Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 9 October to 16 October 2021

Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 9 October to 16 October 2021

We are all aware of how important the General Awareness/ Current Affairs section is in any exam, whether it is for SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, LIC, SSC, Railway, or any other government exam. As a result, we will provide weekly one-liner current events for any future exam that has a GA section.
Weekly one-liner current affairs contains the week’s most relevant news into a single line, and are obligatory reading for all exams. The weekly one-liner current affairs are offered below to keep you up to date.

National News

• Bathukamma festival begins in Telangana
• India’s Newest Tiger Reserve in Chhattisgarh
• Maharashtra Government launches ‘Mission Kavach Kundal’
• Railways launch two long haul freight trains ‘Trishul’, ‘Garuda’
• GI Tag for Karuppur kalamkari paintings, Kallakurichi wood carvings
• GoI launched ‘My Port App’ for digital monitoring of port operations
• Delhi Government launched ‘Desh Ke Mentor’ Programme
• Gati Shakti: Modi launches 100-lakh crore national master plan for multi-modal connectivity
• AIIMS launches ‘Healthy Smile’ Mobile App

International News

• India, Kyrgyz Republic agree on 200 million US Dollar Line of Credit to support development projects
• Alexander Schellenberg appointed Austria’s new Chancellor
• International Energy Agency (IEA) invites India to become full-time member
• Germany launches World’s First Self-Driving Train
• PM Modi participates in G20 Extraordinary Summit on Afghanistan hosted by Italy
• India at 3rd position in RE Investment attractiveness index, US Tops
• Global Hunger Index 2021 ranks India at 101 out of 116 countries
• India re-elected to UN Human Rights Council for 2022-24
• Reliance Industries tops in Forbes World’s Best Employer 2021 Ranking

Banking and Financial

• TCS, SBI extend partnership for 5 years to drive innovation, enhance customer experience
• PNB launches ‘6S Campaign’ under customer outreach programme
• Ficci projects 1% GDP growth for FY22
• Reliance New Energy Solar acquires REC Solar Holdings for $771 million
• Indian economy to grow at 5% in 2021, 8.5% in 2022: IMF
• RBI grants banking licence to Unity Small Finance Bank
• Kotak Mahindra Bank launches Micro ATMs across India
• ADB Raises 2019–2030 Climate Financing Goal to $100 Billion

Appointment and Resignation

• Former State Bank of India chief Rajnish Kumar joins BharatPe as chairman
• Fire-Boltt ropes in Virat Kohli as new brand ambassador
• Former IAS Amit Khare appointed as advisor to PM Modi
• Prashant Kumar Mishra Sworn In As New Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court
• Sajjan Jindal appointed chairman of World Steel Association
• UCO Bank MD A K Goel elected new chairman of IBA
• RBI clears re-appointment of Amitabh Chaudhry as MD & CEO of Axis Bank
• Ritesh Chauhan named as CEO of PM Fasal Bima Yojana

Awards

• Three US-based economists, David Card, Joshua D Angrist, and Guido W Imbens won 2021 Nobel Prize for economics
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• Telugu Filmmaker B Gopal Chosen for Satyajit Ray Award
• Malayalam writer Benyamin bags Vayalar Award
• Dr Randeep Guleria bags 22nd Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award

Defence

• India, UK begin 6th edition of military exercise “Ajeya Warrior” in Uttarakhand
• Indian Navy To Participate In 2nd Phase Of Maritime Exercise Malabar From Oct 12-15
• Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2021 start between India and the United States
• PM Narendra Modi dedicates 7 new Defence PSUs to the nation

Science

• PM Narendra Modi launches Indian Space Association

Sports

• Turkish Grand Prix 2021: Bottas notches up first win of the season
• Divya Deshmukh becomes India’s 21st WGM, wins at First Saturday Grand Master
• CSK won IPL 2021 for fourth title
• Indian Football Team Wins SAFF Championship 2021 Against Nepal

Book and Author

• The Custodian of Trust: A Banker’s Memoir Book by Rajnish Kumar

Important day

• 9th October: World Postal Day (Theme 2021: “Innovate to recover”)
• 9th October (Second Saturday of October) : World Migratory Bird Day 2021 (Theme 2021:“Sing, Fly, Soar – Like a Bird!”)
• 10th October: World Mental Health Day (Theme 2021: ‘Mental Health In An Unequal World’)
• 11th October: International Day of the Girl Child (Theme 2021:“Digital Generation. Our Generation.”)
• 9th October: Indian Foreign Service day
• 10th October: World Day Against the Death Penalty (Theme 2021: “Women Sentenced to Death: An Invisible Reality.”)
• 12 October: World Arthritis Day (Theme 2021: Don’t Delay, Connect Today: Time2Work..)
• 13th October: International Day for Disaster Reduction (Theme 2021: “International cooperation for developing countries to reduce their disaster risk and disaster losses”.)
• 14th October: World Standards Day (Theme 2021: ‘Standards for sustainable development goals- a shared vision for a better future’.)
• 14th October: International E-Waste Day (Theme 2021: “Consumer is the key to Circular Economy!”)
• 15th October: World Students’ Day (Theme 2021:”Learning for people, planet, prosperity and peace”)
• 15th October: Global Handwashing Day (Theme 2021: “Our Future is at Hand – Let’s Move Forward Together.”)
• 16th October: World Food Day (Theme 2021: “Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow”)
• 15th October: International Day of Rural Women (Theme 2021:“Rural women cultivating good food for all”.)
• 17th October: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Obituary

• Father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb AQ Khan passes away
• National Award-winning actor Nedumudi Venu passes away at 73
• Abolhassan Banisadr first Iran’s president passes away

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