Part
I
1.
Cabinet
approves dissolution of Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Limited
2.
Union
Cabinet approved MoU between CERT-In & CERT-UK in the field of cyber
security
3.
Union
Cabinet approves project development fund for CLMV Countries
4.
Union
Cabinet approved the scheme for the grant of permanent Residency Status (PRS)
to foreign investors
5.
To
help Indian business explore economic opportunities in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar
& Vietnam (CLMV), the Union Cabinet has given its go-ahead for a Project
Development Fund (PDF) with a corpus of Rs.500 crore.
6.
The
Energy & Resources Institute (TERI) officially appointed former finance
Secretary Ashok Chawla as the new chancellor of Teri University
7.
The
Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) has signed an MoU with Amar Chitra Katha
to publish & distribute a 32 page comic on Swachh Bharat.
8.
Goa
is the 15th State Assembly to ratify the Bill. With this, 50% of States have passed the
Bill, with this, 50% of States have passed the Bill paving way for the
presidential assent.
9.
National
Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has launched a pilot project for Bharat
Bill Payment System (BBPS) with 26 Bharat Bill Payment Operating Units (BBPOUs).
10.
India jumped 19
places in the Logistics Performance index to rank 35th in this
year’s list. The logistics’ list was
topped by Germany.
11.
Sony Pictures
Networks India (SPN) & ZEE have entered into definitive agreements to
acquire TEN Sports Network & its subsidiaries for subsidiaries for $385
million.
12.
India’s largest
digital payment company in India, MobiKwik has announced coalition with 12
state electricity boards.
13.
Under the
Government’s initiative of affordable LEDs for all (UJALA) Scheme, Gujarat has
become the 1st state to distribute 2 crore LED bulbs.
14.
The Goa
Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with google India to
promote digital transformation in the state.
15.
India’s
100-year-old athlete, Man Kaur has won Gold medal at the American Masters Games
in the 100-meter dash.
16.
SBI Mutual Fund
has appointed Anuradha Rao as its Managing Director & Chief Executive.
17.
Jharkhand is the
first state in the country to have implemented Public Fund Management System
(PFMS).
18.
Actor Irrfan
Khan was honoured with the Entertainer of the year award by CNBC.
19.
The country’s
economy grew at 7.1% in the April to June quarter of the current fiscal. According to data released by the
Central Statistics Office.
20.
The first BRICS
film festival held in New Delhi.
Minister of State for information & Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore
inauguarated the festival.
21.
The Odisha
Legislative Assembly today unanimously ratified the constitution Amendment Bill
for Goods & Service Tax (GST)
22.
Biocon
Chairperson & Managing Director
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw has been appointed `Chevalier de I’Ordre National de
la legion d’Honneur’ (Knight of the National Order of the French Legion of
Honour) for her outstanding contribution & dedication to Biosciences &
Research field globally.
23.
Deep Kumar
Upadhyay was re-appointed as Nepal’s ambassador to India.
24.
The Gujarat
Government has inked a tripartite MoU with the Ministry of Civil Aviation and
the Airport Authority of India (AAI) to develop 11 small airports and airstrips
under the Centre’s Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) to boost regional air
connectivity in the State.
25.
The Union
Government notified National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme. It is for the first time a scheme has been
notified to offer financial incentives to employers. The Scheme has an outlay of 10000 crores
rupees with a target of 50 lakh apprentices to be trained by 2019-20.
26.
Railway has
launched an expert committee to study silt in river Ganga in Bihar. The four-member committee will be headed by
Member of Ganga Flood Control commission AK Sinha.
27.
Union Government
has constituted an expert committee to study silt in river Ganga in Bihar. The four-member committee will be headed by
Member of Ganga Flood Control commission AK Sinha.
28.
Carnatic Singer
T.M. Krishna & Campaigner for eradication of manual scavenging Bezwada
Wilson – were among six persons who received the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay
prize for 2016.
29.
Odisha CM,
Naveen Patnaik, would share his thoughts on different issues through the radio
for 10 minutes every month.
30.
Michel Temer,
Brazil’s former vice president, has been sworn in as the country’s new
president.
31.
Madhukar Gupta
committee was formed to review security at India-Pakistan border submitted its
report to Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
32.
