DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 2 NOV 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 2 NOV 2017

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1.      GOVT FIXES SOVEREIGN GOLD BOND RATE AT RS 2,945 PER GRAM

i. Reserve Bank of India has announced that purchase price for the latest Sovereign Gold Bond series which opened on October 30, 2017 has been fixed at Rs 2,945 per gram gold. These bonds can be subscribed from Monday to Wednesday every week.

ii. The price is based on the simple average closing price for gold of 999 purity of the last three business days of the week preceding the subscription period.

iii. Investors applying online and making the payment digitally will be eligible for a discount of Rs 50 per gram. Thus for such investors, the issue price will be Rs 2,895 per gram of gold.

iv. Investment in these bonds can be done in multiples of 1 gm of gold. Investors have an option to hold these bonds in either physical or dematerialised form.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 1 NOV 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 1 NOV 2017

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1.      INDIA AND WORLD BANK SIGNED $200 MILLION LOAN AGREEMENT FOR ASSAM

i. The Government of India and the World Bank signed a $200 million Loan Agreement for the Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project. The Project will support Assam to facilitate agri-business investments, increase agricultural productivity and market access.

ii. The Project will be implemented in over 16 Districts of Assam. Over 500,000 farming households will directly benefit from the Project.

2.      INDIA, JAPAN BEGIN THREE-DAY ANTI-SUBMARINE DRILL

i. Navies of India and Japan began a three-day anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Indian Ocean region to deepen their operational coordination in the strategically important sea lanes around the two countries.

ii. Indian Navy's two P-8 I long-range maritime reconnaissance anti-submarine warfare aircraft and two P-3C Orion jets of the Japanese Navy will be part of the exercise.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 31 OCT 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 31 OCT 2017

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1.      ITALY PM PAOLO GENTILONI ON TWO-DAY VISIT TO INDIA

i. Prime Minister of Italy Paolo Gentiloni arrived in New Delhi on a 2-day visit to India. The visit is aimed at strengthening the bilateral political and economic relations between the two countries.

ii. The last visit of the Italian Prime Minister to India was in February 2007.

2.      GOVT MAKES USE OF PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MANDATORY FOR CENTRAL SCHEMES

i. The Centre has made the use of Public Finance Management System mandatory for all central schemes. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stated that making use of the PFMS mandatorily will ensure benefits of government schemes to reach the last mile.

ii. The move would help in tracking and monitoring the flow of funds to the implementing agencies. A total of 613 schemes of the central government will be covered under PFMS.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 30 OCT 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 30 OCT 2017

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1.      INDIA TO HOST UN WILDLIFE SUMMIT IN 2020

i. The UN for Environment Programme announced that, India will host the next United Nations global wildlife conference on migratory species (CMS COP13) in 2020. The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species is held once in three years.

ii. It is the only international treaty devoted exclusively to migratory wildlife species. The summit aims to conserve terrestrial, marine, and avian migratory species on a global level.

2.      CABINET APPROVES RS 7,000 CR FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SIX IIT CAMPUSES

i. The Union Cabinet has approved over Rs 7,000 cr for construction of permanent campuses of six new Indian Institute of Technology across the country.

ii. Each of the permanent campuses to be established at Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Palakkad (Kerala), Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir), Dharwad (Karnataka), Bhilai (Chhattisgarh) and Goa will have a facility for housing 1,200 students from the academic year 2020-2021.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 29 OCT 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 29 OCT 2017

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1.      INDIA, US TO IMPLEMENT HOSTAC TO STRENGTHEN MARITIME SECURITY

i. To strengthen maritime security, India and the United States have agreed to implement the program for Helicopter Operations from Ships Other Than Aircraft Carriers.

ii. A decision in this regard was taken by Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her US Counterpart Jim Mattis during their meeting in the Philippines on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting-Plus. They "agreed on the importance of a rules-based international order" in which all nations are able to prosper, and the "need to work together" against the common threat of terrorism.

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Monthly GK Capsule Oct. 2017

Monthly GK Capsules of  Oct. 2017

Here is the new Monthly GK Capsules. This time we are going to share official PDF file of AAA-Bright Academy which contains Monthly GK updates of Oct. 2017. So if you are preparing for any Government, Bank, Railways, SSC Examination this PDF file is very helpful to you. All the bestto all participants for the upcoming Examination.

