CURRENT AFFAIRS 31.10.19 - Southernoxford

APPOINTMENTS

1.     Vijayendar - Chairman & MD, National Small Industries Corporation.

2.     Sophie Wilems – 1^st 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 3^rd Guwahati International Film Festival on 31^st 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 -6^th, Mastercard Ajay Banga – 7^th, Microsoft Satya Nadella – 9^th.

SPORTS

13. At 7^th 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.