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NATIONAL Enhanced Foreign Trade Data Dashboard launched Telangana Government created 21 new districts a) Union, Commerce & Industry Minister a) Telangana Government in its the biggest Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman launched a new administrative reform has created 21 new districts. enhanced Dashboard on Foreign Trade Data With this reorganization, the total number of for transparent decision making and reaching out districts in the State went up to 31 from 10. to people using real time data. b) Telangana came into existence as the 29th State of b) Dashboard is an improved version of the on June 2, 2014 after it was carved out of earlier EXIM Analytics Dashboard developed with Andhra Pradesh. many added features. Telangana India would have 100 % electrification for all  Capital: Hyderabad by May 1, 2017  Governor:E. S. L. Narasimhan a) India would have 100 % electrification for all  Chief minister:Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar by May 1, 2017 as per the announcement made by Rao (TRS) the Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal.  Lok Sabha constituencies:17 b) As per latest report, Andhra Pradesh has become  High Court:High Court of Judicature at the second state in the country after Gujarat to Hyderabad achieve 100 per cent electrification of households. Centre to invest 15 thousand crore to expand MP to launch 'Lalima Abhiyan' to make state free Panipat refinery from anaemia a) During distributing free LPG connections to With an aim to make Madhya Pradesh anaemia-free, women belonging to below poverty line families the state government has decided to launch a scheme- under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana at 'Lalima Abhiyan'- that will be effective from November Panipat(Haryana) ,Union Minister of State for 1. Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan,  Capitals: Bhopal, Jabalpur announced to invest Rs.15,000 crore to increase  CM-Shivraj Singh Chouhan the capacity of Panipat refinery from 15 million  GOV-Om Prakash Kohli(Gujarat also) tonnes (MT) to 25 MT. JSY has reduced socioeconomic inequalities b) Indian Oil Corporation would set up an ethanol As per the new study of National Council of Applied plant in Panipat for Rs.500 crore to generate Economic Research, Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) has alternative fuel from agricultural residue. played important role in reducing ‗socioeconomic Do you know? disparities‘ existing in maternal care. There are 8 core sector in India- Coal, Crude Oil, About Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) Natural Gas, Refinery Products, Fertilizers, Steel , a) The JSY was launched as part of the National Cement & Electricity. Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in 2005 to Samajwadi smartphone scheme launched by UP improve maternal and neonatal health by CM Akhilesh Yadav promotion of institutional deliveries a) UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav launched the (childbirth in hospitals). It is a 100% centrally portal of Samajwadi Smartphone Scheme under sponsored scheme (CSS). It integrates cash which smartphones will be distributed to people in assistance with delivery and post-delivery the state who are all aged above 18, Class X care passout, and earning less than Rs 6 lakh per year. b) Under it, ASHA (Accredited social health b) The applications for the Samajwadi Smartphone activist) is considered as a link between Yojana will be invited online from 10th October to Government and poor pregnant women for 10th November 2016. encourage institutional deliveries among poor Schemes launched by Uttar Pradesh : women.  Samajwadi Kisan Bima Yojana or Samajwadi CERC appointed committee suggests overhaul in Kisan & Sarvhit Bima Yojana -insurance transmission planning scheme a) The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission  Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) aimed (CERC) appointed committee has submitted its at providing housing for all by the year 2022. recommendations in power transmission.  Samajwadi Yuva Swarozgar Yojana - self- b) It was headed by power system expert Mata employment scheme Prasad.  Kanya Vidya Dhan Yojana -scholarship IAE to tie up with India for its global LED scheme to provide scholarships to meritorious programme: girl students in the state a) The International Energy Agency (IAE) is going to partner with India to implement its Unnat Jyoti by

