Current Affairs 26 October

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Current Affairs 25 October Hindi & English

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Summer Youth Olympic Games 2018

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Summer Youth Olympic Games 2018  

From 6^th to 18^th October 2018   

in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Age 15-18 ,  4000 athletes, from 206 teams

Ranks

1^st   :  Russian Federation with 59 medals: 29 gold, 18 silver and 12 bronze medals.

2^nd  :  Japan with 39 medals: 15 gold, 12 silver, 12 bronze.

India obtained 18^th position with 13 Medals: 3 gold, 9 silver and 1 bronze.

India Flag-bearer

Opening Ceremony : Manu Bhaker

Closing Ceremony : Jeremy Lalrinnunga

Indian contingent

68 members, including 46 athletes ( largest ever contingent at the Youth Olympics)

Gold medal winners:

1                   Jeremy Lalrinnunga

Men’s 62kg Weightlifting                  

India’s first ever Youth Olympics Gold medal

2                   Manu Bhaker

10m Air Pistol Women Shooting                

Manu Bhaker has become the 1stIndian shooter to win gold in Youth Olympic Games

3                   Saurabh Chaudhary

10m Air Pistol Men’s Shooting

     Silver medal winners:

1       Akash Malik

Archery – Men’s Recurve Individual                

India’s first silver-medallist in archery at the Youth Olympic Games

2       Indian Men’s Hockey team  

Hockey5s Men’s team event

won silver medals in their debut  

3       Indian Women’s Hockey team

Hockey5s Women’s team event            

won silver medals in their debut

4       Lakshya Sen

Badminton Men’s Singles              

5       Mehuli Ghosh

10m Air Rifle Women’s Shooting 

6       Shahu Tushar Mane

10m Air Rifle Men’s Shooting                 

7       Simran

Women’s Freestyle 43kg Wrestling                

8       Suraj Panwar

Athletics – Men’s 5000m Race Walk               

9       Tababi Devi Thangjam

Women’s 44 kg Judo           

India’s first judo medallist at the Olympic level

Under-18 India men’s national field hockey team consisted of:

    Prashant Chauhan, Sudeep Chirmako, Shivam Anand, Pawan, Rahul Rajbhar, Sanjay, Maninder Singh, captain Vivek Sagar Prasad, Rabichandra Moirangathem.

Under-18 India women’s national field hockey team consisted of:

    Bichu Devi Kharibam, Baljeet Kaur, Ishika Chaudhary, Chetna, Khushboo, Reet, Salima Tete, Lalremsiami, Mumtaz Khan.

Bronze medal winners:

Athletics

Praveen Chithravel

Men’s Triple Jump 

Current Affairs 18 October

Current Affairs 18 October

1. The 6th Interregional Ministerial Meeting of RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership ) was held in

• Singapore
• India
• Nepal
• None of these

Singapore

In this meeting, all partner countries agreed to finalize trading deal by the end of this year Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN) (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar,

the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) and the six Asia-Pacific states with which ASEAN has existing free trade agreements (Australia, China, India, Japan, South

Korea and New Zealand).

2. Foreign Service Institute of India sign MoUs with Centre for Foreign Relation of which country ?

• Nepal
• South Africa
• Myanmar
• Tanzania

India and Tanzania on Tuesday signed two MoUs in presence of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Tanzanian Foreign Minister Dr. Augustine Mahiga The MoUs are between Foreign Service Institute of India and Centre for Foreign Relation, Tanzania and National Research Development Corporation and Tanzania Industrial Research and Development Corporation

3. Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Dehradun has signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) to launch which programme ?

• Saubhagya
• Tarraki
• Prakriti
• Shanti

The main objective of Prakriti programme is to provide platform for school children to learn practical skills towards sustainable use of resources.

4. The Union Government launched which national campaign on the occasion of World Food Day (16 October) to sensitise people about eating safe food and be healthy ?

• Swachh Bharat Yatra
• Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
• Swasth Bharat Yatra
• Swasth Bharat Abhiyan

. In this rally, about 7,500 cyclists are expected to participate in over 18,000 km travelling across six tracks through almost every state and UT over 100 days to propagate a powerful message ‘Eat Right India’.

