Current Affairs Booster October Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will lead the Indian Parliamentary Delegation in the eighth conference of SAARC President and Member of Parliament, organized in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 4-6 October. The Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi inaugurated the 3rd annual ‘Women of India Organic Festival’ at Dilli Haat (INA). Indian opener Rohit Sharma broke back into the top-five at fifth, while skipper Virat Kohli held on to the numero uno position in the latest ICC ODI rankings. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu unveiled a 1.8-metre-tall bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat on the occasion of the 148th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation. Thaawarchand Gehlot Flags off “WALKATHON” for Older Persons at India Gate to mark ‘International Day of Older Persons’. A 38-year-old Sikh lawyer has been elected the leader of Canada's New Democratic Party, becoming the first non-white politician to head a major political party in the country. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the newly-built airport at Shirdi in Maharashtra and flagged off the facility’s first commercial flight to Mumbai. A Ghana-based Indian entrepreneur, Birendra Sasmal has won the 'International Business Person of the Year' award in the UK for his efforts to bring innovative IT solutions to Africa. Three US Scientists Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W Young have been selected for the 2017 Nobel Medicine Prize for their work on 'internal biological clocks'. The US-based National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) has elected Indian School of Business professor Prajapati Trivedi as a lifetime fellow of the institute. With this, Professor Trivedi became the first Indian to be bestowed this honour. President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed five-member commission to examine sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes (OBCs). It will be headed by retired Chief Justice of Delhi High Court G. Rohini. Noted Marathi writer and senior journalist H M Marathe passed away. He was 77. China-led AIIB and multilateral funding agency ADB will co-finance a USD 100-million loan for India to improve power transmission network and expand the use of solar and wind energy. Fitch Ratings has lowered India's economic growth forecast for the current fiscal to 6.9 per cent from 7.4 per cent. Veteran rock singer Tom Petty died. He was 66. Singer Asha Bhosle unveiled her wax statue at the Madame Tussauds Museum in Delhi. The Central Water Commission (CWC) has signed MoUs with IIT-Roorkee and Allahabad’s Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) to support dam rehabilitation efforts. The Union Health Ministry has been declared as the "best department" for its contribution to Swachhta Pakhwada, an inter-ministry initiative organised by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation to promote cleanliness in government offices and health facilities. Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for the year 2017 "for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution." Reserve Bank of India has kept all the policy rates unchanged in its fourth bi-monthly Monetary Policy Review. However, the central bank has reduced the economic growth projection for the current financial year to 6.7 percent. Current Policy Rates- Policy Repo Rate: 6.00% Reverse Repo Rate: 5.75% Marginal Standing Facility Rate: 6.25% Bank Rate: 6.25% Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne has been awarded with the 2017 Nobel Physics Prize for decisive contributions to the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory) detector and the observation of gravitational waves. The Union Cabinet has given its approval for the signing and ratification of the Extradition Treaty between India and Lithuania. The Treaty would provide a legal framework for seeking extradition of terrorists, economic offenders and other criminals from and to Lithuania. The Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Soumya Swaminathan, has been appointed as the deputy director general of programmes of the World Health Organisation (WHO). Rio Paralympics silver medalist Deepa Malik will be honoured with the M G Mehta Human Spirit award. The Chairman of National Highways Authority of India Deepak Kumar launched a world class, new multilingual website of the organization and a Project Monitoring Information System (PMIS) Moblie App. Iraq's first non-Arab President Jalal Talabani passed away. He was 83. The eighth annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 will be held in Hyderabad, India from 28 to 30 November 2017. The Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Myanmar on upgradation of the Women’s Police Training Centre at Yamethin, Myanmar. Britain's Kazuo Ishiguro has been selected for the Nobel Prize for Literature 2017 for his novel 'Remains of the Day'. Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das inaugurated Reeling-cum-Twisting machine made by the Central Tassar Research and Training Institution. The machine has been named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee---Atal Reeling-cum-Twisting machine. Mahaveer Raghunathan became the first Indian to win a European racing championship. Wipro Digital, the digital business arm of IT major Wipro will acquire Cooper, a design and business strategy consultancy company for USD 8.5 million (approx. Rs 55.4 crore). Forbes magazine’s annual ‘India Rich List 2017’, Reliance Industries Chief Mukesh Ambani emerged as India’s wealthiest for the 10th straight year. While, country's third largest software company Wipro's Azim Premji, is at the second place with net worth of $19 billion. International Cricket Council announced New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson as the event ambassador for the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2018. India signed a USD 4.5 billion third line of credit (LoC) agreement with Bangladesh. Bangladesh will use this credit for infrastructure and social sector development. Pooja Kadian became the first ever Indian sportsperson to win a gold medal at the Wushu World Championship. Paul Otellini, the former Chief Executive Officer of Intel, passed away. He was 66. Finnish clean energy firm Fortum Oyj has entered into a pact with state-owned construction company NBCC for developing electric vehicle charging infrastructure at all its upcoming projects. The Union Cabinet has approved Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Ministry of Railways, and Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications of Swiss Confederation on Technical Cooperation in Rail Sector. International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) has won the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2017. India and Ethiopia signed agreements for cooperation in trade, communication and media sectors. Former Union minister and socialist leader Purushottam Lal Kaushik died. He was 87. Activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh will be posthumously given the 'Anna Politkovskaya Award' this year, making her the first Indian to receive the honour. The award is conferred by London-based organisation RAW in WAR (Reach All Women in War). Ganga Prasad sworn in as the 17th Governor of Meghalaya. While Banwarilal Purohit sworn in as the 25th Governor of Tamil Nadu. Global payments technology major Mastercard and the Andhra Pradesh government signed a pact to create a "digital ecosystem" in the state. Hollywood star George Clooney will be honoured with the AFI Life Achievement Award. Australia's fast bowler John Hastings announced his retirement from ODI and Test cricket. According to the latest report by 'Twiplomacy', Donald Trump is now the world’s most followed leader on Twitter. While Pope Francis is the second and Narendra Modi is the third most followed leader on Twitter. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an intensive immunisation drive from Gujarat's Vadnagar, saying no child should suffer from any vaccine- preventable disease. RMV Gurusaidutt won the Bulgarian International badminton tournament Future Series men’s singles title. India's largest steel producer SAIL announced the signing of a strategic pact with Posco for collaboration on technical services for its plant in West Bengal. Indian shuttler Samiya Imad Farooqui clinched the gold medal at the Under-15 women's singles competition after defeating Indonesia's Widjaja Stephani at the Asian Junior Championship. Indian golfer Ajeetesh Sandhu won the Yeangder Tournament Players Championship to clinch his maiden Asian Tour title. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation Stones for a Greenfield airport for Rajkot; six-laning of Ahmedabad-Rajkot National Highway; and four-laning of Rajkot-Morbi State Highway. Young table tennis players of India won the gold medal in the team event at Serbia Open Junior and Cadet Open. Jemson N and Ankita Bhakat won the gold medal in the recurve team event in World Archery Youth Championships and India won three medals in the tournament. The Nobel Prize in Economic for the year 2017 has been awarded to Dr Richard H Thaler for his contributions to behavioural economics. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the Rs 4,337-crore Bhadbhut Barrage project in Bharuch, Gujarat. It aims to stop the ingress of salinity along the Narmada River. Noted journalist Bismoy Kumar Mohanty died. He was 62. Actor Mohan Joshi will be conferred with the coveted Vishnudas Bhave award on November 5. Spain's Rafael Nadal defeated Nick Kyrgios of Australia to win the China Open 2017. Rajesh Nath, Managing Director of VDMA India, has been conferred the ‘Cross of the Order of Merit’, the highest civilian honour awarded to individuals for their services to Germany. President Ram Nath Kovind launched a 100 crore rupees Mata Amritanandamayi Math Project "Jeevamritham "to provide filtration system for cleaning drinking water to 5000 villages across India, in kollam district in Kerala.