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MOU/Agreement Countries
Countries Purpose
India SwitzerlandOn technical cooperation in the rail sector, including development of tilting trains that
tilt on approaching a bend.
India Myanmar On upgradation of the Women s Police Training Centre at Yamethin, Myanmar.
India Djibouti To establish regular Foreign Office-level bilateral consultations between both countries.
India Sweden A Sweden-India Startup Sambandh initiative has been launched by Invest India and
Founders Alliance in Sweden for higher cooperation among start-ups.
India Mozambique To expedite development of the giant Rovuma gas discovery, which is planned to be
converted into LNG for exports.
MOU Industry/States/Others
Organizations Purpose
Amazon Web Services Microsoft To launch an open-source and deep learning
(AWS) interface Gluon that will help developers to
deploy machine learning models across several
platforms.
Indian Railways German Railways To make country s existing rail corridors semi
high speed. The semi high speed trains will run
at 200 km per hour.
Punjab National Bank Engineering Export Promotion To provide access to finance for the small and
Council (EEPC) of India medium enterprises and merchant exporters of
the council
Andhra Pradesh Govt Visa For Digital Dhan Sankalp project. It is an initiative
to develop Visakhapatnam into India s first less
cash city.
Odisha Govt. State Bank of India MoU is a landmark initiative by the state
government to facilitate revenue collection from
citizens through digital banking platform
State Bank of India (SBI) Escorts Ltd To finance farmers for purchase of Escorts
tractors.
SBI Shriram Automall India Limited To extend the benefits of company s holistic
(SAMIL) solutions for the disposal of all types of pre-
owned vehicles and equipment.
Vijaya Bank Hindustan Petroleum For enabling all HPCL retail outlets with
Corporation Ltd (HPCL) BHIM/UPI merchant solutions.
IndusInd Bank MobiKwik To launch a co-branded wallet IndusInd
Mobikwik
Kotak Mahindra Bank Fintech firm Zeta Launch of Paymint , a multi-wallet digital
prepaid solution for salaried employees.
AU Small Finance Bank Aditya Birla Health Insurance To act as a corporate agent for company s health
insurance business.

AU Small Finance Bank Small Industries Development To launch a Rs. 200-crore fund for providing
Bank of India (SIDBI) loans to MSMEs.
Yes Bank Abu Dhabi Global Market To further foster cross-border exchange
(ADGM), the International between the fintech ecosystems of the United
Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, Arab Emirates and India.
Appointments and Resignations

Name Post Institution/Other Info
Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar Vice Chief Naval Staff, India
Preeti Sudan Union Health Secretary
Gautam H. Bambawale Indian ambassador to He will replace Vijay Gokhale
China
Dineshwar Sharma Interlocutor in Jammu The Centre has decided to start a sustained
and Kashmir dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir and added that
former Intelligence Bureau (IB) director
Dineshwar Sharma will be the representative
from the Government of India.
Rajnish Kumar Chairman State Bank of India
Suresh Sethi MD and CEO India Post Payments Bank
Ashish Srivastava MD and CEO PNB MetLife
Jayant Rikhye CEO Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
(HSBC) India
Anupam Kher Chairman Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in
Pune
Sambit Patra Non-official director Board of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
(ONGC) Ltd.
Nisha Desai Biswal President US-India Business Council
NS Venkatesh Chief Executive Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI)
Rukaiya Rangwala Business Head MobiKwik Payment Gateway
Rakesh Asthana Special Director Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
Gurbachan Singh Special Director Intelligence Bureau (IB)
Deepak Kumar Mishra and Special Director General Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
Sudeep Lakhtakia
Rajesh Ranjan and A.P. Special Director General Border Security Force (BSF)
Maheshwari
Alok Kumar Pateria Additional Director Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
General (ADG)
Birendra Prasad Baishya President Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF)
Suresh Raina Ambassador Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC)
Soumya Swaminathan WHO Deputy Director
General for Programmes
Jane Ellison WHO Deputy Director
General for Corporate

Operations
Brenda Hale first female president of
UK s supreme court
Jagmeet Singh first Sikh politician to
lead major Canadian
party
French Audrey Azoulay Director-General UNESCO
Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister New Zealand
Ukhnaa Khurelsukh Prime Minister Mongolia
RESIGNATIONS & TERMINATIONS:
Kwon Oh-hyun, Samsung Electronics CEO, vice chairman, and the head resigned from his post
Facebook India MD Umang Bedi quits, Bhushan interim MD
The Nepal government has accepted the resignation of its Ambassador to India, Deep Kumar Upadhyay, to
contest the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, the country s second-most senior legal officer, has resigned citing personal
reasons.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe s appointment
as its Goodwill Ambassador has been cancelled. He was just recently appointed as the WHO s Goodwill
Ambassador.
Awards and Recognitions

Award Name Person/Institution Extra Knowledge
Miss India Australia 2017 Aarzu Singh
National Awards for senior citizens Gurbax Singh Sandhu He is Indian boxing coach
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award Bindeshwar Pathak
for Excellence in Public
Administration, Academics and
Management for the year 2017
Centenary National Award for Namita Gokhale She is an eminent writer in
Literature English language
Mathrubhumi Literary Award for 2016 M K Sanu He is eminent critic, biographer
and orator
Shivarama Karanth Huttura Prashasti Prakash Raj
Anna Politkovskaya Award Gauri Lankesh (Posthumously)
She is first Indian Journalist to
win Anna Politkovskaya Award
Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award Javed Akhtar He is veteran writer-lyricist.
Padma Prabha Puraskaram Prabha Varma He is eminent poet, lyricist and
journalist.
Indira Gandhi Award for National TM Krishna He is Carnatic vocalist
Integration for 2015-16
Lifetime Achievement Award by the Actress Sharmila Tagore
PHD Chamber of Commerce and

Industry
Cross of the Order of Merit Rajesh Nath The highest civilian honour
awarded to individuals for their
services to German
Swachh Iconic Place in India Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple Temple located in Madurai,
Tamil Nadu
Parmod Mahajan Smriti Award Anupam Kher and
Saira Banu
Golden Peacock Award in category -- N Chandrababu Naidu He is current Andhra Pradesh
Global Leadership in Public Service Chief Minister
and Economic Transformation
American Bazaar Philanthropy award Ajay Raju Indian-American attorney
2017 World Food Prize Award Akinwunmi Adesina He is from Nigeria.
Also Adesina is the current
President of the African
Development Bank.
2017 Man Booker Prize George Saunders He is US Author. Awarded for
his novel Lincoln in the Bardo
Blue Planet Prize Hans Joachim Schellnhuber He is German theoretical
physicist
Noted music composers Usha Khanna, Bappi Lahiri, Anu Malik and playback singers Alka Yagnik and Udit
Narayan have been selected for the Madhya Pradesh government s prestigious National Lata Mangeshkar
Award.
A globally-acclaimed South African Indian-origin researcher couple named Salim Abdool Karim and Quarraisha
Abdool Karim was honoured with a prestigious US award for their exceptional contributions in the field of
HIV/AIDS.
RECOGNITIONS:
 The Meghalaya Election Department has entered Limca Book of Records for the formation of the biggest human
logo comprising young voters in the state.
 According Forbes magazine s annual India Rich List 2017 , Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani emerged as
India s wealthiest for the 10th straight year
 Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos has overtaken Bill Gates to become the world s richest person with a net worth of
$91.6 billion.
 Late singer Michael Jackson has been named the highest-earning dead celebrity for the 5th consecutive year by
Forbes. His earnings have ee esti ated to e $ illio ₹ rore .
 Forbes released the top 20 richest sportsmen in the world for 2017 with Real Madrid superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo
leading the chart.
 Indian consumers regard Google as the most authentic brand, even though Amazon.com tops the list globally,
reveal results of the 2017 Authentic Brands Study by the new survey of global communications agency Cohn &
Wolfe.
 Akshay Ruparelia, Indian-origin teenager has made a fortune by selling houses through his online estate agency
business during his school lunch breaks and has become one of UK s youngest millionaires.
 Gina Miller, an Indian-origin campaigner has been named the UK s most influential black person of the year.

