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BANKING AND FINANCIAL AWARENESS (October 2021 Current Affairs)

• RBI imposed Rs 1 crore penalty on Paytm Payments Bank.
• SBI launches NAV-eCash card on INS Vikramaditya – in collaboration with Indian Navy
• Google Pay tied up with SBI General Insurance – to enable users to buy SBI General health insurance on Google Pay app.
• HDFC Bank, Mastercard, DFC, USAID launched a $100 Million Credit Facility for MSME in India.
• HDFC Ltd & India Post Payment Bank (IPPB) – Partnership to offer Home loans
• Federal Bank was recently authorised by RBI to collect Direct and Indirect Taxes on behalf of CBDT & CBIC
• Axis Bank & Ezetap – partnership to start a new service app My Vyapar – to Indian retail sector
• Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) launched automated fuelling technology called UFill – to provide secure and smart experience to its customers.
• Bharti AXA sign Bancassuarance Partnership with Utkarsh Small Finance Bank.
• Bharti AXA Life insurance launched Bharti AXA Life Unnati – to provide long term financial stability to individuals
• BharatPe launched Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) platform with the launch of postpe
• Meity Startup Hub and Google – launched Appscale Academy programme.
• Mark Zuckerberg renamed Facebook as Meta – that focuses on building the metaverse
• Indigo & Kotak Mahindra Bank – partnership to launch co-branded credit card named Ka-ching
• Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (c-DAC) & Union Bank of India – MoU to launch an initiative on Cyber Security awareness.

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NATIONAL NEWS (STATE) (October 2021 Current Affairs)

TELENGANA – Develops India’s 1^st smartphone-based eVoting solution.

MADHYA PRADESH – Implementation of Mukhyamantri Ration Aapke Dwar Yojana – ration will be provided at the doorstep of the villagers

GUJARAT

• India’s 1^st Sports Arbitration Centre
• Launched Go Green scheme
• India’s 1^st IVF calf of Banni breed of Buffaloes – in Kutch region

KARNATAKA – tops State Energy Efficiency Index (SEEI) 2020. Rajasthan 2^nd

MAHARASHTRA

• 1^st state to pass its own Wildlife Action Plan 2021-30.
• Launched Mission Kavach Kundal

ASSAM – India’s 1^st e-fish market App Fishwaale

CHHATTISGARH – launched Shri Dhanwantri Generic Medical Store scheme – to provide low cost generic medicines

UTTARAKHAND-  Country’s largest aromatic garden in the Naintal district.

GOA – 1^st state to achieve  ODF & electricity for each household

NATIONAL  NEWS (October 2021 Current Affairs)

• Gov of India launched Waste to Wealth web portal – to enhance cooperation for sustainable development
• The Securities and Exchanges Board of India (SEBI) constituted a 4 member high powered advisory committee on settlement orders and compounding of offences. Vijay C Daga – Chairman of the committee
• India Infoline Finance Limited – 1^st Indian NBFC to launch instant Bussiness Loan on Whatsapp
• PM Modi launched Jal Jeevan Mission App and Rashtriya Jal Jeevan Kosh
• World’s largest Khadi National Flag hoisted in Leh, Ladakh on 152^nd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
• PM Modi launched Indian Space Assosiation – to improve space technology
• All India Institute of Ayurveda & Croatia’s Kvarner Health Tourism Cluster – MoU to improve traditional medicine system.
• CBSE launched Veer Gatha Project in schools – to creat awareness on Gallantry Awards.
• Union Minister for information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur launched MyParkings App – developed by Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL)
• Varanasi – 1^st Indian city to use ropeway services for public.
• Atal Innovation Mission of NITI Aayog launched a Digi-book – Innovation for You – focus on healthcare
• Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways launched MyPortApp
• Election Commission of India launched Garuda app – for digital mapping of all polling stations
• OneWeb & NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) – MoU to use ISRO’s PSLV & GSLV-MkIII to launch its satellites
• Union Minister of Power & New and Renewable Energy R K Singh launched Green Day Ahead Market (GDAM) – new market segment
• India’s 1^st Radio over Internet Protocol (ROIP) System – inaugurated in Kolkata
• Amrit Mahotsav Podcast is launched by Cultural Minister G K Reddy
• DRDO successfully test-fired Agni-5 ballistic missile
• Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare launched i-Drone – vaccine delivery model
• UIDAI is hosting Aadhaar Hackathon 2021 – based on 2 topics : Enrolment and Update & Identify and Authentication
• Nepal signed 2 agreements ($ 3.5 bn) to boost cross-border train services
• Road Transport and Highways Ministry launched CUNSULT ( Knowledge App and platform)
• MSME Ministry launched SAMBHAV -National level awareness programme.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS (October 2021 Current Affairs)

• India re-elected to UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for a 6^th term
• Russia-China joint naval exercises ‘Joint Sea 2021’ – at Russia’s Peter the Great Gulf in the Sea of Japan.
• International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) launched global FinTech Hackathon series ‘I- Sprint’21’
• France launched Military Communication satellite – Syracuse 4A
• Donald Trump – launched a social media platform called TRUTH Social
• South Korea inaugurated World’s largest Hydrogen Fuel Cell Power Plant.
• India – UK maiden Tri-service exercise Kankan Shakti 2021
• India – UK joint company level Military exercise – Ajeya Warrior
• Invest India (Startup) elected as the President of World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA)
• India-Japan Bilateral Maritime Exercise JIMEX -21 –in the Arabian Sea
• China launched satellite Shijian-21
• Amazon Web Services & Intel – partnership to establish a studio at the NITI Aayog Frontier Technology Cloud Innovation Centre (CIC)
• Germany – world’s 1^st automated driverless train
• International Conference on Yoga and Ayurveda in Zagreb, Theme : Ayurveda for Health and Wellness.
• India, UK & Australia along with small Island developing states (SIDS) – launch Infrastructure for Resilient Island States (IRIS)

AWARDS AND HONORS (October 2021 Current Affairs)

• Indian Army won gold medal in the Exercise Cambrian Patrol 2021
• Nobel Peace Prize – Maria Ressa & Dmitry Muratov
• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine – David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch
• Nobel Prize in Physics – Syukuro Manabe, Kiaus Hasselmann, Giorgio Parisi
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry – Benjamin List & David W C MacMillan – for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis
• Nobel Prize in Literature – Abdulrazak Gurnah
• India Green Energy Award 2020 – TVS Motor Company
• Global Leadership Award – Shiv Nadar (US India Business Council)
• C K Prahlad Award – Microsoft team
• Satyajit Ray lifetime Achievement award – Martin Scorsese and Istevan Szabo – at International film festival of India.
• Dadasaheb Phalke Award – Rajinikanth
• Alexei Navalny (Russian opposition leader) – European Union’s Sakharov Prize.
• Right Livelihood Award 2021 won by LIFE (Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment)
• Parambikulam Tiger Conservation Foundation won Earth Heroes Awards.

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RANKS AND REPORTS (October 2021 Current Affairs)

• Global Hunger Index 2021 – India 101^st
• Forbes world’s Best Employer 2021 – Reliance Industries tops among Indian corporates. Samsung Electronics tops.
• World Justice Projecgs Rule of Law Index 2021 – India 79^th.
• Global Climate Tech Investment Trend Report. India 9^th
• FIFA Ranking 2021 – India 106^th . Belgium tops
• Forbes India nRich List 2021 – Mukesh Ambani tops

APPOINTMENTS (October 2021 Current Affairs)

