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International News
1. For manufacturing of Griper fighter jet, Adani group collaborated with Swedish
defence major SAAB.

 Related facts –
 The collaboration between Adani group and SAAB will be in
Defence and aerospace field.
 Chairman of Adani group – Gautam Adani
 CEO of Adani group – Sudipta Bhattacharya
 Sweden – European country
 Capital – Stockholm, Currency – Swedish Krona
2. HXMT – The Hard X-Ray Modulation telescope, first X-Ray telescope launched
by China to study Black holes, gamma ray bursts and pulsars.
3. Palestine become the member of Interpol.
4. World’s first molecular robot has been created by University of Manchester,
United Kingdom.
5. Australia tourism appointed Parineeti chopra as first Indian woman ambassador
for encouraging Indians to visit Australia.
6. Indian National Flag at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne hoisted by
Aishwarya rai.

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 7. Kymriah, a treatment for Leukemia has been approved by US Food and drug
administration.
 USFDA headquarter – Silver Spring, Maryland, Unites States
 Parent organization – US health and human services
8. Two mountain ranges on Pluto has been named as Tenzing Montes and Edmund
Hillary on the name of the mountaineers who first reach the summit of Mt.
Everest.
 International astronomical Union headquarter – Paris, France
9. Status of snow leopard has been changed from endangered to vulnerable by
IUCN.
 International union for the conservation of nature headquarter – Gland,
Switzerland
10. PM Narendra Modi became first PM to visit Israel.
11. World’s largest nuclear aircraft carrier USS Gerald R ford CVN 78 has been
commissioned by United States.
12. A deal of $1.1 billion has been signed between China and Sri Lanka for leasing
Hambantota Port to Beijing.
13. Mosul has been declared Free from ISIS.
 Iraq –
President – Fuad Masum
Prime Minister – Haider-al-abadi
Currency – Iraqi Dinar
Capital – Baghdad
14. 122 nations adopted a treaty at United nations that bans nuclear weapons.
15. United states withdraws its membership from UNESCO after accusation of anti-
Israel bias.
16. Borneo rain, world’s smallest squirrel found by Indonesian scientist Lambung
Mangkurat.

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 17. In the Nation’s brand 2017 report India occupied 8th rank out of 100 countries
which is topped by United States.
18. A report world’s influential people in market structure,released by Pattrick Young
and exchange invest, SEBI chairman Ajay Tyagi secured 7th place.
19. Visits to India –
 Tilak Marapana – External affairs minister of Sri Lanka
 Miroslav Lajcak – President of 72nd United nation general assembly
 James Mattis – US secretary of defence
 Nizamuddin Ahmed – Bangladesh’s Navy chief

Important MOU’s Signed between the Countries

MoUs signed between organizations/countries

 India UK trade business promotion
 In field of military cooperation to
fight against terrorism.
 For the cooperation in exchange of
information regarding Central
counterparties.
Indian Yes bank and British Bank Santander
Iran and Iraq
 Related facts
 Iran; Captial - Tehran, Currency –
Iranian Rial
 Iraq; Capital - Baghdad , Currency
– Iraqi Dinar
SEBI and European Securities Market Authority
 Related facts –
 SEBI chairman – Ajay Tyagi
 SEBI headquarter – Mumbai
 ESMA headquarter – Paris

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  For development of Civil Aviation
sector
Uttarakhand state with Airport authority of India.
 Related facts
 Uttrakhand;
Capital – Dehradun
CM – Trivendra singh Rawat
Governor – Krishan Kant Paul

 Skill development programme for
people living on the border areas
 Developing a 20 MTPA coal
terminal at Beira port
Border security force with National skill development
corporation
India Essar port with Mozambique
 Related Facts -

 Increasing cooperation in Maharashtra government with South Korea

infrastructure projects
 Related Facts –
 Maharashtra –
CM – Devendra Fadnavis
Governor – Chennamaneni Vidyasagar
Rao
Capital – Mumbai
 South Korea –
Capital - Seoul, Currency – South
Korean won
President – Moon Jae-in
Prime Minister – Lee Nak- Yeon

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  Exchanging Tax information, money Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) and Central
laundering, shell companies, black Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
money
 Building India’s first Hyperloop Andhra Pradesh with USA-based Hyperloop
system Transportation Technologies

 To expand internet connectivity to Assam with Google

Rural areas
 To establish GeM samvaad
 Digital Gujarat’ movement
 Startups in manufacturing technical
field
Government e-Marketplace SPV and confederation of
Indian industry
Gujarat with Google
National Research Development Corporation with
Andhra Pradesh Innovation Society

 For selling tribal product online Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development

