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Current Affairs ndash week 42- 43Pdf
11 Oct ndash 25 October 2015
Best of Current Affairs Desk26 October
IN THIS WEEK
WHATS NEW NIRDESHAKCOM
Nobel Prize ndash 2015
Man Booker Prize ndash 2015
mVisa ndash Mobile payment
service
Indiarsquos Fiscal balance
turned from deficit to
surplus
RUSSIAN F1 Grand Prix
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Ravindra Jain
First ever visit of Indian
President to three
countries
National Judicial
Appointments Commission
(NJAC)
Brand Value of India -
$214 trillion
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Dear Readers
Recently we have initiated Best of Nirdeshak
Current Affairs (BNCA) with weekly pdf updateIn todayrsquos competitive scenario it has become
most crucial to read more analytical and
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The content is developed scientifically developed
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SBI IAS SSC and other exams
In the following two weeks Nobel Prizes
were announced many initiative policy and
activity took place for banking and financial
world along with this many international news
were very crucial Further know more about key
personalities of the week government policies
and foreign relations with neighbours
Happy learning
Warm regards
Editorial Team
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Nobel Prize - 2015
Nobel Peace in Economics ndashAngus Deaton (US)
To Know Angus Deaton is a professor of Princeton
University New Jersey (US) He was awarded this
prestigious award for his analysis of consumption
poverty and welfare
By linking detailed individual choices and aggregate outcomes Deatonrsquos
research has helped transform the fields of microeconomics
macroeconomics and development economics The work for which he is
being awarded with the Nobel revolves around three central questions a)
How do consumers distribute their spending among different goods b) How
much of societys income is spent and how much is saved andc) How do we
best measure and analyze welfare and poverty
The Economics Nobel Prize is officially known as the Bank of Sweden Prize in
Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel It wasnrsquot created by Nobel but
by Swedenrsquos central bank in 1968 Though itrsquos handed out along with the
other prizes and the criteria for selecting winners are the same itrsquos not a
Nobel Prize in the same sense
वष 2015 क िलए अथशा का नोबि प का
(Nobel Prize for Economics) कस दान कन
क घोषणा 12 अटब 2015 को क गई - ए गस ड टन - Angus Deaton (अम क अथशाी )
लवतार
ए गस ड टन अम का क य जस लथत
सटन य नीवसटी ( Princeton University) म
ोफस ह तथा उह यह लतलत प का उपभोग
(consumption) गीबी (poverty) तथा जनकयाण (welfare) प उनक ाा क गई
समीा क िलए दान कया जा हा ह
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अथशा क म ड टन क अन सधान न माइो - इकोनॉलमस म ो - इकोनॉलमस तथा
लवकासामक अथशा क म तमाम तदीिलयाि ान म महवप ण भ लमका लनभाई ह उह
लजस क िलए यह प का दया जा हा ह वह म यत तीन का क उ दान कन म
मदद कता ह अ ) उपभोा कस का अपन खर को लवलभ उपाद क मय बा टत ह ब ) समाज ाा अजत आय का कतना भाग य कया जाता ह तथा कतन भाग क बरत क जाती
ह तथा स ) हम कस का जनकयाण तथा गीबी का मापन तथा उसक समीा क सकत ह
उि खनीय ह क अथशा का नोबि प का एड नोबि (Alfred Nobel) ाा थालपत
नोबि प का म शालिम नह ह तथा इस द न का लिसलिसा 1968 स श आ जब इस वीडन
क कीय ब क - ब क ऑफ वीडन (Bank of Sweden) न दान कना श कया था िहाा क
इसक लवज ता को र नन का तीका नोबि प का क अय लवज ता क िलए होन िवा रयन क
तीक ज सा ही ह तथा इस नोबि क अय लवज ता क साथ ही दान कया जाता हि कन सर यही ह क यह म ि त नोबि प का नह ह
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Defence
Hand-in Hand Indo-China Joint Exercise
The Indo-China joint military training exercise featuring
infantry sub-unit and a formation headquarter of Indian
Army and similar participation from the Chinese Army
commenced from 12 October 2015 at Kunming (China)
To Know ldquoHand-in-Hand 2015rdquo is the fifth exercise in the
lsquoHand-in-Handrsquo series which started in 2007 This biennial joint exercise
seeks to strengthen and broaden interoperability amp cooperation between both
the Armies as well as complement a number of other exchanges between the
two forces
This joint exercise is being held at Kunming Military Academy Yunnan China
and will conclude on 23 October 2015 Over the years the two India and
China have decided to progressively increase the scope and content of the
combined training
भात औ रीन क स वा क बीर स य स य लशण अयास ( Indo-China joint military
training exercise) 12 अटब 2015 स रीन क कनमग (Kunming) म श आ लजसम
दोन स ना क इफी टकलया भाग ि ही ह य क दो िसा क अ तिा प आयोलजत कए
जान िवा इस स य स य अयास का नाम या ह - ह ड - इन - ह ड (lsquoHand-in-Handrsquo)
लवतार भात औ रीन क स ना क बीर आयोलजत कए जान िवा ह ड - इन - ह ड (lsquoHand-
in-Handrsquo) नामक इस स य स य अयास क श आत वष 2007 म ई थी इसका आयोजन य क दो वष क अ तिा प कया जाता ह तथा इस वष का आयोजन इसका पा रवा स कण ह इस स कण का नाम ह ह ड - इन - ह ड 2015 स य स य अयास क इस की क ाा दोन स नाए पप सहयोग को बढ़ान क दशा म काम कती ह
ह ड - इन - ह ड 2015 का आयोजन रीन क य नान ( Yunnan) ा त लथत कनमग स यअकादमी (Kunming Military Academy) म कया जा हा ह यह 12- दवसीय आयोजन 23
अटब 2015 को समा होगा उि खनीय ह क भात औ रीन न लपिछ कछ समय स स य सहयोग तथा स य स य अयास को बढ़ान क दशा म कई कदम उठाए ह इसक ाा दोन स नाए घ सप ठ क घटना प िगामि गान तथा आपदा सहायता क म सहयोग बढ़ान क कोलशश क ह ह
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Book
Neither a Hawk nor a Dove
An Insiderrsquos Account of Pakistanrsquos Foreign Policy
The book written by former Pakistani foreign
minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri that was released
on 12 October 2015 in India amidst the incident
of black oil paint being thrown on
SudheendraKulkarni the organizer of the book
release event
To Know An event was organized by Observer
Research Foundation (ORF) in Mumbai on the
occasion of book release of KM Kasurirsquos new book -
ldquoNeither a Hawk nor a Dove An Insiderrsquos Account of
Pakistanrsquos Foreign Policy rdquo However Shiv Sena
opposed the release of a Pakistani leader in India and as a mark of protest around
15 activists of Shiv Sena threw black oil paint on the face of SudheendraKulkarni the
chairman of ORF But Kulkarni announced that the launch ceremony of the book will
be held as per the schedule
पाकतान क प व लवदश म ी खशद महम द कस ी ( Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri) क िलखी उस
प तक का या नाम ह लजसका 12 अटब 2015 को म बई म ब हद लववादापद लथलतय म लवमोरन
कया गया तथा लजसस पिह इस लवमोरन काय म स ज सधी किकण ( SudheendraKulkarni)
को लशवस ना न लनशाना बनात ए म ह प िकाा प ट िगा दया - ldquoNeither a Hawk nor a Dove
An Insiderrsquos Account of Pakistanrsquos Foreign Policy rdquo
लवतार
कस ी क इस प तक को म बई म ऑज़व सर फाउडशन ( Observer Research
Foundation - ORF) ाा लवमोलरत कन का काय म तय था एक समय ाजग सका क काय िका म
PMO म भ लमका लनभा र क सधी किकण ORF क अय ह लशवस ना न इस प तक का लवमोरनभात म कन का लवोध कया था इसी स दभ म 12 अटब 2015 को लशवस ना क िगभग 15
काय कता न सधी किकण क म ह प िकाा प ट िगाक अपना लवोध जताया िहाा क प तक को िीज़ कन क िलए आयोलजत काय म को महाा क म यम ी द व फडनवीस कआासन क बाद प व घोलषत काय म क अन सा आयोलजत कया गया इस प तक म कस ी न पाकतान क लवदश नीलत क अचछाइय औ ब ाइय क समीा क ह
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My Journey to Connect India
Dreaming Big My Journey to Connect India ndashautobiography by Sam
Pitroda
To Know Sam Pitroda (full name SatyanarayanGangaramPitroda) isoften known as the person who heralded the telecom revolution in
India His autobiography bdquoDreaming Big My Journey to Connect
Indiabdquo was launched on 22 October 2015 by MukeshAmbani
In the 1980s Pitroda was entrusted with the task to extend digital
telecommunications to every corner of the country including remote
villages by the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
He launched the Center for the Development of Telematics (C-DOT) and
served as Advisor to the Prime Minister on Technology Missions related towater literacy immunization oil seeds telecom and dairy He is also the
founding Chairman of India‟s Telecom Commission
Pitroda has also started several businesses as a serial entrepreneur
(Wescom Switching Ionics MTI Martek WorldTel C-SAM etc) in the US
and Europe
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Award
Man Booker Prize ndash 2015
Marlon James (Jamaica) for Fiction
To Know 44-year Marlon James was named as
the winner of this prestigious prize for his novel ldquo A
Brief History of Seven Killings rdquo which is inspired by
an attempt to kill reggae star Bob Marley in 1976 It
is the third novel by James He thus became the
first-ever Jamaican to win this coveted literary prize
Jamesrsquos novel was chosen from a shortlist of six titles The prize carries a top
cash award of ₤50000 ($76000) Earlier Man Booker Prize was given only to
writers in English from the commonwealth countries But a rule change two
years ago writers in English from all over the world can to compete for the
prize
वष 2015 का ldquoम न ब क rdquo समान (Man Booker Prize) मि न ज स - Marlon James
( जम का ) को दान कया गया लजसक घोषणा 13 अटब 2015 को क गई
लवतार 44- वषय मि न ज स को अ जी सालहय का ब हद लतलत म न ब क प का उनक
उपयास ldquo A Brief History of Seven Killings rdquo क िलए दान कन क घोषणा 13 अटब
2015 को क गई यह उपयास गी गायन शि ी क मश टा ( reggae star) बॉब िमा
(Bob Marley) क 1976 म हया क यास स ज कण प आधात ह यह ज स ाा
िलखा गया तीसा उपयास ह इस उपयास क िलए यह लतलत प का जीतक व जम का क पिहि खक बन गए ज स क उपयास को अ लतम छह लवलय म स र ना गया प का क तौ प उह 50000
पाउड (ि गभग 76000 िडॉ ) क ालश लिम गी उि खनीय ह क दो वष पिह तक म न ब क प का लसफ ामिड (Commonwealth) दश क ि खक क अ जी कलतय क िलए दान कया जाता था ि कन वष 2014 स इस सभी दश क अ जी ि खक क िलए िखो दया गया
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Dalip Kaur Tiwana
First writer to return Padma Shri honour
To Know Noted Punjabi writer DalipKaurTiwana was conferred with the
lsquoPadma Shrirsquo Indiarsquos fourth highest civilian honour in 2004 On 13 Octobershe announced her decision to return her lsquoPadma Shrirsquo in protest against the
lsquorising communal tensionrsquo in the country She became the first lsquoPadma Shrirsquo
awardee to return the honour in the ongoing protest of writers against the
attacks on countryrsquos pluralist voice She was also awarded the
SahityaAkademi in 1971
प जाबी ि लखका िदीप कौ लतवाना वत मान कछ दन सि खक ाा दश म बढ़ती सादालयकता क म प लवोध जताए जान िवाी म लहम म शालिम होक पी समानि ौटान िवाी पिही हती बन ग
लवतार उि खनीय ह क मौज दा समय म दश क तमाम सालहयका न दश म बढ़ती सादालयकता तथा अलभल क वत ता प कलथत तौ प िगाम िगाए जान क यास क लिखाफ एकज ट होत ए अपना लवोध श कया ह लजसक तहत तमाम ि खक न अपन lsquoसालहयअकादमी प का rsquo वापस कन क घोषणा क ह इसी म म स लस प जाबी ि लखका िदीप
कौ लतवाना उस समय ररा म आ ग जब उहन अपना पी ( lsquoPadma Shri) समान
ि ौटान क घोषणा 13 अटब को क इस का व सालहयका क इस लवोध म पी समान िौटान िवाी पिही हती भी बन ग
िदीप कौ को पी समान वष 2004 म दान कया गया था वह उह वष 1971 म सालहय अकादमी प का भी दान कया गया था
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Banking amp Finance
Yes Bank
Approved by RBI to set up a mutual fund asset
management company (AMC) and a trustee
company
To Know Presently the fifth largest private bank
in India The bank hopes that the AMC will
channelize savings of retail and institutional
investors in equity and debt capital markets Theapproval for mutual fund is expected to complement Yes Bankrsquos retail
liabilities strategy and also allow the AMC to leverage the Bankrsquos distribution
network for customer acquisition
य रिअ फड िखोन क RBI क अन मलत लिमन क जानकाी यस ब क क शासन न 12
अटब 2015 को साझा क इसक अन सा यस ब क य रिअ फड क थापना कगा लजसक
िलए एक एस ट म न जम ट कपनी (AMC) औ एक टी कपनी का गठन कया जाय गा ब क का
मानना ह क य रिअ फड क अन मलत लिम जान स वह अपन ख दा तथा स थागत खात दा
क बरत को इटी तथा ड ट बाजा म लनवश कन क िलए ब हत तीक स आकषत क
पाय गा
यस ब क वत मान म भात का पा रवा सबस बा ब क ह माना जा हा ह क य रिअ फड
वसाय म उतन क बाद वह अपन लवत त लवपणन न टवक का ब हत इत िमा क पाय गा
mVisa ndash Mobile payment service
ICICI Bank is the first bank to globally launch a mobile
app-based lsquomVisarsquo service
To Know A service to enable customers to make
electronic payments from their smartphones at physical
stores e-commerce and other deliveries at home radio
taxis and utility billers among others This service is based on lsquomVisarsquo Visarsquos
new mobile payment solution
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With this service users of lsquoPocketsrsquo ICICI Banks app can make cashless
payments from their smartphones using their debit card by simply scanning an
lsquomVisarsquo Quick Response (QR) code at a merchant location without swiping the
card at an EDC machine This service thus provides customers theconvenience of speed to complete a transaction along with enhanced security
as the card remains in the possession of the customer
To start with this facility has been introduced in Bengaluru with 1500
merchants and will shortly be extended to other cities
दश क कस लनजी क ब क न अटब 2015 क दौान दावा कया क वह वीज़ा (Visa) क
िहा ही म जाी कए गए मोबािइ प म ट सॉय शन एम - वीज़ा (M-Visa) प आधात
मोबािइ एिीकशन िा र कन िवाी द लनया क पिही कपनी बन गई ह ndash ICICI ब क (ICICI
Bank)
लवता दश म लनजी क सबस ब ब क ndashICICI ब क न िहा ही म Visa क मोबािइ प म ट
सॉय शन एम - वीज़ा (M-Visa) प आधात एक ऐसा एिीकशन िा र कया ह लजसक
मायम सि ोग वालणलयक लतान प ई - कॉमस स वा क िलए लडयो टसी स वा तथा
अय भ गतान क िलए भ गतान अपन माटफोन स क सकग
इस स वा क ाा ICICI ब क क पॉकस (Pockets) नामक मोबािइ िवॉ ट स वा क योगकता एम - वीज़ा क क - पा स ( Quick Response - QR) कोड को अपन मोबािइ फोन स कन
क किश स भ गतान क सकग इसक िलए भ गतान िहाा क ड लबट काड स होगा ि कन उस
लतान प वाइप कन क जत नह प गी इसस भ गतान मि गन िवा समय को काफ
कम कया जा सकगा
इस स लवधा को ाभ म ब िग क 1500 लतान म श कया गया ह
7 Banks under Enforcement Directorate scan for illegal transfer of funds
ING Vysya Bank ICICI Bank Kotak Mahindra Bank Indusind Bank
Dhanlaxmi Bank YES Bank and DCB Bank
To Know These 7 banks were alleged to have been used for illegal fund
transfer transactions during the period between 2010 to 2014
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The ED also cracked another module related to the money laundering case
by arresting Manish Jain He was charged with illegal transfer of funds
between 2006 and 2014 through the Oriental Bank of Commerce
According to ED Jain had 66 accounts in the Oriental Bank of Commerce
Rajpur Branch Ghaziabad and Rs 505 Crore were deposited and remitted
abroad through this bank during the period 2006 to 2010
It is worth mentioning that earlier Bank of Baroda was found guilty in illegal
fund transfer case valued at Rs 6172 crore
वत न लनदिशाय (Enforcement Directorate - ED) न 15 अटब 2015 को ब क स अवध
तीक स धन हता तत कए जान क मािम म सात औ ब क को जा र म शालिम कया यक
उन प भी ऐस हता तण म िल हन का आोप िगा ह य सात ब क कौन स ह ndash ING वया
ब क ICICI ब क कोटक मलहा ब क इडस - इड ब क ( Indusind Bank) धिनमी ब क यस
ब क औ DCB ब क
लवतार इन सात ब क प आोप िगाया गया ह क इनक शाखा क मदद स वष 2010 स
2014 क समयावलध क बीर अवध तीक स धन का हता तण कया गया ह
इस मािम म वत न लनदिशाय न एक औ भा डा फोत ए मनीश ज न नामक ल को लहासत म िलया उस प आोप ह क उसन ओयिट ब क ऑफ कॉमस (OBC) क ाजप
( गालज़याबाद ) क शाखा स वष 2006 स 2010 क बीर 505 को पए का हता तण अवध
तीक स लवदश म कया ह
उि खनीय ह क इस मािम का खि ासा ब क ऑफ बौदा (BOB) क शाखा ाा 6172 को
पए क ालश अवध तीक स लवदश हता तत कए जान क एक मािम स आ था लजसक
जा र लवलभ एज लसय ाा क जा ही ह
Corpus for Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced total corpus of the new Financial
Inclusion Fund (FIF) on 15 October 2015 to be - Rs 2000 crore
To Know Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) will be setup to support
developmental and promotional activities like financial inclusion and research
and transfer of technology It will be primarily used creating of financial
inclusion infrastructure across the country capacity building of stakeholders
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and creation of awareness to address demand side issues The fund will not
be utilized for normal businessbanking activities
Earlier the RBI had two funds - Financial Inclusion Fund and Financial
Inclusion Technology Fund for the similar objectives It has now been decided
to merge the two funds The new fund will be in operation for another three
years or till such period as may be decided by the RBI and the Government in
consultation with other stakeholdersFIF will be administered by the
reconstituted Advisory Board constituted by Union Government and will be
maintained by NABARD
फाइनलशिय इयशन फणड
(FIF)
भातीय ज़व ब क (RBI) न 15 अटब 2015 को लवीय समावशन (Financial Inclusion)
को िब द न क िलए एक नया कोष - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड ( Financial Inclusion
Fund - FIF) थालपत कन क घोषणा क इस नवगठत कोष क तहत कतनी लनलध खी
जाय गी - 2000 को
लवतार फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (FIF) क थापना दश म लवीय समावशन (Financial
Inclusion) तथा इसस सबलधत अन सधान को िब द न तथा ौौलगक हता तण(technologytransfer) क िलए क जाय गी इसक ाा दश म लवीय समावशन क म कए
जा ह यास को िब लिम गा तथा िोग म इसक सबध म जागकता फिान म मदद लिम गी
इसक िअावा सबलधत तकनीक क लवकास क िलए अन सधान प जो दया जाय गा िहाा क
इस कोष का योग ब कग तथा अय ावसालयक उय क िलए नह कया जाय गा
उि खनीय ह क इस लवीय समावशन क िलए आबीआई अभी तक दो तह क कोष का
स िरान क हा था - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (Financial InclusionFund) तथा
फाइन लशिय इय शन टिोॉजी फड(Financial InclusionTechnology Fund)
अबRBI न लनण य िलया ह क इन दोन कोष का लिवय क इस फाइन लशिय इय शन फड
(FIF) क नाम स ही प काा जाय गा इस कोष का योग अिग तीन वष अथवा इस योजना म
शालिम समत भागीदा ाा िलए अिग गए लनण य तक कया जान का ताव ह
फाइन लशिय इय शन फड का शासन क सका ाा एक प नग ठत िसाहका बोड ाा
कया जाय गा जबक इसका स िरान व बधन नाबाड (NABARD) ाा कया जाय गा
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Long-term Government Securities
Union Govt is poised to issue long-term government securities (G-secs)
which will be the longest tenure securities to be brought out by the
government What will be tenure of these G-secs as announced by the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 October 2015 ndash 40 years
To Know The proposal to bring G-secs with 40-year maturity will give it a
longer time horizon to fund growth at lower costs Till date gilts with the
longest tenure were of 30 years
One important factor associated with 40-year G-secs would be that these are
being brought at a time when the rate of interest is heading south The move
by the government to issue 40-year G-secs is timed with the RBI‟s decision to
increase debt limit for foreign investors in government securities This isexpected to attract long-term foreign fund managers like pension funds
sovereign funds and insurance companies to buy these papers market
players said
A large chunk of investments by these institutions are usually parked in very
long-term instruments with maturities of 20 30 40 years and more
According to RBI data at present the G-secs with the longest maturity is of 30
years which is scheduled to be redeemed in June 2045 and has an
outstanding maturity amount of Rs 30000 crore
Policy - To unlock the potential for capital goods sector and establish India as
a global manufacturing powerhouse
The Department of Heavy Industry released the draft of a National Policy on
Capital Goods on 23 October 2015 This is the first time that a policy on
Capital Goods is being framed
To Know The Draft National Policy on Capital Goods has been framed inactive consultation with industry associations amp bodies It was released on 23
October 2015 and has been put on public domain for seeking comments
views and suggestions of stakeholders public in general The comments on
draft policy are being sought till 31 October 2015
Capital goods consist of plant machinery equipment and accessories
required either directly or indirectly for manufacture or production of
goods or for rendering services including those required for replacement
modernization technological upgradation and expansion of manufacturingfacilities
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The growth and development of capital goods is critical for India to achieve
the vision of ldquoMake in Indiardquo by increasing share of manufacturing to 25
of Gross Value Added This in turn will help generate additional jobs
improve India‟s trade balance and increase domestic self -reliance The
National Policy on Capital Goods is envisaged to unlock the potential ofthis promising sector and establish India as a global manufacturing
powerhouse
Draft Note ndash on Setting Monetary Policy
The Union Government has recently circulated a draft note
pertaining to monetary policy mechanism in the country It
has proposed clipping the exclusive powers of the RBI
governor in setting monetary policy Explanation The draft circulated by the govt has
proposed some far-reaching steps in country‟s monetary
policy mechanism It has proposed that a seven-member committee should
draft monetary policy
It has proposed that the committee have four members from the
government and three from the central bank with the RBI governor as its
chair holding no veto power as was earlier bnyhumsuggested but a
casting vote
The monetary policy committee will fix the benchmark interest rate of the
RBI and set inflation targets
Under the current system the RBI governor has a technical advisory
committee to advise on monetary policy but can accept or reject the
panel‟s views
RBI chief RaghuramRajan had earlier said that he favoured doing away
with the veto power of the central bank chief arguing it would be better for
a committee to decide the key rate rather than one individual
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International
CHINA
Overtaken United States in terms of population of middle class
As disclosed in a latest report on global wealth by Credit Suisse China has
become world‟s largest middle class country
To KnowThe latest Global Wealth Report by Swiss bank Credit Suisse has
disclosed that with 109 million adults China has replaced the United States
which has around 92 million of its populace under middle class China now
accounts for a fifth of the world population while holding nearly 10 percent of
the global wealth The report said size and wealth of the middle class was a
key factor in economic development and the middle class was often at the
heart of political movements and new consumption trends
Overall the report found that global wealth fell by nearly 5 percent in the year
to mid-2015 to $250 trillion due a strengthening of the US dollar in which
income is compared
लडट लवस (Credit Suisse) ाा व लक धन प जाी नवीनतम पोट ( Global Wealth
Report) क अन सा कौन सा दश अम का को पछाक लव का सबस अलधक मयवगय
जनस या (middle-class population) िवाा दश बनक उभा ह - रीन (China)
लवतार लवज़ि ड क ब क लडट लवस ाा िहा ही म जाी Global Wealth Report म
खि ासा कया गया क 109 को क मयवगय जनस या क साथ रीन अब लव का सबस
बा मयवगय जनस या िवाा दश बन गया ह उसन इस मािम म अम का को पछा दया ह
जहा मयवगय जनस या का आका िगभग 92 को ह पोट क अन सा रीन क अब लव जनस या म 5 लहस दाी ह जबक कि व लक धन - सपदा म उसका दसवा लहसा ह
इस पोट म यह उि ख भी कया गया क अब आथक लवकास म मयवगय जनस या क आका
तथा इस जनस या क हाथ म हन िवाी धन - सपदा का म ख थान ह इसक िअावा उपभोा
व लय म नए बिदाव तथा ाजनीलतक आ िदोन म मयवग क ब हद महवप ण भ लमका ह
पोट क अन सा वष 2015 क मय तक व लक धन - सपदा म 5 क कमी दज ई ह िहाा क
इसका म य काण अम क िडॉ क म य म ई व ल ह जो धन मापन क िलए य क जान
िवाी म ा ह
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TTIP - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The ambitious trade agreement proposed between the United
States and the European Union (EU) for which the 11 th round
of negotiations started from October 19 2015
To Know Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(TTIP) is a proposed free trade agreement between the
European Union and the United States with the aim of promoting multilateral
economic growth It is likely to set standards that would become a base point
for the rest of the world that would want to serve these markets
The first round of negotiations under TTIP took place from 7 to12 July
2013 in Washington DC Till now 10 such negotiations have been held
One important feature of the negotiations taking place under TTIP is thatthe negotiations are being carried mostly in secrecy Almost all information
on negotiations comes from leaked documents and Freedom of
Information requests
The United States and European Union together represent 60 of global
GDP 33 of world trade in goods and 42 of world trade in services
There are a number of trade conflicts between the two powers but both
depend on the other‟s economic market and disputes only affect 2 of
total trade A free trade area between the two would represent potentially
the largest regional free-trade agreement in history
Growth rate of China
Third Quarter- 69
To Know As per the official data released by the Chinese Govt on October
19 2015 China posted its weakest quarterly economic growth since the
global financial crisis The growth rate during July-September 2015 stood at
69 The GDP growth rate is thus lower than 7 growth achieved during the
first half of 2015 This is the weakest reading since the first quarter of 2009
when growth tumbled to 62
These figures further raised the pressure on policymakers to cut interest
rates further and roll out other support measures to avert a sharper
slowdown Chinese economy now has huge impact on global economy as
it has emerged as the second largest economy after the United States
Some market watchers believe current growth is much weaker than
government readings though officials deny allegations that the numbersare inflated
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Trident Juncture
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on October 19 2015 started
its biggest and most ambitious military exercise in more than a decade
To Know Trident Juncture 2015 the huge military exercise comprisingof around 36000 troops from more than 30 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) countries It is being hosted by Italy Spain and
Portugal at 16 different locations
The opening ceremony of Trident Juncture 2015 took place at the Italian
air base of Trapani in Sicily where NATO showed its air strike power with
Typhoon F-18 F-16 Tornado and AMX aircraft
Trident Juncture 2015 will test the new rapid-reaction force of NATO
whose spearhead force will be led by Spain in 2016
Oil Prices ndash Meeting of eight non ndashOPEC Countries
In an important development pertaining to global oil prices
Venezuela hosted a special meeting for eight non-OPEC countries
on October 21 2015 at Vienna Azerbaijan Brazil Colombia
Kazakhstan Norway Mexico Oman and Russia were invited to
in this meeting to unveil a new oil strategy to stem a tumble in oil
pricesExplanation The meeting of these 8 non-OPEC nations was organized by
Venezuela an OPEC member to unveil a bold new oil strategy so as to put a
break to sliding oil prices The meeting was held in shadow of consistently low
oil prices globally Venezuela has been pushing to stem a tumble in oil prices
but faces an uphill battle to convince its richer Gulf counterparts and non-
OPEC nations
An oil price recovery would be a boon for recession-hit Venezuela where
roughly 96 of hard currency income derives from oil
OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries an
international organization of 12 countries to coordinate and unify the global
petroleum policies and prices
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National- Economy
Indiarsquos Fiscal balance turned from deficit to surplus
During August 2015 what landmark achievement was made by the Union
Govt in the area of fiscal balance ndash During August 2015 Indiarsquos fiscal
balance turned from deficit to surplus for the first time in 8 years
To Know According to the data released by the Controller-General of
Accounts (CGA) recently Indiarsquos fiscal deficit was (-) Rs 15808 crore in
August 2015 The negative figure indicates surplus of revenues over
expenditure In contrast the Centre ran up a fiscal deficit of Rs 73005 crore
in August 2014
The total revenue was Rs 147022crore in August 2015 against Rs 71578
crore in July 2015 In contrast the total expenditure in August 2015 was Rs
131214crore against Rs 169986 crore in July 2015
Fiscal deficit is the excess of the Centrersquos expenditure over its revenues This
is after 8 years that Indiarsquos fiscal deficit has turned negative A sharp surge in
the Centrersquos revenue receipts as well as a steep decline in its total
expenditures made the fiscal surplus (or negative fiscal deficit) possible
िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान दश न ाजकोषीय लथलत (Fiscal
position) म या महवप ण उिपलध हालिस क -ि गभग 8 वष बाद अगत 2015 क दौान
ऐसा मौका आया जब भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) हा
लवतार
किो - जनि ऑफ एकाउस Controller-General of Accounts - CGA) ाा िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal
Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) 15808 को पए था इसका अथ आ क इस माह क
दौान क सका क ाजव ालया (revenue receipts) उसक खर (expenditures) स
अलधक थ ाजकोषीय स ति न क म ऐसी लथलत 8 वष बाद हालिस ई ह यहा यह भी
उि खनीय ह क अगत 2014 क दौान दश का ाजकोषीय घाटा 73005 को पए था
अगत 2015 क दौान क सका क कि ाजव ालया 147022 को पए थ जबक
उसका कि खर 131214 को पए था यद इसक जि ाई 2015 क समान आ क स ति ना
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क जाय तो उस दौान सका क कि ाजव ालया 71578 को पए तथा कि खर
169986 को पए था
ाजकोषीय घाटा तब होता ह जब क सका क खर उसक ाजव ालय स अलधक होत ह
अगत 2015 क दौान दश क ाजव स ति न म आई घनामक लथलत आठ वष बाद सभव ई ह
इसका म य काण इस माह क दौान क सका क ाजव ालय म आ भाी इजाफा ह
Prices of Pulses
Union Government on October 18 2015 imposed stock
limits on four categories of stocks
Explanation The Union Government has now withdrawnexemptions to four categories of stocks of pulses ndash stocks
sourced from imports held by exporters by licensed food
processors and large departmental retailers The step has been taken to
prevent hoarding follows the spiralling of prices of all the pulses over the past
two weeks on short supplies
In its earlier order extending the imposition of stock limits on pulses edible
oils and edible oilseeds for one year up to September 30 2016 the
government had granted exemption to these four stock categoriesThe Centre had earlier announced a ban on pulses exports extension of zero
import duty and a further purchase of 5000 tonnes from overseas markets
under the price stabilisation fund It also aims to create a 40000-tonne buffer-
stock from the new arhar (tur) and urad crops which will hit the market
between November and early-January
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Sports
Cricket
Younis Khan surpassed JavedMiandad record for most runs for
Pakistan in Test Cricket
To Know Younis Khan surpassed the record for most runs for Pakistan in
Test cricket during the First Test Match against England being played in Abu
Dhabi He overtook JavedMiandads previous mark of 8832 runs to achieve
this feat Younis overhauled the record in his 102nd match taking 22 fewer
than Miandad to set the mark
य न स खान न 13 अटब 2015 को कसन जाव द लमया दाद क कॉड को तोक टट कट म
पाकतान क िलए सवा लधक न बटोन का कॉड कायम कया
लवतार य न स खान न यह उिपलध इि ड क लिखाफ िर ही टट िखा क पिह म र म 13
अटब 2015 को हालिस क लजसका आयोजन अब धाबी म हो हा ह उहन इस म र म जाव द
लमया दाद क 8832 ट ट न क कॉड को पा क िलया
RUSSIAN F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (UK) won the Russian F1 Grand Prix on 11 October 2015 to
further consolidate his position on way to becoming 2015 F1 champion
To Know Force Indiarsquos driver Sergio Perez finished third on the Russian F1
Grand Prix to give his team its only third podium finish in its historyForce
India have enjoyed only two podium places before this race and incidentally
the last time also it was Perez who stepped onto the podium for the team at
Bahrain Grand Prix in 2014
The first ever podium for the team was secured by Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)
