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    1st Day Oct Current Affairs                v. USIBC chairman, Ajay Banga, who is
                                               also MasterCard CEO, said India under
                                               Modi is experiencing a new chapter of
1. Obama, Modi establish Contact               growth.
Group to expedite Indo-US nuke deal
implementation                                 3. India, US agree to cooperate on
                                               future explorations of Mars
i. India and the US have established an        i. India and the US have agreed to
inter-agency Contact Group on the civil        cooperate on future explorations of Mars
nuclear deal to sort out outstanding           planet, which America said will yield
liability and technical issues to fast-track   tangible benefits to both the countries and
its full implementation.                       the world at large.
ii. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US        ii. The agreement in this regard was
President Barack Obama while taking note       signed by NASA Administrator Charles
of the delay reaffirmed their commitment       Bolden and K Radhakrishnan, Chairman of
to implement fully the US-India civil          the Indian Space Research Organization,
nuclear cooperation agreement that would       ISRO in Toronto yesterday on the
facilitate installation of American-origin     sidelines of the International Astronautical
nuclear reactors in India.                     Congress.
iii. From the Indian side, the inter-agency
Contact Group will have representatives        4. US to help India develop three
from Department of Atomic Energy,              smart cities
Ministry of External Affairs and Finance       i. In a boost to India’s 100 smart city
Ministry.                                      programme, the US will help India in
iv. After summit talks with Obama, Modi        developing three such cities apart from
said both sides are serious about resolving    joining hands with civil society and
at the earliest issues blocking the            authorities to provide clean water and
implementation of the civil nuclear deal.      sewage facilities in 500 cities in the
                                               country.
2. Come soon before it's too late,             ii. The three cities are Allahabad, Ajmer
PM tells US businesses                         and Visakhapatnam.
i. Asserting that India is on the move to      iii. This announcement was made after the
becoming a country with a business-            talks between Prime Minister Narendra
friendly environment, PM Narendra Modi         Modi and President Barack Obama
has exhorted top US coporates to               iv. The Indian government plans to
establish and expand their base in India       develop 100 smart cities and in this
before it is too late.                         regard an allocation of Rs. 7,060 crore
ii. "Together we will reach new heights of     was proposed in the Union Budget.
development and growth," Modi said at
the event organised by the US-India            5. Rajiv – appointed New Central
Business Council (USIBC).                      Vigilance Commissioner (CVC).
iii. "Take the benefit of the fast paced       i. President Pranab Mukherjee on 30
development and changes in the Indian          September 2014 authorised Vigilance
economy," Modi said in his address on          Commissioner Rajiv to act as chief of
Tuesday to American businesses urging          Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) until
them to take advantage of India's growing      the appointment of the Central Vigilance
economy to foster mutual prosperity.           Commissioner. His appointment came
iv. Among those present at the meeting         with effect from 29 September 2014.
were World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim,       ii. The Central Vigilance Commission
External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj,      (CVC) is headed by a Central Vigilance
and several top corporate leaders from         Commissioner and has two Vigilance
both the US and India, including Mukesh        Commissioners.
Ambani.

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iii. The vacancy for the post of Central        sites namely Facebook and Twitter were
Vigilance Commissioner had occurred after       much popular than orkut. Now, Google
Central Vigilance Commissioner Pradeep          has moved to a new platform - the Google
Kumar completed his tenure on 28                Plus.
September 2014. Pradeep Kumar took
oath as the chief of the Central Vigilance      Note: Orkut started in 2004 was named
Commission on 14 July 2011.                     after its creator, Orkut Buyukkokten, a
Note: The other Vigilance Commissioner          Google employee.
JM Garg completed his tenure on 7
September 2014 following which Rajiv was        8. Afghanistan signed Bilateral
left as the lone Vigilance Commissioner in      Security Agreement with the US
CVC.                                            i. Afghanistan signed Bilateral Security
ii. According to the Central Vigilance          Agreement (BSA) with the US with an aim
Commission Act, 2003, in the event of any       to allow some US troops to remain in the
vacancy in the office of the Central            country till 2015.
Vigilance Commissioner by reason of             ii. National Security Adviser of Afghanistan
death, resignation or otherwise, the            Mohammad Hanif Atmar and US
President may authorise one of the              Ambassador James Cunningham signed
Vigilance Commissioners to act as the           BSA at the presidential palace of
Central Vigilance Commissioner until the        Afghanistan in Kabul.
appointment of a new incumbent.
                                                9. Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train
6. Magnificent Mary gives India first           to cost Rs 65,000 crore
boxing gold at 17th Asiad                       i. Railways minister D. V. Sadananda
                                                Gowda has said that the Ahmedabad-
i. M C Mary Kom became the first Indian         Mumbai bullet train project will cost
woman boxer to clinch a gold medal at the       around Rs 65,000 crore.
Asian Games after she came from behind          ii. Project will be taken up under the
to beat Kazakhstan's Zhaina                     Public-Private partnership.Mr Gauda said
Shekerbekova in the flyweight (51KG)            that the existing track will be
summit clash at Incheon on Wednesday.           strengthened to increase the current
ii. Mary Kom defeated Shekerbekova 2-0          speed of trains to 160 kilo meter per
in a evenly-contested battle in which the       hour.
Kazakh had the initial advantage.
iii. This is India's seventh gold at Incheon,   10. Geete rules out resignation, says
South Korea.                                    Sena still part of NDA
                                                i. Anant Geete, Shiv Sena's lone member
7. Google social network site–Orkut             in the Union Cabinet, has said he will not
closed                                          resign as Heavy Industries Minister after
                                                his party decided to continue in NDA
i. Google closed the social networking site     despite parting ways with BJP for
Orkut permanently on 30 September               Maharashtra polls.
2014. Google announced the decision to          ii. BJP earlier snapped ties with its oldest
shut down Orkut in June 2014.                   partner Shiv Sena after failure of talks on
ii. Old users of Orkut will be able to take     seat-sharing in the Maharashtra Assembly
backup of their pictures and posts till         elections, ending a 25-year-old ideological
September 2016 and users can export             alliance that had survived various
their profile data, community posts and         vicissitudes.
photos using Google Takeout. But no one         iii. Geete said he had spoken to party
will be able to create new IDs on Orkut         chief Uddhav Thackeray on the issue. "I
account.                                        have spoken to Uddhav Thackeray. There
iii. Decision of shutting down Orkut was        is no question of resigning. We are a part
taken as its competitor social networking
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of the NDA (National Democratic               in their language, the book is being
Alliance).                                    translated by three scholars. The best
                                              translation, which retains the heart of
11. Krishak Express and Lucknow-              Gandhi's teachings, has been selected for
Barauni express collided near                 printing.
