Current Affairs 16th October 2019
Current Affairs 16th October 2019 provides you brief of all the top headlines of the morning. This post is very important for all competitive exams, as it forms part of current affairs.
National:
- Reliance Jio and Samsung has joined hands for launch of 5G services in India
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Air India becomes the first airline to use taxibot on A320 aircraft with passengers onboard. Taxibot is a robot-used aircraft tractor for taxiing an aircraft from parking bay to runway and vice versa. It is a pilot-controlled semi-robotic towbarless aircraft tractor used as alternate taxiing equipment.
- NSA Ajit Doval addresses 41st DRDO conference in New Delhi
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SMS services blocked in kashmir, few hours after mobile services were restored.
- India falls to 102 in Global hunger index, an index with 117 countries, 8 ranks below Pakistan
- Government of India ban’s import of National flag.
- Center widens import ban on plastic waste
- Nobel Laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee will launch his 2nd book “Good economics for hard times, better answers to our Biggest problems on Saturday in New Delhi.
International
- US House approves Hong Kong bills in boost for protesters.
- Russia, Saudi Arabia seal key oil deal.
Science
- NASA launches ICON (Ionospheric Connection Explorer) satellite to study the dynamic ionosphere of earth. Ionosphere is actually an active layer of the atmosphere, which shrinks or grows based on the amount of energy it gets from the sun
Business and Banking:
- Carlsberg has created the world’s 1st ever recyclable paper beer bottle. The announcement was made at C40 World Mayor’s summit in Copenhagen on 11th October 2019. These paper bottles are known as Green Fibre Bottle
- Flipkart forays into Original video content with launch of Flipkart Video Orignals. It will take on rivals like amazon, netflix etc.
Sports:
- ICC reinstates Zimbabwe and Nepal as permanent members of ICC. The decision was taken in Board meeting held in Dubai on 14th October. Zimbabwe was suspended in July 2019 for violation of provisions of article 2.4 (c) and (d) of ICC constitution, which imposes an obligation on Members to provide a process for free and democratic elections and to ensure that there is no government interference in its governance and / or administration for cricket respectively.
Nepal were also readmitted on a conditional basis. In October this year, the Central Working Committee’s election was conducted with an Independent Panel supervising it under the ambit of the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) constitution, which in turn ensured Nepal’s readmission.
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