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OCTOBER 2017 CURRENT AFFAIRS
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Contents:
Important Dates and events…………………………………………………………………03
Appointments ……………………………………………….……………………………….……05
Awards and Honors………….………………………………………………………….….……06
Agreements………………………………….………………………………………………………07
Other Important Updates…….….……………………………………………………………08
National News……………….…….…….…………………………………………………………09
International News………………………………………………………………………….…...15
Business News……….……..……………………………………………….………………….…18
Defense News……….……………………..………………………………………………………21
Science and Technology News….….….………….…………………………………….…22
Sports News……………………………………………………………………………………….…23
Resignations and Retirements………………………………………………………………26
Obituary News………………………………………………………………………….….………27
Current Affairs 2017 PDF Collection…………………………………………….……….29
More Current Affairs………………………………………………………………. ….……….29
More Important GK Sections………………………………………….………….…………29
Recommendations……………………………………………………….………………..…….30
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Important Dates and events
▪ World Habitat Day is celebrated on the first Monday of October.
▪ World Ballet Day is celebrated in the first week of October.
▪ World Sight Day is celebrated on the second Thursday of October.
▪ International Day of Older persons is celebrated on October 1.
▪ World Coffee Day is celebrated on October 1st.
▪ World Vegetarian Day is celebrated on October 1 st.
▪ Gandhi Jayanthi is celebrated on October 2 on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi.
▪ International Day of Non-Violence is celebrated on October 2
▪ German Unity Day is celebrated on October 3 every year in Germany.
▪ Stevie Ray Vaughan Day is celebrated October 3 rd every year in Austin, Texas, US.
▪ World Animal Day is celebrated on October 4 with the Mission of raising the status of animals.
▪ World Teachers' Day is held annually on October 5.
▪ National Poetry Day is celebrated on 6 October in Britain and it is a British campaign to promote poetry, including public performances.
▪ World Post Day in India is celebrated on October 9 every year.
▪ World Mental Health Day is celebrated with the objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world on October 10.
▪ International Day of the Girl Child is an international observance day declared by the United Nations on October 11.
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▪ Fiesta Nacional de Espana is the national day of Spain. It is held annually on October 12 and is a national holiday.
▪ World Standards Day (or International Standards Day) is celebrated internationally each year on 14 October.
▪ Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is a day of remembrance for pregnancy loss and infant death which is celebrated on October 15.
▪ Global Handwashing Day is celebrated on October 15 everyone.
▪ World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on 16 October in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization.
▪ International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is celebrated on October 17.
▪ Phan day is celebrated on October 19 every year.
▪ Mole Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated among chemists, chemistry students and chemistry enthusiasts on October 23, between 6:02 a.m. and 6:02 p.m.
▪ UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter which is celebrated on October 24.
▪ Intersex Awareness Day is an internationally observed on October 26 which is the awareness day designed to highlight human rights issues faced by intersex people
▪ Labor Day is observed on October 27 in New Zealand.
▪ National Cat Day is observed on October 29 in US.
▪ Reformation Day is a Protestant Christian religious holiday celebrated on October 31
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APPOINTMENTS
➢ President appoints governors for 5 states, Banwarilal Purohit named TN governor.
➢ Dr Soumya Swaminathan has been appointed as Deputy Director General of World Health Organisation.
➢ Rajnish Kumar is the new chairman of SBI.
➢ Ganga Prasad is the new Meghalaya Governor.
➢ GE appoints Jamie Miller as new CFO.
➢ Axis Bank appoints Sangram Singh as CEO of Freecharge.
➢ Justice Ramesh to take charge as acting Chief Justice of Karnataka.
➢ Anupam Kher takes the appointment as new FTII’s chairman.
➢ Shri Mahesh Kumar Gupta takes the appointment as New Member Engineering Railway Board.
➢ Gautam Bambawale takes the appointment as the new ambassador to China.