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Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) initiative  Capital: Ottawa,Currency: Canadian dollar globally for energy savings.  Prime minister: Justin Trudeau b) UJALA scheme is LED-based Domestic Efficient US Lighting Programme (DELP) that aims to promote  He participated in the 2016IMF-World Bank efficient lighting, reducing energy consumption Annual Meetings Plenary on October 7, 2016 and energy savings. at the historic DAR Constitution Hall, Centre provides over Rs 1600 crore to Railways for Washington DC. bio toilets & CCTV cameras  He also chaired the Commonwealth Finance a) Railways has received 1655 crore rupees from the Minister‘s meeting at the IMF headquarters. government for the installation of CCTVs at IMF stations and bio-toilets in trains across the  Formed with the World Bank in 1944 at country. the Bretton Woods Conference, it came into b) Railway Board Chairman- AK Mital formal existence in 27 dec 1945 with 29 Maharashtra becomes 17th state to join UDAY member countries and the goal of Scheme reconstructing the international payment a) Maharashtra became the 17th state to Central system. It now plays a central role in the Government‘s Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojna management of balance of (UDAY) scheme. payments difficulties and international b) It will help Maharashtra to reap benefits worth Rs financial crises. 9,725 crore  H.Q: Washington, D.C., c) UDAY Scheme was launched by Union Ministry  CEO: Christine Lagarde of Power for financial restructuring of debt of

Power Distribution companies (DISCOMs). India-Pakistan border to be sealed completely by Rs.114 cr approved for HRIDAY projects 2018 a) The Union Ministry of Urban Development has a) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh announced approved projects worth Rs.114 crore under that India-Pakistan border will be completely HRIDAY scheme for improving infrastructure sealed by December 2018. facilities around core heritage sites in five cities. b) Central government has formulated time-bound b) These five cities are: Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), action plan to completely seal the entire stretch of Amritsar (Punjab), Dwaraka (Gujarat), Puri 3,323-km-long border between the two countries (Odisha) and Warangal (Telangana). c) 4 states share this international border with c) HRIDAY is a Central Scheme that aims to Pakistan. Of this 1,225 km falls in Jammu and preserve and rejuvenate the rich cultural heritage Kashmir (including Line of Control), 1,037 km in of the country. Rajasthan, 553 km in Punjab and 508 km in Doordarshan, IGNOU signed agreement for telecast Gujarat. of Gyan Darshan channels Pakistan a) Doordarshan and Indira Gandhi National Open  Chiefs of Army Staff-Raheel Sharif University (IGNOU) have entered into an  N.s.A-Nasser Khan Janjua agreement for transmission of four Gyan Darshan educational channels.  Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign b) Chairperson of Prasar Bharati - Dr. A. Surya Affairs - Sartaj Aziz Prakash  High Commissioner - Abdul Basit IGNOU Aung San SuuKyi to embark on three day-visit to  Chancellor-President of India (Pranab India Mukherjee) a) Myanmar pro-democratic leader Aung San SuuKyi  Vice-Chancellor-Nageshwar Rao (I/C) will pay a three day-visit to India from 17th of this month.

b) The visit will take place immediately after the BILATERAL conclusion of the BRICS-BIMSTEC outreach FM Arun Jaitley embarks on 7-day official visit to summit to be held in Goa on October 16 ,US Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has embarked a 7-days India to supply 500 MW power to Sri Lanka via official(October 3 to October 10) visit to Canada and sub-sea cables India is planning to supply 500 MW power to Sri the US to attend the annual meetings of World Bank Lanka through a network of sub-sea underground and IMF and hold talks with global investors. cables. Canada Sri Lanka  He met top official and review progress made  President-Maithripala Sirisena in the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) and Foreign  P.M-Ranil Wickremesinghe Investment and Protection Agreement (FIPA).  Currency-Sri Lankan rupee

