01 October 2013- Daily Current Affairs Updates

01 October 2013- Daily Current Affairs Updates

Days

1) International Day of Older Persons: Every year from 1991 onwards on 1 October is observed as the International Day of Older Persons. The day celebrated every year to recognise the contributions of older persons in the society and examines the issues that affect their lives. The theme of the 2013 International Day of Older Persons day is the future we want: what older persons are saying. 

2) National Voluntary Blood Donation Day: on 1 October celebrated every year in India since on 1 October 1975.It is organised by National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC) and National AIDS Control Organisation, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of Government of India.

Appointments

1) Ranjan Mathai is new Indian High Commissioner to UK: Former Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai has been appointed as country’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. A 1974-batch IFS officer, Mathai, who retired as Foreign Secretary on July 31 this year, will succeed Jaimini Bhagwati.

2) Ashok Reddy Nukala has been appointed as new Chairman of Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB), a regional rural bank sponsored by Syndicate Bank.

3) Mahesh Kumar Jain has joined Indian Bank as Executive Director.

4) Atul Agarwal joined Indian Overseas Bank as its Executive Director.

5)  S Varadarajan, director finance at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has taken over as chairman and managing director of the state-owned oil firm.

National

1) Ordinance on convicted lawmakers: Prime Minister to meet President tomorrow: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet President Pranab Mukherjee tomorrow ahead of the Cabinet meeting when the controversial Ordinance on convicted lawmakers is expected to be withdrawn.

2) Sanjay Dutt gets 14-day leave from Yerawada jail: Actor Sanjay Dutt today left the Yerawada jail here for Mumbai on a 14-day leave sanctioned to him on eligibility criteria, jail authorities said.

3) Gujarat assembly passes new lokayukta bill for the 2nd time.

4) Indian tax officials freeze Nokia assets:  Indian authorities have frozen some of Finnish telecom giant Nokia's assets, the company said on Tuesday, amid a 20-billion rupee ($321 million) tax dispute with the government.

International

1) US Government shuts down: US Government today shutdown — for the first time in nearly 17 years — as the Republicans and the Democrats failed to strike a deal on spending and budget mainly due to their differences over ‘Obamacare’, the flagship healthcare programme of President Barack Obama. Only emergency and essential items would be able to operate, as a result of which lakhs of government employees would not receive their salary for the shutdown duration.

2) BMW recalls 1,76,000 vehicles over power brake: German car maker BMW is recalling 1,76,000 vehicles over a problem with the power brake system.

Science

1) NASA’s Cassini spacecraft finds plastic ingredient on Saturn’s moon.

Sports

1) Gurunath Meiyappan ran CSK, says Michael Hussey: In his book, Underneath the Southern Cross, Chennai Super Kings opener Michael Hussey has said that team owner N. Srinivasan had handed control of the team to his son-in-law.

Banking/Economy

1) MDs to look after depts till new chief’s appointment: SBI:- State Bank of India (SBI) today said all four managing directors will continue to exercise their respective powers, pending the appointment of a chairman at the country’s largest lender. The post of chairman fell vacant following the retirement of Pratip Chaudhuri yesterday. On September 21, a government-appointed panel interviewed all four SBI managing directors for the post of chairman. It is understood that Arundhati Bhattacharya is the front runner.

2) Govt hikes base import price on gold; cuts on silver: Taking cues from global price movements, the Government today raised the import tariff value of gold to $436 per 10 grams, while reducing it on imported silver to $702 per kg.

3) Axis Bank launches version 2.0 of mobile banking app: Axis Bank has launched version 2.0 of its mobile banking application that segments mobile banking users into the youth, premium and prime segments.

4) Next monetary policy review on Oct 29:  Reserve Bank of India will announce the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2013-14 on October 29, 2013.

5) Jet-Etihad deal was approved by SEBI (Securities Exchange Board of India) on 1 October 2013. Jet Airways had proposed to sale 24 percent stake to Abu Dhabi-based Etihad. The Jet-Etihad deal was announced in April 2013 and because of objections from regulators the deal was stuck half-way. The proposal will now be considered by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.

