Daily Current Affairs October 19

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 October 19 | Daily Current Affairs 2021

Sports – Daily Current Affairs October 19

1. Who awarded life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)?
1) Rohit Sharma
2) Javagal Srinath
3) Harbhajan Singh
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Only 3
D) Only 2 & 3
E) Only 1 & 3
Answer: D) Only 2 & 3

• India’s Harbhajan Singh and Javagal Srinath were awarded life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), joining 16 other cricketers who were given the honor this year.
• The MCC, based at Lord’s, is the custodian of cricket laws.
• Harbhajan and Srinath both enjoyed fine international careers.
• Harbhajan is India’s third-highest wicket-taker in Tests, with 417 dismissals in 103 Tests and more than 700 plus international wickets across formats.
• Srinath, currently an ICC Elite Panel Match Referee, is one of the greatest fast bowlers with 315 ODI wickets and 236 Test victims.

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2. Payas Jain is related to which sports?
A) Athlete
B) Cricket
C) Table Tennis
D) Paddler
E) Football
Answer: D) Paddler

• Payas Jain became the second Indian paddler to achieve a World No. 1 ranking, thanks to his title-winning performances in the Under-17 Boys category.
• The other Indian who achieved the feat was Manav Thakkar, who became the World No. 1 in the Under-21 category in January 2020.
• Incidentally, Payas is the first Delhi paddler to reach the pinnacle of the ITTF world ranking and the youngest Indian to do so.

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Obituary – Daily Current Affairs October 19

3. Sukhdev Rajbhar passed away. He was Former Assembly Speaker of which state?
A) J & K
B) Chhattisgarh
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Delhi
E) Manipur
Answer: C) Uttar Pradesh

• Former Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Sukhdev Rajbhar died here following a prolonged illness.
• Rajbhar, 70, was the speaker of the UP Assembly in the BSP government between 2007 and 2012.
• He was an MLA from Didarganj constituency in Azamgarh.

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Ranking – Daily Current Affairs October 19

4. What is the rank of India in World Justice Project’s Rule of Law Index 2021?
A) 78
B) 76
C) 79
D) 85
E) 35
Answer: C) 79

• Total Countries: 139

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5. ______ is topped in YouGov’s Retail Rankings 2021?
A) Big Basket
B) Flipkart Supermart
C) DMart
D) Big Bazaar
E) Amazon Pantry
Answer: E) Amazon Pantry

• YouGov Retail Rankings were collated basis an index score for each grocery brand, both online and offline.
• This score is a measure of overall brand health calculated by taking the average of impression, quality, value, satisfaction, recommend and reputation over a period of 12 months.
• The list of top ten brands is India is based on food and grocery brands, retail chains and delivery services.
• Amazon Pantry with a score of 27 topped the ranking.

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Banking and Finance – Daily Current Affairs October 19

6. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a monetary penalty of ______ on State Bank of India (SBI) for the violation of various guidelines?
A) Rs 2 crore
B) Rs 3 crore
C) Rs 4 crore
D) Rs 5 crore
E) Rs 1 crore
Answer: E) Rs 1 crore

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1 crore on the country’s biggest lender State Bank of India (SBI) and a Rs 1.95 crore fine on Standard Chartered Bank for the violation of various guidelines.
• Fine levied on SBI for non-compliance with the directions contained in ‘Reserve Bank of India (Frauds classification and reporting by commercial banks and select FIs) directions 2016’, the RBI said in a statement.

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Business and Economy – Daily Current Affairs October 19

7. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) has become _____ public sector entity to join the elite club of ₹1 trillion market capitalization?
A) 9th
B) 8th
C) 6th
D) 5th
E) 4th
Answer: A) 9th

• Earlier, PSU stocks such as State Bank of India, Coal India, NMDC Ltd, Indian Oil Corp. Ltd, Power Grid Corp. Ltd, SBI Life Insurance, Bharat Petroleum Corp. and SBI Cards have achieved this milestone.
• IRCTC listed on 14 October 2019 on exchanges and its issue price was ₹320 a share.
• Since then, the stock has surged over 18-fold or 1,737%.
• So far this year, it has gained 308.1% and so far this month it has advanced 58%.

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Appointments – Daily Current Affairs October 19

8. Health ministry sets up panel on tobacco taxation headed by _____?
A) Vikas Sheel
B) Ashok Sheel
C) Aakash Sheel
D) Varun Sheel
E) Murugan Sheel
Answer: A) Vikas Sheel

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9. Who has been elected Chairman of Association of Mutual Funds in India?
A) Arun Selvam
B) Sakthi Vigneshvaran
C) Kavi Kumar
D) Siva subramanian
E) Bala subramanian
Answer: E) Bala subramanian

• Balasubramanian is Chief Executive Officer of Aditya Birla Sun Life Asset Management.
• He would take over from Nilesh Shah, Managing Director, Kotak Mutual Fund.
• Balasubramanian earlier served as AMFI Chairman between 2017 and 2019 and now would continue to hold the office till the conclusion of the next AGM.
• Radhika Gupta, Chief Executive Officer, Edelweiss Asset Management has been elected as the Vice-Chairperson of AMFI.

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Science and Technology – Daily Current Affairs October 19

10. Which organisation has selected a new space telescope called the Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI), that will chart the evolution of the Milky Way galaxy?
A) ROSCOSMOS
B) ESA
C) JAXA
D) ISRO
E) NASA
Answer: E) NASA

• U.S. space agency NASA has selected a new space telescope called the Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI), that will chart the evolution of the Milky Way galaxy.
• The gamma-ray telescope is expected to launch into orbit in 2025 as the agency’s latest small astrophysics mission.
• COSI will study the recent history of star birth, star death, and the formation of chemical elements in the Milky Way.

