October 2013

RBI directs Banks to end zero interest EMI schemes M60-UCD1: Densest galaxy ever discovered PM approves setting up of 7th Central Pay Commission Chinese table tennis player Liu Shiwen clinched Womens Table Tennis World Cup 2013 after beating teammate WuYang in the final play of the tournament held in Kobe, Japan. Survey ranks Mumbai as worlds second most honest city after Helsinki Randall Oliphant becomes chairman of the World Gold Council Sri Srinivasan becomes Judge of US Court Miss Philippines Megan Young is Miss World 2013 Navneet Kaur Dhillon bags Multimedia Award at the Miss World 2013 Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel won a third term by in German elections. The Pin Code allotted to the Supreme Court is 110 201. Anna Hazare receives Allard Prize for International Integrity Rahul Dravid is brand ambassador for National Tobacco Control Campaign N Srinivasan re-elected BCCI president Ranjib Biswal is the new IPL chairman India vanquished Malaysia to clinch Under-21 Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament. Malala Yousafzai honored by Harvard University for humanitarian work Indian Newspaper Society elects Ravindra Kumar as its President Vice President releases postage stamp in memory of Baba Jumdev Government appoints Ranjan Mathai as new Indian High Commissioner to UK Airtel is among Africas top ten most admired global brands US government shuts down as budget couldnt be passed Anyone investing in a company 10% or less is considered as FII and above 10% is considered as FDI. (SEBI) has approved the Etihad Airways plan to buy a 24% stake in the Jet Airways Indias Current Account Deficit (CAD) for the first quarter ended June 2013 has widened to 4.9% CCEA approves Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) JENVAC: Indias first indigenously produced Japanese Encephalitis vaccine launched Establishment of a Central Armed Police Forces Institute of Medical Sciences (CAPFIMS) Ravi Shankar Narsimhan was presented with Friendship Award The National Voluntary Blood Donation Day observed on 1 October India Blue Won NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2013-14 First National Award for Senior Citizens- Vayoshreshtha Samman, 2013 Presented Kalpana Devi won Bronze Medal at the Judo Tournament in Tashkent Tropical Storm Karen touched the US Gulf Coast RBI fixed the Reference Rate of Rupee against US Dollar at 61.4050 Geological Survey of India Acquired Research Vessel Samudra Ratnakar for Deep Sea Research India Re-elected in the New Council of ICAO S.Varadarajan took over as the CMD of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited The Indian Air Force Day Celebrated Across India on 8 October India Successfully Test-Fired Nuclear Capable Prithvi-II Missile from Odisha World Habitat Day Observed Across the World on 7 October 2013 Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Bharti Enterprises ended up their Joint Venture Peter Higgs, United Kingdom and Francois Englert, Belgium jointly awarded Nobel Prize for Physics 2013. Karan Thapar Chosen for IPI-India Award for Excellence in Journalism 2013 Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan abducted by Gunmen Alice Munro, the Canadian writer, won Nobel Prize 2013 in literature

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World Mental Health Day Observed on 10 October Malala Yousafzai Won European Union's Sakharov Human Rights Prize 2013 Government of Pakistan Decided To Appoint Syed Ibne Abbas as Envoy to India Ethiopia Parliament Elected Mulatu Teshome as New President. Prithvi-II missile test fired successfully from Odisha Mudgal committee proposes new Cinematograph Bill on governing cinema Wilfried Martens, Nine-Time Prime Minister of Belgium Died At 77 Alice Munro, the Canadian writer, won Nobel Prize 2013 in literature Prime Minister of Libya, Ali Zeidan was abducted by gunmen International Day of the Girl Child observed on 11 October MS Swaminathan Selected for Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the Year 2012 OPCW won 2013 Nobel Peace Prize World Arthritis Day Observed on 12 October India Post Launched International Money Transfer Service- 'Instant Cash' Aamir Khan released Mansoor Khans book The Third Curve in New Delhi. Obama nominates Janet Yellen as the next head of US Federal Reserve Board The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Michael Levitt,Martin Karplus,Arieh Warshel. The Nobel Prize in Medicine for James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. Sudhof. The Nobel Prize in Economics for Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen, Robert Shiller The Nobel Prize in Physics for Peter Higgs,Francois Englert The Nobel Prize in Peace for The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) The Nobel Prize in Literature for Alice Munro Global Hunger Index Report 2013: India Ranked at 63rd Position The Supreme Court of India Ruled That Co-Operative Societies Do Not Fall Within the Ambit of RTI Oscar Hijuelos, the Cuban-American Writer, Died at 62 The Indian Navy inducted into service its largest offshore patrol vessel (OPV), INS Sunayna World Standards Day was celebrated on 14 October 2013 by SCS global services International Day of Rural women observed on 15 October Inflation Increased to 6.46 percent in September 2013; Highest in Seven Months Ireland set to Exit International Bail-out Programme Typhoon Nari created Havoc in Philippines Satyavrat won the 9th Roustam E-International Indian Style Wrestling Title Sanam Singh and Vijayant Malik won the ITF Doubles Title 2013 Chanda Kochhar ranked 4th in Fortune magazines global list of top-50 women business leaders New Zealand author Eleanor Catton wins 2013 Booker Prize for her novel The Luminaries. G. B. Pradhan is the new Chairperson of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC). First National Yash Chopra Memorial Award presented to Lata Mangeshkar Indias largest Air Traffic Control (ATC) Tower unveiled at Mumbai Airport Malala Yousafzai to be granted Honorary Canadian Citizenship International Day for the Eradication of Poverty observed on 17 October Liverpool launched Football Academy in India Hilary Clinton got the First Founders Award for helping AIDS Victims Powerful Typhoon Wipha caused destruction in Japan World Food Day Observed Every Year on 16 October New Li-Fi Technology developed by Chinese researchers The Sixth India- Brazil Joint Commission Meeting was held in Brasilia on 14 -15 October 2013. Ding Junhui won Indian Open Snooker Title 2013

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October 2013

International Tourism Mart (ITM) Started in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh Terence Walsh appointed as Chief Coach of the Senior Men National Hockey Team Tarun Chugh Appointed as the Managing Director of PNB Metlife The 14th India-Russia Annual Summit held at Moscow Police Commemoration Day Observed on 21 October to Memorise Police Martyrs New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg won Inaugural Genesis Prize Chanda Kochhar, Chitra Ramkrishna, Shikha Sharma, Naina Lal Kidwai have made to 2013 Fortune magazine's global list of top-50 women business leaders. Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day observed on 21 October. World Osteoporosis day was celebrated on 20 October 2013 Dipika Pallikal clinches Macau Open Squash title 2013 The US Comedian Carol Burnett Honoured With the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor The 2nd Meeting of the India-Philippines Joint Commission held in Manila Frank: Worlds first complete bionic man

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