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Daily Current Affairs of 29th September 2018

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International Current Affairs

Today (29th September) is World Heart Day.
- The World Heart Day is an international campaign held on 29th September by the World Heart Foundation to inform people about cardiovascular diseases, which are the biggest cause of death.
- This day promotes preventative measures to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
- Theme of World Heart Day 2018 : "My Heart, Your Heart"
Russian President Vladimir Putin is going to visit India from October 4-5.
- During this visit, he will attend the 19th India-Russia Annual Summit.
- Putin and PM Narendra Modi will discuss key aspects of the further development of Russian-Indian privileged strategic partnership and exchange opinions on current international and regional issues.
- The main highlight of the meeting is likely to be the gifting of three Mig-21 fighter jets to Russia.

Science & Technology

India's first dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory ASTROSAT has completed 3 years in Earth's orbit.
- Launched on September 28, 2015, ASTROSAT has helped scientists confirm the presence of younger stars in globular clusters, earlier believed to contain only old stars.
- The 1,513 kg satellite has observed over 750 sources so far and gathered data, which has resulted in nearly 100 publications.
China is planning to bring its Second Space Lab, Tiangong-2 back to Earth in July 2019 in a "controlled deorbit".
- This comes six months after China's first space lab, Tiangong-1, went "out of control" and burned up in the atmosphere before hitting the Pacific Ocean.

Deaths

Former Gujarat minister and Congress leader Manoharsinh Jadeja (83) passed away.
- Jadeja, a descendant of the erstwhile royal family of Rajkot, earned the degree of barrister-at-law from Cambridge University and had a stint in cricket before entering politics.
- The octogenarian was popularly known as 'Dada'.

Awards & Honors

The winners of 2018 Nobel Prizes will be announced from 1st October 2018.
- Beginning with Medicine laureates, followed by Physics, Chemistry, Peace, and Economics in the coming days.
- Important Note : Nobel Prize for Literature has been postponed for the first time in 70 years due to the #MeToo scandal, in which the husband of a Swedish Academy member was accused of rape.
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar was today conferred an honorary doctorate by National Institute of Technology, Goafor his contribution to the state and the country.
Assam's Binita Jain became the 1st contestant to win ₹1 crore on Amitabh Bachchan-hosted 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' season 10.

New Appointments

Leading life insurance company in India, Max Life Insurance has announced that it's Managing Director Rajesh Sud has resigned after "18 years of building" the company.
- Prashant Tripathy, currently a Senior Director and Chief Financial Officer of the company, will replace Sud as the new MD from January.

Sports Current Affairs

India defeat Bangladesh to win Asia Cup for the second straight time and overall seventh time.
- This is the third time in four Asia Cup editions that Bangladesh have finished as runners-up.

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