Complete Current Affairs October 2013 in PDF- Useful for all competitive Exams

Complete Current Affairs October 2013 in PDF- Useful for all competitive Exams

Friends...Hope you all were waiting for the Complete Current Affairs PDF of October 2013. Your wait is no longer valid J...we have in this Post come up with the complete Current Affairs of October 2013. For the Question Paper makers of competitive Exams October 2013 has given away a basket full of Current Affairs. October 2013 was truly an event full month....

Let’s rewind some of the major happenings... Mumbai Indians winning the Champions League Twenty-20 2013, Union Cabinet approval to create new state Telangana, decision to withdraw the ordinance on convicted lawmakers, Nobel Prize 2013 winners announcements, decision of Sachin Tendulkar to retire from Test Cricket, Arundhati Bhattacharya taking over as the new Chairperson of the State Bank of India (SBI), Eleanor Catton winning Man Booker prize 2013, Virat Kohli scoring fastest century by an Indian in ODI cricket, devastation by Severe Cyclonic Storm Phailin, appointment of Shah Rukh Khan as goodwill ambassador for South Korea, Sebastian Vettel winning Formula One Indian Grand Prix 2013 all happened during October 2013.

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Q1. Who won the Formula One Indian Grand Prix 2013 at Buddha International Circuit on 27 October 2013?

Ans. Sebastian Vettel, the Red Bull driver

Note: This is the third continuous victory of Vettel in the Indian Grand Prix. This is the tenth victory of the season of Vettel and thirty sixth victory of his career. He won the race almost 30 seconds ahead of NIco Rosberg of Mercedes. Romain Grosjean of Lotus was placed at third position.

Q2. BCCI on 26 October 2013 terminated ............... team from the IPL after the Sahara-owned franchise failed to pay its payments and refused to furnish the bank guarantee for the next season?

Ans. Pune Warriors

Q3. Name the pension and life insurance fund scheme for blue-collar Indian workers in UAE which was launched by the Union Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, Vyalar Ravi in Dubai on 28 October 2013?

Ans. Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana

Q4. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 29 October 2013 released the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2013-14. According the released statement by the RBI, the Repo rate increased by 25 basis points from 7.5 percent to ............ percent?

Ans. 7.75%

Current Rates:

1. Repo Rate – 7.75%

2. Reverse Repo Rate – 6.75%

3. CRR – 4%

4.SLR – 23%

5. Bank Rate – 8.75%

6. MSF – 8.75%

Q5. Government of India on 29 October 2013 decided to appoint whom as the next Chief of the Air Staff?

Ans. Air Marshal Arup Raha

Note: He will take the charge after the retirement of present Chief of the Air Staff NAK Browne on 31 December 2013.

Q6. Prime minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh on 29 October 2013 inaugurated the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Museum at which place?

Ans. Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Note: Sarda Vallabhbhai Patel National Museum was established in the memory of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who was an Indian freedom fighter.

Q7. Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge on 29 October 2013 launched the HSRC, a subsidiary of Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (RVNL). Expand HSRC?

Ans. High Speed Rail Corporation of India Ltd

Q8. Who was appointed as the Director General (DG) of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on 30 October 2013?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Subhas Goswami

Note: He is the director of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy. He will succeed Ajay Chadha, IPS.

Q9. World’s first Bitcoin ATM machine which can exchange digital currency - Bitcoins -for any official currency has launched in Vancouver in which country on 29 October 2013?

Ans. Canada

Note: ATM machine, named Robocoin, installed at Waves Coffee Shop at Howe and Smithe, allows users to buy or sell the digital currency known as bitcoins. The ATM in Vancouver is operated by Las Vegas-based Robocoin and Vancouver-based Bitcoiniacs.

Q10. Union Cabinet of India on 30 October 2013 gave its approval for declaring the.......................  and ...................... airports as international airports to fulfill the long pending demand of people as well as the State Governments of Odisha and Manipur?

Ans. Bhubaneswar & Imphal Airports

Note: Declaration of these airports as international airports will offer improved connectivity, wider choice of services at competitive cost to the air travelers resulting in boosting international tourism and economic development of the region and the country.

