# Prime Minister, Mr.Narendra Modi launched the National SC/ST hub, and the Zero Defect, Zero Effect (ZED) scheme for MSMEs at Ludhiana in Punjab
- He also presented National Awards to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
- He distributed 500 traditional wooden charkhas (spinning wheels) among women.
# Prime Minister, Mr. dedicated to the nation three hydropower projects – namely, Koldam, Parbati and Rampur (all in Himachal Pradesh)
# Supreme Court tells Karnataka to continue releasing 2000 cusecs per day to Tamil Nadu till further orders
- Court also warned the States of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to maintain the law and order situation and said that it will not tolerate any acts of violence from its citizens over the Cauvery Water Dispute
# Mr. Virendra Kumar Malhotra is the new Chief of ICSSR (Indian Council of Social Science Research)
# Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi saluted the Army for its recent surgical strikes along the LoC in Kashmir and said the action had won it worldwide accolades
# CBI charged that the former Union Minister for Communications, Mr. Dayanidhi Maran had delayed approval of licenses to Aircel to pressure it to transfer the ownership to Malaysian company Maxis; CBI also allegedd that the Minister had done this to get money for Sun Direct TV, owned by his brother, Mr. Kalanidhi Maran who is also one of the accused in the case
# 10th India-United States Trade Policy Forum (TPF) in New Delhi (Oct 19 - 20, 2016)
# India to lend a helping hand to Myanmar's reconciliation efforts
# Manipur: activist Irom Sharmila Chanu forms political party “People’s Resurgence and Justice Alliance”
# Odisha: has decided to roll out biometrics authentication for receiving food grains for beneficiaries of National Food Security Act (NFSA) from January 2017
# In a major relief, the Supreme Court allowed the TANGEDCO and BHEL to go ahead with the construction of the 2 * 600 MW Ennore SEZ Supercritical Thermal Power Plant; Supreme Court was also critical of the Madras High Court's judgement that favoured the Chinese company
# Finance Minister, Mr. O. Panneerselvam (who also looks the portfolio of Chief Minister, Ms. J. Jayalalithaa) will chair a cabinet meeting today
# Income Tax department conducted raids at the premises of Pothys Private Ltd, a firm that runs a chain of textile showrooms in South India
# Sixteen countries participated in the 5th Physical Agility and Combat Efficiency System military exercises began on October 18, 2016 in Lahore
- Nepal, United Kingdom, Kazakhstan, China, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Maldives, Bahrain, Australia, USA, Turkey, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Turkey and Pakistan.
# ISIS loses ground around Mosul, Iraq
# Chinese plant's failure causes nationwide power cut in Sri Lanka
# India’s Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme praised at OECD conference on anti-corruption in Paris
# Centre has proposed a four-slab rate structure for the Goods & Services Tax, ranging from 0% to 26%
# Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal was appointed as a member of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Athletes' Commission.
- The Athletes' Commission is chaired by Angela Ruggiero and it comprises nine vice presidents and 10 other members.
- A rare honour for Indian Sportpersons
# Indian shuttler Sourabh Verma won the Men's Singles title at the Chinese Open Badminton
# ATP Rankings: - (1) Novak Djokovic (2) Andy Murray (3) Stan Wawarinka (4) Milos Raonic (5) Kei Nishikori
# India became the first country to play 900 ODIs.
# The Maharajas’ Express, the world’s most luxurious train owned and operated by Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), received the 2016 Seven Star Luxury Hospitality and Lifestyle Awards at Marbella in Spain.
# Robert De Niro to award with 44th annual Chaplin Award at the annual Chaplin Award gala announced by The Film Society of Lincoln Center
# Scientists have developed a new world-first optical sensor that could quickly detect vitamin B12 deficiency, a condition linked to an increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
# According to data provided by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), under the United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the month of September 2016 was the hottest September on record.
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