIMSTEC DMEx-2017) will be conducted by the National (E) Vijaya Bank Disaster Response Force (NDRF) as the lead agency in Delhi. 59. Who among the following has been awarded by Nobel 2. This Exercise will be a platform for strengthening regional Peace Prize 2017? response and coordination for Disaster Management among the (A) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) BIMSTEC member countries. (B) International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons 3. The main focus of the BIMSTEC DMEx-2017 will be on (ICAN) testing the region’s preparedness and resilience towards (C) Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical effective activation of inter-Governmental Weapons (OPCW) interaction/dialogue/agreements. (D) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Which of the above statements are correct? (E) International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) (A) Only 1&3 60. Consider the following statements:- (B) Only 2 & 3 1. Nobel Peace Prize 2017 has been awarded to International (C) Only 1 &2 Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). (D) 1, 2 & 3 2. ICAN is a coalition of non-governmental organisations from (E) None of these over 100 countries around the globe.

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63. In which city “4th Dialogue of Civilizations” is being (B) Greater Noida jointly organized by the Archaeological Survey of India, (C) Vishakhapatnam Ministry of Culture and National Geographic? (D) Gurugram (A) Ahmedabad (E) Hyderabad (B) Merrut 68. On which bank Reserve Bank of India has imposed certain (C) Nagpur restriction on banking activities? (D) Bhopal (A) HDFC (E) New Delhi (B) ICICI 64. What is the theme of 4th Dialogue of Civilizations (C) Oriental Bank of Commerce conference, which is jointly organized by the (D) Union Bank of India Archaeological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture and (E) Canara Bank National Geographic? 69. Kundan Shah Passed away, He was ______. (A) Technology and Civilization (A) Film Maker (B) Life Space for Humanity (B) Author (C) Exploring Civilization Beyond the Walls (C) Cricketer (D) Socialization and Capitalization (D) Musician (E) Neo-colonialism (E) None of these 65. In which city 9th Annual ‘World Dental Show 2017’ held? 70. What is the Tagline of Oriental Bank of Commerce? (A) New Delhi (A) A tradition of trust (B) Mumbai (B) One Family One Bank (C) Kolkata (C) Where every individual is committed (D) Chennai (D) Good people to bank with (E) Lucknow (E) A Friend You Can Bank On 66. Who among the following has appointed as amicus curiae 71. According to Brand Finance’s Nation Brands 2017, what to assist the court in the matter seeking reopening of the is the rank of India in the league of nations? investigation into the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi? (A) 11th (A) S A Bobde (B) 8th (B) L Nageswara Rao (C) 7th (C) Amrender Sharan (D) 6th (D) A.P. Shah (E) 3rd (E) Mukul Rohatgi 72. In which state President Ram Nath Kovind launched clean 67. In which city Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & water initiative for rural India? Skill Development & Entrepreneurship i inaugurated (A) Karnataka Saudi Aramco’s ARAMCO ASIA INDIA office? (B) Tamil Nadu (A) New Delhi (C) Andhra Pradesh

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(D) Kerala 76. Which among the following NGOs have not been selected (E) Telangana by RBI to execute the pilot project in collaboration with 73. Consider the following statements: - banks? 1. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched the Intensified (A) CRISIL Foundation, Mission Indradhanush (IMI) at Vadnagar in Gujarat. (B) Dhan Foundation 2. Aim of this programme is to reach each and every child (C) Swadhaar Fin Access under two years of age and all those pregnant women who have (D) Indian School of Micro Finance for Women (ISMW) been left uncovered under the routine immunisation (E) None of these programme. 77. Who among the following has claimed the World Open 3. The special drive will focus on improving immunization Under-16 Snooker Championship titles in the girls’ coverage in select districts and cities to ensure full category? immunization to more than 90% by December 2018. (A) Anuja Thakur Which of the above statements are correct? (B) Kelly Fisher (A) Only 1 & 2 (C) Maria Catalano (B) Only 1 & 3 (D) Anupama Ramachandran (C) Only 2 & 3 (E) Vidya Pillai (D) 1, 2 & 3 78. In which of the following city World Open Under-16 (E) None of these Snooker Championship held? 74. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone (A) Berlin of Bhadbhut Barrage project. On which river Bhadbhut (B) Istanbul Barrage will be built? (C) Madrid (A) Narmada (D) St. Petersburg (B) Tapti (E) New Delhi (C) Mahi 79. Who among the following golfers has clinched his first (D) Chambal Asian Tour title at the Yeangder Tournament Players (E) Yamuna Championship (TPC) in Taipei? 75. In how many states Reserve Bank will launch a financial (A) Ajeetesh Sandhu literacy drive on pilot basis to educate people on e- (B) Anirban Lahiri transactions, formal sector borrowings and insurance (C) Arjun Atwal purchases. (D) Gaganjeet Bhullar (A) 6 (E) Himmat Rai (B) 8 80. Who among the following has romped to victory at the (C) 9 Japanese Grand Prix to close in on a fourth world title? (D) 5 (A) Lewis Hamilton (E) 11 (B) Sebastian Vettel

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(C) Max Verstappen 84. In which bank government of India, has increased its stake (D) Daniel Ricciardo in the company to 77.79% by acquiring 3.81% shares (E) Valtteri Bottas through preferential allotment? 81. In which city Vice President will inaugurate the two-day (A) HDFC ‘International Conference on Yoga for Wellness’? (B) ICICI (A) Ahmedabad (C) IDBI (B) Jaipur (D) Canara Bank (C) New Delhi (E) SBI (D) Hyderabad 85. Which among the following banks committed a financial (E) Bhopal assistance of Rs 10 crore to the Indian Armed Forces as 82. Consider the following statements:- part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) 1. National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved eight initiative? projects worth Rs. 700 crores. (A) HDFC 2. Four project to sewage management in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar (B) ICICI and West Bengal, three are related to treatment of drains (C) IDBI through bio-remediation and one of inventorization and (D) Canara Bank surveillance of river Ganga. (E) SBI 3. Project aims to strengthen environmental regulation and 86. Who among the following is appointed as an Executive water quality monitoring vis-à-vis river Ganga. Director at Punjab National Bank? Which of the above statements are correct? (A) Lingam Venkata Prabhakar (A) Only 1&2 (B) S.Krishnan (B) Only 2 &3 (C) Matam Venkata Rao (C) Only 1& 3 (D) Govind N Dongre (D) 1, 2 & 3 (E) Rajesh Kumar Yadhuvanshi (E) None of these 87. Who among the following will head the US-India 83. Which among the following banks will available funds to Business Council, a powerful advocacy group of US Maharashtra for financing affordable housing under the companies with business interest in India? State’s slum rehabilitation schemes? (A) Nisha Biswal (A) Union Bank of India (B) Meenakshi Gaur (B) State Bank of India (C) Priyanka Tanwar (C) Canara Bank (D) Sumitra Sharma (D) Central Bank of India (E) Swati maliwal (E) HDFC 88. Who among the following has been awarded by Nobel Prize 2017 in Economic Sciences? (A) Richard H. Thaler