Q11. Name the Indian who was crowned Miss Asia Pacific World 2013 in Busan, South Korea on 30 October 2013?

Ans. Srishti Rana

Note: Srishti Rana, 21, is the second Indian in a row to win the oldest Miss Asia Pacific World 2013. Last year Himangini Singh Yadu won Miss Asia Pacific World title.

Q12. Name the new tactical surface-to-surface missile developed by India which has a range between 60-170 km?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Pragati

Note:  Pragati missile is based on the Prahaar missile and it has been developed by the DRDO for the Army. It was put on display at a defence exhibition at the Seoul International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition (ADEX 2013).

Q13. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on 31 October 2013 laid the foundation stone of the Statute of Unity-a 182-metre tall statue of iron man Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 138th birth anniversary at Sardar Sarovar Dam site in Bharuch district in Gujarat. What is special bout Statute of Unity?

Ans. When contructions completes, it becomes world’s largest statue. Statue of Unity will be double of the height of the Statue of Liberty (93 metres) in the USA.

Q14. Name the former Union Home Secretary who was on 1 November 2013 appointed as the Chairman of the MCX Stock Exchange Limited?

Ans. G.K. Pillai

Note: MCX-SX (MCX Stock Exchange Limited) is a new stock exchange of India. It is recognized by the Securities and Exchange Board of India under Section 4 of Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956. MCX-SX became the recognized stock exchange by the Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs on 21 December 2012, under Section 2(39) of the Companies Act, 1956

Q15. Which district was declared by Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh on 1 November 2013 as the first zero-landless district in the country?

Ans. Kannur in Kerala

Note: Prestigious Zero Landless programme of the United Democratic Front in Kerala was flagged off by Congress president Sonia Gandhi in October 2013. The Zero Landless programme envisages distribution of three cents of land each to 243928 families identified across the State.

Q16. Joint OPCW-UN Mission on 31 October 2013 confirmed that Syria has completed the functional destruction of all critical equipment that it had declared for manufacturing chemical weapons. Expand OPCW?

Ans. Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Note: They were awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

Q17. Name the founder, vice-chairman and a Director of Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX), who resigned from the board on 31 October 2013?

Ans. Jignesh Shah

Q18. India on 1 November 2013 won a crucial election to the UN Board of Auditors with its nominee ........................., the Comptroller and Auditor General- by 124 votes out of the total 186?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Shashi Kant Sharma

Q19. Six major central banks in the world made currency swap arrangements permanent on 31 October 2013 as a prudent liquidity backstop  in case of future global financial strains. Name these six banks?

Ans. 1. The Bank of Japan

2. U.S. Federal Reserve

3. European Central Bank

4. Bank of England

5. central bank of Canada

6. central bank of Switzerland

Q20. Who was on 31 October 2013 appointed as British Deputy High Commissioner in Chennai?

Ans. Bharat Suresh Joshi

Q21. India's men's compound Archery team on 31 October 2013 won a gold medal in the 18th Asian Archery competition. Where was the vent held?

Ans. Chinese Taipei

Q22. Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on allocation and pricing of telecom licences and 2G Spectrum during 1998-2009 was submitted its report to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on 29 October 2013. Who headed the JPC?

Ans. PC Chako, MP

Note: It consists of 30 memebers ( 20 Loka Sabha MPs and 10 Rajya Sabha MPs).

Q23. Who was appointed as the corporate vice president of Skype, a popular and free international voiceover and messaging service and Lync communications product by Microsoft on 30 October 2013?

Ans. Gurdeep Singh Pall

Q24. Name the panel advising Pricing Methodology for Diesel, Domestic LPG and PDS Kerosene which submitted its report to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry on 30 October 2013?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Kirit Parikh Panel

Note: Panel in its report recommended a price increase of 5 Rupees per litre in diesel, 4 Rupees per litre in kerosene, and 250 Rupees in LPG cylinder with immediate effect.

Q25. Name the new scheme, approved by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 30 October 2013,  with a total cost of 500 crore rupees during the 12th Five Year Plan and to establish four to six brown field projects and three to five green field projects addressing the environmental issues faced by Textile Processing Units?

