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1 Current Affairs Today SSC, Banking, Railways & All Govt Exams - PDF If you are appearing for any Government Recruitment Exam, it is important that you are familiar with the happenings around the world. Current Affairs is an important part of your syllabus apart from English, Quantitative Aptitude or Logical Reasoning! Thus, we bring you the Important General Awareness in PDF. Now, Banking, SSC and Insurance aspirants can read the update containing all the Important Current Affairs 28th September You can also attempt yesterday's current affairs quiz: Current Affairs Quiz - 28th September 2018 Important Current Affairs 29th September 2018 Tsunami in Indonesia o Nearly 400 people have been killed in a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Palu city on Sulawesi island in Indonesia. o The tsunami up to 2m high struck beaches in Palu and the nearby fishing town of Donggala, closest to the epicenter of the quake. o Indonesia's meteorology and geophysics agency, BMKG had earlier issued a tsunami warning but lifted it within the hour. Kanha guide among winners of TOFTigers Awards o Ramkali Dhurway, a guide from Kanha Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh won the "Billy Arjan Singh Memorial Award for Wildlife Guide" at TOFTigers Wildlife Awards. o The theme of the 5th edition: "Inclusive Conservation - People and Wildlife". 1 P a g e

2 o Also, a restaurant from Nepal and a nature tour operator from the Netherlands were some of the winners at the event. RBI cracks down on Bandhan Bank o The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cracked the whip on Bandhan Bank freezing the remuneration of its MD and CEO Chandra Shekhar Ghosh for violating norms. o The action taken is for not bringing down promoters shareholding in the bank to 40% within 3 years of operations as mandated by it while granting the bank license. o RBI had also barred the Kolkata-based lender from opening new branches. Bachendri Pal to lead clean Ganga o Bachendri Pal will lead a month-long rafting expedition Mission Ganga to spread awareness on waste management. o The expedition will start from Haridwar on October 5 and traverse through Bijnor, Farukhabad, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Buxar and end at Patna on Oct 30. o Bachendri Pal, chief of Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) is the first Indian woman to climb the Mount Everest. 'Kalahandi Dialogue' conclave inaugurated o Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the three-day 'Kalahandi Dialogue', a global conclave on development for Kalahandi district. o The reason behind conclave is to create the collaborative platform to engage the youth in development dialogue and action. o CM also congratulated the people of Kalahandi for making the district the "green basket" of Odisha. Ahmedabad and Indore Airports- Best Airports o AAI s Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport, Indore and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad were conferred with the prestigious National Tourism Awards P a g e

3 o Ahmedabad airport received the Best Airport Award in Major Cities category. o Indore airport received the Best Airport Award in Rest of India category. o The awards were presented on World Tourism Day i.e 27 Sept EC on premature dissolution of assembly o Election Commission has issued direction on the applicability of Model Code of Conduct in case of premature dissolution of the state assembly. o The code of conduct will be followed by the caretaker government until the formation of new government. o The direction has implications for Telangana where the government is continuing as a caretaker government after it dissolved the state assembly. India lift Asia Cup for 7th time o Indian team has lifted the Asia Cup for the 7th time by defeated Bangladesh by 3 wickets in the final match played at Dubai. o Liton Das was named the man of the match for scoring 121 runs off 117 balls. o Player of the series: Shikhar Dhawan (342) o Participants: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Hong Kong. Two MoU s between India and Uzbekistan o Two MoU s were signed between India and Uzbekistan on infrastructure and capacity building in ICT sector. o The MoUs include an agreement between National Informatics Centre and e-government System of Uzb for strengthening e-governance cooperation. o Also, Intent deceleration between CDAC and Tashkent University of Information Technologies, Uzbekistan for cooperation in building the ICT sector. 3 P a g e

4 Conference on Academic Leadership inaugurated o Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 'Conference on Academic Leadership on Education for Resurgence' in New Delhi on 29 September o It was attended by vice-chancellors and directors of over 350 higher education institutions. o The theme of the conference is to deliberate on the challenges faced by the Indian education system and to work out a plan for achieving academic outcomes. Rail Heritage Digitisation Project launced o Minister of Railways, Shri Piyush Goyal has launched Rail Heritage Digitisation Project of Indian Railways in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture. o The project is first of its kind in India, to showcase the country s Rail Heritage to the National and International audience. o Under the project, 22 digital screens will be set up across different locations for showcasing this project. Jayant Mammen Mathew elected president of INS o Jayant Mammen Mathew was elected as the president of the prestigious Indian Newspaper Society. o He is the Executive Editor of Malayala Manorama. o Indian Newspaper Society acts as a central organisation of the print media industry in India and promotes and safeguards the interests of the industry. Assam to introduce methanol as cooking fuel o The Assam Petrochemicals Limited (APL) will start a pilot project on October 5, 2018, on the use of methanol as an alternative to cooking gas. o The use of methanol or methyl alcohol as an alternative to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will help reduce the cost of cooking. 4 P a g e

5 o APL is a public sector undertaking of the Assam government. WHO launched SAFER initiative o The World Health Organization (WHO) released a new initiative, named SAFER. o SAFER is the WHO-led roadmap to support governments in taking practical steps to accelerate progress on health by addressing the harmful use of alcohol. o SAFER provides 5 high-impact strategic actions prioritised for implementation to promote health and development. Vikram appointed India's Ambassador to China o The government of India appointed as Vikram Misri as the ambassador of India to the Republic of China. o At present, Vikram Misri is the ambassador of India to Myanmar. o Misri will be replacing Gautam Bambawale, who was India's Ambassador to China until now. o Misri is a career diplomat from the 1989 batch of the Indian Foreign Service. Conclave of CMs of 12 Himalayan states o A conclave of chief ministers and parliamentarians of 12 Himalayan states will be held in Shimla on October 5, o The theme of the meet is "well being of the next generation of Himalayan people through agriculture". o The Himachal Pradesh government is organising the conclave in partnership with Integrated Mountain Initiative (IMI). Govt formed panel to advise on boosting trade o The commerce ministry has set up a High-Level Advisory Group (HLAG) to look into the opportunities and ways to address the ongoing challenges in the global trade scenario. 5 P a g e

6 o HLAG will be headed by economist Surjit S. Bhalla. o The other members of the group include S. Jaishankar, Former Foreign Secretary and Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic Advisor. Venkatesan is UNICEF'S special representative o United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has appointed Ravi Venkatesan has its special representative of young people. o Venkatesan will provide strategic guidance and support UNICEF globally with high-level outreach, partnerships and scaling innovations. o Venkatesan was the former chairman of the Bank of Baroda between and prior to that as the chairman of Microsoft India. Rangachari Sridharan appointed chief of NFRA o Former IAS officer Rangachari Sridharan was appointed as first chief of National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) on 28 September o He will hold the post of chairperson for three years or till the age of 65 years. o The NFRA is mandated to act as an independent regulator for the auditing profession. o It will help in better regulation of financial audit of large companies. Govt sets up panel to review CSR framework o The government of India has formed an 11-member committee to look into the existing framework for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities under the companies law. o The committee will be headed by Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas. o Additional Solicitor General PS Narasimha, Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran, Prakash Padukone are part of the 11-member committee. Attempt Daily Current Affairs Quiz 6 P a g e

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

Current Affairs Today SSC, Banking, Railways & All Govt Exams - PDF If you are appearing for any Government Recruitment Exam, it is important that you are familiar with the happenings around the world.