One Liner GK Current Affairs- 10 October 2018

Daily Current Affairs & GK Update 10 October 2018

In the Current Affairs & GK Update of 10 October 2018 we cover  all important National,International,Financial,Sports news, nominations, agreements which are relevant for upcoming IBPS PO,IBPS Clerk,SSC,IBPS RRB,STATE PSC exams.We at Achieversrule regularly provide One Liner Current Affairs and GK Updates to keep our candidates prepared for Current Affairs section of Banking,Insurance exams and current affairs exam.

National:

• Odisha is going to have a Second Generation (2G) Ethanol Bio-Refinery, first in the country to produce ethanol from rice straw, in Bargarh district.
• LogoThis year Goa International Film Festival from 20th to 28th of November will have Jharkhand as a partner state. The decision was taken yesterday in meeting between Secretary of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting ,Mr. Amit Khare and Chief Secretary of Jharkhand, Sudhir Tripathy at Ranchi. 
• Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare during inaugurated of ‘2nd World Conference on Access to Medical Products: Achieving the SDGs 2030’.
• Union Minister Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone for Rs 1,224 crore highway projects in Uttar Pradesh. Besides, the highway projects, Gadkari also laid the foundation stone for the development of National Waterway 40 (river Ghaghra).

Importance of the day:

• 10th October is celebrated as 'World mental health day'across the world.Theme of 2018 World mental health day is 'Young People and Mental Health in a Changing World'.

Defence:

• Ukraine has opened a series of large-scale air-force exercises with the United States and seven other NATO countries.The 12-day-long Clear Sky 2018 war games are being held in Western Ukraine.

Cabinet Approval:

• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for closure of the Biecco Lawrie Limited (BLL) including giving Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS)/ Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) to the employees of the Company.

Agreement:

• UNICEF and NASSCOM Foundation Monday signed an agreement to strengthen child rights through "meaningful business interventions". With this Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the two organisations will work collaboratively on two key areas including national sensitisation on 'child online protection' and 'encouraging innovations for child rights' in the country.

Environment:

• The Centre has reconstituted Supreme Court-empowered Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority or the EPCA, which is tasked with taking various measures to tackle air pollution in the National Capital Region. The tenure of the last EPCA expired on October 3.

STATIC GK NOTE DOWN POINTS

• World Mental health day first observed in 10th October.
• Headquarter of NATO:Brussels,Belgium.
• Secretary General of NATO:Jens Stoltenberg.
• Capital of Ukraine:Kiev.
• Currency of Ukraine:Ukrainian Hryvnia.
• Union minister of Petroleum and Natural gas:Shri Dharmendra Pradhan.
• The Chairman of Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs:Prime Minister.
• Governor of Odisha: Ganeshi Lal.
• Chief Minister of Odisha:Naveen Patnaik.
• Chief Minister of Jharkhand:Raghubar Das.
• Capital of Jharkhand:Ranchi.
• Governor of Jharkhand:Draupadi Murmu.
• Headquarter of USA:New York,USA.
• UNICEF stands for United Nations Children's Fund.
• NASSCOM stands for National Association of Software and Services Companies.
• NASSCOM was established on 1988.
• Chairman of NASSCOM:Rishad Premji.
• Chairman of National green Tribunal:Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel.
• Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare:J P Nadda.
• Union Minister of Road transport and Shipping:Nitin Gadkari.
• Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh:Yogi Adityanath.
• Governor of Uttar Pradesh:Ram Naik.