Conference and Summits

Summit Place  Extra Knowledge
International AYUSH Conference and Exhibition 2017 India Theme -- Lifestyle diseases:
Prevention and management
through AYUSH
CMS Conference of the Parties CMSCOP13 India To be hosted in 2020 as
announced by UN for
Environment Programme
Mitra Shakti 2017 Pune, Maharashtra It is 5th India-Sri Lanka joint
training exercise.
International seminar and Global Ayurveda meet Kochi, Kerala  In February, 2018
12th World Sudoku Championship and the 26th Bengaluru 
World Puzzle Championship
International Conference on Consumer Protection New Delhi India did not invite Pakistan
and North Korea to attend the
conference
First Meeting of BIMSTEC Task Force on Traditional New Delhi
Medicine
Third Global Investors India Forum New Delhi
Third International Conference on Yoga New Delhi Theme - Yoga for Wellness
CMS Vatavaran New Delhi It is an international film
festival on environment and
wildlife
Global meet on Indian space industry New Delhi
World Congress on Adolescent Health New Delhi Theme: Investing in Adolescent
Health—the Future is Now
2017 Technology Summit New Delhi To be in held in November,
2017
Canada will be the partner
country
International Children s Film Festival, also called The Hyderabad, Theme for this year s festival --
Golden Elephant Telangana New India .
India International Cherry Blossom Festival Shillong, Meghalaya
Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav – 2017 Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Conference on Composite Materials Indian Institute of  in December 2017
Technology
Hyderabad (IIT-H)
International Conference on Dialogue of Civilizations India at Delhi, Gandhinagar and
– IV Dholavira
International medical conference Chandigarh 
International puppet festival Kolkata The puppet festival is aimed at
regenerating the emotions
attached to puppetry and it will
be held at Mohorkunj in
Kolkata.

First ever ASEAN-India music festival Purana Quila in New

Delhi
India-UAE Partnership Summit Dubai, UAE
United Nations conference on nuclear energy Abu Dhabi, UAE
8th SAARC speaker Parliamentarians conference Sri Lanka
ASEAN-India Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas Singapore To be held in 2018
4th ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting (ADMM) Plus - Clark, Philippines
- Southeast Asian defence ministers meeting
South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Law (SAARCLAW)
2nd World Congress on Marxism Beijing, China To be held in 2018
International News
 BRICS-themed subway train debuts in China
A BRICS-themed subway train with carriages representing the five member nations including India has started test
operations in China s southeastern Xiamen city.
The subway train, which started its test run, has six carriages, five of which represents different cultures of the
BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The Indian carriage depicts elephants and yoga.
The Chinese carriage is red and displays icons such as the Great Wall and Tian anmen Square.
The Brazilian carriage is green and decorated with images of footballs and football stars.
The Russian carriage shows off the country s ballet and matryoshka dolls.
The South African carriage displays pictures of diamonds.
The sixth carriage combines cultural elements from all the five BRICS countries.
 Google pledges $1 bn to fund non-profit education
 India, Brazil and South Africa signed the IBSA Trust Fund Agreement that seeks to fight poverty in developing
countries.
 China has overtaken the United States as the world s largest ice cream producer, according to data from an
industry expo in Tianjin City.
 The world s first hybrid electric tram powered by hydrogen fuel cells has started running in China.
 The world s first track-less trains have begun the test runs in China. Promoted as the World s First smart train, the
vehicle operates on virtual rail lines and could travel as quickly as 70 kmh. The smart train is called Autonomous Rail
Transit (ART).
 USA and Israel withdrew from UNESCO over anti-Israel bias .
 The United Arab Emirates has begun collecting new sin taxes on tobacco products, energy drinks and soft drinks.
 Burqa ban comes into effect in Austria
 India will be the guest of honour during the sixth edition of the World Government Summit scheduled from
February 11th – 13th, 2018 in Dubai.
 Catalonia s regional parliament declared independence from Spain in a disputed vote that is now likely to be
declared illegal by Spain s constitutional court.

 From 2019, measure of kilogram will be set by value of Planck constant in combination with definitions of meter
and second. Earlier, definition of kilogram was given by a salt-shaker-sized cylinder housed at the Bureau
International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM), Paris.
 Burundi is all set to become the first country to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
 Nicaragua has signed the Paris climate agreement, leaving the US and Syria as the only two countries out of the
global pact.
 Asia now has the most billionaires in the world, surpassing the US for the first time, according to a report by UBS
and PwC.
 A town called Gemert in the Netherlands has became home to the first 3D-printed cycling bridge ever. With this,
Dutch cyclists can now pedal over the world s first 3D-printed concrete bridge.
 Saudi Arabia has become the first country to give a robot citizenship. The move is an attempt to promote Saudi
Arabia as a place to develop artificial intelligence – and, presumably, allow it to become a full citizen. Robot is
named – Sophia.
 Chile has been named the best country to visit next year by Lonely Planet in its Best in Travel 2018 list. South
Korea and Portugal have ranked second and third respectively.
 Bangladesh has signed a long-term sales and purchase agreement with an Indian refiner to import gas oil to meet
the country s energy demand.
 According to State of World Population 2017 released by United Nations Fund for Population (UNFPA) Activities
27% of India s children get married by age 18 as compared to 28% the world over.
 Scotland has finished constructing the world s first floating wind farm .
 Myanmar will be launching its own satellite system MyanmarSat-2, which will be used on joint ownership system.
Myanmar is currently using MyanmarSat-1 on lease system.
 External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj opened the new chancery complex of the Indian High Commission in
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has highlighted its intention to make 2020 a unique year for the country s space
sector by launching the first Arab probe to Mars.
 Lebanon s parliament has approved a government budget for the first time since 2005 i.e. after 12 years.
 Vanuatu, a South Pacific archipelago, has become the first nation to accept Bitcoins as payment for its investment
citizenship program.
 Fifteen countries have been elected to the UN Human Rights Council by the UN General Assembly.
These are -- Afghanistan, Angola, Australia, Chile, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Peru, Qatar, Senegal, Slovakia, Spain and Ukraine. They will serve a three-year term from January 1, 2018.
National News
 King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, arrived in New Delhi on a four-day visit to India. He is
accompanied by his wife, Queen Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck.
 An MoU was signed by Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya under the Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat
program, to boost cultural ties.

