INDIAN AFFAIRS
- President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the 29th Accountants General Conferenceat the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) building, at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, in New Delhi.
- 9-day 17th edition of Old World Theatre festivalwas announced to commence
- India Meteorological Department (IMD)issued a red alert for Odisha and Andhra Pradesh as a cyclonic storm called ‘Titli’ is advancing in the eastern coasts of the these states.
- Indian Air Force, on its 86thanniversary, announced an innovative mobile health App named ‘MedWatch’ . It was launched by Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa in New Delhi.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
- India ranked 147thin Oxfam world inequality index
- Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Auditoriumbuilt with Indian grant assistance of 30 crore Sri Lankan rupees in Sri Lanka was dedicated to the people.
BANKING & FINANCE
- SBI General Insuranceannounced that Uttar Pradesh is among the top 5 contributors to the insurance sector in terms of Gross Direct Premium Income (GDPI).
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
- CoalIndia signs MoU with NLC for 5000 MW power generation through joint venture company
- IIT-Madrassigned an MOU with Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency (TNeGA) to enhance data-driven governance at CII Connect2018.
- Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Nestle biggest ocean polluters: Report by Greenpeace
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- Veena Sendrefrom Chhattisgarh was selected as India’s first ‘Miss Trans Queen’, in Mumbai.
- Indus Towers,world’s largest telecom tower company outside China, won the Deming Prize 2018.
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS
- PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industryannounced appointment of Mahesh Y Reddy as Secretary General.
- Pravin Srivastava appointed as India’s third Chief Statistician
- Brett Kavanaughwas sworn in as United States Supreme Court justice.
- Indian American Nikki Haleyresigned as United States ambassador to United Nations.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- Chinasuccessfully launched two remote sensing satellites belonging to the Yaogan-32 family by a Long March-2C rocket with an upper stage on its top, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China.
ENVIRONMENT
- Earth will reach 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold by 2030: IPCC
SPORTS
- International Olympic Committee (IOC) has made Senegalthe host of the 2022 Youth Olympic Games, making it the first African host of any Olympics.
OBITUARY
- Malayalam poet M N Paloordied due to age related ailments at his home at Kovoor, Kerala.
- Kanpur University’s former Vice Chancellor Sarvagya Singh Katiyar passed away
IMPORTANT DAYS
- International Day of the Girl Child – 11 October