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OCTOBER [1 - 20] 2018

TAMIL NADU
1) CM Edappadi Palaniswami introduced the Various Schemes and
Programs in the Valedictory function of the Birth Centenary
Celebrations of EX – CM MGR held on Sep 30, 2018:

 MGR Highways: St. Thomas Mt. – Poonamallee – Avadi highway has

been newly named as Puratchi Thalaivar Dr MGR Highways.

 MGR Bus Stand: Chennai Koyambedu bus stand (CMBT) has been
renamed as the Puratchi Thalaivar Dr MGR Bus Stand

 New Hospital near Pallikkaranai: For being the welfare of the people
living in the South Chennai, the government of TN planned to construct
the new hospital near Pallikkaranai.

 New International Airport: New World Class International Airport will

be going to set up near Chennai.

 Hon’ble Chief Minister’s Rural Home Grown Vegetable Production

Scheme: To enhance and boost up the farmers in the Rural Areas to
develop the Vegetable productions in their own lands.

2) National Award for Senior Citizen (Vayoshreshtha Samman-2018):

 Vice President Venkaiya Naidu distributed the Award to the two of the
winners from Tamil Nadu in New Delhi
Y. G. Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy Senior Citizenship Award

Madurai District Panchayat, Best District Panchayat in

Tamil Nadu (received by providing services and facilities
Veeraragava Rao – earlier served as to Senior Citizens
Madurai Collector))

3) (t-SDIs) – Technical Skill Development Institutes: Public-Private

Partnership and Seimens & Designtech jointly instituted the Centre
for Excellence and (t-SDIs) – Technical Skill Development
Institutes in MIT Chromepet, Chennai.

4) Solar Panels are fixed in 4 Metro stations in Chennai for the

replacement of electricity:
 Thirumangalam,
 Anna Nagar Tower,
 Anna Nagar East and
 Shenoy Nagar metro stations

Free State Level TNPSC Group II (OT) MOCK TEST on 4th November 2018 (Sunday)
Test Centres: 1. Anna Nagar, 2. Adyar, 3. Salem, 4.Madurai, 5. Trichy, 6. Tirunelveli,
7. Cuddalore, 8. Vellore, 9. Thanjavur, 10. Kancheepuram, 11. Krishnagiri,
12. Erode, 13. Palani, 14. Coimbatore, 15. Namakkal
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5) Sports City: Tirunelveli will be emerging as the South TN’s Sports

City.

6) Multi-storeyed Bus Stand: TN‟s 1st Multi-storeyed Bus Stand was

inaugurated at the Madavaram near Chennai.

7) Annal Gandhi Adigal Police Medal: CM Edappadi Palaniswami has

ordered the Gandhi Adigal Police Medal be given to five police
personnel.

8) Poshan Abhiyaan scheme: The Scheme is currently being

implemented in 11 districts of Tamil Nadu, will soon be rolled out in
the remaining 21 districts of the State.

NATIONAL

1) Karnataka’s Good Samaritan Protection Bill, 2016: President

approves the bill and Karnataka became the first state to give legal
protection to good Samaritans who help accidents victims with
emergency medical care within a golden hour.

2) Kerala set to become the first smoke – Free State in India with
100% LPG Penetration.

3) Assam is the 1st state to launch wage Compensation Scheme for

Pregnant Women in Tea Gardens.

4) India‟s first “Methanol Cooking Fuel Program” Launched in Assam.

5) India‟s first Cryptocurrency ATM installed in Bengaluru.

6) Digi Yatra: Union Ministry of Civil Aviation has released policy on the
biometric-based digital processing of passengers at airports called
Digi Yatra.

7) Geographical Indication (GI) tag:

Alphonso mango Maharashtra

Shahi Litchi Bihar

8) Renamed Cities:
Allahabad Prayagraj

Shimla Shyamala

Free State Level TNPSC Group II (OT) MOCK TEST on 4th November 2018 (Sunday)
Test Centres: 1. Anna Nagar, 2. Adyar, 3. Salem, 4.Madurai, 5. Trichy, 6. Tirunelveli,
7. Cuddalore, 8. Vellore, 9. Thanjavur, 10. Kancheepuram, 11. Krishnagiri,
12. Erode, 13. Palani, 14. Coimbatore, 15. Namakkal
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9) [email protected]: The National Commission for Women has

introduced the e-mail address ([email protected]) to report
instances of sexual harassment at the workplace.

10) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has launched the Youth
Road Safety Learners Licence programme in New Delhi on 15th
October 2018

11) National Dolphin Research Centre (NDRC) will be set up on the

banks of the Ganga river in Patna University campus in Patna, Bihar

12) NIWARI: Madhya Pradesh Government has announced the creation

of new district Niwari. It will be a 52nd district of the state and came
into effect from 1st October 2018.

13) PM Narendra Modi inaugurated first Assembly of International

Solar Alliance (ISA) in New Delhi.

14) SATAT: Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has launched

Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT)
aimed to the boost availability of more affordable transport
fuels.

15) The world’s largest dome was inaugurated at Maharashtra

Institute of Technology (MIT)’s World Peace University (MIT-WPU)
campus at Loni Kalbhor, Pune.

16) Nirman Kusuma: Odisha Government has launched “Nirman

Kusuma” programme for providing financial assistance to the
children of construction workers for their technical education in the
state.

17) Unnati Scheme: Karnataka Unveils “Unnati Scheme” to help

Entrepreneurs from SC/ST Communities.

18) National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) celebrated Silver

Jubilee (25 years) on October 12, 2018, in New Delhi. The National
Human Rights Commission was set up on 12th October, 1993 under
the Protection of Human Rights Act.
 New Logo designed by: Mr. Bansi Lal Ketki
 TAGLINE and SLOGAN designed by: Mr. Tabrej Qureshi
 TAGLINE: “AWAAZ AAPKE ADHIKAR KI”

Free State Level TNPSC Group II (OT) MOCK TEST on 4th November 2018 (Sunday)
Test Centres: 1. Anna Nagar, 2. Adyar, 3. Salem, 4.Madurai, 5. Trichy, 6. Tirunelveli,
7. Cuddalore, 8. Vellore, 9. Thanjavur, 10. Kancheepuram, 11. Krishnagiri,
12. Erode, 13. Palani, 14. Coimbatore, 15. Namakkal
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 SLOGAN: “DESH MAY VIKAS KI AAYGE BAHAR, JAB

HOGA SURAKSHIT MANAV ADHIKAR”

19) Swasth Bharat Yatra: The Union Government launched a national

campaign “Swasth Bharat Yatra” on occasion of World Food Day
(observed on 16 October) to sensitise people about eating safe food
and be healthy.

20) India’s longest river bridge with a total length of 19.3 kilometres
will be built on Brahmaputra river in Assam

21) India International Silk Fair – 2018 begins in New Delhi.

INTERNATIONAL

1) Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge: China inaugurated Hong Kong-

Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, world's longest sea bridge with a total
length of 55 km.

2) 3rd time India was elected to United Nations Human Rights

Council for a period of 3 years beginning from Jan 1, 2019. In the
secret ballot election held in 193-member UN General Assembly India
secured 188 votes in Asia-Pacific category, the highest number of
votes among all candidates.

3) Twin-City Agreement: Delhi and Moscow have signed the Twin-city

Agreement for the various developments.

4) Malaysia government approved to abolish the death penalty for all

crimes

5) Paytm launches “PayPay” Mobile Wallet in Japan.

SUMMITS & CONFERENCES

SUMMITS / PURPOSE / THEME / OUTCOME PLACE DATE
CONFERENCES /
MEETING
4th India
International “Science for Transformation” Lucknow, Uttar 5th – 8th
Science Festival Pradesh October 2018
2018 (IISF 2018)

Free State Level TNPSC Group II (OT) MOCK TEST on 4th November 2018 (Sunday)
Test Centres: 1. Anna Nagar, 2. Adyar, 3. Salem, 4.Madurai, 5. Trichy, 6. Tirunelveli,
7. Cuddalore, 8. Vellore, 9. Thanjavur, 10. Kancheepuram, 11. Krishnagiri,
12. Erode, 13. Palani, 14. Coimbatore, 15. Namakkal
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Renewable Energy The 2nd RE-INVEST was aimed to

Investment accelerating the worldwide effort to scale up Noida, Uttar 3rd – 5th
Meeting and Expo renewable energy and connect global Pradesh October 2018
(REINVEST- 2018) investment community with Indian energy
stakeholders

12th Asia-Europe “Global Partners for Global Challenges” Brussels, 18th October
Meeting (ASEM) Belgium 2018
Summit

