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Qatar will host the 23rd edition of the World Corporate Games in 2019. This is the first time the World Corporate Games will be held in the Middle East. The sporting event takes place every one to two years and the last edition was held in Houston.
World Corporate Games was established in 1988.
RBI has approved re-appointment of Aditya Puri as MD & CEO of HDFC bank for another two years. Shareholders had already approved his appointment in 2015 for a period of five years subject to RBI approval.
Aditya Puri has been with the bank since 1994.
Tata Steel will be official partner of the men's hockey World Cup, to be staged at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from Nov 28 to Dec 16. It will be the third time that India will be hosting the competition after 1982 in Mumbai and in 2010 in New Delhi.
Tata Steel is the 10th-largest steel producer in the world
The Union Cabinet also approved renaming of Jharsuguda Airport, Odisha as "Veer Surendra Sai Airport, Jharsuguda". Veer Surendra Sai is a well-known freedom fighter of Odisha.
Veer SurendraSai Stadium in Sambalpur, Orissa is named after him
Malayalam film Olu will be the opening film at the 49th International Film Festival of India, IFFI. This was decided by the jury for the Indian Panorama. Marathi film Kharvas will be the opening non-feature film.
The IFFI will be held in Goa in November.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a slew of measures, including sanction of loans of up to Rs 1 crore to small and medium enterprises in 59 minutes through a special portal, to give a boost to the nation’s second biggest employing sector.
MSMEs now need single air,water clearance to establish a factory
An aggressive ten day long Clean Air Campaign from 01st to 10th Nov, 2018 was launched in Delhi. To monitor and report polluting activities as well as to ensure quick action, 52 teams were jointly flagged off to Faridabad, Gurugram, Ghaziabad and Noida.
CPCB stands for Central Pollution Control Board
The Union Cabinet approved an agreement between India and Morocco on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters. It will help in investigation and prosecution of crime, tracing, restraint, forfeiture or confiscation or proceeds and instruments of crime
Morocco is in North Africa, Capital: Rabat, Currency: Dirham
Anupriya Patel, MoS for Health and Family Welfare addressed the ‘1st Annual Senior Care Conclave’ organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). NPHCE provides dedicated, specialized and comprehensive health care to the senior citizens.
NPHCE - National Program for the Health Care of Elderly
The world's largest airport terminal "under one roof" with a capacity to serve 90 million passengers is officially opened on in Istanbul, Turkey. It is dubbed as phase-1A of the project - Istanbul New Airport.
It is located near Black Sea coast on Europe side of Istanbul.