Daily Current affairs from 10th to 13th Oct 2017 Part -1 ( English)
1. Jagdish Mukhi was
sworn in as new Governor of Assam. He was administered oath of office by Gauhati High Court Chief
Justice Ajit Singh..He succeeded Banwarilal Purohit who has been appointed as
the Governor of Tamil Nadu.
2. The first BIMSTEC
Disaster Management Exercise-2017 (DMEx-2017) conducted by National Disaster
Response Force (NDRF) as the lead agency in the National Capital Region
(NCR) from October 10-13, 2017 was held in New Delhi,
India. The main focus of BIMSTEC DMEx-2017 was to create synergy and
synchronize efforts to institutionalize regional cooperation and
inter-governmental coordination for Disaster Management among BIMSTEC (Bay of
Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) member
countries.
3. India was ranked
8th out of 100 countries on a list of most valuable nation brands according to
Brand Finance’s recently released Nation Brands 2017 report. This year India
slipped by one spot compared to 7th rank in 2016 and ceded its previous spot to
Canada. Top 10 Valuable Nation brands are United States (1st), China (2nd),
Germany (3rd), Japan (4th), United Kingdom (5th), France (6th), Canada
(7th), India (8th), Italy (9th) and South Korea (10th).
4. Nisha Desai Biswal ,former US
Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia was appointed
as President of US-India Business Council (USIBC)
5. Archaeological
Survey of India (ASI), under Union Ministry of Culture in collaboration with
National Geographic Society (NGS) has organized the International
conference on “Dialogue of Civilizations – IV” which was held from October 8
–15, 2017 at Delhi, Gandhinagar and Dholavira. The purpose of conference is
to encourage scholarly and public discourse about five ancient, literate
civilizations of the world, i.e. South Asia, Egypt, Mesopotamia, China and
Mesoamerica. It also aims to encourage study of the past to share our present
and future towards the right direction. The first conference of this series was
inaugurated in Guatemala in 2013 followed by Turkey in 2014 and China in 2015.
The present conference is the fourth in this series, with the final dialogue
planned in Egypt.
6. The Union Government will soon
get Cabinet approval for setting up of high-powered think tank under
Ministry of Petroleum to look into key issues related to oil and gas sector.
The think will give advice on technology, setting up a gas network, attracting
more FDI in sector, reducing India’s oil imports by 10%, and developing
innovative new models of financing projects.
7. The International
Monetary Fund (IMF) in its October World Economic Outlook (WEO) has lowered
India’s economic growth forecast at 6.7% in 2017 and 7.4% in 2018. The report
has cited impact of demonetisation and implementation of Goods and Services Tax
(GST) for expected slowdown during the current and the next year. It also held
that India’s slowdown is happening even as the world economy is picking up
steam. But it expects revival of growth in future due to structural reform.
8. India and Japan
signed an MoC on establishing a liquid, flexible and global Liquefied Natural
Gas (LNG) Market which was approved by the Union Cabinet. The MoC aims to
promote bilateral relationship between India and Japan in the energy sector. It
also seeks to contribute to the diversification of gas supplies for India to
strengthen energy security and provide more competitive prices for consumers.
9. The status change
of International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse
Authorities (IALA) from Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) to
Inter-Governmental Organization (IGO) was approved by the Union Cabinet. The move will
bring IALA at par with International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and
International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO).
10. Oct
11- International Day of the Girl Child is observed every year to recognize girls’
rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world. 2017
theme is ‘EmPOWER girls: Before, during and after conflict’. It aims
to end humanitarian emergencies especially gender-based violence in which girls
are more likely to be subjected to sexual and physical violence, child
marriage, exploitation and trafficking.
11. Export Promotion
Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) has organized the 44th edition of Indian
Handicrafts and Gifts (IHGF)-Delhi Fair was held at India Expo Centre
and Mart on outskirts of Delhi in Greater Noida and was
inaugurated by Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani.
12. India and Japan
signed an MoC on the Technical Intern Training Program (TITP). Which was
approved by the Union Cabinet. It is expected that MoC will pave way for
bilateral cooperation between two countries in the area of skill
development.The Technical Intern Training Program (TITP) is ambitious program to
send Indian technical interns to Japan for on job training for a period of
three to five years.
13. A tripartite
agreement was signed between National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)
and state level executing agencies Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam and Uttarakhand Pey
Jal Nigam and with concessionaires to build India’s first Sewage
Treatment Plant (STP) under Hybrid Annuity Mode which is going to come
up in Haridwar (Uttarakhand) and Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh).
14. The two World
Bank supported schemes Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for
Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) and Skill Strengthening for
Industrial Value Enhancement (STRIVE) to boost Skill India
Mission were approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
(CCEA) .
15. Oct 13- The
International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) is to promote
a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction with the theme
of 2017 is “Home Safe Home: Reducing Exposure, Reducing Displacement”. It
seeks to raise global awareness about effective actions, policies and practices
taken to reduce exposure to disaster risk at community level, thereby
contributing to saving homes and livelihoods.
16. Indian Naval
Ships Satpura and Kadmatt participated in Passage
Exercise (PASSEX) with Japanese Marine Self Defence Force
(JMSDF) held at Sasebo, Japan. The visit of these ships is
part India’s initiatives to strengthen long standing, mutually supportive and
strong relationship between Japan and India.
17. Index of Industrial
Production (IIP) ( Measure of Factory output) has grown nine-month
high to 4.3% in August 2017 According to data released by Central
Statistics Office (CSO). This was mainly due to a robust performance of the
mining and power sectors.
18. The clinical trials
of two experimental Ebola vaccines cAd3-EBOZ and rVSV-ZEBOV were found
to be safe and capable of eliciting immune response against Ebola virus that
lasts for at least one year.
19. Sampoorna Bima Gram
(SBG) Yojana and expanded coverage of Postal Life Insurance (PLI) in a bid to
provide affordable life insurance services to people particularly those living
in rural areas was launched by the Union government. Coverage of
all households in identified Sampoorna Bima Gram village is primary objective
of this scheme. Under SBG Yojana, at least one village (having a minimum of 100
households) will be identified in each of revenue districts of country to cover
all households of identified village with minimum of one RPLI (Rural Postal
Life Insurance) policy each.
20. The Inland
Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has raised Rs. 660 crore as Fully Serviced
Bonds.
The entire amount of Rs.660 crore was raised in single tranche at a coupon rate
of 7.47%.and the oversubscribed bonds were issued through e-bidding on BSE
Portal.
21. “Mitra
Shakti 2017” the 5th edition of India-Sri Lanka joint training
exercise was held Aundh Military Station in Pune, Maharshtra.
The two weeks exercise (October 13 and 25) is based on Counter Terrorist
Operations (CTO) and In fantry company from both countries are participating in
it.
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