➢ Srinivas Phatak is new CFO of Hindustan Unilever (HUL).
➢ Mobikwik appoints former Jabong Vice president Rukaiya Rangwala as the business head of its payments gateway.
➢ Leslie Thng is the new CEO of Vistara.
➢ Rakesh Asthana promoted as special director in CBI.
➢ Naresh Kumar Gupta takes the appointment as Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta
➢ Ex-Intel Chief Dineshwar Sharma is the interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir.
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➢ HSBC appoints Jayant Rikhye as CEO India.
➢ NS Venkatesh takes the appointment as AMFI chief executive.
➢ Cheema takes the appointment as principal secretary of BoA in Darjeeling.
➢ Uber appoints banking executive Laurel Powers-Freeling as first UK chairman
AWARDS
❖ Kazuo Ishiguro won the Nobel Prize for literature for the year 2017.
❖ Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, Richard Henderson won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
❖ Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan is in the list of possible winners of Nobel Prize in Economics.
❖ Singer T M Krishna wins Indira Gandhi National Integration.
❖ M K Sanu is chosen for Mathrubhumi literary award.
❖ Indian peacekeepers have been awarded the UN Medal.
❖ US Author George Saunders Wins 2017 Man Booker Prize.
❖ Indian-American Attorney Ajay Raju Recognised With Philanthropy Award
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AGREEMENTS
Aeris Communications partners BSNL for IOT solutions.
India and Ethiopia sign agreements on trade and communication.
Kishore Biyani the CEO of Big Bazaar is ready to buy Hypercity Retail for Rs. 655 Crore.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) will lend €300 million for Bangalore Metro Rail Project.
Yes Bank partners with Abu Dhabi Global Markets for collaboration on fintech.
India, Brazil, South Africa sign IBSA Trust Fund agreement.
SBI Signs agreement with Escorts Limited for Tractor Financing.
NRDC signs pact for IP management.
Nicaragua signs Paris climate agreement.
India signs $200 mn deal with World Bank for rural transformation in Assam.
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Other Important Updates
Top 10 Safe Cities in the World according to The Economist Intelligence Unit
1. Tokyo
2. Singapore
3. Osaka
4. Toronto
5. Melbourne
6. Amsterdam
7. Sydney
8. Stockholm
9. Hong Kong
10. Zurich
New Delhi is in 43rd Position
Top 10 Most Reputable Cities In 2017 from Forbes
1. Sydney 2. Copenhagen 3. Vienna 4. Stockholm 5. Vancouver 6. London 7. Melbourne 8. Barcelona 9. Milan 10. Toronto
New Delhi is in 53rd Position
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NATIONAL NEWS
❖ Dr.Jitendra Singh inaugurates ISRO exhibition at Surat.
❖ Railway Minister Piyush Goyal convenes meeting of Railway Board.
❖ Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to visit Siachen base camp.
❖ Govt to celebrate Swachh Bharat Diwas on Monday on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi.
❖ Shirdi Airport is inaugurated by President Ram Nath Kovind.
❖ India opens two border crossing with Bangladesh and Myanmar.
❖ PM Narendra Modi paid tribute to Lal Bahadur Shastri on his birth anniversary.
❖ President Ram Nath Kovind appointed a commission to sub-categorize OBCs.
❖ India’s first shipment of US crude oil arrived at Odisha.
❖ Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands was declared as Open Defacation Free.
❖ A mobile application was launched by Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister for the public.
❖ Samajwadi Party Boss Akhilesh Yadav is Re-elected as its chief.
❖ 3 Indian Air Force Women Pilots set to Fly Military Jets.
❖ Government to add 100 million new jobs by 2022 through the Make in India programme.
❖ External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visted Bangladesh.
❖ Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a new sea route to Baratang in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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❖ PM Narendra Modi lays foundation stone for Bhadbhut Barrage over Narmada River and flags off Antyodaya Express
❖ For the year in 2017-18 India’s Coffee Output Pegged at Record 3.5 lakh Tons.