Federation of India Limited Amazon

MOU’s Signed between India & Other Countries

MoUs signed between India and other countries

MoU Signed Signed with Related Facts

 7 pacts including innovation
water conservation,
agriculture, space, GEO and
LEO optical link and
cooperation in electric
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Israel Capital – Jerusalem
Currency – Shekel
Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu
President – Reuven Rivlin
Ambassador –
 propulsion for small
satellites
 3 MoUs with on water
management, Cultural
cooperation and amending
social security arrangement
 11 agreements in the field of
White shipping information,
elections commission,
cultural exchange, cooperate
in medical product
regulation, women police
training centre,
Enhancement of IT skill.
 Four pacts inked in the field
of motor vehicle agreement
and on india’s development
assistance
 Youth affairs and sports,
Electronic, Information
technology
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India to Israel – Pavan Kapoor
Israel to India – Daniel Carmon
Netherland Capital – Amsterdam
Currency – Euro
Prime Minister – Mark Rutte
Ambassador –
India to Netherlands – Mr. Venu Rajamony
Netherland to India – Alphonsus Stoelinga
Myanmar Capital – Naypidaw
Currency – Burmese Kyat
Prime Minister – Thein Sein
President – Htin Kyaw
Ambassador –
India to Myanmar – MA Rauf
Myanmar to India – Maung Wai
Afghanistan Capital – Kabul
Currency – Afghani
Prime Minister – Abdullah Abdullah
President – Ashraf Ghani
Ambassador –
India to Afghanistan – Manpreet Vohra
Afghanistan to India – M. Raheem
Palestine Capital – Ramallah
Currency – Israeli new shekel
Prime Minister – Rami Hamdallah
President – Mahmoud Abbas
Ambassador –
 Palestine ambassador to India – Adnan Abu
Alhaija
India’s ambassador to Palestine – Anish
Rajan
 Indo-German centre for Germany Capital – Berlin
sustainability, Health Currency – Euro
President – Frank – Walter Steinmeier
Ambassador –
Germany's Ambassador to India – Dr. Martin
Ney
Indian ambassador to Germany – Mrs.
Mukta Tomar
 MoU signed for the Sri Lanka Capital – Colombo
development of a Village in Currency – Rupee
Sri Lanka Prime Minister – Rani Wickremesinghe
President – Maithripala Sirisena
Ambassador –
Indian ambassador to Sri Lanka – Shri
Taranjit Sindhu
 In the field of Cyber security Bangladesh Capital –Dhaka
cooperation Currency – Taka
Prime Minister – Sheikh Hasina
President – Abdul Hamid
Ambassador –
indian ambassador to Bangladesh – Pankaj
saran
 10 cooperation agreement on Belarus Capital – Minsk
agriculture, oil and gas, Currency – Belarusian ruble

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 sports, vocational training Prime Minister – Andrei Kobyakov
and potash exploration President – Alexander Lukashenko

National Events
1. India’s 13th Vice President – Venkaiah Naidu.

 Related facts
 Earlier He was minister of information and broadcasting
 12th Vice President – Mohammad Hamid Ansari
2. Right to Privacy has been declared as Fundamental right by Supreme Court.
3. On the 75th anniversary of Quit India Movement, PM Modi arranged video
conference to address the district collector of country with the theme of ‘New
India - Manthan’.
4. To check the progress of Swachh Bharat mission in rural areas, Quality council of
India has conducted Swachh Sarvekshan Gramin 2017.
5. ‘KalamSat’ satellite, world’s lightest satellite launched by NASA.
6. On the 15th August 2017, centre decided to observed 70th Independence Day as
‘Sankalp Parva’.
7. 96th meeting of development committee Plenary of the world has been attended
by Union Finance minister Arun Jaitely.
8. India’s first biotech research centre to receive international CARB-X, Bugwork
research, Bengluru based Biotech for antibiotic research.
9. As a step towards ending child marriages in state, Bihar government launched
Bandhan Tod App.
10. India’s first electric bus service between Manali and ROhtang was launched in
Himachal Pradesh.
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 11. Kaamya Karthikeyan youngest child to climb Mount Stok Kangri.
12. For strengthening women, 30% of the funds allocated for schemes or projects are
earmarked for development activities.
13. Fauna of SundarbanBiosphere Reserve, Zoological Survey of India’s first ever
compendium has been published.
14. For eradication of malnutrition, NITI Ayog launched National nutritional strateg
15. On the occasion of International women day, Rashtriya Kisan Mahila diwas was
celebrated by Agriculture universities and KVKs. (15th October)
16. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) security at Chhatrapati Shivaji
International Airport (CSIA) in Mumbai ranked as best service by world quality
congress.
17. On the occasion of 86th Birth anniversary of APJ Abdul Kalam on 15th October Vice
President flagged off a rally for Clean and Green India.
18. PM Narendra Modi announced relief fund of Rs. 2000 crore for the rehabilitation
and reconstruction in the flood affected North Eastern states.
19. 2017 has been declared as e-Pragati year by Andhra Pradesh.
20. FICCI Ladies Organisation has launched a campaign about cancer preventive
measures in partnership with Apollo hospitals. Theme for the event is - Nurturing
the Nurturer.
21. A new website has been launched by Defence minister, DRDO unmanned
exposition system to provide the opportunity to young and talented engineers of
country.
22. On 101st birth anniversary of MS Subbulaxmi Vice president released
commemorative coins of 100 and 10.
23. Labeo Filiferous a fish has been found in Kerala.
24. A mass movement Run for the clean air has been launched by ministry of
environment, Forest and Climate change to reduce the air pollution.

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  Minister of environment, Forest and Climate change – Dr. Harsh
Vardhan
 Minister of state for environment, Forest and Climate change – Dr.
Mahesh Sharma
25. Institute of Yoga and Naturopathy has been established in Karnataka and
Haryana.
26. A tribute to APJ Abdul Kalam on his 2nd death anniversary.
 Odisha state renamed wheeler Island as APJ Abdul Kalam Island.
 A multi core memorial of A.P.J Abdul Kalam inaugurated at his native
village Peikarambu in Tamil Nadu.

 Related facts -
 Odisa –
Capital – Bhuwaneshwar
CM – Naveen Patnaik
Governor – S.C. Jamir
 Tamil Nadu –
Capital – Chennai
CM – Thiru Edappadi K. palaniswamy
Governor – C. Vidyasagar Rao

27. Mission for integrated development of horticulture has been implemented by

government for the development of Horticulture.

 Related facts -
 Minister of state for agriculture and farmers welfare – Shri
Puruhottam Rupala.

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 28. 75th raising day of Armed forces headquarters civilian services was inaugurated by
Minister of state for defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre on 1st August.
29. World heritage council declared walled city of Ahemdabad as India’s first World
heritage city.

