1.The 5th ‘National Summit on Good and Replicable Practices and Innovations in Public Health Care Systems in India’ began at Kaziranga in Assam on 30 October 2018.The summit was organised by the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.The objective of the summit is to share and learn the good practices being implemented by states and organisations for the betterment of the health sector.
2.World Wide Fund (WWF) has released a report titled ‘The Living Planet’.Australia’s east coast has been compared to the Amazon as a “deforestation front” in the new global report.The report said that global vertebrate populations are declining at a rate of 13.6% a decade.The global populations of vertebrate species have declined 60% since 1970.
3.Professor Qazi Abdussattar passed away on 29 October 2018.He was a noted Urdu writer and former head of Aligarh Muslim University’s Urdu departmentHe was awarded Padma Shri in 1974.
4.China has launched an ‘Oceanography Satellite’ on 29th October 2018.The ‘China-France Oceanography Satellite’ (CFOSAT) is the first satellite jointly built by China and France.The satellite will help scientists to predict dangerous cyclones and climate change by monitoring ocean surface winds and waves.
5.Standard Chartered has released a new study titled ‘The Emerging Affluent Study 2018– Climbing the Prosperity Ladder’.India has emerged as the most investment-savvy economy in Asia.More than two-thirds of India’s affluent class prefer to use various investment products to achieve their financial goals and greater social mobility.
6.Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the Early Warning Dissemination System (EWDS) and the mass message system.EWDS was launched on the occasion of Odisha Disaster Preparedness Day, which is observed on 29th October 2018.The EWDS will warn the people residing along the coast in the state through the alert siren system from towers installed at 122 locations.
7.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved the re-appointment of Aditya Puri as Managing Director of the HDFC bank for another two years.Aditya Puri has been with the bank since 1994, making him the longest-serving head of any private bank in the country.
8.Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurated the first Mega Food Park in Gujarat on 29th October 2018.It is promoted by Gujarat Agro Infrastructure Mega Food Park Pvt. LtdThe Park is located at Village Shah and Vasravi, District Surat, Gujarat.A 2nd Mega Food Park has been sanctioned in Mehsana District of Gujarat.
9.India and Qatar decided to establish a Joint Commission (JC).The JC will be co-chaired by the ministers of external affairs and foreign affairs of the two countries.The JC will be tasked to strengthen the relations between the two countries particularly in the economic, commercial, cultural, scientific, technological, information technology and educational fields.
10.Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) organised a conference on Innovation in Cyberspace, Cyber Security – Challenges and Innovations on 29th October 2018.The conference focused on the current trends, need and future requirements of innovation in the field of cyber security.The conference brought the stakeholders working in the area to showcase their innovations.
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