Current Affairs Today SSC, Banking, Railways & All Govt Exams - PDF

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1 Current Affairs Tday SSC, Banking, Railways & All Gvt Exams - PDF If yu are appearing fr any Gvernment Recruitment Exam, it is imprtant that yu are familiar with the happenings arund the wrld. Current Affairs is an imprtant part f yur syllabus apart frm English, Quantitative Aptitude r Lgical Reasning! Thus, we bring yu the Imprtant General Awareness in PDF. Nw, Banking, SSC and Insurance aspirants can read the update cntaining all the Imprtant Current Affairs 30th Octber Yu can als attempt yesterday's current affairs quiz: Current Affairs Quiz - 29th Octber 2018 Imprtant Current Affairs 30th Octber 2018 SC allwed States t fix 2 hur duratin The Supreme Curt n 30 th Octber 2018 mdified its rder fixing a slt f 8 pm t 10 pm fr bursting firecrackers n Diwali. SC said that the timing will be changed in places such as Tamil Nadu and Puducherry but nt exceed tw hurs a day. It als clarified that green crackers are mandatry nly in the Natinal Capital Regin. Supreme Curt bans ld vehicles in NCR The Supreme Curt has prhibited the plying f 15-year-ld petrl and 10- year-ld diesel vehicles in Delhi NCR due t the prevailing pllutin situatin. Such vehicles wuld be impunded if fund n the rads in Delhi-NCR. SC directed that a list f 15-year-ld petrl and 10-year-ld diesel vehicles be published n the website f the Central Pllutin Cntrl Bard (CPCB). Natinal Summit n Public Health Care begins The 5th 'Natinal Summit n Gd and Replicable Practices and Innvatins in Public Health Care Systems in India' began at Kaziranga in Assam n 30 Octber The summit was rganised by the Unin Ministry f Health & Family Welfare. 1 P age

2 The bjective f the summit is t share and learn the gd practices being implemented by states and rganisatins fr the betterment f the health sectr. Justice Bist swrn in as Sikkim High Curt CJ Justice Vijai Kumar Bist was swrn in as the Chief Justice f Sikkim High Curt n 30 Octber Gvernr Ganga Prasad administered the ath f ffice t Justice Vijai Kumar Bist. Bist was appinted as ne f the judges in Uttarakhand High Curt in Nvember WWF's 'Living Planet' reprt released Wrld Wide Fund (WWF) has released a reprt titled 'The Living Planet'. Australia s east cast has been cmpared t the Amazn as a defrestatin frnt in the new glbal reprt. The reprt said that glbal vertebrate ppulatins are declining at a rate f 13.6% a decade. The glbal ppulatins f vertebrate species have declined 60% since First cntainer mvement n inland waterways Inland Waterways Authrity f India (IWAI) transprted cntainer carg belnging t fd and beverage giant 'PepsiC' frm Klkata t Varanasi (Natinal Waterway-1). This wuld be India s first cntainer mvement n the inland vessel. The vessel, called MV RN Tagre will take 9-10 days t reach Varanasi. Natinal Waterway-1 runs frm Haldia t Allahabad n river Ganga. Urdu writer Qazi Abdussattar passed away Prfessr Qazi Abdussattar passed away n 29 Octber He was a nted Urdu writer and frmer head f Aligarh Muslim University's Urdu department He was awarded Padma Shri in He was als the first recipient f Ghalib Academy Award in His mst famus shrt stry 'Peetal Ka Ghanta' drew acclaim in the Urdu literary wrld. China-France launched ceangraphy satellite China has launched an 'Oceangraphy Satellite' n 29 th Octber The 'China-France Oceangraphy Satellite' (CFOSAT) is the first satellite jintly built by China and France. The satellite will help scientists t predict dangerus cyclnes and climate change by mnitring cean surface winds and waves. India is Asia's mst investment savvy ecnmy Standard Chartered has released a new study titled The Emerging Affluent Study 2018 Climbing the Prsperity Ladder. India has emerged as the mst investment-savvy ecnmy in Asia. 2 P age

