Exambazaar Current Affairs Oct 2019
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CURRENT AFFAIRS OCTOBER 2019 06-10 TO 12-10 2019 Important Current Affairs for IAS, SSC, Bank, RRB and Other Government Exams WITH SYNOPSIS www.exambazaar.com/current-affairs Current Affairs Digest Oct 2019 https://www.exambazaar.com/current-affairs APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS 09 Oct Nissan Motor picks Makoto Uchida as CEO, Ashwani Gupta as COO PM congratulates Prime Minister of Portugal, Mr. António Costa and his Partido Socialista, on winning Portugal 10 Oct general election 12 Oct Justice Manikumar sworn in as Chief Justice of Kerala High Court AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS 06 Oct Sports Rohit Sharma becomes Second Indian Opener to Score 2 Centuries in a Test 07 Oct National USAID bestows ‘Inclusive Health Access Award’ to Indian NGO Piramal Swasthya 08 Oct People Justice J.K. Maheswari sworn in as the Chief Justice of A.P. High Court 08 Oct People William Kaelin, Gregg Semenza, Peter Ratcliffe receive Nobel for Medicine Science, 08 Oct Technology, Pepsico India wins US Corporate Excellence Award for Saving Water Environment 08 Oct People Chris Silverwood appointed England Head Coach for Cricket 09 Oct People Intel VP Arjun Bansal and Zilingo Founder Ankiti Bose in Fortune USA 2019's '40 Under 40' 09 Oct Defence Balakot Air Strike Squadrons awarded citations on IAF Day 09 Oct People Nobel Prize Physics 2019: Awarded to James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz Jamaica's Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce wins the fourth 100m World Championship gold at 32, 10 Oct Sports clocks her second-best career time 10 Oct People Nobel Chemistry prize goes to three scientists for developing lithium-ion batteries 10 Oct Defence PM Modi releases commemorative stamp on Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh 11 Oct People Poland’s Olga Tokarczuk, Austria’s Peter Handke win Literature Nobels for 2018 and 2019 12 Oct Sports Simone Biles wins 16th world gymnastics title 12 Oct People U.K. to issue coin in honour of Mahatma Gandhi 12 Oct Sports Kohli scores the highest double hundreds in Indian cricket history. 12 Oct People Abiy Ahmed, the winner of Nobel Peace Prize 2019 12 Oct Sports Dutee Chand breaks National record on way to gold at National Open Athletics Read Current Affairs With Synopsis on https://www.exambazaar.com/current-affairs EXAM PREPARATION RESOURCES: Free Question Papers | EQAD - Free Daily Practice | Preparation Strategies | Best Coaching Classes 2 Current Affairs Digest Oct 2019 https://www.exambazaar.com/current-affairs 1. National GOVERNMENT POLICIES & SCHEMES 07 Oct Nirmala Sitharaman to Inaugurate National Tax E-Assessment Centre The setting up of NeAC is a step for better taxpayer service, reduction of taxpayer grievances in line with the prime minister's vision of 'Digital India' and promotion of ease of doing business. POINTS TO NOTE The new initiative shall impart greater efficiency, transparency and accountability in the assessment process. There would be no physical interface between the tax payers and the tax officers. Under the new system, taxpayers will receive notices on their registered e-mails as well as on registered accounts on the web portal www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in with real-time alert by way of SMS on their registered mobile number, specifying the issues for which their cases have been selected for scrutiny. 10 Oct Cabinet approves relaxation of Aadhaar seeding of data of the beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri KisanSamman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the relaxation of the mandatory requirement of Aadhaar Seeded data as a pre-condition for release of funds to the beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme. POINTS TO NOTE The scheme provides income support of Rs 6,000 per year to landholding families, subject to certain exclusions. The amount is released in three 4-monthly instalments of Rs 2,000 each directly to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries through DBT mode. Since the farmers are still gearing up for Rabi season, they are in dire need of money to take care of various farming activities like procurement of seeds, preparation of soil and other associated activities like irrigation, maintenance and mobilization of machinery and tools. Non-seeding of beneficiaries' details with Aadhaar number will delay the release of further instalments and will cause discontentment among the farmers. Therefore, the mandatory requirement of Aadhaar seeding for release of benefits after 1st August, 2019 has been relaxed till 30th November, 2019. Read Current Affairs With Synopsis on https://www.exambazaar.com/current-affairs EXAM PREPARATION RESOURCES: Free Question Papers | EQAD - Free Daily Practice | Preparation Strategies | Best