Zia Judicials Current Affair October 2019 CURRENT AFFAIRS (MONTHLY MAGAZINE) October 2019 Ziajudicials.com 011-42148003 ; 8929194873 ; 8130374873 Page 1 Zia Judicials Current Affair October 2019 NATIONAL .................................................................................................................................................. 3 INTERNATIONAL .................................................................................................................................... 35 SPORTS ...................................................................................................................................................... 54 AWARDS AND PRIZES ....................................................................................................................... 61 SUPREME COURT LATEST JUDGMENTS ........................................................................................ 66 IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AGENCIES AND FORUM ............................. 72 BOOKS AND AUTHORS ......................................................................................................................... 92 IMPORTANT DAYS ................................................................................................................................. 93 LET’S FOCUS ON PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION ........................................................................... 94 LETS FOCUS ON MAINS WRITING .................................................................................................... 106 LETS FOCUS ON INTERVIEW ...................................................................................................................... 111 LETS REVISE .......................................................................................................................................... 113 ESSAY ...................................................................................................................................................... 122 Ziajudicials.com 011-42148003 ; 8929194873 ; 8130374873 Page 2 Zia Judicials Current Affair October 2019 NATIONAL Ist OCTOBER • Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel initiated Padhe Lucknow, Badhe Lucknow campaign Under this campaign more than 10 lakh students from schools and colleges simultaneously read books in Lucknow for 45 minutes to set a new record on 1 October. The campaign was initiated by Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel. The event was coordinated by Lucknow University (LU). • The Competition Commission of India (CCI) gave its approval to an arm of Tata Group, and its two overseas partners to acquire a majority stake in GMR Airports Limited (GAL) under Section 31(1) of the Competition Act, 2002. The announcement was made by the Ministry of corporate affairs. Deal: The approval relates to the acquisition of up to 55.2% equity stake in GAL collectively by TUTPL, Valkyrie, and Solis. It is expected that the deal will pump Rs.1,000 crore into GMR Airports. • Clarivate Analytics has announced the seventh edition of the India Research Excellence-Citation Awards for 2019. The awards were announced in New Delhi. The award aims to identify and recognize the most influential researchers and institutions for their outstanding and pioneering research contributions to the country. • Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, G Kishan Reddy launched Unified Portal, a single-window online system for licensing of eating houses and lodging houses in New Delhi on 1 October. Aim: The initiative is a joint effort of various agencies involved in the process of licensing in the NCT of Delhi for facilitating ease of doing business. It also aims to make efforts to boost tourism in areas such as Kashmir and Andaman and Nicobar. • The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) in association with IIT Bombay is organizing the Global Student Solar Assembly on October 2, 2019. The day-long event scheduled at Indira Gandhi Stadium Complex, New Delhi will Ziajudicials.com 011-42148003 ; 8929194873 ; 8130374873 Page 3 Zia Judicials Current Affair October 2019 see participation of over 10,000 students from across the institutions from National Capital Region and Delhi. • Delhi Police decided to walk on an eco-friendly path to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The current push for environmentalism, Delhi Police is organizing a Plog Run in delhi near the Yamuna river bed at Geeta Colony. The event will entail collecting plastic from the Yamuna river bed. The run will be flagged off by Lieutenant General of Delhi Anil Baijal. • The Indian Air Force organized an air show and on display were the fighter aircraft and helicopters at Sulur Air Force Station near Coimbatore. The Different fighter jets and aircraft displayed at the air show included Tejas, Antonov An-32 transport aircraft, helicopters among others. The air show and display held in the run- up to the 87th Air Force Day celebrations which will be organized on October 8. • A 1,650 kg charkha (spinning wheel) which was made out of plastic waste will be inaugurated on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. It will be inaugurated by MP Mahesh Sharma. Aim: The effort aims to raise awareness among the people for proper disposal of plastic too. • Kavitha Gopal created history by becoming the first girl student of the Indian Institute Technology-Madras (IIT-M) to win the President of India Prize 2019. This is the first time a girl student has won the award in 60 years. So far, only male students had won the prize at the institute. • India Today Group Vice-Chairperson Kalli Purie was awarded India's Most Powerful Women in Media award. She received the award at the British Parliament Kallie Puri is a graduate in Politics, Philosophy & Economics from the Oxford University in England. She is the Vice-Chairperson of the India Today Group. She began her work with the India Today Group in 1996 as a marketing executive and reporter for the magazine, India Today. 2nd -3rd OCTOBER • Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurated a 2-day national workshop ‘Arogya Manthan’ in New Delhi which was held on September 30- October 1, 2019. It was organised by the National Health Authority (NHA) to Ziajudicials.com 011-42148003 ; 8929194873 ; 8130374873 Page 4 Zia Judicials Current Affair October 2019 mark the first anniversary of Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), which was launched on September 23, 2018 at Ranchi, Jharkhand by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. • On October 1, 2019 India has achieved one-crore LED(Light Emitting Diode) street light mark with the 1croreth LED street light switched on by union Power Minister R K Singh by a remote switch. The lightings are installed under Street Light National Programme (SLNP) implemented by state-owned Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) and are to achieve 1.34 crore LED street lights installation by March 2020. Key points 1) The EESL plans to bring Rs 8,000 crore investment by 2024 to cover entire rural India in next 4-5 years. Currently 1,502 urban local bodies (ULBs) across India have enrolled in the programme where work of 900 ULBs have already been completed. 2) To bring large scale transformation, EESL adopted Pay-As-You Save model where EESL makes the entire investment in the LED light installation and the municipalities pay EESL from their savings in energy and maintenance costs over a 7-year contract period. • A 2- day “Regional Conference on Developing a Comprehensive Approach: Combating Illicit Trafficking of Afghan Opiates and Drug Situation in the Northeast (NE)” held in Imphal , Manipur from September 30-October 1, 2019. Manipur Chief Minister (CM) N Biren Singh was the chief guest for the event. • Three railway stations of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Jodhpur and Durgapura have topped the Railway Cleanliness Survey 2019, conducted at 720 railway stations by the Ministry of Railways. • Rajasthan became the third state in India to ban certain categories of pan masala containing magnesium carbonate, nicotine, tobacco, mineral oil and flavoured ‘supari’ under the Food Safety Act after Maharashtra and Bihar. Even the production, storage, distribution and sale of these products is banned. Ziajudicials.com 011-42148003 ; 8929194873 ; 8130374873 Page 5 Zia Judicials Current Affair October 2019 • 150th Gandhi Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and International Day of Non-Violence was observed on October 2, 2019. The birthday of Late Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India was also observed on this day. • On the occasion of the 150th Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister Modi, declares the country open defecation free, claiming success for the government’s initiative under which every household now apparently has access to a toilet. • The central government has issued a 15 point direction including cordoning off ghats and imposing a fine of Rs. 50,000 to prevent the immersion of idols in the Ganga or its tributaries during festivals Dussehra, Diwali, chhath, and Saraswati Puja. 4th OCTOBER • President, PM take part in Guru Nanak’s 550th Birth Anniversary celebrations Former prime Minister Manmohan has agreed to be a part of the first ‘jatha’ of pilgrims to the sikh shrine Kartarpur Sahib across the border in Pakistan, while President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the 550th Birth Anniversary celebration of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev. Kartarpur sahib is a reversed shrine of the Sikh