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• World Economic Forum(WEF) released the Index on Most Competitive Economy for 2018,in which India ranked 58th out of 140 Countries.India jumped 5 places from 2017.


• China Ranked at the 28th Position with a score of 72.6 among the BRICS Countries,Russia ranked 43rd Position with a score of 65.6,South Africa with a score of 60.8 ranked 67th Position and Brazil ranked with 72nd Position with a score 59.5


• Top 10 Countries:1.US, 2.Singapore, 3.Germany , 4.Switzerland, 5.Japan, 6.Netherland, 7.Hong Kong, 8.United Kingdom, 9.Swedan, 10.Denmark.

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• QS Quacquarelli Symonds, the global higher education think tank, has released “QS India University Rankings 2019”, its first standalone ranking of India’s higher education institutions.


• The rankings include Public Universities, Private Universities and H.E. Institutions or Deemed Universities.


• IIT Bombay has been named India’s leading institution. Top 5 universities in QS India University Rankings 2019.

• 1 – Indian Institute Of Technology, Bombay
• 2 – Indian Institute Of Science Bangalore
• 3 – Indian Institute Of Technology, Madras
• 4 – Indian Institute Of Technology, Delhi
• 5 – Indian Institute Of Technology, Kharagpur

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• According to the guidelines, the private partner will invest in upgrading, building and deploying human resources and hold the responsibility for operational management and service delivery.


• State governments will offer necessary physical space. Tariff structure for services offered under NCD care facility could be linked to the existing state and Central Government Health Insurance scheme.


• If a government health insurance scheme is introduced in a state after adoption of CGHS (Central Government Health Scheme) tariff, tariff rates should be revised to the newly introduced scheme.

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• Minister of State for Culture Mahesh Sharma and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh laid Foundation for the construction of a museum for all Prime Ministers of the country at the Teen Murti Estate in New Delhi.


• This expected to finish within a year with a cost 271 crore rupees. It will represent the works and contributions of all prime ministers for our country.


• The new museum will incorporate the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML)at the Teen Murti estate, the official residence of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

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• RK Singh, Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy announced an award scheme under Saubhagya to felicitate the DISCOMs (Distribution Companies) / Power Department of States and their employees for achieving 100 % household electrification.


• Two quantum of award will be granted in each of the 3 categories. The 1st DISCOM / Power Department of States to achieve 100 % household electrification by 30th November 2018 will be awarded Rs. 50 Lakh under 1st quantum and Rs. 100 Crore under 2nd quantum.


• Other DISCOM/Power Department of States to achieve 100% household electrification by 31st December 2018 will be awarded certificate of appreciation for five officials.

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• Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana National Rural Livelihood Mission (DAY-NRLM), Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and Lady Irwin College signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).


• Roshni is technically and financially supported by UNICEF India. It serves as a technical support unit at national level for DAY-NRLM.


• Roshni will learn from Swabhimaan initiative and similar models. Swabhimaan was launched in 2016 to focus on women’s nutrition.


• It is a joint initiative of DAY- NRLM and UNICEF India in 5 poorest DAY-NRLM resource blocks in 4 districts of 3 Indian states: Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.

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• India and Tanzania signed 2 Memoranda of Understandings (MoUs) in New Delhi.


• The MoUs are signed between: Foreign Service Institute of India and Centre for Foreign Relation, Tanzania and National Research Development Corporation and Tanzania Industrial Research and Development Corporation.


• Discussions were held on enhancing cooperation in trade and investment, defence and security, development partnership, Science and Technology, oil and natural gas, culture and people-to-people relations.

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• On the Occasion of the World Food Day, Government of India Launched a Campaign named “Swastha Bharat Yatra” to create awareness about Safe Food.


• . The Campaign is Launched by Central Governmnet association with the State Government and it is led by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).


• The ‘Swasth Bharat Yatra’ is launched simultaneously at Leh(in Jammu & Kashmir),Panaji(Goa),Thiruvananthapuram(Kerala),Puducherry,Ranji(Jharkhand) and Agartala(Tripura).


• Around 7500 Cyclists are to be participated in over 18000 Km relay cycle across the states and UT for 100 days from October 16 to January 27.

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• Preparatory Meeting for the First National Summit on Invest in Ayush is held in New Delhi,which is Presided by the Union Minister of State(Independent Charge) of Ayush Shripad Yesso Naik.


• To strengthen the existing AYUSH Industry sector including manufacturers of AYUSH drugs, cosmetics, food supplements, hospital industry, etc.


