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Current Affairs October 2017

Current Affairs October 2017

Day Wise

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• World Cities Day 2017 observed globally
• Jasprit Bumrah secures top spot in ICC T20 Rankings
• 31 October: Rashtriya Ekta Diwas
• India sends 1st Wheat Shipment to Afghanistan via Chabahar port
• Union Minister launches Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana in Mumbai
• Heena Sidhu wins Air Pistol Gold at Commonwealth Shooting Championships
• Girish Karnad to be honoured with Tata Literature Lifetime Achievement Award 2017

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• YC Modi took charge as Director General of National Investigation Agency
• Cleartrip named ‘Best Mobile App for Travel’ at Mobexx Awards
• India, Japan begin anti-submarine warfare exercise
• Indian Army finalises mega procurement plan to replace ageing weapons
• Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar assumes charge as the Vice Chief of Naval Staff
• World’s fastest, shortest laser pulse created
• Italy PM Paolo Gentiloni on two-day visit to India
• Indian Junior team win Bronze Medal in Johor Cup Hockey
• Mithali Raj and Virat Kohli tops ICC ranking
• Federer wins 8th Basel Title, 95th Overall
• UN conference on nuclear energy begins in UAE
• Lewis Hamilton secures 2017 F1 title, Max Verstappen wins Mexico Grand Prix
• Anupam Kher receives Parmod Mahajan Smriti Award

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• World Stroke Day – October 29
• “Dreamnation: Uniting a Country with Handwritten Dreams” – Book on Kalam’s inspirational words
• Rwanda gets first cricket stadium
• Patna Pirates clinch third consecutive Pro Kabaddi title
• Scientists link new virus to kala-azar
• Gadkari digitally flags off RORO ship from Chennai Port to Bangladesh
• L&T hands over India’s first private OPV ‘Vikram’ for Indian Coast Guard
• Satya Gopal appointed chief secretary of Arunchal Pradesh
• Jeff Bezos replaces Gates as world’s richest person with $90.6 billion fortune
• Cleartrip named ‘Best Mobile App for Traveland Leisure’ at Mobexx Awards 2017
• RCom to shut down its 2G mobile business in about a month
• Government makes use of Public Finance Management System mandatory for central schemes
• AU Small Finance Bank, SIDBI launch Rs. 200-cr fund for MSMEs
• SIDBI revamps portal for easy credit access
• First batch of Afghan Pilots complete ‘Black Hawk’ training in U.S.
• India organises tourism promotion campaign in China’s Sanya
• India and US hold 11^thTrade Policy Forum Meeting in Washington
• Australian court disqualifies deputy PM for dual citizenship
• India to host UN wildlife summit in 2020
• Army finalises mega Rs 40,000 crore procurement plan to replace ageing weapons
• Panel under A. Arumughaswamy begins probe into Former CM J.Jayalalithaa’s death
• ITBP gets “GSAT-6” communication satellite to monitor Chinese border
• Centre releases Rs 8,698 cr as GST compensation to states

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• International Animation Day – October 28
• Skull found in Papua New Guinea was world’s ‘oldest-known tsunami victim’
• Swiss researchers break record for shortest-ever light pulse
• World’s first hydrogen tram begins operation in China
• Assam CM launches a new web portal “Assam Darpan” to provide data to people on government projects
• J.Gangte appointed as High Commissioner of India to Republic of Zambia
• Madame Tussauds unveils Justin Bieber’s wax figure in Delhi
• EDII bags AICTE award for supporting start-ups
• Sharmila Tagore honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award
• RIL becomes first Indian company to cross Rs6 trillion market cap
• India overtakes US to become 2nd largest smartphone market
• Karnataka govt signs MoU with Microsoft for technology oriented solutions to farmers
• India emerges as biggest source for digital talent – Survey by Capgemini and LinkedIn
• Star Health Insurance Launches First-ever Insurance Policy for Persons Diagnosed with Cancer
• SEBI revises block deal norms, minimum order size hiked to Rs10 crore
• Catalonia declares independence from Spain
• 14th South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation in Law Conference begins in Colombo
• 11^thWorld Congress on Adolescent Health held in New Delhi
• UP declares Vrindavan, Barsana as sacred sites
• Maharashtra govt makes Aadhar mandatory to avail fertiliser subsidy
• International Peace Conference held in Imphal
• President Ram Nath Kovind launches technocity project in Kerala
• India, France agree to strengthen bilateral defence cooperation
• Cabinet approves Rs 7,000 crore for construction of six IIT campuses
• Shipping ministry offers grant to JNPT, Karwar port under Sagarmala project
• Ministry of External Affairs Launches “#AsktheSpokesperson” for better understanding of foreign policy

