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Current Affairs Of October 2019 Help Line No:- Khanpur : +91-9311668899 South Ex : +91-9311556699 CONTENTS National……………………………………………………...…...2 International……………………………………………….……10 Defence ………………………………………………….……..13 Appointments or Resign/Retired…………………………….....15 Honours/ Awards…………………………………………….....19 Sports…………………………………………………………...24 Obituaries…………………………………………………….....29 Important Days with theme…………………………………….31 2 October 2019 www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs National Amit Shah flags off Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express SBI becomes first Indian bank to have office in i.Union Home Australia‟s Victoria Minister Amit i. The State Bank of India opened its Melbourne Shah flagged off Delhi- office and becoming the first Indian bank to have a Katra Vande Bharat branch in the Australian state of Victoria. The Express from the New Melbourne office will assist the growing trade and Delhi Railway Station. investment relations between Victoria and India and is The first commercial run of the train will start from 5th the outcome of the state‟s 10-year India Strategy. October. ii.This investment by India‟s largest commercial bank ii.Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express is a big gift for is a testament to our thriving financial services sector Jammu and Kashmir‟s development and for promoting and our highly skilled workforce. religious tourism. This is the second Vande Bharat Express. The first one runs in between Delhi and Kerala tops NITI Aayog‟s School Education Varanasi. Quality Index i.Kerala has topped the “School Education Quality Index” launched by NITI Aayog. Uttar Pradesh was India‟s first floating basketball court opens in ranked at the bottom of the Arabian Sea, Mumbai list. Chandigarh has topped the list of Union i.The National Basketball Territories. Association (NBA) brought ii.The School Education Quality Index assesses States to India the first-ever on the basis of learning outcomes, access, equity and Floating Basketball Court in infrastructure and facilities, using survey data, self- the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, reported data from States and third-party verification. Maharashtra. iii.Tamil Nadu was the top performer in access and ii.NBA India on December 20, 2018, had announced equity outcomes, while Karnataka led in learning that the first-ever NBA game in the country would be outcomes. Haryana had the best infrastructure and organized on October 4 and 5 in Mumbai. facilities. iii.The NBA India Games 2019 will feature the Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers, who will play two pre-season games on October 4 and 5. Book by India‟s Ambassador to the Netherlands, titled „India and the Netherlands – Past, Present and Future” released Smriti Irani Inaugurates India‟s Largest „Charkha‟ i.A book penned by Indian Made of Waste Plastic in Noida Ambassador to the i.Union Minister Smriti Irani Inaugurates India‟s Netherlands Venu Largest „Charkha‟ made of Waste Plastic in Noida. Rajamony titled „India This „charkha‟ (spinning wheel) made of used plastic and the Netherlands – waste was inaugurated the eve of Mahatma Gandhi‟s Past, Present and 150th birth anniversary. Future,‟ was released in ii.The „charkha‟, which symbolises Gandhi‟s dream of Amsterdam. ii.The Swadeshi (self-sufficing and self-reliance), book gives an insight into the cross-cultural legacy measures 14ft, 20ft and 8ft and is made of 1,250 kg of between the two countries and was released at a used plastic. function attended by the king and queen of the Netherlands. Nation pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his iii.The first copy of the book was received by Dutch 150th and Lal Bahadur Shashtri on his 115th birth King Willem-Alexander in presence of all high anniversary officials. The book has been published by Bombay i.The Nation pays homage to the Father of the Ink. Nation, Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth 3 October 2019 www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs anniversary today i.e. 2nd October 2019. A series of for the Study of Arctic Climate expedition. Vishnu activities are being organized across the country and Nandan will aboard the German research vessel by Indian Missions abroad. Polarstern, anchored on a large sheet of sea ice in the ii.The nation is also remembering Former Prime Central Arctic, drifting along with it during the pitch- Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 115th birth black Polar winter. anniversary. Under Shastri‟s leadership, India won ii.Led by the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany, the 1965 war against Pakistan. MOSAiC, the largest ever Arctic expedition in history, iii.He gave the nation the powerful slogan of Jai will be the first to conduct a study of this scale at Jawan, Jai Kisan to enthuse soldiers and farmers. the North Pole for an entire year. The expedition will help the researchers better understand the impact Rajasthan becomes the third state to ban certain of climate change and aid in improved weather categories