VisionIAS
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1) International Day for the Eradication of Poverty : 17 October
•2019 Theme: Acting Together to Empower Children, their Families and Communities to End Poverty.
2) Railways Minister Piyush Goyal flagged off 9 ‘Sewa Service’ trains
•The trains are – Delhi to Shamli, Bhubaneswar to Nayagarh town, Murkongselek to Dibrugarh, Coimbatore to Palani, Coimbatore to Pollachi, Vadnagar to Mehsana, Asarya to Himmatnagar, Karur to Salem, Yesvantpur to Tumkur.
3) Shirui Lily Festival inaugurated in Manipur
4) J&K’s Chenani-Nashri Tunnel to be renamed after Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
5) UAE announces establishment of world’s 1st AI university
•MBZUAI will introduce a new model of academia and research to the field of AI, providing students and faculty access to some of the world’s most advanced AI systems to unleash its potential for economic and societal development.
•The University is named after Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, who has long advocated for the UAE’s development of human capital through knowledge and scientific thinking to take the nation into the future.
6) India hands over 2nd pair of Mi-24V helicopters to Afghan Air forces
•These helicopters are a replacement for the four attack helicopters previously gifted by India to Afghanistan in 2015 and 2016. The combat performance and offensive firepower that the helicopters provide will increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the Afghan Air Force (AAF) in ensuring that the ANDSF maintain an agile and robust Counter-Terrorism capability.
7) India ranked 82 in the 2019 World Giving Index
8) India Post launches mobile banking facility for savings accounts