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THE HINDU NEWSPAPER IMPORTANT ARTICLES 24.10.2018

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Daily Current Affairs, 23rd October 2018

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1) Environment Ministry Launches 'Harit Diwali, Swasth Diwali' Campaign

•Environment Ministry has launched Harit Diwali, Swasth Diwali campaign. This campaign was initiated in 2017-18 wherein a large number of school children participated and took a pledge to minimize bursting of crackers.

•The Harit Diwali-Swasth Diwali campaign is now merged with “Green Good Deed” movement that has been initiated as a social mobilization for conservation and protection of the environment.

2) 27th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference Starts In Gandhinagar, Gujarat

•The 27th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2018) has started in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The FEC 2018 aims to provide a forum for the discussion of key physics and technology issues as well as innovative concepts of direct relevance to the use of nuclear fusion as a source of energy.

•The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) fosters the exchange of scientific and technical results in nuclear fusion research and development through its series of Fusion Energy Conferences.

3) Gwalior Hosts 4-Day International Dance Festival

•Uzbekistan Ambassador to India Farhod Arziev inaugurated a four-day international dance festival titled "Udbhav Utsav" in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. Dance troupes from Bulgaria, Turkey and Sri Lanka, apart from 25 teams from India, participated in the event. The dance festival was sponsored by the Greenwood group of schools.

4) India And Croatia Sign 2 Agreements

•India and Croatia signed two agreements to strengthen cultural and diplomatic cooperation between the two countries. The agreements were signed following External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Croatia Marija Pejcinovic Burić in New Delhi.

•Both leaders discussed ways to step up cooperation in trade and investment, health, science and technology, education, tourism and culture.

5) India, China Signed Agreement On Security Cooperation

•The first India-China high-level meeting on bilateral security cooperation held in New Delhi recently. During the meeting, the two sides discussed issues of mutual interest including bilateral cooperation on counter-terrorism and welcomed increased cooperation between India and China in the area of security.

•An Agreement on security cooperation was also signed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and State Councilor and Minister of Public Security of China, Zhao Kezhi.

6) World's Longest Sea-Crossing Bridge Opened In China

•China has opened the longest sea-crossing bridge ever built, nine years after construction began. The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge connects Hong Kong and Macau to the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai. The $20-billion bridge spans 55 kilometers.

•The bridge, designed to withstand earthquakes and typhoons, has been built using 400,000 tonnes of steel, enough to build 60 Eiffel Towers. Estimates suggest the bridge will be in use for 120 years but there are likely to be restrictions on usage.

7) Invest India Wins UN Investment Promotion Award

•The ‘Invest India’ initiative of the Union Government won the top United Nations Investment Promotion Award in recognition of its efforts to boost investments in the renewable energy sector in India.

•The award was presented by Armenian President Armen Sarkissian to Deepak Bagla, the CEO of Invest India, in Geneva, Switzerland at the inauguration of the World Investment Forum organised by the UN Convention on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

8) Joint Military Exercise ‘Druzhba-III’ Starts Between Pakistan And Russia

•A contingent of the Russian Army arrived in Pakistan to participate in joint training exercise ‘Druzhba-III’.According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), this will be the third joint military drill between Islamabad and Moscow under the bilateral training cooperation agreement.

•Russia and Pakistan have been holding the “Friendship” drills since 2016. In October 2016, they held their first-ever joint military exercise in Pakistan.

9) Paytm Launches ‘PayPay’ Mobile Wallet In Japan

•Paytm has launched a QR-based smartphone payment settlement service in Japan in collaboration with SoftBank and Yahoo Japan Corporation. it is a smartphone-based settlement service that allows users to store money from a bank account in their 'PayPay' wallet and make payments with it.

•Paytm stated that it is built around its QRtech which it has deployed in India to allow customers to make offline payments. Paytm is also offering a ‘cashback’ to users of PayPay in Japan.

10) Bajrang Punia Bagged Silver At Wrestling World Championships

•Wrestler Bajrang Punia won the silver medal after he went down against Japan’s Takuto Otoguro in the 65kg final of the Wrestling World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. It is his second medal at the Worlds. Only the fourth Indian ever to make it to the World Championship gold medal match, 24-year-old Bajrang was rattled by the 19-year old Otoguro.

•In the process, Otoguru became Japan's youngest World Champion at the age of 19. Bajrang had won a bronze in 2013 edition. Sushil Kumar, country's greatest ever wrestler, is the lone Indian to win a gold medal at the Worlds, achieving the feat in 2010 in Moscow in the 66kg category.

