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16-10-2019 Important Current Affairs

1. World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on 16 October in honour of the

date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in

1945. 2019 theme: ‘Our Actions Are Our Future Healthy Diets for A #ZeroHunger

World’

2. Tunisia's election commission said a preliminary count shows conservative law professor

Kais Saied has won the country's presidential election by a significant margin.

3. Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the 41st DRDO Directors Conference in New

Delhi.

4. The Indian railways started 9 Sewa Service trains to connect small towns with their closest

major cities.

5. Air India has become the first airline in the world to use a Taxibot on an A-320 aircraft

with passengers on board.

6. India has slipped from 95th rank in 2010 to 102nd in 2019 on the Global Hunger Index

(GHI).

7. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy launched 'YSR Rytu Bharosa -

PM KISAN' in Nellore.

8. Four Indian sites have been chosen from India for the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for

Cultural Heritage Conservation.

9. New Zealand's Amy Satterthwaite became the world number one ODI batter in the latest

ICC Women's player rankings.

10. Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has launched a revamped and streamlined

programme to attract investments into India and strengthen Make in India through

manufacture and other operations under the bond scheme, of Customs Act, 1962.

11. Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan launched Food Safety

Mitra Scheme, Eat Right Jacket and Eat Right Jhola. Food Safety and Standards Authority

of India (FSSAI) has introduced the scheme of Food Safety Mitra (FSM) through which it

plans to engage motivated individuals with the food safety ecosystem at ground level.



12. Indian Railways (IR) has announced that it will become a net-zero carbon emitter by 2030.

The move will be a part of India’s strategy to combat climate change.

13. The Culture Department of Uttar Pradesh government is going to organise the country’s

first training and performance programme of world-famous KHON Ramlila, a masked form

of Ramlila art of Thailand in collaboration with the Thai government.

14. Kishan Dan Dewal concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to Georgia

15. Government of India has appointed J. P. S. Chawla, (1985-batch Indian Civil Accounts

Service (ICAS) Officer) as the new Controller General of Accounts (CGA), Ministry of

Finance, Department of Expenditure. He will replace Girraj Prasad Gupta.

16. Anoop Kumar Mendiratta appointed as new Law Secretary.

17. Zimbabwe and Nepal were re-admitted as ICC members in a meeting held in Dubai.


1. The United Nations' International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed on

October 17 each year since 1993.

2. The 129th death anniversary of the mystic Fakir Lalon Shah is being observed in

Bangladesh.

3. India will gift 75,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan in November as announced by

Ambassador Vinay Kumar.

4. On the occasion of World Food Day, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr

Harsh Vardhan launched Food Safety Mitra Scheme, Eat Right Jacket and Eat Right

Jhola.

5. President Ram Nath Kovind will be on a two-nation visit to the Philippines and Japan from

October 17th to 23rd October.

6. India ranked 82 spots among the 128 countries surveyed in the World Giving Index (WGI).

Theme: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

7. The Chenani-Nashri tunnel, the longest tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir, will be renamed

after Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mukherjee.



8. Mastercard joins hands with MS Dhoni to build 'Team Cashless India'

9. UAE announced the establishment of the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial

Intelligence( MBZUAI) in Abu Dhabi.

10. India handed over the second pair of Mi-24V helicopters to war-torn Afghanistan, boosting

the capability of the Afghan Air forces.

11. Shirui Lily Festival inaugurated in Manipur

12. Lionel Messi wins 3rd straight Golden Shoe as top scorer in European Leagues

13. The Department of Post announced that it has launched mobile banking for its savings

account customers.

14. Mumbai’s Yashasvi Jaiswal becomes youngest cricketer to score double hundred in One

Day cricket

15. The Indian football team won the 3rd Edition of the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championships

2019 by beating Bangladesh by 5-3 in the penalty shoot-out.

16. Kiran Uniyal, w/o a serving Colonel of Indian Army has created Individual Guinness World

Records for “The most full contact knee strikes in three minutes (one leg) (female), 263

strikes” & “The most full contact knee strikes alternate legs in one minute(female),120

strikes”.


1. The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying released the 20th Livestock Census

-2019.

2. Minister of Tribal Affairs, Arjun Munda announced the second phase of GOAL (Going

Online as Leaders).

