1.Minister of DoNER, Dr Jitendra Singh laid the foundation stone of new Science Centre, the ‘Technology Facility Centre’ on 29 October 2018 in Jorhat, AssamThe facility will be established in the premises of the CSIR-North East Institute of Science & Technology (NEIST).The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) will bear the cost of setting up of this new Science Centre.
2.Japan announced joining the International Solar Alliance (ISA) and submitted the instrument of ratification on 29th October 2018.As of now, there are 70 countries that have signed the ISA Framework Agreement (ISA FA) and 47 countries that have ratified it.Japan will be the 71st country to sign and 48th country to ratify the ISA FA.
3.WhatsApp has partnered with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to train small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs on using the messaging platform to connect with customers.WhatsApp and CII will work to enhance business communication for Indian SMEs through CII’s SME Technology Facilitation Centre.The centre was set up in November 2016.
4.Little India Gate’ was inaugurated in northern Indonesia on 27 October 2018.It recognises the contribution of the Indian community in the development of Medan city, Indonesia.The new structure was inaugurated jointly by India’s ambassador to Indonesia and Timor Leste Pradeep Kumar Rawat and Mayor of Medan H T Dzulmi.Medan city is the fourth largest city in Indonesia.
5.Mangaluru Lit Fest 2018’, will be organised in Mangaluru from 3 November 2018 to 6 November 2018.The theme of the event is ‘The Idea of Bharat’.The Lit Fest aims to highlight the literary and cultural diversity of Mangaluru.The festival intends to provide a platform for intellectual deliberations for monologues, panel discussions, conversations and book reviews.
6.The Kingdom of Netherlands will be the Partner Country for the 25th DST – CII Technology Summit.The Summit will be organised in 2019.The first CII Technology Summit was organised in 1995 with an aim to facilitate global technology collaborations.CII became a partner with the Department of Science & Technology in organising these Summits since 2004.
7.The Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) held a meeting in New Delhi on 30 October 2018.The meeting was presided over by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.It reviewed the progress in setting up a Computer Emergency Response Team in the financial sector under a statutory framework.The FSDC Sub-Committee is Chaired by the Governor of Reserve Bank of India.
8.The Statue of Unity has been inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat on 31 October 2018.It is dedicated to India’s first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.It is 182 meters tall and is located near the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river.It was designed by the sculptor Ram V. Sutar.It was built by the by Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
9.Malala Yousafzai will be honoured by Harvard University for her work promoting girls’ education.She will be conferred with the ‘2018 Gleitsman Award’ at a ceremony on 6th December 2018.The Gleitsman Award provides US$125,000 for activism that has improved quality of life around the world.Malala Yousafzai is the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.
10.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will inject Rs 12,000 crore into the system through the purchase of Government securities (g-secs) on 1 November 2018.RBI has decided to conduct the purchase of the following g-secs under Open Market Operations (OMO).The RBI sells g-secs to take out liquidity from the system and buys back g-secs to infuse liquidity into the system.
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