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(B) Oliver Hart 93. Which of the following International airport will be (C) Jine Tirole country's first Aadhaar-enabled airport by 2018? (D) Roger Myrson (A) Kempegowda International Airport (E) Paul Krugman (B) Calicut International Airport 89. Who among the following has been selected for this year's (C) Indira Gandhi International Airport prestigious Vayalar award? (D) Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (A) T D Radhakrishnan (E) Raja Bhoj International Airport (B) Subhash Chandran 94. Which of the following International bank reduced India’s (C) K. R. Meera GDP growth forecast to 7% for 2017-18 from 7.2% (D) Dr. M. Leelavathy estimated earlier in its South Asia Economic Focus? (E) S. Guptan Nair (A) International Monetary Fund 90. A psychology student Aleksandra Chichikova, was chosen (B) World Bank Miss Wheelchair World in the first-ever. She belongs from (C) Asian Development Bank which of the following country? (D) New Development Bank (A) Portugal (E) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (B) Spain 95. World Economic Outlook is issued by ______. (C) Belarus (A) International Monetary Fund (D) France (B) World Bank (E) Austria (C) Asian Development Bank 91. In which city President of India inaugurated India Water (D) New Development Bank Week-2017 on October 10, 2017? (E) World Trade Organisation (A) Jaipur 96. Who among the following will be head of the Standing (B) Lucknow Committee on External Affairs, which will examine the (C) New Delhi whole gamut of Sino-Indian relations, including the border (D) Hyderabad situation? (E) Ahmedabad (A) Hardeep Singh Puri 92. Which of the following country will assist Indian (B) Shashi Tharoor Railways to make country's existing rail corridors semi (C) Yashwant Sinha high speed? (D) Mallikarjun Kharge (A) France (E) R. K. Singh (B) Germany 97. Lal Bahadur Shastri National award is presented in which (C) Japan of the following field? (D) Italy (A) Sports (E) South Korea (B) Academic (C) Public Administration

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(D) Both (b) & (c) (A) South Korea (E) All of the above (B) China 98. Who among the following has been awarded by Lal (C) France Bahadur Shastri National Award for the year 2017? (D) USA (A) Sunil Bharti Mittal (E) Japan (B) N.R. Narayana Murthy 103. Consider the following statements: - (C) Dr. E. Sreedharan 1. Union Cabinet has given its approval for International (D) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse (E) Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak Authorities (IALA) to change its status. 99. Which of the following company has been recognised as 2. It will change from Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) the country's best FMCG company in the food sector by to Inter-Governmental Organization (IGO). the International Advertising Association (IAA)? 3. The move will facilitate “to foster the safe, economic and (A) Saras Dairy efficient movement of vessels". (B) Amul Which of the above statements are correct? (C) Britannia (A) Only 1 & 2 (D) Patanjali Ayurveda (B) Only 2 & 3 (E) Haldiram’s (C) Only 1 & 3 100. Who among the following has been crowned as Miss India (D) 1, 2 & 3 Worldwide 2017? (E) None of these (A) Stephanie Madavane 104. Consider the following statements: - (B) Sarita Pattnaik 1. Cabinet has approved SANKALP & STRIVE Schemes to (C) Madhu Valli boost Skill India Mission. (D) Eric Morley 2. SANKALP and STRIVE are outcome focused schemes (E) None of these marking shift in government's implementation strategy in 101. What is the theme of International Day of the Girl Child vocational education and training from inputs to results. 2017? 3. Both schemes will be supported by International Monetary (A) Empower Girls: Before, during and after crises Fund. (B) Ending Child Marriage Which of the above statements are correct? (C) Girls’ Progress = Goals’ Progress: What Counts for (A) Only 1 & 2 Girls (B) Only 2 & 3 (D) The Power of the Adolescent Girl: Vision for 2030 (C) Only 1 & 3 (E) Innovating for Girl’s Education (D) 1, 2 & 3 102. With which county Union Cabinet has approved the (E) None of these signing of “Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC)” on the 105. Which of the following bank has launched its first ‘Digital “Technical Intern Training Program (TITP)? Banking Branch’ in Bengaluru?

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(A) State Bank of India 110. Which of the following country has been suspended from (B) Canara Bank international football? (C) PNB (A) Pakistan (D) Union Bank of India (B) Bangladesh (E) Axis Bank (C) Germany 106. Which of the following bank will set country's largest (D) Spain innovation centre at Mumbai? (E) Argentina (A) State Bank of India 111. Consider the following countries: - (B) Canara Bank 1.United Kingdom (C) PNB 2.United State of America (D) Union Bank of India 3.Iraq (E) Axis Bank 4.Israel 107. Who among the following has been appointed as Which among the above countries have announced they will Chairman of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)? withdraw from the United Nations Scientific and Cultural (A) Gajendra Chauhan Organization? (B) Amitabh Bachhan (A) Only 1 &3 (C) Anupam Kher (B) Only 2&3 (D) Prasoon Joshi (C) Only 1 &4 (E) Sidharth Roy Kapoor (D) Only 2 &4 108. Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) under which (E) Only 1 & 2 of the following ministry? 112. Who among the following countries has overtaken the US (A) Electronics and Information Technology as the world's largest ice cream producer? (B) Information and Broadcasting (A) Canada (C) Social Justice and Empowerment (B) France (D) Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (C) Russia (E) Human Resource Development (D) China 109. Who among the following cricketer has decided to retire (E) Germany from competitive cricket after the first T20 International 113. According to Global Hunger Index of International Food against New Zealand? Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), India at which rank? (A) Mahendra Singh Dhoni (A) 87 (B) Ashish Nehra (B) 68 (C) Yuvraj Singh (C) 100 (D) Suresh Raina (D) 72 (E) Ishant Sharma (E) 93

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114. In which of the following city Make in India: Sweden (C) Only 1 & 3 2017, organized by the Department of Industrial Policy (D) 1,2 & 3 and Promotion to enhance Indo-Swedish cooperation and (E) None of the these explore new areas of partnership? 117. Which of the following company acquires telecom (A) Stockholm business of Tata’s? (B) New Delhi (A) Vodafone India (C) Mumbai (B) BSNL (D) Gothenburg (C) Bharti Airtel (E) Hyderabad (D) Reliance Communication 115. Consider the following statements: - (E) Reliance Jio 1. On the occasion of its 85th anniversary, the Indian Air Force 118. Who among the following cricketers has been named as has launched an innovative mobile health App named first brand ambassador of Mercedes-Benz and Laureus `MedWatch'. Sport in India? 2. ‘MedWatch’, available on the IAF's AFCEL network, (A) Virat Kohli comprises a host of features that will provide authentic health (B) Sachin Tendulkar information to all IAF personnel. (C) Mahendra Singh Dhoni 3. ‘MedWatch’, the first mobile health app in the three-Armed (D) Ravindra Jadeja Services, was launched by Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa. (E) Yuvraj Singh Which of the above statements are correct? 119. Who among the following has been appointed as next (A) Only 1 & 2 ambassador of India to China? (B) Only 2 & 3 (A) Gautam Bambawale (C) Only 1 & 3 (B) Vijay Gokhale (D) 1, 2 & 3 (C) Pankaj Saran (E) None of the these (D) Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha 116. Consider the following statements: - (E) Jaideep Sarkar 1. Union Textiles Minister inaugurated IHGF - Delhi Fair 120. In which city 12th World Sudoku Championship and the Autumn 2017. 26th World Puzzle Championship from October 15 to 21 2. The Minister appreciated the launch of schemes by EPCH will be organised? under their CSR programme, for education of children of (A) Chennai artisans. (B) Bengaluru 3. 60% of the expenditure will be borne by EPCH and 40 % by (C) Cochin member exporters. (D) Hyderabad Which of the above statements are correct? (E) Vishakhapatnam (A) Only 1 &2 121. International Day for Disaster Reduction is observed (B) Only 2&3 on______.

