Current Affairs - October, 2013

Sushmita Sen conferred with Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice 2013

October 30, 2013

NGO the Harmony Foundation honored former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen with the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award 2013 for her efforts towards achieving social justice in Mumbai. Along with Sushmita Sen, seven individuals and an association, India Rescue Mission, were also ..

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Air Marshal Arup Raha to be next Chief of Indian Air Force

October 30, 2013

Air Marshal Arup Raha who is presently the Vice Chief of Air Staff will be the next Chief of the Air Staff of Indian Air Force. He will assume the position after the retirement of the present Chief of the ..

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Government of India appoints P.S. Raghavan as the next Russian Ambassador

October 30, 2013

Government of India appointed P.S. Raghvan as the next Ambassador of India to Russia. Raghvan, who is an IFS officer of 1979 batch, is presently serving as the Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). He will take the ..

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GoI launches Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana for Indian workers in Dubai

October 30, 2013

The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affair launched a scheme named Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana in Dubai. The scheme is a pension and life insurance fund scheme for blue-collar Indian workers in UAE. What is Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana (MGPSY)? ..

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RBI hiked Repo Rate by 25 basis points to 7.75 %

October 30, 2013

As per the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2013-14 released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Repo rate has been increased by 25 basis points from 7.5% percent to 7.75% keeping in view the surge in inflation ..

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Sebastian Vettel bags Indian Grand Prix

October 30, 2013

The Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel won the Indian Grand Prix organized at the Buddh International Circuit in Noida, India. Registering his third successive victory in the Indian Grand Prix he left behind four former world champions Fernando Alonso, Kimi ..

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Researchers discover ‘mini-neural computer’ in the brain

October 30, 2013

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered that dendrites, the branch-like projections of neurons, act as mini-neural computers by actively processing information to multiply the brain’s computing power. They have shown that dendrites, which were ..

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Election Commission clarifies NOTA option

October 30, 2013

Providing clarification over the recently included NOTA (None Of The Above) option in EVM/ Ballot paper in the upcoming polls as directed by the apex court, the Election Commission (EC) said that if the number of electors who had voted ..

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