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Current Affairs October 2014

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Miscellaneous
India'sFirstOliveoilrefinerywasinauguratedatlukransarin
Rajasthan.Theoilproducedinthisrefinerywillbemarketedunder
thebrandnameof'RajOliveoil'.
PatnaStampede
33peoplehavebeenkilledinastampedeatGandhimaidhan
inPatnaduringtheDaseracelebration.
RajasthanGovtimposedrestrictionsforjoininggovernmentjobs
Thetobaccousersarebarredtoappearcertainexams,
Thecandidateshavingmorethantwochildrenandthosewhohaveasecondwifeor
husbandwithoutlegallyseparatedfromthefirstwillalsobebarred.
Awards
NobelPrize
Medicine
BritishAmericanresearcherJohnO'KeefeandaNorwegiancouple,Edvard
MoserandMayBrittMoserhavebeenawardedtheNobelPrizefortheir
discoveryofBrain'sGPSSystem,whichhelpsustonavigatetodifferent
places.
Physics
IsamuAkasaki,HiroshiAmanoandShujiNakamurahavebeenawarded
NobelPrizeinPhysicsforinventingbluelightemittingdiodes.
Chemistry
`EricBetzigandWilliamMoernerandStefanHellwontheNobelprizein
Chemistryforfindingthewaystomakethemicroscopemorepowerful.
Peace
KailashSatyarthiandMalalaYousufzaiwonthenobelpeaceprize.
Economics
JeanTirolewonthenobelprizeineconomicsforhisresearchonmarket
powerandregulation
Literature
PatrickModianowonthenobelprizeinliterature
IndianActorShahRukhKhanhasbeenawardedtheGlobalDiversityAward2014bytheBritish
parliament.
SanjayaRajaramhasbeenawardedtheWorldFoodprize.
MalalaYousufzaihasbeenawardedthe2014Libertymedal.
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BooksinNews:
IShallNotHearTheNightingalebyKhushwantSingh[Acontesttorenamethisbook
hasbeenannouncedrecently]
IamMalala:thegirlwhostoodupforeducationandwasshotbytheTalibanbyMalala
Yousafzai[ThisbookistobetranslatedintofourIndialanguageslikeKannada,Tamil,
MalayalamandMarathi]
TheNarrowRoadtotheDeepNorthbyRichardFlanaganAustralianwriter[wonthe
Manbookerprize2014]
FinalTest:ExitSachinTendulkarbyDilipDSouza[aboutthefinaltestmacthofSachin
Tentulkaratwankhadestadium]
UntoldStoryoftheIndianPublicSectorbyUDChoubey
ImportantDays
October11thInternationalDayoftheGirlChild.
October15thGlobalhandwashingDay
October16thWorldFoodDay
October17thInternationalDayfortheEradicationofPoverty
October20thWorldOsteoporosisDay
October31stNationalUnityDay(EktaDiwas)
Kazhuperumbakkam
AvillagenearPuducherrywhichhasbannedburstingofcrackersseveralyearsbeforeto
protectthefruitbatsintheirlocality.
ImportantAppointments
SuryaPrakashwasappointedasthenewchairmanofPrasarBhartiBoard.
OperationNeptuneSpear
AMilitaryOperation(2011),inwhichOsamaBinLadenwaskilled.

Polity
SaansadAdarshGramYojana
AschemelaunchedbyPMrecently,inwhicheachMPwilladopt3villagesintheir
constituencyanddevelopphysicalandinstitutionalinfrastructureby2019.
NDAgovernmenthasplannedtotransfertheRashtriyaSwasthyaBimaYojana(RSBY)fromthe
LabourministrytoHealthministryandmergedwiththeUniversalHealthAssuranceMission(UHAM).
ImportantAppointments
ManoharLalKhattarappointedasthe21stChiefMinisterofHaryana.
DevendraFadnavisappointedasthenewChiefMinisterofMaharashtra.
SandeepSaxenatobeappointedasthenewChiefElectioncommissionerofTamilnadu
succeedingPraveenKumar.
Section66A(b)oftheITAct
AhyderabadlawstudentwasarrestedfollowinghisFacebookpostonHudhudcyclone
underthesection66A(b)oftheITActandSection153ofIPC.

