Current Affairs: October 2016 #IIFT #SNAP #CLAT #XAT #UPSC

1) India (Its 62 Country) ratified the Paris Climate Change Agreement at the United Nations. according the agreement India generate at least 40% of country’s electricity from non-fossil sources by year 2030. India emitted about 4.5% of global greenhouse gas. 61 countries required for implemented agreement. COP22 will take place at Marrakech in Morocco , 2016.

2) Under the Income Disclosure Scheme (IDS) disclosed 65k Crore. Scheme started from 1 June 2016 and closed on the midnight of 30 September 2016. Pay 45% tax and penalty.

3) Ashok Chawla committee examine various issues related to audit firms

4) 50 years completed Indian Tourism Development Corporation Limited (ITDC) Ashok Group of Hotels under ITDC.

5) International day of Older Persons: 1st October

6) Arundhati Bhattacharya is SBI Chief

7) 8 Nations SAARC summit "postponed indefinitely" (Nov-16)

8) 02nd October celebrated Birth anniversary of MG Gandhi (1869) & LB Shastri (1904)
Also celebrated as International day of nonviolence (from 2007)

9) Gujarat’s 900 years old World Heritage Sites Rani ki Vav bags (Patan) ‘Cleanest Iconic Place’ award

10) Gujarat & Andhra Pradesh are first States to become Open Defecation Free in urban areas.

11) Indian Bridge Management System (IBMS) For comprehensive database system of all bridges in the country. In India 1,50,000 bridge structures.

12) The first edition of BRICS U-17 Football Tournament started from Bambolim Stadium Goa

13) Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa were winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2016 for developing molecular machines
The trio has developed molecules with controllable movements, which can perform a task when energy is added. Molecular machines will most likely be used in the development of things such as new materials, sensors and energy storage systems.
British-born scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz were winners of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Physics. For studies of unusual states of matter

14) MS Sahoo first Chairman of the newly constituted Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)

15) Hurricane Matthew is moving towards the East Coast of the United States 230 km per hour.

16) Pixel new smartphone launched by Alphabet Inc.’s Google

Google is getting HTC Corp. to assemble the Pixel devices.

17) Country’s first monetary first declared by Monetary Policy Committee (MPC-6 Members committee) till now monetary policies have been formulated by the RBI Governor. The MPC, headed by RBI Governor Ur
jit Patel
Repo rate by 25 bps to 6.25%.
The MPC includes the central bank’s chief (Urjit Patel), Deputy Governor R. Gandhi, Executive Director Michael Patra and three government nominees which includes Chetan Ghate, Pami Dua and Ravindra Dholakia.

18) Jharkhand became the first in India to implement Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in Kerosene

19) Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) trial operations of India’s first integrated on-airport perishable cargo-handling centre

20) The strategic partnership between Dassault Aviation (France) and Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group for constructed 36 Rafale Fighter Jets. Reliance Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Nagpur.

21) World Teachers’ Day: 5 October Birth of SRK

22) Powerful typhoon Chaba to hit Japan

23) SBI becomes first domestic bank to open branch in Yangon

The Yangon branch is the 54th foreign branch of the nation's largest lender.

24) Crown Prince of United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to be the next Chief Guest at India’s Republic Day parade of 2017.

25) 'Murga' wins first prize at Swachh Bharat Short Film Festival. Young filmmaker Katyayan Shivpuri, from Maharashtra, has won the first prize at the Swachh Bharat Short Film Festival (SBSFF) for his work "Murga".

26) Portugal’s former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres elected as the 9th Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) Guterres will take over from Ban Ki-moon(1-1-07) from 1 January 2017.

27) The 16-judge bench at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rejected the case against India for allegedly failing to halt the nuclear arms race. By Marshall Islands

28) GSAT-18 is the Indian communication satellite launched from the European space-pad of Kourou in French Guiana by Ariane-5 VA-231

29) Indian Air Force Day: 8 October (began from 1932)

30) Maharashtra becomes 17th state to join UDAY- Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojna (UDAY) scheme.

31) Gyan Darshan is IGNOU’s educational channels.

32) India’s first centre for international arbitration in Mumbai.

33) Bathukamma is state festival of Telangana

34) World Post Day: 9th October

Universal Postal Union set up in 1874 in the Swiss Capital, Bern.

35) Nobel prize in Economics 2016 awarded to American Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom. for their contributions to contract theory.