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1st Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi to be ready by 2017 Moroccan king reappoints Abdelilah Benkirane as end PM a) The first Hindu temple in UAE's capital Abu a) Mohammed VI, the king of Morocco has Dhabi will be ready by 2017-end reappointed Abdelilah Benkirane, leader of  President: Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Morocco‘s Islamic Justice and Development Party India and The Union Cabinet has given its as the country‘s prime minister. approval for signing of a Memorandum of b) Morocco:Capital: Rabat, Currency: Moroccan Understanding (MoU) between India and Hungary on dirham cooperation in the field of water management. India showed 2nd highest growth in science research Hungary According to a new report India placed at second  Capital: Budapest position in contribution to high-quality scientific  Currency: Hungarian forint research, which shows that the growth of research in  President:János Áder the country is only behind ‘s. Railways – : Aiming to reduce travel time India rank in different index significantly, Railways will ink a pact with Germany for Global hunger index: 2016 running high-speed trains in the country.  Topped by Central Republic Africa Germany  India ranked 97th out of 118 countries  President-Joachim Gauck  India‘s Hunger percentage in 2016 is 28.5%  Capital: Berlin, Currency-euro  Global Hunger Index published in every 8 years Guyana:Guyana PM Moses Nagamootoo come on an  India will hope to eliminate poverty by 2030 official visit to India. India ranked at some recent index  Capital: Georgetown Indian Topped By  Currency: Guyanese dollar Rank  President: David A. Granger Global Competitiveness 39 India & : India & Russia will sign the deal for Index 200 Kamov Helicopter for deployment in high altitude Global Innovation Index 66 Switzerland area by Indian Air Force. World Press Freedom Index 133 Finland INTERNATIONAL World‘s Best Countries for 130 Singapore Russia & Turkey agreed to intensify military, doing Business intelligence contacts Intellectual Property (IP) 37 USA a) After a meeting in Istanbul, Turkish Environment President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian Global Environment 155 Finland President Vladimir Putin had agreed to Performance Index intensify military and intelligence contacts Global index of talent 89 Switzerland between both country. competitiveness b) Both have agreed on the need for aid to get to the Global Peace Index 141 Iceland northern Syrian city of Aleppo and also had signed World bank Logistics Index 35 Germany a deal to construct two Turk Stream gas World Happiness Index 118 Denmark pipelines to send Russian gas under the Black Sea 4th BRICS Science, Technology and Innovation to Turkey. Ministerial Meeting held at Jaipur Turkey: a) 4th BRICS Science, Technology and Innovation Capital: Ankara, Currency: Turkish lira. Ministerial Meeting was held atJaipur, RUSSIA Rajasthan on 8 October, 2016 to strengthen the Capital: Moscow, Currency: Russian ruble collaboration amongst the BRICS countries in the Prime minister: Dmitry Medvedev areas of Science, Technology and Innovation Do you know? (STI). The Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India b) Theme – Building, Responsive Inclusive and Pipeline (TAPI), also known as Trans-Afghanistan Collective Solutions Pipeline(Length 1,814 km), is a natural gaspipeline being developed by the Asian c) India hosted the 1st BRICS Young Scientists Development Bank. The pipeline will Conclave at Bengaluru and Hampi last week. transport Caspian Sea natural gas from WHO sending 10 lakh cholera vaccines to Haiti Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan The World Health Organization (WHO) is sending and then to India. Construction on the project around 10 lakh cholera vaccines to Haiti, following the started in Turkmenistan on 13 December 2015. outbreak of the disease due to Hurricane Matthew. The pipeline is expected to be operational by 2019. Haiti  Capital: Port-au-Prince

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 Currency: Haitian gourde Finance Ministry constitutes committee to  President-Jocelerme Privert consolidate regulation of pension products a) The Union Finance Ministry has constituted a high- ECONOMY & BANKING level committee to consolidate the regulation of Standard Chartered Bank forms tie-up with Uber pension products. a) Foreign lender Standard Chartered Bank has b) The committee would have representatives from all announced a tie-up with Uber under which its financial sector regulators SEBI, IRDA, RBI and credit cardholders, across six countries, will get a PFRDA. cash-back of up to 25 per cent for hailing cabs c) Its mandate will be to look into the issue of from the app. bringing these companies which are offering b) In India, the cardholders will get a 20 per cent pension plans under different regulators under the cash-back on all Uber rides, subject to a cash— purview of PFRDA. back cap of Rs. 600 per month. PFRDA: Pension Fund Regulatory and c) Additionally, first-time Uber users will get a Development Authority. discount of Rs.50 for the first three rides. PFRDA is a statuary pension regulatory authority d) Apart from India, the partnership has been established in 2003 under the PFRDA Act. It activated in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, functions under the aegis of Union Ministry of Vietnam and UAE. Finance, Department of Financial Services. PFRDA UBER promotes old age income security by establishing,  CEO: Travis Kalanick (2011–) developing and regulating pension funds  Headquarters: San Francisco, California,  Headquarters-New Delhi, India United States  Chairman-Hemant Contractor  Founders: Travis Kalanick, Garrett Camp SEBI(Securities And Exchange Board Of India) Standard Chartered Bank a) In April 1988 the SEBI was constituted as the  Headquarters: London, regulator of capital markets in India under a  CEO: Bill Winters resolution of the Government of India. SEBI proposes ban on trading tips through SMS, b) Initially SEBI was a non statutory body social media without any statutory power. However, in The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has 1995, the SEBI was given additional statutory proposed a ban on unauthorised trading power by the Government of India through an tips through social media platforms like SMS, amendment to the Securities and Exchange WhatsApp and Facebook. Board of India Act, 1992. SEBI  Headquarters-Mumbai, Maharashtr  Headquarters : Mumbai  Chairman-Upendra Kumar Sinha  Chairman- Upendra Kumar Sinha IRDAI Australia raises $5.8 bn in the largest govt bonds a) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority sale of India (IRDAI) is an autonomous apex statutory Australia, in its biggest-ever government bonds sale, body tasked with the regulation and promotion of raised 7.6 billion Australian dollars ($5.8 billion) in a the insurance and Re-insurance industries in India. debut offering of 30-year securities. b) It was constituted by the Insurance Regulatory and Govt bond Development Authority Act, 1999 passed by the  A Government bond' is a bond issued by a Government of India. national government, generally with a c) There are 52 insurance companies operating in promise to pay periodic interest payments and India, of which 24 are in the life insurance to repay the face value on the maturity date. business and 28 in general insurance. Government bonds are usually denominated d) Government has relaxed FDI norms for the in the country's own currency. insurance sector by permitting overseas companies Indian banks' Tier 1 capital 3rd lowest in emerging to buy 49 per cent stake in domestic insurers markets without prior approval. Indian Banks have been ranked third from the bottom  Headquarters- Hyderabad, Telangana in terms of Tier 1 capital ratio among major emerging  Chairman, IRDA-T.S. Vijayan market economies, according to the International Monetary Fund‘s latest Global Financial Stability India now the 12th largest holder of US govt bonds Report. Only Russian and Chilean banks were ranked India‘s investments in US government bonds reached below India. Tier 1 capital is the core measure of a 123.7 billion dollars, making it the 12 largest holder of bank's financial strength from a regulator's point of American bonds. China stand at 1st position. view.