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International Affairs – Daily Current Affairs October 19

11. Which country fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) off its east coast?
A) Australia
B) Italy
C) North Korea
D) UK
E) Israel
Answer: C) North Korea

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12. The Indian Navy has received the 11th anti-submarine warfare aircraft P-8I from Boeing. The Defence Ministry had first signed a contract for eight ) aircraft in _____?
A) 2003
B) 2004
C) 2005
D) 2006
E) 2009
Answer: E) 2009

• The Defence Ministry had first signed a contract for eight P-8I aircraft in 2009. Later, in 2016, it signed a contract for four additional P-8I aircraft.
• The Indian Navy had received the ninth P-8I aircraft in November last year and got the 10th P-8I aircraft in July this year.
• The patrol aircraft is an integral part of the Indian Navy’s fleet and has surpassed 30,000 flight hours since it was inducted in 2013, the statement added.

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13. India and which country held their inaugural maritime dialogue and discussed cooperation in the maritime domain, Indo-Pacific, regional and multilateral cooperation?
A) Australia
B) Italy
C) North Korea
D) UK
E) Israel
Answer: D) UK

• An MEA release stated that the consultations, which were led by the two Foreign Ministries, involved exchanges on cooperation in the maritime domain, Indo-Pacific and regional/ multilateral cooperation.
• The maritime dialogue was held in a virtual format as agreed in the India-UK Roadmap 2030 for future relations adopted at the virtual summit between the two Prime Ministers in May 2021, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.

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National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs October 19

14. Who addressed a webinar titled “Building Value Chain: Opportunities for India and ASEAN”?
A) Ram Nath Kovind
B) S Jaishankar
C) Amit Shah
D) Riva Ganguly Das
E) Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Answer: D) Riva Ganguly Das

• Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs Riva Ganguly Das addressed a webinar titled “Building Value Chain: Opportunities for India and ASEAN” and highlighted COVID-19 and health cooperation, digital technology, environment, and trade as avenues for enhancing India-ASEAN cooperation.
• Earlier this month, Riva Ganguly Das also addressed the Valedictory Session of the third India-ASEAN conference and underscored the importance of India-ASEAN common cultural and civilization heritage in strengthening Strategic Partnership in contemporary times.

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15. Who launched an internet of things (IoT) kit developed by CDAC for development of smart technology solutions?
A) Narendra Modi
B) S Jaishankar
C) Amit Shah
D) Riva Ganguly Das
E) Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Answer: A) Rajeev Chandrasekhar

• Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar launched an internet of things (IoT) kit developed by CDAC for development of smart technology solutions, an official statement said.
• The kit, of the size of a credit card, is fitted with six sensors, actuators, and connectivity and debugger interfaces.
• It is priced at Rs 2,500 per unit.

MoS IT Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar attends International Conference and Exhibition on Digital technologies – “Future Tech 2021”:

• Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics & IT, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, virtually attended the inaugural session of the International Conference and Exhibition on Digital technologies – “Future Tech 2021” organized by the CII.
• The event is scheduled from 19 – 27 October 2021.
• The event will revolve on 5 theme pillars: Strategy, Growth, Resilience, Inclusiveness, Trust with a focused theme “Driving technologies for building the future, we all can trust”.

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16. Which state inaugurates Seed Capital financial assistance scheme?
A) Kerala
B) Chhattisgarh
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Delhi
E) Manipur
Answer: A) Kerala

• The assistance is given to Self Help Groups (SHGs) as part of the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises(PMFME) project.
• Inaugurating the scheme, Rajeev said the government is working on the idea of starting an online platform to deliver products manufactured by Kudumbashree and other Micro, small, and medium production units.
• The government has already initiated preliminary level talks, the minister added.
• The food processing ministry also helps entrepreneurs in building logistical support and developing the brand building for the product
• Members of the self-help group will get initial capital up to Rs 40,000 to purchase machines from the PMFME scheme.
• Members of the self-help groups involved in the food processing industry are entitled to get 35 per cent of the credit linked capital subsidy subject to a maximum of 10 lakh rupees.

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17. Who inaugurated Ayush Van, a dedicated forest for Ayurvedic plants in a program held at the Deendayal Port Trust (DPT)– Rotary Forest in the city?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Sarbananda Sonowal
C) Amit Shah
D) Riva Ganguly Das
E) Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Answer: B) Sarbananda Sonowal

• Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and AYUSH Shri Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated Ayush Van, a dedicated forest for Ayurvedic plants in a program held at the Deendayal Port Trust (DPT)– Rotary Forest in the city.
• The Ayush Van was set up in 30 acres of land allotted by DPT in green-belt area where tree plantation is being done to improve greenery in urban area and increase density of tree cover in the Kutch region.
• The Union Minister also planted a sapling to mark the opening.

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18. Who launches Air Quality Early Warning System to coincide with Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsava?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Sarbananda Sonowal
C) Jitendra Singh
D) Riva Ganguly Das
E) Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Answer: C) Jitendra Singh

• Following is the link to the website https://ews.tropmet.res.in/dss/ (At present the website is viewed best in Desktop and soon it will be made compatible with mobiles On Andrioid and and iPADS (IOS) .
• The website also has a feature whereby the users can create their own emission reduction scenarios (from 20 different districts including Delhi) so as to examine the possible projected improvement in air quality in Delhi for the next five days.

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19. Who inaugurates 250 mm Seer Water supply scheme in Pahalgam, J&K?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Sarbananda Sonowal
C) Jitendra Singh
D) Piyush Goyal
E) Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Answer: D) Piyush Goyal

• The union minister inaugurated 250 mm Seer Water supply scheme.
• The project will benefit around 10,000 people and will be completed under the ambit of Jal Jeevan Mission within three months.

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