NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
Rajan is The Banker’s central banker of the year: RBI
Governor Raghuram G Rajan was named The Banker magazine’s Global and
Asia-Pacific Central Bank Governor of the Year 2015, for stabilising the Indian
rupee, initiating key reforms to attract much needed foreign capital in the
country and reigning in a runaway price appreciation. The Banker is a
prestigious monthly magazine of the Financial Times Group.
2.
Overseas Indian Affairs Ministry and MEA merged: In
order to avoid duplication of work and to improve efficiency, the Government
merged the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs with the Ministry of External
Affairs.
3. Indo-French military exercise
Shakti-2016 started: India and France started their eight-day
counter terrorism and counter-insurgency joint exercise Shakti-2016 in
Rajasthan. This is the third edition in the series of bilateral exercises under
this banner and is being held in Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Rajasthan’s
Bikaner.
4. First Company of Ganga Task Force
deployed: As a major initiative towards fast track
implementation of Namami Gange Programme, the first company of Ganga Task force
Battalion was deployed at Grahmukteshwar yesterday.
5. Sailesh appointed new Registrar
General and Census Commissioner.
6. Tata Steel bags PM’s trophy: Tata
Steel has been declared as the winner of Prime Minister’s Trophy for being the
‘Best Performing Integrated Steel Plant’ in the country for the performance
year 2013-14 for the 8th time.
7. Amitabh Kant appointed as the new CEO
of NITI Aayog.
8. Devendra Kumar Sikri appointed as
Chairman of Competition Commission of India.
9. Indigenously built ASW Corvette INS
Kadmatt commissioned in Vishakhapatnam: Anti-submarine warfare
(ASW) corvette INS Kadmatt was commissioned in the Indian Navy at naval
dockyard in Vishakhapatnam by Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral R K Dhowan.
10. Operation Green Hunt to hunt
Maoists: Operation Green Hunt, an all-out offensive by
India’s paramilitary forces and the state’s forces against the Naxalites came
in news recently. The operation which is believed to start in November along
five states in the ‘Red Corridor’ came in news after Maoists called a two-day
bandh opposing it in Nuapada, Malkangiri and Kalanidhi districts of Odisha.
11. Union Government allowed traditional
bull-taming sports Jallikatu in Tamil Nadu.
12. Quikr acquired online real estate
portal Commonfloor.com: After the deal, Quikr will be
valued at about 1.5 billion USD based on the share-swap ratio.
13. Azim Premji, who donated Rs 27, 514
crore for education is the ‘Most Generous Indian’ for the third year running
followed by Nandan Nilekani and Narayana Murthy in the second and third place,
respectively as per the Hurun India Philanthropy List.
14. Union Ministry of Urban Development
approved the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) for
Punjab and Uttarakhand for the year 2015-16.
15. Rajasthan inked deal with Cairn
India to provide clean drinking water in Barmer.
16. Kerala Government decided to
implement health care project Sampoorna Arogya Keralam.
17. Airtel appoints Rakesh Bharti Mittal
as Non-Executive Director.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
California declared state of emergency in Los Angeles after methane gas leak: The
leak happened at the Southern California Gas Company’s Aliso Canyon storage
field in Porter Ranch of Los Angeles.
OTHER UPDATES:
SPORTS:
1. Miguel
Tabuena won Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the month.
AWARDS:
2.
GMR Group Chairman G.M Rao was honoured with ‘Bulandh Bharath Award’ for his
exemplary contributions towards nation building.
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