Current Affairs-October 2017- Class 8

 CURRENT AFFAIRS             OCTOBER 2017                   CLASS 8        PRIMUS

1. On 2 October 2017, World Habitat Day was observed all over the world. The theme      for 2017 is “Housing Policies: affordable Home”.

2. On 4-10 October 2017, World Space Week is observed all over the world. The theme for 2017 is “Exploring New Worlds in Space”. It challenges us to look outwards from      Earth & consider possibilities beyond our own sky’s limits.

3. On 4 October 2017, a book titled “The Singing Tree” was launched by an       International NGO, Orbis India, to spread awareness on preventing child blindness.     The author of this book is Ken Youngstein.

4. Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day) is observed every year across India on     31 October to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhai Patel.

5. The World Polio Day is observed annually across the world on 24 October to create      awareness about the hazards of the crippling Polio disease. The day was established      by Rotary International to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk who led the first     team of researchers who developed a vaccine against poliomyelitis (polio virus).

6. Veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar (72years) was honoured with the 2017     Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award at an event in Mumbai which marked the 80th     birthday of veteran music composer Hridaynath Mangeshkar and the 28th anniversary   of Hridayesh Arts.

7. Indian Railway’s first set of solar plants with total capacity of 5 megawatt peak     (MWp) was launched on roof tops of Hazrat Nizamuddin, New Delhi, Anand Vihar   and Delhi railway stations by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal.

8. Heena Sidhu won 10-metre air pistol gold medal at Commonwealth Shooting     Championships in Brisbane, Australia.

9. Paolo Gentiloni is first prime minister of Italy to visit India. India and Italy have   signed six agreements to boost cooperation in the fields of railways safety, energy and   promoting mutual investments, among other.

10. In World Bank’s recently released Doing Business (DB) Report 2018 titled as   ‘Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs’, India leapfrogged to 100th rank   among 190 countries. India has jumped over 30 ranks to attain the 100th spot from   130th position in 2017 Ease of Doing Business Index.