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[vc_column][vc_cta h2=”OCTOBER 27th 2017″ style=”outline” color=”blue”]

• 27 October: World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
• Chile named best country to visit in 2018
• Infantry Day observed on 27 October
• Indian Railway’s first set of solar plant of 5 MW capacity launched
• 70 Indian words added to Oxford English Dictionary
• Rajsthan Assembly passes bill increasing OBC quota to 26 per cent
• Saudi Arabia, first country to grant Citizenship to a Robot
• Malayalam writer Punathil Kunjabdulla passes away
• Kilogram will get new measure set by value of Planck constant from 2019

 

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• L&T Technology Services Conferred with CII Industrial Innovation Award
• India imposes anti-dumping duty on stainless steel from US, ES and China
• Indian origin activist named UK’s most influential black person of the year
• Alok Kumar Pateria appointed as ADG, CISF
• PM Modi inaugurates Global Conference on Consumer Protection
• Virat Kohli overtakes Lionel Messi in Forbes list by $1 Million
• SC asks UP, Haryana, Rajasthan to ban use of Pet coke to curb air pollution
• Choti Kumari Singh won ‘Women’s Creativity in Rural Life Award’
• Disarmament Week 24-30 October
• Chhattisgarh: 51 Hindu families migrated from Pak get Indian citizenship
• World’s first 3D-printed bridge opens in Netherlands
• Andhra CM Naidu receives Golden Peacock Award
• Nepal’s ambassador to India resigns

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[vc_column][vc_cta h2=”OCTOBER 25th 2017″ style=”outline” color=”blue”]

• Jitu Rai and Heena Sindhu win gold in air pistol mixed team event
• World’s oldest maritime astrolabe that guided ships to India found
• 30th Edition of CORPAT begins between Indian-Indonesian Navy
• ‘Queen of Thumri’ Girija Devi passes away at 88
• Scott Fleming joins NBA India as Head of Basketball Operations
• Singapore Passport named ‘Most Powerful’, India ranks 75
• Russia vetoes UN resolution to extend inspection of chemical attacks in Syria
• South African Indian-origin couple wins top US award for AIDS research
• Thakkar first Indian to top ITTF
• Divij & Scott crowned EO champions

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[vc_column][vc_cta h2=”OCTOBER 24th 2017″ style=”outline” color=”blue”]

• United Nations Day – October 24, 2017
• Disarmament Week – October 24-30
• World Development Information Day – October 24
• Noted Malayalam director IV Sasi passes away
• Flemming joins NBA India as head of Basketball operations
• Jitu Rai, Heena Sidhu win Gold in 10m Air Pistol mixed team event at ISSF World Cu
• Thakkar first Indian to top ITTF Junior Circuit standings
• Divij Sharan and Scott Lipsky crowned European Open champions
• Myanmar to launch own satellite system in 2019
• Reliance Communications gets final nod from DoT for merger with Sistema
• NS Venkatesh appointed AMFI chief executive
• Kanwaljit Singh Cheema appointed as principal secretary of BoA in Darjeeling
• IPPB appoints Suresh Sethi as its MD & CEO
• Meghalaya Election Department enters Limca Book of Records
• Cristiano Ronaldo and Lieke Martens win FIFA player-of-the-year awards
• TRAI recommends 40 percent reduction in carbon emissions in telecom networks by 2023
• Madhya Pradesh tops in digital initiatives: Report by Coeus Age Consulting
• IndusInd Bank launches Cobrand App with MobiKwik
• SBI ties up with Escorts to finance farmers for purchase of tractors
• EEPC signs pact with PNB for export finance
• RBI to make LEI must for companies with over Rs 5 crore exposure
• 30th edition of India – Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) begins in Indonesia
• India gifts war memorabilia to Bangladesh
• Nicaragua signs Paris climate agreement
• Andhra Government releases 3rd installment under Crop Loan Waiver Scheme
• Paika Bidroha to be named as 1st War of Independence