3. India, Oman begin joint training exercise 'EX EASTERN BRIDGE-V'

4. The India arm of Netherlands-based Home Credit Group has tied up with Karur Vysya Bank

(KVB) for joint lending to tap the large unbanked customer base across the country.



5. Sitting District & Sessions Judge (North East) of the Delhi's Karkardooma Courts Anoop

Kumar Mendiratta has been appointed as the new Union Law Secretary.

6. 'Friends' star Jennifer Aniston is set to receive the People's Icon Award at the 2019

People's Choice Awards.

7. NITI Aayog with Institute for Competitiveness as the knowledge partner released the India

Innovation Index (III) 2019. Karnataka is the most innovative major state in India.

8. Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan released a postal stamp to

commemorate the centenary celebrations of the city-based ICMR-National Institute of

Nutrition (NIN) at a function held at Indian Council of Medical Research in New Delhi.

9. Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has announced the naming of

new National Highway No. 703AA as “Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Marg.”

10. Italy approved a new tax on digital companies, including U.S. tech giants, as part of its 2020

draft budget on October 16.

11. Odisha’s smart city Bhubaneswar gets it 1st Robo Chef Restaurant in Odisha.

12. Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath formally inaugurated the 2-day Magnificent

Madhya Pradesh Conference started.

13. The Tamil Nadu government constituted two committees to deal over water disputes with

Kerala relating to the Parambikulam-Aliyar Project (PAP) and the

Pandiyar-Punnampuzha project.

14. Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has inaugurated J&K Bazar.

15. The World Steel Association (Worldsteel) has elected Sajjan Jindal, Chairman and

Managing Director, JSW Steel, as Vice-Chairman of the association for one year.

16. Hong Kong’s orchestra wins “Orchestra of the year award 2019” at Gramophone Awards

17. India, Japan joint Air Force exercise ‘Shinyuu Maitri’ 2019 began in West Bengal

18. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is planning to

review the 14-year-old National Curriculum Framework (NCF) in accordance with new

national education policy (NEP) and set up a committee for the purpose.



19. A new book titled “India in a Warming World: Integrating Climate Change and

Development” is set to release on November 2019.


1. A Chinese company signed an agreement to lease an entire island in the Solomon Islands.

2. The US Chamber of Commerce's Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) and Industry

body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in partnership

with US-India Business Council (USIBC) on hosted the second edition of the India-US

Dialogue on Intellectual Property (IP) in New Delhi.

3. The Hurun Research Institute has released the inaugural Hurun Global Unicorn List

2019.India ranked third in 2019 ‘Hurun Global Unicorn List’

4. NASA Astronauts complete All-Woman spacewalk

5. The United Nation General Assembly has elected 14 States to the 47 member body of UN

Human Rights Council(UNHRC). The UNHRC is responsible for promoting and protecting

all human rights around the globe.

6. A special commemorative postal stamp of the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN),

Hyderabad was released by Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Harsh Vardhan.

7. A senior 1985-batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre Anup Kumar Singh has been appointed as

Director-General of the National Security Guard (NSG).

8. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of

Sudhaker Shukla as Whole-Time Member, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India

(IBBI).

9. European Union leaders confirmed the appointment of Christine Lagarde as the new chief

of the European Central Bank.

10. India will host the 91st Interpol General Assembly in 2022 after a proposal received the

overwhelming support of member countries at this year’s congregation at Santinago in

Chile.



11. The Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (I/C), MoS PMO,

Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh

inaugurated the 11th Edition of Nuclear Energy Conclave 2019 in New Delhi.

12. Indian Chess player, Viswanathan Anand has penned a book titled “Mind Master:

Winning Lessons from a Champion’s Life”. The book, published by Hachette India, is

releasing on December 11.

13. Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) has conducted the 2nd edition of Defence of

Andaman & Nicobar Islands 2019 (DANX-19).

14. Andhra Pradesh CM launches a scheme for MSMEs a scheme called ‘YSR

Navodayam’.

15. Kerala extends maternity leave benefits to teachers, other staff of private educational

institutions

16. 'Gully Boy,' 'Delhi Crime' win big at Asian Academy Creative Awards

17. Two-time National Film Award (India) winner Pradip Kurbah won the prestigious Kim

Ji-seok award at the Busan International Film Festival 2019 for his Khasi film ‘Market’.