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(A) 14-Oct 125. Which of the following ministry organized the Deep (B) 13-Oct Dharohar Program? (C) 12-Oct (A) Ministry of Culture (D) 15-Oct (B) Ministry of Women and Child Development (E) None of these (C) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 122. In which city this year’s G-20 Finance Ministers and (D) Ministry of Human Resource Development Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting held? (E) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (A) Paris 126. Which among the following joint Military Exercise is (B) Madrid organized between India & Sri Lanka? (C) Washington D.C. (A) Mitra Shakti (D) Mosco (B) Hand in Hand (E) New Delhi (C) Sampriti 123. Which of the following city has topped the list of The (D) Indra Economist's Safe Cities Index 2017 which is issued by The (E) Garuda Shakti Economist Intelligence Unit? 127. Who among the following has been chosen for (A) London Mathrubhumi Literary Award for 2016 in recognition of (B) Stockholm his rich contribution to the Malayalam literature? (C) New York (A) Punathil Kunjabdulla (D) Tokyo (B) Sugathakumari (E) Melbourne (C) T. Padmanabhan 124. Consider the following statements: - (D) C. Radhakrishnan 1. DoP launched the Sampoorna Bima Gram (SBG) Yojana (E) M K Sanu and an initiative for expansion of clientele base of Postal Life 128. Which of the following is an autobiography of former Insurance. president Pranab Mukherjee? 2. Under Sampoorna Bima Gram (SBG) Yojana, at least one (A) The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years village (having a minimum of 100 households) will be (B) The Coalition Years: 1996-2012 identified in each of the revenue districts of the country. (C) Matters of Discretion 3. All villages under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana will be (D) My Country My Life brought under its ambit. (E) India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium Which of the above statements are correct? 129. In which country ‘International AYUSH Conference and (A) Only 1 & 2 Exhibition 2017’ with the theme of ‘Lifestyle diseases: (B) Only 2 & 3 Prevention and management through AYUSH’ will be (C) Only 1 & 3 organized? (D) 1,2 & 3 (A) United Arab Emirates (E) None of these (B) Saudi Arabia

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(C) Afghanistan 2. Government will provide an assistance of Rs 10,000 crore to (D) Indonesia 10 private universities and an equal number of government (E) Nepal ones for a period of five years. 130. Who among the following is Minister of State 3. The top 20 universities will be selected through a challenge (Independent charge) for Tourism & Culture? which will be judged by a third party. (A) Suresh Prabhu Which of the above statements are correct? (B) Jagat Prakash Nadda (A) Only 1 & 2 (C) Rao Inderjit Singh (B) Only 2 & 3 (D) Manoj Sinha (C) Only 1 & 3 (E) Dr. Mahesh Sharma (D) 1, 2 & 3 131. What is the theme of World Standards Day 2017 which is (E) None of these observed on 14 October? 134. Which of the following state assembly has become the first (A) Standards make cities smarter in India to call attention and adjournment motions and (B) Standards, A common language proposals online from legislators to send them to the state (C) Standards Build Trust government? (D) Standards level the playing field (A) Uttar Pradesh (E) None of these (B) Karnataka 132. Consider the following statements: - (C) Rajasthan 1. World Students' Day is celebrated on 15 October every year (D) Tamil Nadu on the occasion of birth anniversary of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. (E) Gujarat 2. APJ Abdul Kalam was a scientist who made India proud 135. Which of the following bank will take over micro finance with his missile defense programme. company Bharat Financial? 3. United Nations declared his birthday (October 15) as ‘World (A) ICICI Bank Student’s Day’ in 2010. (B) IndusInd Bank Which of the above statements are correct? (C) Canara Bank (A) Only 1 & 2 (D) HDFC Bank (B) Only 2 & 3 (E) IDBI Bank (C) Only 1 & 3 136. Which of the following state government’s Directorate of (D) 1, 2 & 3 Treasuries and Inspection and the State Bank of India have (E) None of these signed an MOU for integration of SBI e-Pay with cyber 133. Consider the following statements: - treasury? 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a corpus of Rs (A) Uttar Pradesh 10,000-crore to be given to top 20 Indian universities for their (B) Karnataka development. (C) Rajasthan (D) Odisha

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(E) Gujarat (C) 16-Oct 137. Who among the following will be next chief of UN (D) 11-Oct cultural agency UNESCO? (E) 13-Oct (A) Irina Bokova 142. What is the theme of World Food Day 2017? (B) Audrey Azoulay (A) Change the future of migration. Invest in food (C) Hamad bin Abdulaziz al-Kawari security and rural development (D) Saleh al-Hasnawi (B) Feeding the world, caring for the earth (E) Juan Alfonso (C) Social Protection and Agriculture: Breaking the Cycle 138. Who among the following has been nominated for the first of Rural Poverty Centenary National Award for Literature? (D) Achieving food security in times of crisis (A) Apurba Sharma (E) United against hunger (B) Namita Gokhale 143. In which of the following Institution world's largest (C) Atulananda Goswami combustion research centre was inaugurated which will (D) Nilamani Phookan impart a major boost to the Indian scientific community? (E) Nirupama Borgohain (A) IIT Guwahati 139. Who among the following will be awarded by the (B) IIT Madras Jnanarima Manad Alankaran 2017 which is conferred by (C) IIT Bombay Jnanpith Board? (D) IIT Delhi (A) Dr. Adinath Neminath Upadhye (E) IIT Kharagpur (B) Pt. Phoolchandra Shastri 144. Which among the following banks has launched an (C) Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain Android app, as part of its drive to digitise customer- (D) Elangbam Sonamani Singh facing banking services? (E) None of these (A) State Bank of India 140. Elangbam Sonamani Singh associated with which of the (B) UCO Bank following literature? (C) Oriental Bank of Commerce (A) Assamese Literature (D) Union Bank of India (B) Malyalam Literature (E) Punjab National Bank (C) Tamil Literature 145. Who among the following will be conferred with the (D) Manipuri Literature Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for 2015- (E) Bengali Literature 16? 141. World Food Day in honour of the founding of the Food & (A) A R Rehman Agriculture Organization of the UN in 1945 is observed (B) Mohan Dharia on which of the following date? (C) T M Krishna (A) 14-Oct (D) Balraj Puri (B) 15-Oct (E) M S Swaminathan

