6 October Current Affairs

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Course Outline

  1. Appointments in Banking and Insurance
  2. Finance, Growth and Savings
  3. Urban Sanitation and Exports
  4. Delhi Intelligent Traffic Management
  5. Asian Games 2026
  6. Nobel Prize in Medicine

Key Dates

  1. 1901The first Nobel Prizes were awarded.
  2. April 2008State Bank of India entered the pension fund segment through SBI Pension Funds Private Limited.
  3. 1 OctoberInternational Day of Older Persons is observed; its 2026 theme is “The Age of Longevity: Rethinking Systems for Longer Lives”, and it began in 1991.
  4. 1 OctoberInternational Coffee Day is observed; its 2026 theme is “Celebrating Coffee, Honouring the People Behind Every Cup”, it began in 2014, and its global event is held at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy.

1. Appointments in Banking and Insurance

★ Must-know

  • Shri Sudhakar Malli was appointed Executive Director of the Reserve Bank of India and is responsible for its Department of Supervision (Supervisory Assessment).

  • Sidharatha Mishra was appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ICICI Life Insurance for a five-year tenure, replacing Anup Bagchi.

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1. Which Reserve Bank of India role was assigned to Shri Sudhakar Malli?

2. Who was appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ICICI Life Insurance for a five-year tenure, replacing Anup Bagchi?

3. How did the Ministry of Finance’s Q2 FY27 GDP growth projection compare with the RBI’s current projection and the previous quarter’s figure?

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Which RBI role was Shri Sudhakar Malli appointed to?

Executive Director.

Which RBI department is Shri Sudhakar Malli responsible for?

Department of Supervision (Supervisory Assessment).

Which position was Sidharatha Mishra appointed to at ICICI Life Insurance?

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.

How long is Sidharatha Mishra’s ICICI Life Insurance tenure?

Five years.

Whom did Sidharatha Mishra replace at ICICI Life Insurance?

Anup Bagchi.

What Q2 FY27 GDP growth did India’s Ministry of Finance project?

7.3%.

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