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Current Affairs October 2017
Current Affairs October 2017
Day Wise
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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 Traveland 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 11thTrade 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
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- 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
- 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
- 11thWorld 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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[vc_column][vc_cta h2=”OCTOBER 20th 2017″ style=”outline” color=”blue”]
- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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 9thNovember 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
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- 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 150thbirth anniversary
- Kolkata to host international puppet festival
- Bihar Cabinet approves reservation for ‘Divyangs’ in Govt Jobs
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- 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
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- 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
- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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October 8 , 2017
- 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
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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 lakhs pregnant women
- Nepal, India to conduct joint tiger census in November
- Max Verstappen wins Malaysian Grand Prix
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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
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Current Affairs October 2017
Current Affairs October 2017
Day Wise
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 lakhs 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
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