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CURRENT EVENTS 01.10.18 TO 20.10.18

01.10.2018 1.1.1. AICTE AcademyAcademy::::

All India Council for Technical Education will establish countries first AICTE Training Learning Academy at Jaipur in Rajasthan.Rajasthan. AICTE was established in 1945. 2. New DDDistrictDistrict in Madhya PradeshPradesh::::

Madhya Pradesh has announced surrounds the creation of new district Niwari. It will be 52nd district of Madhya Pradesh. 3. Pondicherry International FFilmilm FFFestivalFestivalestival::::

Best film award To Let Best director award – CCChezhianChezhian (To Let) Best editor award S. Prasad ( To Let) Best story award Checkmate 4. New Head for Hockey IndiaIndia::::

Bihar's Mushtaq Ahmed has been selected as president for Hockey India. 5.IMF's NNNewNew CCChiefChief EEEconomistEconomistconomist::::

Geetha Gopinath from India was appointed as new chief Economist of International Monetary Fund. 6. Asian yoga SSportsports ChampionshipChampionship::::

Asian Yoga Sports Championship was organised at Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. 7. Wage MMMpensationMpensation for PPPregnantPregnant WWomenomenomen::::

Assam has become first Indian state to offer a wage compensation for pregnant women working in the tea garden. 8. Reservation for transgenderstransgenders::::

The Uttarakhand High Court has issued a direction to provide reservation for transgenders in educational institutions.

9. New Ambassador to ChinaChina::::

Vikram Mistry was appointed as India's next Ambassador to China. 10. Multirole Compact AAircraftircraftircraft::::

China has tested multirole compact aircraft FTC Jet 2000G. 11. Asian Junior Squash TTitleitle :::

India's Yuvraj Wadhwani clinched Asian junior squash title. 12. New CChiefhief of Railway Protection ForceForce::::

Arun Kumar was appointed as director general of Railway Protection Force. 13. First VVideoideo from RyuguRyugu::::

Japan's MINERVAMINERVAII1II1II1II1 rovers have sent first video images from the surface of Ryugu asteroid. 14. CentispaceCentispace----1111----s1s1 SSatelliteatelliteatellite::::

China launched CentispaceCentispace1111s2s2 SSSatelliteSatellite on s KuaizhouKuaizhou1A1A1A1A low cost solid fuel carrier rocket. It is a technology experiment satellite for the low orbit navigation enhancement system. 15 Russian Grand PPrixsrixsrixs::::

Britain's Lewis Hamilton won the Russian Grand Prix formula 1 car race. 16. Accessible Tracking TTrailrailrail::::

Nepal has launched its first accessible tracking trail for differently abled and elderly persons. 17. India GGiftsifts to RussiaRussia::::

India is to gift three MiG21 fighter jets to Russia.

00020222.10.2018.10.2018 1. Rank for Warning on CCCigaretteCigarette PPPacksPacksacks::::

First place Nepal ((92.5%)92.5%) Second place – Vanuatu (90%) Third place India ((85%)85%) It was released by Canadian Cancer Society. 2. Ministry of CCowsowsows::::

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan announced the stepping up Ministry of Cows 3. Goa Portugal AAgreementgreementgreement::::

Goa and Portugal have signed Memorandum of Understanding for water and sewage management system. 4. India's FFFirstFirst fffloodflood fore CCCastingCasting SSSystemSystemystem::::

Kolkata Municipal Corporation with help of Asian Development Bank launched a flood forecasting and early warning system for Kolkata City. 5. USA and Canada AAAgreementAgreementgreement::::

Canada agreed to sign a trade deal with United States of America to develop North American Free Trade Agreement. 6. New President of IraqIraq::::

Barham Salih has been elected as new President of Iraq. 7. Methanol Based Alternative CCookingooking FFFuelFueluel::::

The public sector Assam petrochemical Limited will roll out India's first methanol basic alternative cooking fuel at Namrup methanol plant in Dibrugarh district Assam. 8. National Khadi FFestivalestival 2018

The national khadi festival 2018 was held in Mumbai. 9. Women FFFootballFootball ChampionshipChampionship::::

Manipur has won 24th senior women National Football Championship defeating Odisha.

10. Multi MModelodel Logistic ParkPark::::

Multi Modal Logistic Park was inaugurated at Balli railway station on Konkan railway route in Goa. 11. World CClasslass tourist AAAmenitiesAmenitiesmenities::::

Indian petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated world class tourist amenities at Konark Sun Temple in Odisha.Odisha. 12. Rupa Shree SSchemechemecheme::::

West Bengal State government has rolled out Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's dream project "Rupashree scheme" aimed at providing marriage assistance to girls coming from economically weaker families. 13. Global SStartuptartup EEEcosystemEcosystem RRReportReport 2017

First Place UUUnitedUnited States Second Place UUUnitedUnited Kingdom Third Place Canada 37th Place India 14. World's LLLongestLongest Sea BBridgeridgeridge::::

China will unveil the world’s longest cross Sea Bridge connecting Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China. 15. Santosh TTrrrrophy:ophy:

Kerala defeated West Bengal and won its 6th title in the 72nd Santosh Trophy football tournament. 16. ESPN Multi Sports AwardAward::::

PV Sindhu and kidambi Srikanth have been named "sports persons of the year" at the inaugural ESPN multi sports awards. 17. Billionaires Top 100 IIndexndexndex::::

Asia Richest Persons First Place JJJackJack Ma Second Place MMMukeshMukesh Ambani

00030333.10.2018.10.2018 1. First AAssemblyssembly of International SSolarolar AllianceAlliance::::

Prime Minister NNNarendraNarendra Modi has inaugurated first Assembly of International Solar Alliance in New Delhi. The same event also marked second India Ocean Rim Association and Renewable Energy Investors meeting and Exhibition. UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres was present on the occasion. 2. IBSAMAR --- IV ExerciseExercise::::

The sixth edition of IBSAMARIBSAMARIV,IV,IV,IV, a Joint Multinational Exercise of India, Brazil and South African Navies was held at Simons Town, South Africa. 3. Food Security SchemeScheme::::

Odisha Government has launched State Food Security Scheme to benefit the 2500000 poor people who were left out of the National Food Security Act 2013. 4.4.4. SAFER MMovementovementovement::::

World Health Organisation launched a new Alcohol control initiative "SAFER" to prevent and reduce alcohol related death and disability. 5.UNHCR Nansen RRefugeeefugee AAAwardAwardward::::

Evan Atar Adaha, surgeon from south Sudan has won the prestigious 2018 UNHCR Nansen Refugee award. 6. Female MMMajorMajor GGGeneralGeneral atatat BangladeshBangladesh::::

Susane Giti was appointed as the first ever female major general of Bangladesh. 7.7.7. 3rd YYouthouth Olympic GGGamesGamesames::::

Shooting star Manu bhaker was named as flag bearer of India in 3rd Youth Olympic Games to be held at Buenos Aires in Argentina. 8.46 CCChiefChief Justice of IndiaIndia::::

Justice Ranjan Gogoi took oath as the 46th chief justice of India on 03.10. 2018. He is first person from Northeast to become the Chief Justice of India. 7

9. Kaya KKKalpKalp AAAwardAwardward::::

Kaya Kalp awards have been awarded to Headquarters Hospital of Cuddalore and Manaparai and Government Hospital Aruppukottai and Primary Health Centre Mugaiyur in Villupuram District. 10. New Ambassador to Serbia:

Subhadra Bhattacharjee was appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Serbia. 11. India's Cleanest AAirportirportirport::::

Mangaluru International Airport has been named the cleanest airport in India. 12. Padma Bhushan Award for DDDhoniDhonihoni::::

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was honoured with the Padma BhushanBhushan AwarAward by president Ram Nath kovind at an event in Rashtrapati Bhavan. 13.2018 Miami Open Tennis Winnersinners::::

Men's singles JJJohnJohn IIIsnerIsner (((U(UUUnitednited States) Women's singles SSSloaneSloane Stephens ((UUUUnitednited States) 14. FimbrFimbristylisistylis AAgasthyamalaensisgasthyamalaensisgasthyamalaensis::::

Researchers discovered Fimbristylis Agasthyamalaensis, a new plant species from Western Ghats. 15. Indian Army M O U with HDFCHDFC::::

Indian Army and HDFC Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the difference salary package. 16. UNUNICEFICEF Special RRepresentativeepresentativeepresentative::::

Ravi Venkatesan has been appointed as UNICEF special representative.

00040444.10.2018.10.2018 1. Loan for West BengalBengal::::

The Indian Government and Asian Development Bank has signed 240 million dollar agreement for safe drinking water service for West Bengal. 8

2. Cleanest Government UUniversityniversityniversity::::

Maharishi Dayanand University in Haryana has been declared as cleanest Government University in India. 3. ATM Withdrawal LLimitimit RRReducedReducededuced::::

State Bank of India has reduced ATM withdrawal limit from RsRsRs.Rs... 40000 per day to RsRsRs.Rs...2000020000 per day. 4. Paralympic Asian Games Flag BBearerearerearer::::

Thangavelu Mariyappan has been named as Flag bearer for India for 3rd Asian Paralympic Games to held in Indonesia. 5. New MMetroetro RRRailRail PPProjectProjectroject::::

Union Cabinet has approved the plan for implementation of Indore metro rail project. 6. Canadian CCCitizenshipCitizenship SSStrippedStripped OOOffOffffff::::

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi become first person stripped off the Honorary of Canadian Citizenship over Rohingya Muslim minority issues. 7. Youngest Indian to Score a TTestest CCCenturyCentury on DDDeputeDeputeepute::::

Prithvi Shaw become first youngest Indian to score a test century on depute. He reached 100 runs just 99 balls against West Indies in Rajkot, Gujarat. 8. International Court of Justice OOOrdersOrdersrders::::

International Court of Justice has ordered the United States to ease sanctions it's reimposed on Iran after abandoning in May 22018.018. 9.2018 governmengovernmentt e payments adaptation ranking:

First Place NNNorwayNorway Second Place France Third Place DDDenmarkDenmark 28 Place IIIndiaIndia

10. FForbesorbes India Rich LListist 2018

Mukesh Ambani has been named as richest Indian for the 11th consecutive year with a net worth of 47.3 billion dollar.dollar. 11. New Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High CCourourtourt:t:::

Justice Suryakant was appointed as the chief justice of Himachal Pradesh high court. 12. First Exomoon DiscoveredDiscovered::::

Astronomers have discovered exom which might be the first exomoon. It is first known moon outside the our solar system. This exomoon was deducted by NASA's Kepler spacecraft and was observed using the Hubble Telescope around exoplanet kepler 1625 b. 13. MMentalental HHealthealth InstituteInstitute::::

The Union Cabinet approved the setting up the National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation (NIMHR) in Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh. 14. Colourful Playing EExhibitionxhibitionxhibition::::

The Museum of Goa Foundation is hold a colourful flying exhibition titled freedom is in the air.