MILITARY EXERCISES IN OCTOBER 2018

EXERCISE NAME HELD BETWEEN TYPE OF PLACE DATE
EXERCISE

IBSAMAR - VI India, Brazil and Joint Simons Town, South Starts on 2nd
South Africa multinational Africa October 2018
maritime exercise
Sahyog HOP TAC Coast Guards of The 1st joint Chennai coast, 4th October
- 2018 India and Vietnam exercise of Coast Tamil Nadu 2018
Guards
3rd edition of India and Japan Bilateral Maritime Visakhapatnam, 7th – 15th
JIMEX-18 Exercise Andhra Pradesh October 2018
1st Dharma India and Japan First joint military Mizoram November 1 to
Guardian exercise 14, 2018

32nd IND-INDO India and India-Indonesia Belawan, Indonesia 11th – 27th

CORPAT 2018 Indonesia coordinated Naval October 2018
patrol Exercise

Cope India India, US and Joint Trilateral air Kalaikunda, West December 2018
Japan exercise Bengal
Hand-in-Hand India and China Annual Joint China December 2018
military exercise
Clear Sky 2018 Ukraine and NATO Multilateral Joint Ukraine 10th – 19th
countries Air Exercise October 2018
Iron Magic 19 UAE and US Joint military Dubai October 2018
exercise
Druzhba III Pakistan and Joint bilateral Pakistan October 2018
Russia military exercise
Kamandag II US, Philippines Joint Military Philippines October 2018
and Japan Exercise

DEFENCE & SPACE

1) Operation Samudra Maitri: “India” has launched massive
humanitarian Operation Samudra Maitri to provide assistance to
earthquake and tsunami victims in Indonesia.

Free State Level TNPSC Group II (OT) MOCK TEST on 4th November 2018 (Sunday)
Test Centres: 1. Anna Nagar, 2. Adyar, 3. Salem, 4.Madurai, 5. Trichy, 6. Tirunelveli,
7. Cuddalore, 8. Vellore, 9. Thanjavur, 10. Kancheepuram, 11. Krishnagiri,
12. Erode, 13. Palani, 14. Coimbatore, 15. Namakkal
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2) KAVACH: Haryana government has decided to set up an Anti –

Terrorist Force (ATF) named “KAVACH”

3) Angriya: India’s first ever Domestic luxury Cruise “Angriya”

started its voyage from Mumbai to Goa on 20th October 2018

4) Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) and Assam

Government has launched new Roll on-Roll off (Ro-Ro) facility
connecting Neamati to Manjuli Island in Assam.

5) Indian Navy has inducted its first Deep Submergence Rescue

Vehicle (DSRV) which is deployed to rescue downed or disaster-
struck submarines at high sea

6) Astra Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVR-AAM): Indian

Air Force (IAF) has successfully undertaken series of flight trials of
Astra Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVR-AAM) from
September 26 to October 3, 2018.

7) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Russia‟s federal

space agency Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities
(ROSCOSMOS) have agreed to work together for first manned
space mission Gaganyaan.

8) Faihong-98: China Successfully Tested the World’s Largest

Unmanned Cargo Drone.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1) UTS App: Railways launched the UTS App for the Unreservation will
come in to force on 1st November 2018.

2) MedWatch App: Indian Air Force (IAF) has launched “MedWatch”

mobile health app to provide health information to users,
including first-aid and other health and nutritional topics. It is
the first mobile health app built by any of the three armed forces.

3) Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered chatbot– Ask Disha: IRCTC has

launched Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered chatbot– Ask Disha
(Digital Interaction to Seek Help Anytime) to help its users answer
various queries

Free State Level TNPSC Group II (OT) MOCK TEST on 4th November 2018 (Sunday)
Test Centres: 1. Anna Nagar, 2. Adyar, 3. Salem, 4.Madurai, 5. Trichy, 6. Tirunelveli,
7. Cuddalore, 8. Vellore, 9. Thanjavur, 10. Kancheepuram, 11. Krishnagiri,
12. Erode, 13. Palani, 14. Coimbatore, 15. Namakkal
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4) Gujarat Forest Department has started to give vaccination for lions

in Gir sanctuary to protect them from a deadly canine distemper
virus (CDV) and protozoa infections. The virus affected the 23 lions
in Gujarat‟s Gir sanctuary in a month.

CYCLONES / TYPHOONS / HURRICANES

CYCLONES / AFFECTED DATE NAMED
TYPHOONS / COUNTRY BY
HURRICANES
Cyclone LUBAN Oman 12th October 2018 Oman

Hurricane LESLIE Portugal & 12th October 2018

Spain
Cyclone TITLI Odisha 10th October 2018 Pakistan

ECONOMICS

1) Reinvigorating Trade and Inclusive Growth: International Monetary

Fund (IMF), World Bank and World Trade Organization have
collectively launched the report “Reinvigorating Trade and
Inclusive Growth” to seek the liberalisation of the global service
sector.

