Daily Current Affairs Quiz 17^th October 2018

China successfully launched twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space on 15 October 2018 to strengthen its satellite navigation network. The satellites were launched from a Long March-3B carrier rocket. The launch was the 287th mission of the Long March rocket series. The BeiDou system started serving China in 2000 and the Asia-Pacific region in 2012.

Kamal Haasan, Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder, launched a safety app named ‘Raudram’. The app aimed at ensuring the safety of women in the city.

Suraj Panwar won a silver medal in men's 5000m race walk event in the ongoing Youth Olympic Games at Buenos Aires in Argentina. Patin Oscar of Equador won the gold medal and Puerto Rico's Jan Moreu won the bronze medal. This is India’s first athletics medal in this edition and third overall.

Electric autorickshaws are set to be launched in Kerala. A committee of six autorickshaw driver unions signed a pact with a Kinetic Green, a private firm, to roll out 200 Electric autorickshaws in Kochi.

'Beeg Ani Beegath', a collection of short stories in Konkani by well-known writer, journalist and critic H M Pernal has bagged the prestigious 'Vimala V Pai Vishwa' Konkani best book award for the year 2018. Konkani poet Sharathchandra Shenoy won the Vishwa Konkani best poetry award for his book 'Idam Na Mama'. Each award carries a purse of Rs one lakh each, a certificate, memento and shawl.

Union Minister Radha Mohan Singh inaugurates two-day Agri-startup and Entrepreneurship event in New Delhi.

The sixth meeting of the UAE – India High-Level Joint Task Force on Investments (‘the Joint Task Force’) was held in Mumbai on 15 October 2018. India will soon set up a special UAE desk to facilitate investments and resolve any business issues between the two nations. The meeting was also attended by Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's Court, Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Uttar Pradesh state Cabinet approves Renaming Of Allahabad To Prayagraj.

Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft, has died aged 65 from complications of nonHodgkin's lymphoma. Allen was a philanthropist and also the owner of the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers, the NFL's Seattle Seahawks and had a stake in Seattle's Sounders soccer team. Allen also founded Stratolaunch Systems, which built the world's largest plane designed as a colossal rocket-launching aircraft.

Bankbazaar appoints former RBI deputy governor SS Mundra as advisor.