9th October Current Affairs

• Javelin thrower Sandeep won gold medal
  • Javelin thrower Sandeep Chaudhary won India’s first gold medal at the Asian Para Games in Indonesia.
  • Sri Lanka won silver medal while Iran won bronze medal.

  

  
  

  • Chaudhary’s disability falls in the F42-44/61-64 category, which relates to limb deficiency, leg length difference, impaired muscle power or impaired range of movement.
  • The athletes in this category compete without prosthesis.
• Investor summit inaugurated in Dehradun
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first Uttarakhand Investors Summit in Dehradun on 7 October 2018.
  • The Uttarakhand government expects and investment of Rs 20,000 crore in sectors including food processing, horticulture and floriculture, tourism and hospitality among others.
  • The state had also organised a roadshow in five cities to attract investment in the state.
• Keerthana won girls’ title in IBSF World U-16
  • India’s Keerthana Pandian has won the girls’ title in the IBSF World Under-16 Snooker Championships.
  • In the final match played at St Petersburg, Russia she defeated her Belarussian rival Albina Leschuk by 3-1.

  

  • It is the Indian girl’s maiden international crown.
  • In the corresponding boys’ category, Ben Martens of Belgium won the title.
• Flipkart enters into insurance segment
  • Walmart-backed e-commerce marketplace Flipkart mark its entry into insurance segment
  • It will be offering a complete protection plan to customers who buy smartphones on its platform.

  

  • Flipkart has secured a corporate agency licence from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA).
  • Flipkart has partnered with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance for the scheme.
• Vaccination of Gir lions against deadly virus
  • The Gujarat forest department started vaccination of lions in the Gir sanctuary to protect them from a deadly virus.
  • As many as 23 lions have died in Gujarat’s Gir sanctuary.

  

  • Most of them have succumbed to Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) and protozoa infections.
  • CDV is mainly found in wild dogs, jackals and wolves.
  • The disease is contracted by lions if they eat any animal infected by it.
• Task Force launched to address skill gaps
  • Union Ministry of Skill and Development and Entrepreneurship has launched ‘Closing the Skill Gap Task Force’ in India.
  • The task force will develop an action plan to address skills gaps in India.
  • It has been launched in collaboration with the World Economic Forum.

  

  • It will be co-chaired by Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Infosys MD and CEO Salil Parekh.
• Prominent Gandhian Natwar Thakkar dead
  • Prominent Gandhian Natwar Thakkar died in a hospital in Guwahati on 7 October.
  • He worked among the tribals of Nort eastern states and spread the message of Mahatma Gandhi.

  

  • Born in 1932 in the then Bombay Presidency he arrived in the northeast in 1955.
  • He set up a “Nagaland Gandhi Ashram” in Chuchuyimlang village in 1955.
  • He spent a considerable part of his life in Nagaland