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1. PM Modi launches world’s largest healthcare scheme
i.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched Ayushman Bharat
- Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana from Ranchi,
Jharkhand. Under this scheme, over 10 crore families will
be provided health assurance worth five lakh rupees each, every
year.
ii. This is the world’s largest government-funded healthcare
program targeting more than 50 crore beneficiaries. The scheme will
provide cashless and paperless access to services for the beneficiary at the
point of service.
International
News
2. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih Won Presidential Election In
Maldives
i. Opposition
leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih won the Maldives' presidential
election, a surprise defeat for President Abdulla Yameen. Results
released by the Elections Commission showed Solih had secured 58.3% of
the popular vote.
ii. The poll is being closely watched by
regional rivals India and China, who are jostling to influence Indian Ocean
nations. The European Union and the United States, meanwhile, have threatened
sanctions if the vote is not free and fair.
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Maldives Capital-
Male, Currency-Rufiyaa
Banking News
3.BRICS Bank
Approves $525-mn Loan For Infra Projects In MP
i. The BRICS' New Development
Bank has approved a $525-million loan for
infrastructure projects in India. The loan will be used by the Indian
government for on-lending to the Madhya Pradesh government for
rehabilitating major district roads with a total length of about 2,000
km.
ii. The loan aims to improve connectivity of the rural interior with the national and state highways.
ii. The loan aims to improve connectivity of the rural interior with the national and state highways.
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BRICS bank CEO -K
V Kamath, Headquarter- Shanghai, China
Economy
News
4. Fitch raises India growth forecast to 7.8% this
fiscal
i. Global research agency Fitch has
raised India’s growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7.8 per
cent from the earlier 7.4 per cent. However, forecast for
the next two fiscal, 2019-20 and 2020-21, have been shaved by 20 basis points
(100 basis points means 1 per cent) to 7.3 per cent.
ii. Fitch’s latest projection for the current
fiscal is higher than what is estimated by the Reserve Bank of India
and even the Government. While the RBI’s estimate is 7.4 per cent, the
Government feels that it could be 7.5 per cent. However, the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its projection to 7.3 per cent from 7.4 per cent. India
Ratings too lowered its growth projection by 20 bps to 7.2 per cent.
Agreements
5. BSNL Signs Deal With SoftBank, NTT to Roll Out
5G In India
5G In India |
i. State-run telecom firm BSNL has inked a
pact with Japan’s Softbank and NTT Communications to roll out 5G and internet
of things (IoT) technology in India. BSNL will look at collaborating
with Softbank for its satellite constellation which will have around 900
satellites.
ii. was launched in India after seven
years the technology was available in other foreign markets and 4G services
after four years’ lag but according to BSNL CMD Anupam Shrivastava 5G
will be launched in India in 2020 as soon the standards
are freezed by ITU.
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SoftBank Group CEO
Masayoshi Son
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NTT Comm. CEO Tetsuya
Shoji
States
in News
6. PM Modi inaugurates new airport in Odisha's
Jharsuguda
i.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a new airport
at Jharsuguda, which will attract investors to the
mineral-rich area.
ii. The Jharsuguda Airport has
been developed by the Airports Authority of India in collaboration with Odisha
government at an estimated cost of Rs 210 crore, with Rs 75 crore contribution
from the state. The airport has been developed under the Centre's UDAN
scheme.
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Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu is the currently serving as the Minister of Commerce &
Industry and Civil Aviation.
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UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) is a Regional Connectivity Scheme.
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Naveen Patnaik is the current Chief Minister of Odisha.
