National
News
1. India
And Tanzania Sign 2 MoUs
i.
India and Tanzania signed two MoUs in presence of External Affairs
Minister Sushma Swaraj and Tanzanian Foreign Minister Dr. Augustine Mahiga. The
MoUs are between Foreign Service Institute of India and Centre for
Foreign Relation, Tanzania and National Research Development
Corporation and Tanzania Industrial Research and Development Corporation.
ii. The agreements were
signed following India-Tanzania 9th Session of Joint Commission on
Economic, Technical and Scientific Cooperation in New Delhi.
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Tanzania Capital: Dodoma, Currency: Tanzanian shilling
2. 6th Meeting of UAE-India High-Level Joint Task Force Held in Mumbai
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| 6th Meeting of UAE-India High-Level Joint Task Force |
i. The sixth meeting of
the UAE – India High Level Joint Task Force on Investments (‘the
Joint Task Force’) was held in Mumbai to review the progress
being made in addressing the agreed actions of the previous meeting held in Abu
Dhabi in January 2018 and to elaborate a number of new key issues of
mutual importance.
ii. The two sides noted the positive outcomes achieved by the Joint Task Force to date and agreed upon the need to further explore ways to facilitate investment in key Indian and UAE sectors with the potential for economic growth.
ii. The two sides noted the positive outcomes achieved by the Joint Task Force to date and agreed upon the need to further explore ways to facilitate investment in key Indian and UAE sectors with the potential for economic growth.
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UAE Capital: Abu Dhabi, Currency: UAE Dirham.
International News
3.
Canada Becomes 2nd Country To Legalize Recreational Cannabis
i. Canada has become the
second country after Uruguay to legalize possession and use of recreational
cannabis.
ii. Canadians can now grow up
to four plants in their own home and carry up to 30 grams of dried cannabis for
personal use. Cannabis possession first became a crime in Canada in 1923 but
medical use has been legal since 2001.
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Canada Capital: Ottawa, Currency: Canadian dollar.
Appointments/Resignations
4. BankBazaar Appoints
Former RBI Deputy Governor S S Mundra As Advisor
i. Online financial
services marketplace BankBazaar has appointed former RBI
Deputy Governor (DG) S S Mundra as an advisor to the company.
Mundra was a deputy governor at the RBI for three years till July 2017.
ii. BankBazaar Co-Founder
& CEO Adhil Shetty stated that as the digital mode is
increasingly becoming the preferred way to transact, there is a greater need
for collaboration between fin-tech, regulators, and financial institutions.
5. Union
Minister MJ Akbar Resigns
i. Former editor MJ
Akbar has
resigned from his post of Minister of State for External Affairs amid
sexual harassment allegations against him by over sixteen female
journalists.
Awards
6. Anna
Burns Wins 2018 Man Booker Prize For Her Novel 'Milkman'
i.
Northern Irish author Anna Burns has won the 2018 Man Booker Prize for her
novel 'Milkman', which is her third full-length novel.
ii. The book is about an 18-year-old girl, known as "middle sister", who is sexually harassed by an older paramilitary figure, called the "milkman". Anna Burns has become the first Northern Irish author to win the Man Booker prize.
ii. The book is about an 18-year-old girl, known as "middle sister", who is sexually harassed by an older paramilitary figure, called the "milkman". Anna Burns has become the first Northern Irish author to win the Man Booker prize.
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The
Man Booker Prize for Fiction (formerly known as the Booker–McConnell Prize and
commonly known simply as the Booker Prize) is a literary prize awarded each
year for the best original novel written in the English language and published
in the UK.
7. H M
Pernal Gets Vishwa Konkani Book Award
i.
'Beeg Ani Beegath', a collection of short stories in Konkani by the well-known writer,
journalist, and critic H M Pernal bagged the prestigious 'Vimala V Pai
Vishwa' Konkani best book award for the year 2018. H M Pernal is the
pen name of Henry M Mendonca.
ii. Konkani poet Sharathchandra
Shenoy from Kochi won the Vishwa Konkani best poetry award for his
book 'Idam Na Mama,' while Vishwanath M Shet from Uttara Kannada bagged
the Vishwa Konkani lifetime achievement award. Each award
carries a purse of Rs one lakh each, a certificate,
memento and shawl.
Important Days
8. International Day
For The Eradication of Poverty: 17 October
i. The
United Nations’ (UN) International Day for the Eradication of
Poverty is observed on October 17 each year since
1993.
ii. The theme for International
Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2018 is "Coming
together with those furthest behind to build an inclusive world of universal
respect for human rights and dignity".