Awards

1) Former Indian President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed and ex-Prime Minister Gulzarilal Nanda were posthumously conferred with the ‘Bangladesh Liberation War Honour’ on Tuesday in recognition of their outstanding support to the country’s struggle for independence from Pakistan.

2) Saina wins Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year award:  Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal was declared Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year while her mentor and India coach Pulella Gopichand was given the Coach of the Year award for nurturing new crop of talented young shuttlers.
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Q1. Who was crowned Miss World 2013 on 28 September 2013?

Ans. Megan Young of Philippines

Note: Miss France, Marine Lorphelin finished as the first runner-up, Miss Ghana Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter was the second runner up. Megan Young won the competition after beating 130 contestants across the globe. She is 23 years old. She is a student of filmmaking.

Q2. Where was the Miss World 2013 contest held?

Ans. Bali, Indonesia.

Q3. 29 September celebrated as the World Heart Day. What is the theme of the day this year?

Ans. A life course approach to the prevention and control of cardiovascular disease (CVD) with a focus on women and children because healthy children lead to healthy adults and healthy adults lead to healthy families and communities.

Q4. India won bronze medal in the 8th Women’s Asia Cup 2013 as they defeated China 3-2 via penalty shootout. Where the event was held?

Ans. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Q5. Name the first Indian-American, who was on 26 September 2013 sworn in as judge of the US Courts of Appeal for the District of Columbia Circuit,  the second most powerful court of the United States?

Ans. Sri Srinivasan

Q6. Name the Indian who was awarded on 27 September 2013 with the Fifth Deutsche Bank Prize for Financial Economics 2013?

Ans. Raghuram Rajan

Note: He is the Reserve Bank of India governor. Raghuram Rajan was chosen for the prize from more than 260 nominations from top universities, central banks and research centres in 37 countries. Deutsche Bank is a German global banking and financial services company with its headquarters in the Deutsche Bank Twin Towers in Frankfurt, Germany.

Q7. Name the Pond's Femina Miss India World 2013 who won the Multimedia Award at the Miss World 2013 in Indonesia on 27 September 2013?

Ans. Navneet Kaur Dhillon

Q8. Name the German Chancellor who won a third term by a landslide victory in German elections on 22 September 2013?

Ans. Angela Merkel

Q9. Committee headed by the former Chief Economic Advisor Raghuram Rajan (now RBI governor) submitted its report on 26 September 2013 to the Union Government. According the criteria given by the report which are the least developed states in India?

Ans. Odisha and Bihar

Note: Goa and Kerala are most developed states as per report.

Q10. Name the former IPL Comissioner who was imposed a life ban by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 25 September 2013?

Ans. Lalit Modi

Q11. Finance Minister P.Chidambaram announced on 25 September 2013 that the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh approved the constitution of the ..........th Central Pay Commission?

Ans. Seventh Central Pay Commission

Note: Average time taken by a Pay Commission to submit its recommendations is around 2 years. In context with this, it is expected that the recommendations of 7th CPC will be implemented with effect from 1 January 2016.

Q12. Where was G20 Summit 2013 held from 5-6 September 2013?

Ans. St. Petersburg, Russia

Q13. Who were on 23 September 2013 declared as winners of the Clinton Global Citizens Awards for the year 2013?

Ans. India environmentalist Bunker Roy and Pakistan's teenage education activist Malala Yousafzai

Q14. Who was appointed as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) on 23 September 2013?

Ans. Justice Vangala Eswaraiah

Note: He was the former Acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court.

Q15. Who was appointed as the brand ambassador of the Border Security Force (BSF) on 22 September 2013?

Ans. Virat Kohli

Q16. Who was appointed as the non-playing captain of the Indian Davis Cup by All India Tennis Association?

Ans. Anand Amritraj

Note: He was the former Indian tennis player.

Q17. Who was re-elected as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for a third term at its 84th annual general meeting (AGM) held at Chennai on 29 September 2013?

