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Most Important Current Events of October 2015

National Affairs

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• Tamil Nadu has banned on using Ketoprofen.
• Defence Minister M.Prrikar has re-named Hyderabad as Missile Complex.
• India and Isreal has signed two MoU.
• PM has inaugurated commemorative postage stamps worth Rs 5 on A.P.J.Abdul kalam’s 84th birth day.
• Kerala has banned on using drug to Save Vultures.
• Government has approved Green India Mission Plans for Mizoram, Manipur, Jharkhand and Kerala.
• Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has acquired ISO 9001:2008 Certificate.
• SAARC Sufi Festival has begun in Jaipur.
• The Indian Air Force has planned to induct women as fighter pilots.
• India will hold G-20 Chair in 2018.
• India has hosted Fed Cup carrom for first time.
• PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated India's 1st solar plant in Khunti district of Jharkhand.
• The Ministry of HRD has finalized the MDM Rules 2015 under National Food Security Act, 2013 Notified.
• Mysore City Corporation (MCC) has launched Swachh Street Food on Gandhi Jayanti.
• Assam has declared Rs 50,000 crore for new scheme for rural areas.
• Gujarat Chief Minister has inaugurated a mobile museum on Mahatma Gandhi’s life.
• Odisha has launched Online Citizen Portal.
• Odisha has become 1st 100% Solar-Powered Village.
• Delhi Metro has ranked first in ‘Information during Travel’.
• Maharashtra has topped in Hospitality Charts.
• India has ranked last Quality of Death Index. 
• Mysuru has become ‘Ivory City’.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that 26th November will be observed a Samvidhan Divas (Constitution Day).
• Finance minister Arun Jaitley has attended the G-20 finance ministers meeting at Lima in Peru.
• The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has planned to request for a ‘no-fly zone’ above the Qutub Minar.
• Kerala will host All Lights India International Film Festival.
• Kerala has launched ‘CyberDome’ to fight online crimes.
• Dr.Abdul Kalam’s birthplace Rameswaram has declared as AMRUT town.
• “An Old Dog’s Diary” an Indian short film has won the best short film award at the 2015 London Film Festival.
• Delhi has observed First Car Free Day at India Gate 7 AM to 12 NOON.
• India has ranked among top 10 acquirers in the US market.
• Konkan Railway has established Tunnel Tech Institute in Goa.
• Solar Power has constructed in Lotus Temple, Delhi.
• Kerala Tourism has held First Road Show in Japan.
• India – Africa Forum Summit has held in New Delhi.
• Mumbai has ranked World’s 11th Best Bed-n-Breakfast Value Destination.
• ‘Dreaming Big: My Journey to Connect India’, an autobiography of Sam Pitroda has released.
• India has released the First ever Hindi atlas book on India’s indigenous “Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)”.
• Karnataka Govt has set up Point of Sales (POS) Machines using of Biometrics products as ‘Udupi’.
• First-Ever Hindi Atlas book on Mars mission has been released by Dr. Jitendra Singh.  
• India has signed Memorandum of understanding with France for conservation & digital preservation of written heritage.
• Uttar Pradesh Tourism Department has planned to host a hot air balloon festival in the Taj Mahal.

International Affairs

• Australian Art Gallery has returned a 2000 Year Old Indian-origin sculpture of Gautama Buddha to India.
• President Pranab Muherjee has inaugurated “Mahatma Gandhi Street” in Jordanian Capital Amman.
• Thailand and China has pledged to start a joint Rail project.
• Boeing has made the Lightest Metal Material in the World called “micro lattice” which is 100 times lighter than Styrofoam.
• China has raised Solar Installation Target by 30 percent from past.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel has met Indo-German Business Summit 2015 which is organised by NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Services Companies). Theme of this Summit is “Digitizing Tomorrow' in Bengaluru”.
• Iran has decided to launch 50 New Oil Projects in this year.
• The United Nations (UN) has declared October 1 as the International Day of Older Persons.
• First Trilateral Ministerial Dialogue has held among US, India and Japan about Indo-Pacific region.
• Asian Development Bank (ADB) has decided to increase transmission capacity of the cross-border electricity link between India and Bangladesh.
• The DRDO has inaugurated a Research Centre at Chang La in Jammu and Kashmir which is n Extreme Altitude.
• Typhoon Mujigae has hit China’s western Guangdong Province.
• India and Lithuania has signed a MoU to intensify Agricultural Co-operation.
• Dutch has created the World’s Largest Man-Made Wave Machine called “Delta Flume (15 feet)”.
• The Food and Drug Administration FDA has approved Keytruda – an Immunotherapy Drug to Fight Lung Cancer.
• BRICS has decided to establish Liberal Visa Regime among Member Countries.
• Finance ministers from 20 of the countries have launched the V20 group to fight vulnerable climate change.
• Singapore Airlines has restart World’s Longest 19-Hour Flight Service to U.S. 
• India and Sweden has planned to cooperate in Urban Sector Initiatives.  
• ICC has signed up with Nissan as Official Global Partner till 2023.
• Pakistan and Russia has signed an agreement on gas pipeline from Lahore to Karachi.
• India and Canadian company Cameco has signed an agreement for supply of uranium.
• Super Typhoon Koppu (Typhoon Lando) has hit Philippines.
• NATO has launched Trident Juncture Military Exercise 2015 at Italy.
• Sweden has signed with Maharashtra for ‘Smart’ Development.
• Amancio Ortega has become the World’s Richest Man. 
• Russia has announced a permanent military unit in the Arctic starting 2018.
• Japan has offered India $15 Billion Soft Loan for Bullet Train. 
• World’s Tallest Idol of Goddess Durga has built in Kolkata in this year Durga puja festival.
• A strong earthquake of 7.7 has stroked on south Asia. 
• Japan and Andhra Pradesh has signed a pact to Promote Investments.