• Jonas Gahr Store – PM of Norway
• Najia Bouden – 1^st women PM of Tunisia
• A K Goel (UCO Bank Chief )– Chairman of IBA (Indian Bank’s Assosiation)
• Pradeep Kumar Panja – Chairman of Karnataka Bank Ltd
• Kanana Ranaut – brand ambassador of UP’s ODOP Scheme
• Navrang Saini – Chairperson of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)
• Rahul Dravid – Team India’s Head Coach
• Abiy Ahmed – PM of Ethiopia
• Rajnish Kumar- Chairman to the Board of BharatPe
• Alok Sahay – Secretary General of Indian Steel Association
• Manoj Bajpayee – Brand Ambassador of FloBiz Neobank
• Deepika Padukone – Brand Ambassador of Adidas ropes
• Baldev Prakash – MD & CEO of J&K Bank
• Siddhartha Lal – MD of Eicher Motors
• Alok Mishra – MD of India Ports Global Limited
• Amish Mehta – New MD &CEO of CRISIL
• Anita Anand (Indo Canadian) – Defence Minister of Canada
• K V Kamath – Chairperson of NaBFID
• Ritesh Chauhan – CEO of PM Fasal Bimal Yojana
• Ramnath Krishnan – MD & Group CEO of ICRA
• P K Garg – CEO of TOPS (Target Olympic Podium Scheme
• Shavkat Mirziyoyev – President of Uzbekistan
• B C Patnaik – MD of LIC
• Amitab Bachchan – Brand Ambassador of Crypto exchange CoinDCX

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SPORTS (October 2021 Current Affairs)

• IPL 2021 won by Chennai Super Kings
• Divya Deshmukh – India’s 21^st Woman Grand Master
• Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar won ISSF Junior Championships
• Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherland) announced retirement from International Cricket
• 2021 SAFF Championship final title at National Football Stadium in Male, Maldives – India beat Nepal
• Indian Wrestler Anshu Malik – 1^st Indian woman to win World Wrestling Championships 2021
• Smriti Mandhana – 1^st Indian woman to score a Test hundred on Austraian soil
• Denmark Open 2021
• Men’s single – Viktor Axelsen
• Womens’s Single – Akane Yamaguchi
• US Grand Prix 2021 – Max Verstappen
• Turkish Grand Prix – ValtteriBottas

BOOKS AND AUTHORS (October 2021 Current Affairs)

• The Origin Story of India’s States – V S Srinivasan
• Writing for My Life – Ruskin Bond
• Lal Bahadur Shastri : Politics and Beyond – Sandeep Shastri
• Economist Gandhi : The Roots and the Relevance of the Political Economy of the Mahatma – Jaithirth Rao
• Kamala Harris : Phenomenal Woman – Chidanand Rajghatta.

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IMPORTANT DAYS (October 2021 Current Affairs)

Oct 2 – World day for Farmed Animals

Oct 5 – World Teachers’ Day. Theme : Teachers at the heart of education recovery

Oct 7 – World Cotton Day

Oct 8 – World Egg Day. Theme : Eggs for all : Nature’s perfect package.

Oct 9 – World Post day. Theme : Innovate to recover

Oct 15 – Intenational Day of Rural Women. Theme : Rural women cultivating good food for all

Oct 15 – World Student’s Day. Theme : Learning for people, planet, prosperity and peace.

Oct 16 – World Food day. Theme : Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow

Oct 17 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Theme : Building Forward Together : Ending Persistent Poverty, Respecting all People and our Planet.

Oct 22 – International stuttering Awareness Day. Theme : Speak the change you wish to see.

Oct 23 – Mole day

Oct 23– International Snow Leopard Day

Oct 24- UN Day

Oct 24 – World Development Information Day

Oct 24 – World Polio Day. Theme : Delivering on a Promise

Oct 27 – World Audiovisual Heritage Day. Theme : Your Window to the World

Oct 28– International Animation Day

Oct 29 – International Internet Day

Oct 29– World Psoriasis Day. Theme : Uniting for action

Oct 31 – World Thrift Day

Oct 31 – National Unity Day / Rashtriya Ekta Diwas

Oct 31 – World Cities Day. Theme : Adapting cities for climate resilience

OBITUARIES (October 2021 Current Affairs)

Ghanshyam Nayak – Television actor

Saranjeet Singh – Former Hockey International player

Sunao Tsuboi – Hiroshima nuclear bomb attack survivor

Shakti Sinha – Atal Vajpayee’s former private secretary

Arvind Trivedi – Television Actor

 

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