OCTOBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS PDF Recruitment.guru Follow Us OCTOBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS CONTENTS: Important Dates and Events___________________________________ 2 Agreements News __________________________________________ 4 Science & Technology News ___________________________________ 5 Appointments & Resignations News ____________________________ 7 Awards News ______________________________________________ 9 National News ____________________________________________ 12 International News _________________________________________ 18 Business News ____________________________________________ 22 Sports News ______________________________________________ 25 Obituary News ____________________________________________ 28 Current Affairs 2017 - 18 PDF Collections _______________________ 29 More Current Affairs _______________________________________ 30 Recommendations _________________________________________ 30 www.recruitment.guru/current-affairs/ | 1 Follow Us OCTOBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS Important Dates and Events ▪ World Habitat Day is celebrated on the first Monday of October. ▪ World Ballet Day is celebrated in the first week of October. ▪ World Sight Day is celebrated on the second Thursday of October. ▪ International Day of Older persons is celebrated on October 1. ▪ World Coffee Day is celebrated on October 1st. ▪ World Vegetarian Day is celebrated on October 1st. ▪ Gandhi Jayanthi is celebrated on October 2 on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi. ▪ International Day of Non-Violence is celebrated on October 2 ▪ German Unity Day is celebrated on October 3 every year in Germany. ▪ Stevie Ray Vaughan Day is celebrated October 3rd every year in Austin, Texas, US. ▪ World Animal Day is celebrated on October 4 with the Mission of raising the status of animals. ▪ World Teachers' Day is held annually on October 5. ▪ National Poetry Day is celebrated on 6 October in Britain and it is a British campaign to promote poetry, including public performances. ▪ World Post Day in India is celebrated on October 9 every year. ▪ World Mental Health Day is celebrated with the objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world on October 10. www.recruitment.guru/current-affairs/ | 2 Follow Us OCTOBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS ▪ International Day of the Girl Child is an international observance day declared by the United Nations on October 11. ▪ Fiesta Nacional de Espana is the national day of Spain. It is held annually on October 12 and is a national holiday. ▪ World Standards Day (or International Standards Day) is celebrated internationally each year on 14 October. ▪ Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is a day of remembrance for pregnancy loss and infant death which is celebrated on October 15. ▪ Global Handwashing Day is celebrated on October 15 everyone. ▪ World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on 16 October in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization. ▪ International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is celebrated on October 17. ▪ Phan day is celebrated on October 19 every year. ▪ Mole Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated among chemists, chemistry students and chemistry enthusiasts on October 23, between 6:02 a.m. and 6:02 p.m. ▪ UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter which is celebrated on October 24. ▪ Intersex Awareness Day is an internationally observed on October 26 which is the awareness day designed to highlight human rights issues faced by intersex people ▪ Labor Day is observed on October 27 in New Zealand. ▪ National Cat Day is observed on October 29 in US. ▪ Reformation Day is a Protestant Christian religious holiday celebrated on October 31 www.recruitment.guru/current-affairs/ | 3 Follow Us OCTOBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS Agreements ➢ Asian Development Bank (ADB) and India sign $150 Million Loan to improve Regional Connectivity in North Bengal and North-East ➢ India and ADB signed $110 Million Loan to Improve Rural Connectivity in Madhya Pradesh ➢ UNICEF & NASSCOM sign MoU to strengthen child rights ➢ CII, UN Environment signed MoU for environmental cooperation ➢ Coal India signs MoU with NLC for 5000 MW power generation through joint venture company ➢ IIT Madras signed MoU with TN e-Governance agency for data driven governance ➢ SBI signed MoU with Nepal’s National Banking Institute for human resource development ➢ NSE signs pact with Uttarakhand government to enhance MSMEs growth in state ➢ Central University of Jammu signs MoU with ISRO to set up Space Applications Center ➢ IWAI launches Ro-Ro service from Neamati to Manjuli Island in Assam ➢ India and Sri Lanka sign two MoU for construction of 1200 houses ➢ India-Azerbaijan signed protocol on trade and economic, science and technology cooperation ➢ OYO partners with payments platform PhonePe ➢ IRCTC launched ‘Ask Disha’ chatbot on its e-ticketing website