00050555.10.2018.10.2018 1.1.1. Sahayog HOP TAC --- 20182018::::

The maiden joint exercise of coast guard's of India and Vietnam "Sahayog HOP TACTAC2018"2018" was held in the Bay of Bengal Coast Chennai. 2. New DDDeputyDeputy NNNationalNational Security AAdvisordvisordvisor::::

RN Ravi has been appointed as deputy national security advisor to the government. He will be third deputy national security advisor after Rajender Khanna and Pankaj Saran.

3. India International Science FestivalFestival::::

The 4th India International Science Festival 2018 will be held in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. 4.4.4. India Russia MMMissileMissile AAAgreementAgreementgreement::::

India and Russia have signed 5.43 billion dollar deal for India to procure the "S"S"S"S400400 Triumf" missile from Russia. This deal was signed in the 19th India Russian and annual bilateral meeting between Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin. 5. Swatch Survekshan Grameen AAwardward 2018.

Haryana state was awarded as the best state under the Swatch Survekshan Grameen award 2018 and Satara in Maharashtra as best district, Uttar Pradesh rewarded for maximum citizen's participation. This award was awarded by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. 6. Forbes India RRRichestRichestichest::::

First place Mukesh Ambani Second place Azim Premji Third place Lakshmi Mittal 7. First Global GGGuidelinesGuidelines on SSSanitationSanitation and HHHealthHealthealth::::

The World Health Organisation has launched its first Global Guidelines on Sanitation and Health. 8. Alphonsa MMMangoMangoangoeses MMMangoesMangoes GGGetGet GGGeographicalGeographical TTTag:Tag:

Alphonso Mangoes from Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra has got Geographical Indication Tag from Central government. 9. Impeachment for South Korean PPPresidentPresidentresident::::

Former South Korean president Lee Myung Bak has been jailed for 15 years for corruption. 10. Udhayam Abhilasha CCCampaignCampaignampaign::::

Small Industries Development Bank of India has launched a national level entrepreneurship campaign “Udayam Abhilasha” 11

11. New Ambassador to SpainSpain::::

Sanjay Verma was appointed as India's NNNewNew Ambassador to Spain. 12. New Chairman of World Federation of EEExchangesExchangesxchanges::::

Vikram Limaye was appointed as chairman of the working committee and director on the board of the World Federation of Exchanges. 13. Best 100 GGGlobalGlobal BBBrandsBrands 20182018....

First price Apple Second price Google Third place Amazon 14. Digi YatraYatra::::

"Digi Yatra" a policy on biometric based digital processing of passengers at airport was released by Civil Aviation Ministry. This facial recognition Technology scheme will be started at the Hyderabad and Bengaluru airports in February 2019. 15. First RRRegionalRegional CCConferenceConference on Women in Detention and Access to Justice:

Ministry of Home Affairs is organising the first ever Regional Conference at Shimla on Women in Detention and Access to Justice.

00060666.10.2018.10.2018 1. Asia's FFFirstFirst Dolphin Research CentreCentre::::

National Dolphin research Centre will be set up on the banks of Ganga River in Patna University in Patna. It will be Asia's first Dolphin Research Centre. Ganga River Dolphin is India's National AAquaticquatic AAAnimal.Animal. 2. India's Ambassador to UN CCConferenceConference on Disarmament:

Pankaj Saran has been appointed as Ambassador and India's permanent representative to United Nation Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.

3. Asian Development Bank LLLoanLoan for Madhya PradeshPradesh::::

Indian Government and Asian Development Bank have signed 110 million dollar loan Agreement to upgrade roads in Madhya Pradesh under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana 4. Centre of EEExcellenceExcellence for the IIInternetInternet of TTThingsThings (COE(COE----IOT)IOT)IOT)::::

India's IT industry apex body National Association of Software and Service Companies has launched its centre of excellence for the internet of thinking’s at Gurugram, Haryana. 5.5.5. 36th NNNationalNational GGGameGameame::::

36th National Games will be held in Goa from March 30 to April 14, 2019. 6. Organic and MMMilletsMillets International Trade FairFair::::

karnataka will host annual organic and millets International Trade Fair. 7. India's FFFirstFirst MMMethanolMethanol BBBasicBasic CCCookingCooking FFFuelFuel RRRolledRolled Out:

Niti Ayog member vijayakumar Saraswat inaugurated the “Green and Clean Fuel Pilot Project on MMeeeetttthanolhanol cooking Stove." This is countries first methanol based cooking oil by Assam PPPetrochemicalPetrochemical Limited. 8. International CCConferenceConference on WWomen'somen's Health, Wellness And Empowerment:

International Conference on Women's Health, Wellness and Empowerment was held in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. 9. Kerala BankBank::::

Reserve Bank of India approved the proposal of Kerala Government for the formation of Kerala Bank. It will be a net deposit amount of Rs 650 billionbillion. It will provide modern facilities to primary agricultural cooperative societies.

10. New VVViceVice CCChancelloChancellohancellorr of Thanjavur Tamil University:

Tamil NNNaduNadu governor has appointed GGG.G... Balasubramanian as vice chancellor of Tamil University, Thanjavur. 11. New Chairman of IIInternationalInternational Advertising AssociationAssociation::::

Srinivasan Swamy took charge as chairman and president of the International Advertising Association for 2 years at an event in Bucharest, Romania. 12. Tribal and Dalit llliteraryliterary Study Centre:

Ramnika Gupta Centre for Tribal kundan Dalith Literary Studies and Development has been established at the VijayanagaraVijayanagara Sri Krishnadevaraya University in Bellary, Karnataka. 13. Aung San Suu Kyi FFFirstFirst PPPersonPerson to LLLoseLose Honorary Canadian CCCitizenshipCitizenshipitizenship::::

Aung San Suu Kyi became the first person to be stripped of the contrar Honorary Canadian citizens for their role in gross Human Rights violations against the Rohingya peoples. 14. New HHHeadHead of IDBI BankBank::::

The union government has appointed Rakesh Sharma as new head of IDBI Bank.

00070777.10.2018.10.2018 1. New Supreme Court JJJudgeJudge of USAUSA::::

Brett Kowanaugh has been appointed as 114th Judge of the Supreme CCourtourt of USA. 2.2.2. 3rd YYYouthYouth Olympic GGGamesGamesames::::

Third Youth Olympic Games has started at Buenos Aires in Argentina. 206 countries and 4000 athletic are participating. For India 68 athletics participated for the 13 games. Flag bearer for opening ceremony Manu Bhaker. 3. World IIInvestor'sInvestor's CCConferenceConferenceonference::::

International Investor's Conference was held at Dehradun in Uttarakhand. 14

4. World BBBookBook FFFestivalFestivalestival::::

The World Book Festival will be held in Sharjah. In first time, Tamil book stalls are opened in Sharjah World Book Festival. 5. Operation SSSamudraSamudra MaitriMaitri::::

The ""OOOOperationperation Samudra Mythri" has been launched by Union Government to provide humanitarian assistance to the earthquake and Tsunami victims in Indonesia. 6. Academy of LLLeadershipLeadershipeadership::::

IIT Kharagpur planned to establish an Academy of Leadership which aime to develop innovative programs in Science and Engineering. 7. Cleanest RRReligiousReligious PPPlacePlace in IndiaIndia::::

Mata Vaishno Devi Temple of Jammu Kashmir has been awarded "Satyagiri Award 2018" for cleanest religious place in India. 8. India Japan Maritime EEExerciseExercisexercise::::

3rd edition of Japan India Maritime exercise "JIMIX"JIMIX"JIMIX18"18" commenced at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. 9.9.9. 5 N5 NewNew Battalion SSSafSaf Rapid AActionction FFForceForceorce::::

Union Home Ministry has sanctioned 5 new battalion of Anti Riot and Crowd Control Rapid Action Force. This will be set up at VVVaranasi,Varanasi, Hajipur, Jaipur, Mangalore and Nuh. 10. Nirman Kusuma PProgramrogramrogram::::

Odisha Government has launched Nirman Kusuma program for providing financial assistance to the children of construction workers for their technical education. 11. Transgenders QQQueenQueen CCCompetitionCompetitionompetition::::

First place Veena Sendre ((CCCChhattisgarh)hhattisgarh) Second place SaniSaniaa Sut Third place Namitha Ammu ((TTTTamilamil Nadu)

12. Japan Grand prixprix::::

Britain's car racer Lewis Hamilton win the Japanese Formula 1 grand prix car race. 13. World's SSSecondSecond FFFastestFastest 24 TTTestTest CCCenturiesCenturiesenturies::::

Indian Cricket captain Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman after Donald Bradman to reach 24 test centuries. 14. Parker Solar Probe FFFirstFirst Venus FFFlybyFlybylyby::::

NASA's Parker Solar Probe, first mission to touch the Sun, was successfully complete a flyby of Venus at a distance of 2415 km during its first gravity assist from Venus. 15. Unmanned LLLevelLevel CCCrossingCrossing FFFreeFree ZZZoneZoneone::::

The Southern Railway became unmanned level crossing free zone, eliminating over 1000 such level crossings.

