CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2013

CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER

1 South Korea defeated India 4-3 in the final of the Asia Cup Hockey at Ipoh, Malaysia .
2. Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Launched New Health Initiatives For Assam

3. India announced an aid of 5000 crore to Bhutan including an economic stimulus package of 500 crore. Bhutan PM is on 6 day India visit.
4. Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala declared as Smoke-Free districts in Punjab
5. President of India conferred the National Sports Awards

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award was given to Ronjon Sodhi for shooting.

Arjuna Awards. Name & Discipline are given below.

Virat Kohli :- Cricket

Abhijeet Gupta :- Chess

Gagan Jeet Bhullar :- Golf

Saba Anjum :- Hockey

Rajkumari Rathore :- Shooting

Mouma Das :- Table Tennis

Amit Kumar Saroha :- Athletics (Para)

Dronacharya Awards for 2013

Narinder Singh Saini  :- Hockey

K.P. Thomas :- Athletics

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy

Punjabi Vishwavidyalay, Patiala :-  2012-13 Year

6.India – Republic of Korea Foreign Policy and Security Dialogue Held In Seoul

7. Indian Air Force inducts its Biggest Transport Aircraft ‘ C-17 Globemaster III ‘

8. Hyderabad Hotshots won the inaugural season of Indian Badminton League

The Hyderabad Hotshots won the inaugural edition of the Indian Badminton league (IBL) 2013 played at Sardar Patel Stadium, Mumbai by defeating Awadhe Warriors in the finals.

Saina Nehwal was awarded as the player of the tournament,

Important Facts about the Indian Badminton League (IBL)
• Deepika Padukone and Aamir Khan are the brand ambassadors of the IBL.
• The franchise cities include Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Nagpur and Lucknow.
The six teams at the inaugural IBL are Krrish Delhi Smashers, Pune Pistons, Banga Beats (Bangalore), Awadhe Warriors (Lucknow), Hyderabad Hotshots and Mumbai Masters.

Six icon players from India include Jwala Gutta (Krrish Delhi Smashers), Ashwini Ponnappa (Pune Pistons), Lee Chong Wei (Mumbai Masters), P Kashyap (Banga Beats), Saina Nehwal (Hyderabad Hotshots) and PV Sindhu (Awadhe Warriors).

9. Microsoft Joined Google in the Spying Lawsuit Filed in the Federal Court

10. TECHNOTEX-2014: International Exhibition and Conference Launched in Mumbai

Objective of TECHNOTEX – 2014
• Promotion of the technical textiles sector is the primary objective of TECHNOTEX – 2014.

11. Bhuvana Kalva won 2013 ITF Women's Tennis Tournament

12. India retained Its Top Position in the ICC ODI Team Rankings Table

13. Microsoft To Buy Nokia’s Mobile Phone Unit and Services

14. Diana Nyad, 64-year old American long-distance swimmer became the first person to cross Florida Straits from Cuba without any shark cage

15.Swati Dandekar, an Indian-American announced her candidature for US Congress

16.  Union Minister for Culture  inaugurated an exhibition on Indian embroideries- named Resurgence.

17. Haraprasad Das was conferred the Moortidevi Award for 2012 for Vamsha

18. Astronomers found a Twin Star to Earth's own Sun Called HIP 102152

19. Raghuram Rajan Takes Over As RBI Governor

20. India will be hosting the 33rd Asian and Pacific Conference of Correctional Administrators - 2013 in New Delhi from 22 to 27 September 2013.

21Union Cabinet approved the India-Abu Dhabi Bilateral Air Services Agreement

22.. Rakesh Sood appointed as Prime Minister’s Special Envoy

23. Indo-Japan Monorail and Light Rail Transit (LRT) Seminar Held at New Delhi

24. How Not to Make Money is a book written by Raj Kundra the British-Indian businessman

25. Ahmev Radha, Ahmev Krishnah is the collection of poems in Sanskrit language

The book is written by Gulab Kothari, Chief Editor of Hindi newspaper Rajasthan Patrika.

26. Deepak Sandhu Becomes The First Woman Chief Information Commissioner
27. GSAT–7, India's First Defence Satellite, Successfully Placed in the Geosynchronous Orbit

28. Seat for Sikh and Hindu Nationals in Lower House of Afghan Parliament approved

29. Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University-Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh.

30. Indian Writer Sushmita Banerjee was killed in Afghanistan

Her book entitled Kabuliwaler Bangali Bou, became a bestseller in 1995.

31. Novo Nordisk, World’s Largest Insulin Player, Announced Launch of Insulin Injection Tresiba

32. Zubin Mehta was Conferred Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony, 2013

33. Egypt’s government on 6 September 2013 dissolved the Muslim brotherhood as a registered non-governmental organization (NGO)

34. World’s Largest Volcano Discovered Under Pacific Ocean

35. India Gave One Million Dollars Aid to UNRWA for Palestinian Refugees

36. Liberal Party Won The Parliamentary Elections In Australia

37. Tokyo won the Right to Host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games

38.ISRO to launch Mars Orbiter Mission in November 2013

39. Hindujas won Lifetime Achievement Award in Britain

40. Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka to win 5th US Open Title 2013
Leander Paes of India and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic emerged as winners

With this win, Leander Paes secured his eighth Men’s doubles Grand Slam title and 14th overall