3 3 P age Mre than tw-thirds f India's affluent class prefer t use varius investment prducts t achieve their financial gals and greater scial mbility. EWDS system launched by Odisha CM Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the Early Warning Disseminatin System (EWDS) and the mass message system. EWDS was launched n the ccasin f Odisha Disaster Preparedness Day, which is bserved n 29 th Octber The EWDS will warn the peple residing alng the cast in the state thrugh the alert siren system frm twers installed at 122 lcatins. Txic air killed ver 1 lakh children in India The Wrld Health Organisatin (WHO) has released a reprt titled 'Air Pllutin and Child Health: Prescribing Clean Air'. Over 1.25 lakh children in India belw the age f five died in 2016 due t the impact f plluted air. The reprt said husehld air pllutin frm cking and ambient air pllutin caused mre than 50% f acute lwer respiratry infectins in children under 5 years. Re-appintment f Aditya Puri as MD apprved The Reserve Bank f India (RBI) apprved the re-appintment f Aditya Puri as Managing Directr f the HDFC bank fr anther tw years. Aditya Puri has been with the bank since 1994, making him the lngestserving head f any private bank in the cuntry. Sharehlders had already apprved his appintment in 2015 fr five years subject t the RBI s apprval. New telecm plicy ntified by gvernment The gvernment f India has ntified the new telecm plicy n 29 th Octber It has renamed the Telecm Cmmissin as the 'Digital Cmmunicatins Cmmissin'. Under the new telecm plicy, the gvernment plans t ptimally price spectrum, review levies such as license fees and spectrum usage charge. Amng the chief aims f the plicy is data security f the cuntry. Justice Naresh Patil swrn in as Bmbay HC CJ Justice Naresh Harishchandra Patil was swrn in as the Chief Justice f the Bmbay High Curt n 29 th Octber He was administered the ath f ffice by Maharashtra Gvernr C Vidyasagar Ra. Justice Naresh Patil had been serving as Acting Chief Justice f the Bmbay High Curt since 12 th August India, Japan signed currency swap agreement

4 India and Japan signed a currency swap agreement wrth $75 billin n 29 th Octber A currency swap invlves the exchange f interest and smetimes f principal in ne currency fr the same in anther currency. Interest payments are exchanged at fixed dates thrugh the life f the cntract. India s largest Dry Dck t cme up at Cchin Unin Minister Nitin Gadkari laid the fundatin fr India's largest dry dck at Cchin Shipyard in Kerala n 30 th Octber The dck will be able t build specialised and technlgically advanced large vessels like LNG Carriers, drillships, jack-up rigs, large dredgers, and aircraft carriers fr the Indian Navy. The prject is expected t be cmpleted by May Cnference n Cyber Security rganised Defence Research and Develpment Organizatin (DRDO) rganised a cnference n Innvatin in Cyberspace, Cyber Security - Challenges and Innvatins n 29 th Octber The cnference fcused n the current trends, need and future requirements f innvatin in the field f cyber security. The cnference brught the stakehlders wrking in the area t shwcase their innvatins. India, Qatar t establish jint cmmissin India and Qatar decided t establish a Jint Cmmissin (JC). The JC will be c-chaired by the ministers f external affairs and freign affairs f the tw cuntries. The JC will be tasked t strengthen the relatins between the tw cuntries particularly in the ecnmic, cmmercial, cultural, scientific, technlgical, infrmatin technlgy and educatinal fields. Mega Fd park inaugurated in Gujarat Unin Minister fr Fd Prcessing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurated the first Mega Fd Park in Gujarat n 29 th Octber It is prmted by Gujarat Agr Infrastructure Mega Fd Park Pvt. Ltd The Park is lcated at Village Shah and Vasravi, District Surat, Gujarat. A 2nd Mega Fd Park has been sanctined in Mehsana District f Gujarat. CSIR develps 'Less Plluting Firecrackers' Cuncil f Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have develped lessplluting firecrackers. The crackers have been named as Safe Water Releaser (SWAS), Safe Minimal Aluminium (SAFAL) and Safe Thermite Cracker (STAR). It has a unique prperty f releasing water vapur and air as a dust suppressant and diluent fr gaseus emissins. 4 P age

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