 The Supreme Court has imposed a fine of Rs two lakh on the Environment Ministry for not fixing emission norms of
Sulphur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxide for 34 categories of industries — important to mitigate air pollution in Delhi
and the NCR.
 On the occasion of National Ayurveda Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the All India Institute of
Ayurveda (AIIA) at Delhi s Sarita Vihar. The All India Institute of Ayurveda, set up on a total area of 10.015 acres on
a budget of Rs 157 crore, is the first medical institute under the AYUSH ministry to hold the coveted National
Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH) accreditation.
 India is among the five countries — Pakistan, Nigeria, Congo and Ethiopia being the others — responsible for half of
all new-born deaths in the world, according to a UN report. The report, Levels and Trends in Child Mortality 2017 ,
revealed that 5.6 million children died before reaching the age of five in 2016. However, this is a marked decrease
compared to 2000 when nearly 9.9 million children had died before turning five.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the first phase of the roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) ferry service connecting
Saurashtra with south Gujarat. The first phase of the project worth Rs 650-crore connects Ghogha of Bhavnagar
district in Saurashtra region to Dahej of Bharuch district in south Gujarat. This is the first of its kind project not only
in India, but also in South-East Asia. Essar Projects, the EPC arm of Ruias-led Essar Group, has constructed and
designed the roll-on-roll-off (ro-ro) terminals at both Dahej and Ghogha ports.
 India s first Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) for Skilling in Smart Cities, in collaboration with New Delhi
Municipal Council (NDMC) in New Delhi launched.
 Government has launched Sampoorna Bima Gram Yojana and expansion of Postal Life Insurance
Sampoorna Bima Gram (SBG) Yojana -- a minimum of one village will be taken up in each of the districts of the
country, and efforts will be made to cover all households of the village with at least one Rural Postal Life Insurance
policy each.
 E-commerce major Myntra launched its CSR initiative in association with the Union Textile Ministry, to work
directly with weavers and elevate their economic stature.
 The much-awaited Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Act has come into effect from October 12 with a provision to
bring more services and products like jewellery under the mandatory standard regime.
Parliament had, in March 2016, passed the law to replace the BIS Act of 1986.
 India s first Sewage Treatment Plant under Hybrid Annuity Mode to come up in Haridwar and Varanasi
 Government to set up mini food parks - all 42 sanctioned mega food parks will be operational by 2019.
 President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated Shirdi International Airport in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.
 Ministries of power and textiles have jointly announced a new scheme SAATHI under which Energy Efficiency
Services Limited (EESL) will provide energy efficient power loom equipment to small and medium units at no
upfront cost. SAATHI -- Sustainable and Accelerated Adoption of efficient Textile technologies to Help small
Industries.
 Cabinet approves SANKALP, STRIVE schemes to boost Skill India Mission
 SANKALP - Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion -- Rs 4,455 crore Centrally
sponsored scheme including Rs. 3,300 crore loan support from World Bank.
 STRIVE - Skill Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement -- Rs. 2,200 crore – central sector scheme, with half
of the scheme outlay as World bank loan assistance.
 The Union Cabinet has approved road building programmes of around Rs 7 lakh crore with a target to construct
83,677 km of roads in the next five years.

 MSME Delayed Payment Portal – MSME Samadhaan (http://msefc.msme.gov.in), empowering micro and small
entrepreneurs across the country to directly register their cases relating to delayed payments by Central
Ministries/Departments/CPSEs/State Governments.
 HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar announced that the Paika Bidroha (Paika rebellion) of 1817 will find a place in the
history books as the First War of Independence from the next academic session. Paika Bidroha against the British
rule took place four decades before the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny, which has so far been regarded as the First War of
Indian Independence.
 Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi inaugurated the 3rd edition of Women of India Organic Festival at Dilli Haat, INA
 The Government of India, has increased its stake in IDBI Bank to 77.79% by acquiring 3.81 per cent shares through
preferential allotment.
 In a novel initiative by the Petroleum Ministry, 10 oil and gas companies under it launched a startup programme for
entrepreneurs with a fund corpus of Rs 320 crore to be disbursed over a 3-year period to support innovations in the
energy sector.
 The Ministry of Shipping has sanctioned Rs 25 crore to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust for development of coastal
berth and another Rs 50 crore to the Karwar port in Karnataka under the flagship Sagarmala project.
 Railway Minister Piyush Goyal launched the railways first set of solar plants in Delhi with a total capacity of 5
megawatt peak (MWp), an ambitious project aimed at reducing the national transporter s carbon footprint.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the Indian Railways 110km Bidar-Kalaburgi railway track in the
Hyderabad-Karnataka region that is aimed at reducing the distance between Bengaluru and New Delhi by 380km
and travel time by six to eight hours
 President Ram Nath Kovind launched Mata Amritanandamayi Math s Rs 100 crore clean water initiative for rural
India at the math headquarters in the coastal hamlet of Vallikkavu in Kerala
 India has opened 2 immigration check posts along the borders with Myanmar & Bangladesh. Myanmar - Zorinpui
check post of Mizoram. Bangladesh - Kawrpuichhuah post of Mizoram.
 President Ram Nath Kovind on the occasion of World Tourism Day which is celebrated on September 27 annually,
launched Incredible India 2.0 Campaign , Adopt a Heritage project.
 The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has launched a diploma course in Elementary Education to train
teachers across the country for teaching students up to Class 8.
 The Centre has launched a six-year project called SECURE Himalaya, to ensure conservation of locally and globally
significant biodiversity, land and forest resources in the high Himalayan ecosystem spread over four states in India.
SECURE ---- Securing Livelihoods, Conservation, Sustainable use and Restoration of High Range Himalayan
ecosystems
 The Union Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with Other Union Ministries and State Governments has launched
nationwide Paryatan Parv to showcase cultural diversity of country and reinforce the principle of Tourism for All .
 Due to ever-present threat of cross-border firing from Pakistan, the Centre has set up a study group to examine the
problems being faced by the people living near the International Border and the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and
Kashmir.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI). The special drive will focus on
improving immunization coverage in select districts and cities to ensure full immunization to more than 90% by
December 2018.
 The Supreme Court held that a man will be punished for rape if he is found to be guilty of havIng sexual intercourse
with his minor wife.

A Bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta read down exception 2 to Section 375 (rape) of the Indian
Penal Code (IPC).
 Income Tax Department has launched an online chat service for taxpayers so that they can seek answers to their
basic queries and doubts relating to direct tax issues.
 The Multi-Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) has launched India s first commodity options in gold, giving
stakeholders a new set of financial instruments to hedge their price risks.
 Nepal and India will be conducting in November a joint head count of tigers in the national parks, forests and
sanctuaries along the international border between the two neighbours using a similar camera tapping method.
 Bangladesh naval ship Somudra Avijan arrived Visakhapatnam on a four-day goodwill visit to the Eastern Naval
Command (ENC).
 MasterCard announced the launch of its innovation centre in Mumbai to focus on solving India-specific problems
in the areas of technology and financial enablement. This would be their second innovation centre, after Singapore,
in Asia and ninth globally.
 The world s largest combustion research centre which will impart a major boost to the Indian scientific community
has been inaugurated at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
 India sent first wheat shipment to Afghanistan via Iran s Chabahar port. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj,
Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Salahuddin Rabbani and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif flagged off the
shipment through video-conferencing.
 As per the Credit Suisse Research Institute s (CSRI) latest CS Family 1000 report, India has 108 publicly-listed
family-owned businesses, third highest in the world, while China tops the tally with 167 such companies followed
by the US which has 121.
 Sri Lanka and India signed two agreements for construction of 1,200 houses through 50 model villages in the island
nation, using Indian grant assistance of 600 million rupees.
 Scientists in India have discovered a 152 million-year-old fossil of an ichthyosaur – an extinct marine reptile – in the
western state of Gujarat. This is the first time an ichthyosaur fossil has been discovered in India.
 To strengthen maritime security, India and the United States have agreed to implement the programme for
Helicopter Operations from Ships other Than Aircraft Carriers (HOSTAC).
 Maruti Suzuki India has become the largest passenger cars exporter from India in the first half of the ongoing fiscal,
dethroning Hyundai Motor India Ltd which has now been pushed to the fourth spot behind Volkswagen and
General Motors.
 Mahindra & Mahindra has launched a programme, Prerna, to empower women working in the agriculture sector by
promoting efficient and ergonomic farm tools and equipment.
State News
Andhra Pradesh
 No helmet, no petrol rule comes into force in Andhra Pradesh
 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu launched Swachh Andhra Mission on the occasion of Gandhi
Jayanti. PV Sindhu has been chosen as the brand ambassador of Swachh Andhra.
 The Andhra Pradesh Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mastercard to setup a
centre of excellence in Visakhapatnam.