• Under the Champion Sector Scheme the Ministry has taken a challenge to create one lakh job opportunities in AYUSH Sector.

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• Central govt. had announced its plan to set up a panel of judges headed by the Justice J.S. Verma to look into the legal and institutional framework to control sexual harassment at workplaces after the impact of #MeToo campaign.


• J.S. Verma including Justice Leila Seth and senior lawyer Gopal was formed after a brutal sexual assault on a 23-year-old physiotherapy student on a moving bus in New Delhi.


• They termed Sexual Harassment Bill “unsatisfactory” and said it did not reflect the spirit of the Vishakha guidelines framed by the Supreme Court in 1997 for the sexual harassment at the workplace.

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• The Inter-operability would be achieved in a phased manner such as inter-operability of PPIs issued in the form of wallets through UPI, between wallets and bank accounts through UPI, and interoperability for PPIs issued in the form of cards through card networks.


• UPI is a payments system launched by the National Payments Corporation of India in August 2016. It facilitates instant fund transfer between two bank accounts on the mobile platform, without having to provide any detail of the beneficiary’s bank account.

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• National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) an investment of Rs 660 crore in HDFC’s real estate investment platform HDFC Capital Affordable Real Estate – 2 (H-CARE 2)


• It enables investors in NIIF Fund of Funds to participate in the attractive mid-income and affordable housing sectors in India.


• H-CARE 2 has a wider platform targeting affordable and mid-income residential projects in India and will play a significant role in progressing towards the government’s flagship programme, Housing for All by 2022.

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• Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Nokia Solutions and Networks India Pvt Ltd to leverage Industry 4.0 for manufacturing excellence at Nokia’s factory in Oragadam, about 60 km south-west of Chennai.


• BSNL and Nokia are demonstrating the ability to leverage automation across industries, showing how it can be replicated in other sectors such as automobile, oil and gas, mining, public safety and disaster management.


• Nokia factory will now leverage Industry 4.0 solutions such as Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), connected Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, and the Internet of Things to enhance operations and increase productivity.

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• Bengaluru FC won the Puttaiah Memorial Cup 2018 at the Bangalore Football Stadium, in Bengaluru.


• Bengaluru FC defeated Madras Engineering Group (MEG) 2-1 in the final. This is their second Puttaiah Memorial Cup.


• Bengaluru FC’s Parag Shrivas won the best defender of the tournament award.

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• Suheil F. Tandon has won the International Olympic Committee’s Sport and Active Society Commission’s Grant Award for his contribution to sports for development.


• Suheil F. Tandon is a social Entrepreneur. He is the Founder of Pro Sport Development (PSD) and Executive Director of Martha Farrell Foundation.


• International Olympic Committee (IOC) redistributes more than 90 % of its income to the wider sporting movement, to help athletes and sports organisations throughout the world.

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• Anna Burns becomes the First Northern Irish writer to win the 50th Man Booker Prize for her Novel Milkman.


• Anna Burns,Milkman is her third full length Novel.Other 2 novels are ‘No Bones’ and ‘Little Constructions’.


• Milkman is an exploration of Northern Ireland’s three decades of sectarian violence told through the voice of a young woman.It is Published by Faber & Faber.

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• Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi known as ‘Khayyam’, was named for 2018 Hridaynath Award for Lifetime Achievement.


• The award consists of a cash prize of Rs 100,000 and a memento. It will be presented by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at a ceremony on October 26, 2018 in Mumbai.


• Khayyam is a music composer, lyricist and writer. He is 91 years old. He started his music career in Ludhiana in 1943.

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• Scientists of Zhengzhou University have developed a washable and wearable nanogenerator based on hydrophobic nanofiber.


• It has a woven structure. It can be attached to clothes to convert mechanical energy generated by human activities into electrical energy. This research was published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

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• For the first time in the world, scientists have grown functional sections of oesophagus in the lab using stem cells and successfully transplanted them into mice.


• A study regarding this by researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in the UK and colleagues has been published in the journal Nature Communications.


• This development is the first of its kind for a complex multi-layered organ. This will help in overcoming the challenge of regenerative medicine, that different early-stage cells need different conditions to develop into the right cell type.

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• A new book on Maharana Pratap named “Maharana Pratap The Invincible Warrior” authored by historian Rima Hooja has been released.
  
• The book narrates the life of Maharana Pratap, the great Rajput warrior and also talks about the famous battle of Haldighati.