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National News – Today Current Affairs October 29 2017
Prime Minister Modi to visit Karnataka.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Karnataka on Sunday.
- His visit will begin by offering prayers at the Shri Manjunatha Swamy Temple at Dharmasthala.
- He will also address a public meeting and distribute RuPay cards to beneficiaries at the Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project, at Ujire.
- The Prime Minister will then address the gathering at the Dashamah Soundarya Lahari Parayanotsava Mahasarmapane in Bengaluru.
- The ‘Soundarya Lahari’ is a set of ‘shlokas’ composed by Adi Shankaracharya. The event has been organized for the mass chanting of these ‘shlokas’ in unison.
- He will also inaugurate the new Bidar – Kalaburagi Railway Line and address a public meeting in Bidar.
Railways to invest $150 billion and create 1 million jobs within 5 years.
- Railway minister Piyush Goyal said, the Railways will invest over $150 billion over the next five years which creates around one million additional jobs.
- Goyal said his ministry was also compressing the time taken for complete electrification of rail lines to four years from 10 years, which helps it save around 30% for the loss-making Railways.
- The electrification will save the railways around Rs 10,000 crore per annum on fuel bill.
- Life Insurance Corporation approved a debt funding worth Rs 1.5 trillion to fund various projects.
BRO opens another Bridge close to China Border.
- To improve road connectivity to areas close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China in Ladakh region, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) opened a newly-constructed bridge in the cold desert region in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Project Himank of the BRO today dedicated the bridge to the people of the cold desert, it is the third such bridge in a month constructed by the BRO.
- Chief engineer of Project Himank, Brigadier D M Purvimath, inaugurated the 30-metre heavy bridge over the Linche river on Leh-Loma road.
- The Leh-Loma road connects to various link roads along the Line of Actual Control and is being developed as per National Highway Double Lane (NHDL) specification.
29th October 2017 Current Affairs – International Updates
A ship carrying a consignment of 185 truck chassis was flagged off from Chennai port to Mongla port in Bangladesh.
- For the first time, a ship carrying a consignment of 185 truck chassis was flagged off from Chennai port to Mongla port in Bangladesh under the bilateral coastal shipping agreement.
- The ship takes five days to reach Mongla by sea, while each of these trucks would have taken 20-25 days by road.
- Union Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari Launched the export of Ashok Leyland trucks by coastal waterway.
- Ashok Ley land exports about 6,000 trucks annually to Bangladesh and the number is set to increase in the coming days.
- The government is encouraging such transport by giving 40% concession on vessel related and cargo related charges.
- Around 20,000 cars are exported from Chennai port annually to Africa and Middle East.
Saudi Arabia to allow women into sports stadiums from 2018.
- Saudi Arabia will allow women into sports stadiums for the first time from next year.
- Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman made the announcement including the historic decision to allow women to drive from next June.
- three stadiums in Riyadh, Jeddah and Damman will be prepared to accommodate families from early 2018
- Last month hundreds of women were allowed to enter a sports stadium in Riyadh for the first time to mark Saudi Arabia’s national day.
- The kingdom is relaxing some rules as part of its “Vision 2030” plan for economic and social reforms, which aims to boost female employment.
Business Affairs – Today Current Affairs October 29 2017
Tata Steel, Essar Group and ArcelorMittal bids to acquire Essar Steel.
- Top global players such as Tata Steel, Essar Group and Arcelor Mittal have submitted bids to acquire the debt—laden Essar Steel which is going through the insolvency resolution process.
- Essar Steel India Ltd., is an integrated steel producer with an installed capacity of 10 million tonne per annum (MTPA).
- It is undergoing Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) under the provisions of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.
- The expression of interest (EoI) for the company was invited by October 23.
Huntsman International (India) to manufacture chemicals locally.
- Huntsman International (India), the subsidiary of American multinational Huntsman Corporation, is planning to manufacture more types of chemicals in India locally for domestic and export markets.
- The company is looking to manufacture and export to the Middle East, Africa and the neighboring countries.
- Apart from India, it has significant presence in Bangladesh as its textile effect products are exported in large volumes.
- The company, reported a turnover of $475 million, including $349 million from India, last year.
- Currently the company operates three manufacturing facilities in western India and will expand in the future.
- Huntsman is one of the world’s largest petrochemical manufacturers which caters to a broad and diverse range of consumer and industrial end markets.
Today Current Affairs October 29 2017 – Sports Events
Lewis Hamilton won his fourth world title. – Today Current Affairs October 29 2017
- Lewis Hamilton won his fourth drivers’ world championship on Sunday, after a first lap collision with title rival Sebastian Vettel, he finished ninth in the Mexican Grand Prix.
- Vettel, already a four-time champion, came home fourth for Ferrari.
- Hamilton became the first Briton to be a four-time champion, elevating him clear of Jackie Stewart, and alongside Vettel and Frenchman Alain Prost.
- Only German, Michael Schumacher with seven titles and Juan-Manuel Fangio of Argentina on five have more championships than Hamilton.
Indian Women beat Singapore Women 10-0 in the Women’s Asia Cup – Today Current Events
- Indian eves got a dominating 10-0 victory over Singapore at the Women’s Asia Cup 2017.
- Navneet Kaur (3rd & 41st minutes), Rani (15th & 18th) and Navjot Kaur (30th & 50th) scored twice, while Lalremsiami (18th), Deep Grace Ekka (25th), Gurjit Kaur (41st) and Sonika (45th) scored once each.
- Earlier in the day, China beat Malaysia 5-4 in their pool encounter.
S. Nitin defeated Grandmaster Swapnil Dhopade in the Khadi India National chess championship.
- S. Nitin defeated Grandmaster and Railway-teammate Swapnil Dhopade in their second round encounter of the Khadi India National chess championship.
- As of now, Narayanan, Deepan Chakkravarthy and M.R. Lalith Babu lead with 1.5 points.
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