Daily GK Updates - 8th October, 2017

                 NATIONAL UPDATES:

1. Indian Air Force celebrates 85th anniversary: Air Force Day 2017 is being observed annually on 8th October across India.This is the 85th celebration of the Day that began in 1932.The Indian Air Force has displayed various Aircraft at Air Force Station Hindan air base near Delhi with parade and air display.

2.Prime Minister launches Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) at Vadnagar in Gujarat.Through this programme, the union govt. aims to reach each & every child under two years of age and all those pregnant women who have been left uncovered under the routine immunization programme.The special drive will focus on improving immunization coverage in select districts and cities to ensure full immunization to more than 90% by December 2018

3.President Kovind launches Rs.100crore clean water initiative:President Ram Nath Kovind launched spiritual leader Mata Amritanandamayi Math’s Rs.100crore clean water initiative for rural India in Kerala’s Kollam.He inaugurated Jivamritam filtration system which will provide drinking water to 1crore villagers across India.

                

                    INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1.Kim Jong-un promotes sister to centre of power: Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, was made an alternate member of the politburo – the top decision-making body over which Kim Jong Un presides.Twenty Eight year old Yo-Jong was blacklisted along with other North Korean officials by the US treasury in January this year over severe human rights abuses.

2.World Post Day is being observed: World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9th October, the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union in 1874 in the Swiss Capital, Bern.It was declared World Post Day by the UPU Congress held in Tokyo, Japan in 1969.Since then, countries around the world participate annually in the celebrations.

                              OTHER UPDATES:

BUSINESS/ECONOMY:

1.Magicbricks launches India’s first online property bidding platform: Magicbricks announced the launch of India’s first online bidding platform for residential and commercial properties and tied-up with developer M3M for the inaugural ‘My Bid, My Home’.Magicbricks has been recently awarded the standardization, Testing, and Quality Certification (STQC) by the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, making it the country’s only real estate portal eligible for a biding platform for properties.

SPORTS:

1. Samiya wins gold at U-15 Asian Junior Championship: Indian shuttler Samiya Imad Farooqui clinched the gold medal at the Under-15 women's singles competition at the Asian Junior Championship in Yangon, Myanmar.She defeated Indonesia's Widjaja Stephani 15-21, 21-17, 21-19.Earlier, P V Sindhu had won the gold in U-19 Asia Junior championship in 2012 at Gimcheon, South Korea.

2. RMV Gurusaidutt has won the 2017 men singles title at the Bulgarian International Future Series Tennis tournament: Commonwealth Games bronze medallist RMV Gurusaidutt has clinched the men’s singles title at the Bulgarian International Future Series tournament on October 9, 2017. Gurusaidutt, who has been out of action since the US Open in July 2016 due to an injury, defeated Muhammed Ali Kurt in the final by 21- 17, 21-16.

AWARDS/HONOURS:

1. Richard Thaler wins 2017 Nobel prize in economics : The Nobel economics prize 2017 has been awarded to Richard Thaler (72-years)of the University of Chicago for his contributions to behavioural economics.Thaler is an American economist & the Ralph and Dorothy Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.The 9-million-kronor (1.1 million US Dollars) prize was awarded to the academic for his understanding the psychology of economics.Behavioural economics, a research field in which insights from psychological research are applied to economic decision making.