00080888.10.2018.10.2018 1.1.1. Maha Madat AAAppApppppp::::

App Maya Madat has been launched by Maharashtra government to analysis the drought like situation in the village of the state. 2. 2018 UU----1919 Asia Cup CricketCricket::::

India beat Sri Lanka in U19 cricket Asia Cup title in Dhaka. 3.3.3. IBSF world UU----1616 SSSnookerSnooker CCChampionsChampionshampions::::

Keerthana Pandian has won girls title in IBSF WWorldorld UU1616 SSSnookerSnooker Championships in Russia. 4.4.4. Unnati SchemeScheme::::

Karnataka state government unveils the Unnati Scheme, which will invest up to Rs.20 crore to create endtoend support for infrastructure for startups and entrepreneurs from a marginalized background.

5. RsRs....10101010,, 000 FFFreeFree EEElectricityElectricitylectricity::::

The Rajasthan Government launched a schemes aimed to provide free electricity to farmers of the state having electric connections in general category for specific limit Rs.10,000 for a year for agricultural electricity connection. 6. Military CCCooperationCooperation AAAgreementAgreementgreement::::

India and Kazakhstan signed an agreement for set up military cooperation, especially defence production 7. Counter TTTerroristTerrorist FFFinancingFinancing BBBillBillillill::::

Iran's Parliament approved as Bill to counter terrorist financing. 8. DNA AAAnalysisAnalysis TTToolToolool::::

Australian scientists developed a new DNA analysis tool that can help arresting criminals. 9. Texas OOOpenOpen Squash ChampionshipChampionship::::

India's Squash player VikrVikramam Malhotra won the Texas open Squash Championship. 10. Midday YYYoungYoung AAAchieverAchiever IIIconsIcons AAAwardAward 20182018....

Rohan Rajput was awarded in the Film and Television Category for his work in the industry in a short period of time. 11. Alzheimer DDDiseaseDisease MMMayMay PPPredictPredict 5 YYYearYear in AAAdvanceAdvancedvance::::

Researchers from the University of Toronto in Canada have created an artificial intelligence that can accurately predict a person's cognitive decline which will lead to Alzheimer's disease in the next five years. 12. World FFFirstFirst 3D PPPrintedPrinted MMMealsMealseals::::

British scientist created world first 3D3D3D printed meals in a primary school at London to develop an interest in science subjects among students. 13. India's GGGrowthGrowthrowth::::

The International Monetary Fund predicted growth rate of 7.3 % for India in current year of 2018 and 7.4% in 2019. 17

14. UNICEF and NNNASSCOMNASSCOM AgreementAgreement::::

UNICEF and NASSCOM Foundation signed and Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen child rights through meaningful business interventions. 15. Environment PPPolPololollutionlution AAAuthorityAuthority RRReconstituted:Reconstituted:

The Union government reconstituted 20 member Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority. The authority is headed by Bhure Lal.

00090999.10.2018.10.2018 1. Cyclone Titli:

Cyclone Titli hits coastal Odisha bringing with strong winds and heavy rain in the region. Titli (meaning: Butterfly) was named by Pakistan. 2. Cyclone LubanLuban::::

Cyclone Lubun in Arabian Sea to hit Yemen coast. Luban was named by Oman. 3. Nikki Haley RRResignedResignedesigned::::

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has resigned and will leave her post by the end of the year. 4. UN AAAgreementAgreement WWithith CIICII::::

The Confederation of India industry has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UN environment for implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development. 5. Insurance for CCCorpCorp LLLossLoss to WWildild AAAnimalAnimal AAAttack:Attack:

The union government has decided to cover damage to corps in case of wild animals attack, under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana. 6. Ghauri BBBallisticBallistic MMMissileMissileissile::::

Nuclear weapons capable Ghauri ballistic missile was tested by Pakistan.

7. India West Asia CCConferenceConferenceonference::::

India West Asia Conference was held in Nigeria. 8. Commonwealth PPParliamentaryParliamentary CCConferenceConference of India RRRegionRegionegion::::

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan inaugurated the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference of India Region in Gawahati. 9."Quintero OOOneOnenene”” World’s FFFirstFirst HHHyperHyper LLLoopLoop PPPassengerPassenger CCCapsuleCapsuleapsule::::

United States unveiled world's first full scale Hyper Loop passenger capsule named “Quintero one". 10. "Kamandag" MMMilitaryMilitary EEExerciseExercisexercise::::

Japan jointed the joint exercise code name "Kamandag""Kamandag" with United States and Philippines troops in Philippines for the first time Since World War II. 11. Interpol PPPresidentPresident RRResignsResignsesigns::::

Meng Hongwei resigned as the President of International Criminal Police Organisation after detention in China. 12. Nepal WWonon the TTTourismTourism AAAwardAwardward::::

14th Hospitality India and Explore the World Annual International Travel Awards 2018 held in New Delhi. Nepal won the tourism award. 13. New SSSchemesSchemes of Arunachal Pradesh for FFFarmersFarmersarmers::::

1. Chief Minister's Sashakt Kisan Yojana 2. Chief minister's Krishi Samuh Yojana 14. “India for HHHumHumumumanityanityanity”” IIInitiativeInitiativenitiative::::

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj launched “India“India for HumHumanityanityanity”””” initiative in New Delhi.

1110.10.201810.10.2018 1. World's FFFirstFirst BBBioelectronicBioelectronic MMMedicineMedicineedicine::::

USA scientist have developed world's first Bioelectronic medicine which is implantable biodegradable wireless device that speeds nerve generation and improve healing of damaged nerve. 19

2. Indian Air Force LLLaunchesLaunches MMMedMed WWatchatch MMMobileMobile AAAppApppppp::::

Indian Air Force had launched Medwatch mobile app to provide health information to users including firs aid and nutritional topics. It was launched on the occasion of 85th Indian Air Force AAAnniversaryAnniversary on October 8. 3. First GGGoldGold MMMedalMedal for India in PPParaPara GGGamesGamesames::::

Javelin thrower Sandeep Chaudhary won first gold medal for India in Jakarta Asian para games. 4. Partner SSStateState in Goa International FFFilmFilm FFFestivalFestivalestival::::

Jharkhand will be the partner state at Goa International film festival. This is scheduled to be held from 20 November to 28th28th November 2018 . 5. Strategic PPPolicyPolicy GGGroupGrouproup::::

The Union Government has constituted the higher level strategic policy group to assist the National Security Council headed by Ajit Doval. 6. New AAAwardAward SSShowsShows SSSocialSocial WWorkorkork::::

Infosys has announced “Arohan Social IInnovationnnovation AAAwards”Awards” for innovation in social work. 7. New Solicitor GGGeneralGeneraleneral::::

Senior advocate Tushar Mehta has been appointed as Solicitor General of India. 8. Accountant General ConferenceConference::::

29th Account General Conference was inaugurated by President Ram Nath kovind in New Delhi. 9. Indian LLLoanLoan for TajikistanTajikistan::::

India has offered a grant of 20 million dollar loan to Tajikistan for development projects

10. First EEElectricElectric BBBusBususus::::

Uttarakhand CCChiefChief MMMinisterMinister Trivendra Singh Rawat flagged off the test run of state’s first electric bus. 11. World's MMMostMost PPPowerfulPowerful PPPassportsPassportsassports::::

First place Japan Second place Singapore Third place Germany 81st pleace IIIndiaIndia 12. Second WWorldorld CCConferenceConference on AAAccessAccess to MMMedicalMedical PPProductProductroduct::::

Union Health MMMinistryMinistry with the support of WHO is organising second WWWorldWorld CCConferenceConference on AAAccessAccess to MMMedicalMedical PPProductProduct in New Delhi. 13. India's FFFirstFirst SSSecondSecond GGGenerationGeneration BBBiofuelBiofuel PPPlantPlantlant::::

Governor of Odisha Ganeshi Lal laid the foundation stone on country's first and second generation ethanol bio Refinery Plant in Bargarh district of Odisha. 14. “Kavach” Anti Terrorist FFForceForceorce::::

Haryana government announced the launch of an Anti Terrorist Force called “Kavach.” 15. “Clear Sky 2018”

Ukraine along with United States and other NATO countries launched "Clear Sky 2018" War games.

1111.10.201811.10.2018 1. New PPPolicyPolicy on ElectronicsElectronics::::

The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued draft “National policy on Electronics 2018”2018”for Electronic System Designed and Manufacturing. 2. Ro Ro IInlandnland WWaterater SSServiceServiceervice::::

Inland Water Ways Authority of India in collaboration with Assam has launched new Roll on Roll out service (Ro Ro) connecting Neamati to Majuli Island in Assam. 21

3. India --- FFFinlandFinland EEEnvironmentalEnvironmental CorporationCorporation::::

The Union Cabinet has approved Memorandum of Understanding with Finland for Environmental Corporation. 4. New National CouncilCouncil::::

The Union Government has approved 2 National Council for Vocational Education and Training. 5. Niti Aayog and IBM's IIInternshipInternship PPProgramProgramrogram::::

Niti Aayog and IBM announced first of its kind internship program for students Atal Innovation Mission. 6.6.6. Remotely OOOperatedOperated VVVehiclesVehiclesehicles::::

Defence Research and Development Organisation's Remotely Operated Vehicle "Daksh" was inducted into Pune police on an experimental basis to help in detection and disposal of bombs. 7. Annual CCConventionConvention on Central IIInformationInformation CCCommissionCommissionommission::::

Indian President has inaugurated 13th Annual Convention of Central Information Commission in New Delhi. 8. Japan SSSupportSupport for SSSwachhSwachh Bharat Mission:

Japan Prime Minister SSShinzoShinzo AAAbeAbebebe has offered his government support to the Swachh Bharat Mission. 9. Citizenship of GorkhasGorkhas::::

Union Home Affairs ministry has issued a clarification to the Assam government regarding the Citizenship of GorkhaGorkha community living in the state. 10. Training in IIInternationalInternational AAArbitrationArbitrationrbitration::::

The Inaugural Training on best practices in International Arbitration was organised by NITI Ayog and International Court of Justice in New Delhi. 11. Compensation for WWarar VVVictimsVictimsictims::::

Sri Lankan Government has passed a bill to compensate to Civil War Victims.