❖ In Kerala State President Ram Nath Kovind launches Mata Amritanandamayi Math Project Jeevamritham.
❖ Haj Committee recommends Government for Abolishing of Subsidy.
❖ Indias first Marine Police Training Institute to be set up at Dev Bhoomi Dwarka.
❖ Experts discuss Social and Economic topics at the Berkeley India Conference.
❖ Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate the ‘Ambedkar International Centre’ on November 26.
❖ Hyderabad Metro will soon run a trial run till Begumpet.
❖ UP Minister says that Taj Mahal rightly kept out of UP tourism booklet.
❖ Government asks NGOs to register with NITI Aayog platform DARPAN.
❖ Union Education Minister Prakash Javadekar says no plan to change Universities names.
❖ Tourism minister K J Alphons proposes to make eye donation mandatory.
❖ On Saryu River Yogi Adityanath government proposes Lord Rama statue.
❖ Chhattisgarh Government bans the use of firecrackers with high decibel levels.
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❖ Maharashtra, Gujarat, Himachal cut VAT, fuel to get cheaper.
❖ Shri Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates India Water Week-2017 in New Delhi.
❖ Bengaluru to be the first Aadhaar-enabled airport in the country by Dec 2018.
❖ Devendra Fadnavis Signs Up As ‘Decision Maker’ On Social Change Petition Website.
❖ India to send 3 Lakh youth to Japan for on-Job Training.
❖ BEML Showcases its Technological Prowess at IREE-2017.
❖ Union Textiles Minister inaugurates IHGF – Delhi Fair Autumn 2017.
❖ Minister of Commerce & Industry Suresh Prabhu kick-starts Make in India: Sweden 2017.
❖ UP government launches ‘Sankalp Seva’ bus service.
❖ GoAir flights to operate from IGIA’s T2 from October 29.
❖ In Bihar, Prime Minister to lay the foundation stone of multiple sewerage and highways projects.
❖ India ranked 100th among 119 as hunger gets worse.
❖ DoP launches Sampoorna Bima Gram Yojana; extends PLI reach.
❖ Hyderabad High Court makes Gram Sabha nod mandatory for liquor shops.
❖ Bihar Cabinet approves reservation for ‘Divyangs’ in Govt Jobs.
❖ West Bengal to set up Scheduled Caste advisory council.
❖ Rajasthan assembly first in India to call motions online.
❖ Indian Navy sends naval patrol aircraft to rescue Emerald Star survivors.
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❖ Government to rank District Hospitals to improve Services.
❖ Madhya Pradesh to be developed as a hub of water tourism.
❖ Ministry WCD Launched Campaign on ‘women for women’.
❖ Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu lays foundation stone for TU142M aircraft museum.
❖ Center plans to build water aerodromes for seaplanes.
❖ Taj Mahal finds the place of pride in UP government’s 2018 calendar.
❖ 20 IAF planes took touch down on Lucknow-Agra expressway on October 24.
❖ PM Narendra Modi visted Kedarnathon 20 th October.
❖ Environment Ministry to set up exclusive channel – DD Prakriti.
❖ Varanasi to get new Sewage Treatment plants for Clean Ganga Project.
❖ New 16,000-crore Navi Mumbai airport approved.
❖ The first phase of the PNG supply system was launched in Bhubaneswar.
❖ Spice Jet to provide electricity to 70 households in Assam’s Majuli.
❖ 12 major Ports to be modernized at a cost of Rs. 90,000 crores.
❖ Prasar Bharati to launch new digital news platform Digital Prasar Bharati.
❖ Rahul Gandhi may take charge as Congress chief on October 30.
❖ PM Modi inaugurates Ro-Ro ferry service in Gujarat.
❖ Maharashtra govt plans shacks like Goa’s on the 720km coast.
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❖ Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Meet US Counterpart Jim Mattis At ASEAN Conference.
❖ India’s first all-woman crew on the circumnavigation of globe arrives in Australia.