18. RCB becomes the first IPL team to hire a woman in support staff

19. Internationally acclaimed painter of Bangladesh Kalidas Karmakar passed away in Dhaka.

20/21-10-2019 Important Current Affairs

1. World Statistics Day was celebrated for the first time on 20 October 2010 worldwide. 2019

Theme: Better Data, Better Lives

2. India's defence exports have grown seven times in the last two years, reaching a value of two

billion dollars.

3. Baliyatra, one of the biggest trade fairs of Odisha, is scheduled to begin on November 12.

4. Senior IPS officer of Gujarat cadre Anup Kumar Singh has been appointed as

Director-General of the National Security Guard (NSG).



5. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Sudhaker

Shukla as a Whole-Time Member (WTM) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of

India (IBBI).

6. Sri Lanka has been removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) list of countries

at risk for money laundering.

7. Two-day long manoeuvres by Sudarshan Chakra Vahini of Indian Army started at

Jaisalmer field firing range in Rajasthan.

8. Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), have infused a net sum of 5,072 crore rupees into the

Indian capital markets this month so far amid the government's efforts to revive domestic

demand.

9. Indonesian President Joko Widodo has been sworn into office for his second and final

five-year term.

10. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu presented Most Eminent Senior Citizen Award to legal

luminary and former Attorney General K. Parasaran.

11. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi unveiled the book “Bridgital Nation” and presented its

first copy to Shri Ratan Tata in New Delhi.

12. Indian junior hockey men's team lost a second consecutive final to Great Britain in the

Sultan of Johor Cup as it succumbed to a 1-2 loss at Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

13. Hockey India named an unchanged women squad, to be led by Rani Rampal, along with the

men's team for the upcoming FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers.

14. Indian boxers at the Asian Junior Championships, clinched a bumper tally of 21 medals,

including six golds and nine silvers, to end with the best medal haul among 26 competing

countries in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.

15. In badminton, Kuhoo Garg and Dhruv Rawat put up a brilliant effort to win the mixed

doubles title at the Egypt International 2019 in Cairo.


1. 18th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is scheduled to take place at Baku, the capital of

Azerbaijan from 25-26 October 2019.



2. The oldest known natural pearl in the world has been discovered by Abu Dhabi

archaeologists working at a Neolithic site on Marawah Island.

3. Centre announced that the world's highest battlefield Siachen has been open to tourists.

4. Government of India has decided to open the entire area from Siachen base camp to Kumar

Post for tourism purposes. The step has been taken to boost tourism in Ladakh.

5. President Ram Nath Kovind attended the enthronement ceremony of Japan's Emperor

Naruhito.

6. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on inaugurated 'Col Chewang Rinchen Setu', a

strategically important bridge, over Shyok river in Ladakh region.

7. Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel launched the E-Portal of Centre for Cultural

Resources and Training, CCRT ‘Digital Bharat Digital Sanskriti' and CCRT YouTube

Channel in New Delhi.

8. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired defence minister Rajnath Singh gave the

nod for procurement of indigenous defence equipment worth Rs 3300 crore to give a push to

the Make in India’ initiative.

9. IIT Kharagpur graduate Debayan Saha has invented a device called “PM 2.5” which he

claimed when fitted near the silencer pipe in vehicles will curb air pollution.

10. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a cinema advertisement

campaign ‘Feed Our Future’ to raise awareness and take steps against hunger and

malnutrition in India.

11. SBI Card announced the launch of ‘SBI Card Pay’, a feature which allows contactless

payment using mobile phones at PoS terminals.

12. National Crime Records Bureau has released the annual “Crime in India Report 2017”.

The report has been released after a delay of 2 years. According to the report, 3.59 lakh cases

of crime against women were reported in the country. Uttar Pradesh topped the list



13. World fastest ant “Saharan silver ant” found in northern Sahara

14. In a major thrust for the digital and cashless payments ecosystem in India, the Central

government launched the BHIM 2.0 Universal Payments Interface (UPI).

15. Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals have appointed Australian coach

and cricketer Andrew Barry McDonald as new head coach for a tenure of three years.

16. SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar has been appointed as the new chairman of Indian Banks’

Association.

17. Upender Singh Rawat elected as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of

Nicaragua.

18. Raunak Sadhwani has becomes India’s 65th Grandmaster. He defeated Russian GM

Alexander Motylev to become the Grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 9 months and 28

days.