who had finished second in the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position
लटन क ि इस ह लमटन (Lewis Hamilton) न स क सोरी (Sochi) म आयोलजत सी
फाम ि ा वन ा ी (Russian F1 Grand Prix) स का लखताब 11 अटब 2015 को जीतक
इस वष क फाम ि ा वन लखताब को जीतन क ओ अपन कदम औ मजब ती स बढ़ा दए इस स
म भात क फाम ि ा वन टीम फोस इलडया (Force India) क कस ाइव न फोलडयम फलनश
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(podium finish) हालिस क अपनी टीम क इलतहास क मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश हालिस
क - सजयो प ज़ ndash Sergio Perez ( म लसको )
लवतार
सी फाम ि ा वन स म फोस इलडया क ाइव सजयो प ज़ ( Sergio Perez) न
तीसा थान हालिस क सव तीन िराक म हक म र (podium) प प रन क उिपलध
( पोलडयम फलनश ) हालिस क यह फोस इलडया क इलतहास म मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश
थी
फोस इलडया को इसस पिह लिमी पोलडयम फलनश भी सजयो प ज़ क द न थी जब उहन
2014 क बहीन ा ी (Bahrain Grand Prix) म तीसा थान हालिस कया था
फोस इलडया को अपन इलतहास क पिही पोलडयम फलनश 2009 क ब लजयम ा ी ( 2009
Belgian Grand Prix) म हालिस ई थी जब उनक इटािलयन ाइव लजयानिका फलसकिा
(Giancarlo Fisichella) न द सा थान हालिस कया था य फोस इलडया क इलतहास का
सव दश न भी था
सी ा ी स क एक औ लवश षता यह ही क इसम फाी क स ब लटयन व िट ( जम नी ) न
द सा थान हालिस क इस िसा क फाम ि ा वन र लपयनलशप म अब तक द स थान प िर
ह मसडीज़ क लनको ोसबग ( जम नी ) को तीस थान प ढकि दया इसक साथ व िट क 236
अ क हो गए तथा इस स को प ा न क पान क िरत ोसबग 229 अ क प हक तीस थान
प फिस गए वह मसडीज़ क ि इस ह लमटन कि 302 अ क क साथ काफ आग ह औ अपना
ि गाता द सा लखताब जीतत ए दख ह ह
BOXING - Vijender Singh
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh started his
professional boxing career with a bang as he
defeated his opponent Sonny Whiting by knock-
out
To Know Vijender Singh showed no nerves in
the debut bout of his professional career againstBritish professional boxer Sonny Whiting that
was held on 10 October at the Manchester
Arena He ended the fight in the third round with
a knock-out victory over Whiting
Vijender the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) had
announced his decision to turn professional on 29 June 2015 as he signed a
multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and
Entertainment This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remains
eligible to represent India
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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Nobel Prize - 2015
Nobel Peace in Economics ndashAngus Deaton (US)
To Know Angus Deaton is a professor of Princeton
University New Jersey (US) He was awarded this
prestigious award for his analysis of consumption
poverty and welfare
By linking detailed individual choices and aggregate outcomes Deatonrsquos
research has helped transform the fields of microeconomics
macroeconomics and development economics The work for which he is
being awarded with the Nobel revolves around three central questions a)
How do consumers distribute their spending among different goods b) How
much of societys income is spent and how much is saved andc) How do we
best measure and analyze welfare and poverty
The Economics Nobel Prize is officially known as the Bank of Sweden Prize in
Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel It wasnrsquot created by Nobel but
by Swedenrsquos central bank in 1968 Though itrsquos handed out along with the
other prizes and the criteria for selecting winners are the same itrsquos not a
Nobel Prize in the same sense
वष 2015 क िलए अथशा का नोबि प का
(Nobel Prize for Economics) कस दान कन
क घोषणा 12 अटब 2015 को क गई - ए गस ड टन - Angus Deaton (अम क अथशाी )
लवतार
ए गस ड टन अम का क य जस लथत
सटन य नीवसटी ( Princeton University) म
ोफस ह तथा उह यह लतलत प का उपभोग
(consumption) गीबी (poverty) तथा जनकयाण (welfare) प उनक ाा क गई
समीा क िलए दान कया जा हा ह
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अथशा क म ड टन क अन सधान न माइो - इकोनॉलमस म ो - इकोनॉलमस तथा
लवकासामक अथशा क म तमाम तदीिलयाि ान म महवप ण भ लमका लनभाई ह उह
लजस क िलए यह प का दया जा हा ह वह म यत तीन का क उ दान कन म
मदद कता ह अ ) उपभोा कस का अपन खर को लवलभ उपाद क मय बा टत ह ब ) समाज ाा अजत आय का कतना भाग य कया जाता ह तथा कतन भाग क बरत क जाती
ह तथा स ) हम कस का जनकयाण तथा गीबी का मापन तथा उसक समीा क सकत ह
उि खनीय ह क अथशा का नोबि प का एड नोबि (Alfred Nobel) ाा थालपत
नोबि प का म शालिम नह ह तथा इस द न का लिसलिसा 1968 स श आ जब इस वीडन
क कीय ब क - ब क ऑफ वीडन (Bank of Sweden) न दान कना श कया था िहाा क
इसक लवज ता को र नन का तीका नोबि प का क अय लवज ता क िलए होन िवा रयन क
तीक ज सा ही ह तथा इस नोबि क अय लवज ता क साथ ही दान कया जाता हि कन सर यही ह क यह म ि त नोबि प का नह ह
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Defence
Hand-in Hand Indo-China Joint Exercise
The Indo-China joint military training exercise featuring
infantry sub-unit and a formation headquarter of Indian
Army and similar participation from the Chinese Army
commenced from 12 October 2015 at Kunming (China)
To Know ldquoHand-in-Hand 2015rdquo is the fifth exercise in the
lsquoHand-in-Handrsquo series which started in 2007 This biennial joint exercise
seeks to strengthen and broaden interoperability amp cooperation between both
the Armies as well as complement a number of other exchanges between the
two forces
This joint exercise is being held at Kunming Military Academy Yunnan China
and will conclude on 23 October 2015 Over the years the two India and
China have decided to progressively increase the scope and content of the
combined training
भात औ रीन क स वा क बीर स य स य लशण अयास ( Indo-China joint military
training exercise) 12 अटब 2015 स रीन क कनमग (Kunming) म श आ लजसम
दोन स ना क इफी टकलया भाग ि ही ह य क दो िसा क अ तिा प आयोलजत कए
जान िवा इस स य स य अयास का नाम या ह - ह ड - इन - ह ड (lsquoHand-in-Handrsquo)
लवतार भात औ रीन क स ना क बीर आयोलजत कए जान िवा ह ड - इन - ह ड (lsquoHand-
in-Handrsquo) नामक इस स य स य अयास क श आत वष 2007 म ई थी इसका आयोजन य क दो वष क अ तिा प कया जाता ह तथा इस वष का आयोजन इसका पा रवा स कण ह इस स कण का नाम ह ह ड - इन - ह ड 2015 स य स य अयास क इस की क ाा दोन स नाए पप सहयोग को बढ़ान क दशा म काम कती ह
ह ड - इन - ह ड 2015 का आयोजन रीन क य नान ( Yunnan) ा त लथत कनमग स यअकादमी (Kunming Military Academy) म कया जा हा ह यह 12- दवसीय आयोजन 23
अटब 2015 को समा होगा उि खनीय ह क भात औ रीन न लपिछ कछ समय स स य सहयोग तथा स य स य अयास को बढ़ान क दशा म कई कदम उठाए ह इसक ाा दोन स नाए घ सप ठ क घटना प िगामि गान तथा आपदा सहायता क म सहयोग बढ़ान क कोलशश क ह ह
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Book
Neither a Hawk nor a Dove
An Insiderrsquos Account of Pakistanrsquos Foreign Policy
The book written by former Pakistani foreign
minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri that was released
on 12 October 2015 in India amidst the incident
of black oil paint being thrown on
SudheendraKulkarni the organizer of the book
release event
To Know An event was organized by Observer
Research Foundation (ORF) in Mumbai on the
occasion of book release of KM Kasurirsquos new book -
ldquoNeither a Hawk nor a Dove An Insiderrsquos Account of
Pakistanrsquos Foreign Policy rdquo However Shiv Sena
opposed the release of a Pakistani leader in India and as a mark of protest around
15 activists of Shiv Sena threw black oil paint on the face of SudheendraKulkarni the
chairman of ORF But Kulkarni announced that the launch ceremony of the book will
be held as per the schedule
पाकतान क प व लवदश म ी खशद महम द कस ी ( Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri) क िलखी उस
प तक का या नाम ह लजसका 12 अटब 2015 को म बई म ब हद लववादापद लथलतय म लवमोरन
कया गया तथा लजसस पिह इस लवमोरन काय म स ज सधी किकण ( SudheendraKulkarni)
को लशवस ना न लनशाना बनात ए म ह प िकाा प ट िगा दया - ldquoNeither a Hawk nor a Dove
An Insiderrsquos Account of Pakistanrsquos Foreign Policy rdquo
लवतार
कस ी क इस प तक को म बई म ऑज़व सर फाउडशन ( Observer Research
Foundation - ORF) ाा लवमोलरत कन का काय म तय था एक समय ाजग सका क काय िका म
PMO म भ लमका लनभा र क सधी किकण ORF क अय ह लशवस ना न इस प तक का लवमोरनभात म कन का लवोध कया था इसी स दभ म 12 अटब 2015 को लशवस ना क िगभग 15
काय कता न सधी किकण क म ह प िकाा प ट िगाक अपना लवोध जताया िहाा क प तक को िीज़ कन क िलए आयोलजत काय म को महाा क म यम ी द व फडनवीस कआासन क बाद प व घोलषत काय म क अन सा आयोलजत कया गया इस प तक म कस ी न पाकतान क लवदश नीलत क अचछाइय औ ब ाइय क समीा क ह
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My Journey to Connect India
Dreaming Big My Journey to Connect India ndashautobiography by Sam
Pitroda
To Know Sam Pitroda (full name SatyanarayanGangaramPitroda) isoften known as the person who heralded the telecom revolution in
India His autobiography bdquoDreaming Big My Journey to Connect
Indiabdquo was launched on 22 October 2015 by MukeshAmbani
In the 1980s Pitroda was entrusted with the task to extend digital
telecommunications to every corner of the country including remote
villages by the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
He launched the Center for the Development of Telematics (C-DOT) and
served as Advisor to the Prime Minister on Technology Missions related towater literacy immunization oil seeds telecom and dairy He is also the
founding Chairman of India‟s Telecom Commission
Pitroda has also started several businesses as a serial entrepreneur
(Wescom Switching Ionics MTI Martek WorldTel C-SAM etc) in the US
and Europe
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Award
Man Booker Prize ndash 2015
Marlon James (Jamaica) for Fiction
To Know 44-year Marlon James was named as
the winner of this prestigious prize for his novel ldquo A
Brief History of Seven Killings rdquo which is inspired by
an attempt to kill reggae star Bob Marley in 1976 It
is the third novel by James He thus became the
first-ever Jamaican to win this coveted literary prize
Jamesrsquos novel was chosen from a shortlist of six titles The prize carries a top
cash award of ₤50000 ($76000) Earlier Man Booker Prize was given only to
writers in English from the commonwealth countries But a rule change two
years ago writers in English from all over the world can to compete for the
prize
वष 2015 का ldquoम न ब क rdquo समान (Man Booker Prize) मि न ज स - Marlon James
( जम का ) को दान कया गया लजसक घोषणा 13 अटब 2015 को क गई
लवतार 44- वषय मि न ज स को अ जी सालहय का ब हद लतलत म न ब क प का उनक
उपयास ldquo A Brief History of Seven Killings rdquo क िलए दान कन क घोषणा 13 अटब
2015 को क गई यह उपयास गी गायन शि ी क मश टा ( reggae star) बॉब िमा
(Bob Marley) क 1976 म हया क यास स ज कण प आधात ह यह ज स ाा
िलखा गया तीसा उपयास ह इस उपयास क िलए यह लतलत प का जीतक व जम का क पिहि खक बन गए ज स क उपयास को अ लतम छह लवलय म स र ना गया प का क तौ प उह 50000
पाउड (ि गभग 76000 िडॉ ) क ालश लिम गी उि खनीय ह क दो वष पिह तक म न ब क प का लसफ ामिड (Commonwealth) दश क ि खक क अ जी कलतय क िलए दान कया जाता था ि कन वष 2014 स इस सभी दश क अ जी ि खक क िलए िखो दया गया
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Dalip Kaur Tiwana
First writer to return Padma Shri honour
To Know Noted Punjabi writer DalipKaurTiwana was conferred with the
lsquoPadma Shrirsquo Indiarsquos fourth highest civilian honour in 2004 On 13 Octobershe announced her decision to return her lsquoPadma Shrirsquo in protest against the
lsquorising communal tensionrsquo in the country She became the first lsquoPadma Shrirsquo
awardee to return the honour in the ongoing protest of writers against the
attacks on countryrsquos pluralist voice She was also awarded the
SahityaAkademi in 1971
प जाबी ि लखका िदीप कौ लतवाना वत मान कछ दन सि खक ाा दश म बढ़ती सादालयकता क म प लवोध जताए जान िवाी म लहम म शालिम होक पी समानि ौटान िवाी पिही हती बन ग
लवतार उि खनीय ह क मौज दा समय म दश क तमाम सालहयका न दश म बढ़ती सादालयकता तथा अलभल क वत ता प कलथत तौ प िगाम िगाए जान क यास क लिखाफ एकज ट होत ए अपना लवोध श कया ह लजसक तहत तमाम ि खक न अपन lsquoसालहयअकादमी प का rsquo वापस कन क घोषणा क ह इसी म म स लस प जाबी ि लखका िदीप
कौ लतवाना उस समय ररा म आ ग जब उहन अपना पी ( lsquoPadma Shri) समान
ि ौटान क घोषणा 13 अटब को क इस का व सालहयका क इस लवोध म पी समान िौटान िवाी पिही हती भी बन ग
िदीप कौ को पी समान वष 2004 म दान कया गया था वह उह वष 1971 म सालहय अकादमी प का भी दान कया गया था
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Banking amp Finance
Yes Bank
Approved by RBI to set up a mutual fund asset
management company (AMC) and a trustee
company
To Know Presently the fifth largest private bank
in India The bank hopes that the AMC will
channelize savings of retail and institutional
investors in equity and debt capital markets Theapproval for mutual fund is expected to complement Yes Bankrsquos retail
liabilities strategy and also allow the AMC to leverage the Bankrsquos distribution
network for customer acquisition
य रिअ फड िखोन क RBI क अन मलत लिमन क जानकाी यस ब क क शासन न 12
अटब 2015 को साझा क इसक अन सा यस ब क य रिअ फड क थापना कगा लजसक
िलए एक एस ट म न जम ट कपनी (AMC) औ एक टी कपनी का गठन कया जाय गा ब क का
मानना ह क य रिअ फड क अन मलत लिम जान स वह अपन ख दा तथा स थागत खात दा
क बरत को इटी तथा ड ट बाजा म लनवश कन क िलए ब हत तीक स आकषत क
पाय गा
यस ब क वत मान म भात का पा रवा सबस बा ब क ह माना जा हा ह क य रिअ फड
वसाय म उतन क बाद वह अपन लवत त लवपणन न टवक का ब हत इत िमा क पाय गा
mVisa ndash Mobile payment service
ICICI Bank is the first bank to globally launch a mobile
app-based lsquomVisarsquo service
To Know A service to enable customers to make
electronic payments from their smartphones at physical
stores e-commerce and other deliveries at home radio
taxis and utility billers among others This service is based on lsquomVisarsquo Visarsquos
new mobile payment solution
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With this service users of lsquoPocketsrsquo ICICI Banks app can make cashless
payments from their smartphones using their debit card by simply scanning an
lsquomVisarsquo Quick Response (QR) code at a merchant location without swiping the
card at an EDC machine This service thus provides customers theconvenience of speed to complete a transaction along with enhanced security
as the card remains in the possession of the customer
To start with this facility has been introduced in Bengaluru with 1500
merchants and will shortly be extended to other cities
दश क कस लनजी क ब क न अटब 2015 क दौान दावा कया क वह वीज़ा (Visa) क
िहा ही म जाी कए गए मोबािइ प म ट सॉय शन एम - वीज़ा (M-Visa) प आधात
मोबािइ एिीकशन िा र कन िवाी द लनया क पिही कपनी बन गई ह ndash ICICI ब क (ICICI
Bank)
लवता दश म लनजी क सबस ब ब क ndashICICI ब क न िहा ही म Visa क मोबािइ प म ट
सॉय शन एम - वीज़ा (M-Visa) प आधात एक ऐसा एिीकशन िा र कया ह लजसक
मायम सि ोग वालणलयक लतान प ई - कॉमस स वा क िलए लडयो टसी स वा तथा
अय भ गतान क िलए भ गतान अपन माटफोन स क सकग
इस स वा क ाा ICICI ब क क पॉकस (Pockets) नामक मोबािइ िवॉ ट स वा क योगकता एम - वीज़ा क क - पा स ( Quick Response - QR) कोड को अपन मोबािइ फोन स कन
क किश स भ गतान क सकग इसक िलए भ गतान िहाा क ड लबट काड स होगा ि कन उस
लतान प वाइप कन क जत नह प गी इसस भ गतान मि गन िवा समय को काफ
कम कया जा सकगा
इस स लवधा को ाभ म ब िग क 1500 लतान म श कया गया ह
7 Banks under Enforcement Directorate scan for illegal transfer of funds
ING Vysya Bank ICICI Bank Kotak Mahindra Bank Indusind Bank
Dhanlaxmi Bank YES Bank and DCB Bank
To Know These 7 banks were alleged to have been used for illegal fund
transfer transactions during the period between 2010 to 2014
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The ED also cracked another module related to the money laundering case
by arresting Manish Jain He was charged with illegal transfer of funds
between 2006 and 2014 through the Oriental Bank of Commerce
According to ED Jain had 66 accounts in the Oriental Bank of Commerce
Rajpur Branch Ghaziabad and Rs 505 Crore were deposited and remitted
abroad through this bank during the period 2006 to 2010
It is worth mentioning that earlier Bank of Baroda was found guilty in illegal
fund transfer case valued at Rs 6172 crore
वत न लनदिशाय (Enforcement Directorate - ED) न 15 अटब 2015 को ब क स अवध
तीक स धन हता तत कए जान क मािम म सात औ ब क को जा र म शालिम कया यक
उन प भी ऐस हता तण म िल हन का आोप िगा ह य सात ब क कौन स ह ndash ING वया
ब क ICICI ब क कोटक मलहा ब क इडस - इड ब क ( Indusind Bank) धिनमी ब क यस
ब क औ DCB ब क
लवतार इन सात ब क प आोप िगाया गया ह क इनक शाखा क मदद स वष 2010 स
2014 क समयावलध क बीर अवध तीक स धन का हता तण कया गया ह
इस मािम म वत न लनदिशाय न एक औ भा डा फोत ए मनीश ज न नामक ल को लहासत म िलया उस प आोप ह क उसन ओयिट ब क ऑफ कॉमस (OBC) क ाजप
( गालज़याबाद ) क शाखा स वष 2006 स 2010 क बीर 505 को पए का हता तण अवध
तीक स लवदश म कया ह
उि खनीय ह क इस मािम का खि ासा ब क ऑफ बौदा (BOB) क शाखा ाा 6172 को
पए क ालश अवध तीक स लवदश हता तत कए जान क एक मािम स आ था लजसक
जा र लवलभ एज लसय ाा क जा ही ह
Corpus for Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced total corpus of the new Financial
Inclusion Fund (FIF) on 15 October 2015 to be - Rs 2000 crore
To Know Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) will be setup to support
developmental and promotional activities like financial inclusion and research
and transfer of technology It will be primarily used creating of financial
inclusion infrastructure across the country capacity building of stakeholders
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and creation of awareness to address demand side issues The fund will not
be utilized for normal businessbanking activities
Earlier the RBI had two funds - Financial Inclusion Fund and Financial
Inclusion Technology Fund for the similar objectives It has now been decided
to merge the two funds The new fund will be in operation for another three
years or till such period as may be decided by the RBI and the Government in
consultation with other stakeholdersFIF will be administered by the
reconstituted Advisory Board constituted by Union Government and will be
maintained by NABARD
फाइनलशिय इयशन फणड
(FIF)
भातीय ज़व ब क (RBI) न 15 अटब 2015 को लवीय समावशन (Financial Inclusion)
को िब द न क िलए एक नया कोष - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड ( Financial Inclusion
Fund - FIF) थालपत कन क घोषणा क इस नवगठत कोष क तहत कतनी लनलध खी
जाय गी - 2000 को
लवतार फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (FIF) क थापना दश म लवीय समावशन (Financial
Inclusion) तथा इसस सबलधत अन सधान को िब द न तथा ौौलगक हता तण(technologytransfer) क िलए क जाय गी इसक ाा दश म लवीय समावशन क म कए
जा ह यास को िब लिम गा तथा िोग म इसक सबध म जागकता फिान म मदद लिम गी
इसक िअावा सबलधत तकनीक क लवकास क िलए अन सधान प जो दया जाय गा िहाा क
इस कोष का योग ब कग तथा अय ावसालयक उय क िलए नह कया जाय गा
उि खनीय ह क इस लवीय समावशन क िलए आबीआई अभी तक दो तह क कोष का
स िरान क हा था - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (Financial InclusionFund) तथा
फाइन लशिय इय शन टिोॉजी फड(Financial InclusionTechnology Fund)
अबRBI न लनण य िलया ह क इन दोन कोष का लिवय क इस फाइन लशिय इय शन फड
(FIF) क नाम स ही प काा जाय गा इस कोष का योग अिग तीन वष अथवा इस योजना म
शालिम समत भागीदा ाा िलए अिग गए लनण य तक कया जान का ताव ह
फाइन लशिय इय शन फड का शासन क सका ाा एक प नग ठत िसाहका बोड ाा
कया जाय गा जबक इसका स िरान व बधन नाबाड (NABARD) ाा कया जाय गा
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Long-term Government Securities
Union Govt is poised to issue long-term government securities (G-secs)
which will be the longest tenure securities to be brought out by the
government What will be tenure of these G-secs as announced by the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 October 2015 ndash 40 years
To Know The proposal to bring G-secs with 40-year maturity will give it a
longer time horizon to fund growth at lower costs Till date gilts with the
longest tenure were of 30 years
One important factor associated with 40-year G-secs would be that these are
being brought at a time when the rate of interest is heading south The move
by the government to issue 40-year G-secs is timed with the RBI‟s decision to
increase debt limit for foreign investors in government securities This isexpected to attract long-term foreign fund managers like pension funds
sovereign funds and insurance companies to buy these papers market
players said
A large chunk of investments by these institutions are usually parked in very
long-term instruments with maturities of 20 30 40 years and more
According to RBI data at present the G-secs with the longest maturity is of 30
years which is scheduled to be redeemed in June 2045 and has an
outstanding maturity amount of Rs 30000 crore
Policy - To unlock the potential for capital goods sector and establish India as
a global manufacturing powerhouse
The Department of Heavy Industry released the draft of a National Policy on
Capital Goods on 23 October 2015 This is the first time that a policy on
Capital Goods is being framed
To Know The Draft National Policy on Capital Goods has been framed inactive consultation with industry associations amp bodies It was released on 23
October 2015 and has been put on public domain for seeking comments
views and suggestions of stakeholders public in general The comments on
draft policy are being sought till 31 October 2015
Capital goods consist of plant machinery equipment and accessories
required either directly or indirectly for manufacture or production of
goods or for rendering services including those required for replacement
modernization technological upgradation and expansion of manufacturingfacilities
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The growth and development of capital goods is critical for India to achieve
the vision of ldquoMake in Indiardquo by increasing share of manufacturing to 25
of Gross Value Added This in turn will help generate additional jobs
improve India‟s trade balance and increase domestic self -reliance The
National Policy on Capital Goods is envisaged to unlock the potential ofthis promising sector and establish India as a global manufacturing
powerhouse
Draft Note ndash on Setting Monetary Policy
The Union Government has recently circulated a draft note
pertaining to monetary policy mechanism in the country It
has proposed clipping the exclusive powers of the RBI
governor in setting monetary policy Explanation The draft circulated by the govt has
proposed some far-reaching steps in country‟s monetary
policy mechanism It has proposed that a seven-member committee should
draft monetary policy
It has proposed that the committee have four members from the
government and three from the central bank with the RBI governor as its
chair holding no veto power as was earlier bnyhumsuggested but a
casting vote
The monetary policy committee will fix the benchmark interest rate of the
RBI and set inflation targets
Under the current system the RBI governor has a technical advisory
committee to advise on monetary policy but can accept or reject the
panel‟s views
RBI chief RaghuramRajan had earlier said that he favoured doing away
with the veto power of the central bank chief arguing it would be better for
a committee to decide the key rate rather than one individual
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International
CHINA
Overtaken United States in terms of population of middle class
As disclosed in a latest report on global wealth by Credit Suisse China has
become world‟s largest middle class country
To KnowThe latest Global Wealth Report by Swiss bank Credit Suisse has
disclosed that with 109 million adults China has replaced the United States
which has around 92 million of its populace under middle class China now
accounts for a fifth of the world population while holding nearly 10 percent of
the global wealth The report said size and wealth of the middle class was a
key factor in economic development and the middle class was often at the
heart of political movements and new consumption trends
Overall the report found that global wealth fell by nearly 5 percent in the year
to mid-2015 to $250 trillion due a strengthening of the US dollar in which
income is compared
लडट लवस (Credit Suisse) ाा व लक धन प जाी नवीनतम पोट ( Global Wealth
Report) क अन सा कौन सा दश अम का को पछाक लव का सबस अलधक मयवगय
जनस या (middle-class population) िवाा दश बनक उभा ह - रीन (China)
लवतार लवज़ि ड क ब क लडट लवस ाा िहा ही म जाी Global Wealth Report म
खि ासा कया गया क 109 को क मयवगय जनस या क साथ रीन अब लव का सबस
बा मयवगय जनस या िवाा दश बन गया ह उसन इस मािम म अम का को पछा दया ह
जहा मयवगय जनस या का आका िगभग 92 को ह पोट क अन सा रीन क अब लव जनस या म 5 लहस दाी ह जबक कि व लक धन - सपदा म उसका दसवा लहसा ह
इस पोट म यह उि ख भी कया गया क अब आथक लवकास म मयवगय जनस या क आका
तथा इस जनस या क हाथ म हन िवाी धन - सपदा का म ख थान ह इसक िअावा उपभोा
व लय म नए बिदाव तथा ाजनीलतक आ िदोन म मयवग क ब हद महवप ण भ लमका ह
पोट क अन सा वष 2015 क मय तक व लक धन - सपदा म 5 क कमी दज ई ह िहाा क
इसका म य काण अम क िडॉ क म य म ई व ल ह जो धन मापन क िलए य क जान
िवाी म ा ह
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TTIP - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The ambitious trade agreement proposed between the United
States and the European Union (EU) for which the 11 th round
of negotiations started from October 19 2015
To Know Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(TTIP) is a proposed free trade agreement between the
European Union and the United States with the aim of promoting multilateral
economic growth It is likely to set standards that would become a base point
for the rest of the world that would want to serve these markets
The first round of negotiations under TTIP took place from 7 to12 July
2013 in Washington DC Till now 10 such negotiations have been held
One important feature of the negotiations taking place under TTIP is thatthe negotiations are being carried mostly in secrecy Almost all information
on negotiations comes from leaked documents and Freedom of
Information requests
The United States and European Union together represent 60 of global
GDP 33 of world trade in goods and 42 of world trade in services
There are a number of trade conflicts between the two powers but both
depend on the other‟s economic market and disputes only affect 2 of
total trade A free trade area between the two would represent potentially
the largest regional free-trade agreement in history
Growth rate of China
Third Quarter- 69
To Know As per the official data released by the Chinese Govt on October
19 2015 China posted its weakest quarterly economic growth since the
global financial crisis The growth rate during July-September 2015 stood at
69 The GDP growth rate is thus lower than 7 growth achieved during the
first half of 2015 This is the weakest reading since the first quarter of 2009
when growth tumbled to 62
These figures further raised the pressure on policymakers to cut interest
rates further and roll out other support measures to avert a sharper
slowdown Chinese economy now has huge impact on global economy as
it has emerged as the second largest economy after the United States
Some market watchers believe current growth is much weaker than
government readings though officials deny allegations that the numbersare inflated
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Trident Juncture
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on October 19 2015 started
its biggest and most ambitious military exercise in more than a decade
To Know Trident Juncture 2015 the huge military exercise comprisingof around 36000 troops from more than 30 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) countries It is being hosted by Italy Spain and
Portugal at 16 different locations
The opening ceremony of Trident Juncture 2015 took place at the Italian
air base of Trapani in Sicily where NATO showed its air strike power with
Typhoon F-18 F-16 Tornado and AMX aircraft
Trident Juncture 2015 will test the new rapid-reaction force of NATO
whose spearhead force will be led by Spain in 2016
Oil Prices ndash Meeting of eight non ndashOPEC Countries
In an important development pertaining to global oil prices
Venezuela hosted a special meeting for eight non-OPEC countries
on October 21 2015 at Vienna Azerbaijan Brazil Colombia
Kazakhstan Norway Mexico Oman and Russia were invited to
in this meeting to unveil a new oil strategy to stem a tumble in oil
pricesExplanation The meeting of these 8 non-OPEC nations was organized by
Venezuela an OPEC member to unveil a bold new oil strategy so as to put a
break to sliding oil prices The meeting was held in shadow of consistently low
oil prices globally Venezuela has been pushing to stem a tumble in oil prices
but faces an uphill battle to convince its richer Gulf counterparts and non-
OPEC nations
An oil price recovery would be a boon for recession-hit Venezuela where
roughly 96 of hard currency income derives from oil
OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries an
international organization of 12 countries to coordinate and unify the global
petroleum policies and prices
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National- Economy
Indiarsquos Fiscal balance turned from deficit to surplus
During August 2015 what landmark achievement was made by the Union
Govt in the area of fiscal balance ndash During August 2015 Indiarsquos fiscal
balance turned from deficit to surplus for the first time in 8 years
To Know According to the data released by the Controller-General of
Accounts (CGA) recently Indiarsquos fiscal deficit was (-) Rs 15808 crore in
August 2015 The negative figure indicates surplus of revenues over
expenditure In contrast the Centre ran up a fiscal deficit of Rs 73005 crore
in August 2014
The total revenue was Rs 147022crore in August 2015 against Rs 71578
crore in July 2015 In contrast the total expenditure in August 2015 was Rs
131214crore against Rs 169986 crore in July 2015
Fiscal deficit is the excess of the Centrersquos expenditure over its revenues This
is after 8 years that Indiarsquos fiscal deficit has turned negative A sharp surge in
the Centrersquos revenue receipts as well as a steep decline in its total
expenditures made the fiscal surplus (or negative fiscal deficit) possible
िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान दश न ाजकोषीय लथलत (Fiscal
position) म या महवप ण उिपलध हालिस क -ि गभग 8 वष बाद अगत 2015 क दौान
ऐसा मौका आया जब भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) हा
लवतार
किो - जनि ऑफ एकाउस Controller-General of Accounts - CGA) ाा िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal
Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) 15808 को पए था इसका अथ आ क इस माह क
दौान क सका क ाजव ालया (revenue receipts) उसक खर (expenditures) स
अलधक थ ाजकोषीय स ति न क म ऐसी लथलत 8 वष बाद हालिस ई ह यहा यह भी
उि खनीय ह क अगत 2014 क दौान दश का ाजकोषीय घाटा 73005 को पए था
अगत 2015 क दौान क सका क कि ाजव ालया 147022 को पए थ जबक
उसका कि खर 131214 को पए था यद इसक जि ाई 2015 क समान आ क स ति ना
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क जाय तो उस दौान सका क कि ाजव ालया 71578 को पए तथा कि खर
169986 को पए था
ाजकोषीय घाटा तब होता ह जब क सका क खर उसक ाजव ालय स अलधक होत ह
अगत 2015 क दौान दश क ाजव स ति न म आई घनामक लथलत आठ वष बाद सभव ई ह
इसका म य काण इस माह क दौान क सका क ाजव ालय म आ भाी इजाफा ह
Prices of Pulses
Union Government on October 18 2015 imposed stock
limits on four categories of stocks
Explanation The Union Government has now withdrawnexemptions to four categories of stocks of pulses ndash stocks
sourced from imports held by exporters by licensed food
processors and large departmental retailers The step has been taken to
prevent hoarding follows the spiralling of prices of all the pulses over the past
two weeks on short supplies
In its earlier order extending the imposition of stock limits on pulses edible
oils and edible oilseeds for one year up to September 30 2016 the
government had granted exemption to these four stock categoriesThe Centre had earlier announced a ban on pulses exports extension of zero
import duty and a further purchase of 5000 tonnes from overseas markets
under the price stabilisation fund It also aims to create a 40000-tonne buffer-
stock from the new arhar (tur) and urad crops which will hit the market
between November and early-January
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Sports
Cricket
Younis Khan surpassed JavedMiandad record for most runs for
Pakistan in Test Cricket
To Know Younis Khan surpassed the record for most runs for Pakistan in
Test cricket during the First Test Match against England being played in Abu
Dhabi He overtook JavedMiandads previous mark of 8832 runs to achieve
