13th October 2019 Current affairs

Current affairs

1. The 2nd edition of Indian Navy (IN) –Bangladesh Navy (BN) Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) 2019 has been held in Northern Bay of Bengal from October 10-11, 2019 with the participation of INS (Indian Naval Ship) Ranvijay, a guided-missile destroyer and INS Kuthar, an indigenously built missile as well as BNS (Bangladesh Naval Ship) Ali Haider, a Type 053 frigate and BNS Shadinota, a Type 056 stealth guided missile corvette.
2. On October 10, 2019, the ‘India Sports Summit- Fitness: $10 Billion Opportunity’ was inaugurated by the Union Minister for Sports & Youth Affairs Mr Kiren Rijiju in New Delhi. It was organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MYAS), Sportscom, and Sportskeeda.The first India Sports Summit 2019 was also inaugurated at this event.
3. On October 10, 2019, Chhattisgarh state Health Minister T S Singhdeo has inaugurated India’s 1st ‘Garbage Cafe’. The concept of this cafe is that ragpickers and the homeless will collect plastic waste, and in return, the municipal corporation will offer them food
4. On October 10, 2019, Chhattisgarh state Health Minister T S Singhdeo has inaugurated India’s 1st ‘Garbage Cafe’ situated in Ambikapur of Surguja district .The concept of this cafe is that ragpickers and the homeless will collect plastic waste, and in return, the municipal corporation will offer them food.
5. C40, the group of major international cities that have banded together around making sustainable changes in transportation, energy use, and consumption held its 7th edition of C40 world mayors Summit 2019 at Copenhagen, Denmark from October 9- 12, 2019 with the aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve climate resilience.
6. Kolkata state Government has received the prestigious “6th C40 Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards 2019 ” for the city’s green mobility at C40 World Mayor Summit held in Copenhagen, Denmark. It has been selected among 7 winners announced by the Bloomberg Philanthropies, which celebrated the best projects across seven categories that define 2019 theme, ‘The Future We Want’.

7. On October 11, 2019, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) came up with a new reporting system for all co-operative banks (urban, State & district central) called Central Information System for Banking Infrastructure (CISBI) in which they will submit information related to opening/ closing/ conversion of branches, offices, non-administratively independent offices (extension counters, satellite offices), and customer service points (ATMs- Automated Teller Machines) in a single proforma online.
8. On October 11, 2019, an annual report on the most valuable and strongest nation brands named Brand Finance Nation Brands 2019 was released by Brand Finance. The list was topped by the United States of America (USA) with 7.2% growth in brand value to $27,751 bn.
9. On October 11, 2019, an annual report on the most valuable and strongest nation brands named Brand Finance Nation Brands 2019 was released by Brand Finance in which India was ranked 7th from 9th rank of 2018 with 18.7% growth in brand value to $2,562 bn. The list was topped by the United States of America (USA) with 7.2% growth in brand value to $27,751 bn.
10. On October 12, 2019, American competition swimmer and 2-time Olympic gold medalist, Conor James Dwyer (30) has announced his retirement after being handed 20-month doping ban for having testosterone in the form of pellets, surgically inserted into his body. His ban was made effective on December 21, 2019 & he won’t be eligible for Tokyo Games 2020
11. National postal week 2019 is observed from 9 to 15th October 2019.