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Ministerial-level meeting for implementation of INSTC

India is set to hold a meeting with Iran & Russia to implement International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC). A ministerial-level meeting for implementation of INSTC, the first of its kind is likely to be held in Russia in the month of November.

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INSTC is a land-and sea-based 7,200-km long network.

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Amitabh Bachchan to inaugurate 24th of edition KIFF

Amitabh Bachchan will inaugurate 24th edition of Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF). Australia would be the focus country of the Festival. Antony Firingee movie starring Uttam Kumar has been selected as an inaugural movie for event.

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Kolkata International Film Festival started in 1995.

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Marc Marquez clinches Malaysian Grand Prix 2018

World champion Marc Marquez clinched the Malaysia Grand Prix 2018 title. He won his ninth race of the MotoGP season after Valentino Rossi crashed four laps from the finish while leading the race & eventually finished second.

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2018 World MotoGP season held at Japan.

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Unified Payments Interface transactions on the rise

According to Data released by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI),UPI transactions in October increases by 19% in volume than September.The value of UPI transactions in October has increased by 25% to ₹74,978.27 crore.

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NPCI has limited person-to-person UPI transactions to 10 a day.

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Gafur Rakhimov elected president of AIBA

Gafur Rakhimov has been elected as president of International Boxing Association or AIBA, originally the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur. He is Uzbek businessman. He beat Serik Konakbayev Gafur to win the presidentship.

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AIBA is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Blockchain trade finance executed

HSBC India and ING Bank Brussels successfully executed a blockchain- enabled Letter of Credit (LC) transaction between Reliance Industries (RIL) and Tricon Energy. The Letter of Credit (LC) was issued by ING Bank for Tricon Energy USA (importer).

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All transaction is done on R3’s Corda blockchain platform.

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Park in Ayodhya dedicated to Indian-born Korean Queen Heo Hwang-ok.

Queen Heo, originally named Princess Suriratna, is believed to have traveled to the Korean city of Gimhae from Ayodhya in AD 42 as a 16-year-old. To mark this historical links South Korean, First Lady Kim Jung-sook was invited to India to inaugurate park.

Did you Know

President of South Korea is Moon Jae-in.

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National Seminar on Entrepreneurship and Business Development in Ayurveda

Two-day National Seminar on Entrepreneurship and Business Development in Ayurveda inaugurated at New Delhi. Seminar is being organised by Ministry of AYUSH in association with NITI Aayog with the aim of encouraging entrepreneurs in Ayurveda sector.

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National Ayurveda Day celebrated on 5th November.

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Signature Bridge Inaugurated In Delhi

In Delhi, the Signature Bridge over River Yamuna opened for public. It was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Delhi. The iconic bridge is 675 meters long and it will reduce the travel time in Delhi and share the burden of the Wazirabad Bridge.

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Arvind Kejriwal is Chief Minister of Delhi

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RBI starts the process to set up Public Credit Registry (PCR)

RBI has initiated setting up a digital Public Credit Registry to capture details of all borrowers, including willful defaulters and also the pending legal suits in order to check financial delinquencies.PCR will provide a 360-degree profile of borrowers.

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Urjit Patel is the governor of RBI.