19. Canadian player Denis Shapovalov has won the Stockholm Open title.

20. Riya Bhati has won the ITF women’s tennis tournament in Lagos, Nigeria.

21. Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma smashed the former Australia cricketer Don Bradman’s

record of highest average in Test cricket on home soil.

22. In Boxing, World Championships silver medallist Amit Panghal won his opening bout in the

men's flyweight (52kg) category as the boxers gave India a good start in the 7th CISM World

Military Games in Wuhan, China.

23. Former Co-Chief executive Officer(CEO) of Oracle Mark Hurd, passed away.

24. Dadu Chougule, wrestler and recipient of Major Dhyanchand award, passed away.


1. In Japan, Emperor Naruhito has formally proclaimed his ascension to the throne as the

126th emperor in an elaborate ceremony.



2. Two BrahMos surface to surface missiles were fired by Indian Air Force at Trak Island in

the Andaman Nicobar group of islands.

3. Indian Railways has installed the most advanced Electronic Interlocking System on the

Grand Chord route.

4. The State Cabinet of Assam has decided to make government jobs out of bounds for people

with more than 2 children.

5. The AYUSH ministry has signed an MoU with the Defence Ministry to provide traditional

medicine services at the armed forces’ hospitals and dispensaries.

6. Grasim Industries Limited has signed a definitive agreement to form a joint venture

company in India with Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH (MR) of Germany.

7. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has imposed penalties of

Rs 1.01 crore on Cholamandalam MS GIC.

8. More than 40,000 troops will take part in the Indian Army's exercise codenamed 'Sindhu

Sudarshan' in the deserts of Rajasthan, from November 29 to December 4.

9. Union Minister for Human Resources Development Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank interacted

with children selected for ambitious DHRUV programme at his residence in New Delhi.

10. The two-day India-Bangladesh Stakeholders' Meet started in Guwahati with a focus on

trade and connectivity.

11. IIT-Bombay again tops this year’s QS India University Rankings 2020

12. Video creating and sharing app, TikTok, has surpassed top social networking apps including

Instagram, Snapchat, Helo, and Twitter, in terms of downloads on the Google Play Store.

13. The logo for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games unveiled at a ceremony in the French capital.

14. Ashok Malik has been appointed as the Policy Advisor in the External Affairs Ministry in

the rank of Additional Secretary.

15. The Ministry of External Affairs notified that Godavarthi Venkata Srinivas (IFS:1993),

presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Senegal, has been concurrently accredited

as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Cabo Verde.



16. The Government of India appointed IAS officer Pankaj Kumar as the new CEO of the

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).

17. Former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith has been elected an Honorary Life Member of

the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

18. DRDO starts work on ‘next-gen’ hypersonic weapon

19. One of India's most decorated captains Sourav Ganguly took over as the 39th president of the

BCCI in Mumbai at its Annual General Meeting, AGM.

20. Para-Athlete Anandan Gunasekaran bagged two gold medals for the Indian contingent in

the ongoing World Military Games in Wuhan, China.

21. Bengal Warriors wins 7th season of Vivo Pro Kabaddi League 2019


1. The United Nations observes World Development Information Day on 24 October every

year.

2. 24th October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. UN Day marks the

anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter.

3. Google has officially announced that it has achieved quantum supremacy with its advanced

processor that was able to surpass the world's most powerful supercomputer.

4. Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu will lead the Indian delegation at the 18th Summit of

Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to be held at Baku,

Azerbaijan on 25th to 26th of this month.

5. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change launched the first national protocol

to enumerate the snow leopard population in the country on the occasion of International

Snow Leopard Day.

6. Chief of Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria left for Oman on an

official visit to witness the ongoing Indo-Oman Joint Exercise ‘Eastern Bridge’



7. The Union Cabinet has decided to hike Minimum Support Price, MSP, for Rabi crops for

marketing season 2020-21.

8. Vreedhi Financial Services (VFS) has secured a non-banking finance company licence

from the Reserve Bank of India.

9. The Mohun Bagan Athletic Club has conferred life membership to Nobel laureate Abhijit

Banerjee.

10. Veteran Mumbai all-rounder Abhishek Nayar has announced his retirement from all forms

of cricket.

11. Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone and Indian badminton player PV Sindhu were

named the ambassadors for Bharat Ki Laxmi. It is an initiative by Prime Minister Shri

Narendra Modi.