42. SEBI barred 34 entities of Capital Market for Fraudulent Dealings

43. Campbell became the Youngest Pilot to fly across the World on Single Engine Aircraft

44. Wrestling voted back for 2020 and 2024 Olympics Games

45. Manmohan Singh released a Postage Stamp in memory of Lala Jagat Narayan

46. MIT and Harvard Top World University List

47. Thomas Bach of Germany on 10 September has been elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)

48. India's First Marine Eco-Sensitive Zone declared in Gulf of Kutch

50. Prime Minister of Bhutan Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay visited India

51. First Sree Narayan Guru Global Secular & Peace Award 2013 presented to Shashi Tharoor

52. Russia Lifted Ban on Import of Non-Basmati Rice and Oilseeds from India

53. Jhumpa Lahiri’s book the Lowland shortlisted for Man Booker 2013

54. Afghanistan defeated India by 2-0 to lift SAFF Championship 2013 Trophy

55. The Union Cabinet on 12 September  approved a second vehicle assembly building at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota

56. Sirleaf was conferred with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2012. She is the 1st democratically elected Liberian Presiden

57. Maharashtra Government Set up Manodhairya to help Rape Survivors

58. MoU Signed for Setting up a Centre of Excellence and Ethics at Ajmer

59. Poonam Khetrapal Singh Elected Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia Region

60. The Voyager-1 spacecraft has become the first manmade object to leave the Solar System. Voyager was launched in 1977.

61. Ray Dolby, the Engineer who pioneered the noise reduction in audio recordings died. He was the founder of Dolby Laboratories.

62. The District Court of Saket, on 13 September 2013 pronounced the death penalty to the four convicts of the 16 December 2012 Delhi gangrape case

63. Cricketers S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan handed Life Ban for IPL Spot-Fixing

64. Agni-5 Successfully Test Fired from Chandipur Test Range

65. Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez of Spain certified as the world's oldest man died at the age of 112

66. An Indian woman from south Dinajpur in West Bengal called Siddiqa Parveen was declared the world's tallest woman

67. President of Republic of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf visited India

68. John Abraham Honoured With ‘ Pride of the Nation Award

69. World’s Highest Airport Opens In China

70. Kanoon Lugat, the First Urdu Law Dictionary Released

71. International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer observed on 16 September

72. Union Government sanctioned 158 Eklavya Model Residential Schools for Tribal Students

73. American Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency leaker who is currently in asylum in Russia, has been selected as one of seven nominees for the European Parliament’s “ 2013 Sakharov Prize “” for Freedom of Thought for his “enormous service” in disclosing the United States’ surveillance program

74. Malala Yousafzai Received ‘Amnesty ‘ International Award

75.Amit Kumar won silver at World Wrestling Championship

76. Hindi Diwas Observed Across India on 14 September

77. Indian rollerskater Rohan Kokane entered into Guinness Book

78. UN Report: Sarin Gas Used in Syria Attack

79.  Tony Abbott Sworn in as Australia Prime Minister

81. Jaipur Metro Trial Run Flagged Off by Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot

82. Dutch Cyclist Sebastiaan Bowier Broke World Land Speed Record

83. Bhartiya Mahila Bank, the first nationalised bank for women expected to be operational from November 2013. The proposed bank will be headquartered in New Delhi

84. Kolkata’s Mohammedan Sporting won the 126th Durand Foot ball tournment as it defeated ONGC 2-1 in the final  in New Delhi

85. Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan has been selected for a US award on 20 September for his television show Satyamev Jayat

86. Miss Nigeria, Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola won the Miss Muslimah World contest which was organised by the World Muslimah Foundation in Jakartha on 18 September 2013

87. RBI on 20 September 2013 increased the repo rate or the short term lending rate by 25 basis points to 7.5 per cent from 7.25 per cent with immediate effect.

89. Gujarati movie The Good Road was on 21 September 2013 nominated as India’s official entry to 2014 Oscars in the Best Foreign Film category.

91. Virat Kohli Appointed As the Brand Ambassador of Border Security Force

92. Jiyo Parsi Scheme Launched by The Government of India

93. 24 September- Justice Vangala Eswaraiah Appointed as The Chairperson of NCBC

94. India environmentalist Bunker Roy and Pakistan's teenage education activist Malala Yousafzai declared as winners of the Clinton Global Citizens Awards for the year 2013.

95. Al-Shabab, a Somali Terrorist Group Attacked the Westgate Mall in Kenyan Capital Nairobi

96. G20 Summit 2013 took Place in St. Petersburg, Russia

97. First Hawk Mk-132 Advanced Jet Trainer Aircraft(UK) Delivered to Indian Navy

98. Chinese Paddler Liu Shiwen won 2013 Women's Table Tennis World Cup99. Indian Athletics Coach A.K.Kutty Died
100. 26 September- Australia unveiled its Most Powerful Super Computer called Raijin

101. Ramchandra Guha Wrote a Book Titled ‘Gandhi Before India’

102. Union Government of India to Fund Rubber Plantation in Maoist Affected States

103. Randall Oliphant Appointed as The Chairman of The World Gold Council

104. A UN-backed special court in The Hague upheld war crimes convictions of Liberian President Charles Taylor

105. Chancellor Angela Merkel won a third term by a landslide victory in German elections

106. 27 SeptemberExternal Affairs Ministers of G-4 nations (Brazil, Germany, Japan and India) passed resolution on need for United Nations Security Council (UNSC) reforms

107. World Tourism Day observed on 27 September

108.  Citizens Have Right to Cast Negative Vote: Supreme Court of India

109. India Won Bronze in 8th Asia Cup Women Hockey Tournament

111. 28 September-  Megan Young of Philippines won Miss World 2013 at the Bali Nasa Dua Convention Center in Bali, Indonesia

112. Sania Mirza and Cara Black Pair Won Pan Pacific Open Doubles Title

113. 29 September- Srinivasan Re-elected as BCCI president For The Third Term

114. Ruchira Kamboj appointed the Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO

116.. 30 September-   Rahul Dravid named as Brand Ambassador for National Tobacco Control

117.Ranjib Biswal Appointed as Indian Premier League Chairman

118. The 4th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs was held in Beijing

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