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Monthly GK Capsules Sept. 2017

Monthly GK Capsules of  Sept. 2017

Here is the new Monthly GK Capsules. This time we are going to share official PDF file of AAA-Bright Academy which contains Monthly GK updates of Sept. 2017. So if you are preparing for any Government, Bank, Railways, SSC Examination this PDF file is very helpful to you. All the bestto all participants for the upcoming Examination.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 28 OCT 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 28 OCT 2017

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1.      PM MODI INAUGURATES INT’L CONFERENCE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION

i. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated 2-day International Conference on Consumer Protection for east, south and Southeast Asian countries in New Delhi. This conference is being hosted by the Department of Consumer Affairs under Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

ii. Theme of this conference is ‘Empowering Consumers in New Markets’. Representatives from 22 countries from East, South and South-East Asia participated in this conference.

iv. During the course of this conference, six working sessions will be held on subjects of United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection and Implementation, protection of online consumers, stakeholder participation in consumer protection, consumer empowerment through education, fostering consumer inclusion in financial services and protection of vulnerable groups of consumers.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 27 OCT 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 27 OCT 2017

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1.      PETROLEUM MINISTRY LAUNCHES RS 320 CRORE STARTUP FUND FOR ENTREPRENEURS

i. Union Petroleum Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan launched Start-up Programme for entrepreneurs in Oil and Gas sector. Petroleum ministry launches Rs 320 cr startup fund for entrepreneurs. 10 public sector oil and gas companies have setup venture capital fund to encourage start-ups based on innovative ideas in the oil and gas sector.

ii. The venture fund will disburse Rs 320 cr over a 3-year period to support novel ideas which would cause positive disruption in the energy sector. At the launch function, 36 startups signed memorandum of understanding to partner with various state-run firms like Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum and GAIL India.

iii. These start-ups will be working on various innovative projects which include developing multiuse fuel from agri-waste, remotely operated vehicles for underwater inspections, converting waste plastic to high value fuels, electronic leak detector for LPG and solar cookers.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 26 OCT 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 26 OCT 2017

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1.      PM MODI INAUGURATES GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION

i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a global conference on consumer protection in New Delhi. This is the first time that an international conference on consumer protection is being organized by India for countries of the region.

ii. 22 countries from East, South and South-East Asia are participating in the international conference. These include China, Singapore, South Korea, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 25 OCT 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 25 OCT 2017

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1.      UNION MINISTRIES OF POWER & TEXTILES JOINTLY LAUNCHED 'SAATHI' INITIATIVE

i. The Union Ministries of Power and Textiles have jointly launched an initiative Sustainable and Accelerated Adoption of efficient Textile technologies to Help small Industries (SAATHI).

ii. Under this initiative, Energy Efficiency Services Limited, a public sector entity under the Union Ministry of Power, will acquire energy efficient Powerlooms, motors and Rapier kits in bulk and provide them to the small and medium powerloom units.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 24 OCT 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 24 OCT 2017

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1.      RBI SETS UP TASK FORCE ON ‘PUBLIC CREDIT REGISTRY’

i. The Reserve Bank of India has constituted a 10-member ‘High Level Task Force on Public Credit Registry for India’, which will suggest a roadmap for developing a transparent, comprehensive and near-real-time PCR for India.

ii. The committee will be Headed by YM Deosthalee, ex-CMD, L&T Finance Holdings. The terms of reference of the task force include reviewing the current availability of information on credit in India and assessing the gaps in India.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 23 OCT 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 23 OCT 2017

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1.      NIRMALA SITHARAMAN LEFT FOR PHILIPPINES TO ATTEND SOUTHEAST ASIAN DEFENCE MINISTERS’ MEETING

i. In her first foreign visit as Defence Minister, Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman left for the Philippines to attend the Southeast Asian Defence Ministers’ Meeting.

ii. The 2-day ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus meeting will discuss ways to enhance defense and security cooperation among the member nations. During her 3-day stay, Ms. Sitharaman is also likely to hold bilateral talks with her counterparts from a number of countries.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 22 OCT 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 22 OCT 2017

