Economy
- Team Cashless India campaign is launched by – MasterCard.
- SBI Card launched a payment feature based on Host Card Emulation (HCE) technology for secure card payments using mobile phones, called - SBI Card Pay.
International
- On 17-18 October, the 2nd edition of Indo-French Knowledge Summit organized in – Lyon, France (at the University of Lyon).
- Largest oil and natural gas importer – China (30% of China’s total energy demand).
- The 7th World Military Games inaugurated on 18 October in – Wuhan, China.
- Country that reported the most number of deaths of children below five years in 2018, with 8,82,000 deaths, according to the “State of the World’s Children 2019” report of UNICEF – India.
- Country which won a seat on the UN Human Rights Council and got the nod in a vote by the UN General Assembly to choose 14 new members for the 47-member body based in Geneva - Venezuela.
National
- The two humanoid robots rolled on the floor of the Robo Chef restaurant in – Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
- The most innovative major state in India, according to the NITI Aayog’s ‘India Innovation Index (III) 2019’ – Karnataka.
- On 18 October, the 11th Nuclear Energy Conclave held in - New Delhi.
- On 17 October, the Asia Health-2019 conference organized in - New Delhi.
Persons in News
- New Vice-Chairman of World Steel Association (Worldsteel) - Sajjan Jindal (Chairman of JSW Steel).
- 47th Chief Justice of India (CJI) in place of CJI Ranjan Gogoi (on 18 November 2019) - Justice S. A. Bobde.
State Current Affairs
- KHON Ramlila programme of Thailand will be organized first time in India on 26th October in – Ayodhya, UP.
- YSR Navodayam, a scheme to promote Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), launched by - Andhra Pradesh Govt.
- The 17th edition of BioAsia will be held from February 17 to 19 in - Hyderabad, Telangana.
- District administration of J&K state that started an awareness campaign under the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao scheme - Rajouri.
- First district in Assam to introduce a digital system for the state government employees - Hailakandi.
General Knowledge
- National Institute of Nutrition is based in – Hyderabad, Telangana.
- World Steel Association (Worldsteel) - Founded: 1967 (10 July); Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium.
- Bangladesh – Capital: Dhaka; Currency: Taka.
- NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) - Formed: 2015 (1 January); Headquarters: Delhi.