 Related facts –
 WHC is a part of UNESCO.
 41st session of WHC held at Krakwo, Poland.
 UNESCO (United Nations educational, Scientific and cultural
organization) headquarter – Paris, France
 Walled city founded by – Sultan Ahmed
 India’s Permanent representative to UNESCO – Ruchira Kamboj
30. All ASI protected monuments and archeological sites have been declared as
polythene free zones.
31. Passport seva project is a centralized system to issue passport in PPP mode and
TCS is service provider.
32. Under the new rules announced by ST council relief is given to SMEs and
exporters.
33. XFEL European X-Ray free electron laser is the world’s biggest and powerful
gun.
34. Report released by Sample registration system bulletin, IMR of india is declined
by 8%.
35. Smart Agriculture conclave has been organized by Department of Biotechnology
in association with UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences research council
(BBSRC) and Reasearch council UK. The aim of the conclave is to create
‘FarmerZone’.
36. Indian institute of science education and research have developed Gelator that
will help to suck up oil.

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 37. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu laid foundation of National waterways -4 and
13 National highway projects at Amravati in Andhra Pradesh.
38. For observing cloud and rain processing, a high-altitude cloud observatory has
been set up at Munnar, Kerala.

 Related facts -
 CM of Kerala – Pinnaray Vijayan
 Governor of Kerala – Palanisamy Sathasivam
 Eruvikulam National park – western Ghat, Kerala
39. On 1stoctober 2017 Urban Maharashtra declared Open defecation free and
President also inaugurated centenary year celebration of Sai Baba Samadhi in
Shirdi.
40. West Bengal rice variety, Gobindbhog rice get geographical status.
41. For providing regular updated and stastics regarding IPR, CIPAM launched its
Official website.
 Cell for IPR promotion and management under the department of
Industrial Policy and promotion.
 Minister of Commerce and industry – Suresh Prabhu
42. A country wide free eye checkup campaign has been organized by National
highway authority of India.
43. Events on 1st October 2017
 27th raising day of Rashtriya Rifles observed.
 92nd raising day of military nursing service.
 New Additional Director general Military nursing service – Maj Gen
Elizabeth john
 17th raising day of headquarters Integrated defence staff.
 Foundation day of National academy customs, Indirect taxes and
Narcotics.

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 44. On the 3rd anniversary of Swacch Bharat mission certain awards were honoured
on 2nd October 2017
 Swacchta award – KRIBHCO (Fertilizer cooperative)
 My Delhi Keep it clean FB group awarded for promoting voluntary
efforts to clean public places under self help group category
 Innovatice practice category – No food waste initiative of
Coimbatore
 Religious Institution category – Pemayangste Monastry, Assam
 Related facts –
 2nd October 2019 – 150th birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
 Swaccha Bharat mission launched at Rajghat on 2nd October 2014
 Clean India Mission target by 2019
 Swachha Bharat abhiyan Brand ambassador for the Haryana state
– Akshya Kumar.
 Akshay Akshay appointed as brand ambassador for cleanliness
campaign in Uttar Pradesh.
 Swacchata hi sewa campaign – 15th September 2017 to 2nd October
2017
45. 3rd Women of India organic festival inaugurated by Union Minister of Women
and Child Development Maneka Gandhi. The theme of the event is – ‘Good for
Women; Good for India; Good For You!’.
46. Operation Insaniyat – India will help needy refugees in Bangladesh by providing
basic amenities.
47. Brand Ambassador of GST – Amithabh Bacchan replaces PV Sindhu
48. Vice President unveiled a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat on the
148th birth anniversary of Gandhi ji. “Be the Change You Wish to See” has been
inscribed on the front side of pedestral.

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 49. After becoming the president, Ram nath kovind visited the first two African
countries- Djibouti and Ethiopia.

 Related facts -
 Djibouti
President - Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
Prime minister - Mr. Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
Capital – Djibouti
Currency – Djiboutian franc
 Ethiopia
President – Mulatu Teshome
Prime minister - Hailemariam Desalegn
Capital - Addis Ababa
Currency – Ethiopian birr

Economy in News
1. RBI’s third bimonthly policy released by monetary policy committee.
 Repo rate – 6% cut by 25 basis points
 Reverse repo rate – 5.75%
 LAF – 6% cut by 25 points
 MSF – 6.25%
 CRR – 4%
 SLR – 20%
2. All India weighted average MRP of Urea has been decreased by 71 paise per bag
after GST.

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  Minister of State for Road transport and Highways, Shipping and
Chemical & fertilizers – Shri Mansikh L. Mandaviya.
 After introduction of GST, farmers of different state pays 5% of
uniform GST which was earlier 1-7%.
3. Bespoke mobile wallet launched by BSNL with the assistance of mobikwik for
bill payment.
4. Upper Age limit for joining NPCI has been increased from 60 to 65 by PFRDA.
 Related facts –
 National payments corporation of India is an organization which
handle all the retail payment system.
 New Interim chairman of NPCI – B Sambamurthy succeeded M.
Balachandran.
 Pension fund regulatory organization responsible for pension
related matters in India headquartered at New Delhi.
 PFRDA chairman – Hemant Contractor
5. India holds 103rd spot in Human Capital Index 2017.
 Human capital index published by World economic forum.
 Headquarter – Cologny, Switzerland
 Topped by Norway.
6. Goods and service tax came in effect from 1 july 2017.

 Related facts –
 17 state tax and 23 cesses subsumed in GST.
 Four Tax slabs – 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%.
 GST introduced by 101st amendment act 2016.

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 7. For collection of provident fund from employees EPFO signed an agreement with
four Private banks – ICICI bank, HDFC bank, Axis bank and Kotak Mahindra
bank and Bank of Baroda.

