Thursday, 11 October 2018

12th October Current Affairs


  • Olly’ made Hockey World Cup mascot
    • Turtle ‘Olly’ has been declared as the official mascot for the Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup.
    • Hockey World Cup is scheduled to be held at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar from November 28 to December 16, 2018.

    • Olly’ represents the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles.
    • Olly was also the mascot for Asian Athletics Championships held in 2017.
  • INS & Aircraft reach for IND-INDO CORPAT
    • Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kulish and an Indian Dornier (naval maritime time patrol aircraft) from Andaman and Nicobar command entered Belawan harbour, Indonesia
    • INS Kulish and Indian Dornier will attend the 32nd edition of ‘India – Indonesia coordinated patrol’ (IND-INDO CORPAT).
    • IND-INDO CORPAT began on 11 October 2018 and will end on 27 October 2018.
  • Pravin appointed as Chief Statistician
    • The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has appointed Pravin Srivastava as Chief Statistician of India, and Secretary of the Statistics Ministry.
    • Before this, he worked as additional director general in the national accounts division of the Statistics Ministry.
    • Pravin Srivastava is the 1983-batch Indian Statistical Service officer.
  • Bioelectronic medicine’ which repair nerves
    • Researchers at Washington University have developed the first bioelectronic medicine.
    • The medicine is an implantable, biodegradable wireless device that speeds nerve regeneration and improves the healing of a damaged nerve.
    • The device provides therapy and treatment over a clinically relevant period of time and directly at the site where it’s needed.
  • Nirmala on a 3-day visit to France
    • Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman began a three-day visit to France on 11 October 2018.
    • Ms Sitharaman will hold wide-ranging talks with her French counterpart Florence Parly on ways to deepen strategic cooperation between the two countries.

    • Ms Sitharaman will also take stock of progress in the supply of 36 Rafale jets by Dassault to the Indian Air Force under a Rs. 58,000 crore deal.


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