OCTOBER CURRENT AFFAIRS 2013

OCTOBER CURRENT AFFAIRS

. Alice Munro won Nobel Prize 2013 in literature and became the first Canadian woman to take the Nobel Prize

. Peter Higgs, United Kingdom and Francois Englert, Belgium Won the Nobel Prize for Physics 2013.

 . James Rothman and Randy Schekman of US and German-born Thomas Suedhof won the 2013 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology

. Michael Levitt, Martin Karplus and Arieh Warshel Won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013 on 9 October 2013

. Indian cyclist Deborah won Two Gold Medals at Asian Cycling Confederation (ACC) Track Asia Cup

. Pakistan Won Under-19 Asian Rugby Championship 2013

. Mumbai Indians clinched the Champions League Twenty-20 title by defeating Rajasthan Royals by 33 runs

. Janet L. Yellen Nominated as the New Head of US Federal Reserve Board by President Barack Obama on 9 October 2013

. S. R. Bansal Took the charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of Corporation Bank

. Ethiopia's parliament Elected Mulatu Teshome as the Country's New President for a six-year term on 7 October 2013

. Malala Yousafzai Won the European Union's Sakharov Human Rights Prize 2013.

. Minister of External Affairs of India Salman Khurshid Concluded Two Day Visit to Srilanka

. The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee conferred the Presidential Awards for Classical Tamil on 9 October 2013

. Arundhati Bhattacharya the First woman to took charge as the Chairperson of SBI on 7 October 2013

. Kalapana Devi won Bronze Medal at the Judo tournament in Tashkent on 5 October 2013

. National Voluntary Blood Donation Day -------------- 1 October

. National Voluntary Blood Donation Day -------------- 1 October

. World Mental Health Day---------------------------10 October 2013

. The Indian Air Force Day ------==------------------ 8 October 2013

. International day for guirl child-----------11 October

. President of India Pranab Mukherjee visited Belgium and Turkey

. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Approved the gross Budgetary Support of 8632.77 crore for National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) Phase-IV

. The Indian Railways signed a pact with Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) to set up India’s Biggest Forged Wheel plant in Uttar Pradesh

. International Day of Older Persons observed on 1 October since 1991

. Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on 11 October 2013 won the Nobel Peace Prize 2013 for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons

. Prime Minister of Libya, Ali Zeidan was abducted by gunmen on 10 October 2013

. The cyclonic storm Phailin in the second week of October 2013 hit the Andaman and Nicobar islands.

. Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen shot by the Taliban for championing girls' education won the European Union's Sakharov human rights prize 2013 .

. IFC on 7 October 2013 launched a 1 billion Dollars offshore bond programme to strengthen India’s capital markets and attract greater foreign investment.

. Ethiopia's parliament elected Mulatu Teshome to be the country's new president on 7 October 2013, for a six-year term.

. India emerged as the largest recipient of foreign remittances.

. Government of India appointed on 2 October 2013 a four member committee headed by Arvind Mayaram.

. The ICC on 6 October 2013 announced that Afghanistan Cricket Board will get liberal financial assistance from it after qualifying for Cricket World Cup 2015.

. Sania Mirza won the China Open tennis championship trophy (women’s Doubles) with Cara Black of Zimbabwe on 5 October 2013

. India’s lawn tennis player Rohan Bopanna with French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin won the Japan Open trophy on 6 October 2013

. Tropical Storm Karen on 5 October 2013 touched the US Gulf Coast

. The Reserve Bank of India on 4 October 2013 fixed the reference rate of rupee against US dollar at 61.4050

. S. Varadarajan on 1 October 2013 took over charge as chairman and managing director (CMD) of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).

. The Supreme Court of India on 8 October 2013 directed the Union and all state governments to provide 3 percent reservation to disabled persons.

. Typhoon Fitow slammed into Southeastern China on 7 October 2013 with powerful winds and heavy rain

. India’s Vidya Pillai and Arantxa Sanchis won the gold for team title in the 2013 IBSF World 6-red Snooker Championship after defeating Hong Kong.

. The Disciplinary Committee of the Badminton Association of India on 5 October 2013 recommended a life-ban on Indian doubles shuttler Jwala Gutta.

. Bangladesh on 7 October 2013 ratified an extradition treaty with India to enable the handing over of suspects and convicted prisoners between the two countries.

. Wal-Mart Stores Inc and its Indian partner Bharti Enterprises ended up their joint venture

. Supreme Court on 8 October 2013 directed EC to introduce Vote Verifier Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) system in EVMs for the next general elections in 2014.

. Megan Young of Philippines was crowned Miss World 2013 at the Bali Nasa Dua Convention Center in Bali, Indonesia