Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 1st week of October 2019. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming LIC HFL and IBPS PO/Clerk 2019 and other competitive exams can make use of it.
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Current Affairs: Important Days
| Date |
Important days |
Theme |
| October 1 |
International Day of Older Persons |
“The Journey to Age Equality” |
| October 1 |
International Coffee Day |
‘Coffee’s future needs you’ |
| October 1 |
World Vegetarian Day |
– |
| October 2 |
International Day of Non-Violence |
– |
| October 4 |
World Animal Day |
– |
| October 5 |
World Teachers’ Day |
‘Young Teachers: The Future of the Profession’ |
| October 8 |
Air Force Day (India) |
– |
| October 4-10 |
World Space Week |
“The Moon: Gateway to the Stars.” |
| October 2 – 8 |
National Wildlife Week |
Life Below Water: For people and planet |
Current Affairs: National
- Ram Vilas Paswan launched the a mobile app ‘Consumer App’ to help consumers register complaints and get redressal within 60 days
- SmritiIrani Inaugurated the India’s largest ‘Charkha’ made of waste plastic in Noida
- Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) cards to continue as valid travel document till March 2020
- Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off the Delhi-KatraVande Bharat Express from the New Delhi Railway Station
- Air India has launched “NamaskarSewa” at Delhi airport to provide better services to the passengers
| USEFUL INFO |
| Air India Headquarters |
New Delhi |
| Air India Chairman & MD |
Ashwani Lohani |
- Government has launched a web portal, Prakash, to improve coal supply to power plants
- Ministry of Tourism has launched Audio Guide facility App “Audio Odigos” for 12 sites of India
- Union Minister of Textiles, SmritiIrani to represent India at World Cotton Day celebrations in Geneva
- Government launches ‘Ganga Aamantran’ a month long exploratory open water rafting expedition
- Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan launched a digital platform ‘eDantseva’ for oral health information
- Government constituted a working group under the chairmanship of GuruprasadMohapatra to prepare contours of New Industrial Policy
- NITI Aayog, UNDP and Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) launched Youth Co:Lab, a youth lab programme for entrepreneurs to accelerate innovation
- Ministry of Tourism organises first of its kind Adventure Trekking Training course in Ladakh
| USEFUL INFO |
| Ministry of Tourism |
| Minister of State (I\C) |
Prahalad Singh Patel |
| Constituency |
Damoh, Madhya Pradesh |
Current Affairs: International
- Madagascar is set to issue a postal stamp bearing the image of Mahatma Gandhi to celebrate his 150th birth anniversary
| USEFUL INFO |
| Madagascar Capital |
Antananarivo |
| Madagascar Currency |
Malagasy ariary |
| Madagascar President |
Andry Rajoelina |
Current Affairs: State
- Telangana has become one the fully electrified states in the country
| USEFUL INFO |
| Telangana Capital |
Hyderabad |
| Telangana CM |
Chandrasekhar Rao |
| Telangana Governor |
Tamilisai Soundararajan |
- Rajasthan government announced a ban on pan masala containing magnesium carbonate, nicotine, tobacco, mineral oil and flavoured ‘supari’ in the state
| USEFUL INFO |
| Rajasthan Capital |
Jaipur |
| Rajasthan CM |
Ashok Gehlot |
| Rajasthan Governor |
Kalraj Mishra |
- Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat launched an awareness campaign ‘Urjagiri’ to stop power theft
| USEFUL INFO |
| Uttarakhand Capital |
Dehradun |
| Uttarakhand CM |
Trivendra Singh Rawat |
| Uttarakhand Governor |
Baby Rani Maurya |
- India’s first e-waste clinic to be set up in Bhopal,Madhya Pradesh
| USEFUL INFO |
| Madhya Pradesh Capital |
Bhopal |
| Madhya Pradesh CM |
Kamal Nath |
| Madhya Pradesh Governor |
Lal Ji Tandon |
