30th October 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 29th October 2017

International Current Affairs

Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni is on a visit to India.
- With this, he has become the first politician at the post to visit the Asian country in a decade.
- His visit aimed at strengthening the bilateral political and economic relations between the two countries.
- Note : Gentiloni and Narendra Modi released commemorative stamp to mark 70 Years of Diplomatic Relationship between India & Italy.

National Current Affairs

In a first in India, the Andhra Pradesh government is going to make Digital Prescriptions mandatory for the sale of medicines.
- It has developed a system wherein pharmacies can only sell medicines on prescriptions with digital signatures of registered doctors.
- Further, the patients have to use a One Time Password on their mobiles, or Aadhaar, for identity verification.
India is going to observe Rashtriya Ekta Diwas tomorrow on birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
THE UNION Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is set to move a proposal before the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) for taking over the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), currently under the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA).
- BCAS, currently under the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) is responsible for laying down standards, policies and measures with regard to security of all commercial flights.

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

State-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines started flying regularly to Iraq on Monday after a 27-year break. There have been no flights between the two Arab nations since former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein invaded neighbouring Kuwait in 1990. "The resumption of flights is in line with growing ties between the two brotherly countries," the official Saudi Press Agency has said.

New Appointments

Senior IPS officer YC Modi, who was part of a Supreme Court-appointed team that probed the 2002 Gujarat riots cases, today took over as NIA chief.
- He has replaced Sharad Kumar, a 1979 batch IPS officer of Haryana Cadre, who completed his tenure.

Sports Current Affairs

Roger Federer defeated Juan Martin del Potro to win record eighth title in his hometown Basel, which is his seventh title of 2017 and 95th of his career.
Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton won his fourth Formula One championship at Mexico Grand Prix 2017.
The Indian junior men's hockey team won Bronze at the 7th Sultan of Johor Cup by defeating hosts Malaysia 4-0 in the third-fourth place classification match today.
Saudi Arabia will allow women to enter sports stadiums starting 2018, authorities have announced today.
- Women have long been barred from stadiums due to rules on gender segregation in public.
India's Kidambi Srikanth clinched his second consecutive Superseries title of the year at the French Open, becoming the first-ever Indian shuttler to win four Superseries in a year.
- Note : He had earlier won Indonesia Open, Australian Open and Denmark Open this year.

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