INDIAN AFFAIRS
- 19th Meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) held under the Chairmanship of the Union Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley
- Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Forest and Climate Changeannounced that the Kingdom of Netherlands will be the Partner Country 25th DST – CII Technology Summit to be organized in 2019.
- Indiaand Russia inked a $950 -million deal for inducting two new warships equipped with Brahmos missiles in the India Navy.
- Uttar Pradeshcabinet presided over by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath cleared a proposal for the development of ‘Food Value Chain’ in the state.
- Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaiklaunched ‘Soura Jalanidhi’
- Karnataka Social Welfare Departmentlaunched the Samruddhi scheme to boost employment opportunities for SC/ST youth through entrepreneurship.
- INS Tarangini returned after 205-day world tour
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi started his 2-day official visit to Japan. PM reached Tokyo and was received by Japan PM Shinzo Abe
- India ranked 66th in Global Passport Index, Singapore tops the chart
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
- Ministry of Defenceawarded contract for design, construction and supply of four Survey Vessels for Indian Navy to Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) Limited, Kolkata.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- Malala Yousafzai to be honoured by Harvard University for her work promoting girls’ education
- Sanjoy Gaddipati, CEO & MD of InternationalCryptoX Pte. Ltd, INCX, receives FINEXT Award 2018
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS
- PCI Security Standards Council appoints Nitin Bhatnagar as India head
- Justice Vijai Kumar Bistwas sworn in as the Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court.
- RBI clears re-appointment of Aditya Puri as HDFC Bank MD & CEO
- Anupam Kherresigned as the chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).
ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS
- The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) has acquired IDFC Infrastructure Finance (IDFC-IFL).
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- 2nd successful night trial of Agni-1 ballistic missile conducted off the Odisha Coast
- NASA’s Kepler telescope retired after finding thousands of worlds
- NASA sets record with ‘supersonic’ parachute for Mars 2020 mission
- Facebooklaunched a ‘Digital Literacy Library’ providing safety tips for users in 6 Indian languages.
SPORTS
- Tata Steel named as official partner for the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2018
- Pankaj Advaniwon the 2nd leg of the Asian Snooker Tour title in Jinan, China.
IMPORTANT DAYS
- ‘Clean Air Week’will be organized from November 1-5, 2018 to control air pollution in Delhi.
- HDFC ERGO launched ‘Cyber Security Awareness Week’ from October 21 to 27, 2018