NATIONAL UPDATES:
I. Mission Abaas launched in Odisha to
provide affordable houses to urban poor: The Odisha
Government launched Mission Abaas, state’s urban housing mission to provide
affordable houses to Economically Weaker Sections, Low Income Groups and slum
dwellers.
II. IRCTC and Apollo Hospitals tied up
for medical tourism: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism
Corporation (IRCTC) has partnered with Chennai based Apollo Hospitals to offer
hassle-free travel for people who travel for medical care.
III. Sharad Mehrotra appointed as CEO of
Telenor India.
IV. Infosys Chief Financial Officer
Rajiv Bansal resigns: The Board of Directors of the
Company also appointed Ranganath D Mavinakare as the new CFO, who is also the
Executive VP.
V. PM lays foundation stone of 4th
terminal of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Mumbai.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
I. Indian, Chinese army kicks off
anti-terrorism exercise: Indian and Chinese armies kicked off
their 5th annual anti-terrorism exercise in China’s Kunming City as
both the sides seek to share their successful experiences in counter-terrorism
operations during the 10-day drill.
II. K P Sharma Oli elected as the Prime
Minister of Nepal: Veteran communist (Unified Marxist
Leninist) leader KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new PM of Nepal. He is the
country’s 1st PM under the newly introduced constitutional system.
III. Jioji Konrote elected as Fiji’s
President.
IV. 4th International Day of
the Girl Child observed across the world: It was observed
on 11th October 2015 with the theme ‘The Power of Adolescent Girl:
Vision of 2030’.
V. 5th Meeting of the
India-Maldives Joint Commission held in Maldives: It was held in Male and
was co-chaired by External Affairs Minister SushmaSwaraj and Maldivian foreign
minister DunyaMaumoon.
OTHER UPDATES:
FINANCE/BANKING:
I. RBI inks MoU with Bank of Botswana
for Information Exchange: The RBI has signed an agreement on
information sharing with Bank of Botswana under the Supervisory Cooperation and
Exchange of Supervisory Information.
II. Yes Bank gets RBI nod for mutual
fund, AMC and trustee co: Private sector lender Yes Bank has
got RBI’s approval to set up mutual fund, Asset Management Company and a
trustee company.
III. 2015 Annual Meetings of World Bank
Group and IMF held in Peru: Annual Meetings of the
World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund were held in the Peruvian
capital Lima. Union Finance Minister ArunJaitley, RBI Governor Raghuram G Rajan
and Chief Economic Advisor ArvindSubramanium attended the meetings.
IV. India and Jordan inked six MoUs to
enhance cooperation: Both the countries inked six MoUs in
various fields in Amman. The MoUs were signed as a part of the President Pranab
Mukherjee’s state visit to Jordan. Some of the MoUs signed were related to
agreement on maritime transport, exchange of information on structure and
content of training programmes for diplomats, cooperation in the field of IT
and Electronics, etc.
SPORTS:
V. Novak Djokovic
defeated Rafael Nadal to win 2015 China Open Men’s Singles title.
VI. Punjab National
Bank won Beighton Cup of Hockey: PNB
defeated Indian Oil Corporation by 5-3 in penalties in the final played at SAI
ground in Kolkata.
VII. Indian shuttler
Ajay Jayaram won 2015 Dutch Open Men’s singles title: He defeated Estonia’s Raul Must in the final held at
Almere in Netherlands.
VIII.India won four
match Men’s Hockey Test Series against New Zealand by 2-1 margin.
IX. Spaniard
GarbineMuguruza won Women’s singles title of China Open defeating Swiss
TimeaBacsinszky.
X. Lewis Hamilton wins
Russian Grand Prix held at Sochi.
AWARDS:
XI. Micro-economist Angus Deaton won
the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economics: Micro-economist born in
Edinburgh (Scotland) was awarded for his analysis of consumption, poverty and
welfare.
OBITUARIES:
XII. Former British Finance Minister Geoffrey Howe died
at the age of 88 due to suspected cardiac arrest.
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