1. Former Intelligence
Bureau (IB) Chief Dineshwar Sharma was appointed by the Union
government as its Representative (or special interlocutor) to
initiate and carry forward sustained dialogue on Jammu and Kashmir
(J&K) with all stakeholders.
2. India’s first ever
circumnavigation expedition of globe by all-women crew entered west Australian
port of Fremantle. INSV Tarini carrying all-women crew members of Navika Sagar
Parikrama So far, the vessel has covered 4,800 nautical miles from
Goa, crossing Equator and Tropic of Capricorn. It is first stop over of INSV
Tarini since the expedition was flagged off by Defence Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman in Goa in September 2017.
3. The Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) has constituted high-level task force chaired by Y M Deosthalee on
public credit registry (PCR) for India. It will review current availability of information on credit
in country, assess gaps in India that could be filled by a comprehensive PCR
and suggest roadmap including priority areas for developing a transparent,
comprehensive and near-real-time PCR for India.
4. The Second West
Bengal Development Finance Program which aims to further deepen reforms with focus on
expenditure rationalization, improvement in revenue administration, and
facilitation of more private investment in the state. The Union
Government has inked $300 million loan agreement with Asian Development Bank
for this program.
5. The Minister
of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu has launched the official
website of Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM) of Department
of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) was launched in New Delhi. The
website will provide regular updates on latest IP trends – statistics on
applications filed, examined, grants and disposal for various IPRs. It will
also provide information on various initiatives being taken by Government to
strengthen IPR regime in country.
6. Oct 24-World Polio
Day is
observed annually to create awareness about the hazards of the crippling Polio
disease. Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease, which
mainly affects young children below age of 5. The virus is transmitted from
person-to-person. It mainly spreads through the faecal-oral route. There is no
cure for polio, however it can only be prevented by immunization. Polio vaccine
is given multiple times, almost always protects a child for life.
7. Ministries of Power
and Textiles have joined hands under SAATHI (Sustainable and
Accelerated Adoption of efficient Textile technologies to Help small
Industries) initiative. The SAATHI initiative will be jointly implemented by
EESL and office of Textile Commissioner on pan-India basis. It will be
implemented in key clusters such as Erode, Surat, Ichalkaranji, etc. Under this
initiative, Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a PSU under Ministry of
Power, will procure energy efficient powerlooms, motors and rapier kits in bulk
and provide them to small and medium Powerloom units at no upfront cost.
8. A maritime
astrolabe, a navigation tool that guided Portuguese explorers on perilous
voyage to India in 16th century was found by Britain-based shipwreck hunter. The
maritime astrolabe was discovered during from a shipwreck off coast of Oman in
2014 and recently was confirmed world’s maritime oldest by Warwick University
based on laser scans. It dates between 1495 and 1500.
9. Queen of thumri-
Eminent classical singer Girija Devi passed away following a cardiac
arrest. Thumri is common genre of semi-classical Indian music originated in
eastern part of Uttar Pradesh. The term ‘thumri’ is derived from Hindi verb
thumakna which means to walk with dancing steps so as to make ankle-bells tinkle.
10. CSIR-National
Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST) of
Thiruvananthapuram based have developed organic filter that
allows only near-infrared (NIR) light to pass through it. The
researchers developed filter by mixing organogel with transparent polymer
(polydimethylsiloxane). The filter was found to absorb light from 300-850 nm
(both ultraviolet, visible and part of NIR light) and transmit NIR light from
850-1500 nm.
11. In a bid to reduce
air pollution in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR), the Supreme Court
banned use of pet-coke and dirty furnace oil in Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar
Pradesh from November 1, 2017.
12. The first phase of
new umbrella programme BharatMala Pariyojana that involves construction of
34,800 km highways by 2022. The Union Government has announced to build 83,677km of roads,
highways, greenfield expressways and bridges with investment of Rs.6.92 lakh
core in next five years i.e. by 2022 to further optimise efficiency of movement
of goods and people across the country.
13. The Central
Vigilance Commission (CVC) has decided to develop Integrity Index of 25
Government Organizations in line with its broader strategy and
emphasis on preventive vigilance. The Integrity Index will bring out annual
scores and rankings of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), Public Sector Banks
(PSBs) and Financial Institutions/Ministries/Departments of Central Government.
14. Bank
Recapitalisation Plan to infuse Rs. 2.11 lakh crore ( $32.4 billion) capital
over next two years into public sector banks (PSBs) and prioritised financing
support for MSMEs in 50 clusters was announced by the Union Government. The
capital infusion will be accompanied by a series of banking sector reforms that
will be revealed in the coming months.
15. New mission-based
deployment plan for deploying mission-ready ships and aircraft along critical sea
lanes of communications and choke points in Indian Ocean Region (IOR) was approved
by Indian Navy. Under this mission-based deployment plan, Indian
Navy’s 14-15 ships will be deployed year-round in region to meet any
eventuality across spectrum of operations ranging from acts of maritime
terrorism and piracy to Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief (HADR) missions.
16. New tool for
objectively defining onset and demise of Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) have
developed by the Scientists from Florida State University in the US. The new method uses
rainfall rates to mark span of ISM at any given location throughout affected
region.
17. Genetic Engineering
Appraisal Committee (GEAC) had cleared transgenic mustard, DMH-11 for
commercial cultivation. Though GEAC gave its approval for commercial
cultivation of DHM-11, but the final release will be only after approval of
Environment Minister. If it gets final approval from the Ministry of
Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC), GM mustard DMH-11 will be
first GM food crop to be commercially cultivated in India. Right now, only GM
cotton is allowed.
18. 10 oil and
gas PSUs have setup Rs. 320-crore venture capital fund to encourage
start-ups based on innovative ideas in the energy sector under Start-
up Sangam initiative to develop new business models, marketing plans,
technology and innovations in heavy oil and gas industry sector by supporting
30 start-ups by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas .
19. Global Passport
Power Rank 2017 was released recently by global financial advisory firm
Arton Capital . India’s passport was ranked 75th among 94 countries.
Singapore has world’s most powerful passport, making it first Asian country to
top it. Singapore is followed by Germany, Sweden and South Korea.
20. Jitu Rai and
Heena Sidhu won the gold medal at the International Shooting Spot Federation
(ISSF) World Cup Final in New Delhi.The dup struck the gold in 10 m air
pistol mixed team event on the opening day.They will make their Olympic debut
in the Tokyo 2020 Games.
21. US President Donald
Trump has ended the 120 day temporary ban imposed on US refugee program. The
administration has however called for an additional 90 day review of the
program for 11 countries identified as “high risk” most of which are situated
in the Middle East and Africa.
22. Russia has vetoed a
UN resolution that was to extend the work of international inspectors to
determine who was behind the chemical weapon attacks in Syria.
23. Qatar has announced that
it would be introducing a minimum wage for its workers.
24. India has imposed
anti-dumping duty on certain stainless steel products from the European Union
and other nations including China and Korea, in order to protect
the domestic industry from cheap imports.
25. The Union Ministry
of Environment and Forests has given its in-principle stage-1 forest clearance
fort the construction of Kaleswaram project satge-1. The project
cross the river Godavari near Kaleswaram in Karimnagar district was
proposed by the Telangana state government at an estimated cost of over Rs
80,500 cr.
26. DoT introduced
three new methods to link the registered mobile number with the Aadhaar number.
These simplified methods are OTP (one time password) based, App based, IVRS
based facility.
27.Indian Origin activist
Gina Miller named UK’s most influential black person of the year on 25th Oct
2017. Gina took a legal action against British PM Therasa May demanding
that individual members of the cabinet have no legal power to trigger Article
of the Lisbon treaty which states that any member state may leave “ in
accordance with its own constitutional requirements”.
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