Daily Current Affairs of 31 October 2017

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Here is the Daily Current Affairs of 31 October 2017.

  1. Nitin Gadkari digitally flagged off a Roll-On/Roll-Off (RoRo) ship from Chennai Port to Mongla port in Bangladesh.
  2. Railway officer Vikram Singh was ppointed Private Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind.
  3. Nitin Gadkari digitally flagged off a Roll-On/Roll-Off (RoRo) ship from Chennai Port to Mongla port in Bangladesh.
  4. Bollywood actor Anupam Kher received Parmod Mahajan Smriti Award in Pune.
  5. Cricketer Suresh Raina was appointed as the brand ambassador of the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) at a programme at Ghaziabad.
  6. Indo-Russian military Exercise ‘Indra-2017’ concluded at Vladivostok.
  7. $200 million Loan Agreement for the Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project signed between Government of India and the World Bank. The Project will be implemented in over 16 Districts of Assam. Over 500,000 farming households will directly benefit from the Project. The Project will support Assam to facilitate agri-business investments, increase agricultural productivity and market access. Jim Yong Kim is the President and Washington, D.C. US is headquarters of World Bank.
  8. Iran's key strategic port of Chabahar became operational with the maiden shipment of wheat from India to Afghanistan. It was flagged off from Kandla port in Gujarat. Chabahar port is strategically located in Sistan-Balochistan province on energy-rich Iran’s southern coast in Gulf of Oman near its border with Pakistan and can be easily accessed from India’s western coast. This is a major push for India's Afghan outreach bypassing Pakistan for the first time under the 2016 Indo-Afghan-Iran trilateral pact. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani is the present Prime Minister and Tehran is the capital of Iran.
  9. 3days anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Indian Ocean region to deepen their operational coordination in the strategically important sea lanes around the two countries India and Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan.
  10. Turki Al-Asheikh, Chairman of the General Sports Authority of Saudi Arabia has announced that Saudi women will now be able to attend sports events in stadiums starting from 2018. Mohammed bin Salman is the Crown Prince and Riyadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia.
  11. Yonex French Open 2017 Badminton tournament was held in Paris.
  12. Ace Indian shooter Heena Sindhu has bagged gold in women's 10m Air Pistol event at Commonwealth Shooting Championships in Brisbane, Australia.
  13. Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has revamped its portal udyamimitra.in with enhanced features. It is done to provide easy access to credit and hand-holding services for micro small medium enterprises (MSME).
  14. Max Verstappen won the Mexican Grand Prix title and Lewis Hamilton won the 2017 Formula One championship title.
  15. According to Bureau of Civil Aviation and Security, Mobile Aadhaar can be used as an identity proof to enter airports.


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