Important Current Affairs October 5 – One liner

2018-10-06

October 5 – World Teachers’ Day

October 5 – World Smile Day

Assam government to provide 1 lakh shallow tubewells to small and marginal farmers.
Multimedia exhibition on 150 years of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary is being held in New Delhi.
A four-day Indian International Science Festival (IISF) 2018 kicked off in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Theme:- Science for transformation.
Pakistan to set up a oil refinery in Balochistan with the aid of Saudi Arabia
S. President Trump nominated Indian-American nuclear expert Rita Baranwal to head the nuclear energy division at the Department of Energy.

Forbes India Rich List 2018

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani [11th consecutive year]
Wipro Chairman Azim Premji
Arcelor Mittal Chairman and CEO Lakshmi Mittal
21 countries in the Indian Ocean Rim Association, IORA, adopted the Delhi Declaration on Renewable Energy in the Indian Ocean Region.
Shri Piyush Goyal inaugurated International Conference on Technological Advancements in Railway and Metro Projects (IC-TRAM 2018) in New Delhi.
Sanjay Verma – India’s Ambassador to Spain
Srinivasan K. Swamy – Chairman & World president of International Advertising Association (IAA)

India and Kazakhstan to boost Defence Cooperation

India and Kazakhstan agree to boost Defence and Military Technical Cooperation.
India and ADB Signs $110 Million Loan to Improve Rural Connectivity in Madhya Pradesh.
India, Russia sign $5.43 billion missile deal, agreements on cooperation in space, agriculture, nuclear sectors.
Coast Guards of India, Vietnam hold Sahyog HOP TAC-2018 – joint exercise off Chennai.
Nobel Peace Prize – Congolese Dr. Denis Mukwege, Yazidi rights activist Nadia Murad
2018 ‘Visishta Puraskaram’ – Badminton coach Pullela Gopichand
36th National Games in Goa will be held from March 30 to April 14 next year.
India entered the Under-19 Asia Cup cricket finals.
Prithvi Shaw became the second youngest Indian to score a century behind the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar.
India captain Virat Kohli became the quickest batsman to reach 24 Test centuries after the great Donald Bradman.