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[vc_column][vc_cta h2=”OCTOBER 23th 2017″ style=”outline” color=”blue”]

• Nirmala Sitharaman left for Philippines to attend ADMM
• HSBC appoints Jayant Rikhye as CEO India
• Govt de-affiliates 400 Industrial Training Institutes for failing quality norms
• Sri Lankan Coast Guard commissions OPV SURAKSHA gifted by India
• Kidambi Srikanth lifts Denmark Open Superseries Trophy 2017
• Rakesh Asthana appointed CBI Special Director
• Bangladesh signs Gas Oil deal with India
• India’s first Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra launched

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• Punjab decides to close 800 govt schools which have fewer than 20 students
• PM Modi inaugurates first phase of Ghogha-Dahej RORO ferry service
• North Korea, Pakistan not invited for consumer protection conference in India
• Nepal tops Asia Pacific list of nations elected to UNHRC
• WHO removes Robert Mugabe as Goodwill Ambassador
• Suu Kyi’s name removed from Oxford
• Karnataka to ban Pillion Riding on Two-Wheelers With Engine Capacity up to 100 cc
• Filmmaker and Rani Mukerji’s father Ram Mukherjee passes away
• Sibi George appointed as the Ambassador of India to Switzerland
• Kohli becomes top run scorer at 200 ODIs and 14th Indian player to play 200 ODIs

 

 

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[vc_column][vc_cta h2=”OCTOBER 21th 2017″ style=”outline” color=”blue”]

• 21st October 2017: The National Police Commemoration Day
• Lebanon’s parliament approves country’s first budget since 2005
• GSTN Launches excel-based offline tool to file initial GSTR-3B Returns
• 5-member Committee to select Editor-in-Chief of RSTV
• Cristiano Ronaldo retains top spot in Forbes’ wealthiest athletes list
• State of World Population 2017: report
• Robert Mugabe named goodwill ambassador by WHO
• Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan to get Lata Mangeshkar Award
• Peru approves medicinal use of marijuana

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[vc_column][vc_cta h2=”OCTOBER 20th 2017″ style=”outline” color=”blue”]

• 20th October: World Statistics Day
• Indo-Russia joint exercise INDRA 2017 begins
• Jaipur and Srinagar Airports rated Best Airports in the world
• Sunny Verghese appointed as WBCSD from 2018
• Assam Govt launches new Tourism policy
• South Africa clinches top spot in ODI, India slips to second
• Gitanjali Rao wins 2017 Young Scientist Challenge for water contamination detection device
• World’s deepest lake under threat: Scientists

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[vc_column][vc_cta h2=”OCTOBER 19th 2017″ style=”outline” color=”blue”]

• Chhattisgarh govt reduces interest on loan under Saksham Yojna
• Income Tax dept launches ‘Online Chat’ to answer taxpayers queries
• Assam to host Global Investors Summit in February 2018
• Javed Akhtar to be honoured with Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award
• Arunachal Assembly approves Kamle as 23rd district
• India among five countries responsible for 50% newborn deaths
• USA to provide EMALS technology to India for aircraft carriers
• Shastri is World’s Highest Earning Cricket Coach
• Jacinda Ardern to be next New Zealand PM
• Environmental scientist Schellnhuber receives Blue Planet Prize

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• US author George Saunders wins 2017 Man Booker Prize
• Ministry of WCD launches campaign on ‘women for women’
• Anup Vikal resigns as CFO of Snapdeal
• India signs pact to send Interns to Japan for Training
• Veteran British actor Roy Dotrice passes away
• Indian peacekeepers in Sudan awarded with UN medal
• Madhya Pradesh CM launches ‘Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana’
• Google viewed as Most Authentic Brand in India: Survey
• Kerala HC restores life ban imposed on Sreesanth by BCCI
• Zimbabwe bans Fruit, Vegetable imports as Forex Crunch Deepens