Ans. Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS)

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Q26. Who was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Birla Sun Life Insurance (BSLI), life insurance arm of Aditya Birla Group on 30 October 2013?

Ans. Pankaj Razdan

Q27. India and which country on 30 October 2013 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in broadcasting between Prasar Bharati and Cuban Radio and Television Institute (ICRT)?

Ans. Cuba

Q28. Which Indian Bollywood actress was on 29 October 2013 honoured in the House of Commons, London for her contribution to the global entertainment industry?

Ans. Kareena Kapoor

Q29. World Bank on 25 October 2013 approved ................. million US dollars assistance for Uttarakhand, in the wake of rains and landslides that killed several hundred people in the state in June 2013?

Ans. 250

Q30. GAIL India and which Port Trust on 26 October 2013 signed a Memorandum of Understanding for setting up an offshore Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal at Paradip Port, Odisha?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Paradip Port Trust

Q31. Who won the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships at Istanbul after defeating Li Na 2-6, 6-3, 6-0?

Ans. Serena Williams

Q32. Which corporation on 27 October 2013 defeated Air India 5-3 to win the 48th Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament at the MHA stadium, Mumbai?

Ans. Indian Oil Corporation

Q33. Who was on 27 October 2013 conferred with the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award by NGO The Harmony Foundation for her efforts towards achieving social justice in Mumbai?

Ans. Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe

Q34. Who will be declared the winner  as clarified by Election Commission of India on 28 October 2013 that if the number of electors who had utilised the NOTA (None Of The Above candidates) option in the EVM or Ballot paper exceeded the votes polled by any of the candidates?

Ans. The candidate with the highest number of votes would be declared winner.

Q35. Name the the noted Hindi writer passed away on 28 October 2013 at Mayur Vihar?

Ans. Rajendra Yadav

Q36. Which country on 29 October 2013 opened world’s first underwater rail link that connects Asia and Europe?

Ans. Turkey

Note: The length of the rail link is 13 kilometers and is about 60 meters below the Bosphorus Strait. Named Marmaray tunnel is the first world’s subway to connect two continents. The Tunnel is engineered to withstand the earthquakes.

Q37. Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India on 28 October 2013 launched the Indian Chambers of Commerce (INCHAM) in which country?

Ans. Lima, Peru

Q38. Name the Bollywood actress who became the global brand ambassador of American fashion brand Guess in the last week of October 2013?

Ans. Priyanka Chopra

Q39. Who was appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Russia on 28 October 2013?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. P.S. Raghvan

Note: At present, Raghvan, the IFS of 1979 batch is serving as the current Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). He will succeed Ajai Malhotra, who will retire on 30 November 2013.

Q40. Name the renowned Bharatnatyam exponent was on 29 October 2013 honoured with the prestigious Guru Debaprasad Award for outstanding contribution in the field of dance?

Ans. Geeta Chandran

Q41. Reserve Bank of India on 29 October 2013 allowed the commercial banks to revise the periodicity of interest payments thus enabling savings bank account and term deposit holders to earn interest at shorter intervals. What is the present interval at which interests are paid?

Ans. Quarterly intervals

Note: Reserve Bank of India gave freedom to commercial banks to fix savings bank deposit rates in 2011. While giving banks this freedom, the RBI kept one condition that a uniform rate will have to be offered on deposits of up to 1 lakh Rupees, on higher amounts banks are allowed to offer differential rates to depositors.

Q42. World Health Organisation (WHO) on 29 October 2013 confirmed ten cases of polio in which country in 14 years?

Ans. Syria

Q43. Which country on 29 October 2013 announced the winding down of its military mission in Afghanistan with the withdrawal of most of its troops by the end of 2014?

Ans. Australia

Q44. India was ranked at which place in the ease of doing business list according to the annual Doing Business report released on 29 October 2013 by World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC)?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. 134th

Note: In the Ease of Doing Business ranking of 189 countries India has dropped from 131 spot in 2013 to 134th spot in 2014. Top 03 countries were Hong Kong , New Zealand and United States.

Q45. Who was on 29 October 2013 presented with the 'Soul of India Award' for his outstanding achievements in the film industry?

Ans. Ashok Amritraj

Note: Ashok Amritraj is a former tennis player and has represented India on an international level. He played in all major tennis tournament during his nine-year career including Wimbledon and the US Open. Later he turned a film producer.

Q46. Recently, Scientists discovered a new planet called ................. which has a similar mass and density to that of Earth?

Ans.  Kepler 78b

Q47. How many medals were bagged by Indian shooters at 6th Air Gun Shooting Championship which concluded in Tehran, Iran on 26 October 2013?

Ans. 37 medals

  

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Daily Current Affairs from 31 October 2013

Daily Current Affairs  from 31 October 2013

1)  Nation paid tribute to the veteran freedom fighter and first Home Minister of Independent India, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel on his 137th birth anniversary. Born on 31st October, 1875 in Gujarat, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel is also known as the Iron Man Of India. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel was awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously in the year 1999.

2) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi laid foundation stone of Statute of Unity, a 182-metre tall statue of "iron man" Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 138th birth anniversary. The statue will be raised on a small rocky island in the middle of the Narmada riverbed facing Sardar Sarovar Dam at Kevadia. The Statue Of Unity will be double the height of the Statue of Liberty in the USA. Proposed 182 meters (597 ft) monument will be the tallest statue of the world when completed.

3) Petrol cheaper by Rs 1.15/lt; diesel to cost more by Re 0.50/lt: Public sector oil marketing companies on Thursday reduced petrol prices by Rs 1.15 a litre and increased diesel prices by 50 paise a litre both effective midnight of Thursday.

4) India slips to 106th spot in World Prosperity Index: India has slipped by five places to 106th spot, way below neighbouring Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and China in the World Prosperity Index, due largely to its poor ‘safety and security’ environment.

5) S. Masood Ahmed, chief scientist at the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), here has won the K.K. Menon Award for 2013. The award instituted by the Geological Society of India recognised his contributions in sedimentary geology.

6) Fodder scam: Lalu Prasad’s bail plea rejected by HC- Jharkhand High Court rejected the bail plea of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, who is serving a five-year sentence at the Birsa Munda Central Jail here after being convicted in a fodder scam case.

7)New York City to raise tobacco buying age to 21: New York city has voted to increase the legal age to 21 for buying tobacco, including cigarettes and e-cigarettes, making it the first major city in the US to institute a minimum smoking age above 19 years.

8) Bharat Joshi is new British Dy High Commissioner: Bharat Joshi is the new British Deputy High Commissioner to be based in Chennai, replacing Mike Nithavrianakis. Born in Croydon in the UK in 1969, Joshi joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1995 and has had diplomatic postings to Gambia, Dhaka, Qatar and Cameroon.

9) Subhas Goswami, director of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy appointed as the Director General (DG) of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on 30 October 2013. He will succeed Ajay Chadha, IPS.

10) Pankaj Razdan was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Birla Sun Life Insurance (BSLI), life insurance arm of Aditya Birla Group on 30 October 2013.

11) Saina Nehwal slips to 7th spot in BWF ranking: Second-round exit from French Open Super Series proved costly for Saina Nehwal as the Indian badminton ace continued her downward slide, slipping one more spot to be placed at world number seven in the latest BWF ranking released.

12) Prime Focus has appointed Vikas Rathee, an investment banking and corporate finance professional, as its Group Chief Operating Officer (COO).

13) Sanjiv Kapoor will be joining SpiceJet as the Chief Operating Officer from November 1, the airline said in a statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange.

14) Northern Railway halts platform ticket sale till November 10: Northern Railway has decided to stop sale of platform tickets at major stations in the city, including at New Delhi station, with immediate effect to avoid over crowding during Diwali and Chhat puja festivals.

15) The Supreme Court today directed the Centre and State governments to pass an order within three months, on giving fixed tenure to civil servants. A bench headed by Justice K S Radhakrishnan said that fixed tenure of bureaucrats will promote professionalism, efficiency and good governance.

