Daily GK Updates - 29th October, 2018

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1. Vigilance Awareness Week being observed to achieve corruption free society : The Vigilance Awareness Week is being observed across the country from today to promote probity in public life and achieve a corruption-free society. The theme of the week this year is, 'Eradicate Corruption - Build A New India'. The observance of the week will commence with pledge taking by public servants in the Ministries, Departments, PSUs, Banks and all other Organisations.

2. First regional review meeting for “Sustainable Sanitation” held in Nagpur : The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India, in coordination with the Water Supply and Sanitation Department, Government of Maharashtra was held in Nagpur, Maharashtra.The review meeting was chaired by Mr. ParameswaranIyer, Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.It was the first in a series of regional review meetings on Sustainable Sanitation.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1. Jair Bolsonaro wins Brazil’s Presidential elections : Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro (68-year-old) has won the presidency of Latin America’s largest nation Brazil.Mr. Bolsonaro bagged around 55% votes against 45% for Fernando Haddad from the left-wing Workers Party.His campaign slogan was "Brazil above everything, God above everyone".Mr. Bolsonaro is scheduled to take office on 1st January 2019

2.  India and UK collaborate on research on Ganga delta region and the Bay of Bengal : India and the United Kingdom (UK) will collaborate on research on different aspects of the Ganga delta region and the Bay of Bengal.The Bay of Bengal is also critical to India in terms of resources and also has an impact on the Southwest Monsoon, the lifeline of the country.According to the British High Commissioner to India Dominic Asquith, the partnership through the UKRI has generated innovative scientific and technological solutions that will “transform both our societies and economies”.

3. Indonesian passenger plane crashes into the sea with 188 people on board : An Indonesian plane carrying 188 passengers and crew crashed into the java sea.The jet vanished from radar just 13 minutes after taking off from the capital Jakarta, plunging into the Ocean.The plane lost contact with air traffic control around 6.30 am, en route to Pangkal Pinang on the island of Bangka.

OTHER UPDATES:

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:

1. Scientists develop a web-based tool to monitor fake news on Facebook, Twitter : Scientists have developed a web-based tool to help monitor the prevalence of fake news on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.They Developed by researchers at the University of Michigan in the US.The tool uses a Platform Health Metric called the Iffy Quotient, which draws data from two external entities (NewsWhip and Media Bias/Fact Checker).NewsWhip, a social media engagement tracking firm, collects URLs on hundreds of thousands of sites every day and then gathers information on which of those sites have engagements on Facebook and Twitter.

SPORTS:

1. Indian Golfer Khalin Joshi Clinches Panasonic Open India Title : Indian golfer Khalin Joshi has won the Panasonic Open India title at the Delhi Golf Club.Now, Joshi became the seventh Indian to win the Panasonic Open India title in the last eight editions of the tournament. Siddikur Rahman (Bangladesh) finished second best after finishing with a par on the 18th.

2. Roger Federer wins Swiss Indoors in Basel : Swiss tennis star Roger Federer has won his ninth Swiss Indoors crown after beating Romanian qualifier Marius Copil (7-6(5) 6-4) in the final at Basel.Now, Federer is just 10 titles short of the all-time record holder Jimmy Connors (leads with 19).