36) Indian shooter Jitu Rai named 'Champion of Champions' by ISSF- The International Shooting Sports Federation

37) International Day of the Girl Child :11 October (from 2011)

38) First World Tsunami Awareness Day to be observed on Nov 5

39) Global hunger index: 2016
India ranked 97th out of 118 countries on the International Food Policy Research Institute’s (IFPRI)
Nepal (72), Sri Lanka (84), and Bangladesh (90) Central African Republic, Chad, and Zambia were estimated to have the highest levels of hunger
40) Telangana gets 21 new districts. Now went up to 31.
Mancherial, Nirmal, Kumram Bheem (Asifabad), Kamareddy, Peddapalli, Jagtial, Rajanna (Sircilla), Warangal Urban, Warangal Rural, Mahabubabad, Prof Jayashankar (Bhupalpally), Jangaon, Bhadradri (Kothagudem), Suryapet, Yadadri, Sangareddy, Siddipet, Medchal (Malkajgiri), Vikarabad, , Wanaparthy, Nagarkurnool and Jogulamba (Gadwal), while existing ones were Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Nalgonda, Medak, Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and Mahabubnagar.

41) HIMANSH high-altitude (13500 Feet) station inaugurated in Spiti (Himachal Pradesh) for study of glaciers.

42) All the portfolios of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa were reallocated to O. Panneerselvam.

43) Juan Manuel Santos (Colombian President) confirmed for 2016 peace Nobel award. “for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end”, 2.2 lakh people killed.

44) Shanta Kumar Committee report for FCI, 81 crore population under NFSM Out of 127 Crore population ,1.30 Lakh Crore Subsidy

45) 15.2 % population under malnutrition

46) International Day for Disaster Reduction celebrated October 13

47)  American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2016. Twelve Grammys and one Academy Award.

48)  ICICI Bank has become the first Indian lender to complete a banking transaction using Blockchain technology. The block-chain application replicates the paper-intensive international trade finance process as an electronic decentralised ledger that gives all the participating entities, including banks, the ability to access a single source of information.

49)  World Standards Day is observed annually on 14 October.

50) Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej - the world's longest-serving monarch - King Bhumibol, the ninth king of the 234-year-old Chakri dynasty.

51) World Student Day celebrated October 15th that day born of Dr. Abdul Kalam's (11th president) by United Nations Organization annually.

52) International Day of Rural Women: October 15

53) India decided to eliminate potent greenhouse HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons-23) also known as trifluoromethane,  by 2030.

54) Brazil has lifted the 1st BRICS U-17 Football Tournament 2016 held at Goa after defeating the South Africa in the title clash with 5-1.

55) Finland is the safest country in the world: WEF

Qatar and UAE ranked second and third respectively.

56) India-Russia sign agreement to produce Ka-226T helicopters jointly

57) India becomes first team to play 900 ODIs
against New Zealand at Dharamshala (HP) India has won 454, lost 399 tied seven, while 39 have abandoned.

58) Bank deposits cross Rs 100 lakh crore

59) The United Nations' International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed on October 17 each year since 1993.

60) China launches its longest manned space mission Shenzhou 11. China's recently-launched experimental space lab, Tiangong 2.

61) Kashmiri Red Stag to be declared as 'Critically Endangered'
By International Union for Conservation of Nature

62) Novak Djokovic retains top spot in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings. 

63) Brazil opens Latin America's first elephant sanctuary

64) People’s Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA) Manipuri human rights activist Irom Sharmila

65) INS Arihant (2009) India’s first domestic Indigenous Nuclear (83 Mw Submarine (6,000-tonne) others countries are US, RS,BR,CH ,FR
16 Nuclear missile with Arihant Submarine K-4 3500Km, K-15 750 Km

66) National SC/ST Hub set up at Ludhiana (Punjab)

67) Saina Nehwal appointed as a member of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Athletes’ Commission

68) MakeMyTrip travel portal will acquire Ibibo group

69) Prof. K S Valdiya appointed head of probe the existence of Saraswati River,
According to committee’s report, Saraswati River passed through Pakistan before meeting Western Sea through Rann of Kutch. One-third of the river stretch fell in present-day Pakistan. The longer, two-third stretch measuring nearly 3000 km in length fell in India.

70) 8th summit of BRICS held at Goa. 1st edition of BRICS Summit was hosted in Yekaterinburg (Russia) in 2009. It was followed by Summits in Brasilia (Brazil, 2010), Sanya (China, 2011), New Delhi (India, 2012), Durban (South Africa, 2013), Fortaleza (Brazil, 2014) and Ufa (Russia, 2015). This is thus the 8th edition of BRICS Summit. Participants in the Summit include heads of state of 5 BRICS countries Michel Temer (Brazil), Vladimir Putin (Russia), Narendra Modi (India), Xi Jinping (China) and Jacob Juma (South Africa). The members of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) were also invited to the Summit, while Afghanistan and Maldives participated as guest invitees.

71) Meeting of the Parties (MOP 28) to the Montreal Protocol(Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer) concluded held at Kigali (Rwanda)

72) Rosneft Acquire essar oil in 13Billion US $

India’s second-largest refinery at Vadinar (Gujarat) with capacity of 20 million tonnes under Essar Oil.