Current Affairs: Banking and Finance
- RBI sets Ways and Means Advances (WMA) limit for Government at Rs. 35000crore for second half of FY 2019-20
- India’s current account deficit (CAD) narrowed to $14.3 billion or 2% of GDP during April-June quarter
- Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India has decided to reduce the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis points to 5.15% from 5.40% with immediate effect
| USEFUL INFO |
| RBI Headquarters |
Mumbai |
| RBI Governor |
Shaktikant Das |
|
RBI Deputy Governor |
BP Kanungo, N S Vishwanathan, and Mahesh Kumar Jain |
| Repo Rate |
5.15% |
| Reverse Repo Rate |
4.90% |
| Marginal Standing Facility |
5.40% |
| Bank Rate |
5.40% |
| CRR |
4% |
| SLR |
18.75 |
- State Bank of India becoming the first Indian bank to have a branch in the Australian state of Victoria
| USEFUL INFO |
| State Bank of India Headquarters |
Mumbai |
| State Bank of India Tagline |
The Banker to every Indian |
| State Bank of India Chairperson |
Rajnish Kumar |
- All public sector banks across all states to function from 10 am to 4 pm from October 1
- Axis Bank has launched the ‘Express FD’ a digital Fixed Deposit product
| USEFUL INFO |
| Axis Bank CEO |
Amitabh Chaudhry |
| Axis Bank Headquarters |
Mumbai |
| Axis Bank Tagline |
Badhti Kanaam Zindagi |
- Paisalo Digital has signed a co-origination loan agreement with Bank of Baroda to empower farmers, MSME segment and small businesses
- S&P Global Ratings slashed India growth forecast for FY20 (2019-20) to 6.3% from 7.1%
Interest rate on Small Savings Scheme from October and December Quarter
| Instrument |
Interest rate (%) from 01.10.2019 |
Compounding Frequency |
| Five Year Senior Citizen Savings Scheme |
8.6 |
Quarterly and paid |
| Five Year National Savings Certificate |
7.9 |
Annually |
| Public Provident Fund |
7.9 |
Annually |
| KisanVikasPatra |
7.6 (Will mature in 113 months) |
Annually |
| Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme |
8.4 |
Annually |
Current Affairs: Appointments
| Jai Bhagwan Bhoria |
New administrator for Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank |
| Surjit S Bhalla |
Executive Director for India at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) |
| KS Dhatwalia |
Director General of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) |
| MallikarjunaRao |
MD and CEO of Punjab National Bank |
| Abhishek Singh |
chief executive officer of MyGov India |
| P K Gupta |
Chairman and MDof NBCC (National Buildings Construction Corporation) |
| Sushil Chandra Mishra |
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Oil India Limited |
| Amur S Lakshminarayanan |
Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of Tata Communications |
Current Affairs: Resignation
| Kapil Dev |
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Cricket Advisory Committee |
Current Affairs: Awards and Honours
| Thanu Padmanabhan
(physicist) |
M P Birla Memorial Award 2019 for his contributions to the world of cosmology ( trophy and a cheque for Rs. 2,51,000) |
| Caroline Criado Perez
(British feminist, activist and journalist) |
Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2019
for her 2nd book ‘Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men’
(Prize money – £25,000) |
| AzizbekAshurov |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Nansen Refugee Award 2019 |
| Ben Stokes ( England cricketer) |
Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) Players’ Player of the Year title |
| YalitzaAparicio (Mexican actress) |
UNESCO’s goodwill ambassador for indigenous peoples |
| William G KaelinJr,
Peter J Ratcliffe,
Gregg L Semenza |
2019 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (for their discoveries of “how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability) |
|
Ramesh Pandey |
Asia Environmental Enforcement Award by the United Nations Environment Programme |