The two-day long
“Brics Convention on Tourism” held at world heritage site Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh.
33.
Zaheer Khan has
been inducted as an Honorary Life Member of the Marylebone Cricket Club
(MCC). He is the third Indian player to
receive the distinction this year after virender Sehwag & Anjum Chopra
34.
Uzbek President
Islam Karimov has died at the age of 78.
Islom Karimov was the first President of Uzbekistan, in office from 1990
to 2016
35.
The Puducherry
& Rajasthan Legislative Assembly have unanimously ratified the Constitution
Amendment Bill for Goods & Services Tax (GST).
36.
A SpaceX Falcon
9 rocket exploded on its Cape Canaveral launch paid during a test, destroying a
commercial satellite that Facebook had planned to use to extend internet access
in Africa.
37.
Union Bank of
India has launched USSD (unstructured supplementary service data) based
`99#’ mobile application on Google Play
Store.
38.
DCB Bank has
launched `mVisa’, a mobile-based payment solution that will make payments at
retail outlets much easier.
39.
Justice S.N.
Dhingra has submitted a 182-page report to the Haryana Government on granting
of change of Land Use (CLU) licences in 4 villages of Gurgaon during the rule
of the previous Congress government, hinting at irregularities.
40.
Australia’s
oldest surviving Test cricketer, Len Maddocks, has passed away aged 90.
41.
Martial arts
expert & actor Jackie Chan will receive a lifetime achievement Oscar. The announcement was made by the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
42.
Noted Assamese
poet, literary critic & author & winner of the Sahitya Akademi award
Nalinidhar Bhattacharyya passed away in Guwahati
43.
As part of his
three-day visit to Kerala, Vice President Mohammed Hamid Ansari inauguarated
the fourth phase of the Vidyadhanam project, piloted by Prof.K.V. Thomas
Vidyadhanam Trust at St.Terasa’s College.
44.
The Competition
Commission of India (CCI) imposed penalty of over Rs.6700 crore on 10 cement
companies.
45.
State
–run BHEL has commissioned the fourth & last unit of the 4 x 40 MW Teesta
Low Dam Hydro Electric Project (HEP) Stage-IV in West Bengal.
46.
Cardilogist K K
Aggarwal has been unanimously elected as the National President of the Indian
Medical Association for the year 2016-17
47.
Bangladesh
Cricket Board (BCB) named former Sri Lankan middle-order batsman Thilan Thusara
Samaraweera as their batting consultant for next month’s home series against
England.
48.
Kerala
government has appointed the Cricket star Sachin Tendulkar as brand ambassador
for anti-liquor & anti-drug campaign in the state.
49.
Odisha Chief
Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the `Biju Kanya Ratna Yojana’ (BKRY) &
inauguarated 1000 anganwadi buildings here as part of the celebration making
birth centenary of legendary Biju Patnaik.
50.
The Rajasthan
High Court launched the e-stamp facility in its Jodhpur & Jaipur benches
simultaneously, Rajasthan has become the fourth state in the country to provide
the facility.
51.
Lt.Governor
Kiran Bedi has launched `Shramdaan movement’ as part of Swachh Bharatand Swachh
Puducherry initiative at a remote
village.
52.
The Jan Sikshan
Sansthan (JSS), Malapuram, has won the
Unesco Confucius Prize for Literacy.
53.
Noted Odia poet
Dr Hrushikesh Mallick will be honoured with the 37th edition of
prestigious Sarala Award for his outstanding poetry.
54.
Anil Khanna,
President of Asian Tennis Federation & Vice President of International
Tennis Federation, elected as the Honorary Life President of the All India
Tennis Association (AITA).
55.
Rio Olympics
bronze medalist Sakshi Malik has been appointed as Wresting Director at
Maharshi Dayanand University in Rohtak.
56.
American tech
giants Microsoft, Google & Salesforce have officially adopted the EU-US Privacy
Shield framework. It will enable them to
receive personal data from the European Union (EU) in compliance with the new
standards.
57.
Abhinav Bindra,
India’s lone individual Olympic gold medallist, has officially announced his
retirement from shooting.
58.
Mother Teresa is
being declared a saint by Pope Francis today at a canonization ceremony in
Vatican City.