Ans. N.Srinivasan

Note: However, N. Srinivasan will not assume charge of the office immediately because of the directive of the Supreme Court of India.

Q18. Name the Indian who won a weightlifting gold at Asian youth Games in Guangzhou recently?

Ans. Venkat Rahul Ragala

Q19. Who became the campaign committee chief of Bharatiya Janata Party for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls on 29 September 2013?

Ans. Rajnath Singh

Q20. Name the Indian cricketer who was recently appointed by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as brand ambassador for its National Tobacco Control Campaign?

Ans. Rahul Dravid

Q21. Who was appointed recently as the Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO, Paris with the rank of Ambassador?

Ans. Ruchira Kamboj

Note: Kamboj joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1987. She last served as the Deputy Head, in the office of the Commonwealth Secretary-General, London.

Q22. India's first ever Naval and Maritime Exposition and Conference, NAMEXPO 2013 concluded on 27 September 2013. Where it was held?

Ans.  Cochin, Kerala

Note: NAMEXPO 2013 was organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with Indian Navy, Kerala Government, and Union Ministries of MSME, Shipping and Earth Sciences.

Q23. World Rabies Day was observed on 28 September 2013 across the world to raise awareness about the impact of rabies disease and to deliver the message that rabies is preventable. What is the theme of the day this year?

Ans. Rabies: Understand it to defeat it.

Note: World Rabies Day is observed each year on 28 September- on the death anniversary of Louis Pasteur who developed the first efficacious rabies vaccine with his colleagues.

Q24. Who was presented with the 2013 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award (Harvard Humanitarian of the year) by Harvard University on 27 September 2013?

Ans. Malala Yousafzai

Note: Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani school pupil and education activist from the town of Mingora in the Swat District of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by a Taliban militant in October 2012 after she campaigned for girls' right to education.

Q25. Supreme Court of India on 27 September 2013 held that citizens have the right to reject all candidates contesting an election. The Supreme Court also directed the Election Commission of India to provide none of the above options at the end of the list of candidates contesting an election in a constituency. Bench headed by Chief Justice of India while pronouncing the judgment viewed  that negative voting would foster purity and vibrancy of elections. Who is the present CJI?

Ans. Justice P Sathasivam

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Q26. Name the former director of IIT Kanpur who was appointed as a member of UGC for a term of three years on 25 September 2013?

Ans. Sanjay Govind Dhande

Q27. Who was presented with the inaugural Allard Prize for International Integrity at Vancouver, Canada by University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Law on 25 September 2013 ?

Ans. Anna Hazare

Q28. World Tourism Day observed on 27 September 2013 across the world to bring awareness about the importance of tourism. What is the theme of the day for 2013?

Ans. Tourism and Water: Protecting our Common Future

Note: The purpose of this day is to raise awareness on the role of tourism within the international community and to demonstrate how it affects social, cultural, political and economic values worldwide.

Q29. Name the Indian who won the bronze medal in the World Junior Chess Championship (U 20) after settling for a quick draw with Yu Yangyi of China in the 13th and final round that concluded at Kocaeli, Turkey on 26 September 2013?

Ans. Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi

Q30. Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of India allotted Customized Pin Code to the Supreme Court of India for the first time on 26 September 2013. Name the Customized Pin Code of the Supreme Court?

Ans. 110 201

Note: Event took place on the occasion that marked the completion of 41 years of the introduction of Pin Code in the country. The PIN was introduced on 15 August 1972 in India.

Q31. Union government of India on 26 September 2013 notified GAAR. It seeks to check tax avoidance by investors routing their funds through tax havens. It will come into effect from 1 April 2016. Expand GAAR?

Ans. General Anti Avoidance Rules

Q32. Eight eminent scientists on 26 September 2013 selected for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for the year 2013,  country's top most award for excellence in Science and Technology. Name them?

