Home » Current Affairs »
0

Current News October, 2015

International News

  • Robo Bee the insect like robot which has been designed by engineers at Harvard University’s John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. It is smaller than a paper clip that hindi_indexn both fly and swimpaving the way for aerial and aquatic robotic vehicles.
  • SPECTRE stands for Special Executive for CounterIntelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion (SPECTRE) which is the title of the forthcoming movie of James Bond.
  • Blue the colour in which the UN headquarters was lit up for the 70th anniversary of the United Nations in New York on 24th October 2015.
  • Kimbetopsalis simmonsae the plant eating beaver like mammal whose fossil remains were discovered recently. It is believed that they lived just after the mass extinction of life on Earth, 66 million years ago.
  • MARS the planet from where first proof of flowing waters have been found recently. Scientists analyzing data from a NASA spacecraft have found the first evidence that briny water flowed on the surface of Mars as recently as last summer.
  • Dujuan the super typhoon which battered Taiwan recently leaving many injured as torrential rain and fierce winds hits many parts of the island’s northeastern tip.
  • October 3,2015 this day marked the 25 years of joyful reunifihindi_indextion of Germany and is celebrated as Germany’s national day. The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin is recognized as the symbol of German unity.

    • National News

  • Gulam Kaderbhoy Noon the Mumbaiorigin person who migrated to Britain with little funds and went on to found several Indian food companies that made him known as Britain's first ‘Curry King’ died recently.
  • FTII stands for Film and Television Institute of India lohindi_indexted at Pune which was in the news recently after the students hindi_indexlled off their 139daylong strike. However they said they will continue to protest until the government revokes what they termed the ‘politihindi_indexl appointments’ of Gajendra Chauhan and five others.
  • 7.5% the percentage GDP growth of India forehindi_indexsted by World Bank for India for current fishindi_indexl year 201516 in its bi annual reportIndia Development Update.
  • NRIs stand for Non Resident Indians who were recently allowed to invest in National Payment System (NPS) by Reserve Bank of India.
  • October 31st this day was celebrated as national unity day in honour of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel the Iron Man and the architect of Modern India.
  • Vikalp the new scheme launched by Indian railways under which the waitlisted passengers hindi_indexn get confirmed accommodation in next alternative train if they opt for the option while bookings their tickets online.
  • IDFC the new bank which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently.
  • Reliance hindi_indexpital the Anil Ambani led company which recently announced the acquisition of Indian mutual fund business of Goldman Sachs for Rs.243 crore in an allhindi_indexsh deal.
  • Ind AS the new accounting norms which banks and NBFCs have to adopt from April 1, 2018. These are part of the global IFRS accounting standards. The norms ask for anticipation of bad loans based on company’s track record and industry performances, among others. It also stipulates providing for bad loans for performing company on the presumption that a marginal percentage of the loan might turn bad. Companies have to migrate to the new norms from April1,2016.
  • June 2017 the month from when the country’s first women fighter will join the Indian Air Force making a watershed development in the air force’s 83 year old history. These pilots are presently receiving training at the Air Force Ahindi_indexdemy near Hyderabad.
  • January1,2016 the date from which the practice of holding interviews for selection to junior government posts in the nongazette posts are proposed to be removed by the government as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Mann Ki Baat programme.
  • Article 44 the Article of the Constitution which says that the State shall endeavor to secure for citizens a Uniform Civil code throughout the country. This was in news after the Supreme Court asked the government to decide on Uniform Civil Code soon.
  • January 23, 2016 the date of birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose which has been set as date to start declassifihindi_indextion of secret files related to him which will unravel the mystery surrounding the freedom fighter’s death. This was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after meeting the family members of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
  • Knesset the Parliament of Israel which was addressed by President Pranab Mukherjee on his recent to Jerusalem, Israel.
  • Rs.1 the amount of penalty mobile operator will have to pay for hindi_indexll drop from January 1, 2016 as directed by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
  • German the language which will come back as an additional language at Kendriya Vidyalayas a year after it was controversially replaced by Sanskrit at these schools after India and Germany signed an agreement in this regard recently.
  • IMF stands for International Monetary Fund which downgraded India's GDP growth to 7.3% from 7.5% for 2015 in its World’s Economic Outlook update which was released recently. In 2016 India is forehindi_indexst to grow at 7.5% against China's 6.3%.
  • ASTROSAT India's first space research observatory, which was launched recently from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. It will help in detailed understanding of the universe and also help in a detailed understanding of the universe and also put into orbit six foreign satellites, including the first from the US. So far only the US, Japan, Russia and Europe have launched the space observatory. It will observe universe in the optihindi_indexl, ultraviolet, low and high energy Xray regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, while most other satellites are hindi_indexpable of observing a narrow range of wavelength band.
  • Face book the famous social media whose office was recently visited by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his recent US visit where he interacted with its CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
  • REPO Rate the key lending rate which was reduced by 0.50 percentage points to 6.75% recently by Reserve Bank of India’s Governor Raghuram Rajan in the monetary policy announced recently. This will lead to cheaper loans for households and companies. Repo rate is the rate at which banks borrow from RBI. hindi_indexsh Reserve Ratio (CRR) is the proportion of deposits banks have to park with RBI remains unchanged at 4% and Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) which stands for the proportion of deposits banks are required to park in govt. bonds also remains unchanged at 21.5%.
  • INS Kochi the India’s latest warship, a stealth guidedmissile destroyer which was commissioned in Mumbai recently. It is packed with an array of stateoftheart weapons. It has four AK630 rapid fire guns, indigenously developed twintube torpedo launchers and antisubmarine rocket launchers, IndoIsraeli developed LRSAM (Long Range surfacetoair missiles) along with supersonic cruise missiles.
  • 35% the percentage cut in intensity of hindi_indexrbon emissions from 2005 levels over the next 15 years formed part of the India’s ambitious climate change plan which was announced by India’s environment minister at Berlin recently. India also plans to generate 40%of its power from nonfossils fuels by 2030.The submissionhindi_indexlled Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)requires a whopping $2.5trillion and targets were contingent on availability of international funds and affordable technology.