 Vice president Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation stone for the first phase of the 2,890-km National Waterway-4
(NW-4) at Amravati in Andhra Pradesh.
 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation stone for the TU142M aircraft museum in
Visakhapatnam. The Russian aircraft, which was decommissioned in March 2017 at INS Rajali in Tamil Nadu after 29
years, was brought to the city on April 8 to be converted into a Museum.
Arunachal Pradesh
 Chief Minister Pema Khandu has announced that Arunachal Pradesh shall be Open Defecation Free by December
31 this year.
 Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu declared open the fifth edition of Tawang festival at the frontier
monastery town close to India-China border.
 Assam CM launched a web portal Assam Darpan where details of government schemes and projects would be
available to the people.
 The Arunachal Assembly has passed a bill paving way for creation of a new district to be named Kamle. With the
official creation of the new district, the total number of districts in the state shot up to 23.
Assam
 Foundation stone for the country s first ever Industrial Training Institute for the Dibyangans exclusively was laid on
October 3 in Dibrugarh in Assam.
 ISRO to set up research centre in Guwahati, Assam
Bihar
 In Bihar, four-day Chhat Pooja celebrations are beginning from today (24 October), with NAHAY-KHAY. Kharna
rituals will be held tomorrow.
Chhattisgarh
 Chhattisgarh bans use of chlorinated plastic and Polyvinyl Chloride.
 Chhattisgarh has become the first state in the country to award citizenship to as many as 51 Hindu families who
had migrated from Pakistan several years ago.
Delhi
 The Supreme Court has placed a ban on the sale of firecrackers in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) during
the upcoming festive season of Diwali. The ban will remain in effect till November 1.
 New Delhi, the national capital, has been named as world s worst megacity for sexual violence against women in a
survey conducted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Gujarat
 Gujarat on October 10 reduced VAT on petrol and diesel by 4%, becoming the first state to give relief to consumers
from a recent surge in oil prices.
 The Centre has given green clearance for a greenfield airport project at Hirasar, about 28 km from Rajkot in
Gujarat, at a cost of over Rs. 1,400 crores.
 Birsa Munda Tribal University inaugurated in the tribal dominated Rajpipla town in Narmada district about 90 kms
from Vadodara.

Haryana
 According to an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) report, approximately 17.3 lakh new cancer cases are
being estimated by the year 2020 in India. Haryana has a major share, with over 39% of cases recorded in the state.
Himachal Pradesh
 PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for an AIIMS premier hospital in Bilaspur town of Himachal Pradesh.
Karnataka
 Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah launched the Mathru Purna scheme, which aims to provide nutritious
meals to about 12 lakh pregnant women and lactating mothers in the state.
Madhya Pradesh
 MP govt. launched Single Click Pension Delivery scheme, wherein the money will go directly into the account of
the beneficiaries.
 MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated a toilet in the Mangalwara area for the exclusive use of transgenders ---
first of its kind in the country.
 MP govt announces Rs 2 lakh aid for widow remarriage
 Madhya Pradesh, which was the first state to announce that it would switch to January-December financial year
from the existing April-March cycle starting 2018, has put the plan on the back burner.
 Madhya Pradesh has emerged as the top state in terms of digital initiatives undertaken, with a maximum score of
100.1 on performance index, followed by Maharashtra at 99.9 and Andhra Pradesh at 99.8, according to a report by
Coeus Age Consulting.
 Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojna for the farmers of the state launched. Madhya Pradesh is the first state to lend money
to farmers at zero percent interest.
Maharashtra
 MahaLabharthi web portal that will help people get information about all the government schemes that they are
eligible for.
Manipur
 Manipur celebrates Mera Houchongba festival
Mizoram
 Mizoram s Dampa Tiger Reserve now holds the distinction of housing the highest number of clouded leopards in
Southeast Asia, the state government has claimed. Density of population of clouded leopards, locally knows as
Kelral , is 5.14 per 100 sq km in the reserve.
Rajasthan
 Rajasthan becomes 1st state to incorporate skill development programme in higher education.
 Rajasthan has launched the Election Commission s web- based project, ERO-Net, using which voters can register
their names on electoral rolls.
 The Rajasthan Assembly has passed a bill which increased reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBC) from
21 per cent to 26 per cent. The community includes Gujjars and four other castes. --- Backward Classes (Reservation
of Seats in Educational Institutions in the State and of Appointment and Posts in Services under the State) Bill,
2017.

 Government has passed an ordinance which seeks to protect both serving and former judges, magistrates and
public servants in Rajasthan from being investigated for on-duty action without its prior sanction -- Criminal Laws
(Rajasthan Amendment) Ordinance, 2017.
Tamil Nadu
 The Madras high court has banned the use of pictures of living persons on banners and hoardings in Tamil Nadu,
where towering cut-outs of politicians and actors are almost a part of the local culture.
Uttarakhand
 The Uttarakhand Government and a charitable funding agency, Swan Cultural Center and Foundation launched
Solar Briefcase in Kedarnath Dham. The initiative was taken to provide electricity to far flung areas in the hill state.
Uttar Pradesh
 In order to protect the rich aquatic biodiversity of river Ganga from escalating anthropogenic pressures,
development of a Turtle sanctuary in Allahabad, UP along with a River Biodiversity Park at Sangam (confluence of
Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Sarasvati) have been approved under Namami Gange programme.
 A grand temple worth Rs. 30 crore is going to be built in honour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Meerut district
of Uttar Pradesh.
 UP government approved the Mukhyamantri Samoohik Vivaah Yojana , a mass marriage scheme, wherein Rs
35,000 will be spent on each couple, besides gifting them mobile phones and household items.
 Launched Sankalp Seva bus service of 50 buses to connect as many as 6,000 villages.
 The Mughalsarai railway station of Uttar Pradesh has been renamed to Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay railway
station.
 TheUttar Pradesh government has issued an order notifying Vrindavan and Barsana towns in Mathura district as
pavitra teerth sthals (sacred pilgrimage sites) . No meat and liquor shops will be allowed in these towns anymore.
 The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to rename the dental clinic at Dasna Jail in Ghaziabad after Aarushi
Talwar, who was murdered at the age of 14 at her residence in 2008. Aarushi Talwar s parents – Rajesh and Nupur
Talwar – who are also dentists spent four years in the jail since 2013 as the accused in the murder case.
Finance and Banking News

 Reserve Bank of India opens branch in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
 According to the Reserve Bank of India, Gross non-performing assets (GNPA) ratio for NBFCs increased to 5% at
end-March 2017 from 2.9 per cent at end-March 2012.
 The Reserve Bank has clarified that, in applicable cases, linkage of Aadhaar number to bank account is mandatory
under the Prevention of Money-laundering (Maintenance of Records) Second Amendment Rules, 2017 published in
the Official Gazette on June 1, 2017.
 The RBI said that banks will provide funds to women self help groups, SHGs, in rural areas at 7 per cent under the
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) in the current fiscal. All women
SHGs will be eligible for interest subvention on credit upto 3 lakh rupees at 7 per cent per annum.
 SBI Foundation has committed Rs 10 crore for the conservation and restoration of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Terminus (CSTM) of Mumbai over the period of 3-5 years.