❖ Supreme Court bans the use of furnace oil & pet coke in the industry in NCR from November 1.
❖ Election Commission announces the by-poll to Rajya Sabha will be on November 16.
❖ BJP to observe November 8 as anti-black money day.
❖ As per Times Now-VMR survey, Narendra Modi was best CM in Gujarat.
❖ Massive road projects for choked cities under Bharatmala.
❖ Meghalaya Election Department enters into Limca Book of Records.
❖ Haryana CM Khattar announces Rs 10 hikes in sugarcane state advisory price.
❖ Karnataka unveils transgender policy.
❖ India will supply 500MW more power to Bangladesh from July 2018.
❖ Rajasthan passes OBC Reservation Bill, total quota goes beyond 50 percent.
❖ Grandson of Himachal Pradesh first chief minister joins BJP.
❖ President Kovind calls Kerala ‘Global Face of India’.
❖ Piyush Goyal launches railways first set of solar plants in Delhi.
❖ The 18th World Road Meeting (WRM 2017) will take place for the first time in India at India Expo Mart, Greater Noida from November 14 to 17, 2017.
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❖ Railways to invest $150 billion and create 1 million jobs within 5 years.
❖ BRO opens another Bridge close to China Border.
❖ Indian Army to launch fresh hunt for weapons worth Rs 45,000 crore.
❖ Union Minister Alphons Kannanthanam is BJP’s Rajya Sabha candidate from Rajasthan.
❖ India sends the first wheat shipment to Afghanistan via Chabahar port.
❖ PM Modi unveils Bidar to Kalaburgi railway line.
❖ India, China hold border meet in Arunachal Pradesh on 31 st October.
❖ PM Modi Flags off ‘run for Unity’ on Sardar Patel’s 142nd birth anniversary.
❖ Railway forms will now carry ‘T’ option for transgenders.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
➢ Germany celebrates first gay marriage.
➢ Close to Arunachal Border China opens a new highway in Tibet.
➢ Uzbekistan to supply Uranium to India.
➢ To ease Bangladeshi visa application process, finance Minister Arun Jaitley launched the cashless visa service.
➢ India and the European Union adopted a Joint Statement on Cooperation to Combat Terrorism.
➢ Visa rules relaxed by Oman to attract more tourists.
➢ Bombardier’s CS 300 aircraft arrived in New Delhi during its World Tour.
➢ U.S. approves the sale of Rs. 98,000 crore THAAD missiles to Saudi Arabia.
➢ International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) won the Nobel Peace Prize.
➢ Indian entrepreneur Birendra Sasmal won the International Business Person of the Year at the Asian Achievers Awards in London.
➢ As per reports, North Korea hacked Seoul’s war plan.
➢ Japan election campaign begins, PM Shinzo Abe pledges stability.
➢ Sensitive data about Australia’s F- 35 stealth fighter and P-8 surveillance aircraft programmes were stolen when a defence subcontractor was hacked.
➢ Donald Trump nominates Kirstjen Nielsen, to lead homeland security.
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➢ French President Emmanuel Macron to visit India in Dec to launch solar alliance.
➢ World’s first ‘negative emissions’ power plant that turns CO2 into STONE switched on in Iceland.
➢ As per Safe Cities Index 2017, Tokyo is world’s safest city, Delhi is 43rd on the list.
➢ Mitra Shakti 2017: India-Sri Lanka Joint Military Exercise held in Pune.
➢ Princess Rima bint Bandar bin Sultan has become the first woman to lead a federation in Saudi Arabia.
➢ Google Viewed as Most Authentic Brand in India as per the Survey.
➢ IIT Bombay top-ranked Indian institute in QS Asia University Rankings 2018.
➢ First floating wind farm starts operation in Scotland.
➢ The US offers the advanced system to India for its future aircraft carrier.
➢ Japan’s Emperor Akihito may abd icate at end-March 2019.