Gorakhpur station
i. Barauni bound Lucknow – Barauni            14. Core Sector grows 5.8 % in
express on 30 September 2014 collided         August
with the coaches of Lucknow bound             i. Eight core industries grew by 5.8 per
Maduadih-Lucknow Krishak Express near         cent in August this year as against 4.7 per
Gorakhpur station at Nandnagar railway        cent in the same month last year led by
crossing.                                     healthy growth in coal, cement and
ii. The collision led to derailment of four   electricity sectors.
coaches of Krishak express in which at        ii. According to data released by the
least 12 passengers have been killed and      Commerce and Industry Ministry, coal
44 others were injured.                       sector grew by 13.4 per cent, cement by
                                              10.3 percent and electricity by 12.6 per
12. Union Commerce Ministry                   cent in August.
cancelled approvals of nine SEZs
i. The Union Commerce Ministry on 29          15. Sarita Devi refuses Asiad medal
September 2014 cancelled approvals of
nine special economic zones (SEZs),           i. Indian boxer L Sarita Devi on October 1,
including that of Hindalco Industries,        2014 stunned officials and spectators by
Essar and Adani.                              refusing to accept the bronze medal,
ii. The other developers whose SEZs were      which is now in the custody of organizers
cancelled include Chennai Business Park,      ii. Sarita had lost her semi-final bout in
Integrated Warehousing Kandla Project         controversial circumstances and had to be
Development and Gujarat Industrial            content with the bronze medal in the
Development Corporation.                      women's light weight (57-60kg) event of
iii. As per SEZ rules 2005, formal approval   the 17th Asian Games on September 30.
is valid for a period of three years, by      India later lodged an official protest with
which time at least one unit has to           the Amateur International Boxing
commence production and the zone              Association's technical jury team. But the
becomes operational from the date of          protest was rejected.
commencement of such production.              iii. The 32-year-old Indian lost 0-3 in an
                                              unanimous decision to South Korea's Jina
13. Mahatma Gandhi's book “My                 Park at the Seonhak Gymnasium. Sarita
Experiments with Truth” now in                lost on points against Park in a bout
Kashmiri, Punjabi                             where she was the dominant boxer.
i. Largest selling book of Mahatma Gandhi
“My Experiments with Truth” will now be       16. Indian economy to grow at 5.5
available in Kashmiri and Punjabi             percent in current fiscal, estimates
language from today.                          ESCAP
ii. The Kashmiri and Punjabi translation of   i. United Nation Economic and Social
the famous autobiography of Mahatma           Commission for Asia and the Pacific,ESCAP
Gandhi has been published by Ahmedabad        has estimated that the Indian economy
based publication House- Navjeevan            will grow at 5.5 percent in the current
Trust- also founded by Mahatma Gandhi.        fiscal.
The book will now be available in 17          ii. The report forecast that the Asia -
Indian languages apart from English and       Pacific developing economies will grow at
Hindi.                                        5.8 percent this year
iii. After growing demand from Kashmiris
to print Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography
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                                               for users regardless of which version of
17. Mark Zuckerberg to visit India             Windows they are now using.
later this month                               iii. For instance, the start menu in
i. After Sheryl Sandberg, it’s now the turn    Windows 10 will appear similar to what’s
of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to         found in Windows 7.
visit India, the second biggest market for
the social networking giant, later this        20. Japan's "bullet train" turns 50
month.
ii. Mr. Zuckerberg, who will also meet         i. It was 50 years ago 1964, that Japan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will be in       first introduced the world to the bullet
India to address the first Internet.org        train, also known as Shinkansen. The
summit taking place on October 9-10 in         country's high-speed rail network helped
New Delhi.                                     transport Japan to the top tier of world
iii. The young billionaire is expected to      economies.
meet members of other key ministries as
well.
iv. Mr. Zuckerberg is the third high profile
CEO of a US-based corporation, after
                                                 2-3rd Day Oct Current Affairs
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Micrsoft’s Satya
Nadella, to visit India in last few days.      1. Dussehra is being celebrated
                                               across the country
18. Tintu Luka claims 800m silver in           i. The festival of Vijaya Dashmi is being
Asiad                                          celebrated with religious fervour and
                                               gaiety throughout the country today. The
i. Indian sprinter Tintu Luka clocked her      festival marks the victory of good over
season’s best to clinch a silver medal in      evil.
the 800m women’s race of the 17th Asian
Games in Incheon on Wednesday.                 ii. President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice
ii. Luka clocked 1:59.19s to better the        President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister
bronze medal she had won in this event in      Narendra Modi have greeted the nation on
the previous edition of the Games in           this occasion. In the national capital the
Guangzhou.                                     traditional Ramlila will come to an end
iii. The gold was won by Kazakhstan’s          with the burning of effigies of Ravan,
Mukasheva Margarita, who broke the two-        Meghnad and Kumbhkaran. Prime Minister
decade-old Games record of 1:59.85s with       Narendra Modi will participate in the
a timing of 1:59.02s.                          functions to be held in Subhash Maidan
iv. China’s Zhao Jing settled for the          and Ramlila Maidan.
bronze medal after finishing the race in
1:59.48s, which also happened to be her        2. Rajasthan becomes first state to
personal best.                                 start olive refinery
                                               i. Rajasthan today started the country’s
19. Microsoft unveils Windows 10               first olive refinery and expressed hope
Operating System                               that it would be able to fulfil the country’s
                                               demand of olive oil in coming years.
i. Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced        ii. Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje
its 'Windows 10' Operating System to           inaugurated the refinery set up with a cost
replace the largely unpopular Windows 8,       of Rs. 3.75 crore in Lunkaransar area in
skipping a number to mark a leap toward        the district and said it was an
unifying the way people work on tablets,       achievement for Rajasthan to become the
phones and traditional computers.              first state in the country to set up such
ii. Microsoft is restoring some of the more    refinery.
traditional ways of doing things and           iii. The olive oil produced in the refinery
promises that Windows 10 will be familiar      will be marked under the brand name of

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     ‘Raj Olive Oil’ and will be available in       iv. For the men's kabaddi team, it was not
     markets after some time.                       a cakewalk. They literally overcame a
                                                    scare from Iran before notching up a 27-
     3. Australian fighter jets to join             25 win in a thrilling final. It was their
     military action against Islamic States         seventh successive gold medal in the
     militants in Iraq                              event.
     i. The Australian Cabinet has given its        v. Hammer thrower Manju Bala's medal
     approval for fighter jets to join the US-led   was upgraded from bronze to silver after a
     military action against Islamic State          Chinese competitor who finished ahead of
     militants targets in Iraq. Prime Minister      her was caught for doping.