2) SBI cuts daily ATM cash withdrawal limit to Rs.20, 000 effective from
31st October 2018.

3) Udyam Abhilasha: SIDBI launched National level Entrepreneurship

Awareness Campaign.

4) Global Hunger Index: Washington-based International Food Policy

Research Institute (IFPRI) released the Report. India Ranked as 103
out of 119 countries and Belarus ranked in the top position.

5) Global Competitiveness Index: World Economic Forum released the

report. India Ranked as 58 out of 140 countries and the USA
ranked in the top position.

6) Oxfam world inequality index 2018: UK-based charity Oxfam

International‟s released the report. India has been ranked 147
among 157 countries and Denmark ranked in the top position.

Free State Level TNPSC Group II (OT) MOCK TEST on 4th November 2018 (Sunday)
Test Centres: 1. Anna Nagar, 2. Adyar, 3. Salem, 4.Madurai, 5. Trichy, 6. Tirunelveli,
7. Cuddalore, 8. Vellore, 9. Thanjavur, 10. Kancheepuram, 11. Krishnagiri,
12. Erode, 13. Palani, 14. Coimbatore, 15. Namakkal
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AWARDS
1) NOBEL PRIZES 2018:
FIELD LAUREATES CONTRIBUTION
Physiology or Medicine James P. Allison (USA) "for their discovery of cancer therapy by
and Tasuku Honjo inhibition of negative immune regulation."
(Japan)
Inventions in the field of laser physics
 One half to Arthur Ashkin - “for the optical
Physics Arthur Ashkin (USA), tweezers and their application to biological
Gérard Mourou (France) systems”
and Donna Strickland  The other half jointly to Gérard Mourou
(Canada) – (3rd Woman and Donna Strickland “for their method of
to receive the Prestigious generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical
Award) pulses”.
Power of evolution to develop enzymes
Chemistry Frances H. Arnold and antibodies that have led to new
(USA), George P. Smith pharmaceuticals and biofuels
(USA) and Sir Gregory  One half to Frances H. Arnold "for the
P. Winter (British) directed evolution of enzymes". ( 5th woman
to win a chemistry Nobel Prize)
 The other half jointly to George P. Smith
and Sir Gregory P. Winter "for the phage
display of peptides and antibodies."
Nobel Peace Prize 2018 Denis Mukwege (Congo) Both laureates have made a crucial
and Nadia Murad (Iraq) contribution to focusing attention on and
combating, war crimes.
William D. Nordhaus - "for integrating
The Prize in Economic William D. Nordhaus climate change into long-run macroeconomic
Sciences 2018 (USA) and Paul M. analysis"
Romer (USA) Paul M. Romer - "for integrating
technological innovations into the long-run
macroeconomic analysis."

2) Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2018:

TOP 3 STATES TOP 3 DISTRICTS

Haryana Satara - Maharashtra

Gujarat Rewari - Haryana
Maharashtra Pedapalli - Telangana

3) 2018 Seoul Peace Prize: PM Modi was awarded the Prestigious

Seoul Peace Prize by the South Korean government.

4) Man Booker Prize: Anna Burns won the Man Booker Prize for her
novel “Milkman”

Free State Level TNPSC Group II (OT) MOCK TEST on 4th November 2018 (Sunday)
Test Centres: 1. Anna Nagar, 2. Adyar, 3. Salem, 4.Madurai, 5. Trichy, 6. Tirunelveli,
7. Cuddalore, 8. Vellore, 9. Thanjavur, 10. Kancheepuram, 11. Krishnagiri,
12. Erode, 13. Palani, 14. Coimbatore, 15. Namakkal
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5) 1st World Agriculture Prize: Agricultural scientist M.S.

Swaminathan will receive the first World Agriculture Prize instituted
by the Indian Council of Food and Agriculture (ICFA), New Delhi

6) Future Policy Gold Award: Sikkim was awarded UN Food and

Agriculture Organisation‟s (FAO) Future Policy Gold Award for its
achievement in becoming the world’s first totally organic
agriculture state

7) Junior Asian Wildlife Photographer Award 2018: Ten-year-old

“Arshdeep Singh” from Jalandhar has won the Junior Asian Wildlife
Photographer award for his Photograph “Pipe Owls”

8) Wildlife Photographer Award 2018: Marsel van Oosten won the

Wildlife Photographer Award

9) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Award: Prime Minister Narendra Modi

announced the launch of a national award in name of Netaji
Subhash Chandra Bose to honour those involved in disaster
response.