Economy
RBI'sMonetaryPolicyreleasedonSeptember30th2014
CRR4%[Unchanged]
RepoRate8%[Unchanged]
InflationtargetbyJanuary20158%
InflationtargetbyJanuary20166%

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GlobalHungerIndex(GHI)
IndiaRanks55thpositionintheGlobalHungerIndex(GHI)2014whichwasrecently
publishedbytheInternationalFoodPolicyResearchInstitute(IFPRI).
Indiaranks142ndinthelatestWorldbank's'EaseofdoingBusinessreport'.
ImportantAppointments
ArvindSubramaniumappointedasthenewchiefeconomicadviser.
RajivMehrishiappointedasthenewfinancesecretary.
UniversalAccountNumber
AschemelaunchedbyPMModiwhichallowsthePFaccountportabilitythroughoutIndia.
AnAllIndiaInstituteofAyurveda(AIIA)Delhi
AIIAisIndia'sFirstAIIMSlikemedicalinstituteforAyurvedatobeinauguratedvery
soonatJasolainDelhi.
Vishwanathancommittee
Vishwanathancommitteewasconstitutedbythefinanceministrytosuggestbankruptcy
codeforsmallandmediumenterprises(SMEs).
ItwillbeheadedbyT.K.Vishwanathan

World
USPivottoAsiadoctrine(Obama'srebalancingstrategy)
ItenvisagesondeepercooperationwithAsiancountriesinmilitaryandeconomicfields.
ImportantAppointments
KhaledBahahselectedasthenewPrimeMinisterofYemen
JokoWidodobecomethenewPresidentofIndonesia.
Canadianparliamentwasattackedbyaterrorist,laterhewasshotdownbythesoldiers.
AsianInfrastructureInvestmentbank(AIIB)
IndiasignedMoU(MemorandumofUnderstanding)forthesettingupoftheAIIB.
TheheadquartersofAIIBisinBeijing.
VietnamPM'sIndiaVisit
VietnamesePrimeMinisterNguyenTanDungtosignimportantMoUinthefieldof
DefenceandOilexploration.
The10thWorldIslamicEconomicForumwasheldinDubai.

Sports
AsianGames
VarshaGautamandAishwaryaNedunchezhiyanwonthebronzemedalinSailing,thus
becomingthefirstindianwomentowininthiscategoryattheAsiangames.
DutchOpenGrandPrixBadmintontournament
AjayJayaram(India)defeatedIhsanMaulanaMustofa(Indonesia)inthefinaltowinthe
title.

Environment
Hudhudcyclone
Hudhudcycloneisexpectedtohitthecoastalareasbetweenvishakapatnam(Andhra
pradesh)andGopalpur(Odisha)withestimatedwindspeedof170200kmph.
ItoriginatedfromalowpressureareaovertheAndamanSea.
Thename'Hudhud'wassuggestedbythecountryOmananditmeansthebirdhoopoe.

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TyphoonVongfong
TyphoonVongfongattackedJapanwithwindspeedupto180kmph.
HurricaneGonzalo
HurricaneGonzaloattackedBermudawithwindspeedabout180kmph.
WHOdeclaredNigeriaanAfricannationasEBOLAFreenationrecently.
CycloneNilofar
CycloneNilofarisexpectedtoattackthecoastofGujarat.

ScienceandTech
Windows10
Microsoft,thesoftwaregiantreleasedthelatestOSversionnamedWindows10.
AntrixCorporation
ItisthecommercialarmofISRO,whichwasgiventheMiniratnastatusin2008.
Itcommercializesthespaceproductstocustomersacrosstheworld.
Dongfeng31B
ChinatestfireditsDongfeng31B,a10,000Kmlongrangemissile.
Capableofdeliveringmultiplenuclearwarhead.
World'sLargestTelescope
World'slargest30metertelescopetobeconstructedinHawaiianislandbyfivecountries
(India,US,Japan,ChinaandCanada)inajointcollaborationatacostof1.4BillionUSD.
KeralaStatehasdecidedtoprovidehighspeedinternetconnectionstoallpanchayats.Itmightbecome
thefirststatetoprovidesuchhighspeedconnectionstopanchayats.
Parikshit
ItisananosatellitetobeconstructedbythestudentsofMIT(ManipalInstituteof
Technology)whichwillbelaunchedbytheISRO.
ThemainobjectiveoftheParishitsatelliteistostudytheurbanheatislands.
HimadriIndia'sStationinarctic.
FullMobileNumberPortability
DepartmentofTelecommunication(DoT)setsMarch2015astargettoimplementfull
Mobilenumberportability.
FullMNPallowsuserstoswitchfromonetelecomcircletoanyothertelecomcirclewithin
thecountry.
IRNSS1C
IRNSS1C,thirdoftheIRNSSserieswassuccessfullyplacedinitsorbitbythePSLV
C26.
GSLVMarkIIIPlannedtobelaunchedintheDecemberMonth.
Nirbhay
AlongrangesubsoniccruisemissilewhichwastestfiredsuccessfullyfromtheIntegrated
TestRangeatChandipurinOdisha.
Range10001500km
DevelopedbyDRDO.

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