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India's exports grew by 17.86 per cent to 26.98 billion dollar in October 2018. The sectors which recorded healthy growth includes petroleum, engineering, chemicals, pharma and gems and jewellery sector. Imports during October also rose by 17.62 per cent.
Suresh Prabhu is Minister for Commerce.
World Tolerance Summit was inaugurated in Dubai. The theme of the Summit was ‘Prospering from Pluralism: Embracing Diversity through Innovation and Collaboration’. 16th of November has been declared as the World’s Tolerance Day by the UNESCO.
Dubai is the largest and most populous city in the UAE.
Journalist and Chairman of the Hindu Publishing Group, N Ram has been selected for Raja Ram Mohan Roy award. Ruby Sarkar of Deshbandhu, Bhopal and Rajesh Joshte of Daily Pudhari, Ratnagiri will share the award in category of Rural Journalism.
CK Prasad is chairman of Press Council of India.
India's ace cueist Pankaj Advani won third straight IBSF billiards crown in the 150-up format, taking the overall tally of world titles to 20. Advani overcame Nay Thway Oo of Myanmar in the final. It was organized by World Confederation of Billiards Sports.
World Confederation of Billiards Sports formed in 1992.
Infosys has appointed Jayesh Sanghrajka as the interim chief financial officer of the company and key managerial personnel. Sanghrajka is currently the deputy CFO of the Bengaluru-headquartered IT services exporter.
Nandan Nilekani is the chairman of Infosys.
The 15-day Aadi Mahotsav festival is beginning in the national capital Delhi. The theme of the festival is 'celebration of the spirit of tribal culture, craft, cuisine and commerce'. It will feature the exhibition-cum-sale of tribal handicrafts, arts.
Jual Oram is Union Minister for Tribal Affairs.
According to ISRO chief, The Indian Space Research Organisation has set a 'target' of achieving the country's ambitious manned mission to space by 2021, with the first unmanned programme of 'Gaganyaan' planned for December 2020.
The Chief of ISRO is K Sivan.
The very first India session of The Asian Women in Leadership Summit 2018, held in Mumbai. The issue was to understand how to accelerate change and hold a constructive dialogue on Board Diversity and Gender Parity amongst India Inc.
Amruta Fadnavis was the Chief Guest of the event.
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur have devised the 'Decision Support System' (DSS) focusing on the 'Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana' for maximizing (optimizing) the number of LPG connections, particularly in BPL households.
The PMUY was launched in May 2016.
FM Arun Jaitley inaugurated the National Press Day celebrations in New Delhi. The National Press Day is symbolic of a free and responsible press in India. It was on this day that the Press Council of India started functioning as a moral watchdog.
India ranks 138 in World Press Freedom Index 2018.