4th October Current Affairs

• National Khadi Festival 2018 inaugurated
  • A month-long National Khadi Festival 2018 has been inaugurated on 2 Oct 2018, by Union MSME minister, Shri Giriraj Singh.
  • The fest is being organized by Khadi and Village Industries Commission at Mumbai.

  

  
  

  • Various types of Khadi products of different states would be available at the festival.
  • Around 100 institutions from all over of the country are participating in the exhibition.
• Mount Soputan erupts in Indonesia
  • Indonesia’s Mount Soputan volcano erupts on the tsunami-hit island of Sulawes.
  • The authorities raised the volcano’s status to Level III of the four-level national alert system.
  • It is about 1,000 km from the town of Palu where a 7.5 magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami.
  • Indonesia is situated on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, where frequent quakes and volcanic activity strikes.
• Lilima to receive Ekalabya Puraskar, 2018
  • Hockey player Lilima Minz from Odisha has been selected for the prestigious Ekalabya Puraskar, 2018.
  • The annual award is instituted by the charitable wing of Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys (IMFA) comprises of a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh along with a citation.

  

  
  

  • Ekalabya Puraskar has been instituted to promote literature, sports, the arts, culture, and other socially meaningful activities.
• N. Ravi elected as PTI chairman
  • N. Ravi, Publisher and former Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu, was unanimously elected Chairman of the Press Trust of India (PTI).
  • Mr. Ravi succeeds Viveck Goenka, chairman and managing director of the Express Group.
  • Also, Vijay Kumar Chopra, Chief Editor of the Punjab Kesari Group of newspapers, was elected as Vice-Chairman.
• PM Modi received UNEP Champions of the Earth
  • PM Narendra Modi received the United Nations highest environmental honour, the UNEP Champions of the Earth award at New Delhi.

  

  
  

  • The award is presented by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
  • The award was announced on 26th Sept, on the sidelines of 73rd UN GA in New York.
  • The annual prize is awarded to leaders from government whose actions had a positive impact on the environment.
• SIDBI launched ‘Udyam Abhilasha’ campaign
  • Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), had launched a National Level Entrepreneurship Awareness Campaign, Udyam Abhilasha on 2 October 2018.
  • The campaign was launched in 115 Aspirational Districts identified by NITI Aayog.
  • The campaign would create and strengthen cadre of more than 800 trainers to provide entrepreneurship training to the aspiring entrepreneurs.
• Japan space probe launched new robot
  • A Japanese probe launched a new observation robot towards an asteroid.
  • The Hayabusa2 probe launched the French-German Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT), towards the Ryugu asteroid’s surface.
  • MASCOT’s launch comes after the Hayabusa2 dropped a pair of MINERVA-II micro-rovers on the Ryugu asteroid.
  • MASCOT can take images at multiple wavelengths and measure magnetic fields.
• World Peace monument inaugurated
  • Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the World Peace Monument at the Maharashtra Institute of Technology’s World Peace University campus at Loni, Pune.
  • The monument has one of the world’s largest dome of 160 ft. in diameter and 263 ft tall.
  • It is larger in area than the dome at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.
  • The dome is built atop the MIT World Peace Library and the World Peace Prayer Hall
• PM inaugurated first assembly of the ISA
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 1st Assembly of the International Solar Alliance on 2 October 2018 in New Delhi.

  

  
  

  • The same event also marked the inauguration of the 2nd IORA Renewable Energy Ministerial Meeting, and the 2nd Global RE-Invest (Renewable Energy Investors’ Meet and Expo).
  • The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr Antonio Guterres, was present on the occasion.
• Stamps on International Day of Non-Violence
  • The UN postal agency issued a new collection of stamps in commemoration of the International Day of Non-violence, marked on Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary.
  • Stamps feature artistic interpretation of ‘The Knotted Gun’, an iconic global sculpture.
  • The sculpture was created by the Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswrd as a tribute to  Beatles member John Lennon after his murder.
• Barham Salih as new president of Iraq
  • Iraq’s Parliament has elected a veteran Kurdish Politician Barham Salih as the country’s new President.
  • Salih is a former prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
  • He has named Shiite Adel Abdul Mahdi as Prime Minister of the country.
  • The move will pave the way to form a new government, nearly five months after national elections.