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[vc_column][vc_cta h2=”OCTOBER 17th 2017″ style=”outline” color=”blue”]

• Indian-American Attorney awarded 3rd American Bazaar Philanthropy award
• 17 October: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
• Ayurveda 2nd Day is celebrated on 17 October
• Indian-origin teenager Akshay Ruparelia is UK’s Youngest Millionaire
• Eminent Poet Prabha Varma chosen for Padma Prabha Puraskaram
• Mahindra launches ‘Prerna’ project for women farmers
• Scientists develop futuristic military watch that can survive nuclear blast
• Kavita Devi, India’s first woman wrestler to sign for WWE
• Punjab police launches foot patrolling in all districts
• Hema Malini’s Biography ‘Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl’ launched

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• World Food Day – October 16
• Poet Punyaslok Dasgupta passes away
• Shamsher Khan, India’s first Olympic swimmer, passes away at 87
• Filmmaker Lekh Tandon passes away
• Legendary Brazilian sailor Scheidt announced his retirement from Olympics
• Kavita Devi becomes first Indian woman wrestler to sign with WWE
• Mohun Bagan lifts Governor’s Gold Cup for 10th time
• Indian Navy aircraft P81 in Philippines to search missing sailors  
• Indigenously built Anti-Submarine Warship INS Kiltan commissioned into Navy
• Bharti Airtel, Millicom concludes deal to combine operations in Ghana
• Eminent poet Prabha Varma chosen for Padma Prabha Puraskaram
• Actor Varun Dhawan to get a wax statue at Madame Tussauds, Hong Kong
• BNP Paribas teams up with TCS to deliver Corporate Event Connect
• Mahindra launches ‘Prerna’ project for women farmers
• Myntra, Textile Ministry tie-up to promote handloom industry
• SEBI revamps expert panel on Market Infrastructure Institutions
• Bangkok Bank signs deal with Intellect Design for Digital Transaction Banking Platform
• Moody’s affirms rating on SBI’s bond programmes
• First Investment Agreement signed between NIIF and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)
• Punjab police launches foot patrolling in all districts
• Pakistan-Iran sign deal to boost border security
• Footwear Design & Development Institute Act 2017 comes into force
• Agricultural Minister Radha Mohan Singh reviews Project CHAMAN, likely to be completed by March 2018

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[vc_column][vc_cta h2=”OCTOBER 15th 2017″ style=”outline” color=”blue”]

• World Students Day – October 15, 2017
• International Day of Rural Women – October 15, 2017
• The Coalition Years 1996-2012: Pranab Mukherjee’s political autobiography
• Historian Satish Chandra passes away at 95
• Indian paddler Selena Selvakumar wins gold in Egypt
• Federer beats Nadal to win Shanghai Masters
• Maria Sharapova wins Tianjin Open
• Shakib Al Hasan becomes first Bangladeshi to be inducted in MCC World Cricket Committee
• Two more Top Executives resign from Infosys
• Government appoints MK Gupta, DK Gayen as new Railway Board members
• 12-year-old girl from city bags sub-title at ‘Little Miss World’ pageant
• Singer T M Krishna wins Indira Gandhi National Integration
• Indian Accent features in Asia’s top 10 restaurants
• Airports need $45 billion investment to improve capacity by 2030
• Vanuatu becomes first nation to accept Bitcoin in Exchange for citizenship
• Yes Bank partners with Abu Dhabi Global Markets for collaboration on fintech
• Union Bank launches Union Sahyog app
• Pakistan gets its first Metro Train
• World’s first ‘negative emissions’ power plant in Iceland
• Egypt extends state of emergency for three months
• Rajasthan Assembly becomes first in India to call motions online
• Hyderabad High Court makes Gram Sabha nod mandatory for liquor shops
• Parliamentary panel under BJP MP B C Khanduri to examine operational preparedness of armed forces