 State Bank of India (SBI), has waived off closing charges for savings account holders. The closure fee waiver is
applicable for accounts which are at least 1 year old.
 SBI is creating a 15,000-sqft innovation centre in Belapur in Navi Mumbai investing around Rs 100 crore.
 SBI has launched a new product -- SME Assist -- to provide short-term working capital demand loans to its MSME
clients.
 The State Bank of India has launched the second edition of its Hackathon named Digitize For Bank. This hackathon
will be held from 1st to12th November 2017.
 According to a Crisil report, banks are likely to need nearly Rs 3.3 lakh crore this fiscal as provisioning for large NPA
accounts in the current financial year.
 Union Bank of India has launched an Android app, Union Sahyog, as part of its drive to digitise customer-facing
banking services.
 Oriental Bank of Commerce becomes 7th bank to be under PCA (Prompt corrective Action) by RBI. Others are - Dena
Bank, Central Bank of India, IDBI Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Bank of Maharashtra and UCO Bank
 ICICI announced financial assistance of Rs. 10 crores to the Indian Armed Forces.
 HDFC Bank wants to become the Go To bank and preferred banker for the start-up community in the country.
Launched SmartUp zones in its branches across India.
 HDFC Life Insurance Company has launched Neo — a servicing bot for Twitter that uses artificial intelligence for
customer service. The insurer hopes to deploy the bot in answering policy —related queries on social media.
 Private sector Yes Bank has committed Rs 156 crore to fund first Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) to be constructed at
Varanasi under Hybrid Annuity-PPP Model.
 HSBC (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) announced the launch of a mobile app – Trade Transaction
Tracker – to help customers track the status of their trade transactions on a real-time basis.
 Private insurer Tata AIA Life announced the launch of Eazy Connect , that will extend online customer service to
social media platforms.
 The government announced an aggressive Rs 2.11 lakh crore capital infusion for the NPA hit public sector banks
over a period of 2 years.
Out of this, Rs 1.35 lakh crore will be through the recapitalisation bonds, while remaining Rs 76,000 crore from the
budgetary support. Non-performing assets of banks have increased from Rs 2.75 lakh in March 2015 to Rs 7.33
crore as on June 2017.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 6 crore on Yes Bank and fined IDFC Bank Rs 2 crore for
not complying with the directions of the central bank.
 IDFC Bank has launched its 100th branch at Honnali, Karnataka and plans to expand its network in the metros in the
next one year.
 North East Small Finance Bank Limited has commenced operations as a small finance bank from 17th October 2017.
The Rashtriya Gramin Vikas Nidhi Microfinance Limited– North East (RGVNMFL-NE) is the promoter of North East
Small Finance Bank.
RBI to make LEI must for cos with over Rs 5 crore exposure
After making Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) mandatory for transactions in interest rate, forex and credit derivative market, the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to make LEI compulsory for companies having aggregate fund-based and non-fund based
exposure over Rs 5 crore.

 LEI is a unique 20 digit alphanumeric code that will be assigned to corporate borrowers.
 Banks will be required to capture this number in the Central Repository of Information on Large Credits (CRILC)
database that captures details of loan above Rs 5 crore.
 The LEI number will help banks in monitoring the aggregate exposure of corporate borrowers.
 It would also enable banks in preventing multiple loans to companies against the same collateral.
RBI releases guidelines for P2P lenders; caps loans exposure at Rs 10 lakh per borrower
As per the guidelines released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Peer to peer (P2P) lenders can cumulatively lend a
maximum of Rs 10 lakh and individually have an exposure to a borrower of not more than Rs 50,000.
 The P2P lenders would be allowed to lend only unsecured loans i.e. will not be allowed to take collateral against the
loans they lend.
 P2P lending is a crowd-funding model (largely online) where people looking to invest their money with people who
want to borrow can do so.
Prudential Norms
(1) NBFC-P2P shall maintain a Leverage Ratio not exceeding 2.

(2) The aggregate exposure of a lender to all borrowers at any point of time, across all P2Ps, shall be subject to a cap of Rs
10,00,000/-.
(3) The aggregate loans taken by a borrower at any point of time, across all P2Ps, shall be subject to a cap of Rs 10,00,000.
(4) The exposure of a single lender to the same borrower, across all P2Ps, shall not exceed Rs 50,000.
(5) The maturity of the loans shall not exceed 36 months.
(6) P2Ps shall obtain a certificate from the borrower or lender, as applicable, that the limits prescribed above are being
adhered to.
Business News
 The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has bought an additional 7% stake totaling to
10% in Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi) for Rs900 crore from troubled public sector lender IDBI
Bank Ltd.
 Bharti Airtel acquires Tatas telecom business on cash-free basis - Consumer Mobile Businesses (CMB) of Tata
Teleservices Limited (TTSL) and Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Limited (TTML).
 Bharti Airtel has received Ghana s National Communications Authority s approval for the merger between Bharti
Ghana (Airtel) and Millicom Ghana (Tigo)
 Axis Bank has acquired payments wallet Freecharge for Rs. 373 crore. Sangram Singh has been appointed as the
CEO of Freecharge Payment Technologies Private Ltd.
 The Board of Directors of IndusInd Bank Ltd and Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd have approved the merger of two
companies through a composite scheme of arrangement.
 Thomas Cook India Group has announced the completion of its acquisition of the wholly-owned subsidiaries of Tata
Capital Limited, Tata Capital Forex Limited (foreign exchange) and TC Travel and Services Limited (travel services).
 E-commerce major eBay has acquired a 5.4% stake in Flipkart.
 Reliance Communication (RCOM) has received the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) approval for the
merger of the wireless business with Sistema Shyam Teleservices Limited (SSTL).
 The IDFC Group and Shriram Group have decided to call off their merger proposal as they were not able to reach a
mutually acceptable swap ratio.

 Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has revamped its portal www.udyamimitra.in with enhanced
features to provide easy access to credit and hand-holding services for micro small medium enterprises (MSME).
 Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) became the first Indian company to cross Rs6 trillion market capitalisation after its
shares surged over 75% so far this year and hit a fresh lifetime high.
Economy News
 India s external debt amounted to $485.8 billion during the quarter ended June 17, up 1.3 per cent over the same
period a year ago.
 According to data released by the Commerce Ministry, cooling of food prices helped ease India s annual rate of
inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), with the revised base year of 2011-12, in September to 2.6 per
cent.
 The Reserve Bank has announced that the purchase price for the Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) 2017 -18 Series-VI
opening on 30th october has been fixed at Rs 2,945 per gram. The government, in consultation with the RBI, has
also decided to offer a discount of Rs 50 per gram to investors applying online and making the payment digitally.
The subscription for bonds runs from Monday to Wednesday every week.
 RBI has increased foreign portfolio investors limit on investment in government bonds by an aggregate Rs 14,200
crore for the October-December period in line with the formula related to total outstanding government
borrowings.
 RBI has lowered the country s growth projection for 2017-18, pegging the Gross Value Added (GVA) at 6.7 per cent,
from 7.3 per cent earlier.
 In its latest World Economic Outlook, the IMF forecast that the global economy will grow by 3.6 per cent in 2017
and 3.7 per cent in 2018
 According to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, the Indian Index of Industrial Production
(IIP) for August released showed that factory output grew 4.3 per cent against the same month last year on the
back of robust mining and electricity sector growth.
 With the emergence of digital economy, the global Internet of Things (IoT) market spend will grow from $625.2
billion in 2015 to $1.29 trillion in 2020 — with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.6 per cent.
 India is likely to be the world s fastest-growing large economy in the next 10 years, driven by digitisation,
favourable demographics, globalisation and reforms, predicts a Morgan Stanley report.
 Fitch Ratings has lowered India s economic growth forecast for the current fiscal to 6.9 per cent from 7.4 per cent
 According to market research firm Gartner, Global IT spending in India is projected to hit $3.7 trillion in 2018 — a
4.3 per cent increase from 2017.
 According to Coffee Board, coffee output in India, is pegged to be a record 3.50 lakh tonnes in the 2017-18
marketing year started this month on higher acreage.
 The GST council meet chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley mentioned that permanent account number (PAN)
or Aadhaar would not be mandatory if jewellery is purchased above Rs 50,000.
 The Finance Ministry has made Aadhaar mandatory for small saving schemes including post office deposits and
Public Provident Fund.
 Govt. approved Rs 2,000 crore specifically for setting up Aadhaar centres in post offices, a move that will see
private contractors phased out from the data collection process.
 The provisional figures of Direct Tax collections up to September, 2017 reported a 15.8 percent increase (Rs. 3.86
lakh crore) compared to the net collections for the corresponding period of last year.
 Digital payments to grow at 26 % CAGR during 2016-2020: World Payment Report