12. UNFAO FFFutureFuture PPPolicyPolicy AAAwardAwardward::::

Sikkim has been nominated for UNFAO's future policy award for its 100% organic farming. 13. World Theatre FestivalFestival::::

17th edition of Old World Theatre Festival announce the two commands from October 20, 2018. It will showcase 15 places on Pan Indian constellation of original script from Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune, MumbaMumbaii and Kerala. 14. Rabindranath Thakur MMMemorialMemorial AAAuditoriumAuditoriumuditorium::::

Rabindranath Thakur Memorial auditorium built with Indian Grand assistance of 30 crore sri Lankan rupees in Sri Lanka was dedicated to the people. 15. China Open Tennis 2018 ...

Men's single Nikoloz Basilashvili ( Georgia) Women's Single Caroline Wozniacki ( Germany) 16. 2022 YYYouthYouth OlympicsOlympics::::

International Olympic Committee mad Senagal the host of the 22 Youth Olympic GGames.ames. It is first time in history first African country to host of any Olympic games. 17. New Chief SStatisticiantatistician :::

The Union Government has appointed Praveen ShrivastavaShrivastava as third Chief statistician of India.

121212.10.201812.10.2018 1. New Space Science CentreCentre::::

ISRO has signed Memorandum of Understanding with Central University of Jammu for setting up of Satish Dhawan centre for space science. 2. IND --- INDO CORPATCORPAT::::

The 32nd edition of India and Indonesia coordination portal "IND"INDINDOINDO CORPAT" is be held in Balawan, Indonesia. 23

3. Zika virus CCCasesCases in RajasthanRajasthan::::

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has confirmed 22 positive case of ZZZikaZika virus at Jaipur in Rajasthan. 4. Skills Development Corporation in Tamil nadunadu::::

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has inaugurated the SSSkillsSkills DDevelopmentevelopment Corporation at MIT, CChennai.hennai. 5. Scrap DDeatheath penaltypenalty::::

Malaysia's cabinet has decided to completely abolish death penalty. 6. Gold MMMedalMedal in Asian PPParaPara GGGamesGamesames::::

Indian para high jumper Sarath Kumar has won gold in men's high jump category. 7. Global Hunger IIndexndexndex::::

First place Belarus Second place Bosnia 3rd place Chile 103rd place India 8. World Bank's Human Capital IIndexndexndex::::

First place Singapore Second place SouthSouth Korea Third place Japan 115th place India 9. Blue RevolutionRevolution::::

Meghalaya state government is all set to launch a new scheme Blue Revolution to meet fish requirement. 10. Odisha men's Hockey World Cup’s MMascotascotascot::::

"Olly" is official mascat unveiled for Odisha men's Hockey World Cup 2018.

11. India's FFFirstFirst NNNationalNational EEEnvironmentEnvironment SSSurveySurveyurvey::::

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate change was announced that lndia's first ever National Environmental Survey will commence from 55 districts across 24 states andand 3 union territories in January 2019. 12. “Aero India 2019”

Defence Ministry launched the newly designed website of “Aero India 2019”. The portal facilitated payment of registration fee online for business visitors. 13. India --- Israel IIInnovationInnovation CCCentreCentreentre::::

India's first India Israel innovation Centre was launched in Bengaluru. 14. Delhi Moscow twin City AAAgreementAgreementgreement::::

Delhi government signed a twin City agreement with the Government of Moscow for cooperation in various fields like environment, culture and education, for the next 3 years. 15. CCCompensationCompensation to ISRO SSScientistScientistcientist::::

Former ISISISROISRORORO scientist Nambi Narayanan was given Rs.5000000 by the Kerala government in complaints with Supreme Court order. 16. RBI IIInjectedInjected RRRupeesRupees 12000 CCCroreCrore in to System:

Reserve Bank of India injection of liquidity worth Rs.12000 crore into the system through purchase of Government Bonds on October 11 under open market operation. 17. Stephen Hawking's FFFinalFinal SSScientificScientific PPPaperPaperaper::::

Stephen Hawking's final scientific paper titled “black“black hole entropy and soft hair” has been released.

131313.10.201813.10.2018 1. India Azerbaijan SSignign AAAgreementAgreementgreement::::

India and Azerbaijan has signed Agreement for Trade and Economic, Science and Technology Corporation.

2. New Academy PPPrPrrrizeize for LLiteratureiteratureiterature::::

Maryse Conde (France) was awarded new Academy Prize in Literature, an alternative award formed in to Nobel literature prize. 3. Helmet Exemption for SSikhikh WWomenomenomen::::

Home Ministry issued an advisory, asking the Chandigarh administration to exempt Sikh women from wearing helmets while driving two wheelers. 4. Digital Security BillBill::::

Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid signed “Digital SecuritySecurity BBillill 2018” and enacted it as a law. 5. Legislative Assembly Elections 2018

Election Commission of India has announced scheduled for general election to the legislative assemblies of Chhattisgarh,Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, RajasthanRajasthan,,,, Mizoram and Telangana. 6. Lions DDDiedDied in Gir SSSanctuarySanctuaryanctuary::::

Nearly 23 Lions have died Gir sanctuary in Gujarat due to "Caninen Distemper Virus" and protozoa infections. Gujarat government starts vaccination of Gir Lions against deadly virus attack. 7.7.7. Tarli irrigation PPProjectProjectroject::::

The Maharashtra Government approved financial assistance of Rs.1610 crore for the Tarli irrigation project in the Satara district of the state. 8. National EEElectronicsElectronics PPPolicyPolicy 20182018....

The draft electronic policy named "The National ElectronicElectronic Policy 2018" was released by the government that aims a turnover of 400 billion dollar in domestic electronics manufacturing by 2025. 9. India EEElectedElected to UNHRCUNHRC::::

India elected for United Nation Human Right Commission with 188 votes in the Asia Pacific category for a period of 3 years beginning January 1, 2019. 26

10. Global RTI rating

First Place Afghanistan Second Place Mexico And Place SerbiaSerbia 103rd Place India

141414.10.201814.10.2018 1.1.1. NHRC's SSSilverSilver JJJubileeJubilee CCCelebrationsCelebrationselebrations::::

National Human Rights Commission celebrated its silver jubilee year on October 12, 2018. lt was set up on October 12,1993. 2. Niti Aayog and Microsoft SSSignSign an AAAgreementAgreementgreement::::

Niti Aayog has inked an agreement with Microsoft India to deploy artificial intelligence technologies to addresses, challenges in agricultural, healthcare and promote adaptation of local language computing among others. 3. Ashok Chakra AAAwardAwardward::::

There Odisha Police Assistant Commander Pramod Kumar has been conferred with the Ashok Chakra posthumously for sacrificing his life against Naxals. 4. Shanghai Masters TTTennisTennis WWinnerinnerinner::::

Men's single Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 5. Kirti Chakra AAAwardAwardward::::

Lohit Sonowal from Assam has been conferred with Kirti Chakra award. 6. India Australia 2+2 DDialogueialogueialogue::::

India and Australia held their Second Edition of 2 + 2 secretary level dialogue in Canberra, Australia. 7. First Indian to GGGetGet SSSeededSeeded at World Wrestling Champion SSShip.Ship.

Bajrang Punia has become the first Indian Wrestler to get seeded at the world wrestling championship that will be held in Budapest, Hungary. 27

8. Voyager --- 2 PPProbeProbe AAApproachesApproaches IIInterstellarInterstellar SSSpaceSpacepace::::

NASA's Voyager 2 probe is on its way outside their influence of the Sun and it could be close to interstellar space. 9.9.9. GRGRGRIGRIIIFFFF::::

The governments of Germany and United Kingdom with support from the World Bank launched new Global Risk Financing Facility (GRIF). This fund will consist of an initial investment of 150 million dollar for support vulnerable countries to climate and disaster shocks. 10. Conference of WWorldorld UUUnionUnion of WWholesaleholesale MMMarketMarketarket::::

32nd World Conference of World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) was held at Gurugram, Haryana. 11. New IIndustrialndustrial PPPolicyPolicyolicy::::

Ministry of Commerce released the “New lndustrial PPPolicy"Policy" in New Delhi. It aims to align India with emerging Technologies of drones, Artificial Intelligence and Block Chain. 12. World inequality indexindex----20182018

First Place Denmark Second Place Germany Third Place Finland 147th Place India

151515.10.201815.10.2018 1. First India --- USA TTTriTri SSServiceService EEExerciseExercisexercise::::

The first IndiaIndiaUnitedUnited States tri service exercise likely to take place in 2019 in India. USA will second country after Russia with India conduct tri service exercise. 2 third Asian Para GGamesamesames::::

Venue – Jakarta ( Indonesia) Total countries participate 434343 Total events 513 in 18 sports First place – CCChinaChina (319 medals) 28

Second place – KorKoreeeeaaaa (145 medals) 9th place India(72 medals) (15+24+33) 3. Women's T20 RRRankingRankinganking::::

I Australia II New Zealand III West Indies V India 4. National Stock Exchange PPPactPact WWithith UttarakhandUttarakhand::::

The National Stock Exchange has signed pact with the Uttarakhand GGovernmentovernment to provide access to Capital to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. 5. World's FFFastestFastest CCCameraCameraamera::::

Scientist from California Institute of Technology have developed the world's fastest camera "Tcup" (Compressed Ultra fast Photography) which can capture 10 trillion photography per second. 6. India China LLLaunchLaunch JJJointJoint TTTrainingTraining for AfghanistanAfghanistan::::

India and China have launched a program to train Afghanistan diplomats 7. Graded RRResponseResponse Action PlanPlan::::

The central Pollution control board is to implement an emergency Action Plan called the Graded Response Action Plan. 8. Polio FFFreeFree IndiaIndia::::

The United Nations Children's Emergency Fund and the World Health Organisation announced India's status as a polio free country. 9. National Autism IInterventionntervention Research CentreCentre::::

HaryaHaryanananana launched first of its kind National Autism InterventionIntervention Resource CCCentreCentre in Gurugram.

