INDIAN AFFAIRS
- President gives assent to Karnataka’s 2016 Good Samaritan Bill
- Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) initiative
- Central government released the 1stinstallment amounting 122 crore to the Himachal Pradesh government.
BANKING & FINANCE
- 36,000 cr to be injected into system through purchase of govt bonds: RBI
- Punjab National Bank (PNB) increased its benchmark lending rates or MCLR for the short-term loansby up to 2 per cent.
- International Finance Corporation (IFC) the finance arm of World Bank approved investment of $ 100 millionin India Resurgence Fund (IRF).
- SBIhalved the withdrawal limit from 40,000 to Rs. 20,000 per day.
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
- NSE Indiceslaunched 2 dynamic asset allocation indices designed to combine equity and debt.
- Insurance regulator Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India(IRDAI)approved micro-insurance disbursal through point-of-sales (PoS).
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- Ekalabya committeeselected Odia hockey player Lilima Minz for the prestigious Ekalabya Puraskar, 2018.
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS
- Managing Director of Max Life Insurance, Rajesh Sudresigned from the company.
- Mohd Mushtaque Ahmadwas elected the new President of Hockey India (HI).
- Arun Kumarwas appointed Director-General of the Railway Protection Force (RPF).
- Rajesh Agrawaltook charge as the new Member (Rolling Stock), Railway Board and ex-officio Secretary to the Government of India.
- B Sriramhas resigned as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of IDBI Bank.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- Japan’s two Minerva-II-1 rovershave sent first video images from the surface of asteroid Ryugu.
- China launched its Centispace-1-s1 satelliteon a Kuaizhou-1A low-cost solid-fuel carrier rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China.
ENVIRONMENT
- scientists from Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)and Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bangalore discovered two new species of lizards belonging to two new genera in Western Ghats.
SPORTS
- Samsun 2018 Hyundai Archery World Cup Finalwas held in Samsun, Turkey.
- Mercedes’ Lewis Hamiltonwon the Russian Grand Prix in Russia.
- 2018 ATP Shenzhen Open (Tennis)was held in Shenzhen, China. Singles Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan) and Doubles Ben McLachlan (Japan), Joe Salisbury (United Kingdom)
OBITUARY
- Former MP Malti Sharma dead
IMPORTANT DAYS
- World Habitat Day – October 1