Banking Awareness & Business Updates

• The scientists of the National Institute of Oceanography have discovered a coral site has been found mid-sea off the Konkan coast.
• CRISIL has decided to downgrad the rating for bonds issued by Andhra Pradesh State Financial Corporation (APSFC).
• Bank of Baroda branches in New Delhi has been founded the illegal transfer Rs 6100 crore black money with Hong Kong Bank by The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
• World trade has grown only 2.8% this year according to WTO.
• The Philippines has planned to cut its carbon emissions by 70 percent by 2030.
• FDI can invest up to 100 per cent equity in white label ATM operation. 
• ICICI has brought in card-less mVisa.
• Tata Steel has invested Rs.22, 000 Cr in Odisha Projects.
• Rajasthan has planned to Invest Rs 500 Crore in 500 Startups by 2020.
• Import Duty has risen on Ghee, Butter to 40%.
• Government has spent Rs 70,000 Crore for Sagarmala Project on 12 Major Ports about port-led development in coastal areas. 
• India has ranked 16 positions global index of the world's most competitive economies.
• RBI has merged the Financial Inclusion Fund and Financial Inclusion Techonology Fund into a single Fund –Financial Inclusion Fund with Rs 2000 crore.
• The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has raised the penalty on telecom operators for poor mobile service quality and call drops up to Rs. 2 lakh.
• Aditya Birla Group has launched online fashion store Abof.com.
• RBI has decided in Financial Inclusion Fund with Rs. 2000 crore  corpuses.
• The India’s economy growth has expected of 7.1 per cent by 2019.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the new commercial bank IDFC Bank in New Delhi.
• RBI has signed an agreement for sharing information to the Central Bank of UAE.
• RBI has opened Sub Office in Imphal.
• India has ranked last in Global Pension Index according to Mercer.
• Bank of Baroda has launched ‘Chillr Mobile App’.
• ICICI Bank has topped in Mobile Banking Transactions List.
• Aadhaar Number has universalized for MSMEs Sector. 
• Infosys and Huawei have developed High-Speed Wi-Fi Access in Stadiums.
• India has ranked Second on Global Business Optimism Index. 
• Facebook has launched Website to Attract Minorities to Coding.
• Yes Bank has planned partners with Snapdeal, Blue Dart. 
• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has planned to earn from its waste.
• RBI has rejected 100% FDI in Banking Sector.
• India has ranked 130 among 189 countries in Business.
• Supreme Court has ordered that foreigners cannot rent a womb in India.
• The eighth Indo-Global Education Summit-2015 has held in Hyderabad.
• RBI has allowed up to 74% Foreign Investment in DEN Networks.
• Mysuru railway station has poised to become the first visually challenged-friendly station in the country.
• Google internet giant will assist Indonesia to expand internet connectivity in rural areas.
• Recently, Facebook has rebranded its internet access enabling platform internet.org as, ‘Free Basics by Facebook.’ 

Prize & Awards

• Man Booker prize 2015 has won Marlon James on “A Brief History of Senven Killings”.
• Maruti Suzuki’s RC Bhargava has got Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award.
• Ratan Tata has Coventry Honoured by UK City.
• Infosys China CEO has become First Indian to Get Top Shanghai Award.
• 2015 NOBEL PRIZE:
• The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: William Campbel, Santoshi Omura "for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites" and  Youyou Tu "for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria".
• The Nobel Prize in Physics: Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald for "for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass".
• The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar "for mechanistic studies of DNA repair".
• The Nobel Prize in Literature: Svetlana Alexievich "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time".
• The Nobel Peace Prize: National Dialogue Quartet "for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011". 
• The Nobel Economic Sciences Prize: Angus Deaton "for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare".
• Tata Steel has bagged Golden Peacock Global Award for Sustainability.
• Hebrew University of Jerusalem has conferred Honorary Doctorate on President Pranab Mukherjee.
• NRI industrialists Hinduja brothers S P Hinduja and G P Hinduja has won as Awards the Business Leader of the Year 2015 in 5th Asian.
• Jindal Steel and Power Ltd Foundation has got award for Talents from Grass-Root Level.
• Zimbwean president Robert Mugabe has honoured with China’s Nobel peace prize 2015.
• Pan Nalin’s ‘Angry Indian Goddesses’ has won at Rome Film Festival 2015.
• A R Rahman has received Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award 2015.

