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Who has won the International Olympic Committee's Sport and Active Society
Commission's Grant Award 2018?
Suheil F. Tandon has won the International Olympic Committee's Sport and Active
Society Commission's Grant Award.
The award has been given for his contribution to sports for development.
The award ceremony was held at Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Suheil is the founder of Pro Sport Development (PSD) and Executive Director of
Martha Farrell Foundation.
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Who has been appointed as the additional director of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)?
Arundhati Bhattacharya, former chairman of State Bank of India (SBI), is appointed as additional director, designated as independent director, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL).
India and China will sign an internal security cooperation agreement on 22 October
2018.
The proposed pact is expected to cover areas of intelligence sharing, exchange
programme, sharing of best practices, cooperation in disaster mitigation.
This will be the first such agreement between the authorities of India and China
which look after internal security of the respective countries.
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Which country ranked 58th most competitive economy in World Economic Forum(WEF) index ?
BSNL has partnered with telecom gear maker Nokia to offer businesses private 4G
services.
The first project under the partnership has been deployed at Nokia's Chennai plant
using 4G connection from BSNL's network.
Nokia also signed a pact with BSNL to implement the next level of industrial
automation —Industry 4.0 – leveraging 4G LTE technolog
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Who won 2018 Man Booker Prize For Her Novel 'Milkman' ?
The 12th Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit
2018 will be held in Belgium.
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu left for Brussels in Belgium on 17 October 2018.
He will lead the Indian delegation at the 12th Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit.
The theme of 2018 ASEM Summit is "Global Partners for Global Challenges”.
The event is the highest platform for dialogue and cooperation between Asia and
Europe in the areas of trade, investment, security and tourism.
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Which country becomes second country to Legalize Recreational Cannabis ?
The festival of 'Fulpati' was celebrated in various parts of Nepal on 17 October 2018.
Fulpati is observed on the seventh day of Dashain festival. Dashain is the biggest
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festival of Nepal and it began on first day of Navratri.
The tradition started during the period of King Prithvi Narayan Shah.
10
Who has been named for 2018 Hridaynath Award for Lifetime Achievement?
Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi has been named for 2018 Hridaynath Award
for Lifetime Achievement.
The Award has been instituted by the Hridayesh Arts and carries a cash prize of Rs
100,000 and a memento.
He is famously known as 'Khayyam' and is a composer, lyricist and writer. The other
past recipients of the awards are Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Amitabh
Bachchan.