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146. In which of the following field Raman Magsaysay Award (E) Social Worker is not given? 151. Which of the following Joint Exercise will be conduct (A) Community Leadership between Indian and Russian Armed Forces? (B) Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication (A) MAITRI Arts (B) Hand in Hand (C) Peace and International Understanding (C) Surya Kiran (D) Emergent Leadership (D) Indra (E) None of these (E) Garun Shakti 147. Who among the following players won her first title since 152. Which of the following indigenously-built anti-submarine May 2015, in the Tianjin Open final? warfare stealth corvette has been commissioned? (A) Maria Sharapova (A) INS VIKRANT (B) Aryna Sabalenka (B) INS TARINI (C) Serena Williams (C) INS SHAKTI (D) Martina Hingis (D) INS SAMUDRAM (E) Simona Halep (E) INS Kiltan 148. Which of the following team won the 37th All India 153. According to credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s, Governor's Gold Cup football tournament? which of the following bank are the most exposed to new (A) Simla Youngs Football Club bad loan rules proposed by the European Central Bank? (B) Minerva Punjab Football Club (A) Italian bank (C) North Imphal Sporting Association (B) HSBC France (D) Gangtok Himalayan Football Club (C) Deutsche Bank (E) Mohun Bagan Football Club (D) European American Investment Bank 149. Who among the following players have won Shanghai (E) KBC Bank Masters? 154. Consider the following statements: - (A) Rafael Nadal 1. SEBI reorganised its committee on Market Infrastructure (B) Roger Federer Institutions (MII). (C) Andy Murray 2. It will advise on reviewing norms related to stock exchanges, (D) Novak Djokovic clearing corporations and depository participants. (E) Kevin Anderson 3. The five-member expert committee on MII is now chaired 150. 39th Academy Award winner Lekh Tandon passed away. by R Gandhi. He was ______. Which of the above statements are correct? (A) Writer (A) Only 1 & 2 (B) Scientist (B) Only 1& 3 (C) Politician (C) Only 2 & 3 (D) Actor and filmmaker (D) 1, 2 & 3

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(E) None of these 159. Who among the following has been included in Time 155. Which of the following company has launched a Magazine’s list of Next Generation Leaders for 2017? programme, Prerna, to empower women working in the (A) Umesh Sachdev agriculture sector by promoting efficient and ergonomic (B) Gurmehar Kaur farm tools and equipment? (C) Piyush Tewari (A) Mahindra & Mahindra (D) Shobhana Bhartia (B) Tafe Motors & Tractors Ltd (E) Shivraj Bhatia (C) ACE Tractors 160. Who among the following has made history by becoming (D) Crossword Agro Industries the first ever woman wrestler from India to be awarded a (E) Eicher WWE developmental contract? 156. In which of the following country 50 Indian peacekeepers (A) Geeta Phogat have been awarded with the UN Medal for their (B) Sakshi Malik professionalism and service in protecting civilians? (C) Kavita Devi (A) Liberia (D) Vinesh Phogat (B) Nigeria (E) Kusum Kaur (C) South Sudan 161. On which day International Day for the Eradication of (D) Chad Poverty is observed? (E) Syria (A) 16-Oct 157. Who among the following has been chosen for the (B) 18-Oct prestigious Padma Prabha Puraskaram award 2017, (C) 17-Oct considering his contribution to Malayalam literature? (D) 19-Sep (A) M Mukundan (E) 23-Jun (B) Prabha Varma 162. In which of the following city first ever All India Institute (C) M K Padmaprabha of Ayurveda (AIIA) is opened? (D) Vijayalakshmi (A) Kolkata (E) C. Radhakrishnan (B) Ahmedabad 158. Who among the following has been conferred with the (C) Bhopal Life Time Achievement Award for his outstanding (D) New Delhi contributions in the fields of manufacturing industry, (E) Chennai education and philanthropy? 163. Consider the following statements: - (A) Lord Swraj Paul 1. Ministry WCD launches campaign on 'women for women': (B) Lord Narendra Babubhai Patel #IamThatWoman. (C) Mihir Bose 2. It is an attempt to end Gender bias in women against women. (D) K. Bhagyaraj 3. Ministry of WCD has urged people to shun stereotypes (E) Dr. Raghbir Bains associated with women harming other women.

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Which of the above statements are correct? (C) IIT Madras (A) Only 1 & 3 (D) IIT Guwahati (B) Only 2 & 3 (E) IIT Bombay (C) Only 1 & 2 168. results revealed by Cohn & Wolfe, which of the following (D) 1, 2 & 3 company is top in the list of authenticity race, Globally? (E) None of these (A) Google 164. Which of the following state government has launched the (B) Microsoft ambitious ‘Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojna? (C) Amazon (A) Uttar Pradesh (D) Apple (B) Rajasthan (E) Maruti Suzuki (C) Madhya Pradesh 169. ‘Beyond the Dream Girl’ is a biography of which of the (D) Chhattisgarh following veteran actress? (E) Bihar (A) Jaya Prada 165. According to survey of Thomson Reuters Foundation, (B) Sri Devi which of the following Indian city is world’s worst (C) Padmini Kolhapure megacities when it comes to women safety? (D) Rekha (A) New Delhi (E) Hema Malini (B) Mumbai 170. Who among the following is writer of a biography (C) Kolkata “Beyond the Dream girl”? (D) Lucknow (A) Ram Kamal Mukherjee (E) Chennai (B) Saira Banu 166. According to an Indian Council of Medical Research (C) Jhumpa Lahiri (ICMR) report, which of the following state recorded 39 (D) Vikram Seth percent of all cancer cases in India? (E) Aravind Adiga (A) Punjab 171. Which two countries have not been invited by India to (B) Haryana attend the first global conference on consumer protection? (C) Tamil Nadu (A) Sri Lanka and North Korea (D) Karnataka (B) North Korea and Afghanistan (E) Maharashtra (C) North Korea and china 167. Which of the following Institutes has emerged as the only (D) Pakistan and china Indian institute to better its performance among the top (E) Pakistan and North Korea 100 universities in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) 172. Who among the following won Denmark Open 2017? Asia University Rankings 2018? (A) Viktor Axelsen (A) AIIMS, New Delhi (B) Lee Hyun Il (B) IIT Delhi (C) Kidambi Srikanth

