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Daily Current Affairs of 21st to 26th October 2019
International Current Affairs
- Justin Trudeau has won a second term as Canada's Prime Minister as his Liberal Party will return to power as a minority government, preliminary results showed.
- Hong Kong's legislature has formally withdrew planned legislation that would have allowed extradition of people to mainland China.
- The planned bill had sparked widespread protests in the city.
- However, the move only meets one of the five demands by pro-democracy protestors and may not lead to the end of months-long protests.
- Abortion has been decriminalised in Northern Ireland.
- Earlier, abortion was only permitted in Northern Ireland if a woman's life was at risk or there was a danger of permanent and serious damage to her physical or mental health.
- Note : Same-sex marriages have also been legalised in Northern Ireland.
National Current Affairs
- The Disabled and People over 80 years of age can now cast their vote through postal ballot, the government announced today.
- On EC's recommendation, the government amended the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, allowing senior citizens and disabled people in the absentee voter list.
- Earlier, voting through postal ballot was available to armed forces and those on poll duties.
- The Assam Cabinet has decided that no government jobs will be given to those having more than two children after January 1, 2021.
- It also adopted a land policy, which will give three bighas of agricultural land to landless indigenous people and half a bigha for constructing a house.
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has announced that the Siachen area has been opened for tourists and tourism.
- The Siachen Glacier, the highest battlefield in the world, is a part of Ladakh.
Science & Technology
- The government has launched a challenge for startups to present alternative solutions to single-use plastics which it seeks to phase out by 2022.
- The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade will award the first and second place holders ₹3 lakh and ₹2 lakh respectively.
- The US Air Force has received its 1st anti-drone weapon system from defence contractor Raytheon.
- The system, introduced about a year ago by Raytheon, is a high-energy laser system mounted on a small all-terrain vehicle which uses electro-optical/infrared sensors to detect and track drones and neutralise them in seconds.
- The system can deliver "dozens" of laser shots on single charge.
Awards & Honors
- Bollywood Actress Vidya Balan has received the Youth Icon Award from Imperial College London.
Banking, Business & Economic Affairs
- The Union Cabinet has approved the merger of state-run telecom operators BSNL and MTNL.
- The government will raise ₹15,000 crore via sovereign bonds for the revival of the companies and will provide them 4G spectrum on an administrative basis.
- Assets of BSNL and MTNL worth ₹38,000 crore will be monetised.
- India is considering tariff and non-tariff measures to limit Turkish and Malaysian imports over their leaders' comments on Kashmir.
- The options reportedly include strict quality tests and a safeguard tax.
- Saudi Arabia replaced Iraq as top oil supplier to India in September after a gap of about 13 months.
- The two OPEC members accounted for about 43% of India's overall imports.
- India's oil imports fell 8.4% to their lowest in more than three years in September to 3.82 million barrels per day (bpd).
- The IT Ministry has launched a new version of its Unified Payment Interface (UPI) platform Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) app including new initiatives and features.
- BHIM 2.0 will consist of additional languages, a 'Donation' gateway and an increased transaction limit.
Deaths
- Don Valentine (87), the founder of American venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, passed away.
- The firm revealed that an early mutual fund group, Capital Group had first allowed Valentine to form a $3-million venture fund in 1974.
- Among his first bets from that pool of capital were Atari and Apple.
New Appointments
- M L Khattar will take oath as Haryana Chief Minister for a second term tomorrow.
- Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) chief Dushyant Chautala will take oath as Deputy CM.
- 1987 batch IAS officer Pankaj Kumar as the new CEO of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
- Kumar is currently Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
- Japan's Emperor Naruhito (59), formally proclaimed his ascension to the throne in a ceremony attended by dignitaries from more than 180 countries, including Indian President Ram Nath Kovind.
- Naruhito, the 1st Japanese emperor born after WWII, acceded to the throne in May when his father, Akihito, became the first Japanese monarch to abdicate in two centuries.
- Bollywood Actor Ayushmann Khurrana has been roped in by UNICEF and the Government of India to build awareness and raise his voice against sexual abuse of children.
- Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has been transferred and appointed as Governor of Goa.
- Girish Chandra Murmu has been appointed as Lieutenant Governor of J&K, while Radha Krishna Mathur has been appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.
- Important Note : J&K and Ladakh will officially become Union Territories from October 31.
Sports Current Affairs
- Former Team India captain Sourav Ganguly has taken over as BCCI President.
- With this, Ganguly became the 1st ex-captain to hold the post full-time since Maharajkumar of Vizianagram (Vizzy) in 1954.
- Former top-ranked men's singles tennis player Andy Murray won his first title since March 2017 after beating Stan Wawrinka in the final of the European Open.
- Former Australian cricketer Andrew McDonald has been appointed as Rajasthan Royals' new head coach for a 3 -year term.
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