The Visakhapatnam police on Oct 16   said they have served a notice on Telugu film star and Jana Sena chief K Pawan Kalyan as his supporters allegedly attacked ministers, civilians and police officials at the local airport. The attack left some people injured, the police said.

Acting on the instructions of Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Visakhapatnam police prevented Kalyan from venturing out of his hotel room and conducting a scheduled 'Jana Vani' programme, where he was supposed to listen to the grievances of citizens.

On the other hand, several Jana Sena leaders and workers were taken into police custody in connection with the alleged attack on ministers, civilians and police officials.

Remember the 2012 Bollywood movie Oh My God! starring Paresh Rawal and Akshay Kumar that was inspired by the Australian film The Man Who Sued God? Well, Lord Hanuman wasn’t sued but He recently got an eviction notice from Dhanbad Rail Division assistant engineer Anand Kumar Pandey for squatting in the Bekar Bandh area that belongs to the railways. He was warned of legal action if his temple was not removed within 10 days. The notice pasted on the temple wall had Lord Hanuman’s name as the encroacher.

Pandey soon realised he had needlessly messed up with the powerful deity as he was transferred shortly thereafter to the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Rail Division in UP. The Dhanbad railway tried to explain it off as a routine transfer, as four other engineers, too, were shifted to other locations at the same time. However, they admitted the eviction notice to the deity was a mistake.

The overarching theme emerging from China's ongoing Communist Party congress is one of continuity, not change.

The weeklong meeting, which opened on Oct 16, is expected to reappoint Xi Jinping as leader, reaffirm a commitment to his policies for the next five years and possibly elevate his status even further as one of the most powerful leaders in China's modern history.

A mob of a dozen people hacked to death two Rohingya community leaders in Bangladesh, police said on Oct 16 , as security worsens in camps housing almost a million refugees.

Bangladesh has been housing Rohingya refugees in a vast sprawl of camps since they fled a military crackdown in Myanmar in 2017 that is now the subject of a genocide investigation at the UN’s top court.

The squalid settlements have seen escalating violence in recent months, with gangs trying to assert control over drug trafficking and intimidate the refugees’ civilian leadership through killings and abductions.

As the country moves towards digitalisation of the whole banking sector and paperless transactions, Paytm Payments Bank is strengthening its leadership with seasoned executives from the banking and financial services industry.

The bank has appointed Deependra Singh Rathore as the interim chief executive officer (CEO), in addition to his role as chief product & technology officer.

It will announce the name of the new full-time CEO after receiving regulatory approvals. Satish Gupta, who was the bank's CEO, is set to retire in October.

Given the global energy crisis, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that coal is going to be back again as gas has become unaffordable.

Sitharaman, who attended the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, said the western world has seen countries moving to coal.

Russia has sharply curtailed natural gas shipments to Europe in retaliation for sanctions that the West put in place after its invasion of Ukraine.

In late April, Russia cut off gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland after they refused Moscow's demand to pay for the deliveries in rubles, Russia's currency.

Also, apart from that many countries in the West are moving away from coal to generate electricity as it contributes to climate change and air pollution.

In line with street estimate, HDFC Bank on Oct 15 reported a 22.3 per cent jump in its consolidated net profit for the September quarter (Q2FY23) at Rs 11,125 crore. The bank had reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 9,096 crore in the year-ago quarter (Q3FY22).

On a standalone basis, the leading private lender’s net profit rose by over 20 per cent to Rs 10,606 crore as against Rs 8,834 crore in the year-ago period and Rs 9,196 crore in the preceding June quarter (Q1FY23).

HDFC Bank’s total income rose to Rs 46,182 crore in Q2FY23 from Rs 38,754 crore in the year-ago period. 

Q1. Which among the following has become the first state in the country to start the MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) course in Hindi ?

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Uttar  Pradesh
3. Himachal Pradesh
4. Haryana
5. None of These

Q2. Which of the following country has been housing highest numbers of  Rohingya refugees in a vast sprawl of camps since they fled a military crackdown in Myanmar in 2017 that is now the subject of a genocide investigation at the UN’s top court ?

1. India
2. Pakistan
3. Sri Lanka
4. Bangladesh
5. None of These

Q3. Name the former Punjab minister who has been  arrested by the state Vigilance Bureau for allegedly offering a bribe of Rs 50 lakh to one of its officers to “settle” the ongoing inquiries involving him ?

1. Sunder Sham Arora
2. Jagtar Singh Diyalpura
3. Ravi Inder Singh
4. Balbir Singh
5. None of These

Q4. Which of the following team has won the women’s T20 Asia Cup in Bangladesh recently ?

1. Sri Lanka
2. Bangladesh
3. India
4. Pakistan
5. None of These

Q5. Which among the following is the central bank of India ?

1. State Bank of India
2. Central Bank of India
3. Reserve Bank of India
4. Bank of India
5. None of These

Answers

1-------------------------------------1   Madhya Pradesh

2-----------------------------------4    Bangladesh

3-------------------------------------1    Sunder Sham Arora

4-------------------------------------3   India

5------------------------------------3   Reserve Bank of India