Haryana’s Amin village renamed Abhimanyupur

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• World Standards Day – October 14
• An Insignificant Man: Movie on Arvind Kejriwal
• ICC approves South Africa-Zimbabwe 4 day test on trial basis
• World’s largest combustion research centre inaugurated at IIT Madras
• IndusInd bank seals deal to buy Bharat Financial
• France’s Audrey Azoulay to be next UNESCO chief
• Appointment Committee of Cabinet appoints 11 new secretaries
• Namita Gokhale bags Centenary National Award for Literature
• Hyperloop One rebrands itself as ‘Virgin Hyperloop One’
• IIP rises to 9-month high of 4.3% in August 2017
• Bureau of Indian standards (BIS) Act 2016 came into force
• IMF favours three structural reforms in India
• IWAI raises Rs. 660 crore through Bonds
• Odisha government department signs MOU with SBI
• Five Telangana students selected for NASA rover challenge.
• Himachal Pradesh to go to polls on 9^thNovember in single phase

• For dowry-linked cruelty, Supreme Court restores ‘immediate arrest’
• West Bengal to set up Scheduled Caste advisory council
• Chennai Metro Rail introduces free bicycle ride scheme
• 48th Conference of Governors concludes at Rashtrapati Bhavan
• NITI Aayog working with states for agri market reforms
• Mitra Shakti 2017: India-Sri Lanka Joint Military Exercise held in Pune
• Meet of physiologists, pharmacologists – APPICON 2017

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[vc_column][vc_cta h2=”OCTOBER 13th 2017″ style=”outline” color=”blue”]

• International Day for Disaster Reduction – October 13
• Test championship & ODI league approved by International Cricket Council
• Staubli to become first female referee to officiate at U-17 World Cup
• India beat Macau to qualify for 2019 AFC Asian Cup
• Indian Air Force launched mobile health App ‘MedWatch’
• Experimental Ebola vaccines found safe & effective in human trial
• INS Satpura, Kadmatt to participate in PASSEX with Japan
• Government clears appointment of Leslie Thng as Vistara CEO
• Bambawale appointed as next Indian ambassador to China
• Rukaiya Rangwala appointed as head of MobiKwik Payment Gateway
• Samsung CEO Kwon Oh-hyun resigns
• M K Sanu chosen for Mathrubhumi Literary Award
• HPCL becomes first Indian oil company to trade lubricants in Myanmar
• HDFC Bank launches SmartUp zones to nurture, collaborate with start-ups
• RBI Introduces Strict KYC Norms to Keep E-Wallets Safe
• India rules out joining NPT as non-nuclear weapon state
• Hamas, Fatah sign deal on Palestinian reconciliation
• US and Israel withdraw from UNESCO
• G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting held in Washington D.C
• Dilli seminar on India & southeast Asia maritime trade begins in Kerala
• Union Textiles Minister inaugurates world’s largest B2B handicraft & gifts fair
• Department of Post launches Sampoorna Bima Gram Yojana
• Committee formed to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi’s 150^thbirth anniversary
• Kolkata to host international puppet festival
• Bihar Cabinet approves reservation for ‘Divyangs’ in Govt Jobs

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[vc_column][vc_cta h2=”OCTOBER 12th 2017″ style=”outline” color=”blue”]

• Arjen Robben retires from International Football
• FIFA suspends the Pakistan Football Federation
• Ashish Nehra announces retirement from all forms of cricket
• SpaceX completes successful launch of recycled rocket Falcon 9
• Tata Teleservices to merge Consumer Mobile Business with Bharti Airtel
• Yuvraj Singh named Laureus’ first Indian ambassador
• John Flint appointed as CEO of HSBC
• Actor Prakash Raj receives Karanth award
• Government forms ‘think-tank’ for guidance to achieve oil and gas targets
• GIC Re launches India’s third largest IPO
• RBI allows interoperability of wallets in six months
• Mastercard launches its first Innovation Centre in India
• SBI launches SME Assist to provide short-term loans to MSME clients
• NBFC bad loans rise to 5% in 5 years: RBI
• SEBI fixes penalty for non-compliance of shareholding norms
• Global Hunger Index – India slips 3 positions to 100th among 119 nations
• Cabinet approves SANKALP & STRIVE Schemes to boost Skill India Mission
• UP government launches ‘Sankalp Seva’ bus service
• NMCG signs agreement to set up sewage treatment plants in Haridwar, Varanasi
• Manohar Lal Khattar announces ration cards for nomadic tribe in Haryana
• Gujarat government announces Garments & Apparel Policy 2017

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• IMF Trims India growth Forecast for Current Financial Year to 6.7 %
• Anupam Kher appointed as Chairman of FTII
• Germany to help Indian Railways to increase speed of trains on existing corridors
• 11 October: International Day of the Girl Child
• Bindeshwar Pathak gets Lal Bahadur Shastri award
• Nisha Desai Biswal appointed as President of US-India Business Council
• Himachal Pradesh implements Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme
• Japan launches fourth Michibiki satellite for hi-tech GPS
• UP govt launches Sankalp Seva bus service
• Maharashtra launched Web Portal with Information on New Govt Schemes
• Compulsory Yo-Yo test for cricketers
• Facebook India MD Umang Bedi Resigns
• Indian Pair Win Gold at World Archery Youth Championship 2017
• V M Kwatra appointed ambassador to Principality of Monaco
• FIFA suspends Pakistan Football Federation

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• Iceland becomes smallest nation ever to enter FIFA World Cup
• Vice President inaugurated 3rd International Conference on Yoga
• Govt imposes anti-dumping duty on certain Chinese steel products
• 10 October: World Mental Health Day
• GCMMF Awarded Best FMCG in Food Sector by IAA
• U’khand Govt launched ‘Solar Briefcase’ to provide Electricity in Remote Areas
• Rajnath Singh inaugurated First BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise
• PepsiCo India Chairman and CEO D Shivakumar resigns
• India Water Week inaugurated by President

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• India slips to 8th among most valuable brands
• Nobel Prize 2017 in Economic Sciences announced
• Rajesh Nath gets Germany’s Highest Civilian Honour
• Andhra CM Naidu inaugurates Blockchain Business Conference
• Rafael Nadal wins China Open title
• PNB MetLife appoints Ashish Srivastava as MD & CEO
• Manipur celebrates ‘Mera Houchongba’ festival
• RBI to soon launch Financial Literacy Drive in 9 States
• Tyrrell Hatton retains Dunhill Links Championship title
• Noted Journalist Bismoy Kumar Mohanty dies

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October 8 , 2017

• S. approves sale of Rs. 98,000 crore THAAD missiles to Saudi Arabia
• Prime Minister launches Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI)
• 08 October: Indian Air Force Celebrates 85th Anniversary
• Haj Committee recommends abolishing of subsidy
• India’s first Marine Police Training Institute to be set up at Dev Bhoomi Dwarka
• Prasar Bharati launches Online Application System for AIR Auditions
• India’s Coffee Output Pegged at Record 3.5 lakh Tons in 2017-18
• President launches Mata Amritanandamayi Math Project Jeevamritham
• Anupama clinches World Open Under-16 Snooker Championship title

October 7 , 2017

• Chhattisgarh bans use of chlorinated plastic and Polyvinyl Chloride
• India and South Africa Celebrating 20 years of Cooperation
• Purushottam Lal Kaushik passes away
• Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav-2017 started in Ahmedabad
• First meeting of India-Australia joint steering committee held
• Axis Bank acquires Freecharge, appoints Sangram Singh as CEO
• BRICS-themed subway train debuts in China
• Mizoram has highest number of clouded leopards in Southeast Asia
• John Hastings retires from Test and ODI Cricket
• Filmmaker Kundan Shah passes away
• PM Modi lays Foundation Stone for Bridge in Dwarka, Gujarat

October 6 , 2017

• First ASEAN India Music Festival to be held at Purana Qila, New Delhi
• ICAN awarded Nobel Peace Prize 2017
• Donald Trump is Most Followed World Leader on Twitter, PM Modi Third
• Gauri Lankesh, First Indian Journalist to win Anna Politkovskaya Award
• FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 started in India

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October 5 , 2017

• 05 October: World Teachers’ Day
• UP govt launches ‘Mukhyamantri Samoohik Vivaah Yojana’
• World Space Week is observed from October 4th to October 10th
• Forbes India Rich List 2017: Mukesh Ambani Richest With $38 Billion
• Chhattisgarh CM flags-off Cancer detection ambulance to cure patients free-of-cost
• Govt constitutes high-level committee for water management in northeast
• Centre organising Paryatan Parv across the country to promote tourism
• President of India reaches Djibouti
• Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, Pakistan’s New Navy Chief
• India to help Myanmar in police training
• Kazuo Ishiguro Wins 2017 Nobel Literature Prize
• Modi temple with 100-foot tall statue of PM to be built in Meerut
• Mongolian Parliament confirms new Prime Minister

 

October 4 , 2017

• Indian Railways announced No service charge on train e-tickets till March 2018
• Union Government launches SECURE Himalaya Project
• Turtle Sanctuary to be set up in Allahabad
• NHAI launches new website and PMIS Mobile App
• Foundation stone for National waterway on Krishna River laid
• Soumya Swaminathan appointed as New Deputy Director General at WHO
• Country’s First ITI for Divyangans in Assam
• First US Crude Oil shipment arrives in Paradip
• Fourth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement released by RBI
• Rangana Herath, 1st left-arm spinner to pick 400 wickets
• 2018 Commonwealth Games Baton arrives in New Delhi
• Government Names Rajnish Kumar as SBI’s Next Chairman
• Param Shah appointed as FICCI UK Director
• Suu Kyi stripped of Oxford honour over Rohingya criticism
• Pooja Kadian hands India its first gold in Wushu World C’ships
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for method to visualise biomolecules

October 3 , 2017

• Global Wildlife Programme Conference held in New Delhi
• President appoints Commission to examine sub-categorisation of OBCs
• Meenakshi Temple named Best ‘Swachh Iconic Place’ in India
• Govt unveils third National Wildlife Action Plan for 2017-2031
• GIFT City’s IFSC bags 10th place in Global Financial Centres Index
• LS Speaker to lead Indian delegation at 8th Conference in Sri Lanka
• Chandrababu Naidu launches ‘Swachh Andhra Mission’
• Jagan Wins sixth title in a row at National Motorcycle Racing
• 2017 Nobel Physics Prize awarded to Gravitational Wave Detectors
• Baishya elected as Chairmen of two sub-committees of IWF
• India to be guest country at World Government Summit
• UP Govt removes Taj Mahal from Tourism list
• Nepali version of Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography released
• Viswanathan Anand finishes second at Isle of Man Championship

October 2 , 2017

 

• 02 October: World Habitat Day
• Jeffrey, Michael Rosbash & Michael win 2017 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine
• Sikh man becomes first minority politician to lead major party in Canada
• 02 October: International Day of Non-Violence
• NHAI launches countrywide Free Eye Check-up Campaign
• Odisha Government creating land bank for industrial allocation
• ‘No helmet, no petrol’ rule comes into force in Andhra Pradesh
• Karnataka unveils scheme to feed 12 lakhs pregnant women
• Nepal, India to conduct joint tiger census in November
• Max Verstappen wins Malaysian Grand Prix

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October 1 , 2017

 

• WCD Minister inaugurates the 3rd edition of ‘Women of India Organic Festival’
• Burqa Ban comes into effect in Austria
• Iran slaps fuel embargo on Iraqi Kurdistan
• India’s holdings of American securities
• 01 October: International Day of Older Persons
• 01 October: World Vegetarian Day
• India opens two border crossing points
• Russia, China & other 9 Countries hit with doping ban
• Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates Pratham-Shyok bridge in Leh
• MP CM launches ‘Single Click Pension Delivery’ scheme
• UAE begins collecting ‘sin’ taxes on tobacco, energy drinks
• Indian entrepreneur wins UK business award for innovative IT solutions

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Current Affairs October 2017

Current Affairs October 2017

Day Wise

October 6 , 2017

• First ASEAN India Music Festival to be held at Purana Qila, New Delhi
• ICAN awarded Nobel Peace Prize 2017
• Donald Trump is Most Followed World Leader on Twitter, PM Modi Third
• Gauri Lankesh, First Indian Journalist to win Anna Politkovskaya Award
• FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 started in India

 

October 5 , 2017

• 05 October: World Teachers’ Day
• UP govt launches ‘Mukhyamantri Samoohik Vivaah Yojana’
• World Space Week is observed from October 4th to October 10th
• Forbes India Rich List 2017: Mukesh Ambani Richest With $38 Billion
• Chhattisgarh CM flags-off Cancer detection ambulance to cure patients free-of-cost
• Govt constitutes high-level committee for water management in northeast
• Centre organising Paryatan Parv across the country to promote tourism
• President of India reaches Djibouti
• Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, Pakistan’s New Navy Chief
• India to help Myanmar in police training
• Kazuo Ishiguro Wins 2017 Nobel Literature Prize
• Modi temple with 100-foot tall statue of PM to be built in Meerut
• Mongolian Parliament confirms new Prime Minister

October 4 , 2017

• Indian Railways announced No service charge on train e-tickets till March 2018
• Union Government launches SECURE Himalaya Project
• Turtle Sanctuary to be set up in Allahabad
• NHAI launches new website and PMIS Mobile App
• Foundation stone for National waterway on Krishna River laid
• Soumya Swaminathan appointed as New Deputy Director General at WHO
• Country’s First ITI for Divyangans in Assam
• First US Crude Oil shipment arrives in Paradip
• Fourth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement released by RBI
• Rangana Herath, 1st left-arm spinner to pick 400 wickets
• 2018 Commonwealth Games Baton arrives in New Delhi
• Government Names Rajnish Kumar as SBI’s Next Chairman
• Param Shah appointed as FICCI UK Director
• Suu Kyi stripped of Oxford honour over Rohingya criticism
• Pooja Kadian hands India its first gold in Wushu World C’ships
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for method to visualise biomolecules

October 3 , 2017

• Global Wildlife Programme Conference held in New Delhi
• President appoints Commission to examine sub-categorisation of OBCs
• Meenakshi Temple named Best ‘Swachh Iconic Place’ in India
• Govt unveils third National Wildlife Action Plan for 2017-2031
• GIFT City’s IFSC bags 10th place in Global Financial Centres Index
• LS Speaker to lead Indian delegation at 8th Conference in Sri Lanka
• Chandrababu Naidu launches ‘Swachh Andhra Mission’
• Jagan Wins sixth title in a row at National Motorcycle Racing
• 2017 Nobel Physics Prize awarded to Gravitational Wave Detectors
• Baishya elected as Chairmen of two sub-committees of IWF
• India to be guest country at World Government Summit
• UP Govt removes Taj Mahal from Tourism list
• Nepali version of Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography released
• Viswanathan Anand finishes second at Isle of Man Championship

October 2 , 2017

 

• 02 October: World Habitat Day
• Jeffrey, Michael Rosbash & Michael win 2017 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine
• Sikh man becomes first minority politician to lead major party in Canada
• 02 October: International Day of Non-Violence
• NHAI launches countrywide Free Eye Check-up Campaign
• Odisha Government creating land bank for industrial allocation
• ‘No helmet, no petrol’ rule comes into force in Andhra Pradesh
• Karnataka unveils scheme to feed 12 lakhs pregnant women
• Nepal, India to conduct joint tiger census in November
• Max Verstappen wins Malaysian Grand Prix

October 1 , 2017

 

• WCD Minister inaugurates the 3rd edition of ‘Women of India Organic Festival’
• Burqa Ban comes into effect in Austria
• Iran slaps fuel embargo on Iraqi Kurdistan
• India’s holdings of American securities
• 01 October: International Day of Older Persons
• 01 October: World Vegetarian Day
• India opens two border crossing points
• Russia, China & other 9 Countries hit with doping ban
• Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates Pratham-Shyok bridge in Leh
• MP CM launches ‘Single Click Pension Delivery’ scheme
• UAE begins collecting ‘sin’ taxes on tobacco, energy drinks
• Indian entrepreneur wins UK business award for innovative IT solutions

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