10. India's FFFirstFirst AAAgriAgri and FFFoodFood BBBusinessBusiness OOOnlineOnline LLLearningLearning PPPlatformPlatform

India's first agri and food business online learning platform was launched at Warangal, Telangana. 11. Indian OOOceanOcean CCConferenceConferenceonference::::

International Conference on "Indian Ocean Defining: our Future Conference" was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 12. FAO's FFFutureFuture PPPolicyPolicy Gold AwardAward::::

Sikkim won the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation's "Future Policy Gold Award" for its achievement in becoming the world's first organic agriculture state. 13. New Ambassador to ThailandThailand::::

Suchitra Durai was appointed as the next ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Thailand. 14. Youngest Indian to HHHitHit aaa CCCenturyCentury on TTTestTest Debut:

Prithvi Shaw become the youngest Indian to score a hundred on test debut against West Indies in Rajkot, Gujarat. 15. World Most IInnovationnnovation UniversityUniversity::::

Stanford University has been named the World's most Innovation University. 16.1200 HHHousesHouses for Sri LankaLanka::::

India and Sri Lanka signed to Memorandum of Understanding for construction of 1200 houses.

161616.10.201816.10.2018 1. Youth Safety Licence PProgramrogramrogram::::

Union MMMinistryMinistry of RRRoadRoad TTTransportTransport and Highways was launched youth safety learners license program in New Delhi. 2.6th RECP IInternter MMMinisterialMinisterial MMMeetingMeetingeeting::::

6th International MMMinisterialMinisterial meeting of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership was held in Singapore. 30

3. 6th India International Silk FFFairFairairair::::

The sixth edition of India International silk fair was held in New Delhi. 4. Fukuoka Arts and CCultureulture PPPricePricerice::::

Dr.Teejan Bai, Folk artist from Chhattisgarh was won Japan's Fukuoka arts and culture price 2018. 5. Sultan JJJoharJohar Cup Junior HockeyHockey::::

Britain has won the Sultan Johor Cup Junior Hockey against Malaysia. 6.6.6. Ask DishaDisha::::

Indian Railway CCCateringCatering and Tourism Corporation has launched artificial intelligence powered chatbot "Ask Disha" to help its answer various queries. 7. SSocialocial Entrepreneur of the YYearear Award 2018.

Prema Gopalan has been awarded 8th Social EEntrepreneurntrepreneur of the Year award 2018. 8. New Chairman of National Commission for PProtectirotectionon of Child RRightsightsights::::

Priyank Kanoongo has been appointed the Chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights by the appoint committee of the cabinet for a term of 3 years. 9. Deep SSSubmergenceSubmergence Rescue VVesselsesselsessels::::

Indian Navy inducted its first deep submergence rescue vessel to rescue sunk disaster hit submarines. 10. India WWinsins in BBBlindsBlinds CCCricketCricketricket::::

Indian blind cricket team defeated Sri Lanka and wonwon the triangle series in Goa. 11. Free IInsurancensurance CCCoverCover to PPPilgrimsPilgrimsilgrims::::

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Bord approved free accident insurance cover provided to pilgrims visiting Vaishno Devi Shrine in Jammu. 31

171717.10.201817.10.2018 1.1.1. Swasth Bharat YatraYatra::::

The Union Government launched National campaign swasthswasth Bharat Yatra on occasion of world food day to sensitive people about eating safe food and be heheaaaalthy.lthy. 2. Hridaynath AAAwardAwardward::::

Music director khayyam Hashmi was awarded 2018 HridaynathHridaynath award for his lifetime achievement. 3. Rudram App:

Actor Kamal Hassan launched Rudram app for safety of women. 4. Renaming of AllahabadAllahabad::::

Uttar Pradesh cabinet has approved the renaming of Allahabad to Prayagraj. 5. Electric Auto RRickshawickshawickshaw::::

Electric auto ririckshawckshaw will be launched in Kerala. 6. Air QQualityuality EEEarlyEarly WWarningarning System :::

Union Ministry of Environment has launched the air quality early warning system for Delhi. 7.7.7. Khadya Sathi food Security SchemeScheme::::

Chief Minister MamatMamataa BanerjeeBanerjee, on the occasion of World Food Day launched “Khadya Sathi” food Security Scheme. 8.8.8. Bharosa WWomen'somen's CentreCentre::::

Bharosa WWomen'somen's Centre for victims of violence inaugurated in Hyderabad. 9. World's Most DDDepressedDepressed CCCountryCountryountry::::

India is the world's most depressed country closely followed by China and the USA.

10. ICICI Bank NNNewNew MDMD::::

Reserve Bank of India has approved appointment of SandeepSandeep Bakhshi as the managing Director and chief executive officer of ICICI BBankank for 3 years. 11. Australian Engaged TTamilamil Nadu Government Global Investor MMMeetMeeteet::::

The Australian GGGovernmentGovernment is to engage actively with the Tamil NNNaduNadu at the upcoming Global investors meet 2019. 12. Konkani Book AAwardwardward::::

World Konkani Centre announced that writer H.M.PernalH.M.Pernal was bagged the prestigious "Vimala Pai Vishwa" award for his book titled "Berg Ani Beegath" 13. Maritime SSymposiumymposium 20182018....

Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil LLanbaanba inaugurated the Goa Maritime symposium in INS Mandovi at Goa.

181818.10.201818.10.2018 1 Chandra Observatory is Back in AActionctionction::::

NASA Chandra observatory xxxxrayray telescope that is suffered technical Glitch is back in line. 2. Global CCompetitivenessompetitiveness RRReportReport 20182018....

First place USAUSA Second place Singapore third place GGGermanyGermany 58th place India 3. Wildlife Photography of the YYearearear::::

Arshdeep Singh from Punjab has own the WWWildlifeWildlife PPPhotogrPhotogrhotographerapher of the Year Award Junior CCategory.ategory. 4. Nokia Partners With BSNLBSNL::::

Nokia and BSNL have agreed to implement Industrial Automation SSSolutions.Solutions.

5. India's FFirstirst CCCyptocurrencyCyptocurrency ATMATM::::

India's first crypto currency ATM has been installed in Bengaluru by VVVirtualVirtual CCCurrencyCurrency EEExchangeExchange Uncoin. 666.6... GGGenderGender Balance That CCabinetabinetabinet::::

Ruwanda has announced gendergenderbalancedbalanced cabinets with 50℅ woman. 7.7.7. Kati BihuBihu::::

Assam has celebrated its third Bihu Festival known as the Kati Bihu Festival across the state. 8. India's Highest TTricolorricolor UnfurledUnfurled::::

India's highest tricolor Unfurled Haj house in Mumbai. 9. Indian Prime MMinistersinisters MuseumMuseum::::

Union Minister of State for Culture Hardeep Singh laid the foundation stone for the construction of the museum for all prime ministers of the country at the teen Murti Estate in New Delhi. 1110.10.0.0. Swastha Bharat Yatra Campaign:

On the occasion of World Food Day Government of India launched a campaign named "Swastha Bharat Yatra" to create awareness about Seafood. 11. India's First Smoke Free SStatetatetate::::

Kerala has become first in India to smoke free state to home with 100% LPG. 12. First National Summit on IInvestnvest in AAAyushAyushyush::::

Proprietary meeting for the first NNationalational SSSummitSummit on invest in Ayush is held in New Delhi. 13. More than 40% of the Wooorld'sorld's SStudenttudent in IndiaIndia::::

According a report more than 40% of the world's student children live in India.

14. Justice Verma Commission RReporteporteport::::

Central government has announced its plan to setup a panel headed by the justice J.S. Verma to look into the legal and institutional framework to control sexual harassment at workplace after the impact of "#Me Too" campaign. 15. Man Booker PPrizerize 20182018....

Anna Burns become the first Northern Irish writer to win the 50th Man Booker prize for her novel "Milkman". 16. World's First LLabab Grown Oesophagus IImplantedmplanted :::

For the first time in the world scientist grown functional section of Oesophagus in the lab using stem cells and successfully transplant them into mice. 17. International Olympic Committee AAAwardAwardward::::

Suheil.F.Tandon has won the International Olympic Committee'sCommittee's Sports and AActivective SSSocietySociety Commission's Grant AAwardward for his contribution to sports for development.

191919.10.201819.10.2018 1.12th ASEM SSSummitSummitummit::::

12th Asia Europe MMeetingeeting Summit was held in Brussels, Belgium. The theme of the Summit was "Global PPPartnersPartners for GGGlobalGlobal CCChallenges".Challenges". 2. Dharma GuardianGuardian::::

India and Japan will participate their first joint military exercise name Dharma Guardian in Vaivengte, Mizoram from November 1st to 14th. 3. N D Tiwari Passed AAwaywayway::::

Farmer UUUttarUttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Chief Minister and Andhra Pradesh governor N D Tiwari was passed awaawayyyy in New Delhi. 4. Bihar Sahahi Litchi Get GI Tag:

Sahahi Litchi from Bihar has received GGGeographicalGeographical IIIndicationIndication tag. It is famous for its sweet in Muzaffarpur area of Bihar.

