Weekly Current Affairs (15th to 21st October 2018) PDF Download

1) World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on – 16 October.

2) 35 Multi-modal logistics park policy proposed by – Commerce ministry.

3) Germany and the UK launched new GRiF, with support from – The World Bank.

4) Vaishno Devi shrine board enhanced the free insurance cover to pilgrims to – Rs five lakh.

5) Minting of which denomination coin is cut by half due to non-availability of raw material – Rs 10 coins.

6) WPI Inflation Rises To 5.13% in – September.

7) New chairman of Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) – Nimesh Shah.

8) Hridaynath Award for lifetime achievement is won by – Khayyam.

9) 2018 Fukuoka Arts and Culture Prize is won by – Dr. Teejan Bai.

10) Social Entrepreneur of the Year award 2018 is won by – Prema Gopalan.

11) India, Australia participate in second 2+2 dialogue in – Canberra, Australia.

12) 6th Indian International Silk Fair held in – New Delhi.

13) The book “Maharana Pratap: The Invincible Warrior” is authored by noted historian – Rima Hooja.

14) Youth Road Safety Learners Licence Programme launced by MoS Road Transport – Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya.

15) Rank of India in global RTI rating is – Sixth.

16) First India-US tri-services exercise to be held in – 2019.

17) Triangular series by defeating Sri Lanka in Blind Cricket won by – India.

18) A Serbian professional tennis player who has recently won the 2018 Shanghai Masters Tennis tournament – Novak Djokovic.

19) Official mascot for the Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup is – Turtle ‘Olly’.

20) 8th edition of Sultan Johar Cup is won by – Great Britain.

21) India’s first agriculture and food business online learning platform was launched in – Warangal.

22) Korean War memorial to be built in – Delhi.

23) Museum on Prime Ministers of India will be set up in – Delhi.

24) Electric auto rickshaws are set to be launched in – Kerala.

25) RBI approved NBFC license for – Kreditech.

26) BankBazaar appoints which former RBI deputy governor as advisor – SS Mundra.

27) 2018 Man Booker Prize for the Novel ‘Milkman’ is won by – Anna Burns.

28) International Olympic committee award is won by – Suheil Tandon.

29) Wildlife Photographer of 2018 award is won by – Dutch Oosten.

30) The country that has to engage deeply with TN at the upcoming Global Investors Meet 2019 is – Australia.

31) Two-day Agri-startup and Entrepreneurship inaugurated in – New Delhi.

32) 6th Meeting Of UAE-India High-Level Joint Task Force Held In – Mumbai.

33) Kamal Haasan launched a safety app named – Raudram.

34) Name the Union Minister of state who resigns recently – MJ Akbar.

35) Much awaited Rani-Jhansi Flyover inaugurated in – Delhi.

36) Muzaffarpur’s Shahi Litchi Gets GI Tag of – Bihar.

37) The state that has announced formation of Kodagu Development Authority is – Karnataka.

38) India’s first Cryptocurrency ATM opens in – Bengaluru.

39) 45 Indian companies participating in Expo Cihac held in – Mexico City.

40) Arundhati Bhattacharya is appointed as additional director of – RIL.

41) MoU signed between Lady Irwin College & MoRD for – Roshni.

42) World’s most depressed country is – India.

43) Rank of India in most competitive economy in WEF index is – 58^th.

44) Former UP and Uttarakhand CM Narayan Datt Tiwari passes away.

45) First India, Japan joint military exercise to be held in Mizoram is – Dharma Guardian

46) What is the rank of India in Most Valuable Nation Brand – 9th

47) NCW launches dedicated e-mail address to report instances of sexual harassment at – Workplace

48) North Central Railways launches two mobile apps – NCR RASTA and Yatri RASTA.

49) RBI issues guidelines for facilitating money transfer among – e-wallets.

50) IFC Launches $1 Billion Masala Bond Programme In – The US And Europe

51) Treasurer of World Steel Association is held in – Sajjan Jindal.

52) Par panel headed by Kirit Somaiya to examine functioning of – EPFO.

53) PM Narendra Modi chairs 6th meeting of – NDMA.

54) 12th ASEM Summit held in – Brussels, Belgium.

55) 7th Meeting of Education Ministers of SCO Member States held in – Astana, Kazakhstan.

56) October 21 is observed as the – ‘Police Commemoration Day’

57) “QS India University Rankings 2019” is topped by – IIT Bombay.

58) Four Himalayan peaks near Gangotri glacier of Uttarkashi district have been named after – Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

59) World’s longest sea bridge between China-Hong Kong to open on – October 24

60) China has successfully tested the world’s largest unmanned transport drone – “Feihong-98 (FH-98)

61) China is in the process of creating an – “Artificial Moon”

62) Punjab government signed a MoU with the Centre to implement the – PMJAY

63) In a first, UP govt makes man-animal conflict a – ‘State Declared Disaster’

64) Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award for – Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

65) 4th annual Carnot Prize 2018 won by Union Minister – Piyush Goyal

66) 27th Fusion Energy Conference held in – Gandhinagar, Gujarat

67) India to Host 4th Edition Of Global Partners’ Forum in – December 2018

68) The World Diamond Council (WDC) is to hold its 14th annual general meeting (AGM) in – Mumbai

69) Yogi Adityanath’s biography by Pravin Kumar is now in – Hindi

70) CSIR-IITR has developed an innovative technology for “Drinking Water Disinfection System” called – OneerTM

71) European and Japanese space agencies launched an – Ariane 5 rocket.

72) India’s First Domestic Cruise ‘Angriya’ Flagged Off From – Mumbai.

73) Japanese Nobel chemistry laureate Shimomura dies at – 90.