5. Which  short   film   is   choosen   as   Best   short   film(National)   in   4th  International  Film  Festival  of  Shimla  “IFFS  2018”  concluded   in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh? 

• “The Fog” by Ali Shoorvarzi, Hoseyn Mahroughi
• “Sinjar” by Sandeep Pampally
• “Anahut” (Marathi) by Umesh Bagade
• “Plucked” (Kannad) by Tejus Yakhob       

“Anahut” (Marathi) by Umesh Bagade

6. Man Booker Prize 2018 is given to which for what?

• Paul Beatty for The sellout
• George Saunders for Lincoln in the Bardo
• Anna Burns for Milkman
• Eleanor Catton for The Luminaries

Milkman is a novel written by Anna Burns .It won the Man Booker Prize 2018 for Fiction.

7. Maha dayi River, recently in news for dispute between two States of India falls into:

• Arabian Sea
• Bay of Bengal
• Krishna river
• Mahanadi river

Arabian Sea

The dispute is between Goa and Karnataka.

8. If a paste of rice or wheat flour is left overnight in the kitchen, its volume increases significantly because of:

• The aromatic air of the kitchen
• Bacterial growth
• Swelling of starch particles in the flour due to absorption of water and air
• The release of carbon dioxide due to the activity of yeast

9. It is not advisable to sleep under a tree at night because of the

• Release of less oxygen
• Release of more oxygen
• Release of carbon dioxide
• Release of carbon monoxide

Release of carbon dioxide

Current Affairs 17 October

Current Affairs 17 October

 

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Current Affairs 16 October

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Current Affairs 15 October

15 OCTOBER

• ·        India was Elected Recently United Nations’ Human Rights Council

United Nations’ Human Rights Council’, the main body of UN for promoting and monitoring human rights ( for 3 years ).

Election held in 193-member UN General Assembly (UNGA) 

India secured 188 votes in Asia-Pacific category (highest among all candidates) 

From Asia-Pacific region category, Fiji with 187 and Bangladesh 178 votes were also elected. This was fifth time India has been elected to UNHRC, previously was elected 2006-2009, 2011-2014 and 2014-2017

• ·        International Day of Rural Women is on 15 October

         Theme 2018 is “Sustainable infrastructure, services and social protection for gender                     equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls”. United Nations General  Assembly In 2007 declared October 15 as International Day of Rural Women

         This day recognizes the role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous women, in           agriculture, rural development, food security and eradicating rural poverty.

·       TODAY GK

Extinct Species

These are the species which are not found after searches

Of known or likely areas where they may occur. Asiatic Cheetah, Pink head duck

Asiatic Cheetah : Cheetah is world’s fastest land mammal can move at 112 km/h

Cheetah are widely distributed in Africa and Asia but Asian cheetah is extinct  Now.

• ·        Microsoft India & NITI Aayog signed a MOU to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to address challenges in agriculture and healthcare.  President of Microsoft India Anant Maheshwari.

          NITI Aayog’s Chairperson is PM Narendra Modi and CEO Amitabh Kant.

• ·        On October 13, 2018, India and Sri Lanka signed 2 Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) for construction of 1200 houses in Sri Lanka.   In 50 model villages, using Indian grant assistance of 60 crore Srilankan rupees

• ·        United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced India’s status as a polio-free country And all vaccines provided under the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) are safe.

          The India Expert Advisory Group advises the country to conduct mass vaccination campaigns              against polio, using bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV, to maintain high immunity)

• Haryana launched first-of-its-kind National Autism Intervention Research Centre at Fortis Memorial Research Institute in Gurugram in association with Behaviour Momentum India.

Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by troubles with  social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior.

Parents usually notice signs in the first two or three years of their child's life.

• ·        “The Indian Ocean: Defining our Future” Conference was held for 2 days October 11- 12, 2018 held at Temple Trees, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Discussions on : The Indian Ocean Economy,Life below Water,

Safety and Security at Sea and Reinforcing International Law in the Indian Ocean(United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and Emerging Issues)

• ·        India & China launch first joint programme to train which country diplomats Afghanistan  Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan Vinay Kumar hosted 10 Afghan Diplomats They travelling to India for the 1st India-China joint training programme.