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29-October-2018 Current Affairs

Jair Bolsonaro wins Presidential elections of Brazil

Jair Bolsonaro wins Presidential elections of Brazil

  1. In Brazil, far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro (63-years-old, born on 21 March 1955) has won a sweeping victory in Presidential elections. With almost all votes counted, Mr. Bolsonaro bagged 55 percent votes against 45 percent for Fernando Haddad from the left-wing Workers Party.
  2. Mr. Bolsonaro is scheduled to take office on 1st January next year.
  3. In his victory speech, the president-elect said, he would defend the constitution, democracy and freedom. He said, he would make Brazil a great nation again.
Scientists create a web-based software to monitor fake news on Facebook, Twitter

Scientists create a web-based software to monitor fake news on Facebook, Twitter

Scientists have developed a web-based tool to help monitor the prevalence of fake news on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Developed by researchers at the Universi....
Roger Federer wins 2018 Swiss Indoors Men's Tournament

Roger Federer wins 2018 Swiss Indoors Men's Tournament

Swiss professional tennis player Roger Federer (37-years-old) won his 9th Swiss Indoors Men's Tennis Tournament after beating 28-years-old Marius Copil [7-6 (7-5) ....
Asian Men's Hockey Champions; India, Pakistan declared joint winners

Asian Men's Hockey Champions; India, Pakistan declared joint winners

India and Pakistan were declared joint winners of the Asian Champions Trophy at Muscat in Oman last night. The tournament director declared both teams as winners after the summit clash was c....
Abraham Kiptum (29-year-old) wins Valencia race today

Abraham Kiptum (29-year-old) wins Valencia race today

Kenyan distance runner Abraham Kiptum won the Valencia race today, setting a new world best time of 58mins 18sec for the half-marathon. The previous best time was set eight years a....
Khalin Joshi clinches 2018 Panasonic Open India title

Khalin Joshi clinches 2018 Panasonic Open India title

Indian golfer Khalin Joshi clinched the Panasonic Open India title at the Delhi Golf Club today. Joshi became the 7th Indian to win the Panasonic Open India title in the last 8th e....
Vigilance Awareness Week observed on 29 October

Vigilance Awareness Week observed on 29 October

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will observe the Vigilance Awareness Week from 29th October to 3rd November 2018 as per the directions of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).....
Shri Nitin Gadkari Inaugurated India’s largest Dry Dock at Cochin Shipyard

Shri Nitin Gadkari Inaugurated India’s largest Dry Dock at Cochin Shipyard

The Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister of Kerala Shri Pinarayi Vijayan will lay the foundation for India’s largest Dry Dock at Cochin Shipyard in Kerala. Th....
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