➢ India, Brazil and South Africa sign the IBSA Trust Fund agreement.
➢ Seven members of an Indian cargo ship were rescued by the Sri Lankan Navy.
➢ Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj to inaugurate 15 projects in Bangladesh.
➢ Indian-origin teen is UK’s youngest millionaire.
➢ Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe swept to a comfortable victory in Elections.
➢ Maruti Becomes Largest Exporter of Passenger Cars from India.
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➢ India, Russia Tri-Service exercises conclude in Vladivostok.
➢ Massud Barzani to step down as Kurdish leader in Iraq.
➢ Twitter bans Trump’s ex-adviser Roger Stone for abusing journalists.
➢ A ship carrying a consignment of 185 truck chassis was flagged off from Chennai port to Mongla port in Bangladesh.
➢ Sophia, the first robot to be granted citizenship by Saudi Arabia.
➢ World’s first hydrogen tram begins operation in China.
➢ India, US to implement HOSTAC to strengthen maritime security.
➢ Twitter bans Russian government-owned news sites from buying ads.
➢ Singapore has the world’s “most powerful” passport, according to a global ranking topped for the first time by an Asian country.
➢ Qatar to introduce Minimum Wage for workers.
➢ Myanmar, Bangladesh agree to cooperate on Rohingya refugee repatriation.
➢ Philippines announces the end of five-month long militant siege with ISIS.
➢ China asks Pakistan to step up its security after newly-appointed diplomat faces threats.
➢ China plans 1000-km tunnel to take Brahmaputra water to Xinjiang.
➢ London mayor Sadiq Khan tops Asian Power List again.
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BUSINESS NEWS
o Small savings interest rate unchanged for October-December quarter.
o Government Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged on Small Savings Schemes.
o Govt to exempt small exporters from furnishing bank guarantee for shipping goods and services.
o IDFC, Shriram call off merger on differences over valuation
o Uber appoints two new directors for the company.
o In September, the sales of Maruthi Suzuki India have raised up by 9%.
o The deal between RCom and Aircel has been called off.
o Piaggio Vehicles Private Ltd to export made in India vehicles to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
o The Union Government reduced the excise duty on petrol and diesel by ₹2 per liter.
o Wal-Mart Stores Inc acquired logistics firm Parcel Inc.
o Idea – Vodafone merger to be completed by March 2018.
o Chinese conglomerate Fosun bought 74% stake in the Hyderabad-based Gland Pharma.
o PhonePe recieved Rs 255 crores investment from Flipkart.
o Sequoia Capital India and Helion Ventures invests in online marketplace Zefo.
o Wipro Digital acquires US firm Cooper for $8.5 million.
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o RBI to soon Launch Financial Literacy Drive in 9 States.
o Ola receives $400 million funding from Tencent.
o Air Asia to set up innovation center in Bengaluru.
o RBI to soon Launch Financial Literacy Drive in 9 States.
o HDFC Life Insurance and Apollo Munich Health have come together to launch ‘Click2Protect Health plan’.
o General Insurance Corporation of India to launch its IPO on October 11.
o IndiGrid has acquired three transmission lines from Sterlite Power for Rs 1,490 crore.
o Reliance Jio and Apple tied up making iPhone users attractive.
o Bharti Airtel launches VoLTE services for Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh.
o LifeCell takes over operations of Cryo-Save India.
o Mahindra to switch focus to petrol engines.
o IGL launches prepaid smart cards for CNG, cooking gas.
o Aadhaar-linked loans from fintech app.
o Indian Air Force launches the Mobile Health App MedWatch.
o Bharti Airtel to acquire Tata’s consumer mobile business.
o Idea, Vodafone may also offer 4G smartphones.
o Reports say that Tesla fires hundreds of employees.
o Union Bank launches Union Sahyog app.
o Tractor sales for 2017 set to break the record of 2013-2014.
o Amazon invests Rs. 1,620 crores in Amazon Seller Services.