 EPFO – Employee Provident fund organisation

 Labour and Employment Minister – Bandaru Dattatreya
 Prior to agreement SBI was authorised for the collection and contribution
of funds.
8. RBI introduces new 500, 200 and 50-rupee currency notes.
9. Project Insight is an intiative of finance ministry for black money holders and tax
evasion.
10. Ford company joined hands with Mahindra and Mahindra to expand its business
in Indian market.
11. SBI Intelligent Assistan, chat bot of State bank of India.
12. Divyang Sarathi mobile app launched by Minister for Social Justice and
Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot.
13. India emerged as highest shrimp exporter according to the report released by
Globefish.
14. HDFC bank launched the first ever DigiPOS machine to provide various digital
payment options to customers.
15. By the end of 2018, IPPB will provide its financial services form all its post offices
and will become 2nd largest payment bank.
 First IPPB bank was launched in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh
 IPPB services –
1. Open bank account with 100 rupees.
2. In regular saving account one can deposit one lakh per account.
3. Rate of interest – 5.5%

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 16. RBI has constituted a 10-member high level task force headed by YM Deosthalee
which will suggest a roadmap for development of a transparent, comprehensive
and real time Public Credit Registry in India.

 Related facts –
 Credit reporting agencies in India – CIBIL, Equifax, high mark credit
information services, Experian.
17. India’s economic growth forecast by IMF for 2017 – 6.7% and for 2018 – 7.4%.
18. In a report released by WPP Plc and Kantar Millward brown, HDFC gained top
place in list of country’s top 50 brands.
19. Online non-life insurance company Acko General Insurance Ltd. got approval
from Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India.
20. Canada bank launched its first digital banking branch CANDI in Bengaluru.
21. Government has imposed anti-dumping duty on the import of Sodium Nitrite
from China for 5 years.
22. OECD growth forecast of Indian economy for 2017-18 – 6.7%.
23. Punjab National Bank will charge Rs.10 per transaction on more than 5
transactions in a month.
 PNB headquarter – New Delhi
 PNB non-executive chairman – Sunil Mehta
24. SBI’s State Bank Institute of Management (SBIM), first institute of management
in Kolkata.
 SBI chairman – Rajnish Kumar succeeded Arundhati Bhattacharya
 Headquarter – Mumbai
25. BPayi, a mobile banking app launched by Fino payments bank.
26. A lithium-ion battery plant will be established by Japanese company Suzuki
Motor corps in Hansalpur, Gujarat.

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 27. Shubh Aarambh Home Loans scheme launched by Axis bank for the loan upto
30 lakh.
28. According to the recent data from Zurich based SNB India becomes at 88th place
in terms of money parked in Swiss banks.
29. SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-
Processing Clusters) will be renamed as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana
(PMKSY).
30. Easy Bima Plan a Point of sale product launched by Canara HSBC Oriental
Bank of Commerce Life Insurance Company (CHOICE).
31. A new public private partnership policy for affordable housing was announced
by government under which assistance upto 2.5 lakh per house has been
allowed to the private builders.
32. For the upgradation of Alang Sosiya Ship recycling yard, Gujarat, government of
India signed a $76mn deal with JICA.
33. Under the new amended ombudsman scheme, Banking ombudsman award has
been doubled to 20 lakhs.
34. An economic advisory council to the Prime Minister has been created which is
headed by Bibek Debroy.
35. RBI granted approval to Singapore based DSB to operate as Wholly owned
subsidiary in India.
36. Bharat Wagon and Engineering Company Limited (BWEL) will shut down the
operation after approval of Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.
37. For mobilizing illegal fund by various schemes, SEBI imposed fine of 2423 crore
on PACL ltd.
38. Hortinetmobile app by Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export
Development Authority for farmers.
39. 4th Advance estimates of production of food crop for 2016-17 published by
Department of Agriculture, cooperation and farmers Welfare.

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 40. Canara bank started payment settlement mechanism Bharat QR (Quick
Response) and Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) as the new digital services for
customers to make online payment.
41. Axis bank and Freyr energy collaborate to offer term loans for solar rooftop
installation in Telangana.
42. India ranked 40th in Global competitive index 2017.
 Released by World economic forum
 Topped by – Switzerland
43. India’s first Gold options contract has been launched by Multi commodity
exchange on Dhanteras.
 World’s second buyer of Gold – India
 MCX Chairman – Saurabh Chandra
44. To enhance the business relations between India and US a new body has been
created named – US-India Strategic partnership forum (USISPF).
 USISPF chairman – John Chambers
 President of USISPF – Mukesh Aghi
45. Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) get Mahartna status, earlier it has
Navratna status.
46. Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan yojana, 4900 cr black money has been
disclosed.
47. A 3000 cr deal has been signed in between NTPC and ICICI for partial funding of
capital expenditure.
48. The panel headed by YM Deosthalee which will suggest a roadmap for
development of a transparent, comprehensive and real time Public Credit
Registry in India.

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  Credit reporting agencies in India – CIBIL, Equifax, high mark credit
information services, Experian.
49. Government has imposed anti dumping duty on the import of Sodium Nitrite
from China for 5 years.
50. Tez, a mobile wallet app by Google.
51. Mobile wallet Speedpay initiative of Punjab National Bank and BSNL.
52. 3% tax will be levied on banks on import of gold and precious metal under GST.
53. Shubh Aarambh Home Loans scheme launched by Axis bank for the loan upto
30 lakh.
54. West Bengal will get USD 300million loan assistance for fiscal reform fron Asian
Development bank.
55. India’s first “anti-theft” packaging created by Flipkart that will safeguard goods
from theft and damage.
56. Project Nishchay, launched by IDBI bank with Boston consulting group to
improve its financial performance.
57. Project Insight is an intiative of finance ministry for black money holders and tax
evasion.
58. SBI Intelligent Assistan, chat bot of State bank of India.
59. Divyang Sarathi mobile app launched by Minister for Social Justice and
Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot.
60. To review the stressed corporate loans RBI has set up an Overseeing committee
which will review six more accounts with debt of 10,000 crore.
61. RBI annual report 2017 – 17.4 lakh crore currency in circulation on 4th November
2016.

Committees
1. Shekatkar committee – Recommendation on army reforms included
redeployment and restructuring posts of officers, soldiers and civilians in Army.
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 2. Committee to look after the protection of personal data of citizens and
recommends methods to identify and study the issues headed by Justice B N
Srikrishna.
3. RBI constituted a committee to look after linking home loan rates with RBI’s repo
rate is headed by Tarun ramadorai.
4. 9-member committee has constituted by Karnataka state to study the possibility
of designing a separate flag.
5. To select the movies for international film festival at Goa a 40-member
committee has been constituted with Vivek Agnihotri.
6. FRBM review committee – NK Singh
7. Committee study the healthcare infrastructure on the ports and how to upgrade
them under PPP mode to provide better health services headed by – Ved Prakash

Sports Events
1. In 5th Asian Indoor and Martial arts games India won 40 medals, held at
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
2. New national sports museum will be established at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium,
New Delhi.

 Related facts –
 Chief Minister of New Delhi – Arvind Kejriwal
 Lieutenant Governor of New Delhi – Anil Baijal
 Minister of Youth affairs and Sports – Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
(Minister of state, Independent charge)
3. ICC women’s world cup 2017 won by England.
4. India is the winner of 22nd Asian Athletic championship. Held at Kalinga stadium
in Bhubaneswar.

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 5. Commonwealth chess title won by Grandmaster Abhijit Gupta in men’s category
and Swati ghate in women’s category.
6. New Coach of Indian Cricket team – Ravi Shashtri. He succeeded Anil Kumble.
7. Asian team snooker championship winner – India
 Beated Pakistan
 Venue – Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Currency – Kyrgyzstan Som)
8. Dulip trophy clinched by India Red by beating India Blue with 163 runs.
 Venue – Ekana stadium, Lucknow
 Captain of India Red – Dinesh Kartik
 Skipper of India Blue – Suresh Raina
9. Rafael Nadal clinched the title of US Open 2017.
 Venue – Hard courts, New York, USA.
 Rafael Nadal from Spain
 Third US Open singles crown
 Women singles – Sloane stephens (USA)
 Men’s double – Jean Julien Rojer (Netherland) and Horia tecau
(Romania)
 Women’s doubles – Martina Hingis (Switzerland) and chan Yung-jan
(Chinese Taipie)
 Mixed doubles – Jamie Murray (Uk) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
10. Indian open snooker title 201`7 won by John Higgins.
 Held at Vishakhapatnam
 4th indian open snooker championship.
11. 50th Grandmaster from India – M.S. Thejkumar in FIDE chess tournament held
in Goa.
12. Indian Wrestler Sonam Malik won gold medal in world cadet wrestling
championship held in Athens, Greece.
13. Formula 1 race titles
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  Italian Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton (Britain)
 Singapore Grand prix – Lewis Hamilton (Britiain)
 Australian Grand Prix – Valtteri Bottas (Finland)
 British Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton (Britain)
 Hungarian Grand Prix – Sebestian Vettle (Germany)
 Malaysian Grand Prix – Red bull’s Max Verstappen
14. Football Tournaments
 Calcutta football league crown won by East Bengal.
 Confederation cup won by Germany by beating Chile.
 Spanish super Cup – Real Madrid by defeating Barcelona.
 SAIF U-15 tournament won by India by beating Nepal in Kathmandu.
 European Super cup – won by Real Madrid by defeating Manchester
United.
15. Badminton tournaments
 Korean open Super series – won by PV Sindhu by defeating Nozomi
Okuhara (Japan)
 Japan Open – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
 US open Grand Prix Gold Crown – H.S. Pranoy
16. Tennis Tournaments
 Wimbledon open -
Roger Federar (Switzerland) mens’s Single title
Garbine Muguruza (Spain) Women’s Single title

New Government Schemes/Projects

1. To make the village open defecation free the people of Varanasi took an initiative
by naming toilet as ‘Izzat ghar’.

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  Related facts –
 Varanasi is situated on the banks of river Ganga.
 First open defecation free state – Sikkim
 First open defecation free city in India – Mysuru
 Minister of Drinking water and sanitation – Uma Bharti
2. Zero hunger programme was launched in three districts – Gorakhpur, Uttar
Pradesh; Koraput in Odisha and Thane in Maharashtra on World food day.

3. YUVA programme – It is an initiative of Delhi Police to connect with youth

population according to their skills. It will provide employment under Pradhan
Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana.

 Related facts –
 Inaugarated by Rajnath Singh.
 For creating jobs for youth, Delhi police joined hands with National
skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and confederation of Indian
industry(CII).
 Minister of Skill development – Dharmendra Pradhan
 Delhi Police Commissioner – Amulya Pattnaik
4. National Biopharma Mission for the development of Biopharmaceutical industry
in India. Innovate in India i3 programme is launched under the mission by the
BIRAC.
5. Uttar Pradesh launched a scheme to provide free power connection to the BPL
card holders.
6. Pradhan Mantri sahaj Bijli yojana or Saubhagya Scheme has been launched by
PM Narendra Modi for the electrification of household.
 Launched on birth anniversary of Deen Dayal Upadhyay -25th September
 Beneficiary will be selected from SECC 2011 data.
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  Inaugurated Deen Dayal Urja Bhavan.
7. Department of Science and Technology launched a scheme for strengthening the
relation between Indian Scientist abroad and Indian based researchers names
VAJRA (Visiting Advanced Joint Research Faculty).
8. AGRI UDAN programme launched by ICAR-National academy of agriculture
research management to mentor selected agri startups.
9. Khelo India Programme gets approval from cabinet to groom and identify young
sport talents.

Awards & Honours

1. David Grossman an Israeli author has been honoured with Man booker
international Prize 2017.

 Related facts –
 Man Booker international prize is given to the best novel in English
literature.
 The award is given for the novel ‘A horse walks into a bar’.
 2016 winner – Paul beatty
2. Indian railways organisation for alternate fuel has been honoured with golden
peacock award 2017 for developing eco-friendly and cost saving CNG engine.
3. UNESCO Prize for Girl’s and Women’s Education given by UNESCO to -
Development and Education Programme for Daughters and Communities Centre
in Greater Mekong Sub-Region (DEPDC/GMS) in Thailand and Mini Academy of
Science and Technology (MaCTec Peru).
4. Subrata Bhattacharya has been choosen for Mohun Bagan award 2017.

