1. India has topped
list of countries with pollution-related deaths in 2015 according to
new study published in medical journal The Lancet. In India, 2.51
million people died prematurely in 2015 due to diseases linked to air, water
and other forms of pollution.
2. The Union Finance
Ministry has allowed banks, including top three private sector lenders to
accept deposits under various small savings schemes in order to encourage
savings. Now banks are eligible to sell National Savings Time
Deposit Scheme 1981, National Savings (Monthly Income Account) Scheme 1987,
National Savings Recurring Deposit Scheme 1981 and NSC VIII issue. All public
sector banks (PSBs) and top three in the private sector viz. ICICI Bank,
HDFC Bank and Axis Bank can receive subscription from the expanded portfolios.
So far, these banks were allowed to receive subscription under Public Provident
Fund (PPF), Kisan Vikas Patra-2014, Sukanya Samriddhi Account, Senior Citizen
Savings Scheme-2004. Until now, most of the small savings schemes were sold
through post offices. This decision will allow increase outlets for selling small
savings scheme.
3. Oct 21- Police
Commemoration Day is observed every year to pay homage to the Police
Martyrs.
4. To protect both
serving and former judges, magistrates and public servants in state from being
investigated for on-duty action without its prior sanctions, Rajasthan
Government has introduced The Code of Criminal Procedure (Rajasthan Amendment)
Bill, 2017 in the state assembly. The bill replaces Criminal Laws
(Rajasthan Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 promulgated in this regard. The Bill
prevents courts from taking up private complaints against both serving and
former judges, magistrates and public servants in state for on-duty action
without its prior sanction. It also bars media from reporting on such matters
involving accusations against public servants until sanction to proceed with
probe is obtained.
5. For the promotion
of north eastern products in Bangladesh and Myanmar, the Agricultural
and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has
taken up a promotional programme in Bangladesh and Myanmar
in association with the High Commission of India in Dhaka and its
Embassy in Yangon.
6. Peru became sixth
country in Latin America to legalise cannabis. The Peruvian Congress has approved a
bill to authorises the medicinal and therapeutic use of cannabis (marijuana) in
the country. It makes production, import and commercial sale of marijuana and
its derivatives legal. Uruguay was first in 2013, allowing sales of cannabis
any purpose. It was followed by Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Chile.
7. An excel-based
offline facility was launched by the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) to allow
taxpayers to finalize their GSTR-3B forms on their own computers before
uploading it onto the portal in order to minimize chances of errors before
uploading on portal.Taxpayers have to file the summary GSTR-3B forms each month
till January.
8. The HRD Ministry is
aiming to fully digitalize all campus processes including admissions,
assessments, result declaration in all higher education institutions. Moreover, all
canteens and business establishments on campus are also encouraged to resort to
digital modes using e-wallets by linking the bank accounts with Aadhaar. Under
this initiative, all public and private institutions including Central and
State universities will be fully digitalized.
9. The National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have approved second extension of
Dawn mission at Ceres dwarf planet which is the largest object in the asteroid belt between
Mars and Jupiter.
10. India’s ace
shuttler Kidambi Srikanth (World No. 8) won US $750,000 Denmark Open title of
badminton in the men’s single category by defeating
South Korea’s Lee Hyun II at Odense Sports Park in Odense, Denmark from October
17 – 22, 2017 .It was his third Super Series Premier title in 2017 season after
wining Singapore Super Series title and Indonesia Super Series Premier
title. Men’s Double: Chinese pair of Liu Cheng and Zhang Nan
won the title by defeating Indonesian pair of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin
Sanjaya Sukamuljo. Women’s singles: Ratchanok Inthanon
(Thailand) won the title by defeating Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) Women’s
doubles: South Korean pair of Lee So-hee and Shin Seung-chan won the
title by defeating Japanese pair of Shiho Tanaka and Koharu Yonemoto. Mixed
doubles: Chinese pair of Zheng Siwei and Chen Qingchen won the title by
defeating Hong Kong pair of Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet.
11. The Department of
Revenue (DoR), Finance Ministry has made it mandatory for banks and financial
institutions to check original identification documents of
individuals dealing in cash above prescribed threshold to weed out use of
forged or fake copies. In this regard, DoR has issued an official gazette
notification making an amendment to Prevention of Money-laundering (Maintenance
of Records) Rules.
12. Sri Lankan Coast
Guard Ship (SLCGS) Suraksha earlier belonged to Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and
was known as Varuna has commissioned at Colombo port. It was gifted by
India to Sri Lankan Coast Guard. It is first OPV (Offshore Patrol
Vessel) of Sri Lankan Coast Guard. It was officially handed over to Sri
Lanka Navy at ceremony held at Kochi Port in India in September 2017.
13. The fourth edition
of ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM)-Plus will be held in Philippines. The ADMM Plus
meeting is expected to discuss ways to enhance defence and security
co-operation among the member nations to effectively counter various
transnational security challenges facing the region. Union Defence Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman will be representing this meeting from India .It will be her
first foreign visit as defence minister.
14. India’s first
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) for Skilling in Smart Cities was
inaugurated at Mandir Marg, New Delhi. It is a flagship scheme of MSDE to enable large number
of youth to take up industry relevant skill training to make them employable.
It has been set up Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana by National Skill
Development Corporation (NSDC) in collaboration with New Delhi Municipal
Council (NDMC). The PMKK Centre for Smart Cities will provide skill training
for unemployed youth through its short-term training (STT) module and
contribute to capacity building of municipal employees through Recognition of
Prior Learning (RPL) program.
15. The first phase of
South Asia’s first world class Ro-Ro (roll-on, roll-off) ferry service between
Ghogha in Bhavnagar district and Dahej in Bharuch district in the Gulf of
Cambay, Gujarat was inaugurated by PM Modi . The first of its kind Ro-Ro
ferry in India will be able to carry up to 100 vehicles and 250 passengers
between the two ports. It will reduce the distance between Ghogha in Saurashtra
and Dahej is South Gujrat from 310 kilometres by road to 30 kilometres.
Besides, it will also reduce seven to eight hours of travel time to link
Saurashtra with South Gujarat to one hour.
16. Oct 24- World
Development Information Day is observed every year to draw attention of world to
development problems and necessity of strengthening international cooperation
to solve them.
17. Paika rebellion
(Paika Bidroha) of 1817 will be named as First War of Independence against
British Rule in history books from next academic session. It was
announced by the Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar.
Earlier, 1857 Sepoy Mutiny was regarded as the First War of Indian
Independence, but Paika Bidroha predates it. Paiks were traditional landed
militia under Gajapati rulers of Odisha.
18. The 56th
raising day of the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) was celebrated on 24
October. ITBP is deployed on guarding 3488 kilometer long India-China
Border from Karakoram Pass in Ladakh to Jachep La in Arunachal Pradesh. It was
raised on 24th October in 1962.
19. The Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended 40% reduction in
carbon emissions in telecom networks by 2022-23 considering 2011-12 as
the base year in order to make telecom sector greener.
20. Oct 24
- The United Nations Day is observed every year to mark
anniversary of entry into force of UN Charter in 1945.
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