Every year Oct 11 has been marked as the International Day of the Girl child which highlights the needs and challenges girls face while promoting girls' empowerment and the fulfillment of their human rights. This day is celebrated since 2012.
2018 theme - With Her: A Skilled Girl Force.
A survey by Projects Today magazine - Odisha has topped in manufacturing destination by contributing 11.68% of the fresh projects in the July-Sep period of FY19, followed by Andhra Pradesh (10.13%), Karnataka (8.02%), Maharashtra (7.45%) & Gujarat (5.54%).
Naveen Patnaik is 14th and current Chief Minister of Odisha.
The government has hiked import duty on certain communication items, including base stations up to 20 % from 10%. The import duty has also been hiked on certain inputs used in the communication industry like Printer Circuit Board Assembly.
The increased duties would be effective from October 12.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved an extension in tenure of the MD and CEO of Bank of Baroda P S Jayakumar for a period of one year till October 12, 2019. He was the co-founder and CEO of VBHC Value Budget Housing (VBHC).
Headquarters of Bank of Baroda - Vadodara
According to the 2018 Henley Passport Index, Japan has the most powerful passport in the world overtaking Singapore in terms of travel freedom. Japanese citizens can enter without a visa on arrival in 190 countries. The UK & USA slid down into the 5th spot
The UAE ranked 21st & ranked 1st in the Middle East region.
WB ranked India 115th with a score of 0.44 out of 1.0 among 157 countries in the Human Capital Index. GOI dismissed HCI to undertake the Human Capital Development. Singapore topped in the index followed by Japan, Hong Kong, and Finland.
Considered Parameters - Child mortality, health, education.
ISRO signed a MoU with the CUJ for setting up of the Satish Dhawan Centre for Space Science in the University. CUJ and the Central Scientific Instruments Organization also signed a MoU to create awareness about space research & to motivate youngsters.
ISRO Director - Kailasavadivoo Sivan; HQ – Bengaluru
Indus Towers becomes the 1st Indian company in the service sector and 5th globally to win the Deming Prize for 2018 for the performance improvements through the application of Total Quality Management. It is the 29th Indian company to win this award.
JUSE(Union of Japanese Scientists & Engineers) stated the prize
Tushar Mehta has been appointed as SG of India till June 2020. He was appointed as Additional SG after the NDA government took over in 2014. He was the main legal advisor for the BJP president Amit Shah during encounter cases in Gujarat.
Ranjit Kumar was the Solicitor General of India till Oct 2017.
Malayalam poet M N Paloor passed away at Kovoor in Kozhikode. He was 86. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his autobiography 'Kathayillathavante Katha' in 2013. He won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1983 for 'Kalikalam'.
His books- Pedithondan, Theerthayathra, Bhangiyum Abhangiyum etc