DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 3 OCT 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
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1. MANIPUR
DECLARED AS 23RD OPEN DEFECATION FREE STATE: CM OF MANIPUR
I. Manipur Chief Minister N Biren
Singh declared Manipur as the 23rd state in the country to become Open
Defecation Free in India.
II. It is the 5th North-Eastern
state to get the tag.
III. This announced during the
celebration of National Cleanliness Day at Gandhi Memorial Hall in Imphal.
IV. He also launched the Google
Toilet Locator to enable locating nearest public toilet for use.
2. SAHYOG-HOP
TAC 2018: JOINT EXERCISE OF INDIA, VIETNAM COMMENCED IN CHENNAI
I. A joint exercise of ‘Sahyog-Hop
Tac 2018’ commenced off Chennai coast between Vietnam and India.
II. This exercise enhance cooperation between the two Coast
Guards in areas of maritime safety and security.
III.
VIETNAM:-Capital: Hanoi. Currency: Vietnamese dong.
3. 14
–DAY IBSAMAR VI: INDIA, BRAZIL & SA NAVIES TRAIN TO BUILD INTEROPERABILITY
IN SOUTH AFRICA
I. The 6th
edition of IBSAMAR, a joint Multi – National Maritime Exercise between the
II. Indian, Brazilian and South
African Navies commenced at Simons Town, South Africa.
III. For the first time, earlier
in 2018 from Feb 19-26, IBSAMAR (IBSAMAR V) was conducted off Goa as all
previous exercises were held in South Africa.
4. INDIA
LAUNCHES ‘OPERATION SAMUDRA MAITRI’ TO HELP TSUNAMI-HIT INDONESIA
I. India launched ‘Operation Samudra
Maitri’ in Central Sulawesi Province of the Republic of Indonesia to help tsunami-hit
Indonesia
II. The objective is to assist
victims of earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia.
5. UNCTAD
EXPECTS INDIA’S GDP TO RISE 7% IN 2018
I. United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development in its Trade and Development Report predicted the GDP
growth of India for 2018 to be at 7%.
II. India’s GDP grew 8.2% in the
April-June quarter especially due to manufacturing and better farm sector
performance.
III. The main reasons for overall 7%
growth are:Expansion in services and higher demand for exports.
III. UNCTAD:- Headquarters:
Geneva, Switzerland. Secretary-General: Mukhisa Kituyi .
6. JUSTICE
RANJAN GOGOI SWORN-IN AS 46TH CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA
I. Justice Ranjan Gogoi was sworn-in
as the 46th Chief Justice of India .
II. Justice Ranjan Gogoi was
administered the oath by President Ram Nath Kovind.
III. He is the first Chief Justice of
India from the north-east.
7. BARHAM
SALIH ELECTED AS IRAQ’S NEW PRESIDENT
I. Barham Salih was elected as 8th
president of Iraq.
II. Barham Salih replaces Fuad
Masum.
III.
ABOUT IRAQ: Capital – Baghdad, Currency – Iraqi dinar,Official
languages – Arabic, Kurdish
8. FACEBOOK
NAMES ADAM MOSSERI AS CEO OF INSTAGRAM
I.
Adam Mosseri has been named the Chief Executive Officer of Facebook owned
Instagram.
II.
Instagram was founded in 2010 by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger.
III.
It was sold to Facebook for $1 billion in 2012.
ABOUT
FACEBOOK: CEO – Mark Zuckerberg , Headquarters –California,
U.S.