- Sachin Tendulkar bagged the ‘Most Effective Swachhata Ambassador’ award at India Today Group’s fifth edition of the Safaigiri Awards
Current Affairs: Summit and Conference
- 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference 2019 inaugurated in Uganda
- Film Division in association with India Tourism will organise Gandhi Film Festival at JB Hall in Mumbai
- Drone Innovators Network Summit-2019 was held in New Delhi
Current Affairs: Ranking
| Index |
India’s Rank |
Top |
Least |
Other info |
| Global Firepower (GFP) 2019 Military Strength Ranking |
4th |
United States |
Bhutan |
137 Nations
|
- Jaipur, Jodhpur and Durgapura were the top three ranking railway stations among 720 stations in Cleanliness Survey Report
- Singapore tops new ‘citizen-centric’ IMD Smart City Index 2019 (SCI)
Current Affairs: MOU
- Aegon Life Insurance announced its tie-up with Paytm to offer comprehensive insurance products
| USEFUL INFO |
| Paytm CEO |
RenuSatti |
| Paytm Head quarters |
Noida, Uttar Pradesh |
- National e Governance Division (NeGD) signed an MoU with The National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal to implement an ‘Online Capacity Building Programme on Cyber Law
- Bank of Baroda has signedMoU with Indian Army for customised services
| USEFUL INFO |
| Bank of Baroda CEO |
P. S. Jayakumar |
| Bank of Baroda Headquarters |
Vadodara |
| Bank of Baroda Tagline |
India’s International Bank |
- India and Bangladesh signed aMoU for setting up a coastal surveillance system radar in Bangladesh
| USEFUL INFO |
| Bangladesh Capital |
Dhaka |
| Bangladesh Currency |
Taka |
| Bangladesh Prime Minister |
Sheikh Hasina |
- National Health Authority (NHA) has joined hands with Google for Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY)Implementation
Current Affairs: Science and Technology
- A minor planet, between Mars and Jupiter, has been named after PanditJasraj, the doyen of Indian classical vocal music
- ISRO to celebrate ‘World Space Week’ with 7 academic institutions in Karnataka
| USEFUL INFO |
| Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) |
| ISRO Director |
Kailasavadivoo Sivan |
| ISRO Headquarters |
Bengaluru |
Current Affairs: Books
| Author |
Book |
| Sandeep Shastri |
“Lal Bahadur Shastri: Politics and Beyond” |
| Jaspreet Bindra |
“The Tech Whisperer” |
Current Affairs: Defence
- Indo – Mongolian joint military training ‘Nomadic Elephant-XIV’ commenced in Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh
- Indo Maldives joint Exercise Ekuverin –19 to be held at Aundh Military Station in Pune, Maharashtra
Current Affairs: Sports
- Sumit Nagal has won the men’s singles title of ATP Challenger Tournament at Buenos Aires in Argentina
- A. Bhavani Devi clinched the silver medal in the women’s sabre individual category in the Tournoi satellite competition (World level) at Ghent, Belgium
- FIFA has banned former CONMEBOL president Eugenio Figueredo from all football activities for life after finding him guilty of bribery
- India Women T20I captain Harmanpreet Kaur became the first Indian (male or female) to play 100 T20I matches
- Maj AQ Khan won silver medal in 53rd Asian Body Building and Physique Sports Championship 2019 in Indonesia
- Novak Djokovicbeats John Millman of Australia to win the Japan Open tournament
- Dominic Thiem and Naomi Osaka wins China Open men and women single title respectively
- India’s senior bridge team led by DipakPoddar has won a bronze medal at World Bridge Championships
- Austria’s Christine Wolf won the Hero Women’s Indian Open at the DLF Golf and Country Club course in Gurugram
| Person |
Field |
| K P S Menon |
Former Foreign Secretary |
| V Ganesan |
Indian National Army (INA) veteran |
| Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi |
Noted nephrologist and Padma Shri awardee |
| M Gopal Gowda |
Renowned Kudmi Konkani folk artist |