Ans. Dr Sathees Chukkurumbal Raghavan(Biological Science), Dr Yamuna Krishnan(Chemical Sciences), Dr Bikramjit Basu(Engineering Sciences), Dr Suman Chakraborty(Engineering Sciences), Dr Eknath Prabhakar Ghate(Mathematical Sciences), Dr Pushkar Sharma(Medical Sciences), Dr Amol Dighe(Physical Sciences), Dr Vijay Balakrishna Shenoy(Physical Sciences).

Q33. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on 24 September 2013 tied up with Saudi Aramco and General Electric (GE) to set up the first all-female business process outsourcing (BPO) centre at which gulf country?

Ans.  Riyad, Saudi Arabia.

Q34. Mobile telephony and data services provider Aircel on 25 September 2013 signed an agreement with which handset maker for integrated device sales and activation?

Ans. Micromax

Q35. Who was appointed on 25 September 2013 as the Chairman of the World Gold Council (WGC)?

Ans. Randall Oliphant

Note: He was succeeded by Ian Telfer

Q36. Who was appointed as Executive Director of Mahindra & Mahindra on 23 September 2013?

Ans. Pawan Goenka

Q37. Who was appointed as Rajasthan State Election Commissioner on 24 September 2013?

Ans. Ramlubhya

Q38. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 24 September 2013 approved the construction of the ............. as the National Tax Headquarters at Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi at an estimated cost of 485.16 crore Rupees?

Ans. Rajaswa Bhawan

Q39. Who won women’s table tennis World Cup after defeating teammate Wu Yang in four sets on 23 September 2013?

Ans. Liu Shiwen from China

Q40. Name the former South African President who was presented with a humanitarian achievement award for his contribution to South-South cooperation and sustainable development?

Ans. Nelson Mandela

Q41. Who has sworn in for the fifth staright term as the Prime Minister of Combodia on 24 September 2013?

Ans. Hun Sen

Q42. Name the tribunal which on 28 September 2013 banned digging of earth across India for making bricks and roads without prior environment clearance?

Ans. National Green Tribunal

Q43. United Nations Security Council on 27 September 2013 approved unanimously a resolution with binding obligations on the ............ government to eliminate its chemical weapons?

Ans. Syrian

Q44. Who was elected as President of The Indian Newspaper Society for the year 2013-14 at its 74th Annual General Meeting held in Bangalore on 27 September 2013?

Ans. Ravindra Kumar

Ans. He is the Editor of The Statesman & succeeded K N Tilak Kumar of Deccan Herald and Prajavani.

Q45. Who was appointed as the Chairman of Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) on 26 September 2013?

Ans. Sundeep Sikka

Note: He is Reliance MF President and Chief Executive

Q46. Who wrote the book on early years of Mahatma Gandhi titled with "Gandhi Before India" released recently?

Ans. Ramachandara Guha, a historian and author

Q47. Who was appointed the new director general of Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) recently?

Ans. BN Talukdar

Q48. Name the most powerful super computer unveiled by Australia in Canberra?

Ans. Raijin

Q49. Name the typhoon that killed several people after crashing ashore in southern China on 23 September 2013?

Ans. Usagi

Q50. Name the Indian wrestler who won bronze medal in the 66kg Greco-Roman category at the Senior World Wrestling Championships in Budapest on 22 September 2013?

Ans. Sandeep Tulsi Yadav

Q51. India's Deepika Kumari on 22 September 2013 settled for a silver medal at the Archery World Cup. Where was the event held?

Ans. Paris, France

Q52. Name the Chinese Communist Party leader who was on 22 September 2013 sentenced to life imprisonment by a Chinese court which upheld the charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power against him?

Ans. Bo Xilai

Q53. Who was appointed as the chairman of the IPL during the Annual General Meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at Chennai recently?

Ans. Ranjib Biswal

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Important Daily Current Affairs from 30 September 2013

Important Daily Current Affairs from 30 September 2013

National

1) Petrol cheaper by Rs 3.05/litre, diesel hiked by 50 paise: After seven successive hikes since June, the petrol price has been reduced by Rs 3.05 a litre, excluding local taxes. However, diesel prices have been hiked by 50 paise a litre, excluding State levies. The revised prices are effective Monday midnight.