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o Paytm to hire 10,000 temporary workers.
o Kotak Mahindra buys out South African Insurer Old Mutual for Rs. 1,293 Crores.
o Yes Bank commits Rs 156 cr for Namami Gange project.
o Vedanta’s Agarwal setting up $1bn fund for startups.
o BSNL-Micromax launch JioPhone rival with unlimited calling, data for Rs. 97 a month.
o London stock exchange CEO Xavier Rolet to step down.
o Kenneth Chenault to step down as American Express CEO.
o LIC may take part in govt. bank recap programme.
o Twitter to label election ads after US regulatory threat.
o Apple acquires New Zealand-based PowerbyProxi and plans to create a wireless future.
o HDFC Standard Life IPO to hit the market on November 7.
o RCom to end 2G, 3G voice mobile biz.
o India ranks third in the number of family-owned businesses.
o Maruti Suzuki says it will move to electric cars.
o Tata Steel, Essar Group and ArcelorMittal bids to acquire Essar Steel.
o Huntsman International (India) to manufacture chemicals locally.
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DEFENSE NEWS
• Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba to visit Vietnam to improve military ties.
• Scorpene Submarine Khanderi begins trial runs.
• Indian Government to get 1.86 lakh bullet-proof jackets for the armed forces.
• Indian Naval Ships Satpura and Kadmatt visit Sasebo, Japan
• Dilli Seminar 2017 Edition Commences at Indian Naval Academy on 13th October.
• India rules out joining NPT as non-nuclear weapon state.
• India head to Russia for first tri-service combat exercise.
• Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman commissioned the INS Kiltan at the Eastern Naval Command.
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY NEWS
▪ Three Americans won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
▪ India International Science Festival, organised by the Union Ministry of Science and Technology began on October 13.
▪ US spacewalkers install New Eyes at the space station.
▪ Sun-like twin stars that devoured their own planets were discovered.
▪ Researchers from University of Cambridge in the UK and Boston University in the US have claimed that they have developed a n artificial intelligence system to successfully predict earthquakes in advance.
▪ Google Earth discovers ancient stone ‘Gates’ in Saudi Arabia.
▪ As per the study, Arctic Sea Ice may be declining faster than expected.
▪ The first evidence of 200-million-year-old ‘Mega-Carnivore’ dinosaur found.
▪ ISRO to launch 30 satellites in one go in December
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SPORTS NEWS
❖ Red Bull’s Max Verstappen wins Malaysian Grand Pix Race.
❖ Viswanathan Anand is the runner up at the Isle of Man Chess Tournament.
❖ Mary Kom and L Sarita Devi,selected for the Asian Boxing Championship squad.
❖ India A women’s team beat Tasmania at the 2017 Australian Hockey League.
❖ Maria Sharapova was knocked out of China Open.
❖ Claire Polosak will become the first woman umpire in Men’s Cricket.
❖ Grigor Dimitrov defeated Juan Martin del Potro in the China Open.
❖ India made a FIFA World Cup debut against the USA in Under-17 WC.
❖ FIFA has banned Equatorial Guinea from 2019 Women’s World Cup.
❖ Sania Mirza and Peng Shuai reached the China Open Semifinals.
❖ Alexander Zverev defeated Russia’s Andrey Rublev in the quarter-finals of the China Open.
❖ The much-awaited FIFA U-17 World Cup started with four opening day matches to be played in Delhi and Mumbai.
❖ Raju Gowda and Anand Srinivasan to lead India at the World Amateur Golfers Championship in Malaysia.
❖ Caroline Garcia won the Women’s singles at the China Open.
❖ Jeakson scores historic first goal for India in FIFA U-17 World Cup.
❖ Egypt enters 2018 World Cup with the help of Salah goals.
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❖ Virat Kohli records first-ever duck in T20Is.
❖ Dehradun to host first Ranji Trophy match.
❖ Messi Hat-trick seals Argentina world cup qualification.
