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TNPSC Current Affairs - October 2017 by TNPSC Guru

1.Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology 2017

The 2017 Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded jointly to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young "for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm or 24 hour body clock".

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2.2017 - Nobel Prize in Physics.

The 2017Nobel prize in Physics  has been awarded one half to Rainer Weiss, and the other half jointly to Barry C.Barish and Kip S. Thorne  "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves"

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3.President Appoints Commission to Examine Sub Categorization of OBC. 

President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Commission to Examine Sub Categorization of other Backward classes under the power conferred by Article 340. 

It will ensure more backwards among OBC Communities to get more benefits of reservation for education and Government Jobs.

The commission comprise of Chairperson – Justice (retired) G.Rohini and 4 other members.

About Article 340 and the commission

4.Soumya Swaminathan appointed WHO deputy Director General.

Dr Soumya Swaminathan, director general of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has appointed as the deputy director-general, World Health Organization (WHO), in Geneva.

This is the second-highest position at the United Nation’s health agency. She is a daughter of Dr MS Swaminathan, who is known as the father of green revolution in India.

5.India to ink $4.5 billion Line of credit deal with Bangladesh. 

India to sign $4.5 billion line of credit deal with Bangladesh to be spent on infrastructure  and social sector Development.

6.WEF’s India summit kicked off 

The World Economic Forum’s 33^rd India Summit has been kick off today with the theme on “Creating Indian Narratives on Global Challenges”

7.Scorpene Submarine khanderi begins sea trials 

The Second Scorpene Submarine Khanderi has begun its sea trials which is expected to commissioned into Indian Navy within this year.

8.Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 to be Held in Hyderabad. 

The 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Summit, which will be held from Nov 28-30 at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre in Hyderabad, India.

9.PM lays foundation stone for AIIMS at Bilaspur

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lays foundation stone for All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), at Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh.