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CURRENT AFFAIRS 31.10.19 - Southernoxford

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APPOINTMENTS


1.     Vijayendar - Chairman & MD, National Small Industries Corporation.
2.     Sophie Wilems – 1st woman Prime Minister, Belgian.
3.     Manohar Lal Khattar – Chief Minister, Harayana.       
4.     Birender Singh Yadav – Indian Ambassador to Iraq.


SCHEMES & APPS


5. IRCTC introduced OTP-based Refund system for Tickets booked through authorised ticketing agents.

SUMMITS & CONFERENCE


6.     Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal will inaugurate 3rd Guwahati International Film Festival on 31st October.

MOU


7.     India & Saudi Arabia signed MOU to launch RuPay card.
8. Ministry of Railways signed MoU with Indian School of Business for strategic partnership.

BUSINESS


9.     Adani Group tied up with US based Digital Realty for development & operation of Data centres.
10. MDN Edify Education tied up with Cambridge University for Assessment of English skill.

AWARDS


11. Jasprit Bumrah & Smriti Mandhana won Wisden Cricketer Award.

RANKS & REPORTS


12. At Best-Performing CEO in World 2019 published by Harvard Business Review placed Adobe Shantanu Narayen -6th, Mastercard Ajay Banga – 7th, Microsoft Satya Nadella – 9th.

SPORTS


13. At 7th Military World Games in Wuhan, China. Deepak won Silver in Boxing & Sriram Balaji won Bronze in Tennis.
14. Papua New Guinea qualified for 2020 T20 world cup.

DAYS


15. National Unity Day / Rashtriya Ekta Diwas – October 31 on birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
16. World Cities Day – October 31 Theme “Better City, Better Life”.
17. World Thrift Day – October 31 for promotion of savings.

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