5. NanogeneratorNanogenerator::::

Chinese scientists have developed a new nano generator that can apply energy from human motions to continuously power wearable electronic devices. 6. Award Scheme UUndernder SSSaubhagyaSaubhagyaaubhagya::::

Union Ministry of PPPowerPower and Renewable EEnergynergy Announced a Award Scheme under SSSaubhagyaSaubhagya to facilitate the Distribution Company and their employees for achieving 100% household electrification. 7.4th International Film FFestivalestivalestival::::

International FFFilmFilm FFFestivalFestival of ShimlaShimla"IFFS" concluded in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. 8. 50 % Reservation for Women in Local BBodies.odies.

The Punjab Cabinet Approved extension of the enhanced 50%50% reservation for women in the office of the chairperson of Panchayat Samiti and Zilla Parishad. 9. 3 Percentage of Quota for Sports PPersonsersonsersons::::

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami announced 3% sub quota in recruitments for sports persons in a function organised jointly by Sports Association in Chennai. 10. Fulpati FestivalFestival::::

Nepal celebrated the festival of Fulpati. Best festival was related flowers and leaves. 11. OneeOneerrrrTMTMTMTM::::

Council of Scientific and IIndustrialndustrial ResearchResearch, toxicology research, Lucknow, has developed an innovative technology for “drinking water disinfection system” with the trade name “OneerTM”“OneerTM” 12. HyperionHyperion::::

Scientist at the European Southern OOObservatoryObservatory have discovered a Galaxy ProtoProto supercluster named "Hyperion""Hyperion", the largest and the most massive structure in the early Universe known so far.

13. “Brief AAnswersnswers the Big QQuestions”uestions”uestions”::::

Stephen Hawking's final work “Brief Answers to the Big Questions” was launched. 14. Minister of SStatetate for EEExternalExternal Affairs Resigned:

Minister of SSStateState for External AAffairsffairs MJ Akbar resigned on the account of rising amount of sexual allegations against him. 15. Wildlife PPhotographerhotographer of the Year 2018.

Dutch photographer Marsel Van Oosten has won WWWildlifeWildlife PPPhotographerPhotographer of the Year 2018.

202020.10.201820.10.2018 1. India's LLLargestLargest RRRiverRiver BBBridgeBridgeridge::::

India's largest river bridge total length of 19.3 KM will be built on Brahmaputra river in Assam. Distance will connect Dhubri of Assam to Fulbarani to Meghalaya. At presenpresentt It India'sIndia's largest bridge is Dhola Sadiya (Bhupen Hazarika)Hazarika) in Brahmaputra. 2. Cope India Air EExercisexercisexercise::::

India and USA have agreed to elevate their bilateral exercise to trilateral format by including Japan. 3. China's First Amphibious AAircraftircraftircraft::::

China's first homegrown amphibious aircraft AG600( code name: Gun long) successfully carried out at first take off and landing on water. It is first World's ambhibious aircraft. 4.4.4. SCO EEducationducation MMMinistersMinisters CCConferenceConferenceonference::::

The 7th meeting of Shanghai CCCooperationCooperation OOOrganisation'sOrganisation's Education Ministers conference was held in Astana,Kazakhstan. 5. Bhutan GGeneraleneral Election:

Dravk Nyamrup,Tshogpa party has got majority in BhutanBhutan general election for lower house of Bhutan parliament.

6. USA President's MMMedalMedaledal::::

Indian origin Minat Patel Davis was honored with the USA Presidential MMedaledal for combating human trafficking. 7. India imposes antianti----dumpingdumping duty

India has imposed antidumping duties for 5 years on some varieties of Chinese Steel to avoid domestic players from cheap imports from China. 8. RecrRecreationaleational Cannabis LLegalisedegalisedegalised::::

Canada become the second country after Uruguay to legalize possession and use of recreational Cannabis. 9. S. Mathur PPanelanelanel::::

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India formed a panel with headed by S. Mathur for examine claims in installments. 10. Carnot Prize 2018.

Union Railway MMinisterinister Piyush Goyal was awarded the 4th annual Carnot Price 2018 for energy policy by University ofof Pennsylvania, USA. 11. Richest Contractor in Sports HHistoryistoryistory::::

Mexican boxer Canelo Alvarez has signed the richest contract in the history of sports, which is a 5 year deal worth 365 million dollar. 12. Summit on Syria CCrisisrisisrisis::::

Turkey is to host a Summit between the leaders of Turkey, France, Germany and Russia in Istanbul in October. 13. India's First Railway Station in Inside Tunnel:

India for the first time announced a railway station named "The Keylong Station"Station", to be built inside a tunnel at height of 3000 m in Himachal Pradesh.

14. WorWorld'sld's Longest Sea BBridgeridgeridge::::

The world's longest sea bridge Hong KongKong ZhuhaiZhuhai Macao Bridge between ChinaHong Kong will be opened for traffic on October. 15. Yemen's new Prime MinisterMinister::::

Yemen's newly appointed Prime Minister Maeen AbdulmalikAbdulmalik took the oath before yamini president Riyadh,Saudi Arabia. 16. World's Largest Unmanned TTransportransport DDDroneDronerone::::

China successfully tested the world's largest unmannedunmanned transport drone named" FeihongFeihong98989898 (FH(FH(FH(FH98)98) and it can carry a payload of 1.5 tons. 2018 Nobel PrPrizeize winners: * PEACE: 1.1.1. Denis Mukwege(Cango)

He worked in a hospital for specialises in the treatment of women who have been raped by Armed rebels. 2.2.2. Nadiya Murad (Iraq)

Human right activist. * PHYSICS:

1. GGGeGeeearardarard Mourou (France)

2. Arthur Ashkin(USA)( He become the oldest noble prize winner at the age of 96).

3. Donna Strickland (Canada)

They have won noble price for physics for his invention of chirped pulse amplification. * CHEMISYORYCHEMISYORY::::

1. George Smith (USA)

2. Francess Arnold (USA)

3. Gregory P Winter (UK) 39

They have won nobel Prize for chemistry for their work on the therapeutic use of monoclonal antibodies. * MEDICINE 1.1.1. James P.Allison(USA)

He won the Nobel Prize for medicine for his discoveries have led to new cancer treatments for the deadliest cancers. 2.Tasuku Honjo(Japan)

He won the nobel Prize for medicine for his identification of programmed cell death. * ECONOMICS 1.1.1. Paul Romet(USA)

He received the Nobel Prize for integrating technological inventions into long run macroeconomic analysis. 2.2.2. William Nordhaus(USA)

He won the Nobel Prize for his work in economic Modelling and climate change. * LITERATURE

√ The Swedish Academy has postponed this year's Nobel Prize in Literature due to crisis around sex abuse that has caused some Academy members to resign. √ But members of sweden's cultural society have created a new new award for literature named "New Academy price" insist of nobel prize for literature. New academy Prize in literature winner Maryse Cond (France)

IMPORTANT DAYS ––– October 2018

Date Day Theme World Elders Day Oct 1 International Coffee Day World Habitat Day Municipal Solid Waste Management Oct Wild Life Week 1 to 8 International Day of Non – Oct 2 Violence Oct World Space Week 2018 Space Unites the World 4 to 10 Oct 5 World Teacher Day

Oct 8 Indian Air Force Day

Oct 10 World Mental Health Day

Oct 11 International Day of the Girl Child

Oct 12 World Egg Day Protein for Life International Day of Disaster Oct 13 Reduction Oct 15 International Day of Rural Women

Oct 16 World Food Day

International Day for the Oct 17 Eradication of Povesty United National Day World Polio Day Oct 24 World Development Information Day Oct The Best Cancer Awareness Month 1 to 31 2018 Eradicate corruption – Build a New Oct 29 India to Vigilance awareness week It is birth week of Sardhar Vallabhai Nov 4 Pattel World saving Day (or)

World Thrift Day Oct 31 World City’s Day 143 Birthday of Pattel Unity Day (Ekta Diwas)

CURRENT EVENTS 21.10.18 TO 31.10.18

212121.10.201821.10.2018 1. Journalest KilledKilled::::

Washington post Journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in Trukey. Trukey accused the Saudi Arabia behind the crime 2. China and ASEAN to Held Naval Exercise:

The Navies of China and 10 member Association of Southeast Asian Nations will held ASEAN China Maritime Exercise in the South China sea near the city of Zhanjiang. 3. Yemen’s New Prime Minister:

Maeen Abdulmalik has been appointed as New Prime Minister of Yemen. 4. Kunlong World Largest Amphibious Plane:

Chin's indigenously designed and built amphibious aircraft AG600 or Kun Long is the world’s largest that completed its maiden Journary. 5. World Largest Unmanned Transport Drone:

China successfully tested world’s largest unmanned transport drone. Its name is Feihong 98 and it can carry a payload of 1.5 tons. 6. Summer Youth Olympic Games 2018

Hosted Country – Buenos Aires (Argentina) Flag Bearer for India – Manu Bhaker Rank: I – Russian Federation = 39 Medal (29 Gold + 18 Silver + 12 Bronze) II – Japan = 39 Medal (15 Gold + 12 Silver + 12 Bronze) 17th – India = 13 Medal (3 Gold + 9 Silver + 1 Bronze) Gold Medal for India:

1. Manu Bhaker – Shooting (10m Air Pistol) 2. Saurabh Chaudhary – Shooting (10m Air Pistol) 3. Jeremy Lalrinunga – Weight Lifting (Mens 62kg)

7. First Railway Station inside Tunnel:

Keylong staton, India’s first railway station inside the tunnel will be build in Himachal Pradesh near Sino India border. 8. Indian Carpets Expo:

The 36th Indian carpets Expo was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. 9. IT Corrider on Hiroshima:

Indian IT Industry’s apex body (NASS COM) has entered into a partnership with the Hiroshima Government for co creating a Japan India IT Corridor in Hiroshima. 10. Best National Sports Federation Award:

Athletics Federation of India will be awarded the FICCI (Federation of Indian Champer of Commerce and Industry) India Sports Award.