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1.      PM LAUNCHES DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES IN VADODARA

i.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a visit to Vadodara, Gujarat. During the course of this visit, he launched following development initiatives: PM dedicated to the nation, the Vadodara City Command Control Centre; New Head Office Building of the Bank of Baroda and Waghodiya Regional Water Supply Scheme.

ii. He laid the foundation stones of an integrated transport hub, regional water supply schemes, housing projects, and a flyover.

iii. He also laid foundation stone for the capacity expansion of the Mundra-Delhi petroleum product pipeline, and a greenfield marketing terminal project of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, at Vadodara.

iv. Beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban, as well as Rural) were handed over the keys to the houses by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 21 OCT 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 21 OCT 2017

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1.      GSTN LAUNCHES EXCEL-BASED OFFLINE TOOL TO FILE INITIAL GSTR-3B RETURNS

i. Goods and Services Tax Network has launched an Excel-based offline tool for businesses to file initial GSTR- 3B returns. GSTN, in a statement in New Delhi, stated that taxpayers can download the offline utility from the GSTN portal and after fill, in the data, the file can be uploaded on GST portal.

ii. After uploading of the return to the GST Portal, the taxpayer has to preview the form, complete formalities like submit, offset the liability and file their GSTR-3B Return using the digital signature or electronic verification code.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 20 OCT 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 20 OCT 2017

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1.      ARUNACHAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES KAMLE AS 23RD DISTRICT

i.  Arunachal Pradesh State Assembly passed Arunachal Pradesh (Re-Orgaisation of Districts) Amendment Bill 2017 to create a new district named ‘Kamle’. The bill was introduced on October 14, 2017 by Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prema Khandu.

ii. Kamle is the 23rd district of Arunachal Pradesh. It has been created by bifurcating the present Upper and Lower Subansiri districts.

iii. It has six administrative units (three each from Upper Subansiri and Lower Subansiri).

iv. Amid rising concerns that this decision would encourage creation of more districts in future and will thereby affect state’s exchequer, Chief Minister Prema Khandu stated that government is planning to re-visit the district creation policy of 1983.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 19 OCT 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 19 OCT 2017

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1.         CHHATTISGARH GOVERNMENT REDUCES INTEREST ON LOAN UNDER SAKSHAM YOJNA

i. Chhattisgarh State Government has reduced the rate of interest on loan given to women and their self help groups under ‘Saksham Yojna’ from 6.5% to 5%.

ii. This decision was taken by Chhattisgarh Women and Child Development Minister Ramsheela Sahu while chairing a meeting of ‘Chhattisgarh Mahila Kosh’.

iii. Through various schemes, ‘Chhattisgarh Mahila Kosh’ disburses easy term loans to women and SHGs in Chhattisgarh. Saksham Yojana too is operated by Chhattisgarh Mahila Kosh, under which loans to the tune of Rs 72 lakh had been distributed to about 111 SHGs during current fiscal year 2017-18.

iv. In the previous fiscal – 2016-17, Rs 2.44 cr loans were sanctioned to 407 SHGs under Saksham Yojana.

2.         ANDHRA CM CHANDRABABU NAIDU LAYS FOUNDATION STONE FOR TU142M AIRCRAFT MUSEUM

i. Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu and Eastern naval command Chief Vice Admiral H. C. S. Bisht laid the foundation stone of the TU142M aircraft museum. This is being built at the Beach Road in Visakhapatnam.

ii. The Russian aircraft TU142M was decommissioned at INS Rajali in Tamil Nadu after 29 years. It was brought to Visakhapatnam on 8th April 2017 to be converted into a Museum.

iii. The TU142M aircraft museum will be inaugurated by President Ram Nath Kovind in December 2017.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 18 OCT 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 18 OCT 2017

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1.      PM MODI INAUGURATES FIRST EVER ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF AYURVEDA

i. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the All India Institute of Ayurveda in Delhi on the occasion of ‘National Ayurveda Day’. AIIA has been set up as an apex institute under the Ministry of AYUSH and  has been modelled along the lines of All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

ii. AIIA has been set up on 10.015 acres of land at a cost of Rs. 157 cr. The institute will serve as a platform to establish synergy between traditional wisdom of Ayurveda and modern diagnostic tools and technology.

iii. AIIA holds the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers accreditation.

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