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Current Affairs Today – 27th & 28th October 2019
BANKING CURRENT AFFAIRS
IOB launches health care plus insurance policy
- Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) in association with Universal Sompo General Insurance Co Ltd. has launched upgraded health care plus insurance policy.
- It is a co-branded insurance scheme exclusively designed for IOB customers with a sum insured starting from Rs 50,000 and going up to Rs 15 lakh.
- The policy issuance will be made on a real-time basis at the IOB branches to its customers.
- Self, spouse, dependent children, dependent parents can be covered under the policy.
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IOB: Indian Overseas Bank is a major public sector bank based in Chennai, India, with about 3,400 domestic branches, about 6 foreign branches and representative office.
- MD & CEO: Karnam Sekar
- Founded: 10 February 1937
- Headquarters: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Tagline: Good people to grow with
STATE CURRENT AFFAIRS
First-ever Ladakh Literature Festival
- Ladakh administration is organizing the first-ever Ladakh Literature festival.
- The 3-day Literature Festival is being organized from 29 to 31 October 2019.
- The first-ever Ladakh Literature festival aims to celebrate the uniqueness of the region in the fields of Art, Culture and Literature.
- There will be screenings of Ladakhi films, discussions on Heritage and presentations on History and Archeology of Ladakh, during the festival.
- To provide an opportunity to children, youth and women to participate in the 3 Day Ladakh Literature Festival several competitions and events like Calligraphy, Culinary art are also incorporated.
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Ladakh: Ladakh is a region administered as a union territory of India, located in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. It is part of the larger region of Kashmir, which has been the subject of dispute between India, Pakistan, and China since 1947.
- Districts: Kargil District, Leh District
- Largest city: Leh
- Division: 8 February 2019
Yogi Adityanath launches single helpline number 112 in Uttar Pradesh
- The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh to launch a new integrated emergency number 112 for police, medical and fire emergencies, and also the women helpline 1090. The new number 112 will replace the 100 number.
- The single number for emergency services is similar to 911 in the US. This facility will be launched by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
- The Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) envisages a single pan-India emergency number 112, which is an internationally recognized number, to target all types of emergencies.
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Uttar Pradesh:
- Capital: Lucknow
- Chief Minister: Yogi Adityanath
- Governor: Anandiben Patel
- National Park: Dudhwa National Park
INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS
India and France explore 3rd country projects in Western Indian Ocean region
- India and France have taken concrete steps to firm up their strategic partnership in the western Indian Ocean part of their Indo-Pacific strategies, within two months of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to Paris.
- They consisting of Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles in the western Indian Ocean currently meeting for the first time in the Reunion Islands (French territory) for exploring economic and development partnership.
- India represented by the minister of state for external affairs V Muraleedharan at the meet.
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France (Capital/Currency): Paris/Euro
- Prime Minister: Edouard Philippe
- President: Emmanuel Macron
AGREEMENTS AND MOU SIGNED
India and Ecuador ink Protocol to start trade negotiations
- India and South American nation Ecuador inked the Protocol for Completion of the Joint Feasibility Study (JFS) between the two countries, in line with the government’s efforts to expand its trade presence in the region.
- The Protocol inked in New Delhi by Shyamal Misra, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and Héctor Cueva, ambassador of Ecuador in India.
- The analysis and exchange of information between the Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments, and Fisheries of Ecuador
APPOINTMENT
Manohar Lal Khattar sworn in as CM of Haryana for a second term
- Senior BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar was sworn in as the chief minister of Haryana for second straight time, with the support of Dushyant Chautala led Jannayak Janta Party.
- Dushyant Chautala took oath as deputy chief minister of Haryana.
- Governor administered him the oath of office and secrecy at a function at Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh.
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Haryana:
- Capital: Chandigarh
- Chief Minister: Manohar Lal Khattar
- Governor: Satyadev Narayan Arya
- National Park: Sultanpur National Park, Kalesar National Park
P S Sreedharan Pillai is new Mizoram governor
- BJP leader P.S. Sreedharan Pillai appointed Governor of Mizoram.
- The 65-year-old Pillai headed the Kerala unit of BJP.
- The appointment was made by President Ram Nath Kovind. Pillai’s meeting will take effect from the date he assumes charge of his office.
- In other appointments made, Girish Chandra Murmu was appointed as the first Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Radha Krishna Mathur as the first Lt Governor of Ladakh.
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Mizoram:
- Capital: Aizawl
- Chief Minister: Zoramthanga
- Governor: Jagdish Mukhi
- National Park: Murlen National Park, Phawngpui National Park
SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS
Jasprit Bumrah, Smriti Mandhana win Wisden India Almanack Cricketer of the Year award
- Indian Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and batswoman Smriti Mandhana won the Wisden India Almanack Cricketer of the Year award.
- The other 3 winners are Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman, Sri Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne and Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan.
- Smriti Mandhana became the third woman to win ‘Cricketer of the Year’, after Mithali Raj and Deepti Sharma.
- Former Indian cricketers Gundappa Viswanath and Lala Amarnath were inducted into the Wisden India Hall of Fame.
- The book titled “Cricket Country: The Untold History of the First All India Team” by Prashant Kidambi was adjudged the Wisden India Book of the Year 2019 (Published by Penguin India).
Prithvi Sekhar wins gold in World Deaf Tennis Championship
- India’s unseeded Prithvi Sekhar beat 3rd seeded Jaroslav Smedek of the Czech Republic by 6-4, 6-3 points and clinched the men’s singles title in World Deaf Tennis Championships 2019.
- The 2nd Edition of World Deaf Tennis Championships 2019 was held in Antalya, Turkey.
- He had also won the men’s doubles bronze medal with Prashanth Dasharath Harsambhavi.
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Turkey (Capital/Currency):Ankara/ Turkish lira
- President: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
AWARDS
Gandhi Mandela Award 2019 an initiative to commemorate All Time World Pioneers
- The Gandhi Mandela Foundation, a New Delhi based non-profit organization, under the aegis of Interactive Forum on Indian Economy (a govt of India recognized 80G, 12A complaint) committed to the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela constituted India’s first International Award.
- The award on the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi exemplary work and achievements of the Heads of State and Government and other distinguished persons/organizations around the world.
