Current Affairs Today SSC, Banking, Railways & All Govt Exams - PDF If you are appearing for any Government Recruitment Exam, it is important that you are familiar with the happenings around the world. Current Affairs is an important part of your syllabus apart from English, Quantitative Aptitude or Logical Reasoning! Thus, we bring you the Important General Awareness in PDF. Now, Banking, SSC and Insurance aspirants can read the update containing all the Important Current Affairs 06th October 2018. You can also attempt yesterday's current affairs quiz: Current Affairs Quiz - 05th October 2018 Important Current Affairs 06th October 2018 Suu Kyi stripped of Canadian citizenship o Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi became the first person to be stripped of honorary Canadian citizenship on 2 Oct 2018. o The decision was made over her refusal to call out atrocities by her nation's military against the Rohingya Muslim minority. o The move was made official after Canada's Senate voted to revoke the symbolic honour. o The House of Commons granted the privilege to Suu Kyi in 2007. Interbrand releases 2018 Best Global Brands o Interbrand announces Apple, Google, and Amazon are the three most valuable brands in its 2018 Best Global Brands report. o From six consecutive years, Apple and Google hold the top positions. 1 P age
o Apple s brand value grew by 16% to $214,480m, and Google s by 10% to $155,506m. o Amazon achieved 56% growth to reach a $100bn brand valuation o Theme of 2018 report is Activating Brave. Museum of Goa plans flying art o The Museum of Goa (MoG) Foundation will hold a colourful flying exhibition titled Freedom is in the air from 10 to 30th November 2018. o The exhibition is being organised to celebrate the striking down of Section 377 of India Penal Code by the Supreme Court of India. o An airborne installation in the colours of the rainbow is being planned as part of the event. NIHMR in Sehore, MP o The Centre approved the establishment of National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation (NIHMR) in Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh. o NIMHR will serve as an institution of excellence for capacity building in human resource and research. o The institute will also serve as recommending body suggesting models/protocols for effective rehabilitation of persons with mental illness. All India Railways Chess tournament at Trichy o The 31st All India Railways Chess tournament began on 3 October at Trichy in Tamil Nadu. o The four-day tournament was formally inaugurated by General Manager, Southern Railway, SM Kulshreshta. o Winners of this tournament will represent the Railways in the National Chess tournament which will take place in November. India got 28th rank in e-payment adoption 2 P age
o According to a survey by The Economist Intelligence Unit, India's overall ranking on the government's adoption of e-payments has moved up to 28th in 2018. o Norway is at the top position in the survey, followed by France and Denmark. o The survey looks at the availability of government electronic transaction services and the mechanisms that support digitisation for all transactions. MobiKwik launches instant loan product Boost o MobiKwik, a leading digital financial services platform, has announced the launch of Boost. o Boost is a product that offers instant loan approval and disbursal to MobiKwik users. o Users can apply for loans ranging from Rs 5,000 up to Rs 60,000 through the MobiKwik app o MobiKwik is the first wallet company in India to disburse the loan amount in the user s mobile wallet. Aviation Min released the policy on Digi Yatra o The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu released the policy on biometric based digital processing of passengers at airports called Digi Yatra. o Digi Yatra Central Platform will be operational by end of February 2019. o Bangalore & Hyderabad International Airports will be ready with pilot implementation by the end of February 2019. NGT allowed Chardham Mahamarg Vikas Pariyojna o The National Green Tribunal has cleared the 'Chardham Mahamarg Vikas Pariyojna'. o The project proposes to provide all-weather connectivity to four holy towns of Uttarakhand. 3 Page
o NGT formed a committee to monitor the project. o The committee will be headed by former Uttarakhand High Court Judge Justice U C Dhyani to oversee the implementation of Environment Management Plan (EMP) of the project. 'Methanol Cooking Fuel Program' launched o Northeast and Assam Petro-chemicals Ltd. launched Asia's first canister based and India's first 'Methanol Cooking Fuel Program'. o 500 households inside the Assam Petro Complex will be the first pilot project. o This technology handles methanol extremely safely, does not need a regulator or any piping system. o Ritu Bordoloi became India s first owner of a cooking stove fuelled by methanol. Twin city agreement between Delhi and Moscow o The Delhi government signed a twin city agreement with the Moscow administration for cooperation in multiple sectors. o Under the agreement, the two governments would maintain regular contacts and undertake exchanges of delegations and ideas. o Both the cities will cooperate actively in the management of transport, tourism, healthcare among other areas Indian and Russian Railways signed MoC o A Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) was signed between the Ministry of Railways and joint-stock company Russian Railways. o It includes the implementation of a speed-upgradation project in the Nagpur-Secunderabad section. o It also includes setting up of a single traffic-control centre for managing mixed traffic at the local level. 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games began 4 P age
o The third edition of the Summer Youth Olympic Games was inaugurated in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 6th October 2018. o The event will conclude on 18 October 2018. o It is the first time Summer Youth Olympic Games are being held outside of Asia. o The previous two summer events held in Singapore (2010) and Nanjing, China (2014). India's first dolphin research centre in Patna o Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi announced that the 'National Dolphin Research Centre' will be set up at Patna University, Patna. o The centre will be developed at an estimated cost of Rs 28 crore in university premises. o The state government also observes October 5 as 'Dolphin Day' in Bihar for protection and conservation of Gangetic river dolphin. Rakesh Sharma appointed as IDBI chief o The government appointed former Canara Bank managing director Rakesh Sharma as head of IDBI Bank. o This decision came after the tenure of B Sriram, Chief Executive of IDBI Bank ended in September 2018. o Sharma has been appointed as MD & CEO for a period of six months. o Sharma was among the few bankers hired in 2015 from the private sector to lead big state-run banks. Pankaj Sharma appointed as Ambassador to CD o Pankaj Sharma has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament (CD), Geneva. o Sharma, an Indian Foreign Services (IFS) officer of 1991 batch is currently serving as a Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). 5 Page
o CD is a multilateral disarmament forum established to negotiate arms control and disarmament agreement. Indian Int Science Festival inaugurated o A four-day India International Science Festival (IISF) 2018 was inaugurated in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on 5 October 2018. o The theme of this edition of Science Festival is Science for Transformation. o Another feature of IISF-2018 was 'Mega Science and Industry Expo' that highlighted the outstanding contributions of India in the field of science, technology, and industry. RBI kept key rates unchanged o The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to keep the interest rate unchanged at 6.5% in the fourth bi-monthly policy review. o The reverse repo rate has also been kept unchanged at 6.25%. o The Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) stands at 4% while the bank rate is at 6.75%. o Growth projection for 2018-19 has also been retained at 7.4%. India & ADB signed $110 million loan agreement o The government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $110 million loan agreement. o The loan will be used for the upgradation of 2,800 kilometres all-weather rural roads in the State of Madhya Pradesh under the Prime Minister's Rural Roads Program. o The overall program is aimed at improving rural connectivity, facilitating safer and more efficient access to transportation. GI Tag for Alphonso from Konkan o Alphonso from Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Palghar, Thane, and Raigad districts of Maharashtra got Geographical Indication (GI) tag. o Alphonso is better known as Hapus in Maharashtra. 6 Page
o A GI tag is an indication used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin. Attempt Daily Current Affairs Quiz 7 P age