16) British Prime Minister David Cameron will come on his third visit to India in last two years on November 14 and will hold talks with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on key bilateral and regional issues.

17) Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been listed the third most powerful woman as Russian President Vladimir Putin beat President Barack Obama to the top spot on Forbes' list of "The World's Most Powerful People".

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 30 October 2013

Daily Current Affairs Updates: 30 October 2013

1) India’s Srishti Rana crowned Miss Asia Pacific World 2013: 21 -year old Srishti Rana has made the country proud by winning the coveted Miss Asia Pacific 2013 title outclassing 49 other contestants in Korea on Oct 30. Srishti looked gorgeous in a Falguni & Shane gown as she was being crowned by the reigning Miss Asia Pacific World 2012 Himangini Singh Yadu from India.

2) 45 burnt alive as bus catches fire in AP: Forty five passengers were charred to death as a private luxury bus burst into flames after its fuel tank caught fire in Mahbubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh.

3) Aamir Khan honoured in US for Satyameva Jayate: Bollywood actor and talk show host Aamir Khan was among a select group of film personalities honoured here for making a major impact on social issues through cinema. In glittering event held at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium in Washington the America Abroad Media (AAM) group feted Aamir Khan along with Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow and 2013 Nobel Prize nominee the International Centre on Nonviolent Conflict.

4) Utpal Bhadra gets Radhakrishnan Gold Medal: Utpal Bhadra, senior scientist and group leader, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), has been selected for the Radhakrishnan Gold Medal for the year 2013 by the Global Economic Progress & Research Association (GEPRA).

5) Power generation at Kudankulam temporarily suspended: Power generation at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu has been temporarily suspended for the second time in about a week in order to undertake mandatory tests, official sources said.

6) Bangalore tops in radio listenership: Radio listenership is higher in Bangalore compared with other major cities such as Delhi and Mumbai.

7) ISRO plans Mars Orbiter launch rehearsal at Sriharikota on 31 October 2013: Ahead of the launch of its Rs 430 crore Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), India’s premier space agency ISRO will on 31 Oct 13 carry out a launch rehearsal at the First Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre here.PSLV C-25 carrying the Mars Orbiter spacecraft is slated for lift-off at 2.36 p.m. on November 5.

8) Kohli, Dhawan centuries help India to another stunning chase against Australia: India pulled off a sensational six-wicket victory over Australia in the do-or-die sixth cricket one-dayer, riding on Virat Kohli’s brutal unbeaten 115 and Shikhar Dhawan’s blistering century to level the seven-match series 2-2.  Kohli - also hit the third fastest ODI hundred by an Indian from just 61 balls.

9) Tendulkar bids adieu to domestic cricket: Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell game in domestic cricket ended in a manner befitting his iconic stature, as the retiring legend single-handedly guided Mumbai to a four-wicket win over Haryana in one of the most keenly followed match in the history of Ranji Trophy.

10) Syndicate Bank to pay interest on monthly basis: Syndicate Bank has decided to exercise the option of paying interest on a monthly basis from next month, a change from the existing system of quarterly basis. Reserve Bank of India, in its monetary policy on Tuesday, had decided to give banks the option to paying interest on savings deposits and term deposits at intervals shorter than the existing quarterly intervals, since all banks are on core banking platforms.

11) Tata firm in talks with banks for ATM services: Tata Communications Payment Solutions Ltd (TCPSL) is in talks with at least six banks, including two large public sector lenders, for fee-based cash supplies to its Indicash-branded white label ATMs.

12) World’s first bitcoin ATM opens in Canada: The world’s first publicly accessible ATM machine which can exchange digital currency — bitcoins — for any official currency has been launched in Canada by a group of young entrepreneurs.

13) Govt hikes import tariff value of gold: Amid short supply of gold in domestic market during the festival season, the Government hiked the import tariff value of gold to $442 per ten gram in line with global prices of the precious metal.

14)  Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave approval for declaring Bhubaneswar and Imphal airports as international.

