8th October Current Affairs

• Suu Kyi stripped of Canadian citizenship
  • Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi became the first person to be stripped of honorary Canadian citizenship on 2 Oct 2018.
  • The decision was made over her refusal to call out atrocities by her nation’s military against the Rohingya Muslim minority.
  • The move was made official after Canada’s Senate voted to revoke the symbolic honour.

  

  
  

  • The House of Commons granted the privilege to Suu Kyi in 2007.
• Interbrand releases 2018 Best Global Brands
  • Interbrand announces Apple, Google, and Amazon are the three most valuable brands in its 2018 Best Global Brands report.
  • From six consecutive years, Apple and Google hold the top positions.
  • Apple’s brand value grew by 16% to $214,480m, and Google’s by 10% to $155,506m.
  • Amazon achieved 56% growth to reach a $100bn brand valuation
  • Theme of 2018 report is Activating Brave.
• Museum of Goa plans ‘flying art’
  • The Museum of Goa (MoG) Foundation will hold a “colourful flying exhibition” titled “Freedom is in the air” from 10 to 30th November 2018.

  

  • The exhibition is being organised to celebrate the striking down of Section 377 of India Penal Code by the Supreme Court of India.
  • An airborne installation in the colours of the rainbow is being planned as part of the event.
• NIHMR in Sehore, MP
  • The Centre approved the establishment of National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation (NIHMR) in Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh.
  • NIMHR will serve as an institution of excellence for capacity building in human resource and research.
  • The institute will also serve as recommending body suggesting models/protocols for effective rehabilitation of persons with mental illness.
• All India Railways Chess tournament at Trichy
  • The 31st All India Railways Chess tournament began on 3 October at Trichy in Tamil Nadu.

  

  
  

  • The four-day tournament was formally inaugurated by General Manager, Southern Railway, SM Kulshreshta.
  • Winners of this tournament will represent the Railways in the National Chess tournament which will take place in November.
• India got 28th rank in e-payment adoption
  • According to a survey by The Economist Intelligence Unit, India’s overall ranking on the government’s adoption of e-payments has moved up to 28th in 2018.
  • Norway is at the top position in the survey, followed by France and Denmark.
  • The survey looks at the availability of government electronic transaction services and the mechanisms that support digitisation for all transactions.
• MobiKwik launches instant loan product ‘Boost’
  • MobiKwik, a leading digital financial services platform, has announced the launch of ‘Boost’.
  • Boost is a product that offers instant loan approval and disbursal to MobiKwik users.
  • Users can apply for loans ranging from Rs 5,000 up to Rs 60,000 through the MobiKwik app
  • MobiKwik is the first wallet company in India to disburse the loan amount in the user’s mobile wallet.
• Aviation Min released the policy on Digi Yatra
  • The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu released the policy on biometric based digital processing of passengers at airports called “Digi Yatra”.

  

  
  

  • Digi Yatra Central Platform will be operational by end of February 2019.
  • Bangalore & Hyderabad International Airports will be ready with pilot implementation by the end of February 2019.