Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (25th to 31st October 2019)

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Current Affairs: Important Days

Date Important days Theme
October 25 National Ayurveda Day
 

October 27

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage “Engage the Past Through Sound and Images”
October 28 International Animation Day
October 30 World Thrift Day (India)
October 31 National Unity Day
October 31 World Cities Day Changing the world: innovations and better life for future generations

Current Affairs: National

  1. Indian Railways has launched ‘one touch ATVM’ at 42 suburban stations of Central Railway for fast ticketing
  2. Government sets up panel under the chairmanship of K VijayRaghavan to resolve dispute between MeitY and NitiAayog over AI mission
  3. IRDAI forms panel under the chairmanship of S. Sadagopanto vet proposals for innovations
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IRDAI- Regulatory and Development Authority of India
 Chairperson Subhash Chandra Khuntia
IRDAI Headquarters Hyderabad
  1. Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has released the 14th National Health Profile (NHP) 2019

Current Affairs: International

  1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the RuPay card in Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia Capital Riyadh
Saudi Arabia Currency Saudi riyal
Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud
  1. California’s governor declared a state-wide emergency over wildfires
  2. Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) 2019 inaugurated to the public at the Sharjah Expo Centre

Current Affairs: State

1. Uttar Pradesh government changes Emergency service number from 100 to ‘Dial 112

  1. Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath launched Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana on the occasion of Dhanteras
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Uttar Pradesh Capital Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adithiyanath
Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel
  1. Andhra Pradesh government has launched an online portal SMARTPORT
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Andhra Pradesh Capital Amaravathi
Andhra Pradesh CM Jaganmohan Reddy
Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan
  1. The first-ever Ladakh Literature Festival (LLF) is scheduled from 29th to 31st October
  2. Odisha government inked Letter of Understanding (LoU)for ‘drink from tap mission’ with UNICEF
  3. Odisha CM Patnaik launched a social service initiative ‘Odisha Mo Parivar’ aimed at encouraging environment protection, blood donation and the welfare of Odias in distress
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Odisha Capital Bhubaneswar
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik
Odisha Governor GaneshiLal
  1. Gandhinagar district of Gujarat has become the first Kerosene-free district of the state
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Gujarat Capital Gandhinagar
Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani
Gujarat Governor AcharyaDevVrat
  1. Kerala tourism to be differently-abled friendly by 2021
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Kerala Capital Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala CM PinarayiVijayan
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan
  1. 7th edition of the Tawang Festival began in Arunachal Pradesh
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Arunachal Pradesh Capital Itanagar
Arunachal Pradesh CM PemaKhandu
Arunachal Pradesh Governor BD Mishra

Current Affairs: Banking and Finance

  1. The Central Government, Odisha and the World Bank signed a loan agreement worth $165 million to support smallholder farmers in the state
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World Bank
Headquarters Washington, D.C., United States
President David Malpass
  1. The Vijaya Bank Heritage Museum was inaugurated old headquarters of Vijaya Bank, Bangalore
  2. Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) in association with Universal Sompo General Insurance Co Ltd. has launched an upgraded health care plus insurance policy
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Indian Overseas Bank CEO ShriKarnamSekar
Indian Overseas Bank Headquarters Chennai
Indian Overseas Bank Tagline Good people to grow with
  1. World Bank to continue with $6 billion Annual lending support to India
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World Bank
Headquarters Washington, D.C., United States
President David Malpass
  1. RBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 35 lakh on Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) for violating norms on frauds classification and notification
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TMB CEO K V Rama Moorthy
TMB Headquarters Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu
TMB Tagline Be a step ahead of life

 

ORGANISATION GDP RATE
2019 – 20 (FY20) 2020 – 21 (FY21)
Fitch Ratings 5.5% 6.2%

Current Affairs: Business

  1. Reliance Industries (RIL) has decided to set up a digital platform subsidiary with investment of Rs. 1.08 lakh crore
  2. Twitter to ban all political advertisements on the platform globally

Current Affairs: Appointments

Arvind Singh Chairman of Airports Authority of India
Sukhbir Singh Sandhu Chairman National Highways Authority of India
B Srinivas MD National Horticulture Board
Ganji Kamala V Rao Chairman & MD of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) Ltd.
Vijayendra Chairman & MD ofNational Small Industries Corporation Ltd
Pramod Kumar Tiwari Director General of the Bureau of Indian Standards
Amit Yadav DG, Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Manohar Lal Khattar Chief Minister of Haryana

(second consecutive term)

Dushyan tChautala Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana
Alberto Fernandez President of Argentina
Mokgweetsi Masisi President  of Botswana
Evo Morales President of Bolivia
Sophie Wilmes Prime minister of Belgium
Sharad Arvind Bobde Next Chief Justice of India (47th CJI  )
P S Sreedharan Pillai New Mizoram Governor
Satya Pal Malik New Goa Governor
Girish Chandra Murmu Lieutenant Governors of Jammu and Kashmir
Radha Krishna Mathur Lieutenant Governors of  Ladakh
Birender Singh Yadav India’s next Ambassador to Iraq
Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi India’s next High Commissioner to Samoa
Rafael Grossi Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Current Affairs: Resignation

Saad Hariri Lebanon Prime Minister

Current Affairs: Awards and Honours

 

Shri. Thakur Anup Singh

( Marg ERP Ltd’s Chairman & MD)

Udyog Rattan Award– 2019 by the ‘Institute of Economic Studies’ for his exceptional work in transforming the Indian industry landscape how MSMEs can accelerate their business using technology
IlhamTohti

( Economist)

‘Sakharov Prize’ (European Union’s highest human rights prize)

for his work defending China’s Uighur minority

JaspritBumrah

SmritiMandhana

Fakhar Zaman (Pakistan)

Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka)

Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)

Wisden Almanack Cricketer of the Year award
Gundappa Viswanath&

Lala Amarnath

 

Inducted into the Wisden India Hall of Fame

Cricket Country: The Untold History of the First All India Team by Prashant Kidambi  

Wisden India Book of the Year

 

BharatPe

Digi Dhan Mission Fin-tech Award 2018-2019 for ‘Innovation in Digital Payments through Emerging Technology’
 

Leeladhar Jagoori (Hindi writer)

28th Vyas Samman for the year 2018 for his poetry collection- Jitne Log Utne Prem ( Award money of Rs. 4 lakh along with a citation)
  1. Lucknow -based City Montessori School (CMS) has won the Guinness World Record for becoming the ‘world’s largest school’ in terms of strength of students
  2. Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja claims new speed record for summiting the world’s 14 highest peaksin just seven months
  3. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) to hosts 2nd Assembly of International Solar Alliance (ISA) in New Delhi

Current Affairs: Summit and Conference

  1. New Delhi to host first “Global Bio-India 2019” summit from 21st – 23rd November
  2. 28th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change to be held in Beijing, China.
  3. Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)ministerial meeting to be held in Abu Dhabi

Current Affairs: Ranking

Index India’s Rank Top Least Other info
Global Health Security Index 57th / 195 US (83.5) Equatorial Guinea It is a project of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security, with research by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

 

  1. Microsoft founder Bill Gates overtakes Amazon entrepreneur Jeff Bezos as the world’s richest person
  2. Three Indian-origin CEOs, Shantanu Narayen(6th), Ajay Banga(7th) and SatyaNadella(9th) are among the world’s top 10 best-performing CEO, featured in a list compiled by the Harvard Business Review (HBR).

Current Affairs: Science and Technology

  1. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have developed a new technology to capture carbon dioxide from air

Current Affairs: Books

Author Book
Romesh Gunesekera

(Sri Lankan author)

Suncatcher

Current Affairs: Defence

  1. India is planning to enhance its mobile network in the eastern-most regions of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh
  2. Indian and French armies will conduct joint counter-terrorism drills under ‘Exercise Shakti-2019’ in the Mahajan field firing range in Rajasthan
  3. Philippine Army plans to buy India’s BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile to strengthen its coastal security
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Philippines Capital Manila
Philippines Currency Philippine peso
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte

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Current Affairs: Sports

  1. The Indian football team slipped two places to 106 in the latest FIFA rankings
  2. China to host expanded 24-team FIFA Club World Cup in 2021
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FIFA Headquarters Zurich, Switzerland
FIFA President Gianni Infantino
  1. Karnataka was crowned the 2019-20 Vijay HazareTrophy
  2. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) has won the Formula One, Mexican Grand Prix 2019
  3. International Cricket Council (ICC)has banned Bangladeshi cricketer Shakib Al Hasanfrom all cricket for two years
  4. Tiger Woods secured a record-equalling 82nd PGA Tour crown after he won the Zozo Championship in Japan
  5. The BCCI has asked manufacturer SG to deliver 72 pink balls by next week for India’s first-ever day night Test, to be held at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata
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Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
BCCI Headquarters Mumbai
BCCI President Sourav Ganguly

Current Affairs: Obituaries

Person Field
Dilip Parikh Former Gujarat chief minister
V. Nanammal Yoga exponent

 

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