International Affairs
1. SAARC Immigration Authorities begins in Islamabad
- Today, the 7th meeting of SAARC Immigration Authorities has begun in Islamabad (Pakistan).
- 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.
- SAARC Home Secretaries will meet tomorrow which will be attended by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh while SAARC Interior Ministers will meet on Thursday.
National Affairs
2. 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 .
3. 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.
- For this, they will have to succeed in the qualifying examination with other candidates.
Obituaries
4. 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.
- Mr Kachru has authored and edited over 25 books and more than 100 research papers, reviews and review articles.
- He was named Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Illinois in 1992.
Banking & Finance
5. ICICI Bank reduces lending rate by 0.05%
- Today, 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%.
Note:-
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has introduced the MCLR from April 1 this year for faster transmission of its policy actions into actual lending rates by the banks.
Main components of MCLR:
- Marginal cost of funds
- Negative carry on account of CRR
- Operating costs
- Tenor premium
National & International Appointment
6. 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
Sports
7. Novak Djokovic wins ATP Toronto Masters
- World No.1 men’s singles tennis player Novak Djokovic has won the ATP Toronto Masters.
- He defeated Kei Nishikori (6-3, 7-5 ) in the final for his 66th career title.
- ATP Toronto Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada.
- The events alternate from year to year between the cities of Montreal and Toronto.
8. Simona Halep wins Rogers Cup women’s single
- Romanian tennis player Simona Halep has won the Rogers Cup in Montreal.
- She defeated Kei Nishikori (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.
9. 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.
- Earlier, Narsingh Yadav had tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid methandienone in the out-of-competition doping tests conducted by NADA.
- Now, he can participate in 2016 Rio Olympics.
Note:-
- Metandienone is an orally active anabolic steroid that binds and activates the androgen receptor.
- It increases muscle strength, protein synthesis and glycogenolysis over a short span of time.
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