7. PM Modi Inaugurated Sikkim's First Airport In
Pakyong
i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
inaugurated the Pakyong Airport in Sikkim on September 24,
nine years after the foundation stone was laid. The airport is the hilly
state's first and only airport. Currently, the nearest airport
for the people of Sikkim is 124 kilometre (km) away in Bagdogra, West Bengal.
ii. The airport is spread over 201 acres. The foundation stone for the greenfield airport was laid in Pakyong in 2009, which is around 33 km from Gangtok, the state capital. The airport is located around 60 km from the Indo-China border. It is constructed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). The project cost Rs 553 crore.
ii. The airport is spread over 201 acres. The foundation stone for the greenfield airport was laid in Pakyong in 2009, which is around 33 km from Gangtok, the state capital. The airport is located around 60 km from the Indo-China border. It is constructed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). The project cost Rs 553 crore.
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Sikkim's CM-
Pawan Kumar Chamling, Governor- Ganga Prasad
8.AP,
Odisha & MP Bag Award Under Amrut
i. Andhra Pradesh has topped the charts
among States in terms of “Ease of Living Index” rankings launched by the Ministry
of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). It was followed by Odisha
and Madhya Pradesh.
ii. The three States were awarded the
three best performing States under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and
Urban Transformation (AMRUT) at the National Dissemination Workshop on
Ease of Living Index, 2018.
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It was decided in June 2017 to
rank 116 cities based on the liveability parameters.
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The MoHUA released the first ever ‘Ease of Living
Index’ covering 111 Indian cities on 13 August
2018.
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Present CM of AP- N.
Chandrababu Naidu, Governor- E. S. L. Narasimhan
Science
and Technology News
9. India Successfully Test Fires Prithvi Defence
Vehicle
i. India successfully conducted an
interceptor missile test off the Odisha coast, achieving a
major milestone in developing a two-layer Ballistic Missile Defence
system. According to Defence sources, the interceptor was launched
from Abdul Kalam Island of the Integrated Test Range (ITR).
ii. This Prithvi Defence Vehicle (PDV) mission
is for engaging the targets in theexo-atmosphere region at an altitude
above 50 kilometres of the earth's atmosphere. Both the PDV
interceptor and the target missile were engaged successfully.
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DRDO Chairman-
Dr G Satheesh Reddy
Sports
News
10. Sinisuka Ginting and Carolina Marin Won China
Open
i. In Badminton, Indonesia's
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting beat Japan's Kento Momota to
take the Men's singles China Open title in Changzhou. Spain's
Carolina Marin beat China's Chen Yufei to take the
women's singles title. The 3rd seed, Momota who took the Japan
Open title on home ground last week, was beaten by world number 13th Ginting.
ii. Ginting last beat Momota at
the Asian Games in Jakarta last month. Top Indian
shuttlers P.V.Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth lost
their quarter-final matches earlier, drawing curtains to India's campaign at
the China Open.
Obituaries
11. Former BCCI President Biswanath Dutt Passes
Away
i. Former BCCI president Biswanath
Dutt, best known in the Indian cricket fraternity as Jagmohan Dalmiya’s mentor,
passed away aged 92 after suffering from acute lung infection. Dutt was the
BCCI president in 1989 after a six-year stint as the vice-president of
the parent body from 1982-88.
ii. He is survived by his daughter and
son Subrata Dutta, who is the senior vice-president of All India
Football Federation. Having served IFA in different
capacities in his tenure from 1963-1975, Dutt began his career in cricket
administration as CAB(Cricket Association of Bengal) secretary in
1977 and became president in 1982.
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Rahul Johri is
the Chief Executive Officer of BCCI.
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CK Khanna is
the present interim president of the BCCI.
12. Renowned filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi passes away
i. Renowned filmmaker Kalpana
Lajmi passed away in Mumbai. She was 64. Lajmi, a director,
producer and screenwriter, was known for working on real subjects. She was
known for her women-oriented films like "Rudaali",
"Daman", "Darmiyaan".
ii. Lajmi's last movie as a director
was "Chingaari" in 2006, based on a novel "The Prostitute
and the Postman" by Bhupen Hazarika, who was her partner.
Meanwhile, condolence messages are pouring in from the Bollywood world grieving
the demise of Lajmi.