www.recruitment.guru/current-affairs/ | 4 Follow Us OCTOBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS ➢ ICFRE signed 2 MOUs with Navoday Vidyalaya Samiti and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan for promotion of conservation ➢ India and Tanzania sign 2 MoUs in New Delhi Science & Techology o Japan’s Minerva-II-1 rovers send back first video from asteroid Ryugu 280 million km away o China launches Centispace-1-s1 satellite on Kuaizhou-1A low-cost solid-fuel rocket o Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe launches new robot MASCOT onto asteroid Ryugu’s surface o Development trials of Astra Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVR-AAM) Completed Successfully o Parker Solar Probe completes first Venus flyby: NASA o Successful night trial of Prithvi-II missile from Odisha o Scientists develop tiny spheres to trap water contaminants (bisphenol A) o British scientists create 3D-printed meals o First bio-electronic medicine developed o China successfully launches two remote sensing satellites o NASA’s Voyager 2 probe approaches Interstellar Space o Scientists have developed what may be the world’s fastest camera: T-CUP www.recruitment.guru/current-affairs/ | 5 Follow Us OCTOBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS o IRCTC launched ‘Ask Disha’ chatbot on its e-ticketing website o Navy inducted first Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel to rescue sunk, disaster-hit submarines o NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory space telescope shuts down in orbit o China launches twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites to speed up GPS-style system o Chinese scientists develop nanogenerator to power wearable electronics o World’s first lab-grown oesophagus implanted in mice o Scientists develop web-based tool to monitor fake news on Facebook, Twitter o US military successfully tested ballistic missile intercept system o First indigenously overhauled Sukhoi-30 MKI handed over to IAF by 11 BRD, Ojhar o Vikram: lander for soft landing on the Moon successfully tested by ISRO o Rocket carrying 1st UAE-made satellite launched from Japan o China, France launch satellite to study climate change o World’s first bio-brick grown from human urine. www.recruitment.guru/current-affairs/ | 6 Follow Us OCTOBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS Appointments & Resignations ❖ Max Life MD Rajesh Sud resigned, CFO Prashant Tripathy appointed as next MD ❖ 6-member board led by Uday Kotak set up to appoint chairman of IL&FS ❖ Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad elected as new Hockey India president ❖ Arun Kumar appointed Director General of Railway Protection Force (RPF) ❖ Rajesh Agrawal Takes over charge as a New Member (Rolling Stock), Railway Board ❖ Ravi Venkatesan appointed UNICEF’s special representative ❖ India-born Harvard professor Gita Gopinath was appointed the chief economist of IMF ❖ OPPI re-elected A Vaidheesh as President for 2nd term ❖ Facebook appoints Adam Mosseri as Instagram Head ❖ Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad elected as new Hockey India president ❖ Sudhir Garg appointed as CMD of National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) ❖ Sanjay Verma appointed India’s Ambassador to Spain ❖ Vikram Limaye appointed Chairman of Working Committee and Director on the Board of WFE ❖ IL&FS appoints Vineet Nayyar as Vice-chairman and Managing Director www.recruitment.guru/current-affairs/ | 7 Follow Us OCTOBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS ❖ WFE appoints NSE’s Vikram Limaye as Chairman of Working Committee ❖ Government appoints former Canara Bank MD Rakesh Sharma as IDBI MD ❖ Srinivasan Swamy appointed chairman of International Advertising Association (IAA) ❖ Hima Das joins Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) in Guwahati as HR officer ❖ Pankaj Sharma Appointed India’s Ambassador to UN Conference On Disarmament ❖ Brett Kavanaugh Sworn in As US Supreme Court Justice ❖ Yes Bank names TS Vijayan & OP Bhatt as external members for MD selection panel ❖ Mahesh Reddy appointed as PHDCCI Secretary General ❖ Pravin Srivastava appointed as India’s third Chief Statistician ❖ Brett Kavanaugh Sworn in As US Supreme Court Justice ❖ Nikki Haley resigns as US ambassador to UN ❖ Former SBI chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya joins ChrysCapital as advisor ❖ Tushar Mehta appointed as the new Solicitor General of India ❖ HDFC Bank appoints Vinay Razdan as Chief Human Resources Officer ❖ Bank of Baroda’s MD and CEO P S Jayakumar gets one-year extension ❖ AirAsia India names Sunil Bhaskaran as MD and CEO www.recruitment.guru/current-affairs/ | 8 Follow Us OCTOBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS ❖ Arun Kumar Rath replaces M Ravi, takes charge as Bhilai Steel Plant CEO ❖ Suchitra Durai appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Thailand ❖ Priyank Kanoongo appointed chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) ❖ Shekhar Mande appointed as Director-General