Page-10 of Current Affairs - October, 2013

Indian Railways take measures to prevent misuse of ‘Izzat’ Monthly Season Ticket

October 17, 2013

Ministry of Railways has taken further steps to make sure that the ‘Izzat’ Monthly Season Ticket  (Izzat MST) scheme actually reaches to the people belonging to low income category. These steps were taken in an order to prevent misuse of the ..

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Latest telecom subscriber database released by TRAI

October 17, 2013

India’s telecom subscriber base expanded marginally to reach 90.44 crore in July 2013, as per latest telecom subscription data from TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India). Total number of subscribers: 904.46 million Net addition: 1.37 million subscribers during July Subscriber ..

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Eugene Fama wins Nobel in Economics for his Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH)

October 17, 2013

American Economist Eugene Fama won the Nobel prize for economics for developing new methods to study trends in asset markets. He is one of the three American Economists who won Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences. He shared Nobel for Economic Sciences ..

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More regulatory reforms for insurance sector to spur growth: IRDA chief

October 16, 2013

As per Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) Chairman T. S. Vijayan, the insurance industry will undergo another round of regulatory reforms, particularly focused on distribution channel, to instill growth. As per him, IRDA is focusing on bank channels and ..

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Apex court appoints Mudgal Committee to probe IPL spot-fixing

October 16, 2013

The Supreme Court has appointed a probe panel headed by former Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Mukul Mudgal, to investigate spot-fixing in IPL matches. The panel also has Additional Solicitor-General L. Nageswara Rao and BCCI member ..

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Nobel Peace Prize 2013 goes to OPCW

October 16, 2013

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) won the Nobel Peace Prize 2013 for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons. The award was announced by Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland. What is OPCW? What are its award-winning efforts? The ..

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Karan Thapar wins International Press Institute India award

October 16, 2013

Karan Thapar, well-known television journalist, has been honored with the International Press Institute (IPI) India Award for Excellence in Journalism. The jury for this award chose Mr. Thapar ‘for his sharp interviews on the Devil’s Advocate programme on CNN IBN’.

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Apex court upheld Green Tribunal order on WGEEP report

October 16, 2013

The Supreme Court dismissed the Kerala government appeal which challenged the jurisdiction of National Green Tribunal (NGT) which directed the Kerala government to stick to the report of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), headed by Madhav Gadgil, while ..

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