❖ Ashish Nehra to retire after New Zealand T20 at Kotla.
❖ FIFA bans Pakistan from International Football.
❖ Javier Mascherano to quit Argentina after World Cup.
❖ Ireland to make Test debut against Pakistan in 2018.
❖ India crush Bangladesh 7-0 in Asia Cup hockey.
❖ Shakib the first cricketer from Bangladesh to be in MCC World Cricket Committee.
❖ Maria Sharapova wins Tianjin Open.
❖ Kavita Devi became the first Indian woman wrestler to join WWE.
❖ Ab de Villiers is the top ranked ODI Batsman in ICC rankings.
❖ Spain’s Garbine Muguruza has been named Women’s Tennis Association’s (WTA) Player of the Year.
❖ Brazil defeated Germany in the U-17 FIFA World Cup.
❖ K Srikanth won the Denmark Open Super Series Premier.
❖ Amjyot Singh becomes third Indian in NBA.
❖ Kohli surpasses Ponting with 31st ODI ton, only behind Tendulkar.
❖ Scolari’s Guangzhou retain China league title.
❖ Bengaluru FC fails to reach AFC Cup final.
❖ Messi reaches 100 European goals with a win over Olympiakos .
❖ David Miller hits the fastest T20I century.
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❖ Virat Kohli becomes the fastest batsman to score 9000 ODI runs.
❖ India beats Malaysia to win bronze at Sultan of Johor Cup.
❖ Kidambi Srikanth wins French Open Super Series.
❖ Cristiano Ronaldo wins FIFA World Player of the year award for the fifth time.
❖ Manchester City first EPL club to reach million YouTube subscribers.
❖ Everton sack manager Ronald Koeman.
❖ Indian women boxers won five more medals at the Balkan meet.
❖ The cricket ground in the USA named after Sunil Gavaskar.
❖ Kidambi Srikanth climbs to the fourth position in BWF Rankings.
❖ Leicester City names Puel as their new manager.
❖ India thrashes USA 22-0 in Sultan of Johor Cup 2017.
❖ Sangram wins silver in double trap in ISSF World Cup Final.
❖ Lewis Hamilton won his fourth world title.
❖ Indian Women beat Singapore Women 10-0 in the Women’s Asia Cup.
❖ S. Nitin defeated Grandmaster Swapnil Dhopade in the Khadi India National chess championship.
❖ At National Boxing Championship Manoj strikes gold and Shiva settles for silver.
❖ Mithali Raj rises to top spot in ICC batswomen ranking.
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RESIGNATIONS
• Mukul Roy to resigned from Rajya Sabha on Oct 11.
• Shivakumar Pepsi India CEO Quits from his post.
• Robben retires from international football after Netherlands miss world cup.
• Bruce Arena resigns as USA coach after failure to reach World Cup.
• Samsung CEO Kwon Oh-Hyun resigns as Company Predicts record profits.
• Snapdeal’s CFO Anup Vikal quits.
• Chief Executive Officer of Canadian retailer Hudson’s Bay Co, Gerald Storch, resigned.
• Vijay Mallya to resign from United Breweries.
• Maharaja Hari Singh’s grandson of Vikramaditya resigns from PDP.
• Harvey Weinstein resigns from Weinstein company board
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OBITUARY NEWS
▪ Rock star Tom Petty died at the age of 66 in Los Angeles.
▪ Kundan Shah the famous filmmaker passed away.
▪ Historian Satish Chandra passes away.
▪ Film director Lekh Tandon has passed away at the age of 88.
▪ Poet, Laureate and Pulitzer Winner, Richard Wilbur, Died at the age of 96.
▪ Indonesian Goalkeeper Choirul Huda died after an on-pitch collision with a teammate.
▪ Veteran British Actor Roy Dotrice Passes Away.
▪ Thumri queen Girija Devi passes away.
▪ Former BCCI GM MV Sridhar passes away.
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