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Important news regarding FDI Antonio Guterres as the next Secretary-General of the a) During FY2015, India received the maximum FDI world body to replace Ban Ki-moon. Mr Guterres will equity inflows from Mauritius. succeed Mr Ban as the 9th Secretary General when Mr b) India replaces China as top FDI destination in 2015. Ban's tenure ends on December 31. c) Services sector still continues to attract most G Mahalingam: The government has appointed foreign direct investment (FDI) Reserve Bank's Executive Director G Mahalingam as a ICICI Bank first Indian lender to execute Block Whole-Time Member of markets regulator SEBI. chain transaction Nanaji Deshmukh: The Union Government is going to a) ICICI Bank has become the first Indian lender to commemorate the birth centenary of social activist and complete a banking transaction using Block chain former RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukh from October 11, technology. 2016 to October 11, 2017. b) This remittance transaction has been completed in Bhumibol Adulyadej: Thailand‘s King Bhumibol partnership with Emirates NBD, a lender from the Adulyadej – the world‘s longest-serving monarch, died West Asia at the age of 88. Cabinet approves pact between EXIM Bank, NDB a) Union Cabinet today approved a pact between SPORTS Export-Import Bank of India and BRICS-promoted 2016 New Development Bank, along with other Title Winner Runner development financial institutions of member Men‘s Grigor nations, with an aim to strengthen trade and economic ties. Singles Dimitrov b) The New Development Bank (NDB) aims to Women‘s Agnieszka mobilize resources for development projects in Singles Radwańska BRICS, emerging economies and developing Pablo Carreño Jack Men‘s countries. Busta / Rafael Sock / Bernard Doubles NDB Nadal Tomic,  President: K. V. Kamath,Founder: BRICS EXIM bank Bethanie Mattek- Women‘s /  Headquarters: Mumbai Sands / Lucie Doubles Kristina  CEO: Shri Yaduvendra Mathur Šafářová State-run Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) tied-up with Mladenovic United India Insurance Company (UIIC). Virat Kohli presented with ICC Test Championship PERSON IN NEWS mace Luo Zhaohui: China's President Xi Jinping appointed Former India captain and ICC Cricket Hall of Famer Luo Zhaohui , as China‘s new ambassador to India. Sunil Gavaskar presented Indian captain Virat Kohli Ms. Renu: Ms. Renu Pall Former Indian Foreign with the ICC Test Championship mace for leading his Service officer has been appointed as the next team to the top of the Test Team Rankings. Ambassador of India to . Test Team Rankings. Austria. 1-India ,2-Pakistan, 3-Australia,4-England,5-South  Capital: Vienna Africa  Currency: Euro India shooter Jitu Rai named 'Champion of Yao Ming: China has appointed Basketball player Yao Champions' by ISSF Ming as its ambassador to Mars, in order to promote a) The International Shooting Sports Federation country's first mission to the Red Planet in 2020. (ISSF) has awarded ace shooter, Jitu Rai, the Amitabh Bachchan: Bollywood actor Amitabh 'Champion of Champions' title for pistol shooting Bachchan was voted the 'greatest star of screen' in a in 2016. millennium-celebrating poll conducted by BBC. b) Jitu on 09 October 2016 beat Serbia's Damir Parmeshwar Godrej: Parmeshwar Mikec, 29.6 to 28.3 in the Champions Trophy 10m Godrej, philantropist and wife of Godrej group Air Pistol final. chairman Adi Godrej passed away in Mumbai on India at Russian Open Grand Prix title October 11 2016. a) India's 19-year-old shuttler Ruthvika Aaron Pryor: Boxing Hall of Famer Aaron Pryor died Shivani Gadde won the women's singles title at the in Los Angels. Russian Open in Vladivostok. Ram Ekbal Singh: Veteran socialist leader and b) Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy added to freedom fighter Ram Ekbal Singh has died after India's tally by winning the mixed doubles title at protracted illness. the event. Antonio Guterres: The UN General Assembly will today formally appoint Portugal's former Prime Minister