10) Eminent jurist Fali S. Nariman was awarded 19th Lal Bahadur
Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration.

11) Three Indian Films: Gali Guleiyan, Sanju and Newton have been
nominated in the Best Asian Film Category of Australian Academy of
Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards.

12) New Academy Prize in Literature: Guadeloupean novelist Maryse

Condé has been awarded the New Academy prize in literature, The
New Academy Prize in Literature was established in 2018 in lieu of the
Nobel Prize in Literature.

APPOINTMENTS & PERSONS IN NEWS

1) Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa was elected as the new Prime Minister of

Bhutan.

2) Gita Gopinath: Economist Gita Gopinath was appointed Chief

Economist of International Monetary Fund (IMF) (First Woman
Chief Economist at IMF). She was the second Indian after former RBI
governor Raghuram Rajan to hold this position.

Free State Level TNPSC Group II (OT) MOCK TEST on 4th November 2018 (Sunday)
Test Centres: 1. Anna Nagar, 2. Adyar, 3. Salem, 4.Madurai, 5. Trichy, 6. Tirunelveli,
7. Cuddalore, 8. Vellore, 9. Thanjavur, 10. Kancheepuram, 11. Krishnagiri,
12. Erode, 13. Palani, 14. Coimbatore, 15. Namakkal
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3) Chanda Kochhar quits from ICICI Bank and Sandeep Bakshi to

succeed her as MD & CEO.

4) Madan Bhimarao Lokur was appointed as the Executive Chairman

of National Legal Services Authority of India (NALSA).

5) R N Ravi was appointed as the Deputy National Security Advisor

(Internal Affairs).

6) Pankaj Sharma has been appointed as ambassador and India’s

permanent representative to United Nations Conference on
Disarmament in Geneva.

7) Tushar Mehta has been appointed as the new Solicitor General of

India.

8) Dr Shekhar Mande as the Director General of Council of Scientific and

Industrial Research (CSIR) and Secretary of the Department of Scientific
and Research (DSIR).

9) Aung San Suu Kyi becomes the 1st person to lose the Honorary
Canadian Citizenship.

10) Pravin Srivastava has been appointed as the New Chief Statistician
of India.

BOOKS & AUTHORS

BOOKS AUTHORS
Brief Answers to the Big Questions Stephen Hawking
Maharana Pratap: The invisible Rima Hooja
Warrior
Indian Sports: Conversations and Vijayan Bala
Reflections
The Paradoxical Prime Minister: Shashi Tharoor
Narendra Modi and His India
'Narendra Modi: A Charismatic & Dr. Adish C
Visionary Statesman Aggarwala & Ms.
Sarah J.
Marchington

Convenient Action: Continuity for Narendra Modi

Change
Becoming Michelle Obama

Free State Level TNPSC Group II (OT) MOCK TEST on 4th November 2018 (Sunday)
Test Centres: 1. Anna Nagar, 2. Adyar, 3. Salem, 4.Madurai, 5. Trichy, 6. Tirunelveli,
7. Cuddalore, 8. Vellore, 9. Thanjavur, 10. Kancheepuram, 11. Krishnagiri,
12. Erode, 13. Palani, 14. Coimbatore, 15. Namakkal
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SPORTS
1) 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games 2018 (Buenos Aires 2018): 6th
Oct 2018 – 18th Oct 2018
Host City Buenos Aires, Argentina

Next Summer Youth Olympic Dakar, Senegal

Games - 2022

2014 – Summer Youth Olympic Nanjing, China

Games
2010 – Summer Youth Olympic Singapore
Games
Motto Feel the future
Mascot “Pandi” (Jaguar) is the official mascot of Buenos Aires 2018.

