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‘IBPS Clerk Cracker’ 2018 – Free Online Live Course

Oliveboard is conducting a Free Live Online Coaching Course for IBPS Clerk btw Oct 29-Dec 6. Some of India's top faculty are conducting it. It can be accessed via OB App under ‘Live course’ tab. For web access, www.oliveboard.in & Click Learn->Live class.

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Today’s class- Common clerk questions (Reasoning) at 7:00 pm

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Nitin Gadkari to lay the foundation for India’s largest Dry Dock

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation for India’s largest Dry Dock at Cochin Shipyard in Kerala. Dry Dock will give an impetus to Make in India initiative under Sagarmala and raise India’s share in global shipbuilding.

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India has a coastline of around 7500 km.

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Conference on Cyber Security

Defence Research and Development Organisation in association with VJTI organized a conference on Cyber Security – Challenges and Innovations. It was inaugurated by NITI Aayog Member Saraswat. They discussed challenges and the way ahead in cybersecurity.

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G. Satheesh Reddy is the chairman of DRDO.

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CSIR develops Less Polluting Firecrackers

CSIR develops Less Polluting Firecrackers named – SWAS, SAFAL and STAR. These crackers are 15-20 % cheaper than conventional ones. For the first time, an Emission Testing Facility established in India for sound and emission testing of crackers.

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Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-CSIR.

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Isle of Man International Chess tournament

Grandmaster B Adhiban finished third at the Isle of Man International tournament after beating highly-regarded Michael Adams of England. Poland's Radoslav Wojtaszek emerged the winner of the event. The event held at the city of Douglas.

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Douglas is the capital of the Isle of Man.

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Country’s first container movement on inland vessel post-independence

Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) transports container cargo is belonging to the food and beverage giant PepsiCo from Kolkata to Varanasi on river Ganga. This is the country’s first container movement on inland vessel post-independence.

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Inland Waterways Authority of India headquartered at Noida, U.P.

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Senior composer & lyricist Yashwant Dev passed away

Senior composer and lyricist Yashwant Dev passed away in Mumbai. He had composed and written many popular Marathi songs. He was honored with many awards including Gan-samradni Lata Mangeshkar Award and Gadima puraskar.

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Yashwant Dev won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics (1984).

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5th National Summit on Public Health Care

The 5th National Summit on “Good & Replicable Practices & Innovations in Public Health Care System in India” is organized at Kaziranga, Assam by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. National summit on Public health started in 2013.

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J.P. Nadda is Minister of Health & Family Welfare.

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India, Japan ink bilateral currency swap arrangement

India and Japan have decided to enter a $75 billion currency swap agreement. The agreement is expected to bring down the cost of capital for Indian entities while accessing foreign capital market. This will also help in containing Current Account Deficit.

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Yen is the currency of Japan.

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World’s smallest optical gyroscope developed

Scientists have developed the world’s smallest optical gyroscope - a device that helps vehicles, drones, and handheld electronic devices know their orientation in 3D space.

The device developed by Caltech engineers 30 times smaller than currently available

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MEMS gyroscopes are used in Mobile phones.

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SBI, Hitachi Payments form joint venture for digital payment platform

Country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) and payments solution provider Hitachi Payment Services India entered into an agreement to form a joint venture for establishing a card acceptance and digital payment platform.

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Hitachi Group is from Japan.