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Index # 9 #9, Plot No.2163, 1st Street, L Block, 12th Main Road, Anna Nagar West, Chennai–40. , Ph: 044-43525468, 9176787980, 7200010122. Plot No.2163, 1st Street, L October 2018 Editorial Board Sub - Editor Sivarajavel. S Suresh Kumar. S Sadik. M.A Co-ordinator R. Senthilkumar D. Ramya BRANCHES TIRUNELVELI TRICHY No.9, Prasanna Vinayagar Street, No.143, 4th Floor, Lakshmi Complex, Near V.O.C Ground, Salai Road, Thillai Nagar, Palayamkottai-627002 Trichy-620018. Ph: 9626272890. Ph: 9751500300. www.smartleadersias.com © Smart Leaders IAS SMART NEWS – October 2018 Index S.No. Index Pg.No. POLITY 1. No need for uniform civil code now 09 2. CJI Misra names Gogoi as successor 10 3. SC throws out plea to ban Malayalam novel Meesha 11 4. SC refuses to give NRC report copy to centre 11 5. SC decriminalises homosexuality 12 6. SC orders Rajasthan to file report on Alwar lynching 12 7. 12 special courts set up to try MPs, MLAs 13 8. Welfare panels can't evaluate dowry complaints 14 9. Can't curb liberty on conjecture 15 10. Female circumcision issue goes to constitution bench 15 11. SC to rule on barring accused in heinous crimes from polls 15 12. Aadhaar gets thumbs up from supreme court 16 13. Reduced to digits 17 14. Deleting biometric data is difficult 18 15. SC harks back to mumbai blasts to cite criminalisation 18 16. Legislators can practise law 19 17. SC forms prison Reforms Panel 19 18. SC proceedings can be live-streamed 20 19. Boost to SC/ST quota in promotions 20 20. IS Mosque essential part of islam? 21 21. Hearings on Ayodhya title suit to resume 22 22. Adultery is not a crime, rules SC 23 23. All women may pray at Sabarimala 23 24. With sabarimala verdict, „Ghost of Narasu' is finally exorcised 24 25. Not a crackdown on dissent 24 26. Centre for new bench in Manipur case 25 27. Protocol breached in Tamil Nadu organ transplant case 26 28. Audits to track construction workers' benefits 26 29. Supreme court refuses to stay amendments to SC/ST Act 27 30. CJI warns against „cooked-up' proof 27 31. Sex offenders' registry launched with 4.4 lakh entries 28 32. Ordinance allows panel to supersede scam-tainted MCI 28 33. Wrongful prosecution (miscarriage of justice): legal remedies 29 Health ministry issues a notification for bringing the HIV/AIDS Act, 2017 in 34. 30 force 35. Drinking water programme not effective in Odisha 30 36. CVC seeks CBI files on its special director's plaint 31 37. Maoists have a tight and flowing structure 31 38. Centre to issue warnings on lynchings 32 39. MHA merges police forces in six Union Territories 33 40. Google to help EC track political ads 33 1 | © Smart Leaders IAS SMART NEWS – October 2018 Index 41. EC eases rule on use of speakers for campaigns 34 42. Youth more likely to choose protests over vote 34 43. KCR can't decide poll dates 35 44. PDP too will boycott J&K local polls 35 45. Despite boycott threat, J&K civic polls to be held in October 36 46. Publishing poll candidate's propaganda is paid news 36 47. Enact „strong law‟ to cleanse politics 37 48. Delhi launches doorstep delivery of government services 38 49. Ban on adoption by live-in partners lifted 39 50. Govt. Unveils centre for data analytics 39 51. PM launches cleanliness campaign 39 52. U.P. To launch first-ever dial-FIR 40 53. Rationalisation of CS schemes mooted 40 54. Krishna Kutir, a home for 1000 widows inaugurated 41 55. Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) 41 56. First Tribal Circuit project under Swadesh Darshan Scheme in Chhattisgarh 43 57. All India Pension Adalat 43 58. „e-Sahaj‟ portal for grant of security clearance 44 59. Atal Bimit Vyakti Kalyan Yojna approved 45 60. Bamboo centre remains „rooted‟ to New Delhi 45 61. Rashtriya Poshan Maah celebrations get under way across India 46 62. “Rail Sahyog” web portal 47 63. National conference of district disability rehabilitation centres 47 64. CIC wants break-up of how MPLADS funds are utilised 48 65. B.C. Khanduri removed as Defence Panel Chairman 48 66. Triple Talaq is criminal offence 49 67. Cabinet clears rs. 3,466 crore dam improvement project 50 68. Centre appoints search committee for Lokpal 50 69. New wage agreement for port and dock workers 51 70. Census 2021 to collect OBC data, use maps 51 71. „Asia‟s Nobel‟ celebrates social heroes 52 72. MoU signed to give facelift to Ajmer Dargah 53 73. PMC is „distorting' facts on Ganesha Festivities 53 74. 