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Title Winner Runner c) The prizes in Chemistry, Literature, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine are given by Sweden. Men‘s singles Zulfadli Zulkiffli Siril Verma Nobel peace prize is given by Norway. Women‘s Gadde Ruthvika Evgeniya singles Shivani Kosetskaya Nobel laureates who were Indian citizens Year Laureate Subject  Nico Rosberg of Germany and Mercedes GP won 1913 Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath the Japan Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit Tagore  Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin regain 1930 C. V. Raman Physics the number one spot in Test rankings for bowlers . 1979 Mother Teresa Peace  India's Harika Dronavalli defeated World No. 1 1998 Amartya Sen welfare economics Hou Yifan of China to be at joint fourth position in the Isle of Man international Chess tournament. 2014 Kailash Satyarthi Peace  Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL), the corporate entity of Vizag Steel, has roped in top ranked Indian Badminton Player PV Sindhu as its brand Overseas citizens of Indian origin ambassador. 1968 Har Gobind Khorana Physiology or  Opener Tamim Iqbal has become the first Medicine Bangladeshi to score 5000 runs in One-Day 1983 Subrahmanyan Physics International cricket. Chandrasekhar  Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar launched 2009 Venkatraman Chemistry the vessels popularly known as ‗Duck Boats‘ to Ramakrishnan boost tourist football.  Aditi Ashok becomes first female Indian golfer to Former Uttarakhand chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal record 3 consecutive top 10 European Tour finishes Nishank has been conferred with a prestigious award by the Ugandan government for promoting human AWARD values through his literature. Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics  The new integrated terminal building of a) Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom were awarded Chandigarh International Airports Limited (CHIAL) the 2016 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic has bagged the 2014-15 India Building Congress Science for their work on improving the design of (IBC) Award for Excellence in Built Environment. contracts, the deals that bind together employers  Actress Rekha, who turns 62 today, won her first and and their workers, or companies and their only National Film Award in 1982 in the 'Best customers. Actress' category for the film 'Umrao Jaan'. b) Manuel Santos had initiated the negotiations with  Sprinter Srabani Nanda has bagged the 24th Ekalabya the guerrilla (rebel) group Revolutionary Armed Award for the year 2016 in recognition of her Forces of Colombia (FARC). sporting excellence. Sir Ian McKellen honoured at UK Theatre Awards a) Veteran actor Ian McKellen was honoured at the MISCELLANEOUS UK Theatre Awards The word Aiyoh is now in the Oxford English b) McKellen was honoured with the Outstanding Dictionary Contribution to British Theatre prize. a) The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has now c) The 77-year-old actor, best known for his roles in included ―Aiyoh‖ and ―Aiyah‖ (Indian word)in its the ―X-Men‖ and ―Lord Of The Rings‖ . latest addition this September. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan bagged Outstanding b) The OED does four updates every year. Celebrity Woman of the Year award c) This word can mean many things depending on a) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan recently received the context and tone — irritation, disgust, surprise, ‗Outstanding Celebrity Woman of the Year‘ award dismay, pain, lament, disappointment. while featuring among Outlook Business‘ 19 India-Indonesia Bilateral Maritime Exercise outstanding women. Commenced at Belawan, Indonesia b) She is a Goodwill Ambassador for the Joint United India and Indonesia commenced their 28th India- Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS). Indonesia Coordinated Patrol and Second Bilateral Bob Dylan wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature Maritime Exercise at Belawan, Indonesia in a) American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan(75) won the the Andaman Sea. 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created INDONESIA: new poetic expressions within the great American ♦ Capital: Jakarta song tradition". ♦ Currency: Indonesian rupiah b) Alfred Nobel established the Nobel prizes in 1895. ♦ President: Joko Widodo