Total no. Of Nations 206

Participated
Total no. Of Athletes 3,997
Participated
Total no. Of Events 239 in 32 Sports
Flag Bearer from India Opening: Manu Bhaker
Closing: Jeremy Lalrinnunga
COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
Medal Tally India – 18th 3 9 1 13
(Teams made up of athletes
representing different National Russia 29 18 12 59
Olympic Committees (NOCs),
China 18 9 9 36
called mixed-NOCs teams)
Japan 15 12 12 39
Mixed NOC‟s 13 13 13 39

INDIAN MEDALISTS
MEDAL NAME SPORT
GOLD Jeremy Lalrinnunga - won India's first ever Youth Olympics Weight Lifting
Gold medal
GOLD Manu Bhaker – Girls 10m Air Pistol (She became the first Shooting
Indian girl to win a Youth Olympics Gold medal in Shooting)
GOLD Saurabh Chaudhary – Boys 10m Air Pistol Shooting

GOLD Lakshya Sen Mixed Badminton

SILVER Tushar Mane – Boys 10m Air Pistol Shooting

SILVER Tababi Devi – Girls 44Kg Judo

SILVER Mehuli Ghosh – Girls 10m Air Pistol Shooting

Free State Level TNPSC Group II (OT) MOCK TEST on 4th November 2018 (Sunday)
Test Centres: 1. Anna Nagar, 2. Adyar, 3. Salem, 4.Madurai, 5. Trichy, 6. Tirunelveli,
7. Cuddalore, 8. Vellore, 9. Thanjavur, 10. Kancheepuram, 11. Krishnagiri,
12. Erode, 13. Palani, 14. Coimbatore, 15. Namakkal
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SILVER Tababi Devi Mixed Judo

SILVER Manu Bhaker - 10m Air Pistol Mixed Shooting

SILVER Lakshya Sen Badminton

SILVER Simran – Girl‟s Freestyle 43Kg Wrestling
SILVER India men's national field hockey team Field Hockey
SILVER India women's national field hockey team Field hockey
SILVER Suraj Panwar - Boys' 5 km walk Athletics

SILVER Akash Malik Archery

BRONZE Praveen Chithravel – Boy‟s Triple Jump (TAMIL NADU) Athletics

IMPORTANT DAYS
DAYS EVENTS THEMES/ SIGNIFICANCE
International Coffee Day “Women in Coffee”
October 1 International Day of Older Persons “Celebrating Older Human Rights Champions”
World Habitat Day “Municipal Solid Waste Management”

Observance of this day is to promote principles of

October 2 International Day of Non-violence non-violence through education and public
awareness and is observed by all countries of the
UN
Gandhi Jayanti This year it was the 149th birth anniversary of
Mahatma Gandhi
October 4 World Animal Day

October 5 World Smile Day

October 8 Indian Air Force (IAF) Day The day is to seek the importance of IAF as an
important part of the national security
Indian Foreign Service Day
October 9 “Imagine you are a letter travelling through time.
World Post Day What message do you wish to convey to your
readers?”
October World Mental Health Day “Young people and mental health in a changing
10 world”
National Postal Day
October International Day of the Girl Child “With Her: A Skilled Girl Force”
11
World Sight Day “Eye Care Everywhere”
World Obesity Day “It‟s time to End Weight Stigma!”
October World Egg Day
12

Free State Level TNPSC Group II (OT) MOCK TEST on 4th November 2018 (Sunday)
Test Centres: 1. Anna Nagar, 2. Adyar, 3. Salem, 4.Madurai, 5. Trichy, 6. Tirunelveli,
7. Cuddalore, 8. Vellore, 9. Thanjavur, 10. Kancheepuram, 11. Krishnagiri,
12. Erode, 13. Palani, 14. Coimbatore, 15. Namakkal
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October International Day for Disaster „Reducing Disaster Economic Losses‟

13 Reduction
October World Standards Day
13
October International Day of Rural Women “Sustainable infrastructure, services and social
15 protection for gender equality and the
empowerment of rural women and girls”
World Student Day

Rashtriya Mahila Kisan Diwas

October World Food Day “Our actions are our future – A zero hunger world
16 by 2030 is possible”

October International Day for the “Coming together with those furthest behind to
17 Eradication of Poverty build an inclusive world of universal respect for
human rights and dignity”
October World Osteoporosis Day To raise global awareness of the prevention,
20 diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and
metabolic bone disease

 Oct 9 – 15, 2018: National Postal Week

 National Water Week: Third Week of October.

Free State Level TNPSC Group II (OT) MOCK TEST on 4th November 2018 (Sunday)
Test Centres: 1. Anna Nagar, 2. Adyar, 3. Salem, 4.Madurai, 5. Trichy, 6. Tirunelveli,
7. Cuddalore, 8. Vellore, 9. Thanjavur, 10. Kancheepuram, 11. Krishnagiri,
12. Erode, 13. Palani, 14. Coimbatore, 15. Namakkal