12. The male white bellbird is the world’s loudest bird which hits 125.4 decibels.

13. The Vijaya Bank Heritage Museum has been inaugurated at the headquarters of the erstwhile

Vijaya Bank i.e. Bengaluru.

14. The Union Cabinet approved the proposal for revival of BSNL and MTNL.

15. The Government e-Marketplace (GeM) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)

with the Federal Bank to offer a number of services.

16. Minister of Panchayati Raj Narendra Singh Tomar conferred the national Panchayat

Awards, 2019 at a function in New Delhi.

17. Aneesh Kumar Surendran Pillai bagged the third gold medal for India in the ongoing

World Military Games here at Wuhan, China.

18. Praveen Kumar became the first Indian man to win a Wushu World Championships gold,

beating Russel Diaz of Philippines in the 48kg category in Shanghai.

19. An Indian historian, educationist and Padma Shri recipient, Kashi Nath Pandit’s new book

entitled “Ten Studies in Kashmir: History and Politics”, published by Academic

Foundation.



20. Marieke Vervoort, Belgian Paralympic athlete has ended her life at the age of 40 through

euthanasia (the practice of intentionally ending a life to relieve pain and suffering).


1. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G. Kishan Reddy has released the Bureau of Police

Research and Development’s flagship publication “Data on Police Organizations” (DoPO

2018) in New Delhi.

2. The fourth Ayurveda Day is being organised on October 25 at National Institute of

Ayurveda (NIA) in Jaipur, Rajasthan.

3. National Unity Day will be celebrated on 31st of this month to mark the birth anniversary of

Ironman Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

4. President Ram Nath Kovind laid the foundation stone for Sri Sathya Sai Sanathana

Samskruti Project at Sai no Sato, Kakegawa, Japan.

5. India and Pakistan inked an agreement on Kartarpur corridor.

6. The Global Bio-India 2019, one of the largest biotechnology stakeholders conglomerate

will be held for the first time in India at New Delhi from 21st to 23rd November 2019.

7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia starting from

October 28.

8. India has marginally improved its ranking to 32nd position in terms of providing pension

and retirement benefits to citizens compared to last year.

9. The Government of India, Government of Odisha and the World Bank signed a US$165

million loan agreement.

10. J&K’s Chenani-Nashri Tunnel, a 9 km-long tunnel that reduces the distance between

Jammu and Srinagar by 31 km has been renamed as Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Tunnel.

11. Indian Railways has launched ‘one touch ATVM’ at 42 suburban stations of Central Railway

over Mumbai Suburban Network.



12. World Bank has released Ease of Doing business Rankings which includes 190 countries.

As per the rankings, India has jumped 14 places and has been ranked at 63rd among 190

countries.

13. Indo-Tibetan Border Police celebrated its 58th Raising Day on 24th October 2019. Union

Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy took the salute of the Raising Day Parade

ITBP’s Headquarters in Greater Noida.


1. ITBP to have two new commands. The Union Cabinet approved the proposal of cadre review

of Group "A" General Duty (Executive) cadre and non-GD cadre of Indo- Tibetan Border

Police (ITBP).

2. Yogi Adityanath to launch Kanya Sumangala Yojana. Uttar Pradesh government launched

its flagship scheme Kanya Sumangla Yojna. The scheme will provide an amount of 15

thousand rupees in a phased manner to every family in which a girl child takes birth.

3. Govt Accords 'Maharatna' Status to Hindustan Petroleum, Power Grid Corp. The

government accorded 'Maharatna' status to state-owned Hindustan Petroleum and Power Grid

Corporation.

4. Godavarthi Venkata Srinivas accredited as India's High Commissioner to the Gambia.

5. Arvind Singh appointed the chairman of AAI.

6. Sukhbir Sandhu appointed as NHAI Chairman.

7. Bibek Debroy pens translations of mythological texts Markendya Purana and The

Bhagavad Gita. Economist and author Bibek Debroy have come out with English translations

of two Hindu mythological texts "Markendya Purana" and "The Bhagavad Gita", publishers

Penguin announced.

8. BJP wins Maharashtra with Shiv Sena, emerges single-largest party in Haryana.

9. World Polio Day: 24 October. World Polio Day is celebrated on 24 October annually to raise

awareness about the polio disease and efforts for eradication.

10. Disarmament Week: 24-30 October. Disarmament Week is an annual event that is observed

from 24 October to 30 October in various parts of the world. The observance revolves around



raising public awareness of the dangers of the arms race and the need for international

disarmament.


