Current Affairs 19th October 2016

Current Affairs 19th October 2016

National News:

• Prime Minster Narendra Modi today inaugurated three hydropower projects of 1,752 MW capacity in Himachal Pradesh
• PM Modi launches hub for SC/ST entrepreneurs
• Minority Affairs Ministry to hold Hunar Haat at India International Trade Fair
• PM to inaugurate first National Tribal Carnival in Delhi
• Odisha govt to roll out biometrics authentication for NFSA beneficiaries
• Jharkhand to introduce pension for sportspersons
• INS Arihant commissioned into Indian Navy: Reports
• Irom names her party ‘People’s Resurgence Justice Alliance’
• Delhi govt school teachers to soon get tablets
• VP Hamid Ansari reaches Algiers on final leg of two nation visit

International News:

• India, US Meeting To Discuss Trade, Investments
• VP Hamid Ansari reaches Algiers on final leg of two nation visit

New Appointments :

• Amandeep Appointed Ambassador to UN Conference
• Saina Nehwal appointed member of IOC’s Athletes’ Commission
• Sanjay Singh appointed Member Secretary, Law Commission
• BCCI president Anurag Thakur part of powerful ICC sub-committee
• Navdeep Suri to be India’s new envoy to UAE

Banking :

• World Bank to provide $1 bln to Bangladesh to fight child malnutrition

Business & Economy :

• FPIs withdraws Rs 6,000-crore from debt mkts in 2-weeks

Awards: 

• Robert De Niro to be honoured with Chaplin Award by Film Society of Lincoln Center

Science & Technology: 

• New sensor can detect vitamin B12 deficiency within minutes
• Resupply Mission to Space Station Launched
• Hinduja Group flagship Ashok Leyland today launched – Circuit – the first “Made in India” electric bus

Sports: 

• Director General (Officiating) of  National Cadet Corps (NCC) Maj Gen JS Sandhu has inaugurated the Opening Ceremony of the NCC National Games 2016 in New Delhi
• India bag four medals at Tifsa World Games
• Brazil hosted the Junior South American Cricket Championship
• Bravo first West Indian to score a ton in Day-Night Tests
• Shahid Afridi to release his autobiography in 2017