NATIONAL
UPDATES:
1.Country’s biggest skill competition ‘India Skills 2018’ concludes : The country’s biggest skill
competition, ‘India Skills 2018′ has concluded in New Delhi. The
164 winners were awarded by Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Anant Kumar Hegde. India
Skills 2018 was the second edition of the nationwide competition
organized by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to
identify, recognize, promote and reward the best talents in various skills.
2. Srinivasan
Swamy appointed as chairman of International Advertising Association : Srinivasan Swamy, chairman
of marketing communications firm RK Swamy Hansa Group, has been unanimously
elected as the chairman and world president of International Advertising
Association, for a period of two years.He takes over the reins from legendary
advertising professional Felix Tataru from Romania. He becomes the first Indian
to hold the position.
3. Sudha
Menon’s Book “Feisty At Fifty” Released : The book “Feisty At Fifty” authored
by Sudha Menon, was released at the Pune International
Literary Festival recently. It has been published by Pan Macmillan India. The books speaks about different
phases of a woman’s life
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
1. India-Japan
maritime exercise commences at Visakhapatnam :
JIMEX-18, a bilateral maritime exercise
between India and Japan, began in Visakhapatnam. The nine-day event
is aimed at enhancing inter-operability, improving understanding and imbibing
the best practices of each other.
OTHER
UPDATES:
BUSINESS/ECONOMY:
1. Flipkart Forays Into Insurance With Bajaj Allianz : E-commerce major Flipkart has
partnered Bajaj Allianz General Insurance to offer customised
insurance solutions to power its mobile phone protection programme for all
leading mobile phone brands that are sold on its platform.Under the programme,
it will offer both cash payout option or free pick up, service and drop
convenience to customers.The insurance offering will be available from October
10, the start of Flipkart’s The Big Billion Days (TBBD).
BANKING/FINANCE:
1. RBI approved formation of ‘Kerala Bank’ having Rs 650
bn in deposits : BI approved the proposal of Kerala government
for the formation of Kerala Bank. RBI approved formation of ‘Kerala Bank’
having Rs 650 bn in deposits. The decision was taken by special task
force headed by Chairman M S Sriram. The bank will be formed by
consolidating State Cooperative Bank and the 14 district cooperatives.It will have a net deposit amount of Rs 650
billion. It will provide modern facilities to the Primary Agricultural
Cooperative Societies (PACS). The unification will be completed by March
2019.
2. Government appoints former Canara Bank MD Rakesh
Sharma as IDBI MD : The government appointed former Canara Bank managing
director Rakesh Sharma as head of IDBI Bank for a period of
six months.This comes after the tenure of B Sriram who was appointed as the
chief executive of IDBI Bank for three months ended in September 2018.
SPORTS:
1. India beat Sri Lanka to lift U-19 Asia Cup trophy : India clinched the Under-19 Asia Cup,
beating Sri Lanka by 144 runs in the final. This is India’s sixth title in
seven editions of the U-19 continental tournament.India and Sri Lanka both came
into the final as unbeaten but it was India who kept the winning streak going.
2. Lewis
Hamilton wins Japanese Grand Prix : Lewis Hamilton won the Japanese
Grand Prix in a Mercedes one-two to take a 67-point lead in the Formula
One hampionship. Finland’s Valtteri Bottas secured the Mercedes one-two with
second place while Verstappen finished third.