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(D) Ajay Jayaram (A) Peng Liyuan (E) H.S. Prannoy (B) James Chau 173. Banks to now match original IDs with photocopies for any (C) Michael Bloomberg financial transaction of ………….. and above. (D) Yohei Sasakawa (A) Rs 50,000 (E) Robert Mugabe (B) Rs 100,000 178. Who is Consumer Affairs Minister? (C) Rs 70,000 (A) Piyush Goyal (D) Rs 20,000 (B) Narendra Singh Tomar (E) Rs 25,000 (C) Kalraj Mishra 174. Which state government will organise an international (D) Ram Vilas Paswan seminar and ayurveda expo in Kochi in February next (E) Maneka Gandhi year? 179. Gaganjeet Bhullar is related to which of the following (A) Assam game? (B) Gujarat (A) Tennis (C) Maharashtra (B) Badminton (D) Kerala (C) Golf (E) Punjab (D) Hockey 175. At which place the first global conference on consumer (E) Archery protection to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra 180. What is the Capital of Zimbabwe? Modi in next week? (A) VIENNA (A) New Delhi (B) SOFIA (B) Mumbai (C) HAVANA (C) Jaipur (D) SUVA (D) Chennai (E) HARARE (E) Chandigarh 181. Which company has won NASSCOM customer service 176. Which state government has passed an ordinance that excellence award 2017? seeks to protect both serving and former judges, (A) TCS magistrates and public servants from being investigated (B) Infosys for on-duty action without its prior sanction? (C) L&T (A) Gujarat (D) Wipro (B) Rajasthan (E) CSS Corp (C) Maharashtra 182. In which coastal city a Gandhi museum has been (D) Punjab inaugurated on a small piece of land once owned by (E) Himachal Pradesh Mahatma Gandhi? 177. Who has been removed as a WHO goodwill ambassador? (A) Cape Town

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(B) Johannesburg (A) Vishwanathan Anand (C) Durban (B) A R Rahman (D) Pretoria (C) Gulzar (E) Kimberley (D) Javed Akhtar 183. Who among the following won the Man Booker Prize (E) Priyanka Chopra 2017? 188. Which Airport has been rated the Best Airport in the (A) Paul Beatty World in the traffic volume of 2 to 5 million passengers (B) Ali Smith per year? (C) Paul Auster (A) Srinagar Airport (D) George Saunders (B) Jaipur Airport (E) Deborah Levy (C) Mumbai Airport 184. In which city 8th IBSA trilateral Ministerial Commission (D) Lucknow Airport Meeting held? (E) Chandigarh Airport (A) New Delhi 189. Who is Minister of State for External Affairs? (B) Mumbai (A) S.S. Ahluwalia (C) Cape Town (B) Sushma Swaraj (D) Johannesburg (C) V K Singh (E) Durban (D) Anant Geete 185. Which Airport has been ranked No. 1 in the Airports (E) Hardeep Singh Puri Council International’s (ACI) service quality survey in the 190. Which of the following novel has been selected for the category of 5 to 15 million passengers per annum? Man Booker Prize 2017? (A) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (A) The Sellout (B) Jaipur International Airport (B) Lincoln in the Bardo (C) Srinagar International Airport (C) A Brief History of Seven Killings (D) Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (D) The Sense of an Ending (E) None of the above (E) The White Tiger 186. Which Ministry has been awarded with Swachh Bharat 191. Which state's Assembly has passed a bill paving way for Inter-Ministerial Award? creation of a new district to be named Kamle? (A) Ministry of Defence (A) Gujarat (B) Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (B) Andhra Pradesh (C) Ministry of Home Affairs (C) Punjab (D) Ministry of Railways (D) Himachal Pradesh (E) Ministry of Law and Justice (E) Arunachal Pradesh 187. Who among the following will be honoured with 192. Which Environmental scientist will be awarded with Blue Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award? Planet Prize?

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(A) James Hansen 197. Which of the following a comprehensive digital platform (B) Wendell Berry has been launched by Kotak Mahindra Bank (“Kotak”) (C) Vandana Shiva and Zeta to manage multiple employee benefits? (D) Joachim Schellnhuber (A) KoZa (E) Bill McKibben (B) Paymint 193. Who will be next Prime Minister of New Zealand? (C) PhonePe (A) Bill English (D) MoneyPe (B) Jacinda Ardern (E) None of the above (C) Mike Moore 198. Which of the following is the partner country at the 23rd (D) Jim Bolger iteration of the Tech Summit, knowledge and technology (E) Helen Clark conference and exhibition from 14 – 15 November, 2017 194. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of WBCSD in New Delhi? from 2018? (A) Germany (A) Sunny Verghese (B) China (B) John Key (C) Canada (C) Jenny Shipley (D) Japan (D) Palmer (E) USA (E) Mike Moore 199. Who is the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh? 195. Attorney General for India is appointed by the President (A) Pema Khandu under Article ...... of the Constitution. (B) N. Chandrababu Naidu (A) 67 (C) Raghubar Das (B) 66 (D) Pinarayi Vijayan (C) 76 (E) Mukul Sangma (D) 78 200. What is the currency of New Zealand? (E) 57 (A) Euro 196. Which of the following organization has committed Rs10 (B) Pound crore for the conservation and restoration of the (C) Dollar Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CST) of Mumbai? (D) Shekel (A) TCS (E) Franc (B) Infosys 201. Who among the following won the World Food Prize (C) BOB 2017? (D) HDFC Bank (A) Dr Sanjaya Rajaram (E) SBI Foundation (B) Sir Fazle Hasan Abed (C) Dr. Howarth Bouis (D) Dr. Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina

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(E) Dr Gurdev Khush 207. Which of the following has been given green platinum 202. World Statistics Day is observed on which date? award? (A) 24-Jul (A) Rampur Eco Village (B) 15-May (B) Jayapur Eco Village (C) 20-Oct (C) Jaitpur Eco Village (D) 18-Nov (D) Govardhan Eco Village (E) 25-Oct (E) None of these 203. Which country has been ranked No. 1 in pollution related 208. In which state Global Investors Summit will be held in deaths according to a report by The Lancet Commission February, 2018? on pollution and health? (A) Manipur (A) India (B) Mizoram (B) China (C) Meghalaya (C) Syria (D) Punjab (D) Japan (E) Assam (E) Iraq 209. Who is the chief minister of Kerala? 204. In which state International Gita Mahotsav will be (A) Manik Sarkar inaugurated by the President Ram Nath Kovind? (B) Naveen Patnaik (A) Punjab (C) N. Biren Singh (B) Rajasthan (D) Pinarayi Vijayan (C) Madhya Pradesh (E) Siddaramaiah (D) Goa 210. By whom World Food Prize was founded? (E) Haryana (A) Prof. M. S. Swaminathan 205. Which state govt has prohibited using 'Dalit', 'Harijan' in (B) Dr Verghese Kurien official communications? (C) Norman E. Borlaug (A) Gujarat (D) Dr Henry Beachell (B) Kerala (E) Dr B. R. Barwale (C) Punjab 211. Which ministry with an aim of making India open (D) Arunachal Pradesh defecation free by October 2, 2019 is overseeing the (E) Andhra Pradesh implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission in villages? 206. What is the capital of Assam? (A) Ministry of Home Affairs (A) Guwahati (B) Ministry of Railways (B) Dispur (C) Ministry of Law and Justice (C) Raipur (D) Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (D) Panaji (E) Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (E) Itanagar 212. What is the Capital of Bulgaria?