 The centre has released Rs 8,698 crore to states to compensate them for revenue loss following Goods and Services
Tax (GST) implementation. All states barring Rajasthan and Arunachal Pradesh, have been given compensation.
 According to the data furnished by the Comptroller General of Accounts (CGA), the Indian budgetary fiscal deficit
over the first half of the current financial year at Rs 4.99 lakh crore — stood at 91.3 per cent of the full year s target
of Rs 5.46 lakh crore.
 The Government of India has announced that during the financial year 2017-18, accumulations at the credit of
subscribers to the GPF and other similar funds shall carry interest at the rate of 7.8% with effect from October 1 to
December 31, 2017
 According to NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar, the economic slowdown that began in 2013-14 has bottomed
out and the GDP is likely to grow at 6.9-7 % this fiscal (2017-18) and 7.5% in 2018-19.
 Government has permitted banks to sell more small savings schemes. Banks can also sell National Savings Time
Deposit Scheme 1981, National Savings (Monthly Income Account) Scheme 1987, National Savings Recurring
Deposit Scheme 1981 and NSC VIII issue. Present annual rate of interests are as:
 Investments in the public provident fund (PPF) – 7.8 per cent
 Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) investments – 7.5 per cent and mature in 115 months.
 Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme – 8.3 per cent
 5-year Senior Citizens Savings Scheme – 8.3 per cent. The interest rate on the senior citizens scheme is paid
quarterly.
Defence News
 On the occasion of its 85th anniversary, the Indian Air Force has launched an innovative mobile health App named
`MedWatch in keeping with the Prime Minister s vision of Digital India .
 Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman commissioned the third of the four indigenously-built Anti-Submarine
Warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes INS Kiltan under Project 28 (Kamorta class) into the Indian Navy at
Visakhapatnam s Naval Dockyard.
 Indian Naval Ships Satpura and Kadmatt will participate in Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with Japanese Marine Self
Defence Force.
 Indian Naval ship Sukanya reached Belawan port, Indonesia to take part in the 30th edition of CORPAT
(Coordinated Patrol) and third Bilateral exercise between the Indian and Indonesian navies.
 Exercise INDRA-2017, the first ever Tri Services Joint Exercise between Indian and Russian Armed Forces conducted
at the 249th Combined Army Range Sergeevisky and in the Sea of Japan near Vladivostok, Russia.
 A 45 member contingent of the Indian Air Force left for Israel to participate in exercise Blue Flag-17 . Blue Flag is a
bi-annual multilateral exercise which aims to strengthen military cooperation amongst participating nations. Indian
Air Force is participating with the C-130J special operations aircraft along with Garud commandos.
 An offshore patrol vessel (OPV) named Vikram , entirely developed in-house by Larsen and Toubro and the
country s first-ever such defence craft to be built in a private shipyard, has been handed over to the Coast Guard.
 GOI has armed the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) with ISRO s geostationary communication satellite, GSAT-6, to
supervise the nearly 3,500-km-long Sino-Indian border.
 The Indian Navy has dispatched a P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft to Manila to undertake a Search
and Rescue (SAR) for missing sailors of a merchant vessel that sank off the coast of Philippines.

Science & Technology

 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved for the first time a test -- cobas Zika test -- for detecting
the Zika virus in donated blood.
 According to a large clinical trial in Liberia, two experimental Ebola vaccines — cAd3-EBOZ and rVSV-ZEBOV — are
safe and can elicit immune response that lasts for at least one year.
 Gurugram-based VVDN, in partnership with Ireland s Embedded Downloads, unveiled blockchain technology-based
smartphone BitVault for ₹ 75,000 a unit.
 After orbitting the Red Planet for 16 years, NASA s Mars Odyssey spacecraft has captured its first images of the
Martian moon Phobos.
 Japan launched a fourth Michibiki satellite for a new high-precision global positioning system (GPS) it hopes will
encourage new businesses and help spur economic growth.
 Astronomers have discovered that a Sun-like star - Dubbed Kronos - lurking around 350 light-years away consumed
the rocky equivalent of 15 Earths.
 Scientists at Geneva, Switzerland have successfully created the worlds shortest X-ray laser pulse with a duration of
just 43 attoseconds, an advance that will allow us to observe electrons in slow motion.
 India s second bid to explore Earth s satellite is likely to start in March 2018. The Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO), is set to start a lunar journey of the Chandrayaan-2 mission as early as March of next year.
Sports News
Tournament Winner Other Info
Hockey Asia Cup title India Defeated Malaysia.
Held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
FIFA Under-17 World Cup England Defeated Spain.
Tournament held in India.
Final at the Salt Lake Stadium
in Kolkata.
The FIFA U-17 World Cup in
India became the most
attended in the history of the
tournament.
Pro Kabaddi League title Patna Pirates Beat Gujarat Fortunegiants
French Open title – men s singles Kidambi Srikanth It is his 4th title of the year.
Earlier - Indonesia Open,
Australian Open and Denmark
Open.
Denmark Open title – men s singles Kidambi Srikanth
Bulgarian International Shuttler RMV Gurusaidutt
World Open Under-16 Snooker Championship Anupama Ramachandran Held in Russia
title
U-15 Asian Junior Championship Shuttler Samiya Imad Farooqui Held in Myanmar
European Racing Championship Mahaveer Raghunathan He became first Indian to win
the race

Gold at Wushu World Championships Pooja Kadian India s first ever gold medal at
the chanpionship
International Shooting Sport Federation‬(ISSF) Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu
World Cup Final - 10m air pistol mixed team
event
Macao Open trophy Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar
Vietnam Open trophy – men s doubles Saketh Myneni and Vijay Sundar
Prashanth
Erste Open title – men s doubles Rohan Bopanna and Pablo Held in Vienna, Austria
Cuevas
The Best FIFA Men s Player award Cristiano Ronaldo
The Best FIFA Women s Player award Lieke Martens
China Open title (tennis) – men s singles Rafael Nadal
China Open (tennis) – women s singles Caroline Garcia From France
Mexico Grand Prix Max Verstappen
F1 s Malaysian Grand Prix Max Verstappen after beating Lewis Hamilton.
Japanese Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton
US Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton
Tianjin Open Maria Sharapova
Sports
 India remain 4th in women s cricket team rankings

 The Indian football team rose two spots above to 105th position in the latest FIFA rankings in October 2017.
 Ravi Shastri has emerged as the world s highest earning cricket coach with salary close to 1.17 million dollars per
year, according to ESPNCricinfo.
 Jeakson Singh Thounaojam created history at Delhi s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium by scoring India s first goal in a
World Cup during India s match against Colombia.
 Yuvraj Singh has been appointed as Laureus first Indian ambassador.
 Virat Kohli has become the top run-scorer at the 200 ODI-mark, after taking the field against New Zealand in the
first ODI at Mumbai.
 Virat Kohli became the fastest to reach 9000 ODI runs, taking just 194 innings to achieve the feat
 On October 29, as the ICC Rankings were updated, both the Indian captains Virat Kohli and Mithali Raj came out on
top. Kohli overtook South Africa s AB de Villiers in the rankings and Mithali Raj overtook Australia s Meg Lanning.
 Indian pacer Ashish Nehra confirmed his retirement from all forms of cricket on Nov. 1
 A division bench of the Kerala High Court has restored the life ban imposed on cricketer S Sreesanth by the Board of
Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in the wake of the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal.
 Kavita Devi, who was part of the WWE s Mae Young classic tournament, has made history by becoming the first
ever woman wrestler from India to be awarded a WWE developmental contract.

