Page-10 of Current Affairs - October, 2015
Maharashtra declares drought-like condition in 14,708 villages
Maharashtra Government has declared drought-like condition in 14,708 villages of the state’s total 43,000 villages. This means the drought covers 34% of the state and these villages have receive inadequate rainfall in monsoon season 2015 leading to decrease in Kharif ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Rajasthan Government notifies 5% quota for Gujjars and other SBCs
Rajasthan government has issued a notification to provide 5 per cent quota to Gujjars and other Special Backward Classes (SBC). The notification was issued by state government under the Rajasthan Special Backward Classes Reservation Act, 2015. The Act came into ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Shreehari Aney appointed as Advocate General of Maharashtra
Maharashtra government has appointed Shreehari Aney as the Advocate General (AG) of the state as per provisions of Article 165 of Constitution. He will succeed Sunil Manohar who had resigned in June 2015, seven months after he took over the ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Aditya Birla Group launches online fashion portal abof.com
Kumar Mangalam Birla led Aditya Birla Group has launched a new online fashion store Abof.com. With this, the textiles and telecom conglomerate has entered into e-commerce space which is considered as sunrise sector from an investment point of view. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
17 October: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Every year 17 October is being observed as International Day for the Eradication of Poverty throughout the world. Significance of Day: The Day seeks to promote awareness among people to eradicate poverty and destitution around the world particularly in developing ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Pakistan, Russia sign 1,100km gas pipeline agreement
Pakistan and Russia have signed a major agreement to build a 1,100-km North-South gas pipeline from Lahore to Karachi. In this project, Russia will invest 2 billion dollars and it will be built by Russian company RT Global Resources, a ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
16 October: World Food Day
Every year 16 October is being observed as World Food Day (WFD). Significance of Day: It aims to raise public awareness about hunger challenges and encourage people around the world to take action in the fight against hunger. It is ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Supreme Court declares NJAC unconstitutional
Supreme Court has declared National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act, 2014 and 99th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2014 unconstitutional and void. Ruling in this regard was given by five-judge Constitutional Bench of SC headed by Justice J S Khehar on a petition ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
US to extend military presence in Afghanistan beyond 2016
United States has announced to extend its military presence in Afghanistan beyond 2016 as per shift in policy to further cooperate for fighting terrorists. It was confirmed by US President Barack Obama by announcing that around 5,500 troops will be ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Myanmar Government inks peace pact with 8 ethnic rebels groups
Myanmar government has signed a peace accord with eight of the 15 ethnic armed minorities groups especially belonging to Kayin and Chin groups to end decades of civil war. The ceremony was held by President Thein Sein in Naypyidaw in ..