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(A) Dobrich (A) Malaysia (B) Sofia (B) India (C) Varna (C) Japan (D) Havana (D) China (E) Harare (E) South Korea 213. Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India 218. In which country Asia Hockey Cup 2017 held? to Switzerland? (A) South Korea (A) Smita Purushottam (B) Malaysia (B) Sibi George (C) Bangladesh (C) Manpreet Vohra (D) China (D) Vijay Gokhale (E) Japan (E) Navdeep Suri 219. What is the currency of Switzerland? 214. Who is the director-general of WHO? (A) Euro (A) Tedros Ghebreyesus (B) Franc (B) Michael Møller (C) Dollar (C) Irina Bokova (D) Shekel (D) Anthony Lake (E) Pound (E) Guy Ryder 220. Who is the governor of Gujarat? 215. Who among the following have not been selected for the (A) Jagdish Mukhi Madhya Pradesh government’s prestigious National Lata (B) Balram Das Tandon Mangeshkar Award? (C) Acharya Dev Vrat (A) Usha Khanna (D) Vajubhai Vala (B) Bappi Lahiri (E) Om Prakash Kohli (C) Anu Malik 221. Who has been appointed as Managing Director & Chief (D) Alka Yagnik Executive Officer of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)? (E) Javed Akhatar (A) Suresh Sethi 216. How many medals Indian boxers have won in Balkan (B) A.P. Singh Open 2017? (C) Alok Kumar Pateria (A) 10 (D) Rajesh Ranjan (B) 6 (E) AP Maheshwari (C) 8 222. Who is the head of a task force set up by RBI to develop (D) 4 public credit registry? (E) 12 (A) Viral Acharya 217. Which of the following country has won Asia Hockey Cup (B) Y. M. Deosthalee 2017? (C) Rakesh Asthana

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(D) Rajesh Ranjan (D) Surat (E) S S Mundra (E) Hyderabad 223. With which bank the Engineering Export Promotion 228. Who has been appointed as the Representative of Council (EEPC) of India has signed an MoU to provide Government of India to initiate and carry forward a access to finance for the small and medium enterprises and dialogue with the elected representatives, various merchant exporters of the council? organizations and concerned individuals in the State of (A) Bank of Baroda Jammu and Kashmir? (B) Allahabad Bank (A) Rakesh Asthana (C) HDFC Bank (B) Deepak Kumar Mishra (D) Punjab National Bank (C) Sudeep Lakhtakia (E) State Bank of India (D) Gurbachan Singh 224. Who has been appointed as the special director of the CBI? (E) Dineshwar Sharma (A) Rakesh Asthana 229. Which state has emerged as the top state in terms of digital (B) Deepak Kumar Mishra initiatives undertaken by Coeus Age Consulting report? (C) Sudeep Lakhtakia (A) Maharashtra (D) Gurbachan Singh (B) Andhra Pradesh (E) Dineshwar Sharma (C) Madhya Pradesh 225. Who won the United States Grand Prix 2017? (D) Chhattisgarh (A) Sebastian Vettel (E) Karnataka (B) V. Bottas 230. Who is the Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (C) M. Verstappen Minister? (D) Lewis Hamilton (A) Prakash Javadekar (E) L. Stroll (B) Smriti Irani 226. Who has been appointed as Additional Director General, (C) Dharmendra Pradhan CISF on deputation basis? (D) Narendra Singh Tomar (A) Suresh Sethi (E) Ravi Shankar Prasad (B) Alok Kumar Pateria 231. For which state the Asian Development Bank and the (C) Rajesh Ranjan Government of India has signed a $300 million loan to (D) AP Maheshwari continue a series of fiscal reforms to improve the quality (E) A.P. Singh of public service delivery? 227. In which city 20th International Children's Film Festival (A) Assam (ICFFI) to be held between November 8 and 14? (B) Manipur (A) New Delhi (C) Punjab (B) Mumbai (D) West Bengal (C) Chennai (E) Himachal Pradesh

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232. United Nations Day is celebrated on which date? (D) Mahindra Group (A) 24-Oct (E) TATA (B) 20-Oct 237. Who has been appointed as chief executive of the (C) 12-Oct Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI)? (D) 14-Oct (A) Abhijit Banerjee (E) 18-Oct (B) NS Venkatsh 233. Who has been appointed the chief executive officer of The (C) Amit Mitra Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) (D) Suil Mehta for India? (E) Kishor Kharat (A) Jayant Rikhye 238. Who has been crowned the FIFA best soccer player in the (B) Prannoy Roy world for 2017? (C) R. N. Malhotra (A) Neymar (D) Reetika Khera (B) Lionel Messi (E) Mihir Shah (C) Cristiano Ronaldo 234. Who among the following won the Best Fifa Women's (D) Lieke Martens Player award for 2017? (E) Luis Suarez (A) Carli Lloyd 239. Girija Devi passed away recently. She belongs to which (B) Marta field? (C) Lieke Martens (A) Singing (D) Tobin Heath (B) Literature (E) Rosana (C) Sports 235. On which bank Reserve Bank of India has imposed a (D) Poliics monetary penalty of Rs 2 crore for contravention of (E) Economics regulatory restrictions pertaining to loans and advances? 240. Who among the following has won gold in air pistol mixed (A) HDFC Bank team event at ISSF World Cup? (B) IDFC Bank (A) Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu (C) SBI (B) Vijay Kumar and Heena Sidhu (D) ICICI Bank (C) Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Anjali Bhagwat (E) Axis Bank (D) Samresh Jung and Heena Sidhu 236. Which of the following Indian brand is only to feature (E) Anjali Bhagwat and Jitu Rai among the top five in the India's most attractive brands 241. Which country's Passport has been declared the world's index? "most powerful" passport by global financial advisory (A) Infosys firm Arton Capital? (B) MDH (A) Germany (C) Amul (B) Sweden

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(C) Singapore (A) Nepal (D) South Korea (B) Afghanistan (E) USA (C) Bhutan 242. Which country has been named the best country to visit (D) Bangladesh next year by Lonely Planet in its 'Best in Travel 2018' list? (E) Sri Lanka (A) Chile 247. RBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 6 crore on which bank (B) South Korea for not complying with the directions of the central bank? (C) Portugal (A) ICICI bank (D) Malta (B) Yes Bank (E) New Zealand (C) HDFC Bank 243. Which Indian Naval ship has reached Belawan port, (D) Axis Bank Indonesia to take part in the 30th edition of joint exercise (E) SBI – CORPAT? 248. Who has been bestowed with the Lifetime Achievement (A) Subhadra Award by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (B) Suvarna in New Delhi for her contribution in the field of cinema? (C) Savitri (A) Aishwarya Rai (D) Sukanya (B) Sharmila Tagore (E) Sharada (C) Deepika Padukone 244. The deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar to avail (D) Madhuri Dixit benefits of various government schemes would be (E) Mahira Khan extended till...... next year. 249. Who is the First Indian to Top ITTF Junior Circuit (A) 31-Mar Rankings? (B) 31-Jan (A) Mudit Dani (C) Feb. 28 (B) Manav Thakkar (D) 16-Mar (C) Siddhesh Pande (E) Apr-31 (D) Archana Kamath 245. Who is the Chief Justice of india? (E) Manika (A) Jagdish Singh Khehar 250. What is the currency of Chile? (B) T. S. Thakur (A) Franc (C) Dipak Misra (B) Euro (D) Kurian Joseph (C) Dollar (E) Jasti Chelameswar (D) Pound 246. India has granted USD 585,000 aid to which country's (E) Peso university as part of its development partnership with the 251. Which of the following country offered citizenship to the country in the field of higher education? robot, designed by entrepreneur David Hanson?

