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CURRENT AFFAIRS 30.10.19 - Southernoxford


NATIONAL


1.     Conduct of Election rules 1961 amended for people over 80 years of age & person with disability can cast their votes through postal ballot.

STATE


2.     Gujarati New year Bestu Varas was celebrated.

APPOINTMENTS


3.     Amit Yadav – Secretary, Telecommunications.
4.     Pramod Kumar Tiwari – Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards.
5.     Keshav Kumar Pathak – MD, National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation.
6.     Srinivas – MD, National Horticulture Board.

SUMMITS & CONFERENCE


7.     1st ever Ladakh Literature Festival is organised form 29-31 October.
8.     Rajnath Singh will attend SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) in Uzbekistan.

BANKING


9.     RBI imposed 35 lakh penalty on Tamilnadu Mercantile Bank for violating norms.

INSURANCE


10. IRDAI constituted 8-member panel under Sadagopan to evaluate proposals for Innovations in Insurance.

BUSINESS


11. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation has been granted with Maharatna status.
12. Microsoft acquired $10 billion cloud contract for Pentagon known as Joint Enterprise Defences Infrastructure.

RANKS & REPORTS


13. Lonely Planet 2020 report placed Madhya Pradesh at 3rd place under Best Value Destination.

DEFENCE


14. Bilateral Exercise SHAKTI between India & France held in Rajasthan from 31 Oct – 13 Nov.

ACQUISTIONS & MERGERS

15. Mahindra Two Wheelers Europe will acquire France based Peugeot Motocycles.

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