73) 2014-China produced more than 65% GHG Emission While India is 8.39%

74) Co2, CFC, HFC (23-134,152) HFC is 14k Fold Harmful than Co2 for ozone depletion.

75)  Three time Talaq at same time not possible its define in 13th Century by Ibn Temiaah

76) Democratic Monarchy –Congress, SP Family Domination in Politics 

77) Delhi to San Francisco (15300 Km) Journey completed non stoppage by Air India in 14.5 Hours
flight took the Pacific route instead of the conventional Atlantic route. The Pacific route is almost 1,400 km longer than the Atlantic one. But still the flight took almost two hours less thanks to tailwinds, winds that blow in the same direction as an aircraft and thus make it go faster. Till Singapore Airlines launches the Singapore-New York, which will cover 16,500 km in 19 hours.

78) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is introduce 2000 Rs Currency Note. The notes have already been printed, and their dispatch from the currency printing press in Mysuru has commenced. The highest denomination note printed by the RBI was the Rs. 10,000 note in 1938 and in 1954. They were demonetized in 1946 and 1978, respectively. According to reports, it costs a little over Rs. 3 to produce a Rs. 1,000 note, the lowest in terms printing costs as a proportion of value.

79) AT&T telecom acquire Time Warner for a mammoth $85.4 billion, HBO, CNN and the Warner Bros.

80) India won the Third Consecutive Kabaddi World Cup 2016 by defeating Iran by 38-29 at Ahmedabad’s Trans Stadia Arena

81) Udey Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) regional aviation connectivity scheme proposes to fix all-inclusive fares at Rs 2,500 for one-hour flights

82) Nissan Motor Company completed purchase of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. for more than $2 billion Toyota Motor Corp., Volkswagen AG, Nissan

83) Bengaluru FC its first Indian football team to reach the final of the AFC Cup

84) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel chaired the bank’s central board meeting at Kanpur. It is worth mentioning that Kanpur is one of the 19 regional offices of the RBI.

85) According to IMF’s Financial Access Survey for 2016, as of 2015, India had over 1.2 lakh branches of commercial banks across the country. This is higher than the number in the US, China, Brazil, Russia and South Africa.

86) ‘Schiaparelli’ name of the Mars lander (rover) of the European Space Agency (ESA) that failed to send any signal after landing on Mars’ surface
Schiaparelli had travelled seven months and 496 million kilometres on-board

87) FIFA U-17 will have held at India (Goa, Kochi)

88) Sagarmala Programme

89) PM Narendra Modi announces India's first Railway University in Vadodara

Also started Green Field airport In Vadodara (First Was Hyderabad)

90) FIFA 2018 World Cup will held at Russia
Mascot is  Zabivaka the wolf

91) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has proposed a penalty of about Rs 3,050 crore on three telcos — Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea

92) North Korea won 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup against.

93) 24 October is celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948.

94) Ratan Tata replaces Cyrus Mistry as Tata Sons chairman, 1 Share 60k

95) ‘Satan 2’ thermonuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile of Russia,

weigh up to 10 tons range is 11,000 Km

96) Ayurveda/ Dhanvantari day observed 28 October by the AYUSH Ministry

97) 24 countries and the European Union agreed unanimously to designate the Ross Sea in Antarctica as a marine protected area (MPA). This area will cover 1.57 million sq. km area and will be the largest MPA in the world. meeting held in Hobart (Australia)
penguins, petrels & whales Found.

98) National Academic Depository (NAD) will be establish. Which verify all academic degrees, certificates and awards in the country for verification by Online.

99) The deposit portfolio of Indian banks crossed the Rs.100 trillion

2011-50.46 Trillion, 2007-25.04 Trillion, 2002 -12.57 Trillion,1998-6.26 Trillion

100) ‘Urja Ganga’ project, 20 lakh households will get PNG connections In Varanasi.

101) E-Postal ballot facility to the service voters and personnel of the armed forces available in Election.

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103) Paul Beatty became the first American writer to win the Man Booker prize for his book “The Sellout”
The £50,000 award. Rules were changed to allow writers of any nationality writing in the English language and being published in the UK.

104) Ratan Tata interim Chairman of the Tata Group after Cyrus P. Mistry (2012) was removed from the post
$100 billion Tata Group.

105) Tiangong-2, the experimental space lab of China has successfully launched a micro-satellite (like desktop) Banxing-2 (the word means Companion Satellite).

106) India’s rank 87th (out of 144) on the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2016.
Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden are top rankers countries.

107) Government notifies revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with South Korea

108) MMTC-Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation of India has joined hands with Bank to retail gold coins


109) Sunil Bharti Mittal first Indian elected as Global System Mobile Association Chairman for Jan-2017 through Dec-2018.