Daily Current Affairs – October 6 2018
IMPORTANT DAYS
October 4 to October 10 – World Space Week
- World Space Week is an annual holiday observed from 4–10 October in various parts of the world, including Europe and Asia. World Space Week is officially defined as “an international celebration of science and technology, and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition.
NATIONAL
Maharashtra
GI Tag for Alphonso from Konkan
- Alphonso from Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Palghar, Thane and Raigad districts of Maharashtra, is registered as Geographical Indication (GI).
Tamilnadu
Southern Railway becomes unmanned level crossing free zone
- The Southern Railway has said it has become Unmanned Level Crossing (UMLC) Free Zone, eliminating over 1,000 such level crossings.
Joint operations to combat Left Wing Extremism
- Odisha and Andhra Pradesh Police have decided to conduct joint operations and share information to effectively combat the Left Wing Extremism (LWE) in the border areas of the two states.
SCIENCE
Parker Solar Probe completes first Venus flyby: NASA
- NASA’s Parker Solar Probe – mankind’s first mission to ‘touch’ the Sun – successfully completed a flyby of Venus at a distance of about 2,415 kilometres during its first gravity assist from the planet, according to the US space agency.
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
USFDA nod for breast cancer drug
- Drug firm Zydus Cadila has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to market Exemestane tablets, used for treatment of breast cancer.
SUMMITS & CONFERENCES
Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference of Indian Region
- The Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference of Indian Region will begin in Guwahati. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will attend the event along with Assam Chief Minister Sarbanand Sonowal.
International Conference on Women’s Health, Wellness and Empowerment
- The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, graced and addressed an International Conference on Women’s Health, Wellness and Empowerment organised by the Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India and the Kanpur Obstetric and Gynaecological Society in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
APPOINTMENTS
- Justice Surya Kant – Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court
- Pankaj Sharma – India’s Ambassador to UN Conference on Disarmament
SCHEMES
Task Force for Closing the Skills Gap in India
- Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Skill Development and Entrepreneurship launched a Task Force for Closing the Skills Gap in India, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum.
Launch of Methanol Cooking Fuel Program
- Asia’s first cannisters based and India’s first Methanol Cooking Fuel Program launched in Assam by the Northeast and Assam Petro-Chemicals.
MOU, AGREEMENTS & CABINET APPROVALS
MoU between India and Russia
- Indian Railways enters into Memorandum of Cooperation & Memorandum of Understanding with Government of Russian Federation.
Atal Innovation Mission & SIRIUS sign MoU
- To promote innovative cooperation between students of India and Russia, a Memorandum of Understanding was exchanged between India’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and the Russian Federation’s SIRIUS Educational Foundation in New Delhi.
DEFENCE
Japan military joins historic Philippine war games “Kamandag”
- Japanese troops stormed a beach in the Philippines in joint exercises with US and Filipino troops marked the first time Tokyo’s armoured vehicles rolled on foreign soil since World War II, 1945.
SPORTS
India win 1st test against West Indies
- India won the first test against West Indies by an innings and 272 runs. West Indies were all out for 196 in their second innings.
Japanese Grand Prix
- Lewis Hamilton won the record-extending 80th pole position at the Japanese Grand Prix.
Chess Olympiad
- Indian men took the sixth spot and the women finished eighth in the Chess Olympiad that concluded in Batumi.
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