Daily GK Updates - 30th October, 2018

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1.Justice Naresh Harishchandra Patil sworn-in as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court : Justice Naresh Harishchandra ‘Patil’ sworn-in as the Chief Justiceof the Bombay High Court. He was administered the oath of office by Maharashtra Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao in a ceremony held at Raj Bhawan, Mumbai. Bombay High Court is one of the oldest High Court of India located in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

2. Nitin Gadkari lays the foundation for India’s largest Dry Dock : The Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has laid the foundation for India’s largest Dry Dock at Cochin Shipyard in Kerala.The Dry Dock will give an impetus to Make in India initiative under Sagarmala and raise India’s share in global shipbuilding to two per cent.Currently, Cochin Shipyard has two dry docks, one predominantly used for shipbuilding of size 255m x 43 x 9m and capacity 1,10,000 DWT and the other one for ship repair of size 270 x 45 x 12m and capacity 1,25,000 DWT. Currently, India occupies 0.66 % share in the global shipbuilding market.

3. 5^th National Summit on Public health care begins in Assam : Sarbanand Sonowal (Assam Chief Minister) and J P Nadda(Union Health Minister) jointly inaugurated the three-day 5^th National Summit on Good and Replicable Practices and Innovations in Public Health Care Systems at Kaziranga in Assam. The main objective of the Summit is to share and learn the good practices and innovations being implemented by several states and organizations for the betterment of the health sector.

4. SC bans 15-year-old petrol & 10-year-old diesel vehicles in NCR : The Supreme Court (SC) has banned petrol (15-year-old) & diesel(10-year-old) vehicles in Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region) to curb pollution.The Supreme Court made it clear that such vehicles would be impounded if found on roads in Delhi-NCR.The apex court directed that a list of 15-year-old petrol and 10-year-old diesel vehicles be published on the website of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and transport departments of the NCR area.

5. Gujarat’s first mega food park inaugurated in Surat : The Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal has inaugurated the first Mega Food Park at Village Shah and Vasravi at Surat District, Gujarat.This Mega Food Park has been set up in 70.15 acres of land at a cost of Rs. 117.87 crore.The modern infrastructure for food processing created at Park will benefit the farmers, growers, processors and consumers of Gujarat.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1. Paraguayan Clara Sosa wins Miss Grand International 2018 in Myanmar : Clara Sosa (Miss Paraguay) has won the Miss Grand International 2018 title (6^th edition) of the beauty pageant in Yangon, Myanmar.Clara Sosa succeeds Miss Grand International 2017 Maria Jose Loraof Peru.FBB Colors Femina Miss Grand India 2018 Meenakshi Chaudharywas named 1st runner-up.

2.  Italian PM Giuseppe Conte arrives in New Delhi today : Prime Minister of Italy Giuseppe Conte arrived in New Delhi on a day-long official visit to India. During the visit, he will hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Both leaders will also attend the India-Italy Technology Summitwhich (organised by the Department of Science and Technology) in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry.

3. India, Qatar decide to establish a joint commission to strengthen relations : India and Qatar decided to establish a joint commission to strengthen their relations in various fields with a view to furthering the common interest of the people of the two countries.The joint declaration signed by Sushma Swaraj (External Affairs inister of India) and Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani(Foreign Minister of Qatar) in Doha, highlights the decision to set up the joint commission.

4. 100,000 people around the world are missing which created global crisis: ICRC : According to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), over 100,000 people around the world are missing, which has created a global crisis.ICRC told the UN General Assembly's human rights committee that this is the highest number they have ever had.

OTHER UPDATES:

BANKING/FINANCE:

1. RBI to inject Rs 40,000 Crore in November Via OMO : The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced to inject Rs 40,000 crore into the system in November through the purchase of government securities as it looks to meet festive season demand for funds.The central bank had already injected Rs 36,000 crore into the system in October through open market operation (OMO).Open market  operations (OMO) refer to the buying and selling of government securities in the open market in order to expand or contract the amount of money in the banking system.

OBITUARIES:

1. Senior composer & lyricist Yashwant Dev passes away in Mumbai : Senior composer and lyricist Yashwant Dev passed away in Mumbai.He had composed and written many popular Marathi songs.He was honoured with many awards including Gan-samradni Lata Mangeshkar Award and Gadima puraska