 Related facts –

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  It is football club in Kolkata.
 Jhulan Goswami awarded with special award.
 Debabrata Das won the Best cricketer of the year award.
5. Manushi Chillar became the 54th Miss Indian world 2017 winner.
6. Global diversity award – Salman Khan
7. Annual Nansen Refugee Award - Zannah Mustapha
8. UN Equator Prize - NGO Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP), pune
9. ANR National Award - S S Rajamouli (Director of Baahubali)
10. In 13th IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence Awards 2016-17, Karnataka bank
bagged best bank in small banks category.
11. Grand Prix Award has been honoured to CM of Sikkim Pawan Chamling for the
innovative work in organic farming.
12. P.V. Sindhu won the Maruti Suzuki Sportsperson of the year award

 Related facts –
 Badminton player
13. T S Vineeth was choosed as the best astrologer of the world award. He is from
Hyderabad.
14. Ms. Nitasha Biswas crowned Miss Trans queen 2017 and became the first beauty
pageant in transwomen in India.
15. Nisha Dutt has been choosen for the Social Entrepreneur of the year award and
she became the first Indian women to won this award.
16. Odiya Poet Haraprasad Das has been honoured with kalinga literary award 2017.

 Kalinga literary awards are given in the field of

 4th edition of kalinga literary festival
 Two new awards introduced – Kalinga international literary award
and Kalinga Karubaki award

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  Kalinga international literary award - Anand Neelakantan
 Kalinga Karubaki award - Paramita Satpathy
17. 59th Ramon Magsaysay awards 2017 –
 Referred as Nobel Prize of Asia
 Given at Manila, Philippines
 Winners –
I. Yoshiaki Ishizawa – Japanese scholar
II. Tony Tay – Singaporean Businessmen
III. Gethsie Shanmugam – Sri Lankan teacher
IV. Abdon Nababan – Psycological counsellor, Indonesia
V. Lilia le Lima – Former Philippine economic zone authority director
general
VI. The Philippines educational theatre association (PETA)

List of Important Awards

Awards
1. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award
2. Great immigrants annual award
3. Sangita Kalanidhi award 2017
4. Sangita Kala Acharya
Nobel Prize
Won By
Sardar singh (captain of Indian hockey
team)
Devendra Jhajharia (Paralympian
javelin thrower)
Shantanu Narayen and Vivek Murthy
Musician and Chitraveena Maestro N.
Ravikiran
Mridangist V. Kamalakar rao and
Vocalist Radha Namboodhiri

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 1. Economics Richard Thaler (US) for contribution in
the field of behavioural economic
2. Physics Rainer Weiss, Barry C Barish and Kip S.
Thorne for LIGO detector and
gravitational waves observation.
3. Chemistry Jacques Dubochet, Richard Henderson
and Joachim Frank for Crypto electron
microscopic study
4. Medicine Jeffery C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and
Michael W. Young for diclovery of
molecular mechanism to control
circadian rhythm
5. Literature Kazuo Ishiguro
6. Peace International campaign to Abolish
Nuclear weapons
74th Venice award
1. Golden lion for best film The shape of water
2. Silver Lion – grand jury prize Foxtrot
3. Best actor Kamal El Basha
4. Best Actress Charlotte Rampling
5. Special Jury Prize Sweet country
68th Primetime Emmy awards
1. Outstanding drama series The handmaid’s tale
2. Outstanding comedy series Veep
3. Outstanding television movie Black mirror : san junipero
IIFA 2017 awards
1. Best film (IIFA) Neerja

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 2. Best Actor male
3. Best actor female
4. Best Director
Other Awards
5. Bhupen Hazarika national Award
6. Bharat Gaurav Award
7. PLuS Alliance prize
8. Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar
9. Badminton lifetime achievement
award
10. Von Hippel award
11. Right Livelihood award
Shahid Kapoor (Udta Punjab)
Alia Bhatt (Udta Pubjab)
Arundhati Roy Chaudhary (Pink)
Assamese writer Yeshe Dorjee Thongshi
Madhur Bhandarkar
NR Narayan Murthy and Veena
Sahajwala
Vijaya Bank
Prakash Padukone
Prof C.N.R. Rao
Colin Gonsalves, Khadija Ismayilova,
Yetnebersh Nigussie and Robert Bilott

Personality / Important Designations

1. Chief Election commissioner – Mr. Achal Kumar Jyoti (Succeeded Nazim Zaidi)
2. First Indian Women member of International tribunal for the Law of Sea – Neeru
Chandra
3. Neomi Rao an Indian American Lawyer will head the US regulatory affairs office.
4. Professor Yashpal who was a scientist passed away at the age of 90.
5. Sushmita sanyal passes away at the age of 71. She was a veteran actress.
6. Attorney General of India – Mr. K.K. Venugopal
 `15th Attorney general of India
 Earlier he was Additional solicitor general of India
 Succeeded – Mukul Rohatgi

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 7. Naresh Chandra, former ambassador to US died in Goa.
8. Kenneth Juster – US envoy to India
9. Indian origin J Y Pillai appointed as acting President of Singapore.
10. Iranian born mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani died at the age of 40.
11. Debi Prasad Dash has been appointed as chief of Directorate of Revenue
intelligence.
12. US Ambassador to Peru – Indian American Mr. Krishna R. Urs

 US Ambassador to India – Kenneth Juster

 India Ambassador to US – Arun Singh
 Peru; Capital - Lima, Currency – Sol
13. President of International Economic affairs – Kaushik Basu
14. Prime Minister of Britain – Theresa May
15. Union Home Secretary – Rajiv Guba
16. New Comptroller and auditor general of India – Rajiv Mehrishi succeeded Shahi
kant sharma.
17. 29th Chief of ITBP – R.K. Pachnanda
18. Secretary in Ministry of Information and Broadcasting – Narendra Kumar Sinha
(Succeeded – Ajay Mittal)
19. Director general of National investigation agency – Y.C. Modi
20. First Sikh woman MP in Britain – Preet kaur Gill
21. Alka Urnakar has been elected as President of indian Newspaper Society.
22. UNICEF goodwill ambassador – Canadian Indian Youtube star Lilly singh

 Related facts –
 UNICEF headquarter – New York
 UNICEF Head – Anthony Lake
23. ONGC chairman - Shashi Shanker.

