Current Affairs - November 1, 2019 Current Affairs

United Bank of India and Srei Equipment Finance ltd have partnered together under a co-lending agreement to provide loans to MSME. They both have jointly organised Loan Utsav in 20 cities across India.

Odisha Government is to partner with Massachusettes Institute of Technology (MIT)-based Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), co-founded by Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo.

Pooja Rani (75kg) clinched gold medals with impressive wins, while Ashish (69kg) settled for a silver as India ended with a decent haul of seven medals at the Olympic Test Event for Boxing in Tokyo.

Shiva Thapa (63kg) clinched gold medals with impressive wins, while Ashish (69kg) settled for a silver as India ended with a decent haul of seven medals at the Olympic Test Event for Boxing in Tokyo.

Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment inaugurated the 100 bedded ESIC hospital at Rudrapur, Uttarakhand.

Former English cricketer Eileen Ash, who is the world's oldest living Test cricket, turned 107.Born on October 30, 1911 at Highbury in London, Eileen made her Test debut for England against Australia on June 12 at Northampton and played her last Test match against the New Zealand 12 years later at Auckland on March 26, 1949.

Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves the acquisition of a shareholding in ANI Technologies Private Limited (ANI) and Ola Electric Mobility Private Limited (OEM) by Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) and Kia Motors Corporation (KMC)

The 5th International Conference on ROADTECH (Sustainable Roads and Highways-Smart Use of Available Resources for Green and Sustainable Roads) was held in New Delhi on 30 October. Union Minister of State for Road Transport V.K. Singh addressed the meeting.

The National Workshop on Pradhan Mantri Van Dhan Yojana (PMVDY) began on October 30. The workshop will be held on October 30-31. The workshop was addressed by Shri Pravin Krishna, MD, TRIFED.

The 35th Summit of The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) began in Bangkok on October 31 and it will continue till November 4.

India and Bangladesh teams will play the country's first Day-Night Test match at Eden Gardens Stadium. BCCI has requested Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to approve the plan so that teams of both countries can participate in the game.

Veteran leader of Communist Party of India (CPI) and former Parliamentarian Gurudas Das Gupta died in Kolkata after a long illness. He was 83.In 2001, he was elected as General Secretary of All India Trade Union Congress. He was also known as a trade unionist.

The theme for the year 2019, selected by the United Nations, is changing the world: innovations and a better life for future generations. The theme aims to discuss how urbanization can be used to achieve sustainable development.

World Cities Day is observed on October 31. The day aims to promote the interest of the international community to implement the New Urban Agenda globally. .

Noted Hindi poet Leeladhar Jagoori, whose poems often celebrate love and hope, received the KK Birla Foundation's 2018 Vyas Samman on Wednesday for his collection of poems, Jitne Log Utne Prem, his 12th anthology of poetry.

The Vyas Samman started in 1991, is given by KK Birla Foundation for an outstanding literary work in Hindi authored by an Indian citizen published during the last 10 years.

Alberto Fernandez and his running mate, former president Cristina Kirchner, won Argentina's presidential elections 2019.

Ministry of Railways signed an MoU with the Indian School of Business (ISB) for a strategic partnership. The MoU was signed by Shri Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman, Railway Board, and Professor Rajendra Srivastava, Dean, ISB.

The Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or the National Unity Day is celebrated on 31 October in India. The day marks the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

The Government of India is planning to open 100 additional airports by 2024. The decision was made at a meeting that was held to review the infrastructure that is needed by 2025.