The HINDU Notes – 23rd October 2018

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THE HINDU NEWSPAPER IMPORTANT ARTICLES 23.10.2018

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FRONT PAGE

Where Ganga meets the Bay of Pollution

NATIONAL

‘In urban U.P., 87% of waste from toilets goes to rivers, farmlands’

It’s not #MeToo, but ‘WeToo’ in Odisha

Rijiju turns up at last minute for security pact with China

‘Cockroaches of the ocean’ are eating away California’s underwater forests

Experts’ group to cut schoolbag weight formed, court told

INTERNATIONAL

Bolton arrives in Russia for talks on nuclear treaty

An African island’s troubled waters

OPINION

The judiciary’s #MeToo moment

Populism confronts reality

Ripe for prison reform

The value of a health scheme

Turf battle

A shocking mystery

Fanning the flames

When misogyny reared its ugly head at a press meet

The German Retreat & Allied Advance.

Housing of the People. Trade Unionist Demand.

BUSINESS

Panel for adopting UN model on cross-border insolvency
Direct tax base widens sharply over 4 years, compliance rises

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Daily Current Affairs, 22nd October 2018

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1) PM Announces Award In Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s Name

•The Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an annual award in the name of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose for police and paramilitary forces for commendable contributions in disaster relief operations. He announced this while dedicating the National Police Memorial to the nation in New Delhi on the occasion ofPolice Commemoration Day (21st October).

2) 4th Edition Of NITI Lecture Series Held In New Delhi

•NITI Aayog has organized the fourth edition of NITI Lecture Series at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the 4th edition of NITI Lecture series in which the keynote address was delivered by Jensen Huang, President and Co-Founder, NVIDIA Corporation.

•The theme for this year is “AI for ALL: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Inclusive Growth”. Union Ministers, policy makers, experts from different walks of life along with NITI Aayog Vice Chairman, Members, CEO and Senior officials were the part of this occasion.

3) Parliamentary Panel To Examine Functioning Of EPFO

•A parliamentary panel will examine the functioning of retirement fund body Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), its coverage and recovery of arrears. The panel will be headed by BJP MP Kirit Somaiya.

•The panel has selected a wide range of subjects related to labourers, including the International Labour Organisation conventions binding on India and the measures taken by the government to implement them. Earlier, the panel had suggested that the EPFO should act as the sole regulator for all categories of provident funds, particularly private PF trusts.

4) India’s First Domestic Cruise ‘Angriya’ Flagged Off From Mumbai

•Angriya, India’s first luxury cruise ship, has been inaugurated at Mumbai. Union minister for shipping Nitin Gadkari and Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis flagged-off the cruise which will operate between Mumbai and Goa.

•Named after the first Maratha Navy Admiral Kanhoji Angre and the Angria bank coral reef near Vijaydurg, the luxury ship has 104 rooms, divided into eight different categories. It can accommodate 399 passengers and will have 67 crew members including hospitality and marine crew.

5) Cope India 2018: India, Japan, US Plan Joint Air Exercise

•India, Japan and the U.S. are set to elevate the bilateral ‘Cope India’ air exercise to a trilateral format. The three countries already conduct naval war games under the expanded Malabar naval exercise.

•The U.S. had proposed a trilateral air exercise between India, Japan and the U.S. For this, the Cope India exercise will be elevated to a trilateral level in phases. The next edition is scheduled to be held in December 2018 for which the Final Planning Conference to finalise the modalities of the exercise is scheduled in Kalaikunda, West Bengal.

6) Climate Fund Approves $1billion For Projects In Poor Countries

•A UN-backed fund has approved more than 1 billion dollars for 19 new projects to help developing countries tackle climate change. Officials overseeing the South Korea-based Green Climate Fund stated the funding approved at the meeting in Manama includes projects linked to geothermal energy in Indonesia, greener cities in Europe and West Asia, and protection for coastal communities in India.

7) L&T Ranks 22 In Forbes' Best Global Employer List, Alphabet Tops

•Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro is the only domestic firm to be featured among the top 25 companies in the Forbes' global 2000 best employers list that is led by Google parent Alphabet.

•While L&T is ranked 22, there are only four domestic firms in the top 100 list which include Mahindra & Mahindra at 55, Grasim Industries at 59 and HDFC at 91, and only 24 domestic companies in the overall list,as per the US magazine.

•The Top 3 companies in the List are:
1. Alphabet
2. Microsoft
3. Apple.

8) Mumbai Beat Delhi To Lift Vijay Hazare Trophy Title For 3rd Time

•Mumbai has defeated Delhi by four wickets to win their third Vijay Hazare Trophy title at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Mumbai last won the trophy way back in 2006-07 when they defeated Rajasthan. Aditya Tare struck a fluent half-century. He was rewarded with Player of the match award.

The HINDU Notes – 22nd October 2018

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