Monthly Current Affairs GK Digest: October 2019
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Monthly Current Affairs GK Digest: October 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS Railway to launch Pilot Project to introduce Industry 4.0............................................................................... 4 World Digital Competitiveness Rankings ...................................................................................................... 5 BRAHMOS Supersonic Cruise Missile Successfully Test-Fired ..................................................................... 5 Sumit Nagpal won the title of ATP Challenger Tournament ........................................................................... 6 2nd October Celebration .............................................................................................................................. 6 School Education Quality Index (SEQI) .......................................................................................................... 7 Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2019 – 20 ...................................................................................................... 7 ‘Consumer App’ Launched by MCAFPD ........................................................................................................ 8 Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express ................................................................................................................ 8 ‘Paryatan Parv 2019’ .................................................................................................................................... 9 Vayoshreshtha Samman-2019 ..................................................................................................................... 9 Saraswati Samman Award ......................................................................................................................... 10 India and Mauritius jointly launched Projects ............................................................................................. 10 Bharat-22 Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) ..................................................................................................... 11 'Sarbat Da Bhala Express' ........................................................................................................................... 11 RBI cuts Repo Rate by 25 Basis Points ....................................................................................................... 12 Swacch Bharat cleanliness Assessment 2019 ............................................................................................ 12 Youth Co: Lab jointly launched by NITI Aayog and UNDP ............................................................................ 13 World Cotton Day ....................................................................................................................................... 13 Financial assistance for the State of Karnataka and Bihar ........................................................................... 14 Bilateral talks between India and Bangladesh ............................................................................................. 15 Swiss Bank Shared Financial Info with India ............................................................................................... 15 EDant Seva Website & Mobile Application .................................................................................................. 16 India International Cooperative Trade Fair .................................................................................................. 16 Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at West Jalefa, Tripura ................................................................................. 16 50th International Film Festival of India 2019 ............................................................................................. 17 PM-ASMI to integrate Existing Schemes to fight against Maternal Mortality ............................................... 17 Assam Launched free Medicines Scheme for tea garden Workers .............................................................. 18 Ramesh Pandey selected for AEE Award .................................................................................................... 18 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine ..................................................................................................................... 19 Surender Singh creates three World Records .............................................................................................. 19 National e-Assessment Centre (NeAC) ....................................................................................................... 20 India received its 1st Rafale Fighter Jets .................................................................................................... 20 Nobel Prize in Physics ............................................................................................................................... 20 www.BankExamsToday.com 1 Monthly Current Affairs GK Digest: October 2019 World Post Day .......................................................................................................................................... 21 Govt. announced 5% DA for Central Employees .......................................................................................... 21 Innovation Learning Programme, DHRUV ................................................................................................... 22 Disaster Warning Device Launched by the Government ............................................................................... 22 Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship Programme ...................................................................................... 23 ‘Garbage Cafe' in Chhattisgarh's Ambikapur ............................................................................................... 23 Nobel Prize in Literature ............................................................................................................................ 24 Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan, SUMAN launched ...................................................................................... 24 9th RCEP Intersessional Ministerial Meeting .............................................................................................. 25 President's Colours to the Army Aviation Corps .......................................................................................... 25 SARAS Aajeevika Mela .............................................................................................................................. 26 Mobile App, “mHariyali” Launched ............................................................................................................. 26 GeM signs MOU with Union Bank of India ................................................................................................... 27 2nd Edition of Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) .............................................................................................. 27 Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2019 ................................................................................................................. 28 DHARMA GUARDIAN – 2019 ...................................................................................................................... 28 10th Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav ............................................................................................................. 29 2nd India-China Informal Summit ............................................................................................................... 29 2019 First Global DXB Challenge ................................................................................................................ 30 MoUs signed between India and Sierra Leone ............................................................................................. 30 Bangladesh becomes 2nd Fastest Growing Economy ................................................................................. 31 India-Netherlands bilateral Ties ................................................................................................................. 31 Air India: 1st Airline to use Taxibot ............................................................................................................. 32 RBI guidelines on 'on tap' Authorisation on Payment Systems ..................................................................... 32 Booker Prize 2019 ..................................................................................................................................... 32 Bahrain International Series 2019 .............................................................................................................. 33 2nd Phase of LOTUS-HR Launched ............................................................................................................ 33 Nobel Prize for Economics 2019 ................................................................................................................ 34 Kiran Uniyal created Individual Guinness World Records ............................................................................. 34 J.P.S. Chawla assumes Charge as New CGA .............................................................................................. 35 World Food Day ......................................................................................................................................... 35 CBIC launched programme to attract Investments into India ....................................................................... 36 India Innovation