DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 22 OCT 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
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1. ANGRIYA:
FIRST CRUISE SERVICE LAUNCHED BETWEEN MUMBAI AND GOA
i.
Angriya India’s first ever passenger cruise ship was launched between Mumbai
and Goa.
ii.
The cruise ship Angriya has been named after first Maratha Navy Admiral Kanhoji
Angre and the great Angria bank coral reef near Vijaydurg, Maharashtra.
2. INDIA’S
LONGEST RIVER BRIDGE TO BE BUILT ON BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER IN ASSAM
i.
India’s longest river bridge will be built across the Brahmaputra, connecting
Dhubri in Assamto Phulbari in Meghalaya, by 2026-27.
ii.
It will be a 19.3 km, four-lane bridge that will cut road travel by 203 km .
iii.
The new bridge will complete the missing link of NH127B from Assam to
Meghalaya.
3. MAN-ANIMAL
CONFLICT A ‘STATE DECLARED DISASTER’: UP GOVERNMENT
i.
Uttar Pradesh government made the man-animal conflict a ‘State Declared
Disaster’.
ii.
The main objective is to help reduce retaliatory killings.
iii. According to the provisions of the order,
a compensatory amount of Rs.5 lakh would be given to family of deceased if the
victim of the animal attack dies.
4. COPE
INDIA AIR EXERCISE: FIRST TRILATERAL EXERCISE TO BE HELD AMONGST INDIA, JAPAN,
US
i.
India, Japan and the U.S. announced participation in the bilateral ‘Cope India’
air exercise to a trilateral format on December 2018.
ii.
This will be the first time Japan would be invited to participate in the
exercise.
iii.
Cope India is the first such exercise was conducted at IAF air force station in
Gwalior from February 2004.
5. INDIA
RANKED 9TH MOST VALUABLE NATION BRAND IN THE WORLD
i.
India lost one spot and ranked 9th in the 10 most valuable nation brands in the
world for the year 2018.
ii.
India was ranked 8th in the last year 2017.
iii.U.S has topped the list followed by China
and Germany
6. WORLDSTEEL
ASSOCIATION ELECTS SAJJAN JINDAL AS TREASURER
i.
Indian JSW Steel CMD Sajjan Jindal was elected as treasurer by World Steel
Association at the worldsteel General Assembly in Toyko, Japan.