1. Ladakh administration is organizing the first-ever Ladakh Literature festival. The three

day Literature Festival is being organized from 29 to 31 October 2019.

2. On the recommendation of Election Commission, the Union Ministry of Law and Justice

has amended Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, on October 22 that will now allow senior

citizens and person with disabilities (PwD) in absentee voter list

3. The 29th ministerial meet of BASIC countries was held at Beijing between October 25-26,

2019. The BASIC countries include Brazil, South Africa, India and China.

4. On October 25, 2019, Union Minister Amit Shah allocated 1000 LPG connections to women

in Gandhinagar district of Gujarat. This makes Gandhinagar first district in Gujarat to

become kerosene-free.

5. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to visit India on November 1, 2019 for the fifth

biennial Inter Governmental Consultations. She will meet PM Modi during her visit.

6. In next 2 months, ISRO will launch 14 small foreign satellites in its next three PSLVs (Polar

Satellite Launch Vehicles). The projects are to be implemented by November and

December.The payloads are to be launched in three PSLV flights namely PSLV-C47,

PSLV-C48, PSLV-C49

7. The researchers from IIT Hyderabad and School of Architecture, Bhubaneswar have

developed bio-bricks from agricultural waste. The product serves dual purposes of

development of eco-friendly sustainable material and also waste management.


1. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will observe the Vigilance Awareness Week

from 28th October to 2nd November, 2019.

2. ‘Maharatna’ status has been granted by the Government to state-owned Hindustan

Petroleum Corporation Limited and Power Grid Corporation of India Limited.



3. The Government of India, Government of Odisha and the World Bank have signed a USD

165 million loan agreement.

4. Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) in association with Universal Sompo General Insurance Co

Ltd. has launched upgraded health care plus insurance policy.

5. Senior BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar was sworn in as the chief minister of Haryana for

second straight time, with the support of Dushyant Chautala led Jannayak Janta Party.

6. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates overtook Jeff Bezos to become the world’s richest person.

7. The Global Bio-India 2019 will be held for the first time in India in New Delhi from 21st to

23rd November, 2019. It is one of the largest biotechnology stakeholders integration

programme.

8. Indian Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and batswoman Smriti Mandhana won the Wisden

India Almanack Cricketer of the Year award.

9. Karnataka has won the 2019-20 Vijay Hazare Trophy. Karnataka defeated Tamil Nadu by

9 wickets in the finals of Vijay Hazare Trophy at Bengaluru.

10. Prithvi Sekhar wins gold in World Deaf Tennis Championship.

11. World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is celebrated all over the world on 27th of October.

12. Former Gujarat Chief Minister Dilip Parikh passed away. He served as the 13th Chief

Minister of Gujarat between October 1997 and March 1998.

13. The Central Board of Secondary Education and National Council for Educational

Research and Training have launched an online aptitude test called ‘Tamanna’ for Class 9

& 10 students.

29/30-10-2019 Important Current Affairs

1. Bangladesh will hold the first phase of Bishwa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of

Muslim community after Hajj, from January 10 to 12, 2020 in Dhaka.

2. The people over 80 years of age and Persons with Disability can now cast their votes

through postal ballot.



3. Three Indian-origin CEOs have been featured in a list of world's top 10 best-performing

chief executives.On the 6th spot is Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, followed by

MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga, ranked 7th and Microsoft chief Satya Nadella on the 9th

spot.

4. The Reserve Bank has imposed a penalty of Rs 35 lakh on Tamilnad Mercantile Bank for

violating norms on frauds classification and notification.

5. India's own domestic payment interface Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has announced

that it has achieved the double milestone of one billion transactions as well as has crossed 100

million users in October.

6. Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde was appointed as the 47th Chief Justice of India.

7. President Kovind confers first National Corporate Social Responsibility Awards

8. In Golf, Tiger Woods equalled the PGA Tour record of 82 tournament wins with victory at

the Zozo Championship.

9. World Stroke Day is observed on October 29 to underscore the serious nature and high rates

of stroke, raise awareness of the prevention and treatment of the condition, and ensure better

care and support for survivors.

10. The ninth edition of Bangladesh-India Friendship Dialogue will be held at Cox Bazar in

Bangladesh from November 1.