222222.10.201822.10.2018 1. 2018 Shakti Bhatt Prize:

Us based writer Sujatha Gidla has won 2018 First Shakti Bhatt book prize for her debut book ‘‘Ants Among Elephants. An untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India.” 2. FuFusiosiosiosionn Energy Conference:

The 27th Fusion Energy Conference was held in Gandhi Nagar Gujarat. It was organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency, Department of Atomic Energy and Gandhi Nagar based Institute of Plasma Research. 3. National Police Memorial:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated and dedicated National Police Memorial to Nation in New Delhi on the occasion of National Police Commemoration Day (October 21)

4. New Award:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of National award in name of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose to honor those involved in disaster response operations. 5. Proposal to Rename to Shimla:

Himachal Pradesh Government is considering a proposal to rename state capital Shimla to Shyamala. 6. Man Animal Conflict a State Declared Disaster:

Uttar Pradesh government made the man animal conflict a ‘‘State Declared Disaster” As per New announcement compensatory amount of Rs. 5 Lakh would be given to the family of deceased if attached by animal. 7. Panel to ExaExaminemine to EPFO:

A parliamentary panel on labor was constituted headed by Kirit Somaiya to examine the functioning of Employees Provident Fund Organization. 8. Asia ––– Europe Meeting Summit:

12th Asia Europe meeting summit was held in Brussels, Belgium. Indian delegation was led by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu. 9. Forbes Global Best Employers list:

Larsen & Toubro is the only Indian firm to be featured among the top 25 companies in the Forbes Global best employers list. 10. US Grand PriPrixxxx Victory:

Kimi Raikkonen has own the US Grand Prix 11. Airtel Delhi Half Marathon:

Andamalak from Ethiopia has own the Airtel - Delhi half Marathon Men’s Race 12. Maharshi Valmiki Jayanti Award: 5

Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda will be honor with Maharshi Valmiki Jayanti award by Karnataka government.

13. Asean Defence Minister Meeting:

Asean Defence Minister Meeting was held in Singapore.

22232333.10.2018.10.2018 1. Druzhba III Exercise:

Druzhba III 2018 Exercise (Friendship 2018) joint bilateral exercise between Pakistan and Russian Special Forces has begun in Pakistan. 2. Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award:

Lawyer Fali S. Nariman has been honoured with 19th Lal Bahadur Shastri National award for Excellence in Public Administration. The award was instituted in 1999. 3. Harit Diwali Swasth Diwali Campaign :::

Union Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate change has launched Harit Diwali Swasth Diwali Campaign aimed to reduce noise and air pollution in the Country. 4. India Myanmar AgAgreement:reement:

India and Myanmar have signed Memorandum of Understanding to operate and maintenance of Sittwe Port in Myanmar. Sittwe Port in Myanmar will connect India’s landlocked North Estern region to Bay of Bengal through Mizoram. 5.5.5. Iron Magic 19 ExercisesExercises::::

USA and UAE have Jointly Conducted Iron Magic 19 Exercise in Dubai. 6. World Place and Ahimsa Conference:

President Ramnath Govid has inaugurated World Peace and Ahimsa Conference at Nashik in Maharashtra. 7. Global Partners Forum: 6

The Central Government will host the 4th Edition of Global Partner’s Forum in New Delhi.

8. IRDA Pannel:

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority in India has formed a pannel to examine payment of general and health Insurance claims in installments it will be headed by Suresh Mathur. 999.9. Artificial Moon:

China is planning to launch it own Artificial Moon by 2020 to replace street lamps and to cut electricity costs in urban area. 11101000.. Luxury Cruise Ship Service:

India’s first Luxury cruise ship service was launched between Mumbai to Goa. 111111.. Carnot Prize:

Union Minister of Railway and Coal Piyush Goyal has been honoured with the 2018 carnot prize of Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. 11121222.. Space Craft to Mercury:

European and Japanese space agencies launched the Bepi Colombo spacecraft carrying two probes into orbit to Probe Mercury, the Planet closet to the sun.

22242444.10.2018.10.2018 1.1.1. New Interim Chief for CBI:

M. Nageshwar Rao was appointed as the new Interim Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation. The government asked CBI chief Alok Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthara to go on leave 2. Seoul Peace Price: 7

Prime Minister Narandra Modi has been conferred with the prestigious Seoul Peace Prize 2018 in recognition of his contribution to growth of Indian Economy and Global Economy.

3. Fastest 10,000 ODI Runs:

Virat Kholi become the fastest Cricketer to score 10,000 runs in One Day Internationals Tendulkar took 259 innings to get 10,000 runs while kholi has batted in 205 innings. He become 5th Indian to achieve 10,000 runs. 4. Barak 8 Missile Agreement:

India has agreed to buy Barak 8 LRSAM Air Missile Defence System from Israel for value of 777 million dollar for seven ship of the Indian Navy. 5. New Training Ship:

Reliance indigenously built training vessel ICGS Varuna was launched at Pipavau port in Gujarat. 6. World Longest Sea Bridge:

China has inaugurated world longest sea bridge with length of 55 km connecting Hong Kong, Zhahai Macay in Pearl River delta. 7. International Conference:

International Conference an Status and Protection of Coral Reefs 2018 was held at Bangaram Island in Lakshadweep International Coral Reef Initiative has declared year 2018 as International year of the Reef.

8. New Editor of Hindu:

Suresh Nambath was appointed as next editor of Hindu News Paper. 9. First World Agriculture Prize:

M.S. Swaminathan will be receiving the First World Agriculture Prize instituted by the Indian Council of Food and Agriculture in New Delhi.

10. Miss Deaf Asia: 8

Haryana girl Nishtha Dudeja has won the prestigious title of Miss Deaf Asia 18th edition of Miss and Mister Deaf World Europe-Asia Beauty pageant was 2018 held at Prague in Czech Republic. 11. Cameroon New President:

Paul Biya has own in Cameroon President election for his 7th term. 12. International Dance Festival:

International Dance Festival was held in Gwalior. 13. Vijay HazarHazareeee Trophy:

Mumbai was own the Vijay Hazare Trophy by defeat Delhi.

22252555.10.2018.10.2018 1. Retirement:

West Indies all rounder and former caption Dwayn Bravo has announced his retirement from International Cricket while remaining available to play domestic T20 league around the globe. 2. Main Nahin Hum Portal and App:

Prime Ministry Narendra Modi launched Main Nahin Hum portal and App for (Self for Socity) which is aimed at pooling the resource put in towards social causes and aligning them with the initiative of the government such as Swatch Bharat, Skill India. 3. Global Agriculture Leadership Summit 2018

Global Agriculture Leadership Summit 2018 was held in New Delhi 444.4. World’s Oldest Ship:

World oldest intact ship wreck was found at bottom of the Black sea. It appear to have undisturbed for more than 2400 years. 555.5. First Trilateral Meeting:

The first Trilateral Meeting between India, Afghanistan and Iran was held in Tehran for Chabahar port project. 9

666.6. UN Award for Excellence:

Invest India won the 2018 UN Award for excellence in promoting investment in sustainable development at the World Investment Forum, Geneva. 777.7. Punjab and Israel AgreementAgreement::::

Punjab Government has signed four Memorandum of Understanding with Israel for the issue of farmers and depleting ground water level in the state.

888.8. Sagar Discourse 2 Conference:

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated 3 day SAGAR discourse 2 conference in Panaji, Goa. SAGAR – Security And Growth for All in the Region. 999.9. First Rooftop Solar Powered Cinima:

Mumbai Metro Inox is now India’s first rooftop solar powered cinema. 11101000.. International Conference on Primary Health Cane:

2nd International Conference on Primary Health was held in Astana Kazakhstan. 111111.. Outward Migrants Report:

According to Asian Development Bank report the most of the international migrants in 2017 were from India. 11121222.. India Indonesia Agreement:

India and Indonesia have decided to boost maritime cooperation. 11131333.. World Secont Largest Solar Market:

India become 2nd largest solar market in the world after China.

22262666.10.2018.10.2018 1. Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony: 10

Union Government has announced winners of Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony for year 2014, 2015, 2016 2014 – Rajkumar Singhajit Singh (Manipuri Dancer) 2015 – Chhayanaut (Bangladesh Cultural Organization) 2016 – Ram Vanji Sutar (Sculptor) 2. India Mobile Congress:

The second edition of India Mobile Congress was held in New Delhi Theme – New Digital Horizons Connect Create, Innovate. 3. Commonwealth Award:

India has own Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management award 2018. 4. Bharat Stage IV Ban:

Supreme Court ruled that no Bharat Stage IV vehicle shall be sold across the country with effect from April 2022 5. New President Ethiopia:

Sahle Work Zewde has been selected as first Women’s President of Ethiopia. 6. National Sports Stadium for Differently Abled:

Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot has announced that International Stadium for differently abled person will be set up in Meghalaya. 7. Pakistan Manned Space Mission:

Pakistan Cabinet has approved the plan of sending Pakistan’s first ever manned space mission in 2022 with help of China. 8. PaPashushu Sanjeevni Sewa Scheme:

Haryana government introduced the Pashu Sanjeevni Seva Scheme to provide free of cost health care service to the livestock in the state through veterinary clinics. 9. New Web Portal of SPARC:

The Minister of Human Resource Developments Prakash Javadekar launched the web portal of SPARC (Scheme for Promotion of 11

Academic and Research Collaboration, Which aims at improving the research ecosystem of India’s higher education.) 10. 10th Nuclear Energy Conclave:

10th Nuclear Energy Conclave was held in New Delhi. The Union Ministers of State for Atomic Energy and Space Dr.Jitendra Singh has announced that new nuclear power plant is coming up in Haryana. 11. New Prime Minister of Sri Lanka:

Mahinda Rajapaksa has been appointed as New Prime Minister of Sri Lanka replacing Ranil Wickremesinghe by President Maithripala Sirisena.

