Daily Current Affairs 5th October 2018 For All Competitive Exams | Daily GK Update PDF

Daily Current Affairs 5th October 2018 For All Competitive Exams | Daily GK Update PDF

Daily Current Affairs 5th October 2018 For All Competitive Exams | Daily GK Update PDF

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 RBI has announced Fourth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2018-19, RBI keeps interest rates unchanged

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel has announced the Fourth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for the year 2018-19, RBI keeps interest rates unchanged.

On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation at its meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to:-

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Keep the policy Repo Rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at 6.50 per cent.

Consequently, the Reverse Repo Rate under the LAF remains at 6.25 per cent, and the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate at 6.75 per cent.

The Cash  Reserve Ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks unchanged at 4.0% of Net Demand And Time Liability (NDTL)......Read More

Nobel Peace Prize for 2018 Awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2018 to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as weapon of war and armed conflict.

Both laureates have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on, and combating, such war crimes.

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Each of them in their own way has helped to give greater visibility to war-time sexual violence, so that the perpetrators can be held accountable for their actions.

Dr Mukwege, a 63 year-old gynaecologist has been associated with treatment of various sexual assault victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Nadia Murad is herself a victim of war crimes. She is a member of the Yazidi minority in northern Iraq.

Nadia Murad became the first UN goodwill ambassador for survivors of human trafficking.........Read More

List of Agreements/MoUs Exchanged between India and Russia during Visit of President of Russia Vladimir Putin 

India and Russia signed eight MoU agreements pertaining to defence, space exploration, trade, and energy, with a deal on S-400 Triumf surface to air missile (SAM) system being the most vital strategic agreement between the two countries.

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The Russian President Vladimir Putin was on a visit to New Delhi, India for the 19th Indo-Russian annual bilateral summit between the two historic allies.....Read More 

Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2018 - Haryana ranked Best State

Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2018 (SSG 2018) given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharti, in New Delhi.

The awards give to top Ranked State, District and State with maximum citizen participation based on the National Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2018.

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Haryana was ranked as best State, Satara District of Maharashtra was ranked as best district. Uttar Pradesh was rewarded for maximum citizens’ participation......Read More

Apple world’s top brand, Facebook slips to 9th spot: Report

According to the global brand consultancy Interbrand report Best 100 Global Brands 2018, Apple beat Google to become the top brand in the world in 2018.

Facebook, fell to ninth place in the top 100 brands globally, an annual report. Apple's brand value grew 16 percent (year-on-year) to $214.5 billion.

Amazon achieved a 56 percent growth to become the third top brand globally. Apple is valued at $1 trillion and is followed by Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Coca Cola......Read More

India and ADB Signs $110 Million Loan to Improve Rural Connectivity in Madhya Pradesh

India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $110 million loan to finance the upgrade of 2,800 kilometers all-weather rural roads in the State of Madhya Pradesh under the Prime Minister's Rural Roads Program (PMGSY).

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The $110 million is the tranche 2 of the $500 million Second Rural Connectivity Investment Programme for India approved by the multilateral lending agency in December 2017.

The overall program is aimed at improving rural connectivity, facilitating safer and more efficient access to livelihood and socio-economic opportunities for rural communities through improvements to about 12,000 kilometers rural roads across the states of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal. Tranche 1 loan of $250 million is currently under implementation in the 5 project states, upgrading over 6,000 km of rural roads........Read More

Suresh Prabhu announces fast track mechanism to promote Russian investments in India

India is setting up a fast track, single-window mechanism to promote Russian investments in the country, announced by the union commerce and industry minister Suresh Prabhu.

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The mechanism would be in addition to the Russia Desk that had been set up earlier to promote Russian investment in India.

The India – Russia Business Summit organized by Department of Industrial Policy andPromotion (DIPP), Invest India and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi.......Read More

Sanjay Verma appointed India’s Ambassador to Spain

Senior diplomat Sanjay Verma has been appointed as India's Ambassador to Spain.

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Sanjay Verma is a 1990 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer. He is currently the Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs......Read More