 Manav Thakkar became the first Indian to occupy the top spot (3,455 points) on the ITTF World Junior Circuit
standings.
 Netherlands captain Arjen Robben announced retirement from international football.
 All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan became the first cricketer from Bangladesh to be inducted in the MCC World Cricket
Committee under the chairmanship of Mike Gatting.
 Heena Sidhu clinched the 10-metre air pistol gold medal at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships.
 In a bid to create awareness about para-sports and provide a platform to para sportspersons to narrate their stories
of triumph and adversity,thenationspride.com, the country s first portal dedicated to para-sports has been
launched in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
 India s Selena clinches triple gold at Egypt Junior and Cadet TT -- golden sweep in the Egypt Junior and Cadet Table
Tennis Open, junior girls singles and doubles titles at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt
 Indian pugilists have won eight medals, including four golds, in the third Youth International Championships Balkan
Open 2017 at Sofia, Bulgaria.
 Dehradun, Uttarakhand will host its first ever Ranji Trophy cricket match. The Ranji Trophy match will be played
between October 24-27.
 Scott Fleming, former India men s national team head coach, has joined NBA India as Head of Basketball
Operations.
 The U-17 World Cup will set a record of sorts as it will see for the first time a female assistant referee in a FIFA
men s competition this time. Seven female assistant referees from across the world, one from each continent, have
been chosen by FIFA.
 Switzerland s Esther Staubli became the first female referee to officiate a match at the FIFA U-17 World Cup when
Japan clashed with New Caledonia in the final round group E match in Kolkata on 14th October 2017.
 Official ball for Under-17 football World Cup -- Krasava, a word generally used by Russian sports fans to describe a
striking performance and it is the ultimate praise for a team when they play with creativity and flair.
 9 top weightlifting countries suspended by the by the International Weightlifting Federation – Russia, China,
Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, Turkey, and Ukraine.
 Australian fast bowler John Hastings announced his retirement from first-class and one-day cricket
 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has decided to suspend the Pakistan Football Federation.
 The next cricket season will witness the debut of Puducherry in the domestic circuit after the Supreme Court-
appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) acceded to BCCI s proposal of granting associate membership to the
Union Territory.
 Turkey is all set to host the 10th installment of the World Rally Championship (WRC) in September 2018 in Ankara,
capital city of Turkey.
Committee
Head of Committee Purpose
PM Narendra Modi Government of India will commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Father of the
Nation Mahatma Gandhi during the period from 2nd October, 2019 to 2nd October,
2020.
Rajiv Kumar (NITI Aayog For proper management of water resources in the North-Eastern region
Vice Chairman)

G Rohini (Delhi High Court s To examine subcategorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) under Article 340 of
former Chief Justice) the Constitution
Himanta Biswa Sarma To make the composition scheme more attractive and to revisit the goods and services
tax rates on restaurants. Sarma is Assam finance minister.
Shashi Tharoor A parliamentary committee has decided to examine the whole gamut of Sino-Indian
relations, including the border situation.
PV Reddi Law ministry nod to panel to look into pay hike issue of lower court judges
Afzal Amanullah Committee appointed by the government on Haj Policy has recommended phasing out
of subsidy for Haj pilgrims and allowing women devotees above 45 years of age to
travel in a group of at least four without a male.
Arun Jaitley Panel will oversee merger proposals of state-owned banks. The other members of the
panel include Railway and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal and Defence Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman. The constitution of Alternative Mechanism (AM) is a movement in that
direction.
A. Arumughaswamy Panel constituted by Tamil Nadu Government to look into the circumstances leading to
the death of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.
Y. M. Deosthalee Panel set up by RBI to develop a comprehensive public credit registry (PCR) — an
extensive database of credit information for India that is accessible to all stakeholders.
A Surya Prakash Panel formed to select the candidate for the post of editor-in-chief of Rajya Sabha TV
(RSTV). Surya is Prasar Bharati Chairman.
B C Khanduri Panel to examine the operational preparedness of the armed forces and review the
accidents involving strategic defence assets.
Rankings
Index/Other India’s Rank Other Information
Ease of Doing Business index 100th 1st – New Zealand
Report by World Bank.
India has climbed to 4th position in protecting interest of minority investors, as per the latest Ease of Doing
Business Report of the World Bank. List is topped by Kazakhstan.
Global Hunger Index (GHI), 2017 100th
Most valuable nation brand 8th 1st – USA
According to Brand Finance s Nation
Brands 2017
Global TB Report 2017 1st India s rank accounting for 64 per cent
of the 10.4 million new tuberculosis
(TB) cases worldwide in 2016. report
released by the World Health
Organisation (WHO).
World s largest smartphone 2nd Ist – China
market India overtook USA to become world s
second-largest smartphone market
Highest proportion of digital 1st According to the Capgemini and
talent LinkedIn survey, India has the highest
proportion of digital talent with 76

percent among the countries surveyed,

compared to the global average of 56
percent.
Melbourne Mercer Global 28th 1st – Denmark
Pension Index 2017
Most Powerful passports in the 75th 1st – Singapore.
World Passport Index developed by global
financial advisory firm Arton Capital
According to a KPMG (a professional service company) survey, India has emerged as the top country for
reporting corporate responsibility information in the annual financial report of companies, but the quality of
disclosures has to improve.
With 2.51 million deaths in 2015, India has been ranked No. 1 in pollution related deaths, according to a report
by The Lancet Commission on pollution and health. 2nd - China
Loans from Banks/Others

From To Amount Purpose
NABARD Andhra Rs. 273.06 Loan under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF)
Pradesh crore for Rural Water supply, Road and Bridge projects.
Govt.
World Bank India USD 200 For the Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation
million Project
AIIB (Asian India USD 2 million For various projects in Andhra Pradesh. Projects for roads
Infrastructure loan (Rs. and buildings department, for rural safe drinking water
Investment Bank) 13,000 department, municipal and urban development
crores) department and Panchayat Raj department
Asian India USD 65.5 To continue interventions to check coastal erosion on the
Development million western coast in Karnataka.
Bank (ADB)
ADB India USD 300 To continue a series of fiscal reforms in the State of West
million Bengal to improve the quality of public service delivery.
AIIB and ADB India USD 100 To improve power transmission network and expand the
million use of solar and wind energy
European India € Euro 00 For Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase II Line R6
Investment Bank million
(EIB)
India Bangladesh USD 4.5- For developing Bangladesh s infrastructure, health and
billion education.
India Ethiopia India would give Ethiopia a line of credit of USD 195
million for power transmission sector and medicines worth
USD 2 million.
India Sri Lanka USD 585,000 The assistance package was given to develop agriculture as
well as engineering faculty on the Killinochchi campus of
University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
State-run State Bank of India (SBI) has announced the sanction of loans worth Rs 2,317 crore in collaboration

with the World Bank to finance grid-connected solar rooftop projects in the country. SBI had availed line of
credit facilities worth $625 million from World Bank for onward lending to viable solar rooftop projects last
year.
Deadlines/ Important Dates

