Weekly Current Affairs Capsule October 2017 1st Week
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Weekly Current Affairs Capsule October 2017 1st Week
1.The United States has lifted its 20-year-old trade embargo against this nation – Sudan
2. This trio won the Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 – Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Barry Barish.
3.The 2017 Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to this British author – Kazuo Ishiguro.
4. The theme of 2017 World Teachers’ Day (WTD) – Teaching in Freedom, Empowering Teachers.
5. Ukhnaa Khurelsukhn was in October 2017 appointed as the new Prime Minister of this nation – Mongolia.
6.This trio won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 – Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson.
7.The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has suspended this country’s National Olympic Committee following corruption allegations – Brazil.
8.The union government has set up a study group to examine problems faced by the people living near the International Border in which state – Jammu & Kashmir.
9.This veteran director, best known for the dark comedy “Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro”, passed away at his home early on 7 October 2017 at the age of 69 – Kundan Shah
10.India is celebrating completion of 20 years of Science & Technology cooperation with this nation – South Africa
11.The Indian President, Ram Nath Kovind would be inaugurating India Water Week – 2017 in this city – New Delhi
12.The Bi-annual Director General- level talks have begun in New Delhi between India and this bordering nation – Bangladesh
13.This Indian-origin Sikh lawyer has become the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) – Jagmeet Singh
14.The 8th Conference of the Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians is scheduled to be held in this country- Sri Lanka
15.She, former Chief Justice of Delhi HC, has been made the chairperson of a 5-member commission formed by the Indian President to examine sub-categorisation of OBCs – G Rohini
16.Te new Governor of Bihar – Satya Pal Malik
17.Former Assam governor has been made the new Governor of Tamil Nadu – Banwarilal Purohit
18.State has launched Mukhya Mantri Kaushal Samvardhan and Kaushalya Yojana – Madhya Pradesh
19.This state has initiated Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccine drive as part of the National Immunisation Programme aiming to eradicate measles by 2020 – Kerala
20.This sportsperson has been appointed as the brand ambassador of ‘Swachh Andhra Mission’ – PV Sindhu
21.This International UN day was celebrated on 2 October 2017 – World Habitat Day
22.This Political leader laid the foundation stone for national waterway on Krishna River – M Venkaiah Naidu
23.Which country recently celebrated its 70th Anniversary of establishing the first Parliament of democracy – Sri Lanka
24.India has received its first ever crude oil shipment from this nation – USA
25.Banwarilal Purohit was on 6 October 2017 sworn in as the governor of this state – Tamil Nadu
26.He has been appointed as the new chairman of SBI – Rajnish Kumar
27.She has been appointed as the Deputy Director-General of World Health Organization in Geneva – Soumya Swaminathan
28.The first ever Asian India Music Festival is being held in which city – New Delhi
29.Union Ministers, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari laid foundation stone for highway and shipping
projects in this Union territory – Andaman & Nicobar Islands
30.The 14th India and European Union summit was held in this Indian city – New Delhi
31.India signed agreements on trade, communication and media with this nation – Ethiopia
32.The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 kicked o? on 6 October 2017. It would conclude on – 28 October.