Daily GK Updates - 15th October, 2016

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1. October 15th, Dr. Abdul Kalam's birthday is observed as World Student Day by United Nations Organization annually. 

2. Valvoline ropes in Virat Kohli as brand ambassador:As part of the association, Kohli will be the face of Valvoline engine oils and lubricants range. Valvoline is the world’s first and most enduring lubricant brand. 

3. PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Shaurya Smarak in Bhopal:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 14 October 2016 inaugurated 'Shaurya Smarak', the war memorial in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

4.Ajay Kumar Bhalla appointed new DGFT: Senior IAS officer Ajay Kumar Bhalla was on 14 October 2016 appointed as the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT).

5. Mizoram's Pachuau declared India's oldest working journalist: The Mizoram government and the Mizoram Journalists' Association declared LalbiakthangaPachuau as the "oldest working journalist in the country".

6. India decided to eliminate potent greenhouse gas HFC-23 by 2030:The announcement was made by Minister of State Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Anil Dave at Kigali, Rwanda, at a meeting of parties to the Montreal Protocol, where final negotiations are taking place to substantially reduce the use of HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons) by 2030.

7.Safe Motherhood Week starts in Uttar Pradesh: In Uttar Pradesh, the Safe Motherhood Week is being observed from 14 October to 21 October 2016. 

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1. Bangladesh and China on 14 October 2016 signed 26 agreements in the key areas of power, road and railway connectivity.

2.International Day of Rural Women: October 15: The theme for the day for the year 2016 is Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too.

OTHER UPDATES:

AWARDS:

3. Kirtiraj Kundlik Gaikwad, an Indian scientist with the Department of Packaging, has been awarded the prestigious IAFP Young scientist scholarship award for his research work on "development of novel oxygen absorbing package in the field of active packaging for oxygen sensitive food products".