15) Vladimir Putin topples Barack Obama in Forbes power ranking: Having outfoxed him on Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin has now pipped Barack Obama to the title of the world`s most powerful ... Obama to the title of the world's most powerful leader as ranked by Forbes.

16) Alok Kumar, Ashok Shandilya enter semis World professional billiards championship:  India's Alok Kumar and Ashok Shandilya have entered the semi-finals of the World Billiards Championship at Leeds, England.

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27Oct - 29 Oct 2013: Important Current Affairs Updates

27Oct - 29 Oct 2013: Important Current Affairs Updates

29 October 2013

 1) RBI hiked repo rate by 25 Basis Points to 7.75 % from 7.50%:  in the October 29 monetary policy review.RBI has also cut the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate by 25 bps to 8.75 per cent. The MSF is an emergency window that banks borrow from when faced with a funds crunch. The RBI has kept cash reserve ratio (CRR) unchanged at 4.0 per cent of deposits and increased the liquidity provided through term repos of 7-day and 14-day tenor from 0.25 per cent of deposits of the banking system to 0.5 per cent with immediate effect.

Current Rates:

1. Repo Rate – 7.75%

2. Reverse Repo Rate – 6.75%

3. CRR – 4%

4.SLR – 23%

5. Bank Rate – 8.75%

6. MSF – 8.75%

2) India has developed a new tactical surface-to-surface missile 'Pragati' with a range between 60-170 km.

3) Government of India on 29 October 2013 decided to appoint Air Marshal Arup Raha as the next Chief of the Air Staff. He will take the charge after the retirement of present Chief of the Air Staff NAK Browne on 31 December 2013. Air Marshal Arup Raha is presently the Vice Chief of Air Staff.

4)  With a networth of $21 billion, Mukesh Ambani has retained his title as India’s wealthiest for the sixth year in a row.

5) Priyanka Chopra, the Bollywood actress became the global brand ambassador of American fashion brand Guess in the last week of October 2013. She will endorse the brand from 2014.

6) Rajendra Yadav, the noted Hindi writer passed away on 28 October 2013 at Mayur Vihar, Delhi because of prolonged illness.

7) India retains number one spot in latest ICC ODI ranking, Australia at second. India’s Ravindra Jadeja is at No. 1 spot in ODI bowlers.

28 October 2013

 1) Supreme Court directed the Sahara Group to hand over title deeds of property worth Rs. 20,000 crore to market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) within three weeks.

2) International Animation Day, proclaimed in 2002 by  ASIFA as the main global event to celebrate art of animation.

3) 146th birth Anniversary of social worker, author, teacher, Sister Nivedita.

4)  Megastar Amitabh Bachchan received the third Hridaynath Mangeshkar award for his contribution to the film industry.

5) Former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen has been awarded the Mother Teresa International Award by NGO “The Harmony Foundation” for her efforts towards achieving social justice.

6)  P.S. Raghvan was appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Russia on 28 October 2013. At present, Raghvan, the IFS of 1979 batch is serving as the current Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). He will succeed Ajai Malhotra, who will retire on 30 November 2013.

27 October 2013

 1)  5 killed and over 70 injured in seven crude bomb serial explosions ahead of Narendra Modi's rally in Patna.

2) Floods triggered by incessant rains for nearly a week left at least 45 persons dead in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.

3) Sebastian Vettel wins 3rd Indian Grand Prix, becomes youngest to win four straight world drivers' championships. With this victory, Vettel became the quadruple champion and joined the group of legends like Michael Schumacher, Juan Manuel Fangio and Alain Prost. He is only the third to do it in a row after Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher.

4) Serena Williams beats Li Na for WTA title. Serena Williams ended her best season in suitable style, coming from behind to beat Li Na 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 on Sunday for her second straight WTA Championships title. Williams' titles this year included the French and U.S. Opens for a total of 17 Grand Slam crowns.

5) Vijay Soni, a noted painter and theatre personality died on 27 October 2013 in New Delhi.

6) GAIL India and Paradip Port Trust on 26 October 2013 signed a Memorandum of Understanding for setting up an offshore Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal at Paradip Port, Odisha.

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