Current Affairs October 2017 Day Wise

Current Affairs Day Wise

 October 30 , 2017

·       YC Modi took charge as Director General of National Investigation Agency

·       Cleartrip named ‘Best Mobile App for Travel’ at Mobexx Awards

·       India, Japan begin anti-submarine warfare exercise

·       Indian Army finalises mega procurement plan to replace ageing weapons

·       Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar assumes charge as the Vice Chief of Naval Staff

·       World’s fastest, shortest laser pulse created

·       Italy PM Paolo Gentiloni on two-day visit to India

·       Indian Junior team win Bronze Medal in Johor Cup Hockey

·       Mithali Raj and Virat Kohli tops ICC ranking

·       Federer wins 8th Basel Title, 95th Overall

·       UN conference on nuclear energy begins in UAE

·       Lewis Hamilton secures 2017 F1 title, Max Verstappen wins Mexico Grand Prix

·       Anupam Kher receives Parmod Mahajan Smriti Award

October 30 , 2017

·       World Cities Day 2017 observed globally

·       Jasprit Bumrah secures top spot in ICC T20 Rankings

·       31 October: Rashtriya Ekta Diwas

·       India sends 1st Wheat Shipment to Afghanistan via Chabahar port

·       Union Minister launches Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana in Mumbai

·       Heena Sidhu wins Air Pistol Gold at Commonwealth Shooting Championships

·       Girish Karnad to be honoured with Tata Literature Lifetime Achievement Award 2017

October 29 , 2017

·       World Stroke Day – October 29

·       “Dreamnation: Uniting a Country with Handwritten Dreams” – Book on Kalam’s inspirational words

·       Rwanda gets first cricket stadium

·       Patna Pirates clinch third consecutive Pro Kabaddi title

·       Scientists link new virus to kala-azar

·       Gadkari digitally flags off RORO ship from Chennai Port to Bangladesh

·       L&T hands over India’s first private OPV ‘Vikram’ for Indian Coast Guard

·       Satya Gopal appointed chief secretary of Arunchal Pradesh

·       Jeff Bezos replaces Gates as world’s richest person with $90.6 billion fortune

·       Cleartrip named ‘Best Mobile App for Travel and Leisure’ at Mobexx Awards 2017

·       RCom to shut down its 2G mobile business in about a month

·       Government makes use of Public Finance Management System mandatory for central schemes

·       AU Small Finance Bank, SIDBI launch Rs. 200-cr fund for MSMEs

·       SIDBI revamps portal for easy credit access

·       First batch of Afghan Pilots complete ‘Black Hawk’ training in U.S.

·       India organises tourism promotion campaign in China’s Sanya

·       India and US hold 11^th Trade Policy Forum Meeting in Washington

·       Australian court disqualifies deputy PM for dual citizenship

·       India to host UN wildlife summit in 2020

·       Army finalises mega Rs 40,000 crore procurement plan to replace ageing weapons

·       Panel under A. Arumughaswamy begins probe into Former CM J.Jayalalithaa’s death

·       ITBP gets “GSAT-6” communication satellite to monitor Chinese border

·       Centre releases Rs 8,698 cr as GST compensation to states

October 28 , 2017

·       International Animation Day – October 28

·       Skull found in Papua New Guinea was world’s ‘oldest-known tsunami victim’

·       Swiss researchers break record for shortest-ever light pulse

·       World’s first hydrogen tram begins operation in China

·       Assam CM launches a new web portal “Assam Darpan” to provide data to people on government projects

·       N.J.Gangte appointed as High Commissioner of India to Republic of Zambia

·       Madame Tussauds unveils Justin Bieber’s wax figure in Delhi

·       EDII bags AICTE award for supporting start-ups

·       Sharmila Tagore honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award

·       RIL becomes first Indian company to cross Rs6 trillion market cap

·       India overtakes US to become 2nd largest smartphone market

·       Karnataka govt signs MoU with Microsoft for technology oriented solutions to farmers

·       India emerges as biggest source for digital talent – Survey by Capgemini and LinkedIn