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Recently held military exercise  NASA‘s Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has  Yudh Abhyas- India and US (Ranikhet, detected Great Balls of Fire (GBF), a mysterious Uttarakhand) super-hot blobs of gas seen near a dying star.  8TH ‗Indra-2016‘ -India - Russia (Russian  A researcher from Pune‘s Indian Institute of city of Vladivostok) Science Education and Research (IISER) has  PRABAL DOSTYK-16-India and successfully produced a stable, high-efficiency, joint (Karaganda ,Kazakhstan) all-inorganic perovskite nanocrystal solar cells.  ‗Maitree'- Indo-Thailand (Krabi , Thailand)  Revenue department has extended anti-dumping  Malabar Exercise 2016 - India, the United duty on import of certain Chinese products, used States and Japan in garment, footwear and toys manufacturing, for  Exercise Desert Eagle-II-IAF and UAE another five years. AF(Abu Dhabi)  The Centre is looking to pump in around 1,000 High-altitude glacial lab opens in the Himalayas crore in public sector undertakings (PSUs) through a) A high altitude glaciological research station in the skill development initiative. Himalaya called Himansh (meaning a slice of ice)  A medium intensity earthquake, measuring 5.3 on began functioning above 13,500 ft (4000 m) in a the Richter Scale, hit the Lakshadweep Sea. remote region in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh.  India-based Amity University is planning to open Researchers will use this station as a base for its first branch in US. undertaking surveys that would digitize the glacier  Indian Railways will introduce three train coaches motion and snow cover variations with exceptional with glass ceilings in trains in Kashmir Valley and precision. Araku Valley b) It was established by the National Centre for  Goa Tourism Development Corporation recently Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR). held its very first vintage car and bike rally, called the 'Vintage Bike and Car festival 2016'. IMPORTANT DAY  Actress-turned-author Twinkle Khanna has shared First World Tsunami Awareness Day to be observed the first look of her second book titled 'The on Nov 5 Legend Of Lakshmi Prasad'.Her first book was a) The government of India will be observing the 'MrsFunnybones: She's Just Like You and a Lot First World Tsunami Awareness Day on Like Me', November 5,  Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated b) It will be observed during the upcoming Asian India‘s first centre for international arbitration in Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Mumbai. Reduction (AMCDRR) 2016 November 2-5)  The Telangana government has declared  International Day of the Girl Child :11 October 'Bathukamma' as a state festival. The event, Theme- "Girls' Progress = Goals' Progress: What attended by about ten thousand women, found a Counts for Girls". place in the Guinness Book of World Records.  World Mental Health Day: 10 October  The UK pound saw a sudden collapse in intra-day This year theme is ‗Psychological First Aid‘. trade on 08 October 2016, plunging over 6% to  The 14th World Day Against the Death Penalty is $1.1841 in two minutes, to hit a fresh 31-year- observed on 10 October 2016. Now 104 countries low. have abolished the death penalty for all crimes.  India donated 9.3 million rupees to the Nelson  October 9: World Post Day Mandela Foundation to help it in its welfare work 2016 Theme: ―Innovation, Integration and for the people of South Africa. Inclusion‖.  French energy management and automation firm  8 October 2016-84th The Air Force Day Schneider Electric planned to invest 750 crore in  International Day for Disaster Reduction: October India over the next three-five years in research and 13 development, innovation and manufacturing. Theme - Live to Tell: Raising Awareness,  A 2,400-year-old burial chamber was recently Reducing Mortality. discovered by archaeologists in Milas district,  World Sight Day being observed: Oct 13 Turkey.  In a bid to strengthen the public transport system in Smart line Gurugram, the Haryana government has sanctioned  State-run BHEL has commissioned 660 Mw coal- a fleet of 500 buses for the millennium city. based supercritical thermal power unit in Uttar  The Cabinet approved the setting up of an Indian Pradesh. Institute of Management in Jammu as part of PM  India based airlines IndiGo has introduced child- Narendra Modi's development package for Jammu free zones on all of its flights. and Kashmir.  Punjab Agricultural University and FieldFresh Foods, a joint venture between Bharti Enterprises &