2 irrigation facilities in Telangana get heritage tag 54 75. PM to unveil sardar patel's statue on October 31 55 76. „Gatka': Sikh Martial Arts 55 77. Casting capers: Maneka sees animals in wrong role 55 78. Return home or give up SOPs 56 79. Government links Pravasi Divas with Kumbh 56 80. Plea highlights plight of detainees 57 81. Renewed push for statehood in northeast 57 82. First review meeting of department of official language 57 83. Gandhijis Nai Talim 58 2 | © Smart Leaders IAS SMART NEWS – October 2018 Index 84. National Board Of Examinations 59 85. National orientation workshop on national e-vidhan application (NEVA) 59 86. Centenary celebrations of Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha 60 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1. India invites Pakistan experts to hydel sites in J&K 62 2. China-Africa ties have benefited both 62 3. Xi offers $60 bn aid to Africa 63 4. New entrants in Xi's Belt and Road dreams 64 5. Chinese intrusions declined by 10% this year 64 6. CPEC won't lead to a debt trap 65 7. Pakistan invites Saudi Arabia to be third partner in CPEC 65 8. Nepal to skip BIMSTEC military drill in India 66 9. Nepal's no to drills is not a snub to India 66 10. India not involved in palaly airport project 66 11. India-Bangladesh jointly unveil e-plaques for two projects 67 12. Kim agrees to abolish missile facilities, allow inspections 68 13. South Korea wants to elevate ties with India 68 14. PSU refiners to use Iranian tankers for oil imports 69 15. Handover of Chabahar Port on track 69 16. Uzbek President to invite India to join Afghan rail project 69 17. Indo-Kazakhstan Joint Exercise Kazind 2018 70 18. Qatar offers Permanent Resident Status 70 19. Talks on for logistics deal with Russia 71 20. Russia blames Israel after plane shot down in Syria 72 21. Russia to supply s-300 Missile system to Syria 72 22. Pride and prejudices over foreign aid 73 23. Bullet train: Japan lends RS. 5,500 crore 73 24. Lehman weekend: the biggest bankruptcy in american history 74 25. U.S. Threatens sanctions on ICC, prosecution of officials 74 26. Trade talks stuck as U.S. Presses gas, aircraft sales to India 75 27. India signs landmark defence pact with U.S. 75 28. 2+2 to take full view of ties 76 29. Comcasa to help keep a watch over Indian Ocean 77 30. Lemoa already fully operational 78 31. Trump wants to stop subsidies to growing economies like India, China 78 32. U.S., China step up trade war, slap tit-for-tat tariffs 79 33. U.S. to cancel $300 mn aid to Pakistan 79 34. Trump warns Syria, Russia, Iran against Idlib „tragedy' 79 35. Leaders fail to agree on Idlib truce 80 36. India, Cyprus vow to curb money laundering 81 37. Root out terror: BIMSTEC 81 38. BIMSTEC embarrassment for India 82 39. SAARC meet to allow India-Pakistan interface 82 3 | © Smart Leaders IAS SMART NEWS – October 2018 Index 40. UN begins talks on treaty to protect imperilled high seas 83 41. UN gets access to Rakhine for the first time since August 2017 83 42. India and the UN to sign a five-year sustainable development framework 83 43. UN human rights chief asks Egypt to overturn mass death sentences 84 44. Breakthrough achieved in RCEP talks, claims India 84 45. EU parliament backs copyright reform 85 46. No preferential deal for EU citizens 85 47. May hits back at EU, says government won't alter BREXIT offer 86 48. India ranks 158th in „Human Capital‟ score 86 49. G-4 for UN Security Council Reform, multilateralism 87 50. 3rd ASEM conference on „global ageing and human rights of older persons‟ 87 51. India focus country in Izmir international trade show 88 52. MoU on collaborative research on distributed ledger & block chain technology 88 ECONOMY 1. GDP grows 8.2% in April-June 89 2. RE hits 71 on oil price 89 3. Government moves to stabilise rupee 90 4. Financial savings are up, but cash is king again 91 5. Why is a public credit registry important? 91 6. CAD widens on higher trade deficit 92 7. Retail inflation eases to 3.69% in August 92 8. WPI Inflation falls to 4.53% on cheaper food 93 9. Centre to „strictly' maintain fiscal deficit at 3.3% 93 10. Finance ministry to engage with states to shore up GST Revenue 94 11. States' average gst revenue shortfall down to 13% in FY19 94 12. RBI draft warns of action for market abuse 94 13. Investor plaints to sebi at six-year high 95 14. SEBI's KYC circular could impact stocks, Rupee 95 15. FPI outflow concerns preposterous 96 16. FPIS start process of falling in line 97 17.