NSO survey has found that 80.4% of rural households have no arrangement for garbage collection & that garbage collection was better in urban India, with the panchayat or municipality corporation making arrangements for 74.1% of the households
48.1% rural households disposed waste water without treatment
India's badminton star Lakshya Sen has won the Scottish Open men's single title, defeating Brazilian Ygor Coelho in Glasgow to seal his 4th title in 3 months. 18 yr old player won silver at Polish Open, won the Belgian, Dutch & SaarLorLux Open in 2019
Lakshya Sen current BWF ranking (Oct 2019): 52
1993, the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, paving the path towards eradicating violence against women & girls worldwide. 2019 theme is ‘Orange the World: Generation Equality Stands Against Rape’
The Spotlight Initiative was started by EU & UN in 2017
Around 71.3% of rural households & 96.2% of urban households had access to toilets during 2018, as per NSO’s “Drinking Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Housing Condition in India” report. The survey was conducted between July-December 2018
Half the rural households in UP/Odisha had no access to toilets
In tennis, world number 1 Rafael Nadal has clinched sixth Davis Cup title for Spain after beating Denis Shapovalov of Canada in front of a jubilant home crowd in Madrid. Nadal defeated Shapovalov 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) to clinch Spain’s 2-0 win against Canada
Nadal won French Open & the US Open in 2019
Inox Wind has been granted extension by state-run SECI for the scheduled commissioning of 550 MW inter-state transmission system connected wind power projects in Gujarat. Inox Wind had successfully commissioned 200 MW Jun-Jul 2019 out of 250 MW
SECI is the only CPSE dedicated to the solar energy sector
Truecaller plans to use its payments platform to foray into credit business early 2020, turning it into a complete fin-tech company, as per a recent announcement by co-founder Nami Zarringhalam.
Truecaller India MD: Sandeep Patil
In wrestling, India concluded its campaign at the Under-15 Asian Championships with 28 medals, including 13 gold, 14 silver and a bronze at Taichung, China. India finished on top of the team rankings in freestyle category with 225 points
Sagar Jaglan won gold in 68kg freestyle category
28-year old South Korean singer-actress Goo Hara was found dead. Goo Hara launched her career as a member of the k-pop girl group Kara, which was formed by DSP Media in 2007 and disbanded in 2016. She joined the group in 2008
South Korea Capital: Seoul;
Currency: South Korean won
The Sumatran rhinoceros has become extinct in Malaysia, after the last of the species in the country succumbed to cancer. The Wildlife Department in eastern Sabah state on Borneo island said the rhino, named Iman, died of natural causes
IRF estimates that less than 80 are alive in world