     Tony Abbott said IS was a death cult that      vi. With two gold medals coming on
     had declared war on the world and must         Friday, India were placed eighth on the
     be stopped.                                    table with a total haul of 57 medals - 11
     ii. The US and Arab allies have been           gold,10 silver and 36 bronze.
     bombing IS targets in Syria and Iraq for
     the past fortnight. European countries         6. India Men’s Kabaddi Team bag
     have been attacking only Iraqi sites.          seventh successive gold in Asian
     iii. The UN says the militant Islamists        Games,
     have committed a staggering array of           i. Six-time defending champions India
     human rights abuses.                           retain the seventh gold medal in Asian
                                                    Games after they narrowly edge past the
4.     Former News of the World editor Ian          determined Iranian side in this rematch of
     Edmondson admits to phone hacking              2010 Guangzhou Asian Games.
     i. A former news editor at Rupert              ii. The Indian side got off to the worst
     Murdoch’s now-defunct tabloid News of          possible start of the tournament in
     the World on Friday admitted to hacking        Incheon but came back roaring to win the
     phones of celebrities such as Jude Law         gold medal in the 17th edition of Asian
     and Paul McCartney while at the                Games.
     newspaper, becoming the eighth person to       iii. India beat Iran by 27-25 in this
     be convicted in connection with the case.      mouth-watering title clash. Earlier, it was
     ii. Ian Edmondson, 45, is likely to receive    the women’s team that made India proud
     a custodial sentence after pleading guilty     by also wining the gold medal in their
     at the Old Bailey court in London.             match also against Iranian side.
     iii. Edmondson illegally intercepted the
     voicemails of two Home Secretaries, ex-        7. Women's kabaddi team bags gold
     Beatle Sir Paul McCartney and actors Jude      at Asiad
     Law and Sienna Miller.                         i. The Indian women's kabaddi team
                                                    notched up its second successive gold
     5. Asian Games: India placed eighth            medal at the Asian Games, beating Iran
     with total haul of 57 medals                   31-21 in the summit clash on Friday.
     i. India have brought the curtains down        ii. India thus maintained their supremacy
     on their campaign in the 17th Asian            in women's kabaddi, which made its Asiad
     Games, maintaining their domination of         debut in the previous edition in
     kabaddi with two gold medals.                  Guangzhou.
     ii. On the penultimate day of competitions
     at Incheon on day, India rose a rung to        8. Indian women clinch gold in
     eighth in the overall medal standings.         4x400m relay at Asian Games 2014
     iii. The women's kabaddi team won their        i. India continued their stranglehold in
     title-match against Iran quite comfortably     women's 4x400m relay event in the Asian
     by a 31-21 margin, to maintain their           Games as its quartet ran a brilliant race to
     supremacy for the second edition running,      win the gold for the fourth time on the
     having clinched gold when the event made       trot in Games record time in the 17th
     its debut four years ago in Guangzhou.         edition in Incheon on Thursday.
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     ii. The quartet of Priyanka Panwar, Tintu    Kong-based South China Morning Post
     Luka, Mandeep Kaur and M.R. Poovamma         said quoting US media reports.
     won an easy race in 3:28.68 to improve       iii. The DF-31B is an upgraded version of
     upon the earlier Games record of 3:29.02     the DF-31A and the launch was at least
     which was also in the name of the gold-      the second time the PLA’s Second Artillery
     winning Indian team in 2010.                 Corps had tested a DF-31 missile in the
     iii. This was the second gold for India      past three months.
     from athletics after Seema Punia bagged
     the yellow metal in women's discus throw.    3. Prime Minister connected to
                                                  people over radio with programme,
     4th Day Oct -2014 Current Affairs            Mann Ki Baat
                                                  i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 3
1.     India sign off 8th in Asiad medals         October 2014 addressed the countrymen
     tally                                        over radio for the first time in his
     i. India on Saturday ended their 17th        programme Mann Ki Baat. Mann ki Baat is
     Asian Games campaign at the eighth spot      a new initiative of Modi to reach out to
     on the medals tally, a drop of two           maximum populace
     positions from the previous edition of the   ii. In his address, he advocated for use of
     mega-event which drew to a close.            Khadi products as homage to Mahatma
     ii. India signed off with 57 medals -- 11    Gandhi and said that the use of Khadi at
     gold, 10 silver and 36 bronze. The tally     least as a handkerchief or bed sheet
     dipped considerably compared to the 2010     would benefit poor and light the lamp of
     edition in Guangzhou, China.                 prosperity in their house. He also
     iii. In 2010, the country had ended sixth    impressed upon people to generate
     with 65 medals -- 14 gold, 17 silver and     confidence among them including the
     34 bronze.                                   specially-able children.
     iv. As expected China ended their            iii. He promised to make such radio
     campaign on top claiming a whopping 342      broadcast a regular affair and invited
     medals.                                      ideas from the citizens while noting that
     v. The Chinese contingent walked away        he had been receiving a number of
     with 151 gold, 108 silver and 83 bronze      suggestions since it was announced that
     medals.                                      he would be addressing the nation over
     vi. Hosts South Korea finished a distant     radio.
     second with 234 medals -- 79 gold, 71
     silver and 77 bronze.                        4. 32 people killed in Stampede at
     vii. They were followed by the Japanese,     Patna’s Gandhi Maidan
     who notched up 200 medals, including 47      i. A stampede occurred at Gandhi Maidan
     gold, 76 silver and 77 bronze.               in Patna during the Ram Leela ceremony
                                                  on 3 October 2014. In the stampede at
2.     China test fires 10,000-km range           least 32 people were killed and about 15
     nuclear missile                              were injured. The injured have been
     i. China has flight tested an upgraded       admitted to the Patna Medical College and
     version of its 10,000-km range Dongfeng      Hospital (PMCH).
     missile which can reach most of the US       ii. The tragedy occurred at the time when
     and European cities, demonstrating its       people were returning from the ground
     nuclear capability, media reports said.      after watching the Ravan Vadh (killing of
     ii. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA)       demon king) ceremony.
