Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (15th to 21st October 2018)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 3rd week of October 2018. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming IBPS PO, Clerk 2018 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

Important Weekly Current Affairs 3rd Week of October 2018

 

1) World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on – 16 October.

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Theme Abu Dhabi

2) 35 Multimodal logistics park policy proposed by – Commerce ministry

3) Germany and the UK launched new GRiF, with support from – the World Bank

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UK Capital London
Currency Pound Sterling
PM Therasa May

4) Vaishno Devi shrine board enhanced the free insurance cover to pilgrims to – Rs five lakh.

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Jammu & Kashmir Capital Jammu & Srinagar
CM Vacant
Governor Satya Pal Malik

5) Minting of which denomination coin is cut by half due to non-availability of raw material – Rs 10 coins

6) WPI Inflation Rises To 5.13% in – September

7) New chairman of Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) – Nimesh Shah

8) Hridaynath Award for lifetime achievement is won by – Khayyam

9) 2018 Fukuoka Arts and Culture Prize is won by – Dr. Teejan Bai.

10) Social Entrepreneur of the Year award 2018 is won by – Prema Gopalan

11) India, Australia participate in second 2+2 dialogue in – Canberra, Australia

12) 6th India International Silk Fair held in – New Delhi

13) The book “Maharana Pratap: The Invincible Warrior” is authored by noted historian – Rima Hooja

14) Youth Road Safety Learners Licence Programme launced by MoS Road Transport – Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya

15) Rank of India in global RTI rating is – Sixth

16) First India-US tri-services exercise to be held in – 2019

17) Triangular series by defeating Sri Lanka in Blind Cricket won by – India

18) A Serbian professional tennis player who has recently won the 2018 Shanghai Masters Tennis tournament – Novak Djokovic

19) Official mascot for the Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup is – Turtle ‘Olly’

20) 8th edition of Sultan Johar Cup is won by – Great Britain

21) India’s first agriculture and food business online learning platform has launched in – Warangal

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Andhra Pradesh Capital Hyderabad, Amaravathi
CM Chandrababu Naidu
Governor ESL Narashiman

22) Korean War memorial to be built in – Delhi

23) Museum on Prime Ministers of India will be set up in – Delhi

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Delhi Capital New Delhi
CM Arvind Kejriwal
Governor Anil Bijal

24) Electric auto rickshaws are set to be launched in – Kerala

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Kerala Capital Thiruvananthapuram
CM Pinarayi Vijayan
Governor P. Sadasivam

25) RBI approved NBFC license for – Kreditech

26) BankBazaar appoints which former RBI deputy governor as advisor – SS Mundra

27) 2018 Man Booker Prize for the Novel ‘Milkman’ is won by – Anna Burns.

28) International Olympic committee award is won by – Suheil Tandon

29) Wildlife Photographer of 2018 award is won by – Dutch Oosten

30) the country that has to engage deeply with TN at the upcoming Global Investors Meet 2019 is – Australia.

31) Two-day Agri-startup and Entrepreneurship inaugurated in – New Delhi

32) 6th Meeting Of UAE-India High-Level Joint Task Force Held In – Mumbai

33) Kamal Haasan launched a safety app named – Raudram.

34) name the Union Minister of state who resigns recently – MJ Akbar.

35) Much awaited Rani-Jhansi Flyover inaugurated in – Delhi

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Delhi Capital New Delhi
CM Arvind Kejriwal
Governor Anil Bijal

36) Muzaffarpur’s Shahi Litchi Gets GI Tag of – Bihar.

37) The state that has announced formation of Kodagu Development Authority is – Karnataka.

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Karnataka Capital Bangalore
CM Kumarasamy
Governor Vajubai Rudubai Wala

38) India’s first Cryptocurrency ATM opens in – Bengaluru

39) 45 Indian companies participating in Expo Cihac held in – Mexico City

40) Arundhati Bhattacharya is appointed as additional director of – RIL

41) MoU signed between Lady Irwin College & MoRD for – Roshni

42) World’s most depressed country is – India

43) Rank of India in most competitive economy in WEF index is – 58th

44) Former UP and Uttarakhand CM Narayan Datt Tiwari passes away

45) First India, Japan joint military exercise to be held in Mizoram is – Dharma Guardian

46) What is the rank of India in Most Valuable Nation Brand – 9th

47) NCW launches dedicated e-mail address to report instances of sexual harassment at – Workplace

48) North Central Railways launches two mobile apps – NCR RASTA and Yatri RASTA

49) RBI issues guidelines for facilitating money transfer among – e-wallets

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RBI Headquarters Mumbai
Governor Urjit Patel

50) IFC Launches $1 Billion Masala Bond Programme In – The US And Europe

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IFC Headquarters Washington, D.C., United States
Chairman Philippe Le Houerou

51) Treasurer of World Steel Association is held in – Sajjan Jindal.

52) Par panel headed by Kirit Somaiya to examine functioning of – EPFO

53) PM Narendra Modi chairs 6th meeting of – NDMA

54) 12th ASEM Summit held in – Brussels, Belgium

55) 7th Meeting of Education Ministers of SCO Member States held in – Astana, Kazakhstan.

56) October 21 is observed as the – ‘Police Commemoration Day’

57) “QS India University Rankings 2019” is topped by – IIT Bombay.

58) Four Himalayan peaks near Gangotri glacier of Uttarkashi district have been named after – Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

59) World’s longest sea bridge between China-Hong Kong to open on – October 24

60) China has successfully tested the world’s largest unmanned transport drone – “Feihong-98 (FH-98)

61) China is in the process of creating an – “Artificial Moon”

62) Punjab government signed a MoU with the Centre to implement the – PMJAY

63) In a first, UP govt makes man-animal conflict a – ‘State Declared Disaster’

64) Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award for – Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

65) 4th annual Carnot Prize 2018 won by Union Minister – Piyush Goyal

66) 27th Fusion Energy Conference held in – Gandhinagar, Gujarat

67) India to Host 4th Edition Of Global Partners’ Forum in – December 2018

68) The World Diamond Council (WDC) is to hold its 14th annual general meeting (AGM) in – Mumbai

69) Yogi Adityanath’s biography by Pravin Kumar is now in – Hindi

70) CSIR-IITR has developed an innovative technology for “Drinking Water Disinfection System” called –  OneerTM

71) European and Japanese space agencies launched an – Ariane 5 rocket.

72) India’s First Domestic Cruise ‘Angriya’ Flagged Off From – Mumbai

73) Japanese Nobel chemistry laureate Shimomura dies at – 90.

 

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