of pan masala projections. i.Rajasthan became the third state in India after Maharashtra and Bihar to ban certain categories of pan India‟s first e-waste clinic to be set up in Bhopal masala containing magnesium carbonate, nicotine, i.The Bhopal Municipal tobacco, mineral oil and flavoured „supari‟. All such Corporation (BMC) and products will now be banned in the State under the the Central Pollution Food Safety Act. Control Board (CPCB) have joined hands to set up the India‟s first private train Lucknow-Delhi Tejas country‟s first e-waste clinic Express flagged off in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. i.Uttar Pradesh Chief This clinic would enable segregation, processing and Minister Yogi disposal of waste from both household and Adityanath flagged off commercial units. country‟s first private ii.The electronic waste will be collected door-to-door train Delhi-Lucknow or can be deposited directly at the clinic in exchange Tejas Express started for a fee. its maiden journey from Lucknow. It will be the first train of Indian Railways A new book titled “150 Years of Celebrating the that will be entirely run by Indian Railway Mahatma the South African Legacy”, by Fakir Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). The Hassen launched new Tejas Express will cover the distance between i.A new book Delhi and Lucknow in six hours fifteen minutes. titled “150 Years of ii.All passengers Celebrating the travelling by Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express will be Mahatma the South provided free insurance of up to ₹25 lakh by IRCTC. African Legacy”, by Fakir Hassen launched in Johannesburg, Vishnu Nandan among 300 researchers to join South Africa. This book released on the occasion of MOSAiC Expedition Mahatma Gandhi‟s 150th birth anniversary. i.Vishnu Nandan, polar researcher from Kerala will join largest ever ii.The book chronicles commemorations of Gandhi‟s Arctic expedition activities, including his birth and death anniversaries & “MOSAiC his visit in South Africa, which was stifled by the Expedition“. He apartheid-era minority white government and revived will be the only after former president Nelson Mandela. Indian aboard among the 300 researchers for multidisciplinary drifting observatory 4 October 2019 www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs India receives 1st Rafale fighter jet built for Indian height) among children with score under 5 Air Force contributing the most to the country‟s poor i.India has got the performance. 1st Rafale fighter jet iii.Seventeen countries, including Belarus, Ukraine, “RB-001” built for Turkey, Cuba and Kuwait, shared the top rank with the Indian Air GHI scores less than 5. Force (IAF) in France. iv.The aim of the GHI is to trigger action to reduce Defence Minister hunger around the world. Rajnath Singh received the 1st Rafale combat jet aircraft at Production Unit of Dassault Aviation in J&K‟s Chenani-Nashri Tunnel to be renamed after France. Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee ii.However, the first batch of jets will arrive in India i.India‟s longest Tunnel Chenani- Nashri on NH only in May 2020. Defence Minister also held 44, in Jammu and Kashmir will be named after the Annual Defence dialogue with his French Bhartiya Jansangh Founder Dr Shyama Prasad counterpart Florence Parly. Mukherjee. iii.The RB in the aircraft designation stands for IAF ii.Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2017 had Chief Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria who as dedicated to the nation this 9.2 km long tunnel that then Deputy Chief of IAF led the Indian negotiation reduces the distance between Jammu and Srinagar team and had a major role in the contract negotiations. by 31 km. PM Modi becomes most followed leader on PM Modi releases book titled „Bridgital Nation‟ Instagram i.Prime Minister i.Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the Narendra Modi most-followed elected unveiled a book world leader on photo- titled „Bridgital sharing app Nation‟ in New Delhi. Instagram. ii.The book has been ii.He is ahead of US authored by N President Donald Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons and Roopa Trump, Indonesian Purushothaman Eminent industrialist. President Joko Widodo iii.He presented books‟ first copy to eminent and former president Barack Obama. With 30 million industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata. followers, PM Modi leads the list of world leaders on iv.The cutting edge digital tools can act as a bridge Instagram, with Joko Widodo coming in a close between aspirations and achievements – hence the second with 25.6 million followers on the popular app. term „bridgital‟. ii.Barack Obama comes in third with 24.8 million followers while, Donald Trump, trails behind with 14.9 million followers. A book titled “Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion‟s Life” penned by Viswanathan India ranked 102 in Global Hunger Index 2019 Anand i.The 2019 Global Hunger Index (GHI) indicates that i.Indian Chess the level of hunger and under nutrition worldwide falls player, Viswanathan into the serious category.