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• On 11th October 2018, International Day of the Girl Child was celebrated throughout the world.


• In 2011, United Nations General Assembly declared October 11 as International Day of the Girl Child. Since 2012, October 11 is observed as the International Day of the Girl Child.

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• UK-based charity ‘Oxfam International’s report named ‘Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index was released.


• India ranked 147th among 157 countries analysed and was labeled a “a very worrying situation” with respect to the rising inequality in the country.


• Government spending on health, education and social protection is low which is more subsidized to the private sector.


• Despite having a good tax structure, the practice of progressive taxation is not transparent and the collection often is avoided in cases of incomes of the richest.

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• Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Auditorium built with Indian grant assistance of 30 crore Sri Lankan rupees in Sri Lanka was dedicated to the people.


• This auditorium is the largest one in the universities of Sri Lanka. It was dedicated jointly by High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, Taranjit Singh Sandhu and Vice Chancellor at the University of Ruhuna, Matara in Southern Province.


• It complies with the philosophy of “Tropical Modernism”. The auditorium has been named after Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.

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• The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved the closure of National Jute Manufactures Corporation Ltd. (NJMC) and its subsidiary Birds Jute & Exports Ltd (BJEL).


• Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved the payment of Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) for all eligible non-gazetted Railway employees (excluding RPF/RPSF personnel).


• Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved establishment and operationalistion of permanent campuses of the 2 new Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research (IISERs).

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• The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Lebanon.


• The MOU is regarding cooperation in the field of agriculture and allied sectors.


• The MoU will help to increase agriculture production and productivity and strengthening of food security.

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• The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved Memorandum of Understanding signed between India and Romania.


• It is regarding cooperation in the field of tourism.


• The MoU was signed in September, 2018 during the visit of the Vice-President of India to Romania.

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• The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved Memorandum of Cooperation between India and Finland.


• This is regarding Environmental Cooperation and management of natural resources on the basis of equity, reciprocity and mutual benefits between the 2 countries.

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• Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a 64-feet-tall statue of peasant leader Sir Chhotu Ram at his native village Sampla in Rohtak district of Haryana


• The 64-feet-tall statue has been sculpted by renowned sculptor and Padma Bhushan-recipient Ram Vanji Sutar.

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• President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the 29th Accountants General Conference at the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) building, at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, in New Delhi.


• The theme of this year’s conference is: “Auditing and Accounting in a Digital Era”. Accountants General from all over India are taking part in the conference


• This conference provides an opportunity to discuss on efforts needed to enhance accountability, transparency and good governance.

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• On October 9, 2018, the 9-day 17th edition of Old World Theatre festival was announced to commence from October 20, 2018


• It will showcase 15 plays on a pan-Indian constellation of original scripts from Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, and Kerala.


• It will open with “Kutiyattam”, one of the most stylised and earliest forms of Sanskrit theatre.


• It has been recognised by UNESCO as a “Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity”.

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• India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for Odisha and Andhra Pradesh as a cyclonic storm called ‘Titli’ is advancing in the eastern coasts of the these states.


• The Cyclone has formed due to depression in the Bay of Bengal region which is intensifying and may have strong winds reaching 100 kmph along the Odisha coast.


• It has an epicenter at about 530 km southeast of Gopalpur in Odisha and 480 km east-southeast of Kalingapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.

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• The Indian Air Force, on its 86th anniversary, announced an innovative Mobile Health App named ‘MedWatch’. It was launched by Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa in New Delhi.


• It is the first such health app provided in the three Armed Services and is an initiative of the IAF with zero financial outlay.


• It has been developed by Directorate of Information Technology (DIT) and idea was conceived by IA doctors.


• It is in sync with Prime Minister’s vision of ‘Digital India, Ayushman Bharat and Mission Indradhanush’.

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• On October 10, 2018, SBI General Insurance announced that Uttar Pradesh is among the top 5 contributors to the insurance sector in terms of Gross Direct Premium Income (GDPI).


• Others among the highest selling products are: Simple Health Policy in the health category and Personal Accident Policy in the motor category.


• SBI General Insurance currently serves customers in the UP market through its 10 branches in – Agra, Allahabad, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Noida and Varanasi.

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• On October 10, 2018, the government launched the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme FY19


• The bonds will be sold every month from October 2018 to February 2019 through banks, Stock Holding Corporation of India.


• India’s gold imports were pegged a $33.7 billion in FY18. Sovereign Bonds were first introduced in 2015.

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• Coal India Limited (CIL) and NLC India (NLCIL), formerly known as Neyveli Lignite Corporation, signed an MOU in Kolkata for a 50-50 partnership joint venture company to set up 5000 MW of power generation projects.


• Both these projects would be completed by the joint venture company within 15 months (Solar) and 60 months (Thermal).