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(A) Egypt 256. Which of the following state will be the 'Focus State' in the (B) Israel World Food India (WFI)-2017, a mega international food (C) Saudi Arabia event to be held at New Delhi? (D) China (A) Chhattisgarh (E) Japan (B) Rajasthan 252. In which city first International Day of Diplomats was (C) West Bengal celebrated on October 24? (D) Bihar (A) Dhaka (E) Odisha (B) New Delhi 257. Which of the following High Court banned the use of (C) Ankara pictures of living persons on banners and hoardings in its (D) Brasilia state? (E) Paris (A) Allahabad High Court 253. Which of the following bank has been shortlisted for the (B) Karnataka High Court adoption of - Jantar Mantar, Delhi under ‘Adopt a Heritage (C) Madras High Court Scheme’ of Ministry of Tourism? (D) Kerala High Court (A) ICICI (E) Hyderabad High Court (B) State Bank of India 258. Which of the following port in Sri Lanka will be (C) Union Bank of India developed with help of India? (D) HDFC (A) Galle Harbor (E) UCO bank (B) Jaffna Port 254. Which of the following day ‘Adopt a Heritage Scheme’ of (C) Hambantota Port Ministry of Tourism was launched by President of India? (D) Trincomalee port (A) 27 September, 2017 (E) Oluvil port (B) 24 October, 2016 259. Who among the following will be conferred with the (C) 14 October, 2017 National Kalidas Award instituted by the Madhya Pradesh (D) 19 September, 2016 government in the field of theatre? (E) None of these (A) Karan Johar 255. Which of the following Institution organized 3rd Global (B) Ram Gopal Bajaj Investors’ India Forum in New Delhi? (C) Vishal Bhardwaj (A) Ministry of Power and New & Renewable Energy (D) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (B) SAARC (E) Ram Gopal Verma (C) ASSOCHAM 260. Who among the following Chief Ministers has received (D) BIMSTEC the 'Golden Peacock Award' under the category - Global (E) OPEC Leadership in Public Service and Economic Transformation?

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(A) Shivraj Singh Chouhan (E) None of these (B) Vijay Rupani 264. According to two research firms, which of the following (C) Vasundhra Raje mobile company is expected to end Korean major (D) N Chandrababu Naidu Samsung’s four and-a-half year reign at the top soon? (E) K. Chandrashekar Rao (A) Xiaomi 261. According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, who among (B) Huawei the following became the world's richest person? (C) Motorola (A) Warren Buffett (D) Vivo (B) Jeff Bezos (E) Oppo (C) Amancio Ortega 265. In which city first International Consumer Protection (D) Bill Gates Conference on “Empowering consumers in new markets” (E) Larry Ellison for the South, South East and East Asian Countries was 262. Which of the following country has become the first held? country to withdraw from the International Criminal (A) New Delhi Court? (B) Dubai (A) Gambia (C) Paris (B) South Africa (D) Bali (C) Burundi (E) Colombo (D) Namibia 266. Which of the following bank signed a $65.5 million loan (E) Lebanon agreement with government of India to continue 263. Consider the following statements: - interventions to check coastal erosion on the Western 1. International Conference on Green Initiatives & Railway Coast in Karnataka? Electrification organized by Ministry of Railways through (A) New Development Bank Institution of Railways Electrical Engineer (IREE) India. (B) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank 2. The main objective of international conference is making (C) International Monetary Fund Indian Railways (IR) an efficient and Greener mode of (D) World Bank transport. (E) Asian Development Bank 3. This conference has the aim for giving boost to ‘Make in 267. Which of the following country secured third position at India’ and ‘Innovative India’ campaigns of Hon'ble Prime the FIFA U-17 World Cup? Minister of India. (A) Mali Which of the above statements are correct? (B) England (A) Only 1 &3 (C) Spain (B) Only 2 & 3 (D) Brazil (C) Only 1 &2 (E) France (D) 1,2 & 3

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268. Which of the following stadium hosted the final clash (A) Investing in Adolescent Health—the Future is Now between England and Spain? (B) INTERACTIONS AMONG ADOLESCENTS, ENVIRONMENTS, AND HEALTHCARE (A) Ambedkar Stadium (C) Health beliefs in adolescent and young adult (B) Birsa Munda Football Stadium (D) Adolescent health intensity of internet use (C) DY Patil Stadium (E) None of these 274. In which city, 14th Dalai Lama addressed the International (D) Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Peace Conference? (E) Salt Lake Stadium (A) Guwahati 269. Which of the following state will host the 36th National (B) Itanagar (C) Kohima Games? (D) Imphal (A) Kerala (E) Gangtok (B) Jharkhand 275. Which of the following company became the first Indian (C) Goa company to cross Rs6 trillion market capitalization? (A) Reliance Industries Ltd (D) Maharashtra (B) Hindalco Industries (E) Karnataka (C) Tata Steel 270. Who among the following is Secretary-General of United (D) Indian Oil Corporation (E) Infosys Nations Conference on Trade and Development 276. Who among the following tennis player announced her (UNCTAD)? retirement from pro tennis? (A) António Guterres (A) Serena Williams (B) Maria Sharapova (B) Kofi Annan (C) Martina Hingis (C) Mukhisa Kituyi (D) Angelique Kerer (D) José Manuel Barroso (E) Simona Halep 277. Which among the following team won FIFA U-17 World (E) Mário Soares Cup? 271. Which of the following country announced the immediate (A) Spain sacking of Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and his (B) England government and called new elections in the region? (C) Brazil (A) Portugal (D) France (B) Spain (E) Mali (C) Uzbekistan 278. Which among the following team was runner up in FIFA (D) Lebanon U-17 World Cup? (E) Ukraine (A) Spain 272. In which city 11th World Congress on Adolescent Health (B) England was held? (C) Brazil (A) Bhopal (D) France (B) Jaipur (E) Mali (C) Chandigarh 279. Which of the following team won its third straight title in (D) New Delhi the Pro Kabaddi league? (E) Gandhinagar (A) Patna Pirates 273. What was the theme of 11th World Congress on (B) Bengal Warriors Adolescent Health 2017? (C) Jaipur Pink Panthers

