Current Affairs - October 26, 2019 Current Affairs

The Central Railway launched One Touch ATVM for fast ticketing at 42 suburban stations.

The International Conference on Neurological Disorders and Therapeutics (ICNDT) was organized by NIPER-Ahmadabad at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on 25 October 2019.

The BJP won 105 seats in the Maharashtra assembly elections 2019, while its ally the Shiv Sena won 56 seats. The Congress won 44 seats and the NCP won 54 seats.

Shri. Thakur Anup Singh, Marg ERP Ltd's Chairman, and Managing Director, was awarded the Udyog Rattan Award-2019 by the Institute of Economic Studies.

The West Bengal government has decided to re-introduce the pass-fail system in classes five and eight to abolishing the no-detention policy.

The Ayurveda day is observed on 25 October 2019. Every year, the National Ayurveda Day is celebrated on the occasion of Dhanwantari Jayanti (Dhanteras).

Senior IAS officer Arvind Singh has appointed as the chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI).

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched the Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana in Uttar Pradesh on 25 October.

Odisha cabinet approved projects worth Rs.3, 208 crore under Augmentation of Basic Amenities and Development of Heritage and Architecture (ABADHA) scheme.

To mark the birth anniversary of Ironman Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, National Unity Day will be celebrated on October 31.

India and the US signed a statement of intent (SOI) on key deliverables, including collaboration on strategic projects in the areas of unmanned aerial systems, small arms technology, and surveillance.

India was ranked at the 63rd position in the 2019 Ease of Doing Business rankings. The rankings were released by the World Bank.

The Vigilance Awareness Week-2019 will be observed this year from 28th October 2019 to 2nd November 2019 on the theme "Integrity - A way of life". Vigilance Awareness week is observed every year as a part of the multi pronged approach of the Commission, to encourage stakeholders to collectively participate in the prevention of and fight against Corruption. The Commission also aims to raise public awareness, regarding the existence causes and gravity of and the threat posed by the Commission.

For the first time, India is hosting the Global Bio-India 2019 summit, one of the largest biotechnology stakeholders conglomerate, in New Delhi.

Rohit Sharma has played a memorable inning in a series against South Africa and became third Indian batsman to reach at the top 10 in all three formats.

The Government of India, Government of Odisha and the World Bank signed a US$165 million loan agreement to support smallholder farmers strengthen the resilience of their production systems as well as diversify and improve the marketing of their produce, for increased income.

The European Union (EU) Parliament awarded the 'Sakharov Prize for Human Rights' to Uighur intellectual Ilham Tohti (49), who has been jailed and sentenced to life imprisonment in China for "separatism".

The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) the maximum seats in Haryana - 40, however, the party could not secure majority to form government in the state.

BharatPe has won the DigiDhan Mission Fin-tech Award 2018-2019 for 'Innovation in Digital Payments through Emerging Technology' at the MeitY Start-up Summit 2019 held in Delhi.