ii. The rise to the 100th position from 130 last year made India one of the top 10 best-improved countries and rounded off a day of good news on the economic front for the government. The World Bank’s ‘Doing Business 2018 — Reforming to Create Jobs’ report ranks 190 countries on the basis of a combined score on 10 parameters.
- Jim Yong Kim is the President of World Bank.
- The World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C., United States.
ii. India was followed by Indonesia, China, Philippines, Pakistan, Nigeria and South Africa, according to a Global TB Report 2017 released by the WHO. An estimated 1.7 million people died from TB in 2016. Also, India along with China and the Russia accounted for almost of half of the 490,000, Multidrug-Resistant TB (MDR-TB) cases registered in 2016.
- TB is a disease which in humans is usually caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis).
- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the WHO’s Director General.
- WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
ii. Six agreements in the fields of judicial cooperation, cooperation in youth issues, information and communications technology, trade and business, were also signed.
- Tunis is the capital of Tunisia.
- Beji Caid Essebsi jas is the present President of Tunisia.
ii. Members of the panel on PSU bank consolidation include railway and coal minister Piyush Goyal, and defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
- The State Bank of India merged operations of five of its associate banks and Bharatiya Mahila Bank with itself have marked the first consolidation move in the sector following the bad loan crisis.
- The merger has reduced the number of state-controlled banks to 21 from 26.
- Rajnish Kumar is the Present Chairman of Mumbai-Headquartered SBI.
ii. Golf legend Arnold Palmer claims the No. 2 spot with $40 million and Peanuts creator Charles Schulz ranks third with the income of $38 million. The list is compiled from information gathered from pretax income from Oct. 15, 2016, through Oct.15, 2017 before deducting cuts for agents, managers, and lawyers.
i. King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck has arrived in New Delhi on a four-day visit to India. He was accompanied by his wife, Queen Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck.
- Thimphu is the capital of Bhutan.
- Dzongkha is the official language of Bhutan.
ii. The state government also announced that it would be providing enhanced financial assistance to World War-II veterans and their widows.
- Manohar Lal is the Present CM of Haryana.
- Kaptan Singh Solanki is the Present Governor of Haryana.
- Jamsetji Tata was the founder of TATA Steels.
- It Headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
ii. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his appointment to the post for a period of two years. IAS officer P C Meena was appointed Private Secretary to Minister of State for Commerce and Industry C R Chaudhary.
- Ram Nath Kovind is the 14th President of India.
ii. Suresh Chukkapalli was given charge/invested formally at a ceremony in New Delhi.
- South Korea is the fourth largest economy in Asia and the 11th largest in the world known for its global corporations.
ii. Prior to joining Bharti AXA Life, he was with the Aditya Birla Group, where he worked for nearly 10 years in different roles.
- Bharti AXA Life is a life Insurance player that was started in 2006.
- It brings together the Paris-headquartered AXA Group and Bharti Enterprises.
- The joint venture has a 51% stake from Bharti and 49% stake from AXA.
- Moscow is the capital of Russia.
- Vladimir Putin is the present President of Russia.
i. Martina Hingis, one of only six women’s players to hold the No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles at the same time, will retire after the WTA Finals. Hingis, 37, won Grand Slam titles Nos. 24 and 25 at the US Open in September, capturing the women’s doubles and mixed doubles titles.
ii. Overall, she won 13 major doubles titles, along with five in singles and seven in mixed doubles. She held the world No. 1 ranking for 209 weeks during her career, winning 43 WTA singles titles and 64 doubles titles.
Important Takeaways from Above News for IBPS PO Mains Exam-
- Martina Hingis is from Switzerland.
- She is the youngest Grand Slam champion in history, having won the Wimbledon doubles title when she was just 15.
- Hingis was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2013.
16. Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day): October 31
- The Celebration of October 31 as ‘Rashtriya Ekta Diwas’ was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014.
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