     launched a Dongfeng-31B on September         iii. After the incident the state and union
     25, days before its October 1 National Day   government announced a relief
     from the Wuzhai Missile and Space Test       compensation of 3 lakh rupees and 2 lakh
     Centre, also called Taiyuan Satellite        rupees, respectively for the families of the
     Launch Centre in Shanxi province, Hong       dead. Apart from this, the State Home
                                                  Secretary and Additional Director General
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of Police have ordered a high level probe      vi. Some trains which have been identified
into the incident. The probe team has          for implementation of the scheme are
been asked to submit the report within 24      Hyderabad-New Delhi Andhra Pradesh
hours.                                         Express, Hyderabad-Hazrat Nizamuddin
                                               Dakshin Express, Secunderabad-Howrah
5. British aid worker Alan Henning             Falaknuma Express, Kacheguda-Bangalore
beheaded by ISIS militants                     Express and Secunderabad-Patna
i. The British aid worker, Alan Henning        Express.
was beheaded by Islamic State of Iraq
and Syria (ISIS) militants. The militants      5-6th Day Oct -2014 Current Affairs
group fighting in Iraq and Syria on 3          1. Eid-ul-Azha is being celebrated
October 2014 posted a video that shows,
the British-accented Jihadist known as         i. Eid-ul-Azha is being celebrated in the
Jihadi John beheading Henning.                 national capital and across the nation with
ii. Henning, a 47-year-old from                Muslims offering special prayers in
Manchester in England was kidnapped in         Eidgahs and mosques and sacrificing
December 2013. He volunteered to help          animals, even as security arrangement
drive an aid convoy to Syria for a Muslim      was stepped up ahead of the festival.
country.
iii. Henning is the second British national    ii. President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice
and fourth Western hostage killed in the       President Hamid Ansari on Sunday
same manner. Apart from Henning other          greeted citizens on the eve of Eid-ul-Zuha,
three are David Haines (a Briton), James       saying people should imbibe the spirit of
Foley (American) and Steven Sotloff            universal love and brotherhood for
(American).                                    prosperity of the nation and the world.
                                               iii. I convey greetings and best wishes to
6. Half of tatkal tickets on 80 trains         all fellow citizens, especially my Muslim
to be costlier                                 brothers and sisters," Mukherjee said,
i. Half of the tatkal tickets on 80 trains     noting that the festival symbolizes
have become costlier with the railways         sacrifice, faith and devotion.
deciding to partially implement the
dynamic fare system under which charges        2. Nobel prize in medicine awarded
will depend on demand.                         to trio for discovering brain's 'GPS'
ii. The decision, clearly aimed at mopping
up more revenues by the cash-strapped          i. The Nobel Prize for physiology or
railways, comes in the midst of festival       medicine has been awarded to three
season when there is a big rush of train       scientists who discovered the brain's GPS
travellers.                                    system. British-American researcher John
iii. "It has been decided that 50 per cent     O'Keefe and a Norwegian couple, Edvard
of the existing tatkal quota ticket shall be   Moser and May-Britt Moser share the
sold under dynamic fare scheme," said a        award.
senior Railway Ministry official on            ii. They discovered how the brain knows
Thursday.                                      where we are and is able to navigate from
iv. As per the scheme, 50 percent of           one place to another. Their findings may
tatkal quota tickets would be sold under       help explain why in Alzheimer's disease
the existing system and the subsequent         patients cannot recognise their
50 percent under 'premium tatkal' quota        surroundings.
of dynamic pricing. It will mean more the
demand, more the cost.                         3. New York Times issued Apology
v. The 'Premium Tatkal Ticket' scheme will     for Racist Cartoon on India's Mars
be applicable to 80 trains from 1st            Mission
October and like Premium train, the
scheme will be available online only.
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i. A reputed newspaper of United States,         v. The telescope will be larger than
The New York Times issued an apology to          Japan’s Subaru Telescope, one of the
its readers for its racist cartoon on India’s    world’s biggest, which was also built on
Mars Mission.                                    the summit of Mauna Kea and started
ii. In its apology, it clarified that it in no   observation in 1999.
way was trying to impugn India.
iii. The apology was published on the New        5. West Bengal government
York Times Facebook page in response to          constituted task force to probe into
criticism from many quarters.                    Burdwan blast
iv. The clarification issued by Andrew           i. The State Government of West Bengal
Rosenthal, Editorial Page Editor reads that      constituted a high-level composite Task
readers have complained about a recent           Force to investigate into the blasts at
editorial cartoon in the International New       Khagragarh in Burdwan District. The
York Times about India’s foray into space        blasts occurred on 2 October 2014 in
exploration. It said that the cartoonist         which two persons were killed.
Heng Kim Song’s intent after the cartoon         ii. This high-level task force will be headed
was to highlight that how exploration of         the Director General of Police GM P Reddy
space is no longer the exclusive domain of       and will also co-ordinate with various
rich, Western countries.                         investigating agencies like CID, Kolkata
                                                 police and others probing the blast.
Problem with the cartoon                         iii. Apart from this, the state government
i. The cartoon showed a farmer                   is also keeping close touch with the
accompanied by a cow knocking on the             National Investigating Agency (NIA) on
door of the Elite Space Club where two           the matter.
men sit reading a newspaper which has
India's space mission on the front page.         6. Dhoni is ISL team Chennaiyin FC
ii. It means that still India and Indians are    co-owner
considered as cattle-rearing folks.
iii. It became an ironic after Prime Minister    i. After the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and
Narendra Modi declared to the world at           Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has
Madison Square Garden that we were no            become the latest cricketer to own a
longer a country of snake-charmers.              football team in the high-profile Indian
                                                 Super League, investing in the Chennaiyin
4. India among five nations to build             FC ahead of the event starting October
world's largest telescope                        12.
                                                 ii. Dhoni, the current Indian cricket
i. India along with Japan, the US, China         captain, has pencilled a deal to be a co-
and Canada will start work on the world’s        owner of Chennaiyin FC along with
biggest telescope on Hawaii Island that          Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan.
will enable to identify an object as small       iii. “Dhoni has signed a deal to become a
as coin from a distance of 500 kms.              co-owner of Chennaiyin FC,” a source
ii. The 30-meter telescope will be               from IMG-Reliance, the organisers of the
established near the summit of the Mauna         much-anticipated league told PTI.
Kea volcano with a cost of $1.4 billion.         iv. The ISL kicks off on October 12 in
iii. The construction is expected to be          Kolkata while the final will be held on
completed by March 2022. Japan is                December 20.
expected to cover about a quarter of the
construction costs.                              7. Novak Djokovic beats Tomas
iv. To mark the start of construction, 100       Berdych to win fifth China Open
astronomers and officials from the five
countries are scheduled to attend a              i. World number one Novak Djokovic
ceremony on October 7 at a location              claimed his fifth China Open title with a
4,012 meters high on Mount Mauna Kea.
