SAARC Immigration Authorities
begins in Islamabad
§ Pakistan’s
Director General (DG) Immigration and Passports Usman A. Bajwa has been
unanimously elected as Chairman.
§ The
meeting will formulate recommendations to be presented in the meetings of Home
Secretaries and Interior Ministers during the conference.
India to host international summit on
tobacco-control
§ India
will host a global summit to eliminate the illicit trade of tobacco products in
which around 180 countries delegates will participate.
§ The
summit is scheduled from November 7th to 12th at the Indian Exposition Mart in
Noida.
§ This
will be the 7th session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework
Convention on Tobacco Control .
Odisha govt to recruit transgenders as jail
warders
§ The
Odisha government has decided to recruit transgender persons as jail warders as
per the directive of the Supreme Court.
§ A
letter to this effect has been sent to the Odisha Subordinate Staff Selection
Commission to take necessary steps in this regard.
§ First
time the state government will mention the third gender as a separate category
in any of the recruitment process.
Professor Emeritus Braj B Kachru passes
away
§ Indian-American
Professor Emeritus of Linguistics Braj B Kachru (84- year) has passed away in
Urbana.
§ He was
a Jubilee Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, faculty of Liberal Arts and
Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
ICICI Bank reduces lending rate by 0.05%
§ ICICI
Bank has announced 0.05% reduction in its marginal cost of funds based lending
rate (MCLR).
§ The
overnight Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR) will be 8.90% under
the revised rate structure which is effective from today.
§ The
one-year MCLR has moved down to 9.10%.
Bhaskar Khulbe appointed Secretary to Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
Senior
IAS officer of West Bengal cadre Bhaskar Khulbe (1983-batch) has been appointed
as secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
§ The
Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved his appointment.
§ Earlier,
He was Additional Secretary in Prime Minister’s Office.
§ He
will look after work related to Cabinet Secretariat and thrust areas of the
government.
Novak Djokovic wins fourth Rogers Cup
championship
§ World
No.1 men’s singles tennis player Novak Djokovic has won fourth Rogers Cup
championship.
§ He
defeated Kei Nishikori (6-3, 7-5 ) in the final for his 66th career
title.
§ The
events alternate from year to year between the cities of Montreal and Toronto.
Simona Halep wins Rogers Cup women’s single
§ Romanian
tennis player Simona Halep has won the Rogers Cup in Montreal.
§ She
defeated Madison Keys (7-6, 6-3 ) in the final of Rogers Cup.
§ She
improved her career record against Keys to 3-1, having beaten the American over
three sets in their most recent meeting at Wimbledon last month.
Wrestler Narsingh Yadav gets NADA’s clean
chit in doping case
§ The
National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has given clean chit to Indian wrestler
Narsingh Yadav in the doping case.
§ NADA
disciplinary panel exonerated him from charges of violating anti-doping rules
of NADA.
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