Important Day
Economy
- The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI) in September 2019 - 0.33 percent.
Environment
- Typhoon that hit Japan in October 2019 - Typhoon Hagibis.
International
- According to World Bank’s report 'South Asia Economic Focus, Making (De) Centralization Work', the second-fastest growing economy in South Asia after Bhutan – Bangladesh (moderate to 7.2 percent in 2019-20).
National
- Semiconductor and telecommunications company that has collaborated with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to support for India’s Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) and Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) - Qualcomm Technologies.
- The 10th edition of the Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav (National Cultural Festival) is being organized from 14 to 21 October in - Madhya Pradesh (Jabalpur, Sagar and Rewa).
- Project that by the Ministry of Human Resource Development to put IITs among the list of global educational institutions - Project Vishwajeet.
Persons in News
- First place in the world’s rich list as per Bloomberg Billionaires Index 2019 – Jeff Bezos ($108 billion) (Microsoft founder Bill Gates ranked second).
- The most-followed world leader on Instagram with over 30 million followers - Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- Winner of the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration, instituted by the Congress - Chandi Prasad Bhatt (Pioneer of the Chipko movement).
- Third Indian historian who received the honorary foreign member prize 2019 by the American Historical Association – Ramachandra Guha (after Jadunath Sarkar and Romila Thapar).
Sports
- Chess player from India who won Gold at the World Youth Chess Championship 2019 in Mumbai - R. Praggnanandhaa (14-year old).
- Indian shuttler who won men's singles event at the Dutch Open 2019 - Lakshya Sen.
- Indian player who won silver medal in 48 kilogram category at World Women's Boxing Championships 2019 in Russia - Manju Rani.
- New president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) - Sourav Ganguly.
State Current Affairs
- India and China decided to establish “sister-state relations” between Tamil Nadu and - Fujian Province.
- Winner of the “Best Award for Promotion of Golf Tourism” in 5th International Tourism Conclave 2019 by ICM Group - J&K Tourism.
Science
- Scientists from Kyoto University invented material capable of converting carbon dioxide molecules into useful organic material, called - Porous coordination polymer (PCP, also known as metal-organic framework or MOF).
General Knowledge
- Inventor of Phenakistoscope which was an early stage of moving cinema - Joseph Antoine Ferdinand.
- Indian Olympic Association (IOA) was founded in – 1927.
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO) – Founded: 1947 (23 February); Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.
- International Telecommunication Union (ITU) – Founded: 1865 (17 May); Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.
- First Chipko movement near the village of Mandal in – 1973.
