Important Current Affairs October 24 One liner
- 24 October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. On this day United Nations was created.
- The United Nations’ (UN) World Development Information Day is annually held on October 24
- World Polio Day will be celebrated on 24th October 2018
- World Polio Day Theme 2018 – “End Polio Now”.
- Train 18, the country’s first engineless train, which is being regarded as a successor to the 30-year-old Shatabdi Express, is set to hit the tracks for trials on October 29.
- The English translation of the Portuguese civil code, 1867, followed in Goa, is now available at the Official Gazette.
- The Government today constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to examine the existing legal and institutional frameworks for dealing with matters of sexual harassment of women at the workplace.
- Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition begins in Dubai.
- Nepal has introduced electric buses on the roads of the capital Kathmandu.
- Strong monsoons in the Indian Ocean can induce easterly winds that push Atlantic Ocean hurricanes westward, increasing the likelihood they will make landfall in the Americas, according to a study.
- The Reserve Bank of India’s IT arm has asked banks to have a protocol in place to ensure quick response to a cyberheist and to effect recovery.
- The Global Agriculture Leadership Summit 2018 opened in New Delhi. The theme of the 2-day summit is, ‘Connecting Farmers to Market’.
- International Conference of Asia Pacific Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture (AFITA) and World Congress on Computers in Agriculture (WCCA) is organised at IIT Bombay from October 24 to 26,2018
- Interim CBI Director – M. Nageshwar Rao
- TVS Motor CEO – N. Radhakrishnan
- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for creation of special Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF).
- The Union Cabinet chaired has approved the signing and ratification of the Extradition Treaty between India and Malawi.
- The Union Cabinet has approved the for setting up of Indian Institute of Skills(IISs) at different locations across the country in Public Private Partnership (PPP).
- The Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) among Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China, South Africa, regarding Cooperation in the Social and Labour Sphere and on on Environmental Cooperation
- The Karnataka government has chosen former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda for the Maharishi Valmiki award for 2018-2019 for his work towards uplifting SC/ ST communities.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred with the Seoul Peace Prize for 2018 for his contribution to international cooperation and fostering global economic growth.
- “Main Nahin Hum” portal which works on the theme “Self for Society” will enable IT professionals and organizations to bring together their efforts towards social causes, and service to society, on one platform.
- In Tennis, seventh seed Indian Prajnesh Gunneswaran defeated Johan Tatlot of France in closely contested straight sets 6-4, 7-5 in the men’s singles of Liuzhou International Challenger in Guangyuan, China
- Virat Kohli broke the world record for the fastest 10,000 one-day international runs.
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