2) Lalu Prasad convicted in fodder scam, faces disqualification as MP: In a body blow to the Rashtriya Janata Dal before next year’s Lok Sabha polls, its President Lalu Prasad was today convicted by a special CBI court here in the fodder scam corruption case that disqualifies him from Parliament and renders him ineligible for contesting elections for at least six years. Later he was was today taken to jail.

3) Jayalalithaa seeks to put on hold phase-II of DBT scheme for LPG customers: Reiterating her Government’s opposition to direct benefit transfer scheme for LPG consumers, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to put on hold the roll-out of proposed Phase-II of the project.

4) Zero landless programme of Kerala State Government launched by Sonia Gandhi.

5) Aam Aadmi Party gets Rs 12 cr as donations: Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has claimed to have received donations ranging from Rs 10 to lakhs from rickshaw pullers to traders to NRIs to help it fight the Delhi assembly polls and bring a ‘corruption-free’ administration.

Awards/Achievements

1)  Shahrukh Khan may soon become the “goodwill ambassador” of the Republic of Korea. According to Joon-gyu Lee, Ambassador of Republic of Korea to India, Khan has accepted a proposal from the country in this regard.

International

1) Landmark Indonesia-EU timber trade pact comes into force: A trade agreement between Indonesia and the European Union aimed at curbing illegal logging was to come into effect on Monday, the first such deal involving an Asian country. Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) is designed to help the European Union identify unlicensed Indonesian products and prevent them from entering the region’s markets.

2) Manmohan Singh concludes US visit, leaves for India: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh concluded his visit to America on Monday where he held talks with US President Barack Obama and met his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif for the first time, besides addressing the UN general assembly.

Science

1) Russia successfully launched Proton-M rocket: Russia today successfully launched a Proton-M rocket with a European communication satellite on board, marking a return of its most important unmanned space vehicle three months after one exploded on takeoff. The launch from the Baikonur space centre, that Russia leases from the neighbouring Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan, had been originally scheduled for July 21.

2) NASA preparing to launch 3-D printer into space: NASA is preparing to launch a 3-D printer into space next year, a toaster-sized game changer that greatly reduces the need for astronauts to load up with every tool, spare part or supply they might ever need.

3) SpaceX launches Canadian satellite from California: SpaceX rocket carrying a Canadian satellite intended to track space weather launched from the California coast yesterday in what was billed as a test flight.

Sports

1) N. Srinivasan will continue as BCCI President: Apex court:- Supreme Court today said that N. Srinivasan will continue as BCCI President but will not participate in any IPL issue.

2) Yuvraj makes a comeback in Indian squad for Australia series: In-form senior batsman Yuvraj Singh was recalled in the  15-member Indian cricket team announced today for the first Twenty20 International and three ODIs against Australia starting October 10 in Rajkot.

3) Somdev qualified for China Open: Somdev Devvarman recorded yet another come-from-behind victory as he defeated higher-ranked Italian Paolo Lorenzi to qualify for the ATP China Open singles event.

4)  Sunrisers Hyderabad have been eliminated from the 2013 Champions League Twenty20.

Appointments

1) Rupshikha Saikia Borah today took over as Director (Finance) of Oil India Ltd.

Technology

1) Bharti Airtel upgrades Africa network with satellite, optical fibre: elecom major Bharti Airtel today launched a mix of satellite and optical fibre cable based new network, Africa Connect, for enhancing connectivity within Africa and with the rest of the world.

Banking/Economy

1) Bank of Baroda raises FD rates by up to 0.50%: State-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) today raised fixed deposit rates on select maturities by 0.50 per cent, reflecting the tightening of liquidity conditions.

2) IRDA extends deadline for re-filing life insurance products to Jan 2014.

3) Pratip Chaudhuri stepped down as Chairman of State Bank of India.

4) Rupee fell further by nine paise today to an almost one-week low of 62.60 against the dollar.

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