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 24. Binay Tamang will chair the Gorkha Territorial Administration.
25. Interim chairman of Goods and Services Tax Network - A.B. Pandey (CEO of
UIDAI )
26. Royana Singh has been appointed as first woman Chief Proctor Banaras Hindu
University (BHU).
27. World’s oldest person Violet Mosse-Brown, hailed from Jamaica died at the age
of 117.
 Jamaica –
Capital – Kingston
Currency – Jamaican dollar
28. Umesh Chand Asawa will chair meetings of Indian bank association.
29. New secretary of UPSC – T. Jacob
30. Lieutenant Governor of UT of Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Devendra Kumar
Josh
31. Inder Jit Singh is appointed as Chairman of National Authority Chemical
Weapons Convention
32. Person Died
 PP rao, constitutional expert and lawyer
 RN sudershan, Kannad poet
 Arjan Singh – Sole marshal of Indian Air Force
 Rishang Keishing, former CM of Manipur
 Jomde kena – former Arunachal Pradesh Minister
 Tom Pritchard – cricketr from Newzealand
 Vijay Nambisan – Poet and writer
 Ramanand Sen Gupta – oldest Cinematographer
 Pushpa Mittra Bhargava - biologist
 Frank Vincent – American actor
 KS Chugh – Father of Nephrology
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Venues of Events
1. National Sports Awards 2017 – Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi
2. National safety awards (Mines) for 2013 and 2014 – Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi
3. 18th IIFA award – MetLife stadium, New Jersey, USA
4. 7th Asian Award – London
5. 10th annual summit on Cyber and network security –
6. 8th World Renewable Energy Technology Congress & Expo 2017 – New Delhi
7. 8th Mekong Ganga Cooperation Ministerial Meeting – Manila, Philippines
8. 7th Asia-Europe (ASEM) Economic Ministers meeting – South Korea, attended
by Minister of Commerce and Industry – Suresh Prabhu
9. 2nd India-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Council – New Delhi
10. 10th Medical technology conference – New Delhi
11. India-ASEAN Youth Summit – Bhopal, M.P.
12. 13th meeting of the India-Kazakhstan Inter-Governmental Commission (IGC) –
Astana Kazakhstan.
 Kazakhstan –
Currency - Kazakhstani tenge
President – Nursultan Nazarbayev
Prime minister - Bakytzhan Sagintayev
13. World Shotgun championship 2017 held in Moscow, Russia.
14. Commonwealth weightlifting championship 2017 – Gold Coast, Australia
15. G-20 summit – Hamburg, Germany
16. 4th Session of India - Tanzania Joint Trade Committee meeting – New Delhi
 Tanzania –
Capital - Dodoms, Currency - Tanzanian shilling
President – John Magufuli
Prime minister - Kassim Majaliwa

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 17. 6th Annual LNG producers consumer conference – Tokyo, Japan
 Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas – Dharmendra Pradhan
 Japan -
Currency – Yen
Prime minister and President – Shinzo Abe
18. Women’s Asian cup of federation of International Basketball – Bengaluru
19. Women of India Organic Festival – New Delhi
20. 15th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation Ministerial Meeting – Kathmandu, Nepal
21. 9th BRICS summit – Xiamen, China
 BRICS members – Brazil, Russia, India, China and south Africa.
 7th BRICS Trade 3rd Ministers meet – Shanghai, China
 International Snow Leopard & Ecosystem Forum summit – Bishkek,
Kyrgyzstan
 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Microsoft theatre, California
(USA)

National Parks of India

Karnataka –

 Bandipur National park

 Anshi National park
 Bannerghatta National park
 Kudremukh National park
 Nagarhole National park
 Mudumalai National park

Madhya Pradesh –
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  Bandhavgarh National park
 Madhav National park
 Kanha tiger reserve
 Panna National park’
 Sanjay National park
 Fossil National park
 Van Vihar National park

Tamil Nadu –

 Gulf of Mannar Marine National park

Telangana –

 Kasu Brahmananda reddy National park

 Mahavir harina vanasthali National park

Kerala –

 Anamudi shola National park

 Eravikulam National park
 Periyar National park
 Mukurthi National park

Uttarakhand –

 Jim corbett National park

 Alley of flowers National park
 Rajaji National park
 Nanda devi National park
 Gangotri National park
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Andhra Pradesh –

 Sri Venkateshwar National park

Haryana –

 Kalesar National park

Chhattisgarh –

 Guru Ghasidas National park

 Indiravati National park
 Kanger ghati National park

Himachal Pradesh –

 Great Himalayan National park

 Khirganga National park
 Pin valley National park

Rajasthan –

 Keoladeo National park

 Desert National park
 Ranthambore National park

Maharashtra –

 Chandoli National park

Arunachal Pradesh –

 Namdapha National park

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Andaman and Nicobar –

 Mahatma Gandhi National park

 Campbell bay National park
 Middle button island National park
 Saddle peak National park

Jharkhand –

 Betla National park

Goa –

 Mollem National park

West Bengal –

 Buxa Tiger reserve

 Neora Valley National park

Odisha –

 Bhitarkanika National park

 Simlipal National park

Jammu and Kashmir –

 Dachigam National park

 Kishtwar National park
 Salim Ali National park

Manipur –

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  Keibul Lamjao National park

