Important Day
- Theme for 2019 International Girl Child Day (11 October) – “Girl Force: Unscripted and Unstoppable”.
Economy
- New Chief operating officer (COO) of Yes Bank - Anita Pai.
International
- First UN organization to accept and make transactions in cryptocurrencies - United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
- Gulf country that will allow women in the kingdom to serve in the armed forces - Saudi Arabia.
- The 9th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial meeting held on 11-12 October 2019 in – Bangkok, Thailand.
- On 11 October, India signed a memorandum of interest (MoI) for supply of milk and milk products with - Sri Lanka.
- First-ever country to ban advertisements for unhealthy sugary drinks - Singapore.
National
- Mobile app launched by Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs to encourage Public engagement in planting trees - “mHariyali”.
- Atlas that will be developed for mapping crops and food grains under POSHAN mission - POSHAN atlas.
- Scheme by Health ministry which is aimed at zero preventable maternal and newborn deaths in India - Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN).
- The ‘India Sports Summit-Fitness: $10 Billion Opportunity’ is held on 10 October 2019 in - New Delhi.
- Winner of the ‘Country Agency of the Year’ for 2019 at the Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity - Dentsu Webchutney.
- India planned to setup solar and wind projects on fallow lands along the international border with Pakistan in - Kutch district of Gujarat.
Persons in News
- Person who topped Forbes India Rich List 2019 - Mukesh Ambani (Reliance Industries’ Chairman with his net worth at $51.4 billion).
- Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature for 2018 - Olga Tokarczuk (Polish author).
- Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature for 2019 - Peter Handke (Austrian author).
- Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 - Abiy Ahmed Ali (Ethiopian Prime Minister).
State Current Affairs
- This state’s Startup Mission has signed a MoU with the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) to support startups in the state - Kerala.
Science
- Newly discovered two Plastic-eating bacteria strains by researchers at the Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida - Exiguobacterium sibiricum strain DR11 and Exiguobacterium undae strain DR14.
General Knowledge
- International Diabetes Federation – Founded: 1950; Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium.
- Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) was formed in - 1895.
- Kerala - Founded: 31 October 1956; Capital: Thiruvananthapuram.
- Ethiopian - Capital: Addis Ababa; Currency: Birr.
- Poland Capital: Warsaw; Currency: Polish Złoty.
- Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations were formally launched in - 2012.