59.
An important
road in Bhubaneswar was named after Mother Teresa coinciding with her
canonization ceremony at the Vatican city.
60.
India Post has
released a commemorative postage stamp on Mother Teresa to celebrate the
canonization of her as saint, Mumbai, Union Minister of State for
Communications Manoj Sinha unveiled the postage stamp.
61.
Rio Olympics
medalists PV Sindhu & Sakshi Malik, besides Olympian Dipa Karmaker are
likely to be the new faces of Swachh Bharat Mission.
62.
Mukund Chaudhari
has been took over as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of MOIl Ltd., a
miniratna company.
63.
Canada’s British
Columbia province has become the first foreign government to issue of masala
bonds, a rupeedeminated bond, it had issued Rs.500 crore rupee denominated
overseas bonds (masala bond) on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) &
Successfully raised $75 million (about Rs.500 crore).
64.
In Haryana,
village Gumthala Garhu near Pehowa in Kurukshetra district has became the first
Wifi hotspot village in Haryana Circle under bulk plan of BSNL.
65.
DCB Bank, a
new-generation private sector bank, has announced the launch of mVisa, a mobile
based payment solution that will make payments at retail outlets much easier.
66.
In Bangladesh,
Jamaat-e-islami leader & media tycoon, Mir Quasem Ali was executed last
night for war crimes committed during the country’s 1971 Liberation War.
67.
In Tennis, world
number one Serena Williams has created history by setting a record of most
number of Grand Slam matches wins by a woman in the Open era.
68.
Infosys said it
entered into a joint venture with the Saudi Prerogative Company to offer IT
services in the middle eastern country.
69.
The Karnataka
State Wildlife Board, chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, has decided to
declare Ankasamudra tank as a bird conservation reserve.
70.
Goa will host a
three-day bird festival from November 11 to 13.
71.
Maharashtra
ranked highest according to a broad measure of Ease of Doing Business (EDB) in
Indian states announced at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
72.
Assam-based
ecologist & conservation activist Bibhuti Lahkar has become the first Asian
to be awarded the prestigious `Heritage Heroes Award’ by the International
Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
73.
Noted Kudankulam
Nuclear Power Project Director R S Sundar was elevated to the post of
Distinguished Scientist, in honour for his meritorious service.
74.
Former
Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has been appointed the brand ambassador
of his home state Tasmania
75.
German Formula
One racing driver Nico Rosberg won the Italian Grand Prix after close battle
with his teammate Lawis Hamilton who also drive for the Mercedes AMG.
76.
Tamilnadu based
tennis player Sriram Balaji who ranked 546 restrained top seed Seong Chan Hong
of Korea by 6-4, 7-6(3) for the title in the $10,000 (International Tennis
Federation) ITF men’s Futures tennis tournament held in Hua Hin Thailand.
77.
Urjit Patel has
assumed charge as the 24th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He succeeds Raghuram Rajan, whose 3-year term
came to end on September 4.
78.
The United
Kingdom (UK) has appointed an ambassador to Iran for the first time since 2011,
as part of its aims for more productive co-operation. Nicholas Hopton, a former British ambassador
to Qatar & Yemen, will take up the role.
79.
World’s oldest
cricketer, Lindsay Tuckett, passed away in Bioemfontein at the age of 97.
80.
Indian mixed
doubles pair of Sikki Reddy &
Pranaav Jerry Chopra cinched their maiden Grand Prix title, bagging the Brazil
Open Title.
81.
Haryana
Government has decided to develop 340 villages at Horticulture Villages at a
cost of 93 crore rupees during the Golden Jubilee year of the State. It has also decided to establish 140 clusters
in these villages.
82.
On the occasion
of the 55th Teachers’ Day Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal
inauguarated Asia’s biggest digital library dedicated to the memory of Dr.APJ
Abdul Kalam, former President of India, in NIT Silchar.
83.
In a remarkable
public health achievement, Sri Lanka was certified by WHO on having eliminated
malaria
84.
MobiKwik,
fin-tech player has launched one-step offline payments with `Bubble Pin’.
85.
Rajasthan’s
education department has partnered with US based technology firm Cisco to
promote digital learning across the state using virtual digital room solutions.
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