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straight set demolition of Czech Tomas         7th Day Oct -2014 Current Affairs
Berdych.
ii. Djokovic beat Berdych in a straight set    1. FinMin may amend RBI Act for
by 6-0, 6-2. Djokovic said that it was         appointing 5th Deputy Gov, COO
probably his best performance in all the
finals in his career, adding that it was       i. The Finance Ministry is considering
extremely incredible.                          amendments to the RBI Act 1934 to
                                               enable the central bank appoint a fifth
8. Sharapova beat Kvitova to claim             Deputy Governor and a Chief Operating
China Open titles                              Officer (COO).
i. Russian Maria Sharapova overcame            ii. Finance Ministry sources confirmed that
Czech Petra Kvitova 6-4 2-6 6-3 in the         both the sides had reached an informal
final of the China Open to claim the title     agreement to appoint a COO and create
and move up to number two in the world         the post of a fifth Deputy Governor in the
rankings on Sunday.                            RBI, but with a condition.
ii. Wimbledon Open champion Kvitova            iii. The condition is that COO would be
broke her opponent in the very first game      from among the two Deputy Governors
but Sharapova showed greater intensity         from the RBI’s quota, while the key
towards the end to prevail in a contest        criteria for appointment of fifth Deputy
that lasted two hours and 28 minutes.          Governor would be a person with at least
                                               25 years of experience in public
9. Oliver Wilson win first European            administration and governance,” a senior
golf title                                     Finance Ministry official said.
                                               iv. The COO’s appointment is part of the
i. World number 792 Oliver Wilson held on      RBI’s human resources (HR) restructuring
to win his first European golf title at the    exercise. The proposal envisages grouping
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship,             various departments into five clusters to
beating world number one Rory McIlroy by       be headed be a Deputy Governor.
one stroke on 17 under par.                    v. The proposal also talks about creation
ii. The Englishman, making his 228th           of an additional position of a COO in the
start, finished ahead of a chasing pack to     rank of Deputy Governor to head one of
win by one stroke on 17 under par. He          the five functional clusters.
played in the 2008 Ryder Cup but lost his
European Tour card in 2012 and needed          2. India ranks 18th on list of most
an invite to play at St Andrews.               desirable places to work: BCG
                                               i. India has been ranked 18th globally on
10. World Junior Chess Championship            the list of most desirable destinations to
begins in Pune                                 work, even as 70-80 per cent of Indians
i. The World Junior Chess Championship         are willing to work in an overseas location,
began in Pune today with a glittering          says a new report.
ceremony attended by eminent dignitaries       ii. The US has been ranked on the top,
from the sporting world, entertainment         followed by the UK, Canada, Germany and
and corporate world.                           Switzerland, making them the five most
ii. The tournament will be played till 19th    desirable countries to work on the list
October and will be conducted in the           compiled by the Boston Consulting Group,
Swiss League format, comprising of 13          total jobs.com, and The Network.
rounds with one round scheduled each           iii. The other countries in the top 10,
day.                                           where foreigners said they would like to
iii. Gujrathi will lead the Indian challenge   work include – France (6th), Australia
in the Open and Padmini Rout in the girls'     (7th), Spain (8th), Italy (9th) and Sweden
championship. They pose serious threats        (10th).
for the more fancied players in both
championships to be held simultaneously.
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iv. As a desirable work destination, India     iii. Cognizant has large presence in India.
was ranked 18th among G20 nations.             Its Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice
v. The Asia Pacific region does not            group will manage the acquired company.
generate as much interest as a possible        iv. Cognizant serves 28 of the top 30
work destination as the US or Europe,          global pharmaceutical companies, 16 of
largely because of the perceived difficulty    the top 20 health plans in the US, four of
of learning Asian Language, the report         the top five pharmacy benefit
said, but noted “some fast growing Asian       management companies in the US, nine of
countries are starting to reclaim workers      the top 10 biotech companies, and 12 of
they have lost.”                               the top 15 medical device companies.
vi. Globally, one in every five participants   v. The company’s has reported $8.843
already has international work experience      billion full year revenue for 2013. Annual
and almost 64 per cent said they would be      revenue of its Healthcare and Life
willing to go to another country for work.     Sciences Practice group is about $2.5
                                               billion.
3. Indian economy to grow 6.4% in
2015-16: World Bank                            5. Phelps banned for six months, no
i. Indian economy, which accounts for 80       2015 worlds
per cent of South Asia’s output, is set to     i. Michael Phelps, the 18-time Olympic
grow by 6.4 per cent in 2015-16 as             swim champion arrested last week for
against 5.6 per cent in 2014-15, the           drink driving, was banned for six months
World Bank has said.                           by USA Swimming and dropped from the
ii. With economic activity buoyed by           2015 World Championships.
expectations from the new elected              ii. Monday's punishments came six days
government of Prime Minister Narendra          after Phelps was apprehended by police in
Modi, “India is benefiting from a “Modi        his hometown of Baltimore and charged
dividend“,” the Bank said in its twice-a-      with driving under the influence of alcohol,
year South Asia Economic Focus report          excessive speed and crossing the center
yesterday.                                     line while driving inside a tunnel.
iii. Over the next year or so economic         iii. The discipline meted out, which
growth should be supported by the              includes forfeiture of Phelps' funding from
recovering US economy that would               the federation for six months, is based on
provide a market for Indian merchandise        USA Swimming rules that prohibit conduct
and service exports, it said.                  "detrimental to the image or reputation"
iv. “The outlook over the next years for       of USA Swimming or the sport.
South Asia indicates broad economic            iv. Phelps will still be allowed to train with
stability and a pick-up in growth with         his club, but cannot compete in USA
potential risks concentrated on the fiscal     Swimming-sanctioned competitions
and structural reform side,” said Martin       through March 6, 2015.
Rama, Chief Economist for South Asia at
the World Bank.                                6. Nokia to shut down its Chennai
                                               factory from Nov. 1
4. Cognizant acquires digital                  i. Telecom gear maker Nokia on Tuesday
marketing firm Cadient                         said that it will shut down its Chennai
i. Nasdaq-listed IT company Cognizant has      plant from November 1 as Microsoft has
acquired digital marketing company             terminated mobile purchase agreement
Cadient Group, that serves a broad             from the factory and it is left with no
spectrum of life sciences companies, for       business.
an estimated $30 million.                      ii. “Microsoft has informed Nokia that it
ii. Cadient clients are spread across          will be terminating the manufacturing
pharmaceutical, biotechnology, consumer        services defined in the agreement with
health and medical device industries.          effect from November 1, 2014. In absence
                                               of further orders from Microsoft, Nokia will
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suspend handset production at the              in Japan and the US for the invention of
Sriperumbudur facility from 1st                blue light emitting diodes (LEDs).