Tripura –

 Bison National park

 Clouded leopard National park

Gujarat –

 Marine National park

 Black buck National park
 Gir forest National park

Assam –

 Manas National park

 Dibru Saikhowa National park
 Kaziranga National park
 Orang National park

Sikkim –

 Khangchendzonga National park

Uttar Pradesh –

 Dudhwa National park

 Valmiki National park

Meghalaya –

 Balphakram National park

 Nokrek National park
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Books and Authors
Name of the Book Author
After Piketty: The agenda for Heather M. Boushey
economics and inequality
Who me poor Gayatri Jayaraman
Employment Growth and Deepak Nayyar
development; Essays on changing
world economy
I do what I Do Raghuram Rajan
The Glory of Patan KM Munshi
Marriage and its discontents; Sylvia Vatuk
women, Islam and the Law in
India
The Ivory throne Manu S. Pillai (Won Youth award in
English language 2017)
Keeping India Safe: The dilemma Vappala Balachandram
of Internal security
The Shershah of Kargil Deepak Surana

30 seconds thriller K V Sridhar

Indira: India’s most powerful Sagarika Ghoshe
Prime Minister
The Golden House Salman Rushdie
The purveyors of destiny : A Arup K Chatterjee
cultural biography of Indian
railways
Gandhi against case Nishikant Kolge

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 The making of Legend Bindeshwari Pathak
Wild Child and other story Paro Anand (Winner of Children award
in English 2017)
The essential Ambedkar Bhalchandra Mungekar
The mavericks of Mussoorie M Ramachandran

India’s most fearless : True Shiv Aroor

Stories of modern Military heroes
A to Z of Financial Management Rajat Bhargava and Deenanath Pathak
in Autonomous Institutions
Faith, Unity, Discipline: The ISI Hein G Kiessling
of Pakistan
Unstoppable: My Life So Far Maria Sharapova

Doughnut Economics – Seven Kate Raworth

ways to think like a 21st century
economist
Demonetisation and black money C Rammanohar Reddy
Indian Railways: The weaving of Bibek Debroy, Sanjay Chadha and Vidya
national tapestry Krishnamurthi
Hope in a challenged democracy: Ashwani Kumar
an Indian narrative
Indira Gandhi: a life in Nature Jairam naresh
The Exile: The flight of Osama Andrian Levy
Bin Laden
From Chanakya to Modi: the Aparna Pande
evolution of India’s foreign policy
Immortal India Amish Tripathi

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Important Days & Events
Date Day Facts/Theme
Month - July
1st July International day of First Saturday of july
cooperatives
1st -7th July Van Mahotsav Theme – Connectin People to
Nature
2nd July World Sports -
Journalists day
4th July Independence Day of -
US
11th July World Population day “Family Planning- Empowering
People, Developing Nations”
15th July World Youth Skill day Use #SkillsForAll and #WYSD to
join WorldSkills
17th July International Justice “Human rights and fight against
day impunity: the role of international
criminal justice”
18th July Nelson Mandela Day -
24th July Income tax day -
28th july World hepatitis day Eliminate Hepatitis
28th July World Nature -
conservation Day
29th July Global Tiger day Fresh Ecology for tigers protection
Month - August

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 6th August Hiroshima day -
1st – 7th august World’s Breastfeeding Sustaining Breastfeeding Together.
week
7th August International -
Forgiveness day
9th August Nagasaki peace day -
9th august Quit India Movement -
9th August International day of Theme – United nations declaration
the world’s indigenous on the Rights of indigenous peoples
people
12th August International Youth Theme – Youth Building peace
day
19th August World Humanitarian Theme -
day
26th august Women’s equality day
29th August National Sports day Birth Anniversary of Major Dhyan
Chand
29th August Sanskrit day -
Month - September
5th September Teacher’s day “Teaching in Freedom, Empowering
Teachers”
8th September International literacy ‘Literacy in a digital world’
day
14th September Hindi day -
13th September World First aid day -
15th September Engineer’s day 2017 year – 49th anniversary of
Engineer’s day and 156th Birth
anniversary of Sir M Visvesrayya.
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 15th September International day of democracy and conflict prevention
democracy
16th September Ozone day -
21st September International day of “Together for Peace: Respect, Safety
Peace and Dignity for All.”

21 September World Alzheimer day -

22nd September World Maritime day -
25th September World Deaf day -
27th September World tourism day Sustainable Tourism – a Tool for
Development.
28th September World Rabies day Rabies: Zero by 30
29th September World heart day -
Month - October
2nd October International day of -
non-violence
2-8th October World wildlife week To promote the preservation of
Fauna
4th October World animal welfare Living in Harmony with our Wildlife
day to ensure their Continued Survival
9th October World post office day -
10th October World mental health Mental health in the workplace
day
11th October International day for Empower girl: before, during and
the girl child after conflict
13th October International day for Home safe home: Reducing
disaster reduction exposure, reducing displacement.

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 14th October World Standards day Standards make cities smart
15th October International day for Challenges and opportunities in
rural women climate resilient agriculture for
gender equality and the
empowerment of rural women and
girls
16th October World Food day -
17th October International day for Answering the Call of October 17 to
the eradication of end poverty: A path toward peaceful
poverty and inclusive societies
24th October World polio day One day: one focus: ending polio
24th October World Development
information day
24th October United nations day -
Month - November
11th November National education day -
12th November National broadcasting -
day
14th November Children’s day -
14-20 November National land -
resources and
conservation week
14th November Diabetes day -
10th November World science day for -
peace and
development
18th November Territorial army day -

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 19th November National integration -
day
19-25th November World heritage week -
20th November Universal children day -
21st November World fisheries day -
25th November International day for -
Elimination of violence
against women
26th November National law day -

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