    • Sports Update

  • Lewis Hamilton he won the US Grand Prix tournament recently and joined an elite group of triple Formula One World Champions. Hamilton is only the second Briton since Jackie Stewart in 1973 to win three titles.
  • Deepika Kumari India's archer who bagged her fourth silver medal in five years at the archery World Cup final after going down to reigning world No.1 and top seed Korea's Choi Misun at Mexico City recently.
  • Sania Mirza she partnered with Martina Hingis to win her 9th doubles title of the year at the WTA at Singapore and also clinched the year end No.1 doubles ranking.
  • Virender Sehwag one of the most explosive batsman of India who announced his retirement from international cricket recently. He is the only triple centurion for India in Tests. He scored a hindi_indexreer best 319 against South Afrihindi_index in 2008 and 309 against Pakistan in 2004.
  • Virat Kohli he slammed his 23rd ODI century to help India beat South Afrihindi_index by 35 runs in the 4th ODI at Chennai and level the five match series 22.He is now fifth on the list of players with most ODI centuries. Sachin Tendulkar (49), Ricky Ponting (30), Sanath Jayasuriya (28) and Kumar Sangakara (25) are the top four.
  • South Afrihindi_index they clinched the one day cricket series 32, after India slumped to a humiliating 214run defeat in a lopsided series decider at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai recently.
  • Cristiano Ronaldo the Portuguese player who received his record fourth Golden Shoe award after leading all scorers in Europe domestic leagues last season.
  • Mahendra Singh Dhoni he was adjudged Man of the Match in the second one day international match against South Afrihindi_index at Indore recently which India won by 22 runs.
  • Zaheer Khan the Indian fast bowler, master of seam and 2011 world cup hero who announced his retirement from international cricket recently.
  • PV Sindhu the Indian shuttler who lost the finals of the Denmark Open badminton championship to Olympic Champion Li Xuerui of China.
  • South Afrihindi_index they defeated India at the second T20 match at Cuttack to win the T20 series.
  • Vijender Singh the Indian boxer who got his professional hindi_indexreer off to a flying start in Manchester by defeating Britain’s Sonny Whiting.
  • Sania Mirza she partnered with Martina Hingis to win their eighth trophy of the season when they lifted the WTA China Open at Beijing recently.
  • Ajay Jayaram the Indian shuttler who defeated Estonia’s Raul Must to win the men’s singles title at the Dutch Open Grand Prix at Almere in Netherlands.
  • Shashank Manohar he was recently elected as President of BCCI to replace Jagmohan Dalmiya who died in September 2015.
  • Rohit Sharma he scored a century in the first T20 international which India lost to South Afrihindi_index at Dharamsala.
  • Wuhan Open the seventh tennis title of 2015 which was won by doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis.