1. Gautam Bambawale
was appointed as India’s ambassador to China . One of the major tasks
of Bambawale is to stabilize India –China ties that were rocked by a military
face off in the Doklam area of Butan which lasted for 73 days.
2. Mahatma Gandhi’s
150 th anniversary to be celebrated from Oct 2 , 2019 to Oct 2, 2020. To
commemorate the same, the Union Government constituted a
National Committee head by PM Modi and the committee comprises CM’s of
all the states, representatives from political spectrum, Gandhians, thinkers
and prominent people from different spheres of life.
3. Med Watch, a health
app was launched by the Indian Air Force’s Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa
during the Air Force Commander’s Conference in New Delhi. It is the first
health app among the three armed services to keep up with PM
Modi’s Vision of ‘Digital India’ .
4. 2017 Global Hunger
Index : The inequalities of Hunger was released by the
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). India ranks at
100th place among 119 countries. This is due to the fact
that one in every 5 children is with low weight for height. In South
Asia, India at 100th place is the third worst in all of
Asia, better only than Afghanistan and Pakistan. China ranked the highest
at 29, Nepal (72), Myanmar ( 77), Sri Lanka (84 ), Bangladesh( 88), Pakistan
(106) and Afghanistan (107).
5. The Union Cabinet
approved the revision of pay scales for about 8 lakhs teachers and
other equivalent academic staff of universities and colleges which are funded
by the UGC/MHRD. For the State government funded institutions the
revised pay scales will require adoption by respective State Governments.
6. The Chennai Metro
rail (CMRL) has introduced free bicycle ride scheme for its customer. The
Metro Corporation has tied up with a private agency to provide 100 –hours of
bicycle ride free of every month.
7. The Tamil Nadu
cabinet has approved the implementation of the 7th Pay
commission recommendations to benefit the state government employees
and teachers after receiving a report from Finance Secretary K Shanmugam.
8. The Union Cabinet has approved
the MoU between India and Belarus for co-operation in Vocational Education.
This is for the first time that India signed MoU for co-operation in area of
vocational education training and skill development for Eurasion Country.
9. Under the Japan
–India Energy Partnership initiative both the countries agreed to
work together in promoting well-functioning energy markets and affirmed
to promote a transparent and diversified Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Market.
10. Ashish Nehra bidfs adieu to all forms
of cricket.
11. The Union Cabinet approved the MoU signed
between India and Morocco on co-operation in the field of
water resources.
12. FIFA suspends the Pakistan Foot Ball
Federation with immediate effect in accordance with the verdict of the
Bureau of the FIFA Council on account of undue third party interference.
13. Iceland became the smallest country to
enter the 2018 FIFA World Cup to be held in Russia.
14. The state cabinet of Uttar Pradesh
approved the digitalization of land maps in 70 districts of the state.
15. Rajasthan became the first state to incorporate
skill development programme in the higher education.
16. The Chief Minister of Assam inaugurated
the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in the state’s Silchar district.
17. Gujarat Government would be setting
up 16 new townships of Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation
(GIDC) in 2400 hectare area to encourage the small and medium
enterprises ( SMEs)
18. RBI has decided to launch a financial
literacy drive in 80 blocks in 9 states on a pilot basis to educate
people on e-transactions formal sector borrowings and insurance purchases.
19. The sate cabinet of Bihar has
decided to provide reservations for persons with disabilities in
government jobs and educational institutions.
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