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Legend Magazine (October - 2017) Current Affairs and Quiz, Computer, Aptitude, Banking Awareness Exclusively prepared for RACE students Issue : 5 | Page : 64 | Topic : Legend of October | Price : Not for Sale Current Affairs: Roll Out of ARPAN Version 3.0 for Defence Celebrations of the Institute of Company NATIONAL Security Corps: Secretaries of India (ICSI). Originally set up Union Government Keeps Interest Rates Defence Security Corps personnel as not-for-profit organisation on October 4, 1968, Unchanged on Small Savings Schemes: now have a software ‗ARPAN‘ which shall ease the institute was in 1980 converted into a The Small Saving Schemes like PPF, personal documentation and all issues related to statutory professional body under an Act of Kisan Vikas Patra and Sukanya Samriddhi for their progression. The ARPAN software consisting Parliament — The Company Secretaries Act 1980. October-December quarter. Investments in the of seven modules facilitates end to end human ICSI Public Provident Fund (PPF) scheme will resource, financial management of Junior Headquarters: New Delhi fetch annual rate of 7.8 percent while Kisan Commissioned Officers and Other Ranks with President: Shyam Agrawal Vikas Patra (KVP) investments will yield 7.5 major functional advantages of timely processing percent and mature in 115 months. of postings, promotions, release of salary, No service charge on train e-ticket till March The one for girl child savings, Sukanya publication of personal occurrences and 2018: Railways Samriddhi Account Scheme will offer 8.3 processing of pension has been rolled out by Rail passengers will continue to enjoy percent annually. Similarly, the investment on DCOAS (IS &T) for the Defence Security service charge exemption on tickets booked 5-year Senior Citizens Savings Scheme will Corps. The software has been developed by online till March 2018. The government had yield 8.3 percent. Tech Mahindra. waived service charges after demonetisation in November last year to encourage digital modes of Venkaiah Naidu Unveils Gandhi Statue of 1.8 Union Government launches SECURE booking. The facility had been extended to June m in Rajghat: Himalaya Project: 30 and then September 30. Service charges on Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu The Union Government launched booking train tickets online through IRCTC ranges unveiled a 1.8-metre-tall bronze statue of ―SECURE Himalaya‖, a six-year project to from Rs 20 to 40 per ticket. Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat on the occasion of ensure conservation of locally and globally the 148th birth anniversary of the Father of the significant biodiversity and land. The Himalayan India to be guest country at the World Nation. The statue, made by renowned sculptor ecosystem spread over four states namely Government Summit: Ram Sutar, was installed at the parking area of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, India will be the guest of honour during Rajghat Samadhi Complex at a cost of Rs Uttarakhand and Sikkim. The system was the sixth edition of the World Government 8.73 lakh. launched by the Union environment minister Summit scheduled from February 11th – 13th, Harsh Vardhan in association with the United 2018 in Dubai. The summit is the largest Defence Minister inaugurates Pratham- Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on movement to review and share the best Shyok Bridge in Leh: the inaugural day of the Global Wildlife experiences, and the first global forum for Defence Minister Nirmala Programme (GWP). governments, countries, organizations and Sitharaman inaugurated the Pratham—Shyok It also launched India Wildlife Mobile private sector leaders interested in the industry bridge that will link Leh to Karakoram, App and released the country's National of the future. providing connectivity on the strategically Wildlife Action Plan for the period 2017-2031. important Darbuk—Shyok—Daulat Beg Olde axis First Edition of the ASEAN India Music for military transport. Chairman NHAI launches new website and Festival at Purana Qila, New Delhi: PMIS Mobile App: Ministry of External Affairs, The third edition of 'Women of India Organic The Chairman of National Highways Government of India in collaboration with Festival' to be inaugurated by Smt Maneka Authority of India Shri Deepak Kumar launched Ministry of Culture and Seher presents the first Sanjay Gandhi at Dilli Haat, INA: a world class, new multilingual website of the ever ASEAN-India Music Festival from October To celebrate and promote women organization. He also launched a Project 6th-8th 2017 at Purana Quila in New Delhi. entrepreneurs and farmers in the organic Monitoring Information System (PMIS) The Festival is being organised to celebrate the sector from across India, the Ministry of Women Moblie App that will facilitate close, in-house 25th year anniversary of ASEAN-India Dialogue and Child Development will be hosting the 3rd monitoring of NHAI projects on a mobile phone. Relations. The theme for this commemorative annual ‗Women of India Organic Festival‘ in To ensure timely delivery of its projects, year "Shared Values, Common Destiny‖ along New Delhi. Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Union the NHAI is now digitally monitoring them with this Music Festival aims to boost cultural Minister for Women and Child Development, through a state-of-the-art Project Monitoring influences among the peoples of the ASEAN inaugurated the festival in the presence of Shri Information System (PMIS), which has been member states and India. Virendra Kumar, Minister of State, Ministry of developed in-house along with The Boston The ASEAN-India Music Festival will Women and Child Development, at Dilli Haat Consulting Group. witness performances by musicians of 10 (INA). enigmatic bands from member states of the Theme: ‗Good for Women; Good for India; PM Modi inaugurated Golden Jubilee Year Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Good for You‘. Celebrations of ICSI: (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Lao PDR, inaugurated the Golden Jubilee Year Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore |Legend Magazine | October- 2017| 2 Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam) along with 5 interaction between people of diverse cultures out of which four pertain to sewage management prominent Indian bands. living in different states and union territories, in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, with the objective of promoting greater three are related to treatment of drains through Paryatan Parv of M/O Tourism Inaugurated mutual understanding among them. bio-remediation and one of inventorization and at Humayun‘s Tomb: surveillance of river Ganga. Three projects of Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State India‘s first Marine Police Training Institute treatment of drains using bio-remediation (Independent Charge) for Culture and MoS to be set up at Dev Bhoomi Dwarka: technology have also been given a green signal Environment, Forest & Climate Change along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an estimated cost of Rs 4.29 crore. These are Shri K.J Alphons, Minister of State announced the setting up of the country‘s first for Rajapur drain and Digha drain in Patna and (Independent Charge) for Tourism inaugurated ―Marine Police Training Institute‖ at the Laksar drain in Haridwar. the ‗Paryatan Parv celebrations‘ at Humayun‘s newly created Dev Bhoomi Dwarka district of Tomb, New Delhi. Gujarat. This announcement was given at the IIT Kharagpur partners with Samsung for foundation stone-laying ceremony of a bridge Digital Academy: Ministry of Health adjudged best for between Okha and Beyt Dwarka, during PM IIT-Kharagpur has signed a ‗Swachhta Pakhwada‘, receives award: Narendra Modi's two day visit to Gujarat. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Ministry of Health and Family Vice President inaugurates the third Samsung India for the setting up of a digital Welfare has been adjudged as the best International Conference on yoga: academy on the institute‘s campus. The department for its contribution during Swachhta The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Department of Computer Science and Pakhwada, an inter-Ministry initiative of Naidu inaugurated the 3rd International Engineering in the institute will host the Samsung Swachh Bharat Mission of Ministry of Drinking Conference on Yoga in New Delhi. The theme Innovation Lab and train students on the Internet Water and Sanitation. The Health Ministry of this year‘s conference is ―Yoga for of Things (IoT) through Tizen-based operating observed the Swachhta Pakhwada from 1st Wellness‖. The Minister of State (Independent systems, commonly used by the company for its February 2017 to 15th February 2017. The award Charge) for AYUSH, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik will mobile phones and home appliances. was presented to the Ministry on 2nd October preside over the inaugural function. 2017, the third anniversary of Swachh Bharat PM Modi‘s Economic Advisory Council Holds Mission. Shri C K Mishra, Secretary (HFW) Shri Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurates Saudi its First Meeting: received the award on behalf of the Ministry. Aramco India Office: The recently constituted Economic Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC- First Meeting of India-Australia Joint Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri PM) will hold its first meeting in New Delhi to Steering Committee held: Dharmendra Pradhan, inaugurated Saudi deliberate upon and lay out