11. PM Modi addressed the third session of Saudi Arabia's Future Investment Initiative Forum.

12. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has released a special commemorative coin on

Paramahansa Yogananda to mark his 125th Birth Anniversary.

13. In a bid to provide quality drinking water to every urban household in the state, Odisha has

inked a Letter of Understanding (LoU) on "drink from tap mission" with the United

Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

14. Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat' programme has brought in the states of Nagaland and

Madhya Pradesh as one to celebrate the spirit of national integration through a deep and

structured engagement between the two states.

15. Argentine diplomat Rafael Grossi was appointed to succeed late Yukiya Amano as the new

director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a United Nations'

nuclear watchdog.

16. Senior IPS officer Anup Kumar Singh has taken charge as the new Director General (DG)

of National Security Guard (NSG).

17. Nawazuddin Siddiqui has been bestowed with the Golden Dragon Award at this year's

Cardiff International Film Festival in the UK.



18. Bangladesh Test and T20 Captain Shakib Al Hasan have been banned by the International

Cricket Council (ICC) from all cricket for two years.

19. The Centre’s first-ever common foundation course “Aarambh” (Beginning) for 2019 batch

probationer civil servants has begun at the Statue of Unity in Kevadia, Gujarat.

20. Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik launched “Odisha Mo Parivar” (Odisha, My

Family) programme. It is a social service initiative aimed at encouraging environment

protection, blood donation and the welfare of Odias in distress.

21. Birender Singh Yadav has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic

of Iraq.

22. The Union Government has appointed former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers

Girish Chandra Murmu and Radha Krishna Mathur as the first Lieutenant (Lt)

Governors of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh respectively.

23. Padma Shri awardee & India’s oldest Yoga teacher Nanammal passes away

24. Facebook has unveiled a ‘Preventive Health’ tool that connects people to health resources

and sends check-up reminders. Facebook has launched the tool in the United States.

25. The mountaineer from Nepal, Nirmal Purja, created a new speed record by climbing the

world’s 14 highest peaks over 8,000 metres (26,250 feet) in just 189 days.


1. India celebrates “National Unity Day” on 31st October. India is celebrating the 144th birth

anniversary of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel as National Unity Day.

2. India now has 28 states and 9 UTs. According to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation

Act, 2019, the appointed day for the two Union Territories J&K and Ladakh was October 31.

3. Singapore-based AirCarbon Pte launched the worlds’ first blockchain-based carbon

trading exchange.

4. The United Nations General Assembly has designated the 31st October as World Cities Day.

5. Now Tamil Nadu has become the first state in the country to enact a law on contract farming.

President of India Ram Nath Kovind has approved the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Produce

and Livestock Contract Farming and Services (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2019.

6. India to adopt Brazil model of the human milk bank. The Centre has set a target of ensuring

at least 70 per cent infants to have access to breast milk by the year 2025.

7. In a unique gesture to mark 550th Birth Anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji, Air India

has depicted Sikh religious symbol 'Ek Onkar' on the tail of one of its aircraft.



8. As many as 400 industry leaders and delegates from SAARC, GCC and African countries

have gathered in Kochi for the third edition of ‘Global Ayurveda Summit 2019’.

9. The 38th edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) 2019 was inaugurated by

Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah,

UAE.

10. Prime Minister of Lebanon, Saad Hariri has resigned from the portfolio amid

anti-government protests.

11. The 28th Vyas Samman for the year 2018 was conferred on well known Hindi writer

Leeladhar Jagoori.

12. Researchers from the Indian Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H),

Telangana have created the first-ever ‘Indian brain atlas’(IBA).

13. Former Mumbai Police Commissioner and Maharashtra DGP Datta Padsalgikar have been

appointed as Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA).

14. The government of Pakistan released a new coin to commemorate the 550th anniversary

of Baba Guru Nanak.

15. Indian boxer Shiva Thapa and Pooja Rani clinched gold medals in Olympic Test Event for

Boxing in Tokyo, Japan.

16. The bilateral ‘Exercise SHAKTI’ between the armies of India and France will be

conducted from 31st October to 13th November 2019 at Foreign Training Node in Mahajan

Field Firing Ranges, Rajasthan.

17. The Indian cricket team will play its first-ever Day-Night Test match against Bangladesh.

18. First female UN refugee chief Sadako Ogata passes away

19. Former Karnataka Lokayukta N. Venkatachala passes away

20. Actor and comedian John Witherspoon passes away

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