·       Star Health Insurance Launches First-ever Insurance Policy for Persons Diagnosed with Cancer

·       SEBI revises block deal norms, minimum order size hiked to Rs10 crore

·       Catalonia declares independence from Spain

·       14th South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation in Law Conference begins in Colombo

·       11^th World Congress on Adolescent Health held in New Delhi

·       UP declares Vrindavan, Barsana as sacred sites

·       Maharashtra govt makes Aadhar mandatory to avail fertiliser subsidy

·       International Peace Conference held in Imphal

·       President Ram Nath Kovind launches technocity project in Kerala

·       India, France agree to strengthen bilateral defence cooperation

·       Cabinet approves Rs 7,000 crore for construction of six IIT campuses

·       Shipping ministry offers grant to JNPT, Karwar port under Sagarmala project

·       Ministry of External Affairs Launches “#AsktheSpokesperson” for better understanding of foreign policy

October 27 , 2017

·       27 October: World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

·       Chile named best country to visit in 2018

·       Infantry Day observed on 27 October

·       Indian Railway’s first set of solar plant of 5 MW capacity launched

·       70 Indian words added to Oxford English Dictionary

·       Rajsthan Assembly passes bill increasing OBC quota to 26 per cent

·       Saudi Arabia, first country to grant Citizenship to a Robot

·       Malayalam writer Punathil Kunjabdulla passes away

·       Kilogram will get new measure set by value of Planck constant from 2019

October 26 , 2017

·       L&T Technology Services Conferred with CII Industrial Innovation Award

·       India imposes anti-dumping duty on stainless steel from US, ES and China

·       Indian origin activist named UK’s most influential black person of the year

·       Alok Kumar Pateria appointed as ADG, CISF

·       PM Modi inaugurates Global Conference on Consumer Protection

·       Virat Kohli overtakes Lionel Messi in Forbes list by $1 Million

·       SC asks UP, Haryana, Rajasthan to ban use of Pet coke to curb air pollution

·       Choti Kumari Singh won ‘Women’s Creativity in Rural Life Award’

·       Disarmament Week 24-30 October

·       Chhattisgarh: 51 Hindu families migrated from Pak get Indian citizenship

·       World’s first 3D-printed bridge opens in Netherlands

·       Andhra CM Naidu receives Golden Peacock Award

·       Nepal’s ambassador to India resigns

 October 25 , 2017

·       Jitu Rai and Heena Sindhu win gold in air pistol mixed team event

·       World’s oldest maritime astrolabe that guided ships to India found

·       30th Edition of CORPAT begins between Indian-Indonesian Navy

·       ‘Queen of Thumri’ Girija Devi passes away at 88

·       Scott Fleming joins NBA India as Head of Basketball Operations

·       Singapore Passport named ‘Most Powerful’, India ranks 75

·       Russia vetoes UN resolution to extend inspection of chemical attacks in Syria

·       South African Indian-origin couple wins top US award for AIDS research

·       Thakkar first Indian to top ITTF

·       Divij & Scott crowned EO champions

October 24 , 2017

·       United Nations Day – October 24, 2017

·       Disarmament Week – October 24-30

·       World Development Information Day – October 24

·       Noted Malayalam director IV Sasi passes away

·       Flemming joins NBA India as head of Basketball operations

·       Jitu Rai, Heena Sidhu win Gold in 10m Air Pistol mixed team event at ISSF World Cu

·       Thakkar first Indian to top ITTF Junior Circuit standings

·       Divij Sharan and Scott Lipsky crowned European Open champions

·       Myanmar to launch own satellite system in 2019

·       Reliance Communications gets final nod from DoT for merger with Sistema

·       NS Venkatesh appointed AMFI chief executive

·       Kanwaljit Singh Cheema appointed as principal secretary of BoA in Darjeeling

·       IPPB appoints Suresh Sethi as its MD & CEO

·       Meghalaya Election Department enters Limca Book of Records

·       Cristiano Ronaldo and Lieke Martens win FIFA player-of-the-year awards

·       TRAI recommends 40 percent reduction in carbon emissions in telecom networks by 2023

·       Madhya Pradesh tops in digital initiatives: Report by Coeus Age Consulting

·       IndusInd Bank launches Cobrand App with MobiKwik

·       SBI ties up with Escorts to finance farmers for purchase of tractors

·       EEPC signs pact with PNB for export finance

·       RBI to make LEI must for companies with over Rs 5 crore exposure

·       30th edition of India – Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) begins in Indonesia

·       India gifts war memorabilia to Bangladesh

·       Nicaragua signs Paris climate agreement

·       Andhra Government releases 3rd installment under Crop Loan Waiver Scheme

·       Paika Bidroha to be named as 1st War of Independence

October 23 , 2017

• Nirmala Sitharaman left for Philippines to attend ADMM
• HSBC appoints Jayant Rikhye as CEO India
• Govt de-affiliates 400 Industrial Training Institutes for failing quality norms
• Sri Lankan Coast Guard commissions OPV SURAKSHA gifted by India
• Kidambi Srikanth lifts Denmark Open Superseries Trophy 2017
• Rakesh Asthana appointed CBI Special Director
• Bangladesh signs Gas Oil deal with India
• India’s first Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra launched

                          October 22 , 2017

• Punjab decides to close 800 govt schools which have fewer than 20 students
• PM Modi inaugurates first phase of Ghogha-Dahej RORO ferry service
• North Korea, Pakistan not invited for consumer protection conference in India
• Nepal tops Asia Pacific list of nations elected to UNHRC
• WHO removes Robert Mugabe as Goodwill Ambassador
• Suu Kyi’s name removed from Oxford
• Karnataka to ban Pillion Riding on Two-Wheelers With Engine Capacity up to 100 cc
• Filmmaker and Rani Mukerji’s father Ram Mukherjee passes away
• Sibi George appointed as the Ambassador of India to Switzerland
• Kohli becomes top run scorer at 200 ODIs and 14th Indian player to play 200 ODIs

October 21 , 2017

• 21st October 2017: The National Police Commemoration Day
• Lebanon’s parliament approves country’s first budget since 2005
• GSTN Launches excel-based offline tool to file initial GSTR-3B Returns
• 5-member Committee to select Editor-in-Chief of RSTV
• Cristiano Ronaldo retains top spot in Forbes’ wealthiest athletes list
• State of World Population 2017: report
• Robert Mugabe named goodwill ambassador by WHO
• Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan to get Lata Mangeshkar Award
• Peru approves medicinal use of marijuana

October 20 , 2017

• 20th October: World Statistics Day
• Indo-Russia joint exercise INDRA 2017 begins
• Jaipur and Srinagar Airports rated Best Airports in the world
• Sunny Verghese appointed as WBCSD from 2018
• Assam Govt launches new Tourism policy
• South Africa clinches top spot in ODI, India slips to second
• Gitanjali Rao wins 2017 Young Scientist Challenge for water contamination detection device
• World’s deepest lake under threat: Scientists

October 19 , 2017

• Chhattisgarh govt reduces interest on loan under Saksham Yojna
• Income Tax dept launches ‘Online Chat’ to answer taxpayers queries
• Assam to host Global Investors Summit in February 2018
• Javed Akhtar to be honoured with Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award
• Arunachal Assembly approves Kamle as 23rd district
• India among five countries responsible for 50% newborn deaths
• USA to provide EMALS technology to India for aircraft carriers
• Shastri is World’s Highest Earning Cricket Coach
• Jacinda Ardern to be next New Zealand PM
• Environmental scientist Schellnhuber receives Blue Planet Prize

 October 18 , 2017

• US author George Saunders wins 2017 Man Booker Prize
• Ministry of WCD launches campaign on ‘women for women’
• Anup Vikal resigns as CFO of Snapdeal
• India signs pact to send Interns to Japan for Training
• Veteran British actor Roy Dotrice passes away
• Indian peacekeepers in Sudan awarded with UN medal
• Madhya Pradesh CM launches ‘Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana’
• Google viewed as Most Authentic Brand in India: Survey
• Kerala HC restores life ban imposed on Sreesanth by BCCI
• Zimbabwe bans Fruit, Vegetable imports as Forex Crunch Deepens

October 17 , 2017

• Indian-American Attorney awarded 3rd American Bazaar Philanthropy award
• 17 October: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
• Ayurveda 2nd Day is celebrated on 17 October
• Indian-origin teenager Akshay Ruparelia is UK’s Youngest Millionaire
• Eminent Poet Prabha Varma chosen for Padma Prabha Puraskaram
• Mahindra launches ‘Prerna’ project for women farmers
• Scientists develop futuristic military watch that can survive nuclear blast
• Kavita Devi, India’s first woman wrestler to sign for WWE
• Punjab police launches foot patrolling in all districts
• Hema Malini’s Biography ‘Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl’ launched

October 16 , 2017

• World Food Day – October 16
• Poet Punyaslok Dasgupta passes away
• Shamsher Khan, India’s first Olympic swimmer, passes away at 87
• Filmmaker Lekh Tandon passes away
• Legendary Brazilian sailor Scheidt announced his retirement from Olympics
• Kavita Devi becomes first Indian woman wrestler to sign with WWE
• Mohun Bagan lifts Governor’s Gold Cup for 10th time
• Indian Navy aircraft P81 in Philippines to search missing sailors  
• Indigenously built Anti-Submarine Warship INS Kiltan commissioned into Navy
• Bharti Airtel, Millicom concludes deal to combine operations in Ghana
• Eminent poet Prabha Varma chosen for Padma Prabha Puraskaram
• Actor Varun Dhawan to get a wax statue at Madame Tussauds, Hong Kong
• BNP Paribas teams up with TCS to deliver Corporate Event Connect
• Mahindra launches ‘Prerna’ project for women farmers
• Myntra, Textile Ministry tie-up to promote handloom industry
• SEBI revamps expert panel on Market Infrastructure Institutions
• Bangkok Bank signs deal with Intellect Design for Digital Transaction Banking Platform
• Moody’s affirms rating on SBI’s bond programmes
• First Investment Agreement signed between NIIF and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)
• Punjab police launches foot patrolling in all districts
• Pakistan-Iran sign deal to boost border security
• Footwear Design & Development Institute Act 2017 comes into force
• Agricultural Minister Radha Mohan Singh reviews Project CHAMAN, likely to be completed by March 2018

October 15 , 2017

• World Students Day – October 15, 2017
• International Day of Rural Women – October 15, 2017
• The Coalition Years 1996-2012: Pranab Mukherjee’s political autobiography
• Historian Satish Chandra passes away at 95
• Indian paddler Selena Selvakumar wins gold in Egypt
• Federer beats Nadal to win Shanghai Masters
• Maria Sharapova wins Tianjin Open
• Shakib Al Hasan becomes first Bangladeshi to be inducted in MCC World Cricket Committee
• Two more Top Executives resign from Infosys
• Government appoints MK Gupta, DK Gayen as new Railway Board members
• 12-year-old girl from city bags sub-title at ‘Little Miss World’ pageant
• Singer T M Krishna wins Indira Gandhi National Integration
• Indian Accent features in Asia’s top 10 restaurants
• Airports need $45 billion investment to improve capacity by 2030
• Vanuatu becomes first nation to accept Bitcoin in Exchange for citizenship
• Yes Bank partners with Abu Dhabi Global Markets for collaboration on fintech
• Union Bank launches Union Sahyog app
• Pakistan gets its first Metro Train
• World’s first ‘negative emissions’ power plant in Iceland
• Egypt extends state of emergency for three months
• Rajasthan Assembly becomes first in India to call motions online
• Hyderabad High Court makes Gram Sabha nod mandatory for liquor shops
• Parliamentary panel under BJP MP B C Khanduri to examine operational preparedness of armed forces

Haryana’s Amin village renamed Abhimanyupur

October 14 , 2017

• World Standards Day – October 14
• An Insignificant Man: Movie on Arvind Kejriwal
• ICC approves South Africa-Zimbabwe 4 day test on trial basis
• World’s largest combustion research centre inaugurated at IIT Madras
• IndusInd bank seals deal to buy Bharat Financial
• France’s Audrey Azoulay to be next UNESCO chief
• Appointment Committee of Cabinet appoints 11 new secretaries
• Namita Gokhale bags Centenary National Award for Literature
• Hyperloop One rebrands itself as ‘Virgin Hyperloop One’
• IIP rises to 9-month high of 4.3% in August 2017
• Bureau of Indian standards (BIS) Act 2016 came into force
• IMF favours three structural reforms in India
• IWAI raises Rs. 660 crore through Bonds
• Odisha government department signs MOU with SBI
• Five Telangana students selected for NASA rover challenge.
• Himachal Pradesh to go to polls on 9^thNovember in single phase

• For dowry-linked cruelty, Supreme Court restores ‘immediate arrest’
• West Bengal to set up Scheduled Caste advisory council
• Chennai Metro Rail introduces free bicycle ride scheme
• 48th Conference of Governors concludes at Rashtrapati Bhavan
• NITI Aayog working with states for agri market reforms
• Mitra Shakti 2017: India-Sri Lanka Joint Military Exercise held in Pune
• Meet of physiologists, pharmacologists – APPICON 2017

October 13 , 2017

·       International Day for Disaster Reduction – October 13

·       Test championship & ODI league approved by International Cricket Council

·       Staubli to become first female referee to officiate at U-17 World Cup

·       India beat Macau to qualify for 2019 AFC Asian Cup

·       Indian Air Force launched mobile health App ‘MedWatch’

·       Experimental Ebola vaccines found safe & effective in human trial

·       INS Satpura, Kadmatt to participate in PASSEX with Japan

·       Government clears appointment of Leslie Thng as Vistara CEO

·       Bambawale appointed as next Indian ambassador to China

·       Rukaiya Rangwala appointed as head of MobiKwik Payment Gateway

·       Samsung CEO Kwon Oh-hyun resigns

·       M K Sanu chosen for Mathrubhumi Literary Award

·       HPCL becomes first Indian oil company to trade lubricants in Myanmar

·       HDFC Bank launches SmartUp zones to nurture, collaborate with start-ups

·       RBI Introduces Strict KYC Norms to Keep E-Wallets Safe

·       India rules out joining NPT as non-nuclear weapon state

·       Hamas, Fatah sign deal on Palestinian reconciliation

·       US and Israel withdraw from UNESCO

·       G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting held in Washington D.C

·       Dilli seminar on India & southeast Asia maritime trade begins in Kerala

·       Union Textiles Minister inaugurates world’s largest B2B handicraft & gifts fair

·       Department of Post launches Sampoorna Bima Gram Yojana

·       Committee formed to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi’s 150^th birth anniversary

·       Kolkata to host international puppet festival

·       Bihar Cabinet approves reservation for ‘Divyangs’ in Govt Jobs

October 11 , 2017

·       IMF Trims India growth Forecast for Current Financial Year to 6.7 %

·       Anupam Kher appointed as Chairman of FTII

·       Germany to help Indian Railways to increase speed of trains on existing corridors

·       11 October: International Day of the Girl Child

·       Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak gets Lal Bahadur Shastri award

·       Nisha Desai Biswal appointed as President of US-India Business Council

·       Himachal Pradesh implements Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme

·       Japan launches fourth Michibiki satellite for hi-tech GPS

·       UP govt launches Sankalp Seva bus service

·       Maharashtra launched Web Portal with Information on New Govt Schemes

·       Compulsory Yo-Yo test for cricketers

·       Facebook India MD Umang Bedi Resigns

·       Indian Pair Win Gold at World Archery Youth Championship 2017

·       V M Kwatra appointed ambassador to Principality of Monaco

·       FIFA suspends Pakistan Football Federation

                   October 12 , 2017

·       Arjen Robben retires from International Football

·       FIFA suspends the Pakistan Football Federation

·       Ashish Nehra announces retirement from all forms of cricket

·       SpaceX completes successful launch of recycled rocket Falcon 9

·       Tata Teleservices to merge Consumer Mobile Business with Bharti Airtel

·       Yuvraj Singh named Laureus’ first Indian ambassador

·       John Flint appointed as CEO of HSBC

·       Actor Prakash Raj receives Karanth award

·       Government forms ‘think-tank’ for guidance to achieve oil and gas targets

·       GIC Re launches India’s third largest IPO

·       RBI allows interoperability of wallets in six months

·       Mastercard launches its first Innovation Centre in India

·       SBI launches SME Assist to provide short-term loans to MSME clients

·       NBFC bad loans rise to 5% in 5 years: RBI

·       SEBI fixes penalty for non-compliance of shareholding norms

·       Global Hunger Index – India slips 3 positions to 100th among 119 nations

·       Cabinet approves SANKALP & STRIVE Schemes to boost Skill India Mission

·       UP government launches ‘Sankalp Seva’ bus service

·       NMCG signs agreement to set up sewage treatment plants in Haridwar, Varanasi

·       Manohar Lal Khattar announces ration cards for nomadic tribe in Haryana

·       Gujarat government announces Garments & Apparel Policy 2017

October 10 , 2017

·       Iceland becomes smallest nation ever to enter FIFA World Cup

·       Vice President inaugurated 3rd International Conference on Yoga

·       Govt imposes anti-dumping duty on certain Chinese steel products

·       10 October: World Mental Health Day

·       GCMMF Awarded Best FMCG in Food Sector by IAA

·       U’khand Govt launched ‘Solar Briefcase’ to provide Electricity in Remote Areas

·       Rajnath Singh inaugurated First BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise

·       PepsiCo India Chairman and CEO D Shivakumar resigns

·       India Water Week inaugurated by President

October 9 , 2017

·       India slips to 8th among most valuable brands

·       Nobel Prize 2017 in Economic Sciences announced

·       Rajesh Nath gets Germany’s Highest Civilian Honour

·       Andhra CM Naidu inaugurates Blockchain Business Conference

·       Rafael Nadal wins China Open title

·       PNB MetLife appoints Ashish Srivastava as MD & CEO

·       Manipur celebrates ‘Mera Houchongba’ festival

·       RBI to soon launch Financial Literacy Drive in 9 States

·       Tyrrell Hatton retains Dunhill Links Championship title

·       Noted Journalist Bismoy Kumar Mohanty dies

October 8 , 2017

·       U.S. approves sale of Rs. 98,000 crore THAAD missiles to Saudi Arabia

·       Prime Minister launches Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI)

·       08 October: Indian Air Force Celebrates 85th Anniversary

·       Haj Committee recommends abolishing of subsidy

·       India’s first Marine Police Training Institute to be set up at Dev Bhoomi Dwarka

·       Prasar Bharati launches Online Application System for AIR Auditions

·       India’s Coffee Output Pegged at Record 3.5 lakh Tons in 2017-18

·       President launches Mata Amritanandamayi Math Project Jeevamritham

·       Anupama clinches World Open Under-16 Snooker Championship title

October 7 , 2017

·       Chhattisgarh bans use of chlorinated plastic and Polyvinyl Chloride

·       India and South Africa Celebrating 20 years of Cooperation

·       Purushottam Lal Kaushik passes away

·       Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav-2017 started in Ahmedabad

·       First meeting of India-Australia joint steering committee held

·       Axis Bank acquires Freecharge, appoints Sangram Singh as CEO

·       BRICS-themed subway train debuts in China

·       Mizoram has highest number of clouded leopards in Southeast Asia

·       John Hastings retires from Test and ODI Cricket

·       Filmmaker Kundan Shah passes away

·       PM Modi lays Foundation Stone for Bridge in Dwarka, Gujarat

October 6 , 2017

·       First ASEAN India Music Festival to be held at Purana Qila, New Delhi

·       ICAN awarded Nobel Peace Prize 2017

·       Donald Trump is Most Followed World Leader on Twitter, PM Modi Third

·       Gauri Lankesh, First Indian Journalist to win Anna Politkovskaya Award

·       FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 started in India

October 5 , 2017

·       05 October: World Teachers’ Day

·       UP govt launches ‘Mukhyamantri Samoohik Vivaah Yojana’

·       World Space Week is observed from October 4th to October 10th

·       Forbes India Rich List 2017: Mukesh Ambani Richest With $38 Billion

·       Chhattisgarh CM flags-off Cancer detection ambulance to cure patients free-of-cost

·       Govt constitutes high-level committee for water management in northeast

·       Centre organising Paryatan Parv across the country to promote tourism

·       President of India reaches Djibouti

·       Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, Pakistan’s New Navy Chief

·       India to help Myanmar in police training

·       Kazuo Ishiguro Wins 2017 Nobel Literature Prize

·       Modi temple with 100-foot tall statue of PM to be built in Meerut

·       Mongolian Parliament confirms new Prime Minister

October 4 , 2017

·       Indian Railways announced No service charge on train e-tickets till March 2018

·       Union Government launches SECURE Himalaya Project

·       Turtle Sanctuary to be set up in Allahabad

·       NHAI launches new website and PMIS Mobile App

·       Foundation stone for National waterway on Krishna River laid

·       Soumya Swaminathan appointed as New Deputy Director General at WHO

·       Country’s First ITI for Divyangans in Assam

·       First US Crude Oil shipment arrives in Paradip

·       Fourth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement released by RBI

·       Rangana Herath, 1st left-arm spinner to pick 400 wickets

·       2018 Commonwealth Games Baton arrives in New Delhi

·       Government Names Rajnish Kumar as SBI’s Next Chairman

·       Param Shah appointed as FICCI UK Director

·       Suu Kyi stripped of Oxford honour over Rohingya criticism

·       Pooja Kadian hands India its first gold in Wushu World C’ships

·       Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for method to visualise biomolecules

October 3 , 2017

·       Global Wildlife Programme Conference held in New Delhi

·       President appoints Commission to examine sub-categorisation of OBCs

·       Meenakshi Temple named Best ‘Swachh Iconic Place’ in India

·       Govt unveils third National Wildlife Action Plan for 2017-2031

·       GIFT City’s IFSC bags 10th place in Global Financial Centres Index

·       LS Speaker to lead Indian delegation at 8th Conference in Sri Lanka

·       Chandrababu Naidu launches ‘Swachh Andhra Mission’

·       Jagan Wins sixth title in a row at National Motorcycle Racing

·       2017 Nobel Physics Prize awarded to Gravitational Wave Detectors

·       Baishya elected as Chairmen of two sub-committees of IWF

·       India to be guest country at World Government Summit

·       UP Govt removes Taj Mahal from Tourism list

·       Nepali version of Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography released

·       Viswanathan Anand finishes second at Isle of Man Championship

October 2 , 2017

·       02 October: World Habitat Day

·       Jeffrey, Michael Rosbash & Michael win 2017 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine

·       Sikh man becomes first minority politician to lead major party in Canada

·       02 October: International Day of Non-Violence

·       NHAI launches countrywide Free Eye Check-up Campaign

·       Odisha Government creating land bank for industrial allocation

·       ‘No helmet, no petrol’ rule comes into force in Andhra Pradesh

·       Karnataka unveils scheme to feed 12 lakh pregnant women

·       Nepal, India to conduct joint tiger census in November

·       Max Verstappen wins Malaysian Grand Prix

October 1 , 2017

·       WCD Minister inaugurates the 3rd edition of ‘Women of India Organic Festival’

·       Burqa Ban comes into effect in Austria

·       Iran slaps fuel embargo on Iraqi Kurdistan

·       India’s holdings of American securities

·       01 October: International Day of Older Persons

·       01 October: World Vegetarian Day

·       India opens two border crossing points

·       Russia, China & other 9 Countries hit with doping ban

·       Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates Pratham-Shyok bridge in Leh

·       MP CM launches ‘Single Click Pension Delivery’ scheme

·       UAE begins collecting ‘sin’ taxes on tobacco, energy drinks

·       Indian entrepreneur wins UK business award for innovative IT solutions