27.10.2018 1. Herbicide Ban:

The Punjab Government has decided to ban the sale of Glyphosate herbicide which is extensively used in the state of Punjab to control a wide variety of weeds in all the crops. 2. Travel Destination Award:

According to Lonely Planet’s Best Travel Book, Sri Lanka has been chosen as the best travel destination among the list of countries to visit in 2019 3. JCB Prize for Literature:

Malayalam author Benyamin has bagged the first JCB prize for literature for his book ‘‘Jasmine Days.” 4. Joint Working Group:

Union Cabinet has approved the MOU signed between India and Singapore for Constitution of a Joint Working Group on Fintech. 5. International Arya mahasammelanmahasammelan::::

President Ram Nath Govind has inaugurated the International Arya Mahasammelan 2018 in New Delhi. 6. Impactful Policy ReseResearcharch in Social Sciences: 12

Union Human Resource Development Ministry Prakash Javadekar launched the web portal of the scheme Impactful Policy Research in Social Sciences (IMPRESS) to strengthen the research ecosystem in the country. The Indian Council of Social Science and Research will be the project implementing agency. 7. New Enforcement HaHand:nd:

The IRS officer Sanjay Kumar Mishra as appointed the New Chief of the Enforcement Directorate. 8. India’s Next Ambassador to Myanmar:

Saurabh Kumar was appointed the next Ambassador of India to Myanmar.

9. Acting Chief Justice of Allabhabad High Court:

Justice Govind Mathur was appointed as the acting Chief Justice of the Allhabad High Court. 10. New Robot to help Detect Diseases:

United Nation’s (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Scientists have developed cell sized robots named Syncells to help detect diseases. 11. New Chief Justice for High Courts:

Bombay High Court – NH Patil Calcutta High Court – DK Gupta Gauhati High Court – AS Bopanna Sikkim High Court – UK Bist 12. World Health Startup Award:

Roopan Sharma from India won the World Health Summit Startup Award 2018 at an annual event of the Health Summit in Berlin. 13. Trident Juncture 2018 Exercise:

NATO’S Trident Junctrue 2018 Millitan exercise began in Norway.

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111.1. Organic FestivalFestival::::

Women and Child development Ministry will inaugurate fifth edition of women of India National Organic Festival in New Delhi. 222.2. Drought in Maharashtra:

Maharashtra government has declared drought in 180 out of 358 Talukes of the state due to irregular Monsoon. 333.3. New Railway Line:

The Cabinet Committee on Economic affairs approved in new railway line between Bahraich and Khalilabad in Uttar Pradesh with estimated cost of Rs.4939.78 crore.

444.4. Soyuz Rocket launched by Russia:

Russia has successfully launched a Soyuz – 21B rocket for the first time since the failure of a similar rocket to the International Space Station. 555.5. India Japan Annual Summit:

13th Annual Summit of India and Japan will began in Tokyo 666.6. Onsite Myseams:

Tamil language and Cultural Minister K. Pandiyarajan has announced that the government will set up three onsite museums in keeladi, korkai, Adichanallur to display ancient artifacts excavated. 777.7. North East Festival:

The fifth edition of North East festival is being organized in New Delhi 15th edition of Indian International Centre of Arts Festival is to be held from 27, 31 October 2018. 888.8. India Become Third Largest Aviation Market:

India will be among the top three aviation market by 2024 recording to International Air Transport Association. 14

999.9. Fact Sheet ––– Mammals of India:

Mammals of India, new model of repository of Indian mammals was created by the Scientists and Researchers from the National Center for Biological Science, Bangalore. 10. Krishi Kumbha:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated three day long krishi kumbh 2018 in lucknow. 11. FIOFACT Conference:

To motivate organic farming Union Minister Suresh Prabha inaugurated 3 day 10the edition of BIOFACT India conference in New Delhi.

22292999.10.2018.10.2018 1. British and Arunachal Pradesh Agreement:

The Arunachal Pradesh State Government and British Council have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen education and cultural cooperation. 2. New Brazil’s President:

Jair Bolsonaro has won a sweeping victors in Brazil’s Presidential election. He hails from right wings party. 3. Ireland New President:

Michael D Higging has been selected as the President of Ireland. 4. Asian Champion Trophy Hockey:

India and Pakistan’s Men Hockey teams were declared joint winner of the Asian Champion Trophy Hockey after final match was called off due to heavy rain which was held in Mascot Oman. 5. Bangladesh and World Bank Agreement:

Bangladesh and World Bank Signed a agreement to improve the transparency and efficiency of its major cash Transfer Programmes. 15

6. Community Radio:

The Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi would be launching a Community Radio Station. 7. Fine on Face Book:

British has slapped Face Book with a fine worth 5,00,000 pounds for its behavior in the Cambridge Analytical Scandal. 8. Mega Food Port in Gujarat:

Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat kaur Badal has inaugurated Gujarat’s Mega Food Park in Surat.

999.9. Best Mining Equipment Seller Award:

Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEMC) has won the best mining Equipment Seller award. 11101000.. Swachh Nyayalaya:

700 Crore Swachh Nyayalaya Project has been proposed to clean up courts. 111111.. Lion Air Plane Crash:

Indonesian Lion Air flight 610 crashed into the sea minutes after take off from the capital Jakarta to pangkal pinang killing all 189 people on board. 11121222.. China France Launch Satellite:

To study Ocean surface Winds and Waves French and China have jointly launched a satellite that contains two radar SWIM and SCAT. 11131333.. UAES First Indigenous Male Satellite:

Khalifasat, the satellite home made from UAE was launched by Japan.

303030.10.201830.10.2018 1. Gandhian Thought and Swachh Seminar: 16

Gandhian Thought and Swachh Seminar was organized by the Ministory of Drinking water and Sanitation in Wardha district of Maharashtra Swacch Bharat Mission was launched by Modi on 150 Birth Day Celebration of Mahatma Gandhi 2. Electrol Bonds:

SBI was authorized by Central Government to sale of electoral bond to donate political party. 3. Ban for Vehicle:

The Supreme Court of India has prohibited the playing of 15 year old petrol and 10 year old diesel vehicles in Delhi.

4. New Entry to International Solar Alliance:

Japan will be the 71th country to sign and 48th Country to ratify the ISA Frame work Agreement. 5. Currency SwaSwapppp Agreement:

India and Japan entered into a 75 billion dollar agreement to boost Indian economy. 6. First Sovereign Blue Bond:

The Republic of Seychelles has launched the world first sovereign blue bond to support sustainable marine and fisheries project. 7. North East Olympic Games:

The first North East Olympic Games was held in Imphal. Eight North Eastern state were participated and Manipur secured the top spot. 8. India’s Largest Dry Dock:

The Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has laid foundation stone for India’s largest 1799 crore dry dock at Cochin Shipyard. 9. National Slummit on Public Health Care: 17

The 5th National Summit on Public Health care was held at kaziranga ,Assam. 10. New Chief Justice for Bombay High Court:

Justice Naresh Harish Chandra Patil was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court. 11. Miss Grand International 2018

Miss Grand International 2018 was own by Maria Clara Sosa of Paraguay that event was held Myanmar. 12. Basel Open:

Roger Federer has won Bassel open for ninth time in his career. 13. World Largest Airport:

Words Largest Airport under one roof was opened in Istanbul Turkey.

14. Air Pollution City Index (WHO):

I – Delhi II – Kanpur III - Faridabad

313131.10.201831.10.2018 1. New Tool to Monitor Fake News:

Researchers from University of Michigan in US developed the tool Iffy Quotient that will monitor spread of fake news on social media plat forms. 2. Green Fire CratersCraters::::

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research developed has developed less polluting green fire crackers named Saws, Safal, Star. 3. Costal Disaster Alert System:

Odisha government has launched an Automatic Public Address System to warn citizens about cyclone and tsunami, floods. 18

This is the find kind Technology in the field of Early warning dissemination system in India. 4. World Tallest StatueStatue::::

Modi has inaugurated world tallest statue with monument to Independence campaigner Sardar vallabhai patel at Kavadiya Gujarat. Total Hight 182 Meter. It was named “Statue of Unity” Expenses – 2989 crore Sculpture – Ram V. Sundar Construction – L&T. Foundation – 2015 December - 19 5. Rashtriya Ekta Diwas:

October 31 the birthday of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was celebrated as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas.

6. 2 + Dialogue:

India and Japan have decided to hold 2 + 2 dialog between Foreign Minister and Defence Minister level. 7. Clean Air Week:

A clean Air week from November 1 to November 5 will be organized by Delhi Government. 8. Inter State has Service:

Uttar Pradesh and Uttarah Khand have signed a agreement to strengthen interstate bus service. 9. Technology Facility Center:

Union Ministry State for North Eastern Jitendra Singh laid foundation stone for Technology Facility Center at Jorhat Assam. 10. Uttar Pradesh and Japan Agreement:

The food value chain will be developed by Uttar Pradesh and Japan 11. Robotic Dinosaurs Gallery: 19

India’s first gallery on robotic dinosaurs was inaugurated at kapurthala, Punjab.