Sports Updates

• Lewis Hamilton has won 2015 Russian Grand Prix of F1.
• Wawrinka has won Japan Open Title 2015.
• Sania Mirza, Martina Hingis has won China Open Women’s Doubles Title 2015.
• Heena Sidhu has won gold medal at Asian Air Gun Championships.
• Venus Williams has won Wuhan Open 2015.
• Sergey Karjakin has won the 2015 Chess World Cup.
• Punam Yadav has won Two Golds at Commonwealth Championship in Youth, Junior & Senior Weightlifting.
• Great Britain has won Johor Cup of Hockey 2015 by defeating India.
• Chinese mobile maker company Vivo has become the new title sponsor of the IPL T20 tournament.
• India hosted the Commonwealth Youth, Junior and Senior Weightlifting Championships in Pune and Indian Railways Weightlifters has won 6 Medals for India.
• 21st edition of the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship has held in Delhi.
• IOC has announced refugee athletes will allow for the 1st time.
• Abhishek Verma has won Silver in 2015 Archery World Cup Final.
• Lewis Hamilton has won US F1 World Championship Title.
• Deepika Kumari has won Silver Medal in Archery World Cup Final.
• Summer Olympics games 2016 will be held at Rio de Janeiro of the following city.

Science & Technology

• Andamans has yield Sweet Banana with Orange Pulp which is discovered by Scientists at the Botanical Survey of India (BSI).
• Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has declared to provide internet access to remote parts of Africa through Satellite AMOS-6.
• NASA has captured Blue Skies and Water Ice on Pluto through New Horizons satellite. 
• Gionee has planned to start assembling all mobile phones in India by March, 2016.
• World’s First Automated Mass Crowd Count Software has developed.
• Mumbai has invented Tsunami early warning system “SIREN”.
• NASA has completed Key Milestone for Most Powerful Rocket Space Launch System.
• University of Queensland scientists has discovered two new Methane-Metabolizing Organisms.
• Warning system has developed for ‘Unmanned Level Crossings’.
• World Health Organization (WHO) has said in a report that Processed Me

Appointments

• Ranganath Mavenakere has become Infosys CEO.
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• P S Jayakumar has become new MD and CEO Of Bank of Baroda.
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• K.P. Sharma Oli, Veteran Communist has become 38th Prime Minister of Nepal.
• Sidharth Malhotra has become New Zealand Tourism Ambassador.
• Shashank Manohar has chosen for BCCI Chief.
• Jack Dorsey has become Twitter's permanent CEO.
• Aamir Khan has chosen as road safety awareness programme ambassador. 
• A.R. Rahman has become Cultural Ambassador for Seychelles.
• BARC Director Shekhar Basu has been appointed as Atomic Energy Secretary.
• R C Tayal has become chief of the elite counter-terror force National Security Guard (NSG). 
• Jioji Konrote has become Fiji’s President.
• Kundhavi Kadiresan has become Assistant Director of FAO.
• Onsari Gharti Majar has become Nepal’s first woman speaker.
• M K Surana has appointed new HPCL Chairman.
• Justin Trudean has appointed as Canada’s new Prime Ministry.
• Leo Puri has become Chief of Association for Mutual Funds in India.
• Bhaichung Bhutia has been appointed as advisor to AIFF.
• Alok Rawat has become first male member of the National for Women Commission. 
• Justin Trudeau has elected as Canada’s New PM.
• John Mulhall has become Tata Chemicals CFO.
• Anup Vikal has become Snapdeal Chief Financial Officer.
• Nasser Khan Janjua has been appointed as National Security Advisor (NSA) of Pakistan. 
• Sekhar Basu has been appointed as New Chief of Atomic Energy Commission.
• Bidhya Devi Bhandari has become new President of Nepal. She will be the First Female President of Nepal.
• BlackBerry has appointed Narendra Nayak as the Managing Director of its India operations.
• Sanjiv Kapoor has become as Chief Strategy and Commercial Officer of Spice Jet airlines.

Resignation

• Sushil Koirala: Nepal Prime Minister
• Asim Ahmed Khan: Food and Supplies Minister of AAP govt.

Death

• Henning Mankell: Swedish Crime Writer
• N. Ramani: Eminent Indian Carnatic flautist
• Lindsay Kline: Australian Test player
• Gamal al-Ghitani : Egyptian Novelist and Journalist 
• K.S.L. Swamy: Veteran Kannada Film-Maker. 
• Maureen O’Hara: Irish-American Actress & Singer.

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