• The rojects will be financed through debt equity ratio of 70:30 for CIL and NLC.

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• IIT-Madras signed an MOU with Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency (TNeGA) to enhance data-driven governance at CII Connect2018.


• Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RBC DSAI ) at IIT-Madras would support the State government on various data science and ICT-related challenges.


• It will help in various aspects as governance, including (but not limited to) Education, Healthcare, and Agriculture.

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• A report by environmental group Greenpeace stated that, drink companies Coca-Cola, Pepsi Co and Nestle are the world’s biggest producers of plastic trash.


• Greenpeace worked with the Break Free From Plastic movement and performed 239 plastic clean-ups in 42 countries and made an audit of 187,000 pieces of plastic trash.


• Coca-Cola, was the top waste producer. Coke-branded plastic trash was found in 40 of the 42 countries.


• The most common type of plastic found was polystyrene. It was followed by PET that is used in bottles and containers.

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• International Olympic Committee (IOC) has made Senegal the host of the 2022 Youth Olympic Games, making it the first African host of any Olympics.


• Senegal will host the youth games in 3 places: Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly.


• Senegal President Macky Sall announced that a 50,000-seat Olympic Stadium will be built.


• The budget for the games is estimated to be $150 million. The construction project for the games include a rail link and an athletes village.

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• From 29 September to 7 October 2018, China Open 2018 (Tennis) was held in Beijing, China.


• China Open 2018 was played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 19th edition of the China Open for men and 22nd edition for women.

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• Veena Sendre from Chhattisgarh was selected as India’s first ‘Miss Trans Queen’, in Mumbai.


• Veena Sendre defeated Namita Ammu of Tamil Nadu and won the title at the national-level beauty contest.


• Veena Sendre is a former Miss Chhattisgarh. She hails from Mandir Hasaud village in Raipur.


• She had dropped out of school when she was in 5th standard. She has participated in various ramp walks at Lucknow and Bengaluru fashion weeks.

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• Indus Towers, world’s largest telecom tower company outside China, won the Deming Prize 2018.


• It is the first Indian company in the service sector and fifth globally to achieve this feat .
  
• It received this award for distinctive performance improvements through the application of Total Quality Management (TQM) practices.


• Indus became the 29th Indian company to win this coveted award. Other companies who had received this award are: Tata Steel, Ashok Leyland, Mahindra and Mahindra, and NBC Bearings etc.

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• PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced appointment of Mahesh Y Reddy as Secretary General.


• Prior to this, he served Infrastructure Industry and Logistics Federation of India (ILFI) for 8 years as its Director General in which he was responsible for overall operations of ILFI.


• He has also served Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) for 16 years and served as its Assistant Secretary General. He has also been associated with Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices (BICP).

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• The government appointed 58-year-old Pravin Srivastava, as the third chief statistician of India (CSI).


• He is 1983-batch Indian Statistical Service officer and has worked in the ministries of statistics and health for 35 years.


• He has also served secretary to the Indian Statistical Commission, popularly known as the Rangarajan Commission.

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• Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as United States Supreme Court justice.


• Brett Kavanaughis 53 years old. He won the election by a vote of 50-48. Current Chief Justice of United States is John Roberts.

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• Researchers at the Washington University in US, have developed the First Bio Electronic Medicine, an implantable, biodegradable wireless device that delivers regular pulses of electricity to damaged peripheral nerves after a surgical repair process.
  
• The bio electronic medicine has been tested in rats. It has not yet been tested on humans. A study regarding this has been published in the journal Nature Medicine.


• The Bio Electronic medicine speeds up nerve regeneration and enhances the healing of a damaged nerve.
  
• It provides therapy and treatment for a clinically relevant period of time and then it naturally disappear into the body. It directly acts at the site where it is needed.

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• China successfully launched two remote sensing satellites belonging to the Yaogan-32 family by a Long March-2C rocket with an upper stage on its top, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China.


• The Remote Sensing Satellites have been launched to conduct electromagnetic environmental probes.


• The Satellites have entered the planned orbits. They will be involved in electromagnetic environment surveys and related technology tests.

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• Malayalam poet M N Paloor died due to age related ailments at his home at Kovoor, Kerala.


• M N Paloor was 86 years old.He had received Sahitya Akademi Award in 2013 for his autobiography ‘Kathayillathavante Katha‘, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1983 for his collection ‘Kalikalam‘ and the Asan Prize for poetry in 2009.

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• Kanpur University’s former Vice Chancellor Sarvagya Singh Katiyar died after he allegedly consumed poison to commit suicide as he had been suffering from depression following his wife’s death.


• Sarvagya Singh Katiyar was 86 years old. He had received Padma Shri in 2003 and Padma Bhushan in 2009.


• The scientist was vice chancellor of Kanpur’s Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University from 1994 to 2007.

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