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(D) Dabang Delhi (A) Jaideep Sarkar (E) Telugu Titans (B) N.J.Gangte 280. Which among the following team was runner up in the Pro (C) Debnath Shaw Kabaddi league? (A) Patna Pirates (D) Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha (B) Bengal Warriors (E) Navtej Sarna (C) Jaipur Pink Panthers 286. Who among the following won French Open Super Series (D) Gujarat Fortune giants (E) Bengaluru Bulls title 2017? 281. World Stroke Day is observed on______. (A) Kento Nishimoto (A) 28-Oct (B) HS Pranoy (B) 29-Oct (C) 31-Oct (C) Kidambi srikanth (D) 27-Oct (D) Arvind Bhat (E) 30-Oct (E) Anders Antonsen 282. What is the theme of World Stroke Day 2017? (A) Face the Facts: Stroke is Treatable 287. Johor Cup is related to which of the following sports? (B) What’s your reason for preventing stroke? (A) Badminton (C) Little strokes, big trouble (B) Hockey (D) Stroke, what can I do? (C) Tennis (E) None of these (D) Football 283. Which of the following country will host the next United (E) Cricket Nations (UN) global wildlife conference in 2020? 288. Consider the following players: - (A) Canada 1. Rohan Bopanna (B) Japan 2. Pablo Cuevas (C) South Africa 3. Marcelo Demoliner (D) India 4. Sam Querrey (E) Brazil Who among the above players’ pair has won the doubles 284. Which of the following bank tied up with Small Industries title in the Erste Bank Open? Development Bank of India (SIDBI) to launch a Rs200 (A) 1 &4 crore fund for providing loans to micro, small and medium (B) 1 &2 enterprises (MSMEs)? (C) 2 &3 (A) Capital Small Finance Bank (D) 1 & 3 (B) Janalakshmi Financial Services (E) 3 & 4 (C) Suryoday Micro Finance Private Ltd 289. Book Dream nation: Uniting a Country with Handwritten (D) Utkarsh Micro Finance Limited Dreams contains inspiring words of which of the (E) Au Finance Ltd following eminent personality? 285. Who among the following has been appointed as High (A) Atal Bihari Vajpayee Commissioner of India to the Republic of Zambia? (B) Pranab Mukherjee

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(C) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (E) Arjun Ram Meghwal (D) Rajiv Gandhi 295. With which Institution Microsoft has started working to counter Google search? (E) B.R. Ambedkar (A) IIT Delhi 290. The book ‘Dreamnation: Uniting a Country with (B) IIT Kanpur Handwritten Dreams’ was released online by______. (C) IIT Kharagpur (D) IIT Bombay (A) Sonia Gandhi (E) IIT Madras (B) Mithali Raj 296. Who among the following has assumed charge as the Vice (C) Saina Nehwal Chief of Naval Staff? (A) Ajit Kumar P (D) P V Sindhu (B) G Ashok Kumar (E) None of these (C) G S Pabby 291. Which of the following portal has been launched as (D) Karambir Singh MSME Delayed Payment Portal? (E) AK Chawla 297. Which of the following country’s democratic opposition (A) MSME Samadhaan and political prisoners have won the European Union's (B) MSME Sahyog Sakharov Prize for human rights? (C) MSME Solutions (A) Spain (B) South Korea (D) MSME Suraksha (C) Myanmar (E) MSME Samvridhi (D) Venezuela 292. Which of the following International Bank has signed a (E) Palestine $200 million Loan Agreement with India for the Assam 298. Who among the following Bollywood actors received Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project? Pramod Mahajan Smriti Award? (A) International Monetary Fund (A) Akshay Kumar (B) Asian Development Bank (B) Anupam Kher (C) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (C) Nana Patekar (D) New Development Bank (D) Amitabh Bachchan (E) World Bank (E) Amir Khan 293. Which of the following bank has signed an agreement with 299. Who among the following players has been crowned seven companies for funding solar power energy Formula One world champion in a Mexican Grand Prix? following a line of credit from World Bank? (A) Lewis Hamilton (A) Punjab national Bank (B) Max Verstappen (B) State bank of India (C) Sebastian Vettel (C) Union Bank of India (D) Fernando Alonso (D) Allahabad Bank (E) Daniel Ricciardo (E) UCO Bank 300. Tamil writer Melanmai Ponnusamy passed away. He won 294. Who among the following is head of the ministerial panel Sahitya Akademi award in 2008 for which of the following which will oversee merger proposals of state-owned work? banks? (A) Solaimalai Ilavarasi (A) Narendra Modi (B) Sivagamiyin Sapatham (B) Vivek Debroy (C) Minsara poo (C) Nirmala Sitaraman (D) Semmalar (D) Arun Jaitley (E) Kadal Pura

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1. A 2. C 3. E 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. D 8. E 9. C 10. B 11. B 12. C 13. A 14. B 15. E 16. A 17. A 18. C 19. C 20. E 21. A 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. D 26. D 27. B 28. D 29. A 30. A 31. B 32. C 33. D 34. B 35. D 36. B 37. C 38. B 39. D 40. C 41. D 42. D 43. B 44. A 45. A 46. A 47. C 48. E 49. D 50. A 51. B 52. B 53. C 54. D 55. C 56. E 57. C 58. E 59. B 60. D 61. B 62. D 63. E 64. A 65. B 66. C 67. D 68. C 69. A 70. C 71. B 72. D 73. D 74. A 75. C 76. E 77. D 78. D 79. A 80. A 81. C 82. D 83. B 84. C 85. B 86. A 87. A 88. A 89. A 90. C 91. C 92. B 93. A 94. B 95. A 96. B 97. D 98. E 99. B 100. C 101. A 102. E 103. D 104. A 105. B 106. A 107. C 108. B 109. B 110. A 111. D 112. D 113. C 114. ` A 115. D 116. A 117. C 118. E 119. A 120. B

121. B 122. C 123. D 124. D 125. A 126. A 127. E 128. B 129. A 130. E

131. A 132. D 133. D 134. C 135. B 136. D 137. B 138. D 139. D 140. D 141. C 142. A 143. B 144. D 145. C 146. E 147. A 148. E 149. B 150. D 151. D 152. E 153. A 154. D 155. A 156. C 157. B 158. A 159. B 160. C

161. C 162. D 163. D 164. C 165. A 166. B 167. E 168. C 169. E 170. A

171. E 172. C 173. A 174. D 175. A 176. B 177. E 178. D 179. C 180. E

181. E 182. C 183. D 184. E 185. A 186. B 187. D 188. B 189. C 190. B

191. E 192. D 193. B 194. A 195. C 196. E 197. B 198. C 199. A 200. C

201. D 202. C 203. A 204. E 205. B 206. B 207. D 208. E 209. D 210. C

211. E 212. B 213. B 214. A 215. E 216. C 217. B 218. C 219. B 220. E

221. A 222. B 223. D 224. A 225. D 226. B 227. E 228. E 229. C 230. C

231. D 232. A 233. A 234. C 235. B 236. E 237. B 238. C 239. A 240. A

241. C 242. A 243. D 244. A 245. C 246. E 247. B 248. B 249. B 250. E 251. C 252. D 253. B 254. A 255. C 256. E 257. C 258. D 259. B 260. D 261. B 262. C 263. D 264. A 265. A 266. E 267. D 268. E 269. C 270. C

271. B 272. D 273. A 274. D 275. A 276. C 277. B 278. A 279. A 280. D 281. B 282. B 283. D 284. E 285. B 286. C 287. B 288. B 289. C 290. B 291. A 292. E 293. B 294. D 295. C 296. A 297. D 298. B 299. A 300. C

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