Daily important current affairs of October 21 2018

This post contains important current affairs (National, International, Business and Sports) of 21 October 2018.

• The Aviation Industry Corporation of China has successfully tested indigenous amphibious aircraft AG600.
• Sajjan Jindal, the Chairman, Managing Director of JSW Group of companies has been appointed as Treasurer of the World Steel Association.
• Minal Patel Davis has been awarded with the US Presidential Medal for her work against sex slavery and labour exploitation. 

• North Central Railways has launched two mobile apps. ‘NCR RASTA’ app - To have exact mapping of all railway assets and ‘Yatri RASTA’ app - For general public to locate the railway stations.

• India’s first railway station inside tunnel (located on Bilaspur-Manali-Leh line) will be constructed at a height of 3,000 metres in Himachal Pradesh.
• PM Narendra Modi on 31st October will be unveiling the Statue of Unity, the world’s tallest statue (182-meter) on the birth anniversary of Sardar Patel.
• As per the Rural Development Ministry survey, Kuligod in District Belagavi, Karnataka is the country’s best developed village in India. 
• Biography of UP Chief Minister ‘Yogi Adityanath: The Rise of a Saffron Socialist’ and authored by Pravin Kumar was launched.

• Health and Family Welfare Ministry and PMNCH will host the 4th edition of Global Partners’ Forum in December 2018 in New Delhi, India. 
• Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Yemen.
• After having won 30 seats in 47 member National Assembly, Political Party Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa (DNT) will form new government in Bhutan.
• World Statistics Day was celebrated on 20 October 2010 worldwide. 

• World Wrestling Championship has started in Budapest, Hungary.
• Indian seamer Praveen Kumar has announced his retirement from active cricket. 
• Vijayan Bala (Cricket Statistician),  author of the book ‘Indian Sports -  Conversations and Reflections’ was launched. 

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