What for Deadline/Date
First phase of the national optic fibre network, christened Bharat Net project - which December, 2017
aims to deploy high-speed optical fibre cables across rural areas
For mandatory linking of Aadhaar to avail benefits of various government schemes. 31st of March, 2018
Rankings (Persons,Cities,Organisations and Others)

 India reported the highest levels of online harassment through cyberstalking and threats of physical violence in the
Asia Pacific region, higher than countries like Australia and Japan, a report by Norton by Symantec.
 With 13.7 per cent contribution to the global pharmaceuticals and biotechnology workforce, India has emerged as
the 2nd largest market for the industry, a report by professional networking giant LinkedIn has revealed.
 London has retained its rank as the number one city in the world shrugging off Brexit worries, according to Global
Power City Index (GPCI).
 Japanese capital city Tokyo has topped The Economist Intelligence Unit s Safe Cities Index 2017. Delhi and Mumbai
have ranked 43rd and 45th respectively.
 The Jaipur and Srinagar Airport got First and Second rank respectively in the category of 2-5 million passengers in
ACI-ASQ Survey.
 Hyderabad s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) has bagged the World 1 airport Award trophy of the Airports
Council International (ACI) in the 5-15 million passengers per annum category.
Books
Book Author/s Other Info

A journey towards self-reliance First ever coffee table book on Department of
Defence Production (DDP)
e-book titled India 2017 Yearbook Rajiv Mehrishi Mehrishi is Comptroller and Auditor General of
India (CAG) and former Union home secretary
Dreamnation: Uniting a Country with Saji Mathew and Jubie Book contains inspiring words of Dr A.P.J. Abdul
Handwritten Dreams John Kalam
Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl Ram Kamal Mukherjee It is Biography of Hema Malini. It also contains a
short foreword written by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi.

Obituaries
Name Profession Other Info
K S Achyutan Former Director of
Doordarshan
Dr MV Sridhar Ex-BCCI general
manager
Prabhakarpant Ojharkar Politician
Purushottam Lal Politician Former Minister for Information and Broadcasting
Bismoy Kumar Mohanty Journalist
RM Bhagawati Journalist veteran Guwahati-based journalist and editor of
Dainik Asam, oldest Assamese daily newspaper
HM Marathe Marathi writer and
journalist
Punathil Kunjabdulla Writer Hugely popular writer and novelist
Punyaslok Dasgupta Poet
Shamsher Khan Swimmer He was the first swimmer to represent India in
Olympics
Girija Devi Singer Thumri exponent and veteran classical singer
Kundan Shah Director
Lekh Tandon Filmmaker
I.V. Sasi Director Acclaimed Malayalam film director
Ram Mukherjee Director and Indian film director and screenwriter in Hindi and
screenwriter Bengali cinema and father of Bollywood star Rani
Mukerji.
Satish Chandra Historian Veteran historian of medieval India and noted
educational administrator
Fats Domino (Antoine Dominique Pianist American. Legendary rhythm and blues pianist and
Domino Jr.) singer-songwriter and rock and roll pioneer
William J. Lombardy, Chess Player American
Choirul Huda Footballer Veteran Indonesian goalkeeper
Ralphie May Comedian American
Richard Wilbur Poet American
Roy Dotrice Actor British
Important Days
Date Day Extra Info

01 October International Day of Older 2017 Theme: Stepping into the Future:
Persons Tapping the Talents, Contributions and
Participation of Older Persons in Society.
02 October Gandhi Jayanti, International Day
of Non-Violence

02 October 2017 World Habitat Day First Monday of October. 2017 Theme:
Housing Policies: Affordable Homes.
03 October 2017 World Architecture Day First Monday of every October. 2017 Theme:
Climate Change Action!
4th to 10th October World Space Week 2017 Theme: Exploring New Worlds in Space
05 October World Teachers Day 2017 Theme: Teaching in Freedom,
Empowering Teachers
08 October 85th Indian Air Force Day
09 October World Post Day
9th to 14th October Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Week 2017 Theme: Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Week-
The Daughters of New India
10 October World Mental Health Day 2017 Theme: Mental health in the workplace
10th to 14th October India water Week-2017 2017 Theme: Water and Energy for Inclusive
Growth
11 October International Day of the Girl 2017 Theme: EmPOWER girls: Before, during
Child and after conflict"
12 October World Arthritis Day 2017 Theme: It s in your hands, take action
12 October 2017 World Sight Day: Observed on second Thursday of October
2017 Theme: Make Vision Count
13 October International Day for Disaster
Reduction
14 October International Standards Day
15 October International Day of Rural
Women
16 October World Food Day
17 October International Day for the 2017 Theme: Answering the Call of October 17
Eradication of Poverty to end poverty: A path toward peaceful and
inclusive societies
20 October World Osteoporosis Day
20 October World Statistics Day
24 October United Nations Day Potential in Diversity
24 October World Polio Day
27 October World Day for Audiovisual 2017 Theme: Discover, remember and share
Heritage
28 October National Ayurveda Day
29 October World Stroke Day
29 October International Internet Day
31 October World Cities Day 2017 Theme: Innovative Governance, Open
Cities. The general theme of World Cities Day
is Better City, Better Life.
31 October World Savings Day
31 October Rashtriya Ekta Diwas(National
Unity Day)
25 Oct - 1 Nov 2017 Global Media and Information 2017 Theme: Media and Information Literacy
Literacy Week in Critical Times: Re-Imagining Ways of

Learning and Information Environments

30 Oct - 4 Nov 2017 Vigilance Awareness week 2017 Theme: My Vision - Corruption Free India
Month Special
RBI keeps repo rate, reverse repo rate unchanged
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept the repo rate and reverse repo rate unchanged at 6 percent and 5.75 percent
respectively. The RBI s six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announced the policy decision without any surprise
for the financial markets. Now the policy rates are:
 Repo Rate: Unchanged at 6%

 Reverse Repo Rate: Unchanged at 5.75%
 Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) Rate: Unchanged at 6.25%
 Bank Rate: Unchanged at 6.25%
 Cash Reserve Ratio: Unchanged at 4%
 Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR): Changed by 50 basis points to 19.5%
By cutting the SLR by 0.5%, RBI freed over Rs 57,000 crore to bank funds for lending.
RBI’s strict KYC norms to keep e-wallets safe
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in a set of fresh guidelines, has introduced stricter Know Your Customer (KYC) norms for
wallet users, allowed interoperability and brought in fraud detection norms to prevent fake wallet transactions -- steps
which will change the scope of operations for mobile wallets.
 Complying with the KYC will allow customers to move money between wallets of different companies and banks
seamlessly through Unified Payments Interface (UPI).
 The wallet users have been asked to comply with the full KYC format by the end of this year.
 Even mobile wallets will have to convert to full KYC wallet within 12 months of opening it.
 Minimum KYC wallets cannot have a balance of more than Rs 10,000 and this can be allowed only for purchase of
goods and services and not for remittances to other wallets or bank accounts.
 Full KYC wallets will have a limit of Rs 1 lakh and all facilities for fund transfer will be allowed.
 RBI has also increased the networth requirements for players in this space. For a PPI licence, companies need a
positive networth of Rs 5 crore at the time of application against Rs 2 crore previously. This has to be Rs 15 crore
within the third financial year of receiving RBI authorisation.
 RBI has also increased the limit on the amount that can be transferred from wallets to Rs 1 lakh. It also allowed
inward international remittance for wallets, with an upper limit of Rs 50,000.

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