Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi inaugurated 'Swavalamban 2024' at Bharat Mandapam. Afghanistan A defeated Sri Lanka A to win the 2024 Emerging Asia Cup. India won 9 medals in the Under-23 World Wrestling Championship 2024.
Let us have a look at such major current affairs of today, which are important for the students preparing for government jobs…
INAUGURATION
1. Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister of Spain inaugurated 'Tata Aircraft Complex' in Gujarat: PM Narendra Modi and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez inaugurated the Tata Aircraft Complex at the Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) campus on October 28. TASL is located in Vadodara, Gujarat. It has been set up to manufacture C-295 aircraft.
The two leaders jointly inaugurated the Tata Advanced Systems Complex before heading to the historic Lakshmi Vilas Palace for a bilateral meeting.
This complex has been built by Tata Advanced Systems for the manufacturing of C-295 aircraft. A total of 56 aircraft are to be manufactured under the C-295 project. Out of these, 16 aircraft are being delivered by the Spanish aerospace company Airbus. After this, the remaining 40 aircraft are to be manufactured in India. The responsibility of manufacturing these 40 aircraft in India rests with Tata Advanced Systems Limited. This complex is the first private sector final assembly line for military aircraft in India. This will include manufacturing, assembly and testing of their parts. Besides, maintenance facilities for the aircraft will also be provided. Apart from Tata, major public sector units of the defense sector like Bharat Electronics and Bharat Dynamics as well as private micro, small and medium enterprises will contribute to this programme. PM Modi laid the foundation stone of the Vadodara final assembly line in October 2022. Earlier, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrived in India on Monday, October 28. He met PM Narendra Modi to boost bilateral relations. Had delegation level talks with Modi.
2. Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi inaugurates 'Swavalamban 2024' at Bharat Mandapam: On October 28, Naval Chief Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi inaugurated 'Swavalamban 2024'. It is being organized on 28 and 29 October at Bharat Mandapam, Delhi.
'Swavalamban 2024' is the third phase of the seminar of the Indian Navy.
'Swavalamban 2024' aims to boost the indigenization efforts of the Navy. It showcases indigenous equipment made with India's specific technology, which the Indian Navy can use in the coming days. The program will include Air and Surface Surveillance, Autonomous systems in surface, aerial and underwater domains and AI and quantum technology are being showcased. What kind of equipment was made for the Indian Navy in a year and how the Make in India program is continuously touching heights, a glimpse of it in 'Swavalamban 2024' This program has been happening for the last two years.
BUSINESS
3. Global Finance Magazine named SBI as India's best bank for 2024: On October 27, Global Finance named State Bank of India i.e. SBI as the Best Bank of India for 2024. The magazine recognized SBI as the Best Bank of 2024 at its 31st annual Best Bank Awards ceremony in Washington.
SBI Chairman C.S. Setty received this award.
Earlier on August 6, the government announced the appointment of Setty as the new chairman of SBI for a period of three years. He had replaced Chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara. The proposal for appointment was made by the Financial Services Institution Bureau (FSIB). which has been approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC). Apart from Setty, the government appointed Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh to take charge as Managing Director (MD) at SBI. and his assistants are 4 MDs.
4. Afghanistan A beats Sri Lanka A to win 2024 Emerging Asia Cup: Afghanistan A men's cricket team defeated Sri Lanka A team by seven wickets to win the sixth ACC Men's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024.
The sixth ACC Men's Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024 final was played on October 27, 2024 in Al Almerat, Oman.
Earlier, the Afghanistan-A team had reached the semi-finals in the year 2017 and 2019. The Asian Cricket Council organized the sixth ACC Men's Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Oman from 18-27 October 2024. This was the first time that the ACC The Men's Emerging Teams Asia Cup was held in the T20 format. Regular Test players from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan do not participate in the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup tournament. Afghanistan's Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar took 2 wickets for 14 runs. Afghanistan's Sediqullah Atal, who scored 368 runs in the tournament, was declared the player of the tournament. The sixth ACC Men's Emerging Teams Asia Cup was held in the T20 format, and eight Asian teams participated in it. The captain of the India team was Tilak Verma and the team mainly consisted of Indian Premier League (IPL) players. The ACC Men's Emerging Teams Asia Cup is organized by the Asian Cricket Council, the governing body of Asian cricket. The first ACC Men's Emerging Teams Asia Cup The Teams Asia Cup was held in Singapore in 2013. The first five ACC Men's Emerging Teams Asia Cups were held in the 50-over format, while the sixth was held in the T20 format.
5. India won 9 medals in the Under-23 World Wrestling Championship 2024: Indian wrestling team won 9 medals in its Under-23 World Wrestling Championship 2024. This includes one gold, 1 silver and 7 bronze. Last year also, the Indian wrestling team had won 9 medals in the Under-23 World Wrestling Championship 2023 held in Tirana.
The World Wrestling Championships 2024 was held in Tirana, the capital of Albania, from October 21 to 27, 2024.
The Under-23 World Wrestling Championships 2024 was organized by the world wrestling governing body United World Wrestling. Competitions were held in 10 weight categories of freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling at the Tirana Championships. The championship featured both men and women under the age of 23. Wrestlers participated. India sent a 30-member wrestling contingent to the Under-23 World Wrestling Championship 2024. Chirag Chikkara won the only gold medal for India. He won this medal in the men's freestyle 57 kg competition. United World Wrestling is the governing body of the wrestling sport in the world. It was founded in 1921 as the International Amateur Wrestling Federation. Its headquarters is in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland. Its current president is Nenad Lalovic.
TODAY'S HISTORY
History of 28 October: On this day in 1955, Microsoft founder Bill Gates was born in Washington. He is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, author, and philanthropist. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief software architect.
Bill Gates is a leading entrepreneur of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s.
In 2005, the country of Czechoslovakia declared its independence. In 1955, Egypt and Saudi Arabia signed a defense treaty. In 1954, Ernest Hemingway received the Nobel Prize for Literature. In 1944, Bulgaria, a component of Germany in the Second World War, fought without The condition was surrender to the Soviet Union. Jain Shwetambar Terapanthi Sabha was established in 1913. In 1886, the then US President Grover Cleveland had unveiled the 'Statue of Liberty' gifted from France as a symbol of friendship. The International Red Cross Committee was formed under the conference held in Geneva in 1863. The British Indian Association was established in Bengal in 1851.
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