November,” Nokia said in a statement.          ii. Professors Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi
iii. In September 2013, Nokia announced        Amano and Shuji Nakamura made the
it would sell its devices and services         first blue LEDs in the early 1990s.
(D&S) business, including assets in India,     iii. This enabled a new generation of
to Microsoft for $ 7.2 billion by March        bright, energy-efficient white lamps, as
2014.                                          well as colour LED screens.
iv. The deal was completed on April 25 but     iv. The winners will share prize money of
Chennai facility could not be transferred to   eight million kronor (£0.7m).
Microsoft because of legal issues related      v. They were named at a press conference
to tax demand by the government.               in Sweden, and join a prestigious list of
v. Nokia started manufacturing in Chennai      196 other Physics laureates recognized
from January 2006 and exported to              since 1901.
markets including the Middle East and
Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand        2. Two Americans and a German
from there.                                    won the Nobel Prize in chemistry
                                               i. Eric Betzig, Stefan W
7. UK and Ireland inked single visa            Hell and William E Moerner are
deal                                           awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
i. Britain and Ireland inked a                 2014 for having bypassed this limit. Due
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on           to their achievements the optical
new joint Visa cooperation. The                microscope can now peer into the
agreement was signed at the Irish              nanoworld.
Embassy in London by UK home secretary         ii. Two Americans and a German won the
Theresa May and Irish Justice Minister         Nobel Prize in chemistry this year for their
Frances Fitzgerald.                            work on optical microscopy that has
ii. According to the MoU that was ratified     opened up our understanding of molecules
by the British and Irish governments, the      by allowing us to see how they work close
non-European travelers to these nations        up.
will be provided with a common short-stay      iii. The winners are Eric Betzig, Stefan W.
visa. With this short-stay visa, travelers     Hell and William E. Moerner, the Nobel
from outside the European Union will be        committee in Sweden announced
allowed to move freely between the two         Wednesday.
jurisdictions on a single permit.              iv. Back in 1873, science believed it had
iii. This visa deal will help the two          reached a limit in how much more of a
countries in sharing data and exchange         detailed picture a microscope could
information to inform and determine            provide. At the time, microscopist Ernst
immigration decisions, which will also ease    Abbe said the maximum resolution had
the visitors of the two nations                been attained.
iv. India and China will be the first two
non-EU countries that will be benefited        3. India to grow 5.6% this year, 6.4
from the new regime. The British-Irish         % in 2015: IMF
Visa Scheme would start in China by the        i. The International Monetary Fund has
end of October 2014 and in India soon          forecast 5.6 percent growth rate for India
afterwards.                                    this year and a higher 6.4 per cent next
                                               year.
8th Day Oct -2014 Current Affairs              ii. The IMF said this in its latest World
                                               Economic Outlook report yesterday citing
1. Invention of blue LEDs wins                 renewed confidence in the market due to
physics Nobel                                  a series of economic reforms being
i. The 2014 Nobel Prize for physics has        undertaken by the Government.
been awarded to a trio of scientists
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     iii. In China, the report said, growth will
     remain at 7.4 percent this year and is
     projected to be of 7.1 per cent in 2015.        9th Day Oct-2014 Current Affairs

4.     Exim Bank extends $7.76 mn line of            1. France's Patrick Modiano wins
     credit to Cuban Bank                            literature Nobel
     i. Export-Import Bank of India has, at the      i. Patrick Modiano of France, who has
     behest of the Government of India,              made a lifelong study of the Nazi
     extended two additional Lines of Credit         occupation and its effect on his country,
     [LOCs] to Banco Exterior De Cuba, Cuba          was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature
     aggregating $7.76 million.                      on Thursday.
     ii. While one LOC (for $2.71 million) is for    ii. The Swedish Academy gave the 8
     financing the setting up of a bulk blending     million kronor (USD 1.1 million) prize to
     fertilizer plant, the other (for $5.05          Modiano "for the art of memory with
     million) is for financing the modernisation     which he has evoked the most
     of an injectable products plant.                ungraspable human destinies and
     iii. With the signing of the above two LOC      uncovered the life-world of the
     Agreements, Exim Bank, till date, has           occupation."
     extended three Lines of Credit to Cuba, at      iii. Modiano, 69, whose novel "Missing
     the behest of the Government of India,          Person" won the prestigious Prix Goncourt
     taking the total value of LOCs extended to      in 1978 was born in a west Paris suburb
     $12.76 million.                                 two months after World War II ended in
     iv. Under the LOC, Exim Bank will               Europe in July 1945.
     reimburse 100 per cent of contract value        iv. His father was of Jewish Italian origins
     to the Indian exporters, upfront upon           and met his Belgian actress mother during
     shipment of goods. The LOC will be used         the occupation of Paris.
     for sourcing of goods and services from         v. He has published more than 40 works
     India.                                          in French, some of which have been
                                                     translated into English, including "Ring of
     5. Georgetown University appoints               Roads: A Novel," ''Villa Triste," ''A Trace of
     Pratima Dharm as first Hindu priest             Malice," and "Honeymoon."
     i. The Georgetown University has                     vi. He has also written children's books
     appointed its first Hindu priest —a woman       and film scripts and made the 1974
     — to serve the religious needs of its Hindu     feature movie       "Lacombe, Lucien" with
     students, whose number has increased in         director Louis Malle.
     recent years.                                   vii. He was a member of the jury at the
     ii. Pratima Dharm, who recently retired as      Cannes Film Festival in 2000.
     the first Hindu chaplain in the U.S. Army,      viii. Literature was the fourth of this
     has been appointed as the first Hindu           year's Nobel prizes. The prize is named
     chaplain at the Georgetown University, a        after Alfred Nobel, the inventor of
     move welcomed by the Hindu students of          dynamite, and has been awarded since
     this top private research university.           1901 for achievements in science,
     iii. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Jesuit   literature and peace in accordance with
     and Catholic university in the U.S.             his will.
     iv. Ms. Dharm began her new assignment
     at Georgetown on October 1, 2014, the           2. Finance Ministry allocates Rs 520
     university said in a media statement.           crore to NABARD
     v. Previously she served on Army bases          i. The Union Finance Ministry has allocated
     and hospitals around the world, including       520 crore rupees to NABARD to create
     a yearlong deployment in Iraq.                  warehousing infrastructure for agricultural
                                                     commodities in West Bengal.
