TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - October 29, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.in2017

TNPSC Current Affairs - October 2017 by TNPSC Guru 

1.Nitin Gadkari digitally flags off RORO Ship from Chennai Port to Bangladesh.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has digitally flagged off RORO Ships carrying trucks from Chennai port to Mongla port, Bangladesh. This will help to save the travelling time by 15 to 20 days.

2.Gujarat will resend anti-terror bill for President’s Assent. 

Gujarat will resend the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GCTOC) Bill, 2015, for President’s assent. The bill authorises police officers to tap phones and submit the conversations as evidence in court. 

The bill was earlier rejected by former President  APJ Abdul Kalam in 2004, Pratibha Patel in 2008,2009 and Pranab Mukherjee in 20016.

  

3.India in Top 100 in ease of doing business. 

India ranked 100^th position in ease of doing business in world World Bank's Doing Business Report. Last year India ranked 130.

4.Scientist found sunscreen snow falling on hot planet

Astronomers using Hubble Space Telescope has detected titanium dioxide (ingredient in most sunscreen lotions) in the atmospheric ‘snow’ of the blistering hot exoplanet Kepler-13Ab.

  

5.England wins U-17 football world cup.

England wins U-17 football world cup beating Spain by 5-2 in final match played at played at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake Stadium), Kolkata.

6.Four Asian vulture to enter in highest protection list. 

The red-headed vulture, Indian vulture, white-rumped vulture and slender-billed vultures are set to enter in highest protection list. The decision was taken in convention held in Manila, Philippines by Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. The next convention will held in India by 2020

7.Patna pirates wins Pro Kabbaddi league title 

Patna Pirates wins Pro Kabbadi league title third time beating Gujarat Fortunegiants in final match held in Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai.