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1. WWF report: ‘Huge impact of human activity, 60 per cent fall in wildlife population’  Pressures exerted on the planet has led to a 60 per cent fall in wildlife population and 87 per cent decline in wetlands since 1970, the WWF’s Living Planet Report 2018 has warned.

1. NASA launches satellite to track Earth’s melting ice In a bid to understand Earth’s ice sheets, glaciers, sea ice, snow cover and permafrost, NASA successfully launched its Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2.  ICESat-2 is NASA’s most advanced Laser instrument — the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System, or ATLAS. It measures height by precisely timing how long it

1. EyeROV TUNA, India’s first underwater robotic drone  India’s first underwater robotic drone which can send real-time videos of ships and other underwater structures to help with their repair and maintenance, was launched on September 14, 2018 and handed over to the Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) of DRDO.

1. PM Modi launches cleanliness drive: Sanitation cover more than 90%  PM Modi launched the ‘Swacchta Hi Seva’ campaign – which will last until October 2, 2019 — as a call for “renewed energy and enthusiasm” to fulfill Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of a clean India.

Veteran BJP leader L K Advani has been renominated as the chairman of the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.

1. PM Modi announces Diwali gift: Pay hike for 24 lakh frontline health workers  Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a hike in the monthly honorarium of Acredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) and Anganwadi workers. There are over 24 lakh of them, mainly women, who attend to health and nutrition needs of mostly women and children.

1. India, Iran and Afghanistan hold first tripartite meeting in Kabul  India, Iran and Afghanistan held their first tripartite meeting in Kabul during which implementation of the Chabahar port project and a host of other issues were discussed.

1. Lockheed Martin to produce F-16 fighter jet wings in India  The wings of Lockheed Martin’s F-16 fighter jets will be produced in India in a major boost to the ‘Make in India’ initiative.

1. RBI: Internal ombudsman mandatory for banks with over 10 branches  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) asked all scheduled commercial banks with over 10 branches to appoint an internal ombudsman (IO). The central bank has, however, excluded Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) from appointing ombudsman. The implementation of IO Scheme, 2018 will be monitored by the bank’s internal audit mechanism apart