                                                     ii. Giving this information in Kolkata, the
                                                     Chief General Manager of NABARD, Smt.
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T.S.Raji Gain said that after West Bengal,     5. Union MNRE signed MoU for
Madhya Pradesh has got 500 crore rupees        setting up first-ever Offshore Wind
for the said purpose.                          Power Project in India
                                               i. Union Ministry of New and Renewable
3. Railways' Revenue earnings up               Energy (MNRE) signed a Memorandum of
by over 12 per cent                            Understanding (MoU) on 1 October 2014
i. Railways revenue earnings have gone         for setting up a Joint Venture Company to
up by over 12 per cent during first six        undertake the first-ever Offshore Wind
months of this fiscal.                         Power Project in India along the Gujarat
ii. The total approximate earnings during      coast.
the period were about Rs. 73,404 crore         ii. he offshore wind power project along
compared to Rs. 65,526 crore during the        the Gujarat coast will be of about 100 MW
same period last year.                         capacity.
iii. The total earnings from goods during      iii. Subsidy to be provided for setting up
the period were about Rs. 48,772 crore as      of evacuation and transmission
against Rs. 44,162 crore during the same       infrastructure including financial support
period last year, registering an increase of   for carrying out studies such as wind
10.44 per cent.                                resource assessment, Environment Impact
iv. However, the total approximate             Assessment (EIA), oceanographic survey
number of passengers booked during this        and Bathymetric studies.
period were around 4253 million
compared to 4255 million during the same       6. Facebook founder Mark
period last year, showing a decrease of        Zuckerberg arrived in New Delhi, to
0.06 per cent.                                 meet PM tomorrow
                                               i. ounder of social site Facebook, Mark
4. Bandhan Bank appoints FIS Intl              Zuckerberg arrived in New Delhi on a two
to develop core banking tool                   day visit from 9 October to 10 October
i. The upcoming Bandhan Bank has               2014.
appointed FIS International, one of the        ii. His aim behind the visit is to take help
largest banking and payments technology        of India in connecting people of the world.
solutions provider globally, to develop its    iii. During his visit, one of his big
core banking software solutions.               engagements is his meet with Prime
ii. According to a release issued by FIS,      Minister Narendra Modi. Modi as a person
the global major will help Bandhan by          is a supporter of social media as he thinks
providing and managing a fully integrated      that it is a mean to reach out to people.
banking and payments platform through a        iv. In terms of users, India is the second-
totally outsourced delivery model.             largest market of social network outside
iii. This will include the core banking,       the US but one that generates little
channel solutions, treasury, trade finance,    revenue.
and an entire suite of payments services       v. Zuckerberg said that even in developed
that includes debit card management and        countries, about 25 percent women are
interback connectivity.                        not connected with social media as
iv. Bandhan, the country’s largest micro-      compared to men. Whereas, in context of
finance institution, was granted an “in-       India about 69 percent people are not
principle” banking licence by the Reserve      connected with the social network and as
Bank of India earlier this year.               they don’t know that they can connect
v. Bandhan is expected to start banking        with the world through internet.
operations by September 2015 with about
600 branches and operations across 27          7. Ocean Health Index for the year
states.                                        2014 released
                                               i. Ocean Health Index (OHI) 2014 was
                                               released by the National Centre for
                                               Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
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at UC Santa Barbara, Califronia, US on 30         experience. We would like to share these
September 2014. The Index, third in the           with India, together with state-of-the-art
series, was released in partnership with          solutions developed by German
Conservation International.                       companies. We also want to help to raise
ii. As per the OHI 2014, the overall health       public awareness," he said.
score of the Oceans of the world stands at
67 out of 100.                                 10. India likely to have 600 million
iii. The third annual OHI for the first time      broadband users by 2020: Ericsson
includes scores for Antarctica and the            i. The mobile broadband subscriber base
Southern Ocean plus the 15 other ocean            in India could grow to 600 million by 2020
regions beyond national jurisdiction (high        from around 100 million now with 20 per
seas areas).                                      cent of them using 4G, according to a
                                                  white paper released here by Ericsson.
8. India overthrow from No. 1 spot                ii. The report says the share of data in the
in ICC ODI ranking                                overall revenue of telecom operators will
i. India’s thrashing at the hands of the          rise from 10-12 per cent in 2013 to 35-40
visiting West Indies team in the first ODI        per cent in 2020, forcing operators to
at Kochi, has dethroned it from the top           make substantial investment to improve
tanking in the ODI format of the                  infrastructure.
ICC. South Africa replaces India at the           iii. “Mobile broadband will be the platform
top with 113 points.                              on which the ‘Digital India’ vision can be
ii. India and Australia are at second and         delivered. For this, we will need the
third places respectively. However,               release of additional spectrum in the
Australia has a chance to climb up in the         relevant bands. This will contribute to
ranking if it wins the remaining ODIs             affordability of services, and
against Pakistan. The Kangaroos play              harmonization of spectrum will allow a
Pakistan in Dubai tomorrow.                       lower-cost device ecosystem to evolve.
                                                  iv. On the occasion, Ericsson announced
9. German Ambassador lauds PM;                    the Indian launch of two new products to
extends support to Ganga mission                  optimise indoor coverage — the Radio
i. German Ambassador to India Michael             Dot System and the RBS6402
Steiner on Thursday hailed Prime Minister         picocell — thereby, completing its Small
Narendra Modi for his ambitious 'Clean            Cell Portfolio for the Indian market.
India campaign' and Ganga rejuvenation
plan while extending his country's full           11. Veteran journalist M V Kamath
support to the missions.                          passes away, PM condoles death
ii. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Ganga         i. Veteran journalist M V Kamath died at
rejuvenation priority is an excellent             his native place Manipal in Karnataka on
example that India is thinking big. Clean         Thursday after a brief illness.
Ganga Fund is a brilliant idea," Steiner          ii. He was 93 and was admitted to
said at the inauguration of three-day trade       hospital for the past few days.
exhibition IFAT India 2014, organised by          iii. Kamath, former chairman of Prasar
trade show company Messe Munchen's                Bharti and recipient of Padma Bhushan,
IFAT India.                                       was born in Udupi on 7th September
iii. The German Ambassador said his               1921.
country is standing ready to support
India's mission towards clean Ganga,              12. ISRO's PSLV-C26 to be launched
adding that a German scoping mission has          on Oct 16
already started working in this regard this       i. The launch of ISRO's Polar Satellite
week.                                             Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C26, is now
iv. Major clean-up efforts of all                 scheduled for October 16 from Satish
stakeholders in Germany generated                 Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
technical know-how and decades-old
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ii. The launch window of the mission            the grave exploitation of children for
opens at 01:32 hours Indian Standard            financial gain,” the Nobel committee said.
