1.For the first time in India, a railway station will be built inside a tunnel at a height of 3,000 metres, on the strategic Bilaspur-Manali-Leh line in Himachal Pradesh.The Keylong station in Himachal Pradesh will be the first on the railway network to be inside a tunnel.Keylong is the administrative centre of Lahaul and Spiti district.
2.Virtual currency exchange ‘Unocoin’ has installed a currency deposit and dispensing ATM in Bengaluru.It allows its customers to deposit and withdraw a minimum amount of Rs 1000 from the platform.A cryptocurrency is a digital or virtual currency that uses cryptography to secure and verify transactions.
3.The Government of India will organise the ‘First National Summit on Invest in AYUSH’ on 4 November 2018.The aim is to encourage various public sector undertakings and private firms to invest in AYUSH.The event is jointly organised by NITI Aayog and Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.
4.The Government of India will organise the ‘First National Summit on Invest in AYUSH’ on 4 November 2018.The aim is to encourage various public sector undertakings and private firms to invest in AYUSH.The event is jointly organised by NITI Aayog and Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.
5.The ‘Statue of Unity’ dedicated to the ‘Iron Man of India’ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is all set to be unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 31st October 2018.‘Statue of Unity’ is the world’s tallest statue.It is situated at Sadhu Bet island on Narmada River in Gujarat.The foundation stone of this project was laid on 31st October 2013.
6.India and China will resume the annual joint Army exercise ‘Hand-in-Hand’ in December 2018 in China’s Chengdu region.The scope of the exercise is to understand transnational terrorism and evolve joint drills for the conduct of counter-terrorism operations.
7.The Shahi litchi of North Bihar has got the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.It is the fourth product from the state after Jardalu mango, Katarni rice and Magahi paan to have got the GI tag.Shahi Litchi is mainly cultivated in Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Vaishali, East Champaran and Begusarai and some parts of adjoining areas in agro-climatic areas of the Bihar.
8.China has successfully tested the world’s largest unmanned transport drone which can carry a payload of 1.5 tonnes.A large commercial drone ‘Feihong-98 (FH-98)’ was developed and modified by China Academy of Aerospace Electronics Technology.It was adapted from the prototype of the Shifei Y5B, a China-developed transport plane.
9.According to the Rural Development Ministry survey, Kuligod in Karnataka’s Belagavi district is the country’s best-developed village.Telangana and Madhya Pradesh have five and four panchayats in the top 10 ranks respectively.The Ministry has done a gap analysis of more than 3.5 lakh villages.
10.Kerala is set to become the first smoke-free State in the country with public sector oil companies eyeing 100% LPG penetration.The target has almost been achieved in most villages, mofussil towns and cities in the State.
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