Current Affairs 30th October 2016

Current Affairs 30th October 2016

National News:

• Centre decides to fix minimum wage for unskilled agricultural labour in C-class towns in central sphere
• Centre soon to open 300 pharmacy AMRIT outlets in different parts of the country to provide affordable medicines
• Odisha Govt. comes up with a new scheme to provide legal assistance to deprived sections
• Himachal Pradesh becomes India’s second open defecation free state
• Railway Minister launches a new train service between Anand Vihar to Ballia in Uttar Pradesh
• Odisha Govt. announces to implement recommendations of 7th Pay Commission for its employees
• Centre sanctions Rs 100 cr for development of roads in Vijayapura District of Karnataka
• Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra will be set up in all districts of Assam in phase manner: Rudy

International News:

• Govt notifies revised DTAA with South Korea
• Canada and EU to sign a long-delayed landmark trade deal at a summit in Brussels

New Appointment :

Banking:

• MMTC ties up with major banks to retail gold coins
• SBI cuts lending rates by 0.15%, ICICI by 0.10%
• Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 to curb black money comes into effect

Business & Economy:

• Startups can raise USD 3 million via ECBs annually  by RBI
• Country’s Forex Reserves rises by USD 1 billion to USD 367.14 billion

Awards:

• Indian Documentary Film “Daughters of Mother India”Wins Award
• India Ranks Poorly In Commonwealth Index
• Bob Dylan accepts Nobel Prize in literature
• Indian Panaroma 2016 announces its final selection of Feature and Non- Feature Films to be screened in Goa

Sports: 

• Sports Ministry recognises new boxing federation