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Del Monte Pacific Limited have signed a (Additional charge) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to carry out a corn productivity research programme. Assam Banwarilal Purohit

 Raising the slogan ‗Haryana ek Haryanvi ek‘, Chief Bihar Ram Nath Kovind Minister Manohar Lal Khattar urged people of the Chhattisgarh Balramji Das Tandon state to help eradicate casteism from the society for the development of the state. Goa Mridula Sinha

 Researchers from Kolkata based Indian Institute of Gujarat Om Prakash Kohli Science Education and Research (IISER) have Haryana Kaptan Singh Solanki produced cost-effective, metal-free cathodes using

human hair for use in solar cells. Himachal Pradesh Acharya Dev Vrat

 Dreaded Japanese Encephalitis killed many children Jammu and Kashmir Narinder Nath Vohra in Malkangiri district of Odisha.

Jharkhand Draupadi Murmu  ONGC has initiated a procedure to conduct 2D

survey of sedimentary basin to locate natural gas in Karnataka Vajubhai Vala Odisha under National Seismic Programme. Kerala P. Sathasivam  As per Finance Ministry report 80% of the 24 cr. PM Om Prakash Kohli Jan Dhan Yojana Accounts are functional now. Madhya Pradesh  IOCL has launched a 30 cr. Start up Fund to support (Additional charge)

innovation in technology in low cost efficient vapour Maharashtra C. Vidyasagar Rao recovery, low cost production of hydrogen, low cost Manipur Najma Heptulla desalination of sea water, LPG cylinder safety etc.  The Supreme Court has stayed the commercial Meghalaya V. Shanmuganthan

release of GM mustard crop for farming till Oct 17 Mizoram Nirbhay Sharma and has asked the centre to take public opinion on

Nagaland Padmanabha Acharya such seeds before releasing it for cultivation.

 All central govt. departments have been asked to put Odisha S. C. Jamir copies of RTI application and their response in their Punjab V P Singh Badnore website.

Rajasthan Kalyan Singh  The central govt. will soon notify the Real Estate

Act passed by the Parliament in March 2016 to Sikkim Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil protect the home buyers. As per the provisions Real Tamil Nadu C. Vidyasagar Rao(Addl. charge) Estate Developers must use 70% of the money collect from the buyers for construction only and Telangana E. S. L. Narasimhan

cannot invest that money in any other project. The Tripura Tathagata Roy developer will pay a certain compensation is the Uttar Pradesh Ram Naik project is delayed.

 The central govt. in the 1st phase has decided to Uttarakhand Krishan Kant Paul

invite bid for development of 36 national waterways. West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi  The Economic Development Board of Andhra Pradesh signed a pact with Russia‘s JSC United Current Lieutenant Governors and Administrators Shipping Corporation for setting up a ship-building of Union Territories unit in the state.  Indian Oil Corp (IOC) planned to construct the Office and union territory Name nation‘s longest LPG pipeline from Gujarat coast to Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and

Jagdish Mukhi Gorakhpur in eastern Uttar Pradesh to supply to Nicobar Islands growing demand for cooking gas in the country. Kaptan Singh  Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) and Administrator of Chandigarh Solanki FieldFresh Foods, a joint venture Punjab Univ & Field fresh between Bharti Enterprises & Del Monte Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Vikram Dev Dutt Pacific Limited have signed a Memorandum of Haveli

Understanding (MoU) to carry out a corn Administrator of Daman and Diu Vikram Dev Dutt productivity research programme.

Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung

Current State Governors Administrator of Lakshadweep Vijay Kumar

State Name Current Governors Name Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Kiran Bedi

Andhra Pradesh E. S. L. Narasimhan Arunachal Pradesh V. Shanmuganthan

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