Coaching Classes 3 Current Affairs Digest Oct 2019 https://www.exambazaar.com/current-affairs 10 Oct Dr. Harsh Vardhan launches WHO India Country Cooperation Strategy 2019–2023 “The country is passing through a phase of not only transition, but also immense productive transformation in the health sector”. This was stated by Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan as he launched ‘The WHO India Country Cooperation Strategy 2019–2023: A Time of Transition’, here today. POINTS TO NOTE The Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) provides a strategic roadmap for WHO to work with the Government of India towards achieving its health sector goals, in improving the health of its population and bringing in transformative changes in the health sector. The Health Minister stated that the four areas identified for strategic cooperation of WHO with the country encompass: to accelerate progress on UHC; to promote health and wellness by addressing determinants of health; toprotect the population better against health emergencies; and to enhance India’s global leadership in health. The India CCS is one of the first that fully aligns itself with the newly adopted WHO 13th General Programme of Work and its 'triple billion' targets, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and WHO South-East Asia Region’s eight Flagship Priorities. Various social initiatives are taken up such as Eat Right India movement, Fit India movement and Poshan Abhiyaan that have collectively engaged with the people and enhanced the awareness around these crucial health areas through people’s participation. MOU'S / AGREEMENTS 08 Oct India gets first tranche of Swiss account details under Automatic Exchange Framework This is the first time that India has received details from Switzerland under the AEOI framework, which provides for exchange of information on financial accounts. POINTS TO NOTE The AEOI only relates to accounts that are officially in the name of Indians and they might include those used for business and other genuine purposes. India is among 75 countries with which Switzerland's Federal Tax Administration (FTA) has exchanged information on financial accounts within the framework of global standards on AEOI, an FTA spokesperson told PTI. The information exchange is governed by strict confidentiality clauses, and the FTA officials refused to disclose specific details on the number of accounts or about the quantum of financial assets associated with the Indian clients of Swiss banks. The Swiss government said in a statement that the number of countries with which the AEOI (Automatic Exchange of Information) has taken place this year is 75, out of which there was reciprocity with 63 countries. In the case of 12 countries, Switzerland received information but did not provide any, either because those countries do not yet meet the international requirements on confidentiality and data security. The largest exchange was with Germany, as was the case in the previous year. There are at least 100 cases of older accounts held by Indians that might have been closed before 2018, for which Switzerland is in the process of sharing details with India under an earlier framework of mutual administrative assistance as Indian authorities had provided prima facie evidence of tax-related wrongdoing by those account holders. Read Current Affairs With Synopsis on https://www.exambazaar.com/current-affairs EXAM PREPARATION RESOURCES: Free Question Papers | EQAD - Free Daily Practice | Preparation Strategies | Best Coaching Classes 4 Current Affairs Digest Oct 2019 https://www.exambazaar.com/current-affairs OTHERS 07 Oct India launches 'Green Crackers' in its bid to curb air pollution Science & Technology Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan today announced that Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) labs have been successful in developing various environment-friendly fireworks such as sound emitting crackers, flowerpots, pencils, chakkar and sparklers. POINTS TO NOTE Dr. Harsh Vardhan also highlighted that the emissions testing facilities for the new fire crackers have been set up at CSIR-NEERI as well as their approved National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration (NABL) facilities whose list is available at CSIR NEERI website. About 530 emissions testing certificates have been issued to fireworks manufactures for new and improved formulations meeting the stipulated guidelines of green crackers. The Minister also lauded the efforts made by CSIR in developing these green crackers and informed that nearly 165 fireworks manufactures have been roped in and around 65 more manufacturers are in the process of coming on board. Apart from defining green crackers, baseline values for benchmarking green crackers and assessing Barium levels in conventional crackers and green crackers, have been laid down for legal and policy