Time (IST) and lasts till 01:47 hours IST.      iv. At the age of just 17, Malala is the
The lift-off is scheduled at the opening of     youngest recipient of the prize.
the launch window at 01:32 hours IST.           v. The teenager was shot in the head by
iii. PSLV-C26 will carry the 1,425 kg           Taliban gunmen in October 2012 for
Indian Navigation Satellite IRNSS-1C.           campaigning for girls' education. She now
iv. IRNSS-1C, the third satellite of the        lives in Birmingham in the UK
Indian Regional Navigation Satellite            vi. The Nobel committee praised the pair's
System, has already been integrated with        "struggle against the suppression of
PSLV-C26 and the final phase of checks is       children and young people".
progressing.                                    vii. Reacting to the news, Mr Satyarthi
                                                told: "It's a great honour for all the
13. India among top 5 financial                 Indians, it's an honour for all those
contributors to Ebola response                  children who have been still living in
i. India is among the top five contributors     slavery despite of all the advancement in
to the UN Ebola response with a                 technology, market and economy."And I
contribution of U.S. $ 12.5 million,            dedicate this award to all those children in
according to a fact sheet released by U.S.      the world."
Secretary of State John Kerry here.             viii. This year there were 278 nominees
ii. The U.S. with U.S. $ 113.8 million tops     for the prize, more than any other year till
the list to the UN Ebola response. It is        now. The major contenders for the prize
followed by the European Union ($ 55.5          this year were Pope Francis, the first non-
million), Canada ($ 31.9 million),              European Pope in modern times; Denis
Netherlands ($ 21 million) and India with       Mukwege, a Congolese leader who worked
$12.5 million.                                  with rape victims; and UN Secretary
iii. The world’s largest outbreak of Ebola      General Ban Ki-moon
has killed 3,865 people out of 8,033
infected so far this year, according to the
WHO’s latest count.                             2. India’s first national policy on
                                                mental health launched
                                                i. The union health ministry on Friday
10th Day Oct-2014 Current Affairs               launched the country’s first ever mental
                                                health policy to provide access to good
1. Malala, Kailash Satyarthi win                quality treatment to mentally ill people
Nobel Peace Prize 2014                          with the focus on those living in poverty.
                                                ii. The policy, launched by Union Health
i. Kailash Satyarthi, the child rights          Minister Harsh Vardhan, is backed up by
activist from India, and Malala Yousufzai,      the “Mental Health Action Plan 365” which
the activist for girls education in Pakistan,   spells out the specific roles to be played
were announced as the joint winners of          by the Centre, the state governments,
this year's Nobel Peace Prize by the            local bodies and civil society
Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday.            organisations.
ii. It is an important point for a Hindu and    iii. The new mental health policy’s
a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to         objective is to provide universal access to
join in a common struggle for education         mental health care by enhancing
and extremism", said the Committee in a         understanding of mental health and
press release.                                  strengthening leadership in the mental
iii. Satyarthi, who runs NGO Bachpan            health sector at all levels.
Bachao Aandolan (Save Childhood                 iv. The World Health Organization has
Movement), has maintained the tradition         predicted that about 20 percent of India’s
of Mahatma Gandhi and headed various            population would suffer from some form of
forms of peaceful protests, “focusing on        mental illness by 2020.
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v. The country has only about 3,500            as well as key domestic players; however,
psychiatrists. Therefore, the government       he was more in touch with the internal
is confronted with the problem of lowering     figures than the west.
this gap significantly over the next
decade,” he added.                             5. Cipla Medpro signed collaboration
                                               pact with Teva for selling drugs in
3. Anoop Jain wins prestigious                 South Africa
global citizen award                           i. Cipla Medpro on 9 October 2014
                                               announced that it has inked a
i. A young Indian has won a prestigious        collaboration pact with Teva
global citizen award and USD 100,000           Pharmaceuticals of Israel for sales and
cash prize for his work to build community     distribution of the latter's drugs in South
sanitation facilities, an area that aligns     Africa.
with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's            ii. Medpro Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of
commitment to ending open defecation,          Cipla Medpro and Teva Pharmaceuticals
organisers of the award said.                  pty of Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries
ii. Anoop Jain was named recipient of the      signed a sales and distribution agreement.
2014 Waislitz Global Citizen Award for his     The collaboration is a subject to the
"exemplified values of a Global Citizen"       approval by the Competition Commission
through his work in founding Humanure          of South Africa.
Power (HP) in Bihar in 2011 that builds
community sanitation facilities in rural       6. Leela Samson resigned as
India.                                         Sangeet Natak Akademi chairperson
iii. The award carries a USD 100,000 cash      i. Leela Samson resigned as the
prize in recognition to the winner's work in   Chairperson of Sangeet Natak Akademi on
making the "world a better place."             30 September 2014. Her resignation has
iv. The announcement of the award co-          been accepted by Union Ministry of
incided with Modi's recent visit here when     Culture.
he addressed thousands of people at the        ii. 62-year-old Samson submitted her
Global Citizen Festival last week in Central   resignation as the Chairperson of the
Park.                                          Sangeet Natak Akademi a year before her
v. The organisation said Jain's work           term ends.
through Humanure Power aligns with             iii. Samson, an eminent Bharatnatyam
Modi's commitment to put a toilet in every     dancer was appointed as the chairperson
household and school in India by 2019 - a      of the Akademi in August 2010 for a
commitment he reiterated in his remarks        period of five years by the Union
on stage at the citizen festival.              government.

4. Book titled A Man and a
Motorcycle, How Hamid Karzai Came              About Leela Samson
to Power: written by Bette Dam                 • At present, Samson is also a chairperson
i. A book titled A Man and A Motorcycle,       of Central Board of Film Certification
How Hamid Karzai Came to Power written         (CBFC) since 2011 and was also director
by Bette Dam was launched in September         of Kalakshetra from 2005 onwards.
2014. Bette Dam is a Dutch journalist          • In 1995, Leela Samson formed Spanda,
based in Afghanistan.                          a dance group to review the traditional
ii. The book reveals about the life of         vocabulary of Bharatanatyam
former Afghanistan President Hamid             • Sanchari and The Flowering Tree are two
Karzai and his journey towards the             documentary films made on her works
highest office of the land and the situation
in Afghanistan.                                7. Cyclonic storm Hudhud
iii. In the book, Dam writes that Karzai       i. Hudhud is in news because is expected
was under a lot of pressure from the west      to cross north Andhra Pradesh and
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