this feat Younis overhauled the record in his 102nd match taking 22 fewer
than Miandad to set the mark
य न स खान न 13 अटब 2015 को कसन जाव द लमया दाद क कॉड को तोक टट कट म
पाकतान क िलए सवा लधक न बटोन का कॉड कायम कया
लवतार य न स खान न यह उिपलध इि ड क लिखाफ िर ही टट िखा क पिह म र म 13
अटब 2015 को हालिस क लजसका आयोजन अब धाबी म हो हा ह उहन इस म र म जाव द
लमया दाद क 8832 ट ट न क कॉड को पा क िलया
RUSSIAN F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (UK) won the Russian F1 Grand Prix on 11 October 2015 to
further consolidate his position on way to becoming 2015 F1 champion
To Know Force Indiarsquos driver Sergio Perez finished third on the Russian F1
Grand Prix to give his team its only third podium finish in its historyForce
India have enjoyed only two podium places before this race and incidentally
the last time also it was Perez who stepped onto the podium for the team at
Bahrain Grand Prix in 2014
The first ever podium for the team was secured by Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)
who had finished second in the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position
लटन क ि इस ह लमटन (Lewis Hamilton) न स क सोरी (Sochi) म आयोलजत सी
फाम ि ा वन ा ी (Russian F1 Grand Prix) स का लखताब 11 अटब 2015 को जीतक
इस वष क फाम ि ा वन लखताब को जीतन क ओ अपन कदम औ मजब ती स बढ़ा दए इस स
म भात क फाम ि ा वन टीम फोस इलडया (Force India) क कस ाइव न फोलडयम फलनश
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(podium finish) हालिस क अपनी टीम क इलतहास क मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश हालिस
क - सजयो प ज़ ndash Sergio Perez ( म लसको )
लवतार
सी फाम ि ा वन स म फोस इलडया क ाइव सजयो प ज़ ( Sergio Perez) न
तीसा थान हालिस क सव तीन िराक म हक म र (podium) प प रन क उिपलध
( पोलडयम फलनश ) हालिस क यह फोस इलडया क इलतहास म मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश
थी
फोस इलडया को इसस पिह लिमी पोलडयम फलनश भी सजयो प ज़ क द न थी जब उहन
2014 क बहीन ा ी (Bahrain Grand Prix) म तीसा थान हालिस कया था
फोस इलडया को अपन इलतहास क पिही पोलडयम फलनश 2009 क ब लजयम ा ी ( 2009
Belgian Grand Prix) म हालिस ई थी जब उनक इटािलयन ाइव लजयानिका फलसकिा
(Giancarlo Fisichella) न द सा थान हालिस कया था य फोस इलडया क इलतहास का
सव दश न भी था
सी ा ी स क एक औ लवश षता यह ही क इसम फाी क स ब लटयन व िट ( जम नी ) न
द सा थान हालिस क इस िसा क फाम ि ा वन र लपयनलशप म अब तक द स थान प िर
ह मसडीज़ क लनको ोसबग ( जम नी ) को तीस थान प ढकि दया इसक साथ व िट क 236
अ क हो गए तथा इस स को प ा न क पान क िरत ोसबग 229 अ क प हक तीस थान
प फिस गए वह मसडीज़ क ि इस ह लमटन कि 302 अ क क साथ काफ आग ह औ अपना
ि गाता द सा लखताब जीतत ए दख ह ह
BOXING - Vijender Singh
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh started his
professional boxing career with a bang as he
defeated his opponent Sonny Whiting by knock-
out
To Know Vijender Singh showed no nerves in
the debut bout of his professional career againstBritish professional boxer Sonny Whiting that
was held on 10 October at the Manchester
Arena He ended the fight in the third round with
a knock-out victory over Whiting
Vijender the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) had
announced his decision to turn professional on 29 June 2015 as he signed a
multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and
Entertainment This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remains
eligible to represent India
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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अथशा क म ड टन क अन सधान न माइो - इकोनॉलमस म ो - इकोनॉलमस तथा
लवकासामक अथशा क म तमाम तदीिलयाि ान म महवप ण भ लमका लनभाई ह उह
लजस क िलए यह प का दया जा हा ह वह म यत तीन का क उ दान कन म
मदद कता ह अ ) उपभोा कस का अपन खर को लवलभ उपाद क मय बा टत ह ब ) समाज ाा अजत आय का कतना भाग य कया जाता ह तथा कतन भाग क बरत क जाती
ह तथा स ) हम कस का जनकयाण तथा गीबी का मापन तथा उसक समीा क सकत ह
उि खनीय ह क अथशा का नोबि प का एड नोबि (Alfred Nobel) ाा थालपत
नोबि प का म शालिम नह ह तथा इस द न का लिसलिसा 1968 स श आ जब इस वीडन
क कीय ब क - ब क ऑफ वीडन (Bank of Sweden) न दान कना श कया था िहाा क
इसक लवज ता को र नन का तीका नोबि प का क अय लवज ता क िलए होन िवा रयन क
तीक ज सा ही ह तथा इस नोबि क अय लवज ता क साथ ही दान कया जाता हि कन सर यही ह क यह म ि त नोबि प का नह ह
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Defence
Hand-in Hand Indo-China Joint Exercise
The Indo-China joint military training exercise featuring
infantry sub-unit and a formation headquarter of Indian
Army and similar participation from the Chinese Army
commenced from 12 October 2015 at Kunming (China)
To Know ldquoHand-in-Hand 2015rdquo is the fifth exercise in the
lsquoHand-in-Handrsquo series which started in 2007 This biennial joint exercise
seeks to strengthen and broaden interoperability amp cooperation between both
the Armies as well as complement a number of other exchanges between the
two forces
This joint exercise is being held at Kunming Military Academy Yunnan China
and will conclude on 23 October 2015 Over the years the two India and
China have decided to progressively increase the scope and content of the
combined training
भात औ रीन क स वा क बीर स य स य लशण अयास ( Indo-China joint military
training exercise) 12 अटब 2015 स रीन क कनमग (Kunming) म श आ लजसम
दोन स ना क इफी टकलया भाग ि ही ह य क दो िसा क अ तिा प आयोलजत कए
जान िवा इस स य स य अयास का नाम या ह - ह ड - इन - ह ड (lsquoHand-in-Handrsquo)
लवतार भात औ रीन क स ना क बीर आयोलजत कए जान िवा ह ड - इन - ह ड (lsquoHand-
in-Handrsquo) नामक इस स य स य अयास क श आत वष 2007 म ई थी इसका आयोजन य क दो वष क अ तिा प कया जाता ह तथा इस वष का आयोजन इसका पा रवा स कण ह इस स कण का नाम ह ह ड - इन - ह ड 2015 स य स य अयास क इस की क ाा दोन स नाए पप सहयोग को बढ़ान क दशा म काम कती ह
ह ड - इन - ह ड 2015 का आयोजन रीन क य नान ( Yunnan) ा त लथत कनमग स यअकादमी (Kunming Military Academy) म कया जा हा ह यह 12- दवसीय आयोजन 23
अटब 2015 को समा होगा उि खनीय ह क भात औ रीन न लपिछ कछ समय स स य सहयोग तथा स य स य अयास को बढ़ान क दशा म कई कदम उठाए ह इसक ाा दोन स नाए घ सप ठ क घटना प िगामि गान तथा आपदा सहायता क म सहयोग बढ़ान क कोलशश क ह ह
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Book
Neither a Hawk nor a Dove
An Insiderrsquos Account of Pakistanrsquos Foreign Policy
The book written by former Pakistani foreign
minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri that was released
on 12 October 2015 in India amidst the incident
of black oil paint being thrown on
SudheendraKulkarni the organizer of the book
release event
To Know An event was organized by Observer
Research Foundation (ORF) in Mumbai on the
occasion of book release of KM Kasurirsquos new book -
ldquoNeither a Hawk nor a Dove An Insiderrsquos Account of
Pakistanrsquos Foreign Policy rdquo However Shiv Sena
opposed the release of a Pakistani leader in India and as a mark of protest around
15 activists of Shiv Sena threw black oil paint on the face of SudheendraKulkarni the
chairman of ORF But Kulkarni announced that the launch ceremony of the book will
be held as per the schedule
पाकतान क प व लवदश म ी खशद महम द कस ी ( Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri) क िलखी उस
प तक का या नाम ह लजसका 12 अटब 2015 को म बई म ब हद लववादापद लथलतय म लवमोरन
कया गया तथा लजसस पिह इस लवमोरन काय म स ज सधी किकण ( SudheendraKulkarni)
को लशवस ना न लनशाना बनात ए म ह प िकाा प ट िगा दया - ldquoNeither a Hawk nor a Dove
An Insiderrsquos Account of Pakistanrsquos Foreign Policy rdquo
लवतार
कस ी क इस प तक को म बई म ऑज़व सर फाउडशन ( Observer Research
Foundation - ORF) ाा लवमोलरत कन का काय म तय था एक समय ाजग सका क काय िका म
PMO म भ लमका लनभा र क सधी किकण ORF क अय ह लशवस ना न इस प तक का लवमोरनभात म कन का लवोध कया था इसी स दभ म 12 अटब 2015 को लशवस ना क िगभग 15
काय कता न सधी किकण क म ह प िकाा प ट िगाक अपना लवोध जताया िहाा क प तक को िीज़ कन क िलए आयोलजत काय म को महाा क म यम ी द व फडनवीस कआासन क बाद प व घोलषत काय म क अन सा आयोलजत कया गया इस प तक म कस ी न पाकतान क लवदश नीलत क अचछाइय औ ब ाइय क समीा क ह
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My Journey to Connect India
Dreaming Big My Journey to Connect India ndashautobiography by Sam
Pitroda
To Know Sam Pitroda (full name SatyanarayanGangaramPitroda) isoften known as the person who heralded the telecom revolution in
India His autobiography bdquoDreaming Big My Journey to Connect
Indiabdquo was launched on 22 October 2015 by MukeshAmbani
In the 1980s Pitroda was entrusted with the task to extend digital
telecommunications to every corner of the country including remote
villages by the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
He launched the Center for the Development of Telematics (C-DOT) and
served as Advisor to the Prime Minister on Technology Missions related towater literacy immunization oil seeds telecom and dairy He is also the
founding Chairman of India‟s Telecom Commission
Pitroda has also started several businesses as a serial entrepreneur
(Wescom Switching Ionics MTI Martek WorldTel C-SAM etc) in the US
and Europe
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Award
Man Booker Prize ndash 2015
Marlon James (Jamaica) for Fiction
To Know 44-year Marlon James was named as
the winner of this prestigious prize for his novel ldquo A
Brief History of Seven Killings rdquo which is inspired by
an attempt to kill reggae star Bob Marley in 1976 It
is the third novel by James He thus became the
first-ever Jamaican to win this coveted literary prize
Jamesrsquos novel was chosen from a shortlist of six titles The prize carries a top
cash award of ₤50000 ($76000) Earlier Man Booker Prize was given only to
writers in English from the commonwealth countries But a rule change two
years ago writers in English from all over the world can to compete for the
prize
वष 2015 का ldquoम न ब क rdquo समान (Man Booker Prize) मि न ज स - Marlon James
( जम का ) को दान कया गया लजसक घोषणा 13 अटब 2015 को क गई
लवतार 44- वषय मि न ज स को अ जी सालहय का ब हद लतलत म न ब क प का उनक
उपयास ldquo A Brief History of Seven Killings rdquo क िलए दान कन क घोषणा 13 अटब
2015 को क गई यह उपयास गी गायन शि ी क मश टा ( reggae star) बॉब िमा
(Bob Marley) क 1976 म हया क यास स ज कण प आधात ह यह ज स ाा
िलखा गया तीसा उपयास ह इस उपयास क िलए यह लतलत प का जीतक व जम का क पिहि खक बन गए ज स क उपयास को अ लतम छह लवलय म स र ना गया प का क तौ प उह 50000
पाउड (ि गभग 76000 िडॉ ) क ालश लिम गी उि खनीय ह क दो वष पिह तक म न ब क प का लसफ ामिड (Commonwealth) दश क ि खक क अ जी कलतय क िलए दान कया जाता था ि कन वष 2014 स इस सभी दश क अ जी ि खक क िलए िखो दया गया
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Dalip Kaur Tiwana
First writer to return Padma Shri honour
To Know Noted Punjabi writer DalipKaurTiwana was conferred with the
lsquoPadma Shrirsquo Indiarsquos fourth highest civilian honour in 2004 On 13 Octobershe announced her decision to return her lsquoPadma Shrirsquo in protest against the
lsquorising communal tensionrsquo in the country She became the first lsquoPadma Shrirsquo
awardee to return the honour in the ongoing protest of writers against the
attacks on countryrsquos pluralist voice She was also awarded the
SahityaAkademi in 1971
प जाबी ि लखका िदीप कौ लतवाना वत मान कछ दन सि खक ाा दश म बढ़ती सादालयकता क म प लवोध जताए जान िवाी म लहम म शालिम होक पी समानि ौटान िवाी पिही हती बन ग
लवतार उि खनीय ह क मौज दा समय म दश क तमाम सालहयका न दश म बढ़ती सादालयकता तथा अलभल क वत ता प कलथत तौ प िगाम िगाए जान क यास क लिखाफ एकज ट होत ए अपना लवोध श कया ह लजसक तहत तमाम ि खक न अपन lsquoसालहयअकादमी प का rsquo वापस कन क घोषणा क ह इसी म म स लस प जाबी ि लखका िदीप
कौ लतवाना उस समय ररा म आ ग जब उहन अपना पी ( lsquoPadma Shri) समान
ि ौटान क घोषणा 13 अटब को क इस का व सालहयका क इस लवोध म पी समान िौटान िवाी पिही हती भी बन ग
िदीप कौ को पी समान वष 2004 म दान कया गया था वह उह वष 1971 म सालहय अकादमी प का भी दान कया गया था
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Banking amp Finance
Yes Bank
Approved by RBI to set up a mutual fund asset
management company (AMC) and a trustee
company
To Know Presently the fifth largest private bank
in India The bank hopes that the AMC will
channelize savings of retail and institutional
investors in equity and debt capital markets Theapproval for mutual fund is expected to complement Yes Bankrsquos retail
liabilities strategy and also allow the AMC to leverage the Bankrsquos distribution
network for customer acquisition
य रिअ फड िखोन क RBI क अन मलत लिमन क जानकाी यस ब क क शासन न 12
अटब 2015 को साझा क इसक अन सा यस ब क य रिअ फड क थापना कगा लजसक
िलए एक एस ट म न जम ट कपनी (AMC) औ एक टी कपनी का गठन कया जाय गा ब क का
मानना ह क य रिअ फड क अन मलत लिम जान स वह अपन ख दा तथा स थागत खात दा
क बरत को इटी तथा ड ट बाजा म लनवश कन क िलए ब हत तीक स आकषत क
पाय गा
यस ब क वत मान म भात का पा रवा सबस बा ब क ह माना जा हा ह क य रिअ फड
वसाय म उतन क बाद वह अपन लवत त लवपणन न टवक का ब हत इत िमा क पाय गा
mVisa ndash Mobile payment service
ICICI Bank is the first bank to globally launch a mobile
app-based lsquomVisarsquo service
To Know A service to enable customers to make
electronic payments from their smartphones at physical
stores e-commerce and other deliveries at home radio
taxis and utility billers among others This service is based on lsquomVisarsquo Visarsquos
new mobile payment solution
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With this service users of lsquoPocketsrsquo ICICI Banks app can make cashless
payments from their smartphones using their debit card by simply scanning an
lsquomVisarsquo Quick Response (QR) code at a merchant location without swiping the
card at an EDC machine This service thus provides customers theconvenience of speed to complete a transaction along with enhanced security
as the card remains in the possession of the customer
To start with this facility has been introduced in Bengaluru with 1500
merchants and will shortly be extended to other cities
दश क कस लनजी क ब क न अटब 2015 क दौान दावा कया क वह वीज़ा (Visa) क
िहा ही म जाी कए गए मोबािइ प म ट सॉय शन एम - वीज़ा (M-Visa) प आधात
मोबािइ एिीकशन िा र कन िवाी द लनया क पिही कपनी बन गई ह ndash ICICI ब क (ICICI
Bank)
लवता दश म लनजी क सबस ब ब क ndashICICI ब क न िहा ही म Visa क मोबािइ प म ट
सॉय शन एम - वीज़ा (M-Visa) प आधात एक ऐसा एिीकशन िा र कया ह लजसक
मायम सि ोग वालणलयक लतान प ई - कॉमस स वा क िलए लडयो टसी स वा तथा
अय भ गतान क िलए भ गतान अपन माटफोन स क सकग
इस स वा क ाा ICICI ब क क पॉकस (Pockets) नामक मोबािइ िवॉ ट स वा क योगकता एम - वीज़ा क क - पा स ( Quick Response - QR) कोड को अपन मोबािइ फोन स कन
क किश स भ गतान क सकग इसक िलए भ गतान िहाा क ड लबट काड स होगा ि कन उस
लतान प वाइप कन क जत नह प गी इसस भ गतान मि गन िवा समय को काफ
कम कया जा सकगा
इस स लवधा को ाभ म ब िग क 1500 लतान म श कया गया ह
7 Banks under Enforcement Directorate scan for illegal transfer of funds
ING Vysya Bank ICICI Bank Kotak Mahindra Bank Indusind Bank
Dhanlaxmi Bank YES Bank and DCB Bank
To Know These 7 banks were alleged to have been used for illegal fund
transfer transactions during the period between 2010 to 2014
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The ED also cracked another module related to the money laundering case
by arresting Manish Jain He was charged with illegal transfer of funds
between 2006 and 2014 through the Oriental Bank of Commerce
According to ED Jain had 66 accounts in the Oriental Bank of Commerce
Rajpur Branch Ghaziabad and Rs 505 Crore were deposited and remitted
abroad through this bank during the period 2006 to 2010
It is worth mentioning that earlier Bank of Baroda was found guilty in illegal
fund transfer case valued at Rs 6172 crore
वत न लनदिशाय (Enforcement Directorate - ED) न 15 अटब 2015 को ब क स अवध
तीक स धन हता तत कए जान क मािम म सात औ ब क को जा र म शालिम कया यक
उन प भी ऐस हता तण म िल हन का आोप िगा ह य सात ब क कौन स ह ndash ING वया
ब क ICICI ब क कोटक मलहा ब क इडस - इड ब क ( Indusind Bank) धिनमी ब क यस
ब क औ DCB ब क
लवतार इन सात ब क प आोप िगाया गया ह क इनक शाखा क मदद स वष 2010 स
2014 क समयावलध क बीर अवध तीक स धन का हता तण कया गया ह
इस मािम म वत न लनदिशाय न एक औ भा डा फोत ए मनीश ज न नामक ल को लहासत म िलया उस प आोप ह क उसन ओयिट ब क ऑफ कॉमस (OBC) क ाजप
( गालज़याबाद ) क शाखा स वष 2006 स 2010 क बीर 505 को पए का हता तण अवध
तीक स लवदश म कया ह
उि खनीय ह क इस मािम का खि ासा ब क ऑफ बौदा (BOB) क शाखा ाा 6172 को
पए क ालश अवध तीक स लवदश हता तत कए जान क एक मािम स आ था लजसक
जा र लवलभ एज लसय ाा क जा ही ह
Corpus for Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced total corpus of the new Financial
Inclusion Fund (FIF) on 15 October 2015 to be - Rs 2000 crore
To Know Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) will be setup to support
developmental and promotional activities like financial inclusion and research
and transfer of technology It will be primarily used creating of financial
inclusion infrastructure across the country capacity building of stakeholders
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and creation of awareness to address demand side issues The fund will not
be utilized for normal businessbanking activities
Earlier the RBI had two funds - Financial Inclusion Fund and Financial
Inclusion Technology Fund for the similar objectives It has now been decided
to merge the two funds The new fund will be in operation for another three
years or till such period as may be decided by the RBI and the Government in
consultation with other stakeholdersFIF will be administered by the
reconstituted Advisory Board constituted by Union Government and will be
maintained by NABARD
फाइनलशिय इयशन फणड
(FIF)
भातीय ज़व ब क (RBI) न 15 अटब 2015 को लवीय समावशन (Financial Inclusion)
को िब द न क िलए एक नया कोष - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड ( Financial Inclusion
Fund - FIF) थालपत कन क घोषणा क इस नवगठत कोष क तहत कतनी लनलध खी
जाय गी - 2000 को
लवतार फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (FIF) क थापना दश म लवीय समावशन (Financial
Inclusion) तथा इसस सबलधत अन सधान को िब द न तथा ौौलगक हता तण(technologytransfer) क िलए क जाय गी इसक ाा दश म लवीय समावशन क म कए
जा ह यास को िब लिम गा तथा िोग म इसक सबध म जागकता फिान म मदद लिम गी
इसक िअावा सबलधत तकनीक क लवकास क िलए अन सधान प जो दया जाय गा िहाा क
इस कोष का योग ब कग तथा अय ावसालयक उय क िलए नह कया जाय गा
उि खनीय ह क इस लवीय समावशन क िलए आबीआई अभी तक दो तह क कोष का
स िरान क हा था - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (Financial InclusionFund) तथा
फाइन लशिय इय शन टिोॉजी फड(Financial InclusionTechnology Fund)
अबRBI न लनण य िलया ह क इन दोन कोष का लिवय क इस फाइन लशिय इय शन फड
(FIF) क नाम स ही प काा जाय गा इस कोष का योग अिग तीन वष अथवा इस योजना म
शालिम समत भागीदा ाा िलए अिग गए लनण य तक कया जान का ताव ह
फाइन लशिय इय शन फड का शासन क सका ाा एक प नग ठत िसाहका बोड ाा
कया जाय गा जबक इसका स िरान व बधन नाबाड (NABARD) ाा कया जाय गा
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Long-term Government Securities
Union Govt is poised to issue long-term government securities (G-secs)
which will be the longest tenure securities to be brought out by the
government What will be tenure of these G-secs as announced by the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 October 2015 ndash 40 years
To Know The proposal to bring G-secs with 40-year maturity will give it a
longer time horizon to fund growth at lower costs Till date gilts with the
longest tenure were of 30 years
One important factor associated with 40-year G-secs would be that these are
being brought at a time when the rate of interest is heading south The move
by the government to issue 40-year G-secs is timed with the RBI‟s decision to
increase debt limit for foreign investors in government securities This isexpected to attract long-term foreign fund managers like pension funds
sovereign funds and insurance companies to buy these papers market
players said
A large chunk of investments by these institutions are usually parked in very
long-term instruments with maturities of 20 30 40 years and more
According to RBI data at present the G-secs with the longest maturity is of 30
years which is scheduled to be redeemed in June 2045 and has an
outstanding maturity amount of Rs 30000 crore
Policy - To unlock the potential for capital goods sector and establish India as
a global manufacturing powerhouse
The Department of Heavy Industry released the draft of a National Policy on
Capital Goods on 23 October 2015 This is the first time that a policy on
Capital Goods is being framed
To Know The Draft National Policy on Capital Goods has been framed inactive consultation with industry associations amp bodies It was released on 23
October 2015 and has been put on public domain for seeking comments
views and suggestions of stakeholders public in general The comments on
draft policy are being sought till 31 October 2015
Capital goods consist of plant machinery equipment and accessories
required either directly or indirectly for manufacture or production of
goods or for rendering services including those required for replacement
modernization technological upgradation and expansion of manufacturingfacilities
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The growth and development of capital goods is critical for India to achieve
the vision of ldquoMake in Indiardquo by increasing share of manufacturing to 25
of Gross Value Added This in turn will help generate additional jobs
improve India‟s trade balance and increase domestic self -reliance The
National Policy on Capital Goods is envisaged to unlock the potential ofthis promising sector and establish India as a global manufacturing
powerhouse
Draft Note ndash on Setting Monetary Policy
The Union Government has recently circulated a draft note
pertaining to monetary policy mechanism in the country It
has proposed clipping the exclusive powers of the RBI
governor in setting monetary policy Explanation The draft circulated by the govt has
proposed some far-reaching steps in country‟s monetary
policy mechanism It has proposed that a seven-member committee should
draft monetary policy
It has proposed that the committee have four members from the
government and three from the central bank with the RBI governor as its
chair holding no veto power as was earlier bnyhumsuggested but a
casting vote
The monetary policy committee will fix the benchmark interest rate of the
RBI and set inflation targets
Under the current system the RBI governor has a technical advisory
committee to advise on monetary policy but can accept or reject the
panel‟s views
RBI chief RaghuramRajan had earlier said that he favoured doing away
with the veto power of the central bank chief arguing it would be better for
a committee to decide the key rate rather than one individual
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International
CHINA
Overtaken United States in terms of population of middle class
As disclosed in a latest report on global wealth by Credit Suisse China has
become world‟s largest middle class country
To KnowThe latest Global Wealth Report by Swiss bank Credit Suisse has
disclosed that with 109 million adults China has replaced the United States
which has around 92 million of its populace under middle class China now
accounts for a fifth of the world population while holding nearly 10 percent of
the global wealth The report said size and wealth of the middle class was a
key factor in economic development and the middle class was often at the
heart of political movements and new consumption trends
Overall the report found that global wealth fell by nearly 5 percent in the year
to mid-2015 to $250 trillion due a strengthening of the US dollar in which
income is compared
लडट लवस (Credit Suisse) ाा व लक धन प जाी नवीनतम पोट ( Global Wealth
Report) क अन सा कौन सा दश अम का को पछाक लव का सबस अलधक मयवगय
जनस या (middle-class population) िवाा दश बनक उभा ह - रीन (China)
लवतार लवज़ि ड क ब क लडट लवस ाा िहा ही म जाी Global Wealth Report म
खि ासा कया गया क 109 को क मयवगय जनस या क साथ रीन अब लव का सबस
बा मयवगय जनस या िवाा दश बन गया ह उसन इस मािम म अम का को पछा दया ह
जहा मयवगय जनस या का आका िगभग 92 को ह पोट क अन सा रीन क अब लव जनस या म 5 लहस दाी ह जबक कि व लक धन - सपदा म उसका दसवा लहसा ह
इस पोट म यह उि ख भी कया गया क अब आथक लवकास म मयवगय जनस या क आका
तथा इस जनस या क हाथ म हन िवाी धन - सपदा का म ख थान ह इसक िअावा उपभोा
व लय म नए बिदाव तथा ाजनीलतक आ िदोन म मयवग क ब हद महवप ण भ लमका ह
पोट क अन सा वष 2015 क मय तक व लक धन - सपदा म 5 क कमी दज ई ह िहाा क
इसका म य काण अम क िडॉ क म य म ई व ल ह जो धन मापन क िलए य क जान
िवाी म ा ह
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TTIP - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The ambitious trade agreement proposed between the United
States and the European Union (EU) for which the 11 th round
of negotiations started from October 19 2015
To Know Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(TTIP) is a proposed free trade agreement between the
European Union and the United States with the aim of promoting multilateral
economic growth It is likely to set standards that would become a base point
for the rest of the world that would want to serve these markets
The first round of negotiations under TTIP took place from 7 to12 July
2013 in Washington DC Till now 10 such negotiations have been held
One important feature of the negotiations taking place under TTIP is thatthe negotiations are being carried mostly in secrecy Almost all information
on negotiations comes from leaked documents and Freedom of
Information requests
The United States and European Union together represent 60 of global
GDP 33 of world trade in goods and 42 of world trade in services
There are a number of trade conflicts between the two powers but both
depend on the other‟s economic market and disputes only affect 2 of
total trade A free trade area between the two would represent potentially
the largest regional free-trade agreement in history
Growth rate of China
Third Quarter- 69
To Know As per the official data released by the Chinese Govt on October
19 2015 China posted its weakest quarterly economic growth since the
global financial crisis The growth rate during July-September 2015 stood at
69 The GDP growth rate is thus lower than 7 growth achieved during the
first half of 2015 This is the weakest reading since the first quarter of 2009
when growth tumbled to 62
These figures further raised the pressure on policymakers to cut interest
rates further and roll out other support measures to avert a sharper
slowdown Chinese economy now has huge impact on global economy as
it has emerged as the second largest economy after the United States
Some market watchers believe current growth is much weaker than
government readings though officials deny allegations that the numbersare inflated
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Trident Juncture
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on October 19 2015 started
its biggest and most ambitious military exercise in more than a decade
To Know Trident Juncture 2015 the huge military exercise comprisingof around 36000 troops from more than 30 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) countries It is being hosted by Italy Spain and
Portugal at 16 different locations
The opening ceremony of Trident Juncture 2015 took place at the Italian
air base of Trapani in Sicily where NATO showed its air strike power with
Typhoon F-18 F-16 Tornado and AMX aircraft
Trident Juncture 2015 will test the new rapid-reaction force of NATO
whose spearhead force will be led by Spain in 2016
Oil Prices ndash Meeting of eight non ndashOPEC Countries
In an important development pertaining to global oil prices
Venezuela hosted a special meeting for eight non-OPEC countries
on October 21 2015 at Vienna Azerbaijan Brazil Colombia
Kazakhstan Norway Mexico Oman and Russia were invited to
in this meeting to unveil a new oil strategy to stem a tumble in oil
pricesExplanation The meeting of these 8 non-OPEC nations was organized by
Venezuela an OPEC member to unveil a bold new oil strategy so as to put a
break to sliding oil prices The meeting was held in shadow of consistently low
oil prices globally Venezuela has been pushing to stem a tumble in oil prices
but faces an uphill battle to convince its richer Gulf counterparts and non-
OPEC nations
An oil price recovery would be a boon for recession-hit Venezuela where
roughly 96 of hard currency income derives from oil
OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries an
international organization of 12 countries to coordinate and unify the global
petroleum policies and prices
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National- Economy
Indiarsquos Fiscal balance turned from deficit to surplus
During August 2015 what landmark achievement was made by the Union
Govt in the area of fiscal balance ndash During August 2015 Indiarsquos fiscal
balance turned from deficit to surplus for the first time in 8 years
To Know According to the data released by the Controller-General of
Accounts (CGA) recently Indiarsquos fiscal deficit was (-) Rs 15808 crore in
August 2015 The negative figure indicates surplus of revenues over
expenditure In contrast the Centre ran up a fiscal deficit of Rs 73005 crore
in August 2014
The total revenue was Rs 147022crore in August 2015 against Rs 71578
crore in July 2015 In contrast the total expenditure in August 2015 was Rs
131214crore against Rs 169986 crore in July 2015
Fiscal deficit is the excess of the Centrersquos expenditure over its revenues This
is after 8 years that Indiarsquos fiscal deficit has turned negative A sharp surge in
the Centrersquos revenue receipts as well as a steep decline in its total
expenditures made the fiscal surplus (or negative fiscal deficit) possible
िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान दश न ाजकोषीय लथलत (Fiscal
position) म या महवप ण उिपलध हालिस क -ि गभग 8 वष बाद अगत 2015 क दौान
ऐसा मौका आया जब भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) हा
लवतार
किो - जनि ऑफ एकाउस Controller-General of Accounts - CGA) ाा िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal
Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) 15808 को पए था इसका अथ आ क इस माह क
दौान क सका क ाजव ालया (revenue receipts) उसक खर (expenditures) स
अलधक थ ाजकोषीय स ति न क म ऐसी लथलत 8 वष बाद हालिस ई ह यहा यह भी
उि खनीय ह क अगत 2014 क दौान दश का ाजकोषीय घाटा 73005 को पए था
अगत 2015 क दौान क सका क कि ाजव ालया 147022 को पए थ जबक
उसका कि खर 131214 को पए था यद इसक जि ाई 2015 क समान आ क स ति ना
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क जाय तो उस दौान सका क कि ाजव ालया 71578 को पए तथा कि खर
169986 को पए था
ाजकोषीय घाटा तब होता ह जब क सका क खर उसक ाजव ालय स अलधक होत ह
अगत 2015 क दौान दश क ाजव स ति न म आई घनामक लथलत आठ वष बाद सभव ई ह
इसका म य काण इस माह क दौान क सका क ाजव ालय म आ भाी इजाफा ह
Prices of Pulses
Union Government on October 18 2015 imposed stock
limits on four categories of stocks
Explanation The Union Government has now withdrawnexemptions to four categories of stocks of pulses ndash stocks
sourced from imports held by exporters by licensed food
processors and large departmental retailers The step has been taken to
prevent hoarding follows the spiralling of prices of all the pulses over the past
two weeks on short supplies
In its earlier order extending the imposition of stock limits on pulses edible
oils and edible oilseeds for one year up to September 30 2016 the
government had granted exemption to these four stock categoriesThe Centre had earlier announced a ban on pulses exports extension of zero
import duty and a further purchase of 5000 tonnes from overseas markets
under the price stabilisation fund It also aims to create a 40000-tonne buffer-
stock from the new arhar (tur) and urad crops which will hit the market
between November and early-January
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Sports
Cricket
Younis Khan surpassed JavedMiandad record for most runs for
Pakistan in Test Cricket
To Know Younis Khan surpassed the record for most runs for Pakistan in
Test cricket during the First Test Match against England being played in Abu
Dhabi He overtook JavedMiandads previous mark of 8832 runs to achieve
this feat Younis overhauled the record in his 102nd match taking 22 fewer
than Miandad to set the mark
य न स खान न 13 अटब 2015 को कसन जाव द लमया दाद क कॉड को तोक टट कट म
पाकतान क िलए सवा लधक न बटोन का कॉड कायम कया
लवतार य न स खान न यह उिपलध इि ड क लिखाफ िर ही टट िखा क पिह म र म 13
अटब 2015 को हालिस क लजसका आयोजन अब धाबी म हो हा ह उहन इस म र म जाव द
लमया दाद क 8832 ट ट न क कॉड को पा क िलया
RUSSIAN F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (UK) won the Russian F1 Grand Prix on 11 October 2015 to
further consolidate his position on way to becoming 2015 F1 champion
To Know Force Indiarsquos driver Sergio Perez finished third on the Russian F1
Grand Prix to give his team its only third podium finish in its historyForce
India have enjoyed only two podium places before this race and incidentally
the last time also it was Perez who stepped onto the podium for the team at
Bahrain Grand Prix in 2014
The first ever podium for the team was secured by Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)
who had finished second in the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position
लटन क ि इस ह लमटन (Lewis Hamilton) न स क सोरी (Sochi) म आयोलजत सी
फाम ि ा वन ा ी (Russian F1 Grand Prix) स का लखताब 11 अटब 2015 को जीतक
इस वष क फाम ि ा वन लखताब को जीतन क ओ अपन कदम औ मजब ती स बढ़ा दए इस स
म भात क फाम ि ा वन टीम फोस इलडया (Force India) क कस ाइव न फोलडयम फलनश
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(podium finish) हालिस क अपनी टीम क इलतहास क मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश हालिस
क - सजयो प ज़ ndash Sergio Perez ( म लसको )
लवतार
सी फाम ि ा वन स म फोस इलडया क ाइव सजयो प ज़ ( Sergio Perez) न
तीसा थान हालिस क सव तीन िराक म हक म र (podium) प प रन क उिपलध
( पोलडयम फलनश ) हालिस क यह फोस इलडया क इलतहास म मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश
थी
फोस इलडया को इसस पिह लिमी पोलडयम फलनश भी सजयो प ज़ क द न थी जब उहन
2014 क बहीन ा ी (Bahrain Grand Prix) म तीसा थान हालिस कया था
फोस इलडया को अपन इलतहास क पिही पोलडयम फलनश 2009 क ब लजयम ा ी ( 2009
Belgian Grand Prix) म हालिस ई थी जब उनक इटािलयन ाइव लजयानिका फलसकिा
(Giancarlo Fisichella) न द सा थान हालिस कया था य फोस इलडया क इलतहास का
सव दश न भी था
सी ा ी स क एक औ लवश षता यह ही क इसम फाी क स ब लटयन व िट ( जम नी ) न
द सा थान हालिस क इस िसा क फाम ि ा वन र लपयनलशप म अब तक द स थान प िर
ह मसडीज़ क लनको ोसबग ( जम नी ) को तीस थान प ढकि दया इसक साथ व िट क 236
अ क हो गए तथा इस स को प ा न क पान क िरत ोसबग 229 अ क प हक तीस थान
प फिस गए वह मसडीज़ क ि इस ह लमटन कि 302 अ क क साथ काफ आग ह औ अपना
ि गाता द सा लखताब जीतत ए दख ह ह
BOXING - Vijender Singh
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh started his
professional boxing career with a bang as he
defeated his opponent Sonny Whiting by knock-
out
To Know Vijender Singh showed no nerves in
the debut bout of his professional career againstBritish professional boxer Sonny Whiting that
was held on 10 October at the Manchester
Arena He ended the fight in the third round with
a knock-out victory over Whiting
Vijender the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) had
announced his decision to turn professional on 29 June 2015 as he signed a
multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and
Entertainment This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remains
eligible to represent India
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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Defence
Hand-in Hand Indo-China Joint Exercise
The Indo-China joint military training exercise featuring
infantry sub-unit and a formation headquarter of Indian
Army and similar participation from the Chinese Army
commenced from 12 October 2015 at Kunming (China)
To Know ldquoHand-in-Hand 2015rdquo is the fifth exercise in the
lsquoHand-in-Handrsquo series which started in 2007 This biennial joint exercise
seeks to strengthen and broaden interoperability amp cooperation between both
the Armies as well as complement a number of other exchanges between the
two forces
This joint exercise is being held at Kunming Military Academy Yunnan China
and will conclude on 23 October 2015 Over the years the two India and
China have decided to progressively increase the scope and content of the
combined training
भात औ रीन क स वा क बीर स य स य लशण अयास ( Indo-China joint military
training exercise) 12 अटब 2015 स रीन क कनमग (Kunming) म श आ लजसम
दोन स ना क इफी टकलया भाग ि ही ह य क दो िसा क अ तिा प आयोलजत कए
जान िवा इस स य स य अयास का नाम या ह - ह ड - इन - ह ड (lsquoHand-in-Handrsquo)
लवतार भात औ रीन क स ना क बीर आयोलजत कए जान िवा ह ड - इन - ह ड (lsquoHand-
in-Handrsquo) नामक इस स य स य अयास क श आत वष 2007 म ई थी इसका आयोजन य क दो वष क अ तिा प कया जाता ह तथा इस वष का आयोजन इसका पा रवा स कण ह इस स कण का नाम ह ह ड - इन - ह ड 2015 स य स य अयास क इस की क ाा दोन स नाए पप सहयोग को बढ़ान क दशा म काम कती ह
ह ड - इन - ह ड 2015 का आयोजन रीन क य नान ( Yunnan) ा त लथत कनमग स यअकादमी (Kunming Military Academy) म कया जा हा ह यह 12- दवसीय आयोजन 23
अटब 2015 को समा होगा उि खनीय ह क भात औ रीन न लपिछ कछ समय स स य सहयोग तथा स य स य अयास को बढ़ान क दशा म कई कदम उठाए ह इसक ाा दोन स नाए घ सप ठ क घटना प िगामि गान तथा आपदा सहायता क म सहयोग बढ़ान क कोलशश क ह ह
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Book
Neither a Hawk nor a Dove
An Insiderrsquos Account of Pakistanrsquos Foreign Policy
The book written by former Pakistani foreign
minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri that was released
on 12 October 2015 in India amidst the incident
of black oil paint being thrown on
SudheendraKulkarni the organizer of the book
release event
To Know An event was organized by Observer
Research Foundation (ORF) in Mumbai on the
occasion of book release of KM Kasurirsquos new book -
ldquoNeither a Hawk nor a Dove An Insiderrsquos Account of
Pakistanrsquos Foreign Policy rdquo However Shiv Sena
opposed the release of a Pakistani leader in India and as a mark of protest around
15 activists of Shiv Sena threw black oil paint on the face of SudheendraKulkarni the
chairman of ORF But Kulkarni announced that the launch ceremony of the book will
be held as per the schedule
पाकतान क प व लवदश म ी खशद महम द कस ी ( Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri) क िलखी उस
प तक का या नाम ह लजसका 12 अटब 2015 को म बई म ब हद लववादापद लथलतय म लवमोरन
कया गया तथा लजसस पिह इस लवमोरन काय म स ज सधी किकण ( SudheendraKulkarni)
को लशवस ना न लनशाना बनात ए म ह प िकाा प ट िगा दया - ldquoNeither a Hawk nor a Dove
An Insiderrsquos Account of Pakistanrsquos Foreign Policy rdquo
लवतार
कस ी क इस प तक को म बई म ऑज़व सर फाउडशन ( Observer Research
Foundation - ORF) ाा लवमोलरत कन का काय म तय था एक समय ाजग सका क काय िका म
PMO म भ लमका लनभा र क सधी किकण ORF क अय ह लशवस ना न इस प तक का लवमोरनभात म कन का लवोध कया था इसी स दभ म 12 अटब 2015 को लशवस ना क िगभग 15
काय कता न सधी किकण क म ह प िकाा प ट िगाक अपना लवोध जताया िहाा क प तक को िीज़ कन क िलए आयोलजत काय म को महाा क म यम ी द व फडनवीस कआासन क बाद प व घोलषत काय म क अन सा आयोलजत कया गया इस प तक म कस ी न पाकतान क लवदश नीलत क अचछाइय औ ब ाइय क समीा क ह
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My Journey to Connect India
Dreaming Big My Journey to Connect India ndashautobiography by Sam
Pitroda
To Know Sam Pitroda (full name SatyanarayanGangaramPitroda) isoften known as the person who heralded the telecom revolution in
India His autobiography bdquoDreaming Big My Journey to Connect
Indiabdquo was launched on 22 October 2015 by MukeshAmbani
In the 1980s Pitroda was entrusted with the task to extend digital
telecommunications to every corner of the country including remote
villages by the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
He launched the Center for the Development of Telematics (C-DOT) and
served as Advisor to the Prime Minister on Technology Missions related towater literacy immunization oil seeds telecom and dairy He is also the
founding Chairman of India‟s Telecom Commission
Pitroda has also started several businesses as a serial entrepreneur
(Wescom Switching Ionics MTI Martek WorldTel C-SAM etc) in the US
and Europe
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Award
Man Booker Prize ndash 2015
Marlon James (Jamaica) for Fiction
To Know 44-year Marlon James was named as
the winner of this prestigious prize for his novel ldquo A
Brief History of Seven Killings rdquo which is inspired by
an attempt to kill reggae star Bob Marley in 1976 It
is the third novel by James He thus became the
first-ever Jamaican to win this coveted literary prize
Jamesrsquos novel was chosen from a shortlist of six titles The prize carries a top
cash award of ₤50000 ($76000) Earlier Man Booker Prize was given only to
writers in English from the commonwealth countries But a rule change two
years ago writers in English from all over the world can to compete for the
prize
वष 2015 का ldquoम न ब क rdquo समान (Man Booker Prize) मि न ज स - Marlon James
( जम का ) को दान कया गया लजसक घोषणा 13 अटब 2015 को क गई
लवतार 44- वषय मि न ज स को अ जी सालहय का ब हद लतलत म न ब क प का उनक
उपयास ldquo A Brief History of Seven Killings rdquo क िलए दान कन क घोषणा 13 अटब
2015 को क गई यह उपयास गी गायन शि ी क मश टा ( reggae star) बॉब िमा
(Bob Marley) क 1976 म हया क यास स ज कण प आधात ह यह ज स ाा
िलखा गया तीसा उपयास ह इस उपयास क िलए यह लतलत प का जीतक व जम का क पिहि खक बन गए ज स क उपयास को अ लतम छह लवलय म स र ना गया प का क तौ प उह 50000
पाउड (ि गभग 76000 िडॉ ) क ालश लिम गी उि खनीय ह क दो वष पिह तक म न ब क प का लसफ ामिड (Commonwealth) दश क ि खक क अ जी कलतय क िलए दान कया जाता था ि कन वष 2014 स इस सभी दश क अ जी ि खक क िलए िखो दया गया
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Dalip Kaur Tiwana
First writer to return Padma Shri honour
To Know Noted Punjabi writer DalipKaurTiwana was conferred with the
lsquoPadma Shrirsquo Indiarsquos fourth highest civilian honour in 2004 On 13 Octobershe announced her decision to return her lsquoPadma Shrirsquo in protest against the
lsquorising communal tensionrsquo in the country She became the first lsquoPadma Shrirsquo
awardee to return the honour in the ongoing protest of writers against the
attacks on countryrsquos pluralist voice She was also awarded the
SahityaAkademi in 1971
प जाबी ि लखका िदीप कौ लतवाना वत मान कछ दन सि खक ाा दश म बढ़ती सादालयकता क म प लवोध जताए जान िवाी म लहम म शालिम होक पी समानि ौटान िवाी पिही हती बन ग
लवतार उि खनीय ह क मौज दा समय म दश क तमाम सालहयका न दश म बढ़ती सादालयकता तथा अलभल क वत ता प कलथत तौ प िगाम िगाए जान क यास क लिखाफ एकज ट होत ए अपना लवोध श कया ह लजसक तहत तमाम ि खक न अपन lsquoसालहयअकादमी प का rsquo वापस कन क घोषणा क ह इसी म म स लस प जाबी ि लखका िदीप
कौ लतवाना उस समय ररा म आ ग जब उहन अपना पी ( lsquoPadma Shri) समान
ि ौटान क घोषणा 13 अटब को क इस का व सालहयका क इस लवोध म पी समान िौटान िवाी पिही हती भी बन ग
िदीप कौ को पी समान वष 2004 म दान कया गया था वह उह वष 1971 म सालहय अकादमी प का भी दान कया गया था
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Banking amp Finance
Yes Bank
Approved by RBI to set up a mutual fund asset
management company (AMC) and a trustee
company
To Know Presently the fifth largest private bank
in India The bank hopes that the AMC will
channelize savings of retail and institutional
investors in equity and debt capital markets Theapproval for mutual fund is expected to complement Yes Bankrsquos retail
liabilities strategy and also allow the AMC to leverage the Bankrsquos distribution
network for customer acquisition
य रिअ फड िखोन क RBI क अन मलत लिमन क जानकाी यस ब क क शासन न 12
अटब 2015 को साझा क इसक अन सा यस ब क य रिअ फड क थापना कगा लजसक
िलए एक एस ट म न जम ट कपनी (AMC) औ एक टी कपनी का गठन कया जाय गा ब क का
मानना ह क य रिअ फड क अन मलत लिम जान स वह अपन ख दा तथा स थागत खात दा
क बरत को इटी तथा ड ट बाजा म लनवश कन क िलए ब हत तीक स आकषत क
पाय गा
यस ब क वत मान म भात का पा रवा सबस बा ब क ह माना जा हा ह क य रिअ फड
वसाय म उतन क बाद वह अपन लवत त लवपणन न टवक का ब हत इत िमा क पाय गा
mVisa ndash Mobile payment service
ICICI Bank is the first bank to globally launch a mobile
app-based lsquomVisarsquo service
To Know A service to enable customers to make
electronic payments from their smartphones at physical
stores e-commerce and other deliveries at home radio
taxis and utility billers among others This service is based on lsquomVisarsquo Visarsquos
new mobile payment solution
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With this service users of lsquoPocketsrsquo ICICI Banks app can make cashless
payments from their smartphones using their debit card by simply scanning an
lsquomVisarsquo Quick Response (QR) code at a merchant location without swiping the
card at an EDC machine This service thus provides customers theconvenience of speed to complete a transaction along with enhanced security
as the card remains in the possession of the customer
To start with this facility has been introduced in Bengaluru with 1500
merchants and will shortly be extended to other cities
दश क कस लनजी क ब क न अटब 2015 क दौान दावा कया क वह वीज़ा (Visa) क
िहा ही म जाी कए गए मोबािइ प म ट सॉय शन एम - वीज़ा (M-Visa) प आधात
मोबािइ एिीकशन िा र कन िवाी द लनया क पिही कपनी बन गई ह ndash ICICI ब क (ICICI
Bank)
लवता दश म लनजी क सबस ब ब क ndashICICI ब क न िहा ही म Visa क मोबािइ प म ट
सॉय शन एम - वीज़ा (M-Visa) प आधात एक ऐसा एिीकशन िा र कया ह लजसक
मायम सि ोग वालणलयक लतान प ई - कॉमस स वा क िलए लडयो टसी स वा तथा
अय भ गतान क िलए भ गतान अपन माटफोन स क सकग
इस स वा क ाा ICICI ब क क पॉकस (Pockets) नामक मोबािइ िवॉ ट स वा क योगकता एम - वीज़ा क क - पा स ( Quick Response - QR) कोड को अपन मोबािइ फोन स कन
क किश स भ गतान क सकग इसक िलए भ गतान िहाा क ड लबट काड स होगा ि कन उस
लतान प वाइप कन क जत नह प गी इसस भ गतान मि गन िवा समय को काफ
कम कया जा सकगा
इस स लवधा को ाभ म ब िग क 1500 लतान म श कया गया ह
7 Banks under Enforcement Directorate scan for illegal transfer of funds
ING Vysya Bank ICICI Bank Kotak Mahindra Bank Indusind Bank
Dhanlaxmi Bank YES Bank and DCB Bank
To Know These 7 banks were alleged to have been used for illegal fund
transfer transactions during the period between 2010 to 2014
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The ED also cracked another module related to the money laundering case
by arresting Manish Jain He was charged with illegal transfer of funds
between 2006 and 2014 through the Oriental Bank of Commerce
According to ED Jain had 66 accounts in the Oriental Bank of Commerce
Rajpur Branch Ghaziabad and Rs 505 Crore were deposited and remitted
abroad through this bank during the period 2006 to 2010
It is worth mentioning that earlier Bank of Baroda was found guilty in illegal
fund transfer case valued at Rs 6172 crore
वत न लनदिशाय (Enforcement Directorate - ED) न 15 अटब 2015 को ब क स अवध
तीक स धन हता तत कए जान क मािम म सात औ ब क को जा र म शालिम कया यक
उन प भी ऐस हता तण म िल हन का आोप िगा ह य सात ब क कौन स ह ndash ING वया
ब क ICICI ब क कोटक मलहा ब क इडस - इड ब क ( Indusind Bank) धिनमी ब क यस
ब क औ DCB ब क
लवतार इन सात ब क प आोप िगाया गया ह क इनक शाखा क मदद स वष 2010 स
2014 क समयावलध क बीर अवध तीक स धन का हता तण कया गया ह
इस मािम म वत न लनदिशाय न एक औ भा डा फोत ए मनीश ज न नामक ल को लहासत म िलया उस प आोप ह क उसन ओयिट ब क ऑफ कॉमस (OBC) क ाजप
( गालज़याबाद ) क शाखा स वष 2006 स 2010 क बीर 505 को पए का हता तण अवध
तीक स लवदश म कया ह
उि खनीय ह क इस मािम का खि ासा ब क ऑफ बौदा (BOB) क शाखा ाा 6172 को
पए क ालश अवध तीक स लवदश हता तत कए जान क एक मािम स आ था लजसक
जा र लवलभ एज लसय ाा क जा ही ह
Corpus for Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced total corpus of the new Financial
Inclusion Fund (FIF) on 15 October 2015 to be - Rs 2000 crore
To Know Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) will be setup to support
developmental and promotional activities like financial inclusion and research
and transfer of technology It will be primarily used creating of financial
inclusion infrastructure across the country capacity building of stakeholders
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and creation of awareness to address demand side issues The fund will not
be utilized for normal businessbanking activities
Earlier the RBI had two funds - Financial Inclusion Fund and Financial
Inclusion Technology Fund for the similar objectives It has now been decided
to merge the two funds The new fund will be in operation for another three
years or till such period as may be decided by the RBI and the Government in
consultation with other stakeholdersFIF will be administered by the
reconstituted Advisory Board constituted by Union Government and will be
maintained by NABARD
फाइनलशिय इयशन फणड
(FIF)
भातीय ज़व ब क (RBI) न 15 अटब 2015 को लवीय समावशन (Financial Inclusion)
को िब द न क िलए एक नया कोष - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड ( Financial Inclusion
Fund - FIF) थालपत कन क घोषणा क इस नवगठत कोष क तहत कतनी लनलध खी
जाय गी - 2000 को
लवतार फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (FIF) क थापना दश म लवीय समावशन (Financial
Inclusion) तथा इसस सबलधत अन सधान को िब द न तथा ौौलगक हता तण(technologytransfer) क िलए क जाय गी इसक ाा दश म लवीय समावशन क म कए
जा ह यास को िब लिम गा तथा िोग म इसक सबध म जागकता फिान म मदद लिम गी
इसक िअावा सबलधत तकनीक क लवकास क िलए अन सधान प जो दया जाय गा िहाा क
इस कोष का योग ब कग तथा अय ावसालयक उय क िलए नह कया जाय गा
उि खनीय ह क इस लवीय समावशन क िलए आबीआई अभी तक दो तह क कोष का
स िरान क हा था - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (Financial InclusionFund) तथा
फाइन लशिय इय शन टिोॉजी फड(Financial InclusionTechnology Fund)
अबRBI न लनण य िलया ह क इन दोन कोष का लिवय क इस फाइन लशिय इय शन फड
(FIF) क नाम स ही प काा जाय गा इस कोष का योग अिग तीन वष अथवा इस योजना म
शालिम समत भागीदा ाा िलए अिग गए लनण य तक कया जान का ताव ह
फाइन लशिय इय शन फड का शासन क सका ाा एक प नग ठत िसाहका बोड ाा
कया जाय गा जबक इसका स िरान व बधन नाबाड (NABARD) ाा कया जाय गा
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Long-term Government Securities
Union Govt is poised to issue long-term government securities (G-secs)
which will be the longest tenure securities to be brought out by the
government What will be tenure of these G-secs as announced by the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 October 2015 ndash 40 years
To Know The proposal to bring G-secs with 40-year maturity will give it a
longer time horizon to fund growth at lower costs Till date gilts with the
longest tenure were of 30 years
One important factor associated with 40-year G-secs would be that these are
being brought at a time when the rate of interest is heading south The move
by the government to issue 40-year G-secs is timed with the RBI‟s decision to
increase debt limit for foreign investors in government securities This isexpected to attract long-term foreign fund managers like pension funds
sovereign funds and insurance companies to buy these papers market
players said
A large chunk of investments by these institutions are usually parked in very
long-term instruments with maturities of 20 30 40 years and more
According to RBI data at present the G-secs with the longest maturity is of 30
years which is scheduled to be redeemed in June 2045 and has an
outstanding maturity amount of Rs 30000 crore
Policy - To unlock the potential for capital goods sector and establish India as
a global manufacturing powerhouse
The Department of Heavy Industry released the draft of a National Policy on
Capital Goods on 23 October 2015 This is the first time that a policy on
Capital Goods is being framed
To Know The Draft National Policy on Capital Goods has been framed inactive consultation with industry associations amp bodies It was released on 23
October 2015 and has been put on public domain for seeking comments
views and suggestions of stakeholders public in general The comments on
draft policy are being sought till 31 October 2015
Capital goods consist of plant machinery equipment and accessories
required either directly or indirectly for manufacture or production of
goods or for rendering services including those required for replacement
modernization technological upgradation and expansion of manufacturingfacilities
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The growth and development of capital goods is critical for India to achieve
the vision of ldquoMake in Indiardquo by increasing share of manufacturing to 25
of Gross Value Added This in turn will help generate additional jobs
improve India‟s trade balance and increase domestic self -reliance The
National Policy on Capital Goods is envisaged to unlock the potential ofthis promising sector and establish India as a global manufacturing
powerhouse
Draft Note ndash on Setting Monetary Policy
The Union Government has recently circulated a draft note
pertaining to monetary policy mechanism in the country It
has proposed clipping the exclusive powers of the RBI
governor in setting monetary policy Explanation The draft circulated by the govt has
proposed some far-reaching steps in country‟s monetary
policy mechanism It has proposed that a seven-member committee should
draft monetary policy
It has proposed that the committee have four members from the
government and three from the central bank with the RBI governor as its
chair holding no veto power as was earlier bnyhumsuggested but a
casting vote
The monetary policy committee will fix the benchmark interest rate of the
RBI and set inflation targets
Under the current system the RBI governor has a technical advisory
committee to advise on monetary policy but can accept or reject the
panel‟s views
RBI chief RaghuramRajan had earlier said that he favoured doing away
with the veto power of the central bank chief arguing it would be better for
a committee to decide the key rate rather than one individual
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International
CHINA
Overtaken United States in terms of population of middle class
As disclosed in a latest report on global wealth by Credit Suisse China has
become world‟s largest middle class country
To KnowThe latest Global Wealth Report by Swiss bank Credit Suisse has
disclosed that with 109 million adults China has replaced the United States
which has around 92 million of its populace under middle class China now
accounts for a fifth of the world population while holding nearly 10 percent of
the global wealth The report said size and wealth of the middle class was a
key factor in economic development and the middle class was often at the
heart of political movements and new consumption trends
Overall the report found that global wealth fell by nearly 5 percent in the year
to mid-2015 to $250 trillion due a strengthening of the US dollar in which
income is compared
लडट लवस (Credit Suisse) ाा व लक धन प जाी नवीनतम पोट ( Global Wealth
Report) क अन सा कौन सा दश अम का को पछाक लव का सबस अलधक मयवगय
जनस या (middle-class population) िवाा दश बनक उभा ह - रीन (China)
लवतार लवज़ि ड क ब क लडट लवस ाा िहा ही म जाी Global Wealth Report म
खि ासा कया गया क 109 को क मयवगय जनस या क साथ रीन अब लव का सबस
बा मयवगय जनस या िवाा दश बन गया ह उसन इस मािम म अम का को पछा दया ह
जहा मयवगय जनस या का आका िगभग 92 को ह पोट क अन सा रीन क अब लव जनस या म 5 लहस दाी ह जबक कि व लक धन - सपदा म उसका दसवा लहसा ह
इस पोट म यह उि ख भी कया गया क अब आथक लवकास म मयवगय जनस या क आका
तथा इस जनस या क हाथ म हन िवाी धन - सपदा का म ख थान ह इसक िअावा उपभोा
व लय म नए बिदाव तथा ाजनीलतक आ िदोन म मयवग क ब हद महवप ण भ लमका ह
पोट क अन सा वष 2015 क मय तक व लक धन - सपदा म 5 क कमी दज ई ह िहाा क
इसका म य काण अम क िडॉ क म य म ई व ल ह जो धन मापन क िलए य क जान
िवाी म ा ह
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TTIP - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The ambitious trade agreement proposed between the United
States and the European Union (EU) for which the 11 th round
of negotiations started from October 19 2015
To Know Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(TTIP) is a proposed free trade agreement between the
European Union and the United States with the aim of promoting multilateral
economic growth It is likely to set standards that would become a base point
for the rest of the world that would want to serve these markets
The first round of negotiations under TTIP took place from 7 to12 July
2013 in Washington DC Till now 10 such negotiations have been held
One important feature of the negotiations taking place under TTIP is thatthe negotiations are being carried mostly in secrecy Almost all information
on negotiations comes from leaked documents and Freedom of
Information requests
The United States and European Union together represent 60 of global
GDP 33 of world trade in goods and 42 of world trade in services
There are a number of trade conflicts between the two powers but both
depend on the other‟s economic market and disputes only affect 2 of
total trade A free trade area between the two would represent potentially
the largest regional free-trade agreement in history
Growth rate of China
Third Quarter- 69
To Know As per the official data released by the Chinese Govt on October
19 2015 China posted its weakest quarterly economic growth since the
global financial crisis The growth rate during July-September 2015 stood at
69 The GDP growth rate is thus lower than 7 growth achieved during the
first half of 2015 This is the weakest reading since the first quarter of 2009
when growth tumbled to 62
These figures further raised the pressure on policymakers to cut interest
rates further and roll out other support measures to avert a sharper
slowdown Chinese economy now has huge impact on global economy as
it has emerged as the second largest economy after the United States
Some market watchers believe current growth is much weaker than
government readings though officials deny allegations that the numbersare inflated
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Trident Juncture
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on October 19 2015 started
its biggest and most ambitious military exercise in more than a decade
To Know Trident Juncture 2015 the huge military exercise comprisingof around 36000 troops from more than 30 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) countries It is being hosted by Italy Spain and
Portugal at 16 different locations
The opening ceremony of Trident Juncture 2015 took place at the Italian
air base of Trapani in Sicily where NATO showed its air strike power with
Typhoon F-18 F-16 Tornado and AMX aircraft
Trident Juncture 2015 will test the new rapid-reaction force of NATO
whose spearhead force will be led by Spain in 2016
Oil Prices ndash Meeting of eight non ndashOPEC Countries
In an important development pertaining to global oil prices
Venezuela hosted a special meeting for eight non-OPEC countries
on October 21 2015 at Vienna Azerbaijan Brazil Colombia
Kazakhstan Norway Mexico Oman and Russia were invited to
in this meeting to unveil a new oil strategy to stem a tumble in oil
pricesExplanation The meeting of these 8 non-OPEC nations was organized by
Venezuela an OPEC member to unveil a bold new oil strategy so as to put a
break to sliding oil prices The meeting was held in shadow of consistently low
oil prices globally Venezuela has been pushing to stem a tumble in oil prices
but faces an uphill battle to convince its richer Gulf counterparts and non-
OPEC nations
An oil price recovery would be a boon for recession-hit Venezuela where
roughly 96 of hard currency income derives from oil
OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries an
international organization of 12 countries to coordinate and unify the global
petroleum policies and prices
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National- Economy
Indiarsquos Fiscal balance turned from deficit to surplus
During August 2015 what landmark achievement was made by the Union
Govt in the area of fiscal balance ndash During August 2015 Indiarsquos fiscal
balance turned from deficit to surplus for the first time in 8 years
To Know According to the data released by the Controller-General of
Accounts (CGA) recently Indiarsquos fiscal deficit was (-) Rs 15808 crore in
August 2015 The negative figure indicates surplus of revenues over
expenditure In contrast the Centre ran up a fiscal deficit of Rs 73005 crore
in August 2014
The total revenue was Rs 147022crore in August 2015 against Rs 71578
crore in July 2015 In contrast the total expenditure in August 2015 was Rs
131214crore against Rs 169986 crore in July 2015
Fiscal deficit is the excess of the Centrersquos expenditure over its revenues This
is after 8 years that Indiarsquos fiscal deficit has turned negative A sharp surge in
the Centrersquos revenue receipts as well as a steep decline in its total
expenditures made the fiscal surplus (or negative fiscal deficit) possible
िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान दश न ाजकोषीय लथलत (Fiscal
position) म या महवप ण उिपलध हालिस क -ि गभग 8 वष बाद अगत 2015 क दौान
ऐसा मौका आया जब भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) हा
लवतार
किो - जनि ऑफ एकाउस Controller-General of Accounts - CGA) ाा िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal
Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) 15808 को पए था इसका अथ आ क इस माह क
दौान क सका क ाजव ालया (revenue receipts) उसक खर (expenditures) स
अलधक थ ाजकोषीय स ति न क म ऐसी लथलत 8 वष बाद हालिस ई ह यहा यह भी
उि खनीय ह क अगत 2014 क दौान दश का ाजकोषीय घाटा 73005 को पए था
अगत 2015 क दौान क सका क कि ाजव ालया 147022 को पए थ जबक
उसका कि खर 131214 को पए था यद इसक जि ाई 2015 क समान आ क स ति ना
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क जाय तो उस दौान सका क कि ाजव ालया 71578 को पए तथा कि खर
169986 को पए था
ाजकोषीय घाटा तब होता ह जब क सका क खर उसक ाजव ालय स अलधक होत ह
अगत 2015 क दौान दश क ाजव स ति न म आई घनामक लथलत आठ वष बाद सभव ई ह
इसका म य काण इस माह क दौान क सका क ाजव ालय म आ भाी इजाफा ह
Prices of Pulses
Union Government on October 18 2015 imposed stock
limits on four categories of stocks
Explanation The Union Government has now withdrawnexemptions to four categories of stocks of pulses ndash stocks
sourced from imports held by exporters by licensed food
processors and large departmental retailers The step has been taken to
prevent hoarding follows the spiralling of prices of all the pulses over the past
two weeks on short supplies
In its earlier order extending the imposition of stock limits on pulses edible
oils and edible oilseeds for one year up to September 30 2016 the
government had granted exemption to these four stock categoriesThe Centre had earlier announced a ban on pulses exports extension of zero
import duty and a further purchase of 5000 tonnes from overseas markets
under the price stabilisation fund It also aims to create a 40000-tonne buffer-
stock from the new arhar (tur) and urad crops which will hit the market
between November and early-January
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Sports
Cricket
Younis Khan surpassed JavedMiandad record for most runs for
Pakistan in Test Cricket
To Know Younis Khan surpassed the record for most runs for Pakistan in
Test cricket during the First Test Match against England being played in Abu
Dhabi He overtook JavedMiandads previous mark of 8832 runs to achieve
this feat Younis overhauled the record in his 102nd match taking 22 fewer
than Miandad to set the mark
य न स खान न 13 अटब 2015 को कसन जाव द लमया दाद क कॉड को तोक टट कट म
पाकतान क िलए सवा लधक न बटोन का कॉड कायम कया
लवतार य न स खान न यह उिपलध इि ड क लिखाफ िर ही टट िखा क पिह म र म 13
अटब 2015 को हालिस क लजसका आयोजन अब धाबी म हो हा ह उहन इस म र म जाव द
लमया दाद क 8832 ट ट न क कॉड को पा क िलया
RUSSIAN F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (UK) won the Russian F1 Grand Prix on 11 October 2015 to
further consolidate his position on way to becoming 2015 F1 champion
To Know Force Indiarsquos driver Sergio Perez finished third on the Russian F1
Grand Prix to give his team its only third podium finish in its historyForce
India have enjoyed only two podium places before this race and incidentally
the last time also it was Perez who stepped onto the podium for the team at
Bahrain Grand Prix in 2014
The first ever podium for the team was secured by Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)
who had finished second in the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position
लटन क ि इस ह लमटन (Lewis Hamilton) न स क सोरी (Sochi) म आयोलजत सी
फाम ि ा वन ा ी (Russian F1 Grand Prix) स का लखताब 11 अटब 2015 को जीतक
इस वष क फाम ि ा वन लखताब को जीतन क ओ अपन कदम औ मजब ती स बढ़ा दए इस स
म भात क फाम ि ा वन टीम फोस इलडया (Force India) क कस ाइव न फोलडयम फलनश
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(podium finish) हालिस क अपनी टीम क इलतहास क मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश हालिस
क - सजयो प ज़ ndash Sergio Perez ( म लसको )
लवतार
सी फाम ि ा वन स म फोस इलडया क ाइव सजयो प ज़ ( Sergio Perez) न
तीसा थान हालिस क सव तीन िराक म हक म र (podium) प प रन क उिपलध
( पोलडयम फलनश ) हालिस क यह फोस इलडया क इलतहास म मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश
थी
फोस इलडया को इसस पिह लिमी पोलडयम फलनश भी सजयो प ज़ क द न थी जब उहन
2014 क बहीन ा ी (Bahrain Grand Prix) म तीसा थान हालिस कया था
फोस इलडया को अपन इलतहास क पिही पोलडयम फलनश 2009 क ब लजयम ा ी ( 2009
Belgian Grand Prix) म हालिस ई थी जब उनक इटािलयन ाइव लजयानिका फलसकिा
(Giancarlo Fisichella) न द सा थान हालिस कया था य फोस इलडया क इलतहास का
सव दश न भी था
सी ा ी स क एक औ लवश षता यह ही क इसम फाी क स ब लटयन व िट ( जम नी ) न
द सा थान हालिस क इस िसा क फाम ि ा वन र लपयनलशप म अब तक द स थान प िर
ह मसडीज़ क लनको ोसबग ( जम नी ) को तीस थान प ढकि दया इसक साथ व िट क 236
अ क हो गए तथा इस स को प ा न क पान क िरत ोसबग 229 अ क प हक तीस थान
प फिस गए वह मसडीज़ क ि इस ह लमटन कि 302 अ क क साथ काफ आग ह औ अपना
ि गाता द सा लखताब जीतत ए दख ह ह
BOXING - Vijender Singh
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh started his
professional boxing career with a bang as he
defeated his opponent Sonny Whiting by knock-
out
To Know Vijender Singh showed no nerves in
the debut bout of his professional career againstBritish professional boxer Sonny Whiting that
was held on 10 October at the Manchester
Arena He ended the fight in the third round with
a knock-out victory over Whiting
Vijender the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) had
announced his decision to turn professional on 29 June 2015 as he signed a
multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and
Entertainment This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remains
eligible to represent India
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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Book
Neither a Hawk nor a Dove
An Insiderrsquos Account of Pakistanrsquos Foreign Policy
The book written by former Pakistani foreign
minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri that was released
on 12 October 2015 in India amidst the incident
of black oil paint being thrown on
SudheendraKulkarni the organizer of the book
release event
To Know An event was organized by Observer
Research Foundation (ORF) in Mumbai on the
occasion of book release of KM Kasurirsquos new book -
ldquoNeither a Hawk nor a Dove An Insiderrsquos Account of
Pakistanrsquos Foreign Policy rdquo However Shiv Sena
opposed the release of a Pakistani leader in India and as a mark of protest around
15 activists of Shiv Sena threw black oil paint on the face of SudheendraKulkarni the
chairman of ORF But Kulkarni announced that the launch ceremony of the book will
be held as per the schedule
पाकतान क प व लवदश म ी खशद महम द कस ी ( Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri) क िलखी उस
प तक का या नाम ह लजसका 12 अटब 2015 को म बई म ब हद लववादापद लथलतय म लवमोरन
कया गया तथा लजसस पिह इस लवमोरन काय म स ज सधी किकण ( SudheendraKulkarni)
को लशवस ना न लनशाना बनात ए म ह प िकाा प ट िगा दया - ldquoNeither a Hawk nor a Dove
An Insiderrsquos Account of Pakistanrsquos Foreign Policy rdquo
लवतार
कस ी क इस प तक को म बई म ऑज़व सर फाउडशन ( Observer Research
Foundation - ORF) ाा लवमोलरत कन का काय म तय था एक समय ाजग सका क काय िका म
PMO म भ लमका लनभा र क सधी किकण ORF क अय ह लशवस ना न इस प तक का लवमोरनभात म कन का लवोध कया था इसी स दभ म 12 अटब 2015 को लशवस ना क िगभग 15
काय कता न सधी किकण क म ह प िकाा प ट िगाक अपना लवोध जताया िहाा क प तक को िीज़ कन क िलए आयोलजत काय म को महाा क म यम ी द व फडनवीस कआासन क बाद प व घोलषत काय म क अन सा आयोलजत कया गया इस प तक म कस ी न पाकतान क लवदश नीलत क अचछाइय औ ब ाइय क समीा क ह
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My Journey to Connect India
Dreaming Big My Journey to Connect India ndashautobiography by Sam
Pitroda
To Know Sam Pitroda (full name SatyanarayanGangaramPitroda) isoften known as the person who heralded the telecom revolution in
India His autobiography bdquoDreaming Big My Journey to Connect
Indiabdquo was launched on 22 October 2015 by MukeshAmbani
In the 1980s Pitroda was entrusted with the task to extend digital
telecommunications to every corner of the country including remote
villages by the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
He launched the Center for the Development of Telematics (C-DOT) and
served as Advisor to the Prime Minister on Technology Missions related towater literacy immunization oil seeds telecom and dairy He is also the
founding Chairman of India‟s Telecom Commission
Pitroda has also started several businesses as a serial entrepreneur
(Wescom Switching Ionics MTI Martek WorldTel C-SAM etc) in the US
and Europe
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Award
Man Booker Prize ndash 2015
Marlon James (Jamaica) for Fiction
To Know 44-year Marlon James was named as
the winner of this prestigious prize for his novel ldquo A
Brief History of Seven Killings rdquo which is inspired by
an attempt to kill reggae star Bob Marley in 1976 It
is the third novel by James He thus became the
first-ever Jamaican to win this coveted literary prize
Jamesrsquos novel was chosen from a shortlist of six titles The prize carries a top
cash award of ₤50000 ($76000) Earlier Man Booker Prize was given only to
writers in English from the commonwealth countries But a rule change two
years ago writers in English from all over the world can to compete for the
prize
वष 2015 का ldquoम न ब क rdquo समान (Man Booker Prize) मि न ज स - Marlon James
( जम का ) को दान कया गया लजसक घोषणा 13 अटब 2015 को क गई
लवतार 44- वषय मि न ज स को अ जी सालहय का ब हद लतलत म न ब क प का उनक
उपयास ldquo A Brief History of Seven Killings rdquo क िलए दान कन क घोषणा 13 अटब
2015 को क गई यह उपयास गी गायन शि ी क मश टा ( reggae star) बॉब िमा
(Bob Marley) क 1976 म हया क यास स ज कण प आधात ह यह ज स ाा
िलखा गया तीसा उपयास ह इस उपयास क िलए यह लतलत प का जीतक व जम का क पिहि खक बन गए ज स क उपयास को अ लतम छह लवलय म स र ना गया प का क तौ प उह 50000
पाउड (ि गभग 76000 िडॉ ) क ालश लिम गी उि खनीय ह क दो वष पिह तक म न ब क प का लसफ ामिड (Commonwealth) दश क ि खक क अ जी कलतय क िलए दान कया जाता था ि कन वष 2014 स इस सभी दश क अ जी ि खक क िलए िखो दया गया
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Dalip Kaur Tiwana
First writer to return Padma Shri honour
To Know Noted Punjabi writer DalipKaurTiwana was conferred with the
lsquoPadma Shrirsquo Indiarsquos fourth highest civilian honour in 2004 On 13 Octobershe announced her decision to return her lsquoPadma Shrirsquo in protest against the
lsquorising communal tensionrsquo in the country She became the first lsquoPadma Shrirsquo
awardee to return the honour in the ongoing protest of writers against the
attacks on countryrsquos pluralist voice She was also awarded the
SahityaAkademi in 1971
प जाबी ि लखका िदीप कौ लतवाना वत मान कछ दन सि खक ाा दश म बढ़ती सादालयकता क म प लवोध जताए जान िवाी म लहम म शालिम होक पी समानि ौटान िवाी पिही हती बन ग
लवतार उि खनीय ह क मौज दा समय म दश क तमाम सालहयका न दश म बढ़ती सादालयकता तथा अलभल क वत ता प कलथत तौ प िगाम िगाए जान क यास क लिखाफ एकज ट होत ए अपना लवोध श कया ह लजसक तहत तमाम ि खक न अपन lsquoसालहयअकादमी प का rsquo वापस कन क घोषणा क ह इसी म म स लस प जाबी ि लखका िदीप
कौ लतवाना उस समय ररा म आ ग जब उहन अपना पी ( lsquoPadma Shri) समान
ि ौटान क घोषणा 13 अटब को क इस का व सालहयका क इस लवोध म पी समान िौटान िवाी पिही हती भी बन ग
िदीप कौ को पी समान वष 2004 म दान कया गया था वह उह वष 1971 म सालहय अकादमी प का भी दान कया गया था
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Banking amp Finance
Yes Bank
Approved by RBI to set up a mutual fund asset
management company (AMC) and a trustee
company
To Know Presently the fifth largest private bank
in India The bank hopes that the AMC will
channelize savings of retail and institutional
investors in equity and debt capital markets Theapproval for mutual fund is expected to complement Yes Bankrsquos retail
liabilities strategy and also allow the AMC to leverage the Bankrsquos distribution
network for customer acquisition
य रिअ फड िखोन क RBI क अन मलत लिमन क जानकाी यस ब क क शासन न 12
अटब 2015 को साझा क इसक अन सा यस ब क य रिअ फड क थापना कगा लजसक
िलए एक एस ट म न जम ट कपनी (AMC) औ एक टी कपनी का गठन कया जाय गा ब क का
मानना ह क य रिअ फड क अन मलत लिम जान स वह अपन ख दा तथा स थागत खात दा
क बरत को इटी तथा ड ट बाजा म लनवश कन क िलए ब हत तीक स आकषत क
पाय गा
यस ब क वत मान म भात का पा रवा सबस बा ब क ह माना जा हा ह क य रिअ फड
वसाय म उतन क बाद वह अपन लवत त लवपणन न टवक का ब हत इत िमा क पाय गा
mVisa ndash Mobile payment service
ICICI Bank is the first bank to globally launch a mobile
app-based lsquomVisarsquo service
To Know A service to enable customers to make
electronic payments from their smartphones at physical
stores e-commerce and other deliveries at home radio
taxis and utility billers among others This service is based on lsquomVisarsquo Visarsquos
new mobile payment solution
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With this service users of lsquoPocketsrsquo ICICI Banks app can make cashless
payments from their smartphones using their debit card by simply scanning an
lsquomVisarsquo Quick Response (QR) code at a merchant location without swiping the
card at an EDC machine This service thus provides customers theconvenience of speed to complete a transaction along with enhanced security
as the card remains in the possession of the customer
To start with this facility has been introduced in Bengaluru with 1500
merchants and will shortly be extended to other cities
दश क कस लनजी क ब क न अटब 2015 क दौान दावा कया क वह वीज़ा (Visa) क
िहा ही म जाी कए गए मोबािइ प म ट सॉय शन एम - वीज़ा (M-Visa) प आधात
मोबािइ एिीकशन िा र कन िवाी द लनया क पिही कपनी बन गई ह ndash ICICI ब क (ICICI
Bank)
लवता दश म लनजी क सबस ब ब क ndashICICI ब क न िहा ही म Visa क मोबािइ प म ट
सॉय शन एम - वीज़ा (M-Visa) प आधात एक ऐसा एिीकशन िा र कया ह लजसक
मायम सि ोग वालणलयक लतान प ई - कॉमस स वा क िलए लडयो टसी स वा तथा
अय भ गतान क िलए भ गतान अपन माटफोन स क सकग
इस स वा क ाा ICICI ब क क पॉकस (Pockets) नामक मोबािइ िवॉ ट स वा क योगकता एम - वीज़ा क क - पा स ( Quick Response - QR) कोड को अपन मोबािइ फोन स कन
क किश स भ गतान क सकग इसक िलए भ गतान िहाा क ड लबट काड स होगा ि कन उस
लतान प वाइप कन क जत नह प गी इसस भ गतान मि गन िवा समय को काफ
कम कया जा सकगा
इस स लवधा को ाभ म ब िग क 1500 लतान म श कया गया ह
7 Banks under Enforcement Directorate scan for illegal transfer of funds
ING Vysya Bank ICICI Bank Kotak Mahindra Bank Indusind Bank
Dhanlaxmi Bank YES Bank and DCB Bank
To Know These 7 banks were alleged to have been used for illegal fund
transfer transactions during the period between 2010 to 2014
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The ED also cracked another module related to the money laundering case
by arresting Manish Jain He was charged with illegal transfer of funds
between 2006 and 2014 through the Oriental Bank of Commerce
According to ED Jain had 66 accounts in the Oriental Bank of Commerce
Rajpur Branch Ghaziabad and Rs 505 Crore were deposited and remitted
abroad through this bank during the period 2006 to 2010
It is worth mentioning that earlier Bank of Baroda was found guilty in illegal
fund transfer case valued at Rs 6172 crore
वत न लनदिशाय (Enforcement Directorate - ED) न 15 अटब 2015 को ब क स अवध
तीक स धन हता तत कए जान क मािम म सात औ ब क को जा र म शालिम कया यक
उन प भी ऐस हता तण म िल हन का आोप िगा ह य सात ब क कौन स ह ndash ING वया
ब क ICICI ब क कोटक मलहा ब क इडस - इड ब क ( Indusind Bank) धिनमी ब क यस
ब क औ DCB ब क
लवतार इन सात ब क प आोप िगाया गया ह क इनक शाखा क मदद स वष 2010 स
2014 क समयावलध क बीर अवध तीक स धन का हता तण कया गया ह
इस मािम म वत न लनदिशाय न एक औ भा डा फोत ए मनीश ज न नामक ल को लहासत म िलया उस प आोप ह क उसन ओयिट ब क ऑफ कॉमस (OBC) क ाजप
( गालज़याबाद ) क शाखा स वष 2006 स 2010 क बीर 505 को पए का हता तण अवध
तीक स लवदश म कया ह
उि खनीय ह क इस मािम का खि ासा ब क ऑफ बौदा (BOB) क शाखा ाा 6172 को
पए क ालश अवध तीक स लवदश हता तत कए जान क एक मािम स आ था लजसक
जा र लवलभ एज लसय ाा क जा ही ह
Corpus for Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced total corpus of the new Financial
Inclusion Fund (FIF) on 15 October 2015 to be - Rs 2000 crore
To Know Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) will be setup to support
developmental and promotional activities like financial inclusion and research
and transfer of technology It will be primarily used creating of financial
inclusion infrastructure across the country capacity building of stakeholders
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and creation of awareness to address demand side issues The fund will not
be utilized for normal businessbanking activities
Earlier the RBI had two funds - Financial Inclusion Fund and Financial
Inclusion Technology Fund for the similar objectives It has now been decided
to merge the two funds The new fund will be in operation for another three
years or till such period as may be decided by the RBI and the Government in
consultation with other stakeholdersFIF will be administered by the
reconstituted Advisory Board constituted by Union Government and will be
maintained by NABARD
फाइनलशिय इयशन फणड
(FIF)
भातीय ज़व ब क (RBI) न 15 अटब 2015 को लवीय समावशन (Financial Inclusion)
को िब द न क िलए एक नया कोष - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड ( Financial Inclusion
Fund - FIF) थालपत कन क घोषणा क इस नवगठत कोष क तहत कतनी लनलध खी
जाय गी - 2000 को
लवतार फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (FIF) क थापना दश म लवीय समावशन (Financial
Inclusion) तथा इसस सबलधत अन सधान को िब द न तथा ौौलगक हता तण(technologytransfer) क िलए क जाय गी इसक ाा दश म लवीय समावशन क म कए
जा ह यास को िब लिम गा तथा िोग म इसक सबध म जागकता फिान म मदद लिम गी
इसक िअावा सबलधत तकनीक क लवकास क िलए अन सधान प जो दया जाय गा िहाा क
इस कोष का योग ब कग तथा अय ावसालयक उय क िलए नह कया जाय गा
उि खनीय ह क इस लवीय समावशन क िलए आबीआई अभी तक दो तह क कोष का
स िरान क हा था - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (Financial InclusionFund) तथा
फाइन लशिय इय शन टिोॉजी फड(Financial InclusionTechnology Fund)
अबRBI न लनण य िलया ह क इन दोन कोष का लिवय क इस फाइन लशिय इय शन फड
(FIF) क नाम स ही प काा जाय गा इस कोष का योग अिग तीन वष अथवा इस योजना म
शालिम समत भागीदा ाा िलए अिग गए लनण य तक कया जान का ताव ह
फाइन लशिय इय शन फड का शासन क सका ाा एक प नग ठत िसाहका बोड ाा
कया जाय गा जबक इसका स िरान व बधन नाबाड (NABARD) ाा कया जाय गा
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Long-term Government Securities
Union Govt is poised to issue long-term government securities (G-secs)
which will be the longest tenure securities to be brought out by the
government What will be tenure of these G-secs as announced by the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 October 2015 ndash 40 years
To Know The proposal to bring G-secs with 40-year maturity will give it a
longer time horizon to fund growth at lower costs Till date gilts with the
longest tenure were of 30 years
One important factor associated with 40-year G-secs would be that these are
being brought at a time when the rate of interest is heading south The move
by the government to issue 40-year G-secs is timed with the RBI‟s decision to
increase debt limit for foreign investors in government securities This isexpected to attract long-term foreign fund managers like pension funds
sovereign funds and insurance companies to buy these papers market
players said
A large chunk of investments by these institutions are usually parked in very
long-term instruments with maturities of 20 30 40 years and more
According to RBI data at present the G-secs with the longest maturity is of 30
years which is scheduled to be redeemed in June 2045 and has an
outstanding maturity amount of Rs 30000 crore
Policy - To unlock the potential for capital goods sector and establish India as
a global manufacturing powerhouse
The Department of Heavy Industry released the draft of a National Policy on
Capital Goods on 23 October 2015 This is the first time that a policy on
Capital Goods is being framed
To Know The Draft National Policy on Capital Goods has been framed inactive consultation with industry associations amp bodies It was released on 23
October 2015 and has been put on public domain for seeking comments
views and suggestions of stakeholders public in general The comments on
draft policy are being sought till 31 October 2015
Capital goods consist of plant machinery equipment and accessories
required either directly or indirectly for manufacture or production of
goods or for rendering services including those required for replacement
modernization technological upgradation and expansion of manufacturingfacilities
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The growth and development of capital goods is critical for India to achieve
the vision of ldquoMake in Indiardquo by increasing share of manufacturing to 25
of Gross Value Added This in turn will help generate additional jobs
improve India‟s trade balance and increase domestic self -reliance The
National Policy on Capital Goods is envisaged to unlock the potential ofthis promising sector and establish India as a global manufacturing
powerhouse
Draft Note ndash on Setting Monetary Policy
The Union Government has recently circulated a draft note
pertaining to monetary policy mechanism in the country It
has proposed clipping the exclusive powers of the RBI
governor in setting monetary policy Explanation The draft circulated by the govt has
proposed some far-reaching steps in country‟s monetary
policy mechanism It has proposed that a seven-member committee should
draft monetary policy
It has proposed that the committee have four members from the
government and three from the central bank with the RBI governor as its
chair holding no veto power as was earlier bnyhumsuggested but a
casting vote
The monetary policy committee will fix the benchmark interest rate of the
RBI and set inflation targets
Under the current system the RBI governor has a technical advisory
committee to advise on monetary policy but can accept or reject the
panel‟s views
RBI chief RaghuramRajan had earlier said that he favoured doing away
with the veto power of the central bank chief arguing it would be better for
a committee to decide the key rate rather than one individual
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International
CHINA
Overtaken United States in terms of population of middle class
As disclosed in a latest report on global wealth by Credit Suisse China has
become world‟s largest middle class country
To KnowThe latest Global Wealth Report by Swiss bank Credit Suisse has
disclosed that with 109 million adults China has replaced the United States
which has around 92 million of its populace under middle class China now
accounts for a fifth of the world population while holding nearly 10 percent of
the global wealth The report said size and wealth of the middle class was a
key factor in economic development and the middle class was often at the
heart of political movements and new consumption trends
Overall the report found that global wealth fell by nearly 5 percent in the year
to mid-2015 to $250 trillion due a strengthening of the US dollar in which
income is compared
लडट लवस (Credit Suisse) ाा व लक धन प जाी नवीनतम पोट ( Global Wealth
Report) क अन सा कौन सा दश अम का को पछाक लव का सबस अलधक मयवगय
जनस या (middle-class population) िवाा दश बनक उभा ह - रीन (China)
लवतार लवज़ि ड क ब क लडट लवस ाा िहा ही म जाी Global Wealth Report म
खि ासा कया गया क 109 को क मयवगय जनस या क साथ रीन अब लव का सबस
बा मयवगय जनस या िवाा दश बन गया ह उसन इस मािम म अम का को पछा दया ह
जहा मयवगय जनस या का आका िगभग 92 को ह पोट क अन सा रीन क अब लव जनस या म 5 लहस दाी ह जबक कि व लक धन - सपदा म उसका दसवा लहसा ह
इस पोट म यह उि ख भी कया गया क अब आथक लवकास म मयवगय जनस या क आका
तथा इस जनस या क हाथ म हन िवाी धन - सपदा का म ख थान ह इसक िअावा उपभोा
व लय म नए बिदाव तथा ाजनीलतक आ िदोन म मयवग क ब हद महवप ण भ लमका ह
पोट क अन सा वष 2015 क मय तक व लक धन - सपदा म 5 क कमी दज ई ह िहाा क
इसका म य काण अम क िडॉ क म य म ई व ल ह जो धन मापन क िलए य क जान
िवाी म ा ह
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TTIP - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The ambitious trade agreement proposed between the United
States and the European Union (EU) for which the 11 th round
of negotiations started from October 19 2015
To Know Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(TTIP) is a proposed free trade agreement between the
European Union and the United States with the aim of promoting multilateral
economic growth It is likely to set standards that would become a base point
for the rest of the world that would want to serve these markets
The first round of negotiations under TTIP took place from 7 to12 July
2013 in Washington DC Till now 10 such negotiations have been held
One important feature of the negotiations taking place under TTIP is thatthe negotiations are being carried mostly in secrecy Almost all information
on negotiations comes from leaked documents and Freedom of
Information requests
The United States and European Union together represent 60 of global
GDP 33 of world trade in goods and 42 of world trade in services
There are a number of trade conflicts between the two powers but both
depend on the other‟s economic market and disputes only affect 2 of
total trade A free trade area between the two would represent potentially
the largest regional free-trade agreement in history
Growth rate of China
Third Quarter- 69
To Know As per the official data released by the Chinese Govt on October
19 2015 China posted its weakest quarterly economic growth since the
global financial crisis The growth rate during July-September 2015 stood at
69 The GDP growth rate is thus lower than 7 growth achieved during the
first half of 2015 This is the weakest reading since the first quarter of 2009
when growth tumbled to 62
These figures further raised the pressure on policymakers to cut interest
rates further and roll out other support measures to avert a sharper
slowdown Chinese economy now has huge impact on global economy as
it has emerged as the second largest economy after the United States
Some market watchers believe current growth is much weaker than
government readings though officials deny allegations that the numbersare inflated
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Trident Juncture
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on October 19 2015 started
its biggest and most ambitious military exercise in more than a decade
To Know Trident Juncture 2015 the huge military exercise comprisingof around 36000 troops from more than 30 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) countries It is being hosted by Italy Spain and
Portugal at 16 different locations
The opening ceremony of Trident Juncture 2015 took place at the Italian
air base of Trapani in Sicily where NATO showed its air strike power with
Typhoon F-18 F-16 Tornado and AMX aircraft
Trident Juncture 2015 will test the new rapid-reaction force of NATO
whose spearhead force will be led by Spain in 2016
Oil Prices ndash Meeting of eight non ndashOPEC Countries
In an important development pertaining to global oil prices
Venezuela hosted a special meeting for eight non-OPEC countries
on October 21 2015 at Vienna Azerbaijan Brazil Colombia
Kazakhstan Norway Mexico Oman and Russia were invited to
in this meeting to unveil a new oil strategy to stem a tumble in oil
pricesExplanation The meeting of these 8 non-OPEC nations was organized by
Venezuela an OPEC member to unveil a bold new oil strategy so as to put a
break to sliding oil prices The meeting was held in shadow of consistently low
oil prices globally Venezuela has been pushing to stem a tumble in oil prices
but faces an uphill battle to convince its richer Gulf counterparts and non-
OPEC nations
An oil price recovery would be a boon for recession-hit Venezuela where
roughly 96 of hard currency income derives from oil
OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries an
international organization of 12 countries to coordinate and unify the global
petroleum policies and prices
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National- Economy
Indiarsquos Fiscal balance turned from deficit to surplus
During August 2015 what landmark achievement was made by the Union
Govt in the area of fiscal balance ndash During August 2015 Indiarsquos fiscal
balance turned from deficit to surplus for the first time in 8 years
To Know According to the data released by the Controller-General of
Accounts (CGA) recently Indiarsquos fiscal deficit was (-) Rs 15808 crore in
August 2015 The negative figure indicates surplus of revenues over
expenditure In contrast the Centre ran up a fiscal deficit of Rs 73005 crore
in August 2014
The total revenue was Rs 147022crore in August 2015 against Rs 71578
crore in July 2015 In contrast the total expenditure in August 2015 was Rs
131214crore against Rs 169986 crore in July 2015
Fiscal deficit is the excess of the Centrersquos expenditure over its revenues This
is after 8 years that Indiarsquos fiscal deficit has turned negative A sharp surge in
the Centrersquos revenue receipts as well as a steep decline in its total
expenditures made the fiscal surplus (or negative fiscal deficit) possible
िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान दश न ाजकोषीय लथलत (Fiscal
position) म या महवप ण उिपलध हालिस क -ि गभग 8 वष बाद अगत 2015 क दौान
ऐसा मौका आया जब भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) हा
लवतार
किो - जनि ऑफ एकाउस Controller-General of Accounts - CGA) ाा िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal
Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) 15808 को पए था इसका अथ आ क इस माह क
दौान क सका क ाजव ालया (revenue receipts) उसक खर (expenditures) स
अलधक थ ाजकोषीय स ति न क म ऐसी लथलत 8 वष बाद हालिस ई ह यहा यह भी
उि खनीय ह क अगत 2014 क दौान दश का ाजकोषीय घाटा 73005 को पए था
अगत 2015 क दौान क सका क कि ाजव ालया 147022 को पए थ जबक
उसका कि खर 131214 को पए था यद इसक जि ाई 2015 क समान आ क स ति ना
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क जाय तो उस दौान सका क कि ाजव ालया 71578 को पए तथा कि खर
169986 को पए था
ाजकोषीय घाटा तब होता ह जब क सका क खर उसक ाजव ालय स अलधक होत ह
अगत 2015 क दौान दश क ाजव स ति न म आई घनामक लथलत आठ वष बाद सभव ई ह
इसका म य काण इस माह क दौान क सका क ाजव ालय म आ भाी इजाफा ह
Prices of Pulses
Union Government on October 18 2015 imposed stock
limits on four categories of stocks
Explanation The Union Government has now withdrawnexemptions to four categories of stocks of pulses ndash stocks
sourced from imports held by exporters by licensed food
processors and large departmental retailers The step has been taken to
prevent hoarding follows the spiralling of prices of all the pulses over the past
two weeks on short supplies
In its earlier order extending the imposition of stock limits on pulses edible
oils and edible oilseeds for one year up to September 30 2016 the
government had granted exemption to these four stock categoriesThe Centre had earlier announced a ban on pulses exports extension of zero
import duty and a further purchase of 5000 tonnes from overseas markets
under the price stabilisation fund It also aims to create a 40000-tonne buffer-
stock from the new arhar (tur) and urad crops which will hit the market
between November and early-January
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Sports
Cricket
Younis Khan surpassed JavedMiandad record for most runs for
Pakistan in Test Cricket
To Know Younis Khan surpassed the record for most runs for Pakistan in
Test cricket during the First Test Match against England being played in Abu
Dhabi He overtook JavedMiandads previous mark of 8832 runs to achieve
this feat Younis overhauled the record in his 102nd match taking 22 fewer
than Miandad to set the mark
य न स खान न 13 अटब 2015 को कसन जाव द लमया दाद क कॉड को तोक टट कट म
पाकतान क िलए सवा लधक न बटोन का कॉड कायम कया
लवतार य न स खान न यह उिपलध इि ड क लिखाफ िर ही टट िखा क पिह म र म 13
अटब 2015 को हालिस क लजसका आयोजन अब धाबी म हो हा ह उहन इस म र म जाव द
लमया दाद क 8832 ट ट न क कॉड को पा क िलया
RUSSIAN F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (UK) won the Russian F1 Grand Prix on 11 October 2015 to
further consolidate his position on way to becoming 2015 F1 champion
To Know Force Indiarsquos driver Sergio Perez finished third on the Russian F1
Grand Prix to give his team its only third podium finish in its historyForce
India have enjoyed only two podium places before this race and incidentally
the last time also it was Perez who stepped onto the podium for the team at
Bahrain Grand Prix in 2014
The first ever podium for the team was secured by Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)
who had finished second in the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position
लटन क ि इस ह लमटन (Lewis Hamilton) न स क सोरी (Sochi) म आयोलजत सी
फाम ि ा वन ा ी (Russian F1 Grand Prix) स का लखताब 11 अटब 2015 को जीतक
इस वष क फाम ि ा वन लखताब को जीतन क ओ अपन कदम औ मजब ती स बढ़ा दए इस स
म भात क फाम ि ा वन टीम फोस इलडया (Force India) क कस ाइव न फोलडयम फलनश
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(podium finish) हालिस क अपनी टीम क इलतहास क मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश हालिस
क - सजयो प ज़ ndash Sergio Perez ( म लसको )
लवतार
सी फाम ि ा वन स म फोस इलडया क ाइव सजयो प ज़ ( Sergio Perez) न
तीसा थान हालिस क सव तीन िराक म हक म र (podium) प प रन क उिपलध
( पोलडयम फलनश ) हालिस क यह फोस इलडया क इलतहास म मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश
थी
फोस इलडया को इसस पिह लिमी पोलडयम फलनश भी सजयो प ज़ क द न थी जब उहन
2014 क बहीन ा ी (Bahrain Grand Prix) म तीसा थान हालिस कया था
फोस इलडया को अपन इलतहास क पिही पोलडयम फलनश 2009 क ब लजयम ा ी ( 2009
Belgian Grand Prix) म हालिस ई थी जब उनक इटािलयन ाइव लजयानिका फलसकिा
(Giancarlo Fisichella) न द सा थान हालिस कया था य फोस इलडया क इलतहास का
सव दश न भी था
सी ा ी स क एक औ लवश षता यह ही क इसम फाी क स ब लटयन व िट ( जम नी ) न
द सा थान हालिस क इस िसा क फाम ि ा वन र लपयनलशप म अब तक द स थान प िर
ह मसडीज़ क लनको ोसबग ( जम नी ) को तीस थान प ढकि दया इसक साथ व िट क 236
अ क हो गए तथा इस स को प ा न क पान क िरत ोसबग 229 अ क प हक तीस थान
प फिस गए वह मसडीज़ क ि इस ह लमटन कि 302 अ क क साथ काफ आग ह औ अपना
ि गाता द सा लखताब जीतत ए दख ह ह
BOXING - Vijender Singh
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh started his
professional boxing career with a bang as he
defeated his opponent Sonny Whiting by knock-
out
To Know Vijender Singh showed no nerves in
the debut bout of his professional career againstBritish professional boxer Sonny Whiting that
was held on 10 October at the Manchester
Arena He ended the fight in the third round with
a knock-out victory over Whiting
Vijender the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) had
announced his decision to turn professional on 29 June 2015 as he signed a
multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and
Entertainment This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remains
eligible to represent India
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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My Journey to Connect India
Dreaming Big My Journey to Connect India ndashautobiography by Sam
Pitroda
To Know Sam Pitroda (full name SatyanarayanGangaramPitroda) isoften known as the person who heralded the telecom revolution in
India His autobiography bdquoDreaming Big My Journey to Connect
Indiabdquo was launched on 22 October 2015 by MukeshAmbani
In the 1980s Pitroda was entrusted with the task to extend digital
telecommunications to every corner of the country including remote
villages by the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
He launched the Center for the Development of Telematics (C-DOT) and
served as Advisor to the Prime Minister on Technology Missions related towater literacy immunization oil seeds telecom and dairy He is also the
founding Chairman of India‟s Telecom Commission
Pitroda has also started several businesses as a serial entrepreneur
(Wescom Switching Ionics MTI Martek WorldTel C-SAM etc) in the US
and Europe
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Award
Man Booker Prize ndash 2015
Marlon James (Jamaica) for Fiction
To Know 44-year Marlon James was named as
the winner of this prestigious prize for his novel ldquo A
Brief History of Seven Killings rdquo which is inspired by
an attempt to kill reggae star Bob Marley in 1976 It
is the third novel by James He thus became the
first-ever Jamaican to win this coveted literary prize
Jamesrsquos novel was chosen from a shortlist of six titles The prize carries a top
cash award of ₤50000 ($76000) Earlier Man Booker Prize was given only to
writers in English from the commonwealth countries But a rule change two
years ago writers in English from all over the world can to compete for the
prize
वष 2015 का ldquoम न ब क rdquo समान (Man Booker Prize) मि न ज स - Marlon James
( जम का ) को दान कया गया लजसक घोषणा 13 अटब 2015 को क गई
लवतार 44- वषय मि न ज स को अ जी सालहय का ब हद लतलत म न ब क प का उनक
उपयास ldquo A Brief History of Seven Killings rdquo क िलए दान कन क घोषणा 13 अटब
2015 को क गई यह उपयास गी गायन शि ी क मश टा ( reggae star) बॉब िमा
(Bob Marley) क 1976 म हया क यास स ज कण प आधात ह यह ज स ाा
िलखा गया तीसा उपयास ह इस उपयास क िलए यह लतलत प का जीतक व जम का क पिहि खक बन गए ज स क उपयास को अ लतम छह लवलय म स र ना गया प का क तौ प उह 50000
पाउड (ि गभग 76000 िडॉ ) क ालश लिम गी उि खनीय ह क दो वष पिह तक म न ब क प का लसफ ामिड (Commonwealth) दश क ि खक क अ जी कलतय क िलए दान कया जाता था ि कन वष 2014 स इस सभी दश क अ जी ि खक क िलए िखो दया गया
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Dalip Kaur Tiwana
First writer to return Padma Shri honour
To Know Noted Punjabi writer DalipKaurTiwana was conferred with the
lsquoPadma Shrirsquo Indiarsquos fourth highest civilian honour in 2004 On 13 Octobershe announced her decision to return her lsquoPadma Shrirsquo in protest against the
lsquorising communal tensionrsquo in the country She became the first lsquoPadma Shrirsquo
awardee to return the honour in the ongoing protest of writers against the
attacks on countryrsquos pluralist voice She was also awarded the
SahityaAkademi in 1971
प जाबी ि लखका िदीप कौ लतवाना वत मान कछ दन सि खक ाा दश म बढ़ती सादालयकता क म प लवोध जताए जान िवाी म लहम म शालिम होक पी समानि ौटान िवाी पिही हती बन ग
लवतार उि खनीय ह क मौज दा समय म दश क तमाम सालहयका न दश म बढ़ती सादालयकता तथा अलभल क वत ता प कलथत तौ प िगाम िगाए जान क यास क लिखाफ एकज ट होत ए अपना लवोध श कया ह लजसक तहत तमाम ि खक न अपन lsquoसालहयअकादमी प का rsquo वापस कन क घोषणा क ह इसी म म स लस प जाबी ि लखका िदीप
कौ लतवाना उस समय ररा म आ ग जब उहन अपना पी ( lsquoPadma Shri) समान
ि ौटान क घोषणा 13 अटब को क इस का व सालहयका क इस लवोध म पी समान िौटान िवाी पिही हती भी बन ग
िदीप कौ को पी समान वष 2004 म दान कया गया था वह उह वष 1971 म सालहय अकादमी प का भी दान कया गया था
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Banking amp Finance
Yes Bank
Approved by RBI to set up a mutual fund asset
management company (AMC) and a trustee
company
To Know Presently the fifth largest private bank
in India The bank hopes that the AMC will
channelize savings of retail and institutional
investors in equity and debt capital markets Theapproval for mutual fund is expected to complement Yes Bankrsquos retail
liabilities strategy and also allow the AMC to leverage the Bankrsquos distribution
network for customer acquisition
य रिअ फड िखोन क RBI क अन मलत लिमन क जानकाी यस ब क क शासन न 12
अटब 2015 को साझा क इसक अन सा यस ब क य रिअ फड क थापना कगा लजसक
िलए एक एस ट म न जम ट कपनी (AMC) औ एक टी कपनी का गठन कया जाय गा ब क का
मानना ह क य रिअ फड क अन मलत लिम जान स वह अपन ख दा तथा स थागत खात दा
क बरत को इटी तथा ड ट बाजा म लनवश कन क िलए ब हत तीक स आकषत क
पाय गा
यस ब क वत मान म भात का पा रवा सबस बा ब क ह माना जा हा ह क य रिअ फड
वसाय म उतन क बाद वह अपन लवत त लवपणन न टवक का ब हत इत िमा क पाय गा
mVisa ndash Mobile payment service
ICICI Bank is the first bank to globally launch a mobile
app-based lsquomVisarsquo service
To Know A service to enable customers to make
electronic payments from their smartphones at physical
stores e-commerce and other deliveries at home radio
taxis and utility billers among others This service is based on lsquomVisarsquo Visarsquos
new mobile payment solution
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With this service users of lsquoPocketsrsquo ICICI Banks app can make cashless
payments from their smartphones using their debit card by simply scanning an
lsquomVisarsquo Quick Response (QR) code at a merchant location without swiping the
card at an EDC machine This service thus provides customers theconvenience of speed to complete a transaction along with enhanced security
as the card remains in the possession of the customer
To start with this facility has been introduced in Bengaluru with 1500
merchants and will shortly be extended to other cities
दश क कस लनजी क ब क न अटब 2015 क दौान दावा कया क वह वीज़ा (Visa) क
िहा ही म जाी कए गए मोबािइ प म ट सॉय शन एम - वीज़ा (M-Visa) प आधात
मोबािइ एिीकशन िा र कन िवाी द लनया क पिही कपनी बन गई ह ndash ICICI ब क (ICICI
Bank)
लवता दश म लनजी क सबस ब ब क ndashICICI ब क न िहा ही म Visa क मोबािइ प म ट
सॉय शन एम - वीज़ा (M-Visa) प आधात एक ऐसा एिीकशन िा र कया ह लजसक
मायम सि ोग वालणलयक लतान प ई - कॉमस स वा क िलए लडयो टसी स वा तथा
अय भ गतान क िलए भ गतान अपन माटफोन स क सकग
इस स वा क ाा ICICI ब क क पॉकस (Pockets) नामक मोबािइ िवॉ ट स वा क योगकता एम - वीज़ा क क - पा स ( Quick Response - QR) कोड को अपन मोबािइ फोन स कन
क किश स भ गतान क सकग इसक िलए भ गतान िहाा क ड लबट काड स होगा ि कन उस
लतान प वाइप कन क जत नह प गी इसस भ गतान मि गन िवा समय को काफ
कम कया जा सकगा
इस स लवधा को ाभ म ब िग क 1500 लतान म श कया गया ह
7 Banks under Enforcement Directorate scan for illegal transfer of funds
ING Vysya Bank ICICI Bank Kotak Mahindra Bank Indusind Bank
Dhanlaxmi Bank YES Bank and DCB Bank
To Know These 7 banks were alleged to have been used for illegal fund
transfer transactions during the period between 2010 to 2014
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The ED also cracked another module related to the money laundering case
by arresting Manish Jain He was charged with illegal transfer of funds
between 2006 and 2014 through the Oriental Bank of Commerce
According to ED Jain had 66 accounts in the Oriental Bank of Commerce
Rajpur Branch Ghaziabad and Rs 505 Crore were deposited and remitted
abroad through this bank during the period 2006 to 2010
It is worth mentioning that earlier Bank of Baroda was found guilty in illegal
fund transfer case valued at Rs 6172 crore
वत न लनदिशाय (Enforcement Directorate - ED) न 15 अटब 2015 को ब क स अवध
तीक स धन हता तत कए जान क मािम म सात औ ब क को जा र म शालिम कया यक
उन प भी ऐस हता तण म िल हन का आोप िगा ह य सात ब क कौन स ह ndash ING वया
ब क ICICI ब क कोटक मलहा ब क इडस - इड ब क ( Indusind Bank) धिनमी ब क यस
ब क औ DCB ब क
लवतार इन सात ब क प आोप िगाया गया ह क इनक शाखा क मदद स वष 2010 स
2014 क समयावलध क बीर अवध तीक स धन का हता तण कया गया ह
इस मािम म वत न लनदिशाय न एक औ भा डा फोत ए मनीश ज न नामक ल को लहासत म िलया उस प आोप ह क उसन ओयिट ब क ऑफ कॉमस (OBC) क ाजप
( गालज़याबाद ) क शाखा स वष 2006 स 2010 क बीर 505 को पए का हता तण अवध
तीक स लवदश म कया ह
उि खनीय ह क इस मािम का खि ासा ब क ऑफ बौदा (BOB) क शाखा ाा 6172 को
पए क ालश अवध तीक स लवदश हता तत कए जान क एक मािम स आ था लजसक
जा र लवलभ एज लसय ाा क जा ही ह
Corpus for Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced total corpus of the new Financial
Inclusion Fund (FIF) on 15 October 2015 to be - Rs 2000 crore
To Know Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) will be setup to support
developmental and promotional activities like financial inclusion and research
and transfer of technology It will be primarily used creating of financial
inclusion infrastructure across the country capacity building of stakeholders
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and creation of awareness to address demand side issues The fund will not
be utilized for normal businessbanking activities
Earlier the RBI had two funds - Financial Inclusion Fund and Financial
Inclusion Technology Fund for the similar objectives It has now been decided
to merge the two funds The new fund will be in operation for another three
years or till such period as may be decided by the RBI and the Government in
consultation with other stakeholdersFIF will be administered by the
reconstituted Advisory Board constituted by Union Government and will be
maintained by NABARD
फाइनलशिय इयशन फणड
(FIF)
भातीय ज़व ब क (RBI) न 15 अटब 2015 को लवीय समावशन (Financial Inclusion)
को िब द न क िलए एक नया कोष - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड ( Financial Inclusion
Fund - FIF) थालपत कन क घोषणा क इस नवगठत कोष क तहत कतनी लनलध खी
जाय गी - 2000 को
लवतार फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (FIF) क थापना दश म लवीय समावशन (Financial
Inclusion) तथा इसस सबलधत अन सधान को िब द न तथा ौौलगक हता तण(technologytransfer) क िलए क जाय गी इसक ाा दश म लवीय समावशन क म कए
जा ह यास को िब लिम गा तथा िोग म इसक सबध म जागकता फिान म मदद लिम गी
इसक िअावा सबलधत तकनीक क लवकास क िलए अन सधान प जो दया जाय गा िहाा क
इस कोष का योग ब कग तथा अय ावसालयक उय क िलए नह कया जाय गा
उि खनीय ह क इस लवीय समावशन क िलए आबीआई अभी तक दो तह क कोष का
स िरान क हा था - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (Financial InclusionFund) तथा
फाइन लशिय इय शन टिोॉजी फड(Financial InclusionTechnology Fund)
अबRBI न लनण य िलया ह क इन दोन कोष का लिवय क इस फाइन लशिय इय शन फड
(FIF) क नाम स ही प काा जाय गा इस कोष का योग अिग तीन वष अथवा इस योजना म
शालिम समत भागीदा ाा िलए अिग गए लनण य तक कया जान का ताव ह
फाइन लशिय इय शन फड का शासन क सका ाा एक प नग ठत िसाहका बोड ाा
कया जाय गा जबक इसका स िरान व बधन नाबाड (NABARD) ाा कया जाय गा
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Long-term Government Securities
Union Govt is poised to issue long-term government securities (G-secs)
which will be the longest tenure securities to be brought out by the
government What will be tenure of these G-secs as announced by the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 October 2015 ndash 40 years
To Know The proposal to bring G-secs with 40-year maturity will give it a
longer time horizon to fund growth at lower costs Till date gilts with the
longest tenure were of 30 years
One important factor associated with 40-year G-secs would be that these are
being brought at a time when the rate of interest is heading south The move
by the government to issue 40-year G-secs is timed with the RBI‟s decision to
increase debt limit for foreign investors in government securities This isexpected to attract long-term foreign fund managers like pension funds
sovereign funds and insurance companies to buy these papers market
players said
A large chunk of investments by these institutions are usually parked in very
long-term instruments with maturities of 20 30 40 years and more
According to RBI data at present the G-secs with the longest maturity is of 30
years which is scheduled to be redeemed in June 2045 and has an
outstanding maturity amount of Rs 30000 crore
Policy - To unlock the potential for capital goods sector and establish India as
a global manufacturing powerhouse
The Department of Heavy Industry released the draft of a National Policy on
Capital Goods on 23 October 2015 This is the first time that a policy on
Capital Goods is being framed
To Know The Draft National Policy on Capital Goods has been framed inactive consultation with industry associations amp bodies It was released on 23
October 2015 and has been put on public domain for seeking comments
views and suggestions of stakeholders public in general The comments on
draft policy are being sought till 31 October 2015
Capital goods consist of plant machinery equipment and accessories
required either directly or indirectly for manufacture or production of
goods or for rendering services including those required for replacement
modernization technological upgradation and expansion of manufacturingfacilities
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The growth and development of capital goods is critical for India to achieve
the vision of ldquoMake in Indiardquo by increasing share of manufacturing to 25
of Gross Value Added This in turn will help generate additional jobs
improve India‟s trade balance and increase domestic self -reliance The
National Policy on Capital Goods is envisaged to unlock the potential ofthis promising sector and establish India as a global manufacturing
powerhouse
Draft Note ndash on Setting Monetary Policy
The Union Government has recently circulated a draft note
pertaining to monetary policy mechanism in the country It
has proposed clipping the exclusive powers of the RBI
governor in setting monetary policy Explanation The draft circulated by the govt has
proposed some far-reaching steps in country‟s monetary
policy mechanism It has proposed that a seven-member committee should
draft monetary policy
It has proposed that the committee have four members from the
government and three from the central bank with the RBI governor as its
chair holding no veto power as was earlier bnyhumsuggested but a
casting vote
The monetary policy committee will fix the benchmark interest rate of the
RBI and set inflation targets
Under the current system the RBI governor has a technical advisory
committee to advise on monetary policy but can accept or reject the
panel‟s views
RBI chief RaghuramRajan had earlier said that he favoured doing away
with the veto power of the central bank chief arguing it would be better for
a committee to decide the key rate rather than one individual
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International
CHINA
Overtaken United States in terms of population of middle class
As disclosed in a latest report on global wealth by Credit Suisse China has
become world‟s largest middle class country
To KnowThe latest Global Wealth Report by Swiss bank Credit Suisse has
disclosed that with 109 million adults China has replaced the United States
which has around 92 million of its populace under middle class China now
accounts for a fifth of the world population while holding nearly 10 percent of
the global wealth The report said size and wealth of the middle class was a
key factor in economic development and the middle class was often at the
heart of political movements and new consumption trends
Overall the report found that global wealth fell by nearly 5 percent in the year
to mid-2015 to $250 trillion due a strengthening of the US dollar in which
income is compared
लडट लवस (Credit Suisse) ाा व लक धन प जाी नवीनतम पोट ( Global Wealth
Report) क अन सा कौन सा दश अम का को पछाक लव का सबस अलधक मयवगय
जनस या (middle-class population) िवाा दश बनक उभा ह - रीन (China)
लवतार लवज़ि ड क ब क लडट लवस ाा िहा ही म जाी Global Wealth Report म
खि ासा कया गया क 109 को क मयवगय जनस या क साथ रीन अब लव का सबस
बा मयवगय जनस या िवाा दश बन गया ह उसन इस मािम म अम का को पछा दया ह
जहा मयवगय जनस या का आका िगभग 92 को ह पोट क अन सा रीन क अब लव जनस या म 5 लहस दाी ह जबक कि व लक धन - सपदा म उसका दसवा लहसा ह
इस पोट म यह उि ख भी कया गया क अब आथक लवकास म मयवगय जनस या क आका
तथा इस जनस या क हाथ म हन िवाी धन - सपदा का म ख थान ह इसक िअावा उपभोा
व लय म नए बिदाव तथा ाजनीलतक आ िदोन म मयवग क ब हद महवप ण भ लमका ह
पोट क अन सा वष 2015 क मय तक व लक धन - सपदा म 5 क कमी दज ई ह िहाा क
इसका म य काण अम क िडॉ क म य म ई व ल ह जो धन मापन क िलए य क जान
िवाी म ा ह
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TTIP - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The ambitious trade agreement proposed between the United
States and the European Union (EU) for which the 11 th round
of negotiations started from October 19 2015
To Know Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(TTIP) is a proposed free trade agreement between the
European Union and the United States with the aim of promoting multilateral
economic growth It is likely to set standards that would become a base point
for the rest of the world that would want to serve these markets
The first round of negotiations under TTIP took place from 7 to12 July
2013 in Washington DC Till now 10 such negotiations have been held
One important feature of the negotiations taking place under TTIP is thatthe negotiations are being carried mostly in secrecy Almost all information
on negotiations comes from leaked documents and Freedom of
Information requests
The United States and European Union together represent 60 of global
GDP 33 of world trade in goods and 42 of world trade in services
There are a number of trade conflicts between the two powers but both
depend on the other‟s economic market and disputes only affect 2 of
total trade A free trade area between the two would represent potentially
the largest regional free-trade agreement in history
Growth rate of China
Third Quarter- 69
To Know As per the official data released by the Chinese Govt on October
19 2015 China posted its weakest quarterly economic growth since the
global financial crisis The growth rate during July-September 2015 stood at
69 The GDP growth rate is thus lower than 7 growth achieved during the
first half of 2015 This is the weakest reading since the first quarter of 2009
when growth tumbled to 62
These figures further raised the pressure on policymakers to cut interest
rates further and roll out other support measures to avert a sharper
slowdown Chinese economy now has huge impact on global economy as
it has emerged as the second largest economy after the United States
Some market watchers believe current growth is much weaker than
government readings though officials deny allegations that the numbersare inflated
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Trident Juncture
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on October 19 2015 started
its biggest and most ambitious military exercise in more than a decade
To Know Trident Juncture 2015 the huge military exercise comprisingof around 36000 troops from more than 30 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) countries It is being hosted by Italy Spain and
Portugal at 16 different locations
The opening ceremony of Trident Juncture 2015 took place at the Italian
air base of Trapani in Sicily where NATO showed its air strike power with
Typhoon F-18 F-16 Tornado and AMX aircraft
Trident Juncture 2015 will test the new rapid-reaction force of NATO
whose spearhead force will be led by Spain in 2016
Oil Prices ndash Meeting of eight non ndashOPEC Countries
In an important development pertaining to global oil prices
Venezuela hosted a special meeting for eight non-OPEC countries
on October 21 2015 at Vienna Azerbaijan Brazil Colombia
Kazakhstan Norway Mexico Oman and Russia were invited to
in this meeting to unveil a new oil strategy to stem a tumble in oil
pricesExplanation The meeting of these 8 non-OPEC nations was organized by
Venezuela an OPEC member to unveil a bold new oil strategy so as to put a
break to sliding oil prices The meeting was held in shadow of consistently low
oil prices globally Venezuela has been pushing to stem a tumble in oil prices
but faces an uphill battle to convince its richer Gulf counterparts and non-
OPEC nations
An oil price recovery would be a boon for recession-hit Venezuela where
roughly 96 of hard currency income derives from oil
OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries an
international organization of 12 countries to coordinate and unify the global
petroleum policies and prices
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National- Economy
Indiarsquos Fiscal balance turned from deficit to surplus
During August 2015 what landmark achievement was made by the Union
Govt in the area of fiscal balance ndash During August 2015 Indiarsquos fiscal
balance turned from deficit to surplus for the first time in 8 years
To Know According to the data released by the Controller-General of
Accounts (CGA) recently Indiarsquos fiscal deficit was (-) Rs 15808 crore in
August 2015 The negative figure indicates surplus of revenues over
expenditure In contrast the Centre ran up a fiscal deficit of Rs 73005 crore
in August 2014
The total revenue was Rs 147022crore in August 2015 against Rs 71578
crore in July 2015 In contrast the total expenditure in August 2015 was Rs
131214crore against Rs 169986 crore in July 2015
Fiscal deficit is the excess of the Centrersquos expenditure over its revenues This
is after 8 years that Indiarsquos fiscal deficit has turned negative A sharp surge in
the Centrersquos revenue receipts as well as a steep decline in its total
expenditures made the fiscal surplus (or negative fiscal deficit) possible
िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान दश न ाजकोषीय लथलत (Fiscal
position) म या महवप ण उिपलध हालिस क -ि गभग 8 वष बाद अगत 2015 क दौान
ऐसा मौका आया जब भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) हा
लवतार
किो - जनि ऑफ एकाउस Controller-General of Accounts - CGA) ाा िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal
Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) 15808 को पए था इसका अथ आ क इस माह क
दौान क सका क ाजव ालया (revenue receipts) उसक खर (expenditures) स
अलधक थ ाजकोषीय स ति न क म ऐसी लथलत 8 वष बाद हालिस ई ह यहा यह भी
उि खनीय ह क अगत 2014 क दौान दश का ाजकोषीय घाटा 73005 को पए था
अगत 2015 क दौान क सका क कि ाजव ालया 147022 को पए थ जबक
उसका कि खर 131214 को पए था यद इसक जि ाई 2015 क समान आ क स ति ना
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क जाय तो उस दौान सका क कि ाजव ालया 71578 को पए तथा कि खर
169986 को पए था
ाजकोषीय घाटा तब होता ह जब क सका क खर उसक ाजव ालय स अलधक होत ह
अगत 2015 क दौान दश क ाजव स ति न म आई घनामक लथलत आठ वष बाद सभव ई ह
इसका म य काण इस माह क दौान क सका क ाजव ालय म आ भाी इजाफा ह
Prices of Pulses
Union Government on October 18 2015 imposed stock
limits on four categories of stocks
Explanation The Union Government has now withdrawnexemptions to four categories of stocks of pulses ndash stocks
sourced from imports held by exporters by licensed food
processors and large departmental retailers The step has been taken to
prevent hoarding follows the spiralling of prices of all the pulses over the past
two weeks on short supplies
In its earlier order extending the imposition of stock limits on pulses edible
oils and edible oilseeds for one year up to September 30 2016 the
government had granted exemption to these four stock categoriesThe Centre had earlier announced a ban on pulses exports extension of zero
import duty and a further purchase of 5000 tonnes from overseas markets
under the price stabilisation fund It also aims to create a 40000-tonne buffer-
stock from the new arhar (tur) and urad crops which will hit the market
between November and early-January
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Sports
Cricket
Younis Khan surpassed JavedMiandad record for most runs for
Pakistan in Test Cricket
To Know Younis Khan surpassed the record for most runs for Pakistan in
Test cricket during the First Test Match against England being played in Abu
Dhabi He overtook JavedMiandads previous mark of 8832 runs to achieve
this feat Younis overhauled the record in his 102nd match taking 22 fewer
than Miandad to set the mark
य न स खान न 13 अटब 2015 को कसन जाव द लमया दाद क कॉड को तोक टट कट म
पाकतान क िलए सवा लधक न बटोन का कॉड कायम कया
लवतार य न स खान न यह उिपलध इि ड क लिखाफ िर ही टट िखा क पिह म र म 13
अटब 2015 को हालिस क लजसका आयोजन अब धाबी म हो हा ह उहन इस म र म जाव द
लमया दाद क 8832 ट ट न क कॉड को पा क िलया
RUSSIAN F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (UK) won the Russian F1 Grand Prix on 11 October 2015 to
further consolidate his position on way to becoming 2015 F1 champion
To Know Force Indiarsquos driver Sergio Perez finished third on the Russian F1
Grand Prix to give his team its only third podium finish in its historyForce
India have enjoyed only two podium places before this race and incidentally
the last time also it was Perez who stepped onto the podium for the team at
Bahrain Grand Prix in 2014
The first ever podium for the team was secured by Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)
who had finished second in the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position
लटन क ि इस ह लमटन (Lewis Hamilton) न स क सोरी (Sochi) म आयोलजत सी
फाम ि ा वन ा ी (Russian F1 Grand Prix) स का लखताब 11 अटब 2015 को जीतक
इस वष क फाम ि ा वन लखताब को जीतन क ओ अपन कदम औ मजब ती स बढ़ा दए इस स
म भात क फाम ि ा वन टीम फोस इलडया (Force India) क कस ाइव न फोलडयम फलनश
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(podium finish) हालिस क अपनी टीम क इलतहास क मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश हालिस
क - सजयो प ज़ ndash Sergio Perez ( म लसको )
लवतार
सी फाम ि ा वन स म फोस इलडया क ाइव सजयो प ज़ ( Sergio Perez) न
तीसा थान हालिस क सव तीन िराक म हक म र (podium) प प रन क उिपलध
( पोलडयम फलनश ) हालिस क यह फोस इलडया क इलतहास म मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश
थी
फोस इलडया को इसस पिह लिमी पोलडयम फलनश भी सजयो प ज़ क द न थी जब उहन
2014 क बहीन ा ी (Bahrain Grand Prix) म तीसा थान हालिस कया था
फोस इलडया को अपन इलतहास क पिही पोलडयम फलनश 2009 क ब लजयम ा ी ( 2009
Belgian Grand Prix) म हालिस ई थी जब उनक इटािलयन ाइव लजयानिका फलसकिा
(Giancarlo Fisichella) न द सा थान हालिस कया था य फोस इलडया क इलतहास का
सव दश न भी था
सी ा ी स क एक औ लवश षता यह ही क इसम फाी क स ब लटयन व िट ( जम नी ) न
द सा थान हालिस क इस िसा क फाम ि ा वन र लपयनलशप म अब तक द स थान प िर
ह मसडीज़ क लनको ोसबग ( जम नी ) को तीस थान प ढकि दया इसक साथ व िट क 236
अ क हो गए तथा इस स को प ा न क पान क िरत ोसबग 229 अ क प हक तीस थान
प फिस गए वह मसडीज़ क ि इस ह लमटन कि 302 अ क क साथ काफ आग ह औ अपना
ि गाता द सा लखताब जीतत ए दख ह ह
BOXING - Vijender Singh
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh started his
professional boxing career with a bang as he
defeated his opponent Sonny Whiting by knock-
out
To Know Vijender Singh showed no nerves in
the debut bout of his professional career againstBritish professional boxer Sonny Whiting that
was held on 10 October at the Manchester
Arena He ended the fight in the third round with
a knock-out victory over Whiting
Vijender the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) had
announced his decision to turn professional on 29 June 2015 as he signed a
multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and
Entertainment This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remains
eligible to represent India
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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Award
Man Booker Prize ndash 2015
Marlon James (Jamaica) for Fiction
To Know 44-year Marlon James was named as
the winner of this prestigious prize for his novel ldquo A
Brief History of Seven Killings rdquo which is inspired by
an attempt to kill reggae star Bob Marley in 1976 It
is the third novel by James He thus became the
first-ever Jamaican to win this coveted literary prize
Jamesrsquos novel was chosen from a shortlist of six titles The prize carries a top
cash award of ₤50000 ($76000) Earlier Man Booker Prize was given only to
writers in English from the commonwealth countries But a rule change two
years ago writers in English from all over the world can to compete for the
prize
वष 2015 का ldquoम न ब क rdquo समान (Man Booker Prize) मि न ज स - Marlon James
( जम का ) को दान कया गया लजसक घोषणा 13 अटब 2015 को क गई
लवतार 44- वषय मि न ज स को अ जी सालहय का ब हद लतलत म न ब क प का उनक
उपयास ldquo A Brief History of Seven Killings rdquo क िलए दान कन क घोषणा 13 अटब
2015 को क गई यह उपयास गी गायन शि ी क मश टा ( reggae star) बॉब िमा
(Bob Marley) क 1976 म हया क यास स ज कण प आधात ह यह ज स ाा
िलखा गया तीसा उपयास ह इस उपयास क िलए यह लतलत प का जीतक व जम का क पिहि खक बन गए ज स क उपयास को अ लतम छह लवलय म स र ना गया प का क तौ प उह 50000
पाउड (ि गभग 76000 िडॉ ) क ालश लिम गी उि खनीय ह क दो वष पिह तक म न ब क प का लसफ ामिड (Commonwealth) दश क ि खक क अ जी कलतय क िलए दान कया जाता था ि कन वष 2014 स इस सभी दश क अ जी ि खक क िलए िखो दया गया
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Dalip Kaur Tiwana
First writer to return Padma Shri honour
To Know Noted Punjabi writer DalipKaurTiwana was conferred with the
lsquoPadma Shrirsquo Indiarsquos fourth highest civilian honour in 2004 On 13 Octobershe announced her decision to return her lsquoPadma Shrirsquo in protest against the
lsquorising communal tensionrsquo in the country She became the first lsquoPadma Shrirsquo
awardee to return the honour in the ongoing protest of writers against the
attacks on countryrsquos pluralist voice She was also awarded the
SahityaAkademi in 1971
प जाबी ि लखका िदीप कौ लतवाना वत मान कछ दन सि खक ाा दश म बढ़ती सादालयकता क म प लवोध जताए जान िवाी म लहम म शालिम होक पी समानि ौटान िवाी पिही हती बन ग
लवतार उि खनीय ह क मौज दा समय म दश क तमाम सालहयका न दश म बढ़ती सादालयकता तथा अलभल क वत ता प कलथत तौ प िगाम िगाए जान क यास क लिखाफ एकज ट होत ए अपना लवोध श कया ह लजसक तहत तमाम ि खक न अपन lsquoसालहयअकादमी प का rsquo वापस कन क घोषणा क ह इसी म म स लस प जाबी ि लखका िदीप
कौ लतवाना उस समय ररा म आ ग जब उहन अपना पी ( lsquoPadma Shri) समान
ि ौटान क घोषणा 13 अटब को क इस का व सालहयका क इस लवोध म पी समान िौटान िवाी पिही हती भी बन ग
िदीप कौ को पी समान वष 2004 म दान कया गया था वह उह वष 1971 म सालहय अकादमी प का भी दान कया गया था
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Banking amp Finance
Yes Bank
Approved by RBI to set up a mutual fund asset
management company (AMC) and a trustee
company
To Know Presently the fifth largest private bank
in India The bank hopes that the AMC will
channelize savings of retail and institutional
investors in equity and debt capital markets Theapproval for mutual fund is expected to complement Yes Bankrsquos retail
liabilities strategy and also allow the AMC to leverage the Bankrsquos distribution
network for customer acquisition
य रिअ फड िखोन क RBI क अन मलत लिमन क जानकाी यस ब क क शासन न 12
अटब 2015 को साझा क इसक अन सा यस ब क य रिअ फड क थापना कगा लजसक
िलए एक एस ट म न जम ट कपनी (AMC) औ एक टी कपनी का गठन कया जाय गा ब क का
मानना ह क य रिअ फड क अन मलत लिम जान स वह अपन ख दा तथा स थागत खात दा
क बरत को इटी तथा ड ट बाजा म लनवश कन क िलए ब हत तीक स आकषत क
पाय गा
यस ब क वत मान म भात का पा रवा सबस बा ब क ह माना जा हा ह क य रिअ फड
वसाय म उतन क बाद वह अपन लवत त लवपणन न टवक का ब हत इत िमा क पाय गा
mVisa ndash Mobile payment service
ICICI Bank is the first bank to globally launch a mobile
app-based lsquomVisarsquo service
To Know A service to enable customers to make
electronic payments from their smartphones at physical
stores e-commerce and other deliveries at home radio
taxis and utility billers among others This service is based on lsquomVisarsquo Visarsquos
new mobile payment solution
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With this service users of lsquoPocketsrsquo ICICI Banks app can make cashless
payments from their smartphones using their debit card by simply scanning an
lsquomVisarsquo Quick Response (QR) code at a merchant location without swiping the
card at an EDC machine This service thus provides customers theconvenience of speed to complete a transaction along with enhanced security
as the card remains in the possession of the customer
To start with this facility has been introduced in Bengaluru with 1500
merchants and will shortly be extended to other cities
दश क कस लनजी क ब क न अटब 2015 क दौान दावा कया क वह वीज़ा (Visa) क
िहा ही म जाी कए गए मोबािइ प म ट सॉय शन एम - वीज़ा (M-Visa) प आधात
मोबािइ एिीकशन िा र कन िवाी द लनया क पिही कपनी बन गई ह ndash ICICI ब क (ICICI
Bank)
लवता दश म लनजी क सबस ब ब क ndashICICI ब क न िहा ही म Visa क मोबािइ प म ट
सॉय शन एम - वीज़ा (M-Visa) प आधात एक ऐसा एिीकशन िा र कया ह लजसक
मायम सि ोग वालणलयक लतान प ई - कॉमस स वा क िलए लडयो टसी स वा तथा
अय भ गतान क िलए भ गतान अपन माटफोन स क सकग
इस स वा क ाा ICICI ब क क पॉकस (Pockets) नामक मोबािइ िवॉ ट स वा क योगकता एम - वीज़ा क क - पा स ( Quick Response - QR) कोड को अपन मोबािइ फोन स कन
क किश स भ गतान क सकग इसक िलए भ गतान िहाा क ड लबट काड स होगा ि कन उस
लतान प वाइप कन क जत नह प गी इसस भ गतान मि गन िवा समय को काफ
कम कया जा सकगा
इस स लवधा को ाभ म ब िग क 1500 लतान म श कया गया ह
7 Banks under Enforcement Directorate scan for illegal transfer of funds
ING Vysya Bank ICICI Bank Kotak Mahindra Bank Indusind Bank
Dhanlaxmi Bank YES Bank and DCB Bank
To Know These 7 banks were alleged to have been used for illegal fund
transfer transactions during the period between 2010 to 2014
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The ED also cracked another module related to the money laundering case
by arresting Manish Jain He was charged with illegal transfer of funds
between 2006 and 2014 through the Oriental Bank of Commerce
According to ED Jain had 66 accounts in the Oriental Bank of Commerce
Rajpur Branch Ghaziabad and Rs 505 Crore were deposited and remitted
abroad through this bank during the period 2006 to 2010
It is worth mentioning that earlier Bank of Baroda was found guilty in illegal
fund transfer case valued at Rs 6172 crore
वत न लनदिशाय (Enforcement Directorate - ED) न 15 अटब 2015 को ब क स अवध
तीक स धन हता तत कए जान क मािम म सात औ ब क को जा र म शालिम कया यक
उन प भी ऐस हता तण म िल हन का आोप िगा ह य सात ब क कौन स ह ndash ING वया
ब क ICICI ब क कोटक मलहा ब क इडस - इड ब क ( Indusind Bank) धिनमी ब क यस
ब क औ DCB ब क
लवतार इन सात ब क प आोप िगाया गया ह क इनक शाखा क मदद स वष 2010 स
2014 क समयावलध क बीर अवध तीक स धन का हता तण कया गया ह
इस मािम म वत न लनदिशाय न एक औ भा डा फोत ए मनीश ज न नामक ल को लहासत म िलया उस प आोप ह क उसन ओयिट ब क ऑफ कॉमस (OBC) क ाजप
( गालज़याबाद ) क शाखा स वष 2006 स 2010 क बीर 505 को पए का हता तण अवध
तीक स लवदश म कया ह
उि खनीय ह क इस मािम का खि ासा ब क ऑफ बौदा (BOB) क शाखा ाा 6172 को
पए क ालश अवध तीक स लवदश हता तत कए जान क एक मािम स आ था लजसक
जा र लवलभ एज लसय ाा क जा ही ह
Corpus for Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced total corpus of the new Financial
Inclusion Fund (FIF) on 15 October 2015 to be - Rs 2000 crore
To Know Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) will be setup to support
developmental and promotional activities like financial inclusion and research
and transfer of technology It will be primarily used creating of financial
inclusion infrastructure across the country capacity building of stakeholders
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and creation of awareness to address demand side issues The fund will not
be utilized for normal businessbanking activities
Earlier the RBI had two funds - Financial Inclusion Fund and Financial
Inclusion Technology Fund for the similar objectives It has now been decided
to merge the two funds The new fund will be in operation for another three
years or till such period as may be decided by the RBI and the Government in
consultation with other stakeholdersFIF will be administered by the
reconstituted Advisory Board constituted by Union Government and will be
maintained by NABARD
फाइनलशिय इयशन फणड
(FIF)
भातीय ज़व ब क (RBI) न 15 अटब 2015 को लवीय समावशन (Financial Inclusion)
को िब द न क िलए एक नया कोष - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड ( Financial Inclusion
Fund - FIF) थालपत कन क घोषणा क इस नवगठत कोष क तहत कतनी लनलध खी
जाय गी - 2000 को
लवतार फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (FIF) क थापना दश म लवीय समावशन (Financial
Inclusion) तथा इसस सबलधत अन सधान को िब द न तथा ौौलगक हता तण(technologytransfer) क िलए क जाय गी इसक ाा दश म लवीय समावशन क म कए
जा ह यास को िब लिम गा तथा िोग म इसक सबध म जागकता फिान म मदद लिम गी
इसक िअावा सबलधत तकनीक क लवकास क िलए अन सधान प जो दया जाय गा िहाा क
इस कोष का योग ब कग तथा अय ावसालयक उय क िलए नह कया जाय गा
उि खनीय ह क इस लवीय समावशन क िलए आबीआई अभी तक दो तह क कोष का
स िरान क हा था - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (Financial InclusionFund) तथा
फाइन लशिय इय शन टिोॉजी फड(Financial InclusionTechnology Fund)
अबRBI न लनण य िलया ह क इन दोन कोष का लिवय क इस फाइन लशिय इय शन फड
(FIF) क नाम स ही प काा जाय गा इस कोष का योग अिग तीन वष अथवा इस योजना म
शालिम समत भागीदा ाा िलए अिग गए लनण य तक कया जान का ताव ह
फाइन लशिय इय शन फड का शासन क सका ाा एक प नग ठत िसाहका बोड ाा
कया जाय गा जबक इसका स िरान व बधन नाबाड (NABARD) ाा कया जाय गा
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Long-term Government Securities
Union Govt is poised to issue long-term government securities (G-secs)
which will be the longest tenure securities to be brought out by the
government What will be tenure of these G-secs as announced by the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 October 2015 ndash 40 years
To Know The proposal to bring G-secs with 40-year maturity will give it a
longer time horizon to fund growth at lower costs Till date gilts with the
longest tenure were of 30 years
One important factor associated with 40-year G-secs would be that these are
being brought at a time when the rate of interest is heading south The move
by the government to issue 40-year G-secs is timed with the RBI‟s decision to
increase debt limit for foreign investors in government securities This isexpected to attract long-term foreign fund managers like pension funds
sovereign funds and insurance companies to buy these papers market
players said
A large chunk of investments by these institutions are usually parked in very
long-term instruments with maturities of 20 30 40 years and more
According to RBI data at present the G-secs with the longest maturity is of 30
years which is scheduled to be redeemed in June 2045 and has an
outstanding maturity amount of Rs 30000 crore
Policy - To unlock the potential for capital goods sector and establish India as
a global manufacturing powerhouse
The Department of Heavy Industry released the draft of a National Policy on
Capital Goods on 23 October 2015 This is the first time that a policy on
Capital Goods is being framed
To Know The Draft National Policy on Capital Goods has been framed inactive consultation with industry associations amp bodies It was released on 23
October 2015 and has been put on public domain for seeking comments
views and suggestions of stakeholders public in general The comments on
draft policy are being sought till 31 October 2015
Capital goods consist of plant machinery equipment and accessories
required either directly or indirectly for manufacture or production of
goods or for rendering services including those required for replacement
modernization technological upgradation and expansion of manufacturingfacilities
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The growth and development of capital goods is critical for India to achieve
the vision of ldquoMake in Indiardquo by increasing share of manufacturing to 25
of Gross Value Added This in turn will help generate additional jobs
improve India‟s trade balance and increase domestic self -reliance The
National Policy on Capital Goods is envisaged to unlock the potential ofthis promising sector and establish India as a global manufacturing
powerhouse
Draft Note ndash on Setting Monetary Policy
The Union Government has recently circulated a draft note
pertaining to monetary policy mechanism in the country It
has proposed clipping the exclusive powers of the RBI
governor in setting monetary policy Explanation The draft circulated by the govt has
proposed some far-reaching steps in country‟s monetary
policy mechanism It has proposed that a seven-member committee should
draft monetary policy
It has proposed that the committee have four members from the
government and three from the central bank with the RBI governor as its
chair holding no veto power as was earlier bnyhumsuggested but a
casting vote
The monetary policy committee will fix the benchmark interest rate of the
RBI and set inflation targets
Under the current system the RBI governor has a technical advisory
committee to advise on monetary policy but can accept or reject the
panel‟s views
RBI chief RaghuramRajan had earlier said that he favoured doing away
with the veto power of the central bank chief arguing it would be better for
a committee to decide the key rate rather than one individual
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International
CHINA
Overtaken United States in terms of population of middle class
As disclosed in a latest report on global wealth by Credit Suisse China has
become world‟s largest middle class country
To KnowThe latest Global Wealth Report by Swiss bank Credit Suisse has
disclosed that with 109 million adults China has replaced the United States
which has around 92 million of its populace under middle class China now
accounts for a fifth of the world population while holding nearly 10 percent of
the global wealth The report said size and wealth of the middle class was a
key factor in economic development and the middle class was often at the
heart of political movements and new consumption trends
Overall the report found that global wealth fell by nearly 5 percent in the year
to mid-2015 to $250 trillion due a strengthening of the US dollar in which
income is compared
लडट लवस (Credit Suisse) ाा व लक धन प जाी नवीनतम पोट ( Global Wealth
Report) क अन सा कौन सा दश अम का को पछाक लव का सबस अलधक मयवगय
जनस या (middle-class population) िवाा दश बनक उभा ह - रीन (China)
लवतार लवज़ि ड क ब क लडट लवस ाा िहा ही म जाी Global Wealth Report म
खि ासा कया गया क 109 को क मयवगय जनस या क साथ रीन अब लव का सबस
बा मयवगय जनस या िवाा दश बन गया ह उसन इस मािम म अम का को पछा दया ह
जहा मयवगय जनस या का आका िगभग 92 को ह पोट क अन सा रीन क अब लव जनस या म 5 लहस दाी ह जबक कि व लक धन - सपदा म उसका दसवा लहसा ह
इस पोट म यह उि ख भी कया गया क अब आथक लवकास म मयवगय जनस या क आका
तथा इस जनस या क हाथ म हन िवाी धन - सपदा का म ख थान ह इसक िअावा उपभोा
व लय म नए बिदाव तथा ाजनीलतक आ िदोन म मयवग क ब हद महवप ण भ लमका ह
पोट क अन सा वष 2015 क मय तक व लक धन - सपदा म 5 क कमी दज ई ह िहाा क
इसका म य काण अम क िडॉ क म य म ई व ल ह जो धन मापन क िलए य क जान
िवाी म ा ह
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TTIP - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The ambitious trade agreement proposed between the United
States and the European Union (EU) for which the 11 th round
of negotiations started from October 19 2015
To Know Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(TTIP) is a proposed free trade agreement between the
European Union and the United States with the aim of promoting multilateral
economic growth It is likely to set standards that would become a base point
for the rest of the world that would want to serve these markets
The first round of negotiations under TTIP took place from 7 to12 July
2013 in Washington DC Till now 10 such negotiations have been held
One important feature of the negotiations taking place under TTIP is thatthe negotiations are being carried mostly in secrecy Almost all information
on negotiations comes from leaked documents and Freedom of
Information requests
The United States and European Union together represent 60 of global
GDP 33 of world trade in goods and 42 of world trade in services
There are a number of trade conflicts between the two powers but both
depend on the other‟s economic market and disputes only affect 2 of
total trade A free trade area between the two would represent potentially
the largest regional free-trade agreement in history
Growth rate of China
Third Quarter- 69
To Know As per the official data released by the Chinese Govt on October
19 2015 China posted its weakest quarterly economic growth since the
global financial crisis The growth rate during July-September 2015 stood at
69 The GDP growth rate is thus lower than 7 growth achieved during the
first half of 2015 This is the weakest reading since the first quarter of 2009
when growth tumbled to 62
These figures further raised the pressure on policymakers to cut interest
rates further and roll out other support measures to avert a sharper
slowdown Chinese economy now has huge impact on global economy as
it has emerged as the second largest economy after the United States
Some market watchers believe current growth is much weaker than
government readings though officials deny allegations that the numbersare inflated
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Trident Juncture
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on October 19 2015 started
its biggest and most ambitious military exercise in more than a decade
To Know Trident Juncture 2015 the huge military exercise comprisingof around 36000 troops from more than 30 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) countries It is being hosted by Italy Spain and
Portugal at 16 different locations
The opening ceremony of Trident Juncture 2015 took place at the Italian
air base of Trapani in Sicily where NATO showed its air strike power with
Typhoon F-18 F-16 Tornado and AMX aircraft
Trident Juncture 2015 will test the new rapid-reaction force of NATO
whose spearhead force will be led by Spain in 2016
Oil Prices ndash Meeting of eight non ndashOPEC Countries
In an important development pertaining to global oil prices
Venezuela hosted a special meeting for eight non-OPEC countries
on October 21 2015 at Vienna Azerbaijan Brazil Colombia
Kazakhstan Norway Mexico Oman and Russia were invited to
in this meeting to unveil a new oil strategy to stem a tumble in oil
pricesExplanation The meeting of these 8 non-OPEC nations was organized by
Venezuela an OPEC member to unveil a bold new oil strategy so as to put a
break to sliding oil prices The meeting was held in shadow of consistently low
oil prices globally Venezuela has been pushing to stem a tumble in oil prices
but faces an uphill battle to convince its richer Gulf counterparts and non-
OPEC nations
An oil price recovery would be a boon for recession-hit Venezuela where
roughly 96 of hard currency income derives from oil
OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries an
international organization of 12 countries to coordinate and unify the global
petroleum policies and prices
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National- Economy
Indiarsquos Fiscal balance turned from deficit to surplus
During August 2015 what landmark achievement was made by the Union
Govt in the area of fiscal balance ndash During August 2015 Indiarsquos fiscal
balance turned from deficit to surplus for the first time in 8 years
To Know According to the data released by the Controller-General of
Accounts (CGA) recently Indiarsquos fiscal deficit was (-) Rs 15808 crore in
August 2015 The negative figure indicates surplus of revenues over
expenditure In contrast the Centre ran up a fiscal deficit of Rs 73005 crore
in August 2014
The total revenue was Rs 147022crore in August 2015 against Rs 71578
crore in July 2015 In contrast the total expenditure in August 2015 was Rs
131214crore against Rs 169986 crore in July 2015
Fiscal deficit is the excess of the Centrersquos expenditure over its revenues This
is after 8 years that Indiarsquos fiscal deficit has turned negative A sharp surge in
the Centrersquos revenue receipts as well as a steep decline in its total
expenditures made the fiscal surplus (or negative fiscal deficit) possible
िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान दश न ाजकोषीय लथलत (Fiscal
position) म या महवप ण उिपलध हालिस क -ि गभग 8 वष बाद अगत 2015 क दौान
ऐसा मौका आया जब भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) हा
लवतार
किो - जनि ऑफ एकाउस Controller-General of Accounts - CGA) ाा िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal
Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) 15808 को पए था इसका अथ आ क इस माह क
दौान क सका क ाजव ालया (revenue receipts) उसक खर (expenditures) स
अलधक थ ाजकोषीय स ति न क म ऐसी लथलत 8 वष बाद हालिस ई ह यहा यह भी
उि खनीय ह क अगत 2014 क दौान दश का ाजकोषीय घाटा 73005 को पए था
अगत 2015 क दौान क सका क कि ाजव ालया 147022 को पए थ जबक
उसका कि खर 131214 को पए था यद इसक जि ाई 2015 क समान आ क स ति ना
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क जाय तो उस दौान सका क कि ाजव ालया 71578 को पए तथा कि खर
169986 को पए था
ाजकोषीय घाटा तब होता ह जब क सका क खर उसक ाजव ालय स अलधक होत ह
अगत 2015 क दौान दश क ाजव स ति न म आई घनामक लथलत आठ वष बाद सभव ई ह
इसका म य काण इस माह क दौान क सका क ाजव ालय म आ भाी इजाफा ह
Prices of Pulses
Union Government on October 18 2015 imposed stock
limits on four categories of stocks
Explanation The Union Government has now withdrawnexemptions to four categories of stocks of pulses ndash stocks
sourced from imports held by exporters by licensed food
processors and large departmental retailers The step has been taken to
prevent hoarding follows the spiralling of prices of all the pulses over the past
two weeks on short supplies
In its earlier order extending the imposition of stock limits on pulses edible
oils and edible oilseeds for one year up to September 30 2016 the
government had granted exemption to these four stock categoriesThe Centre had earlier announced a ban on pulses exports extension of zero
import duty and a further purchase of 5000 tonnes from overseas markets
under the price stabilisation fund It also aims to create a 40000-tonne buffer-
stock from the new arhar (tur) and urad crops which will hit the market
between November and early-January
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Sports
Cricket
Younis Khan surpassed JavedMiandad record for most runs for
Pakistan in Test Cricket
To Know Younis Khan surpassed the record for most runs for Pakistan in
Test cricket during the First Test Match against England being played in Abu
Dhabi He overtook JavedMiandads previous mark of 8832 runs to achieve
this feat Younis overhauled the record in his 102nd match taking 22 fewer
than Miandad to set the mark
य न स खान न 13 अटब 2015 को कसन जाव द लमया दाद क कॉड को तोक टट कट म
पाकतान क िलए सवा लधक न बटोन का कॉड कायम कया
लवतार य न स खान न यह उिपलध इि ड क लिखाफ िर ही टट िखा क पिह म र म 13
अटब 2015 को हालिस क लजसका आयोजन अब धाबी म हो हा ह उहन इस म र म जाव द
लमया दाद क 8832 ट ट न क कॉड को पा क िलया
RUSSIAN F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (UK) won the Russian F1 Grand Prix on 11 October 2015 to
further consolidate his position on way to becoming 2015 F1 champion
To Know Force Indiarsquos driver Sergio Perez finished third on the Russian F1
Grand Prix to give his team its only third podium finish in its historyForce
India have enjoyed only two podium places before this race and incidentally
the last time also it was Perez who stepped onto the podium for the team at
Bahrain Grand Prix in 2014
The first ever podium for the team was secured by Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)
who had finished second in the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position
लटन क ि इस ह लमटन (Lewis Hamilton) न स क सोरी (Sochi) म आयोलजत सी
फाम ि ा वन ा ी (Russian F1 Grand Prix) स का लखताब 11 अटब 2015 को जीतक
इस वष क फाम ि ा वन लखताब को जीतन क ओ अपन कदम औ मजब ती स बढ़ा दए इस स
म भात क फाम ि ा वन टीम फोस इलडया (Force India) क कस ाइव न फोलडयम फलनश
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(podium finish) हालिस क अपनी टीम क इलतहास क मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश हालिस
क - सजयो प ज़ ndash Sergio Perez ( म लसको )
लवतार
सी फाम ि ा वन स म फोस इलडया क ाइव सजयो प ज़ ( Sergio Perez) न
तीसा थान हालिस क सव तीन िराक म हक म र (podium) प प रन क उिपलध
( पोलडयम फलनश ) हालिस क यह फोस इलडया क इलतहास म मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश
थी
फोस इलडया को इसस पिह लिमी पोलडयम फलनश भी सजयो प ज़ क द न थी जब उहन
2014 क बहीन ा ी (Bahrain Grand Prix) म तीसा थान हालिस कया था
फोस इलडया को अपन इलतहास क पिही पोलडयम फलनश 2009 क ब लजयम ा ी ( 2009
Belgian Grand Prix) म हालिस ई थी जब उनक इटािलयन ाइव लजयानिका फलसकिा
(Giancarlo Fisichella) न द सा थान हालिस कया था य फोस इलडया क इलतहास का
सव दश न भी था
सी ा ी स क एक औ लवश षता यह ही क इसम फाी क स ब लटयन व िट ( जम नी ) न
द सा थान हालिस क इस िसा क फाम ि ा वन र लपयनलशप म अब तक द स थान प िर
ह मसडीज़ क लनको ोसबग ( जम नी ) को तीस थान प ढकि दया इसक साथ व िट क 236
अ क हो गए तथा इस स को प ा न क पान क िरत ोसबग 229 अ क प हक तीस थान
प फिस गए वह मसडीज़ क ि इस ह लमटन कि 302 अ क क साथ काफ आग ह औ अपना
ि गाता द सा लखताब जीतत ए दख ह ह
BOXING - Vijender Singh
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh started his
professional boxing career with a bang as he
defeated his opponent Sonny Whiting by knock-
out
To Know Vijender Singh showed no nerves in
the debut bout of his professional career againstBritish professional boxer Sonny Whiting that
was held on 10 October at the Manchester
Arena He ended the fight in the third round with
a knock-out victory over Whiting
Vijender the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) had
announced his decision to turn professional on 29 June 2015 as he signed a
multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and
Entertainment This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remains
eligible to represent India
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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Dalip Kaur Tiwana
First writer to return Padma Shri honour
To Know Noted Punjabi writer DalipKaurTiwana was conferred with the
lsquoPadma Shrirsquo Indiarsquos fourth highest civilian honour in 2004 On 13 Octobershe announced her decision to return her lsquoPadma Shrirsquo in protest against the
lsquorising communal tensionrsquo in the country She became the first lsquoPadma Shrirsquo
awardee to return the honour in the ongoing protest of writers against the
attacks on countryrsquos pluralist voice She was also awarded the
SahityaAkademi in 1971
प जाबी ि लखका िदीप कौ लतवाना वत मान कछ दन सि खक ाा दश म बढ़ती सादालयकता क म प लवोध जताए जान िवाी म लहम म शालिम होक पी समानि ौटान िवाी पिही हती बन ग
लवतार उि खनीय ह क मौज दा समय म दश क तमाम सालहयका न दश म बढ़ती सादालयकता तथा अलभल क वत ता प कलथत तौ प िगाम िगाए जान क यास क लिखाफ एकज ट होत ए अपना लवोध श कया ह लजसक तहत तमाम ि खक न अपन lsquoसालहयअकादमी प का rsquo वापस कन क घोषणा क ह इसी म म स लस प जाबी ि लखका िदीप
कौ लतवाना उस समय ररा म आ ग जब उहन अपना पी ( lsquoPadma Shri) समान
ि ौटान क घोषणा 13 अटब को क इस का व सालहयका क इस लवोध म पी समान िौटान िवाी पिही हती भी बन ग
िदीप कौ को पी समान वष 2004 म दान कया गया था वह उह वष 1971 म सालहय अकादमी प का भी दान कया गया था
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Banking amp Finance
Yes Bank
Approved by RBI to set up a mutual fund asset
management company (AMC) and a trustee
company
To Know Presently the fifth largest private bank
in India The bank hopes that the AMC will
channelize savings of retail and institutional
investors in equity and debt capital markets Theapproval for mutual fund is expected to complement Yes Bankrsquos retail
liabilities strategy and also allow the AMC to leverage the Bankrsquos distribution
network for customer acquisition
य रिअ फड िखोन क RBI क अन मलत लिमन क जानकाी यस ब क क शासन न 12
अटब 2015 को साझा क इसक अन सा यस ब क य रिअ फड क थापना कगा लजसक
िलए एक एस ट म न जम ट कपनी (AMC) औ एक टी कपनी का गठन कया जाय गा ब क का
मानना ह क य रिअ फड क अन मलत लिम जान स वह अपन ख दा तथा स थागत खात दा
क बरत को इटी तथा ड ट बाजा म लनवश कन क िलए ब हत तीक स आकषत क
पाय गा
यस ब क वत मान म भात का पा रवा सबस बा ब क ह माना जा हा ह क य रिअ फड
वसाय म उतन क बाद वह अपन लवत त लवपणन न टवक का ब हत इत िमा क पाय गा
mVisa ndash Mobile payment service
ICICI Bank is the first bank to globally launch a mobile
app-based lsquomVisarsquo service
To Know A service to enable customers to make
electronic payments from their smartphones at physical
stores e-commerce and other deliveries at home radio
taxis and utility billers among others This service is based on lsquomVisarsquo Visarsquos
new mobile payment solution
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With this service users of lsquoPocketsrsquo ICICI Banks app can make cashless
payments from their smartphones using their debit card by simply scanning an
lsquomVisarsquo Quick Response (QR) code at a merchant location without swiping the
card at an EDC machine This service thus provides customers theconvenience of speed to complete a transaction along with enhanced security
as the card remains in the possession of the customer
To start with this facility has been introduced in Bengaluru with 1500
merchants and will shortly be extended to other cities
दश क कस लनजी क ब क न अटब 2015 क दौान दावा कया क वह वीज़ा (Visa) क
िहा ही म जाी कए गए मोबािइ प म ट सॉय शन एम - वीज़ा (M-Visa) प आधात
मोबािइ एिीकशन िा र कन िवाी द लनया क पिही कपनी बन गई ह ndash ICICI ब क (ICICI
Bank)
लवता दश म लनजी क सबस ब ब क ndashICICI ब क न िहा ही म Visa क मोबािइ प म ट
सॉय शन एम - वीज़ा (M-Visa) प आधात एक ऐसा एिीकशन िा र कया ह लजसक
मायम सि ोग वालणलयक लतान प ई - कॉमस स वा क िलए लडयो टसी स वा तथा
अय भ गतान क िलए भ गतान अपन माटफोन स क सकग
इस स वा क ाा ICICI ब क क पॉकस (Pockets) नामक मोबािइ िवॉ ट स वा क योगकता एम - वीज़ा क क - पा स ( Quick Response - QR) कोड को अपन मोबािइ फोन स कन
क किश स भ गतान क सकग इसक िलए भ गतान िहाा क ड लबट काड स होगा ि कन उस
लतान प वाइप कन क जत नह प गी इसस भ गतान मि गन िवा समय को काफ
कम कया जा सकगा
इस स लवधा को ाभ म ब िग क 1500 लतान म श कया गया ह
7 Banks under Enforcement Directorate scan for illegal transfer of funds
ING Vysya Bank ICICI Bank Kotak Mahindra Bank Indusind Bank
Dhanlaxmi Bank YES Bank and DCB Bank
To Know These 7 banks were alleged to have been used for illegal fund
transfer transactions during the period between 2010 to 2014
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The ED also cracked another module related to the money laundering case
by arresting Manish Jain He was charged with illegal transfer of funds
between 2006 and 2014 through the Oriental Bank of Commerce
According to ED Jain had 66 accounts in the Oriental Bank of Commerce
Rajpur Branch Ghaziabad and Rs 505 Crore were deposited and remitted
abroad through this bank during the period 2006 to 2010
It is worth mentioning that earlier Bank of Baroda was found guilty in illegal
fund transfer case valued at Rs 6172 crore
वत न लनदिशाय (Enforcement Directorate - ED) न 15 अटब 2015 को ब क स अवध
तीक स धन हता तत कए जान क मािम म सात औ ब क को जा र म शालिम कया यक
उन प भी ऐस हता तण म िल हन का आोप िगा ह य सात ब क कौन स ह ndash ING वया
ब क ICICI ब क कोटक मलहा ब क इडस - इड ब क ( Indusind Bank) धिनमी ब क यस
ब क औ DCB ब क
लवतार इन सात ब क प आोप िगाया गया ह क इनक शाखा क मदद स वष 2010 स
2014 क समयावलध क बीर अवध तीक स धन का हता तण कया गया ह
इस मािम म वत न लनदिशाय न एक औ भा डा फोत ए मनीश ज न नामक ल को लहासत म िलया उस प आोप ह क उसन ओयिट ब क ऑफ कॉमस (OBC) क ाजप
( गालज़याबाद ) क शाखा स वष 2006 स 2010 क बीर 505 को पए का हता तण अवध
तीक स लवदश म कया ह
उि खनीय ह क इस मािम का खि ासा ब क ऑफ बौदा (BOB) क शाखा ाा 6172 को
पए क ालश अवध तीक स लवदश हता तत कए जान क एक मािम स आ था लजसक
जा र लवलभ एज लसय ाा क जा ही ह
Corpus for Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced total corpus of the new Financial
Inclusion Fund (FIF) on 15 October 2015 to be - Rs 2000 crore
To Know Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) will be setup to support
developmental and promotional activities like financial inclusion and research
and transfer of technology It will be primarily used creating of financial
inclusion infrastructure across the country capacity building of stakeholders
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and creation of awareness to address demand side issues The fund will not
be utilized for normal businessbanking activities
Earlier the RBI had two funds - Financial Inclusion Fund and Financial
Inclusion Technology Fund for the similar objectives It has now been decided
to merge the two funds The new fund will be in operation for another three
years or till such period as may be decided by the RBI and the Government in
consultation with other stakeholdersFIF will be administered by the
reconstituted Advisory Board constituted by Union Government and will be
maintained by NABARD
फाइनलशिय इयशन फणड
(FIF)
भातीय ज़व ब क (RBI) न 15 अटब 2015 को लवीय समावशन (Financial Inclusion)
को िब द न क िलए एक नया कोष - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड ( Financial Inclusion
Fund - FIF) थालपत कन क घोषणा क इस नवगठत कोष क तहत कतनी लनलध खी
जाय गी - 2000 को
लवतार फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (FIF) क थापना दश म लवीय समावशन (Financial
Inclusion) तथा इसस सबलधत अन सधान को िब द न तथा ौौलगक हता तण(technologytransfer) क िलए क जाय गी इसक ाा दश म लवीय समावशन क म कए
जा ह यास को िब लिम गा तथा िोग म इसक सबध म जागकता फिान म मदद लिम गी
इसक िअावा सबलधत तकनीक क लवकास क िलए अन सधान प जो दया जाय गा िहाा क
इस कोष का योग ब कग तथा अय ावसालयक उय क िलए नह कया जाय गा
उि खनीय ह क इस लवीय समावशन क िलए आबीआई अभी तक दो तह क कोष का
स िरान क हा था - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (Financial InclusionFund) तथा
फाइन लशिय इय शन टिोॉजी फड(Financial InclusionTechnology Fund)
अबRBI न लनण य िलया ह क इन दोन कोष का लिवय क इस फाइन लशिय इय शन फड
(FIF) क नाम स ही प काा जाय गा इस कोष का योग अिग तीन वष अथवा इस योजना म
शालिम समत भागीदा ाा िलए अिग गए लनण य तक कया जान का ताव ह
फाइन लशिय इय शन फड का शासन क सका ाा एक प नग ठत िसाहका बोड ाा
कया जाय गा जबक इसका स िरान व बधन नाबाड (NABARD) ाा कया जाय गा
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Long-term Government Securities
Union Govt is poised to issue long-term government securities (G-secs)
which will be the longest tenure securities to be brought out by the
government What will be tenure of these G-secs as announced by the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 October 2015 ndash 40 years
To Know The proposal to bring G-secs with 40-year maturity will give it a
longer time horizon to fund growth at lower costs Till date gilts with the
longest tenure were of 30 years
One important factor associated with 40-year G-secs would be that these are
being brought at a time when the rate of interest is heading south The move
by the government to issue 40-year G-secs is timed with the RBI‟s decision to
increase debt limit for foreign investors in government securities This isexpected to attract long-term foreign fund managers like pension funds
sovereign funds and insurance companies to buy these papers market
players said
A large chunk of investments by these institutions are usually parked in very
long-term instruments with maturities of 20 30 40 years and more
According to RBI data at present the G-secs with the longest maturity is of 30
years which is scheduled to be redeemed in June 2045 and has an
outstanding maturity amount of Rs 30000 crore
Policy - To unlock the potential for capital goods sector and establish India as
a global manufacturing powerhouse
The Department of Heavy Industry released the draft of a National Policy on
Capital Goods on 23 October 2015 This is the first time that a policy on
Capital Goods is being framed
To Know The Draft National Policy on Capital Goods has been framed inactive consultation with industry associations amp bodies It was released on 23
October 2015 and has been put on public domain for seeking comments
views and suggestions of stakeholders public in general The comments on
draft policy are being sought till 31 October 2015
Capital goods consist of plant machinery equipment and accessories
required either directly or indirectly for manufacture or production of
goods or for rendering services including those required for replacement
modernization technological upgradation and expansion of manufacturingfacilities
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The growth and development of capital goods is critical for India to achieve
the vision of ldquoMake in Indiardquo by increasing share of manufacturing to 25
of Gross Value Added This in turn will help generate additional jobs
improve India‟s trade balance and increase domestic self -reliance The
National Policy on Capital Goods is envisaged to unlock the potential ofthis promising sector and establish India as a global manufacturing
powerhouse
Draft Note ndash on Setting Monetary Policy
The Union Government has recently circulated a draft note
pertaining to monetary policy mechanism in the country It
has proposed clipping the exclusive powers of the RBI
governor in setting monetary policy Explanation The draft circulated by the govt has
proposed some far-reaching steps in country‟s monetary
policy mechanism It has proposed that a seven-member committee should
draft monetary policy
It has proposed that the committee have four members from the
government and three from the central bank with the RBI governor as its
chair holding no veto power as was earlier bnyhumsuggested but a
casting vote
The monetary policy committee will fix the benchmark interest rate of the
RBI and set inflation targets
Under the current system the RBI governor has a technical advisory
committee to advise on monetary policy but can accept or reject the
panel‟s views
RBI chief RaghuramRajan had earlier said that he favoured doing away
with the veto power of the central bank chief arguing it would be better for
a committee to decide the key rate rather than one individual
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International
CHINA
Overtaken United States in terms of population of middle class
As disclosed in a latest report on global wealth by Credit Suisse China has
become world‟s largest middle class country
To KnowThe latest Global Wealth Report by Swiss bank Credit Suisse has
disclosed that with 109 million adults China has replaced the United States
which has around 92 million of its populace under middle class China now
accounts for a fifth of the world population while holding nearly 10 percent of
the global wealth The report said size and wealth of the middle class was a
key factor in economic development and the middle class was often at the
heart of political movements and new consumption trends
Overall the report found that global wealth fell by nearly 5 percent in the year
to mid-2015 to $250 trillion due a strengthening of the US dollar in which
income is compared
लडट लवस (Credit Suisse) ाा व लक धन प जाी नवीनतम पोट ( Global Wealth
Report) क अन सा कौन सा दश अम का को पछाक लव का सबस अलधक मयवगय
जनस या (middle-class population) िवाा दश बनक उभा ह - रीन (China)
लवतार लवज़ि ड क ब क लडट लवस ाा िहा ही म जाी Global Wealth Report म
खि ासा कया गया क 109 को क मयवगय जनस या क साथ रीन अब लव का सबस
बा मयवगय जनस या िवाा दश बन गया ह उसन इस मािम म अम का को पछा दया ह
जहा मयवगय जनस या का आका िगभग 92 को ह पोट क अन सा रीन क अब लव जनस या म 5 लहस दाी ह जबक कि व लक धन - सपदा म उसका दसवा लहसा ह
इस पोट म यह उि ख भी कया गया क अब आथक लवकास म मयवगय जनस या क आका
तथा इस जनस या क हाथ म हन िवाी धन - सपदा का म ख थान ह इसक िअावा उपभोा
व लय म नए बिदाव तथा ाजनीलतक आ िदोन म मयवग क ब हद महवप ण भ लमका ह
पोट क अन सा वष 2015 क मय तक व लक धन - सपदा म 5 क कमी दज ई ह िहाा क
इसका म य काण अम क िडॉ क म य म ई व ल ह जो धन मापन क िलए य क जान
िवाी म ा ह
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TTIP - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The ambitious trade agreement proposed between the United
States and the European Union (EU) for which the 11 th round
of negotiations started from October 19 2015
To Know Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(TTIP) is a proposed free trade agreement between the
European Union and the United States with the aim of promoting multilateral
economic growth It is likely to set standards that would become a base point
for the rest of the world that would want to serve these markets
The first round of negotiations under TTIP took place from 7 to12 July
2013 in Washington DC Till now 10 such negotiations have been held
One important feature of the negotiations taking place under TTIP is thatthe negotiations are being carried mostly in secrecy Almost all information
on negotiations comes from leaked documents and Freedom of
Information requests
The United States and European Union together represent 60 of global
GDP 33 of world trade in goods and 42 of world trade in services
There are a number of trade conflicts between the two powers but both
depend on the other‟s economic market and disputes only affect 2 of
total trade A free trade area between the two would represent potentially
the largest regional free-trade agreement in history
Growth rate of China
Third Quarter- 69
To Know As per the official data released by the Chinese Govt on October
19 2015 China posted its weakest quarterly economic growth since the
global financial crisis The growth rate during July-September 2015 stood at
69 The GDP growth rate is thus lower than 7 growth achieved during the
first half of 2015 This is the weakest reading since the first quarter of 2009
when growth tumbled to 62
These figures further raised the pressure on policymakers to cut interest
rates further and roll out other support measures to avert a sharper
slowdown Chinese economy now has huge impact on global economy as
it has emerged as the second largest economy after the United States
Some market watchers believe current growth is much weaker than
government readings though officials deny allegations that the numbersare inflated
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Trident Juncture
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on October 19 2015 started
its biggest and most ambitious military exercise in more than a decade
To Know Trident Juncture 2015 the huge military exercise comprisingof around 36000 troops from more than 30 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) countries It is being hosted by Italy Spain and
Portugal at 16 different locations
The opening ceremony of Trident Juncture 2015 took place at the Italian
air base of Trapani in Sicily where NATO showed its air strike power with
Typhoon F-18 F-16 Tornado and AMX aircraft
Trident Juncture 2015 will test the new rapid-reaction force of NATO
whose spearhead force will be led by Spain in 2016
Oil Prices ndash Meeting of eight non ndashOPEC Countries
In an important development pertaining to global oil prices
Venezuela hosted a special meeting for eight non-OPEC countries
on October 21 2015 at Vienna Azerbaijan Brazil Colombia
Kazakhstan Norway Mexico Oman and Russia were invited to
in this meeting to unveil a new oil strategy to stem a tumble in oil
pricesExplanation The meeting of these 8 non-OPEC nations was organized by
Venezuela an OPEC member to unveil a bold new oil strategy so as to put a
break to sliding oil prices The meeting was held in shadow of consistently low
oil prices globally Venezuela has been pushing to stem a tumble in oil prices
but faces an uphill battle to convince its richer Gulf counterparts and non-
OPEC nations
An oil price recovery would be a boon for recession-hit Venezuela where
roughly 96 of hard currency income derives from oil
OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries an
international organization of 12 countries to coordinate and unify the global
petroleum policies and prices
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National- Economy
Indiarsquos Fiscal balance turned from deficit to surplus
During August 2015 what landmark achievement was made by the Union
Govt in the area of fiscal balance ndash During August 2015 Indiarsquos fiscal
balance turned from deficit to surplus for the first time in 8 years
To Know According to the data released by the Controller-General of
Accounts (CGA) recently Indiarsquos fiscal deficit was (-) Rs 15808 crore in
August 2015 The negative figure indicates surplus of revenues over
expenditure In contrast the Centre ran up a fiscal deficit of Rs 73005 crore
in August 2014
The total revenue was Rs 147022crore in August 2015 against Rs 71578
crore in July 2015 In contrast the total expenditure in August 2015 was Rs
131214crore against Rs 169986 crore in July 2015
Fiscal deficit is the excess of the Centrersquos expenditure over its revenues This
is after 8 years that Indiarsquos fiscal deficit has turned negative A sharp surge in
the Centrersquos revenue receipts as well as a steep decline in its total
expenditures made the fiscal surplus (or negative fiscal deficit) possible
िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान दश न ाजकोषीय लथलत (Fiscal
position) म या महवप ण उिपलध हालिस क -ि गभग 8 वष बाद अगत 2015 क दौान
ऐसा मौका आया जब भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) हा
लवतार
किो - जनि ऑफ एकाउस Controller-General of Accounts - CGA) ाा िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal
Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) 15808 को पए था इसका अथ आ क इस माह क
दौान क सका क ाजव ालया (revenue receipts) उसक खर (expenditures) स
अलधक थ ाजकोषीय स ति न क म ऐसी लथलत 8 वष बाद हालिस ई ह यहा यह भी
उि खनीय ह क अगत 2014 क दौान दश का ाजकोषीय घाटा 73005 को पए था
अगत 2015 क दौान क सका क कि ाजव ालया 147022 को पए थ जबक
उसका कि खर 131214 को पए था यद इसक जि ाई 2015 क समान आ क स ति ना
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क जाय तो उस दौान सका क कि ाजव ालया 71578 को पए तथा कि खर
169986 को पए था
ाजकोषीय घाटा तब होता ह जब क सका क खर उसक ाजव ालय स अलधक होत ह
अगत 2015 क दौान दश क ाजव स ति न म आई घनामक लथलत आठ वष बाद सभव ई ह
इसका म य काण इस माह क दौान क सका क ाजव ालय म आ भाी इजाफा ह
Prices of Pulses
Union Government on October 18 2015 imposed stock
limits on four categories of stocks
Explanation The Union Government has now withdrawnexemptions to four categories of stocks of pulses ndash stocks
sourced from imports held by exporters by licensed food
processors and large departmental retailers The step has been taken to
prevent hoarding follows the spiralling of prices of all the pulses over the past
two weeks on short supplies
In its earlier order extending the imposition of stock limits on pulses edible
oils and edible oilseeds for one year up to September 30 2016 the
government had granted exemption to these four stock categoriesThe Centre had earlier announced a ban on pulses exports extension of zero
import duty and a further purchase of 5000 tonnes from overseas markets
under the price stabilisation fund It also aims to create a 40000-tonne buffer-
stock from the new arhar (tur) and urad crops which will hit the market
between November and early-January
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Sports
Cricket
Younis Khan surpassed JavedMiandad record for most runs for
Pakistan in Test Cricket
To Know Younis Khan surpassed the record for most runs for Pakistan in
Test cricket during the First Test Match against England being played in Abu
Dhabi He overtook JavedMiandads previous mark of 8832 runs to achieve
this feat Younis overhauled the record in his 102nd match taking 22 fewer
than Miandad to set the mark
य न स खान न 13 अटब 2015 को कसन जाव द लमया दाद क कॉड को तोक टट कट म
पाकतान क िलए सवा लधक न बटोन का कॉड कायम कया
लवतार य न स खान न यह उिपलध इि ड क लिखाफ िर ही टट िखा क पिह म र म 13
अटब 2015 को हालिस क लजसका आयोजन अब धाबी म हो हा ह उहन इस म र म जाव द
लमया दाद क 8832 ट ट न क कॉड को पा क िलया
RUSSIAN F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (UK) won the Russian F1 Grand Prix on 11 October 2015 to
further consolidate his position on way to becoming 2015 F1 champion
To Know Force Indiarsquos driver Sergio Perez finished third on the Russian F1
Grand Prix to give his team its only third podium finish in its historyForce
India have enjoyed only two podium places before this race and incidentally
the last time also it was Perez who stepped onto the podium for the team at
Bahrain Grand Prix in 2014
The first ever podium for the team was secured by Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)
who had finished second in the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position
लटन क ि इस ह लमटन (Lewis Hamilton) न स क सोरी (Sochi) म आयोलजत सी
फाम ि ा वन ा ी (Russian F1 Grand Prix) स का लखताब 11 अटब 2015 को जीतक
इस वष क फाम ि ा वन लखताब को जीतन क ओ अपन कदम औ मजब ती स बढ़ा दए इस स
म भात क फाम ि ा वन टीम फोस इलडया (Force India) क कस ाइव न फोलडयम फलनश
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(podium finish) हालिस क अपनी टीम क इलतहास क मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश हालिस
क - सजयो प ज़ ndash Sergio Perez ( म लसको )
लवतार
सी फाम ि ा वन स म फोस इलडया क ाइव सजयो प ज़ ( Sergio Perez) न
तीसा थान हालिस क सव तीन िराक म हक म र (podium) प प रन क उिपलध
( पोलडयम फलनश ) हालिस क यह फोस इलडया क इलतहास म मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश
थी
फोस इलडया को इसस पिह लिमी पोलडयम फलनश भी सजयो प ज़ क द न थी जब उहन
2014 क बहीन ा ी (Bahrain Grand Prix) म तीसा थान हालिस कया था
फोस इलडया को अपन इलतहास क पिही पोलडयम फलनश 2009 क ब लजयम ा ी ( 2009
Belgian Grand Prix) म हालिस ई थी जब उनक इटािलयन ाइव लजयानिका फलसकिा
(Giancarlo Fisichella) न द सा थान हालिस कया था य फोस इलडया क इलतहास का
सव दश न भी था
सी ा ी स क एक औ लवश षता यह ही क इसम फाी क स ब लटयन व िट ( जम नी ) न
द सा थान हालिस क इस िसा क फाम ि ा वन र लपयनलशप म अब तक द स थान प िर
ह मसडीज़ क लनको ोसबग ( जम नी ) को तीस थान प ढकि दया इसक साथ व िट क 236
अ क हो गए तथा इस स को प ा न क पान क िरत ोसबग 229 अ क प हक तीस थान
प फिस गए वह मसडीज़ क ि इस ह लमटन कि 302 अ क क साथ काफ आग ह औ अपना
ि गाता द सा लखताब जीतत ए दख ह ह
BOXING - Vijender Singh
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh started his
professional boxing career with a bang as he
defeated his opponent Sonny Whiting by knock-
out
To Know Vijender Singh showed no nerves in
the debut bout of his professional career againstBritish professional boxer Sonny Whiting that
was held on 10 October at the Manchester
Arena He ended the fight in the third round with
a knock-out victory over Whiting
Vijender the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) had
announced his decision to turn professional on 29 June 2015 as he signed a
multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and
Entertainment This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remains
eligible to represent India
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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Banking amp Finance
Yes Bank
Approved by RBI to set up a mutual fund asset
management company (AMC) and a trustee
company
To Know Presently the fifth largest private bank
in India The bank hopes that the AMC will
channelize savings of retail and institutional
investors in equity and debt capital markets Theapproval for mutual fund is expected to complement Yes Bankrsquos retail
liabilities strategy and also allow the AMC to leverage the Bankrsquos distribution
network for customer acquisition
य रिअ फड िखोन क RBI क अन मलत लिमन क जानकाी यस ब क क शासन न 12
अटब 2015 को साझा क इसक अन सा यस ब क य रिअ फड क थापना कगा लजसक
िलए एक एस ट म न जम ट कपनी (AMC) औ एक टी कपनी का गठन कया जाय गा ब क का
मानना ह क य रिअ फड क अन मलत लिम जान स वह अपन ख दा तथा स थागत खात दा
क बरत को इटी तथा ड ट बाजा म लनवश कन क िलए ब हत तीक स आकषत क
पाय गा
यस ब क वत मान म भात का पा रवा सबस बा ब क ह माना जा हा ह क य रिअ फड
वसाय म उतन क बाद वह अपन लवत त लवपणन न टवक का ब हत इत िमा क पाय गा
mVisa ndash Mobile payment service
ICICI Bank is the first bank to globally launch a mobile
app-based lsquomVisarsquo service
To Know A service to enable customers to make
electronic payments from their smartphones at physical
stores e-commerce and other deliveries at home radio
taxis and utility billers among others This service is based on lsquomVisarsquo Visarsquos
new mobile payment solution
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With this service users of lsquoPocketsrsquo ICICI Banks app can make cashless
payments from their smartphones using their debit card by simply scanning an
lsquomVisarsquo Quick Response (QR) code at a merchant location without swiping the
card at an EDC machine This service thus provides customers theconvenience of speed to complete a transaction along with enhanced security
as the card remains in the possession of the customer
To start with this facility has been introduced in Bengaluru with 1500
merchants and will shortly be extended to other cities
दश क कस लनजी क ब क न अटब 2015 क दौान दावा कया क वह वीज़ा (Visa) क
िहा ही म जाी कए गए मोबािइ प म ट सॉय शन एम - वीज़ा (M-Visa) प आधात
मोबािइ एिीकशन िा र कन िवाी द लनया क पिही कपनी बन गई ह ndash ICICI ब क (ICICI
Bank)
लवता दश म लनजी क सबस ब ब क ndashICICI ब क न िहा ही म Visa क मोबािइ प म ट
सॉय शन एम - वीज़ा (M-Visa) प आधात एक ऐसा एिीकशन िा र कया ह लजसक
मायम सि ोग वालणलयक लतान प ई - कॉमस स वा क िलए लडयो टसी स वा तथा
अय भ गतान क िलए भ गतान अपन माटफोन स क सकग
इस स वा क ाा ICICI ब क क पॉकस (Pockets) नामक मोबािइ िवॉ ट स वा क योगकता एम - वीज़ा क क - पा स ( Quick Response - QR) कोड को अपन मोबािइ फोन स कन
क किश स भ गतान क सकग इसक िलए भ गतान िहाा क ड लबट काड स होगा ि कन उस
लतान प वाइप कन क जत नह प गी इसस भ गतान मि गन िवा समय को काफ
कम कया जा सकगा
इस स लवधा को ाभ म ब िग क 1500 लतान म श कया गया ह
7 Banks under Enforcement Directorate scan for illegal transfer of funds
ING Vysya Bank ICICI Bank Kotak Mahindra Bank Indusind Bank
Dhanlaxmi Bank YES Bank and DCB Bank
To Know These 7 banks were alleged to have been used for illegal fund
transfer transactions during the period between 2010 to 2014
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The ED also cracked another module related to the money laundering case
by arresting Manish Jain He was charged with illegal transfer of funds
between 2006 and 2014 through the Oriental Bank of Commerce
According to ED Jain had 66 accounts in the Oriental Bank of Commerce
Rajpur Branch Ghaziabad and Rs 505 Crore were deposited and remitted
abroad through this bank during the period 2006 to 2010
It is worth mentioning that earlier Bank of Baroda was found guilty in illegal
fund transfer case valued at Rs 6172 crore
वत न लनदिशाय (Enforcement Directorate - ED) न 15 अटब 2015 को ब क स अवध
तीक स धन हता तत कए जान क मािम म सात औ ब क को जा र म शालिम कया यक
उन प भी ऐस हता तण म िल हन का आोप िगा ह य सात ब क कौन स ह ndash ING वया
ब क ICICI ब क कोटक मलहा ब क इडस - इड ब क ( Indusind Bank) धिनमी ब क यस
ब क औ DCB ब क
लवतार इन सात ब क प आोप िगाया गया ह क इनक शाखा क मदद स वष 2010 स
2014 क समयावलध क बीर अवध तीक स धन का हता तण कया गया ह
इस मािम म वत न लनदिशाय न एक औ भा डा फोत ए मनीश ज न नामक ल को लहासत म िलया उस प आोप ह क उसन ओयिट ब क ऑफ कॉमस (OBC) क ाजप
( गालज़याबाद ) क शाखा स वष 2006 स 2010 क बीर 505 को पए का हता तण अवध
तीक स लवदश म कया ह
उि खनीय ह क इस मािम का खि ासा ब क ऑफ बौदा (BOB) क शाखा ाा 6172 को
पए क ालश अवध तीक स लवदश हता तत कए जान क एक मािम स आ था लजसक
जा र लवलभ एज लसय ाा क जा ही ह
Corpus for Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced total corpus of the new Financial
Inclusion Fund (FIF) on 15 October 2015 to be - Rs 2000 crore
To Know Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) will be setup to support
developmental and promotional activities like financial inclusion and research
and transfer of technology It will be primarily used creating of financial
inclusion infrastructure across the country capacity building of stakeholders
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and creation of awareness to address demand side issues The fund will not
be utilized for normal businessbanking activities
Earlier the RBI had two funds - Financial Inclusion Fund and Financial
Inclusion Technology Fund for the similar objectives It has now been decided
to merge the two funds The new fund will be in operation for another three
years or till such period as may be decided by the RBI and the Government in
consultation with other stakeholdersFIF will be administered by the
reconstituted Advisory Board constituted by Union Government and will be
maintained by NABARD
फाइनलशिय इयशन फणड
(FIF)
भातीय ज़व ब क (RBI) न 15 अटब 2015 को लवीय समावशन (Financial Inclusion)
को िब द न क िलए एक नया कोष - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड ( Financial Inclusion
Fund - FIF) थालपत कन क घोषणा क इस नवगठत कोष क तहत कतनी लनलध खी
जाय गी - 2000 को
लवतार फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (FIF) क थापना दश म लवीय समावशन (Financial
Inclusion) तथा इसस सबलधत अन सधान को िब द न तथा ौौलगक हता तण(technologytransfer) क िलए क जाय गी इसक ाा दश म लवीय समावशन क म कए
जा ह यास को िब लिम गा तथा िोग म इसक सबध म जागकता फिान म मदद लिम गी
इसक िअावा सबलधत तकनीक क लवकास क िलए अन सधान प जो दया जाय गा िहाा क
इस कोष का योग ब कग तथा अय ावसालयक उय क िलए नह कया जाय गा
उि खनीय ह क इस लवीय समावशन क िलए आबीआई अभी तक दो तह क कोष का
स िरान क हा था - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (Financial InclusionFund) तथा
फाइन लशिय इय शन टिोॉजी फड(Financial InclusionTechnology Fund)
अबRBI न लनण य िलया ह क इन दोन कोष का लिवय क इस फाइन लशिय इय शन फड
(FIF) क नाम स ही प काा जाय गा इस कोष का योग अिग तीन वष अथवा इस योजना म
शालिम समत भागीदा ाा िलए अिग गए लनण य तक कया जान का ताव ह
फाइन लशिय इय शन फड का शासन क सका ाा एक प नग ठत िसाहका बोड ाा
कया जाय गा जबक इसका स िरान व बधन नाबाड (NABARD) ाा कया जाय गा
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Long-term Government Securities
Union Govt is poised to issue long-term government securities (G-secs)
which will be the longest tenure securities to be brought out by the
government What will be tenure of these G-secs as announced by the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 October 2015 ndash 40 years
To Know The proposal to bring G-secs with 40-year maturity will give it a
longer time horizon to fund growth at lower costs Till date gilts with the
longest tenure were of 30 years
One important factor associated with 40-year G-secs would be that these are
being brought at a time when the rate of interest is heading south The move
by the government to issue 40-year G-secs is timed with the RBI‟s decision to
increase debt limit for foreign investors in government securities This isexpected to attract long-term foreign fund managers like pension funds
sovereign funds and insurance companies to buy these papers market
players said
A large chunk of investments by these institutions are usually parked in very
long-term instruments with maturities of 20 30 40 years and more
According to RBI data at present the G-secs with the longest maturity is of 30
years which is scheduled to be redeemed in June 2045 and has an
outstanding maturity amount of Rs 30000 crore
Policy - To unlock the potential for capital goods sector and establish India as
a global manufacturing powerhouse
The Department of Heavy Industry released the draft of a National Policy on
Capital Goods on 23 October 2015 This is the first time that a policy on
Capital Goods is being framed
To Know The Draft National Policy on Capital Goods has been framed inactive consultation with industry associations amp bodies It was released on 23
October 2015 and has been put on public domain for seeking comments
views and suggestions of stakeholders public in general The comments on
draft policy are being sought till 31 October 2015
Capital goods consist of plant machinery equipment and accessories
required either directly or indirectly for manufacture or production of
goods or for rendering services including those required for replacement
modernization technological upgradation and expansion of manufacturingfacilities
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The growth and development of capital goods is critical for India to achieve
the vision of ldquoMake in Indiardquo by increasing share of manufacturing to 25
of Gross Value Added This in turn will help generate additional jobs
improve India‟s trade balance and increase domestic self -reliance The
National Policy on Capital Goods is envisaged to unlock the potential ofthis promising sector and establish India as a global manufacturing
powerhouse
Draft Note ndash on Setting Monetary Policy
The Union Government has recently circulated a draft note
pertaining to monetary policy mechanism in the country It
has proposed clipping the exclusive powers of the RBI
governor in setting monetary policy Explanation The draft circulated by the govt has
proposed some far-reaching steps in country‟s monetary
policy mechanism It has proposed that a seven-member committee should
draft monetary policy
It has proposed that the committee have four members from the
government and three from the central bank with the RBI governor as its
chair holding no veto power as was earlier bnyhumsuggested but a
casting vote
The monetary policy committee will fix the benchmark interest rate of the
RBI and set inflation targets
Under the current system the RBI governor has a technical advisory
committee to advise on monetary policy but can accept or reject the
panel‟s views
RBI chief RaghuramRajan had earlier said that he favoured doing away
with the veto power of the central bank chief arguing it would be better for
a committee to decide the key rate rather than one individual
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International
CHINA
Overtaken United States in terms of population of middle class
As disclosed in a latest report on global wealth by Credit Suisse China has
become world‟s largest middle class country
To KnowThe latest Global Wealth Report by Swiss bank Credit Suisse has
disclosed that with 109 million adults China has replaced the United States
which has around 92 million of its populace under middle class China now
accounts for a fifth of the world population while holding nearly 10 percent of
the global wealth The report said size and wealth of the middle class was a
key factor in economic development and the middle class was often at the
heart of political movements and new consumption trends
Overall the report found that global wealth fell by nearly 5 percent in the year
to mid-2015 to $250 trillion due a strengthening of the US dollar in which
income is compared
लडट लवस (Credit Suisse) ाा व लक धन प जाी नवीनतम पोट ( Global Wealth
Report) क अन सा कौन सा दश अम का को पछाक लव का सबस अलधक मयवगय
जनस या (middle-class population) िवाा दश बनक उभा ह - रीन (China)
लवतार लवज़ि ड क ब क लडट लवस ाा िहा ही म जाी Global Wealth Report म
खि ासा कया गया क 109 को क मयवगय जनस या क साथ रीन अब लव का सबस
बा मयवगय जनस या िवाा दश बन गया ह उसन इस मािम म अम का को पछा दया ह
जहा मयवगय जनस या का आका िगभग 92 को ह पोट क अन सा रीन क अब लव जनस या म 5 लहस दाी ह जबक कि व लक धन - सपदा म उसका दसवा लहसा ह
इस पोट म यह उि ख भी कया गया क अब आथक लवकास म मयवगय जनस या क आका
तथा इस जनस या क हाथ म हन िवाी धन - सपदा का म ख थान ह इसक िअावा उपभोा
व लय म नए बिदाव तथा ाजनीलतक आ िदोन म मयवग क ब हद महवप ण भ लमका ह
पोट क अन सा वष 2015 क मय तक व लक धन - सपदा म 5 क कमी दज ई ह िहाा क
इसका म य काण अम क िडॉ क म य म ई व ल ह जो धन मापन क िलए य क जान
िवाी म ा ह
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TTIP - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The ambitious trade agreement proposed between the United
States and the European Union (EU) for which the 11 th round
of negotiations started from October 19 2015
To Know Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(TTIP) is a proposed free trade agreement between the
European Union and the United States with the aim of promoting multilateral
economic growth It is likely to set standards that would become a base point
for the rest of the world that would want to serve these markets
The first round of negotiations under TTIP took place from 7 to12 July
2013 in Washington DC Till now 10 such negotiations have been held
One important feature of the negotiations taking place under TTIP is thatthe negotiations are being carried mostly in secrecy Almost all information
on negotiations comes from leaked documents and Freedom of
Information requests
The United States and European Union together represent 60 of global
GDP 33 of world trade in goods and 42 of world trade in services
There are a number of trade conflicts between the two powers but both
depend on the other‟s economic market and disputes only affect 2 of
total trade A free trade area between the two would represent potentially
the largest regional free-trade agreement in history
Growth rate of China
Third Quarter- 69
To Know As per the official data released by the Chinese Govt on October
19 2015 China posted its weakest quarterly economic growth since the
global financial crisis The growth rate during July-September 2015 stood at
69 The GDP growth rate is thus lower than 7 growth achieved during the
first half of 2015 This is the weakest reading since the first quarter of 2009
when growth tumbled to 62
These figures further raised the pressure on policymakers to cut interest
rates further and roll out other support measures to avert a sharper
slowdown Chinese economy now has huge impact on global economy as
it has emerged as the second largest economy after the United States
Some market watchers believe current growth is much weaker than
government readings though officials deny allegations that the numbersare inflated
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Trident Juncture
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on October 19 2015 started
its biggest and most ambitious military exercise in more than a decade
To Know Trident Juncture 2015 the huge military exercise comprisingof around 36000 troops from more than 30 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) countries It is being hosted by Italy Spain and
Portugal at 16 different locations
The opening ceremony of Trident Juncture 2015 took place at the Italian
air base of Trapani in Sicily where NATO showed its air strike power with
Typhoon F-18 F-16 Tornado and AMX aircraft
Trident Juncture 2015 will test the new rapid-reaction force of NATO
whose spearhead force will be led by Spain in 2016
Oil Prices ndash Meeting of eight non ndashOPEC Countries
In an important development pertaining to global oil prices
Venezuela hosted a special meeting for eight non-OPEC countries
on October 21 2015 at Vienna Azerbaijan Brazil Colombia
Kazakhstan Norway Mexico Oman and Russia were invited to
in this meeting to unveil a new oil strategy to stem a tumble in oil
pricesExplanation The meeting of these 8 non-OPEC nations was organized by
Venezuela an OPEC member to unveil a bold new oil strategy so as to put a
break to sliding oil prices The meeting was held in shadow of consistently low
oil prices globally Venezuela has been pushing to stem a tumble in oil prices
but faces an uphill battle to convince its richer Gulf counterparts and non-
OPEC nations
An oil price recovery would be a boon for recession-hit Venezuela where
roughly 96 of hard currency income derives from oil
OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries an
international organization of 12 countries to coordinate and unify the global
petroleum policies and prices
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National- Economy
Indiarsquos Fiscal balance turned from deficit to surplus
During August 2015 what landmark achievement was made by the Union
Govt in the area of fiscal balance ndash During August 2015 Indiarsquos fiscal
balance turned from deficit to surplus for the first time in 8 years
To Know According to the data released by the Controller-General of
Accounts (CGA) recently Indiarsquos fiscal deficit was (-) Rs 15808 crore in
August 2015 The negative figure indicates surplus of revenues over
expenditure In contrast the Centre ran up a fiscal deficit of Rs 73005 crore
in August 2014
The total revenue was Rs 147022crore in August 2015 against Rs 71578
crore in July 2015 In contrast the total expenditure in August 2015 was Rs
131214crore against Rs 169986 crore in July 2015
Fiscal deficit is the excess of the Centrersquos expenditure over its revenues This
is after 8 years that Indiarsquos fiscal deficit has turned negative A sharp surge in
the Centrersquos revenue receipts as well as a steep decline in its total
expenditures made the fiscal surplus (or negative fiscal deficit) possible
िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान दश न ाजकोषीय लथलत (Fiscal
position) म या महवप ण उिपलध हालिस क -ि गभग 8 वष बाद अगत 2015 क दौान
ऐसा मौका आया जब भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) हा
लवतार
किो - जनि ऑफ एकाउस Controller-General of Accounts - CGA) ाा िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal
Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) 15808 को पए था इसका अथ आ क इस माह क
दौान क सका क ाजव ालया (revenue receipts) उसक खर (expenditures) स
अलधक थ ाजकोषीय स ति न क म ऐसी लथलत 8 वष बाद हालिस ई ह यहा यह भी
उि खनीय ह क अगत 2014 क दौान दश का ाजकोषीय घाटा 73005 को पए था
अगत 2015 क दौान क सका क कि ाजव ालया 147022 को पए थ जबक
उसका कि खर 131214 को पए था यद इसक जि ाई 2015 क समान आ क स ति ना
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क जाय तो उस दौान सका क कि ाजव ालया 71578 को पए तथा कि खर
169986 को पए था
ाजकोषीय घाटा तब होता ह जब क सका क खर उसक ाजव ालय स अलधक होत ह
अगत 2015 क दौान दश क ाजव स ति न म आई घनामक लथलत आठ वष बाद सभव ई ह
इसका म य काण इस माह क दौान क सका क ाजव ालय म आ भाी इजाफा ह
Prices of Pulses
Union Government on October 18 2015 imposed stock
limits on four categories of stocks
Explanation The Union Government has now withdrawnexemptions to four categories of stocks of pulses ndash stocks
sourced from imports held by exporters by licensed food
processors and large departmental retailers The step has been taken to
prevent hoarding follows the spiralling of prices of all the pulses over the past
two weeks on short supplies
In its earlier order extending the imposition of stock limits on pulses edible
oils and edible oilseeds for one year up to September 30 2016 the
government had granted exemption to these four stock categoriesThe Centre had earlier announced a ban on pulses exports extension of zero
import duty and a further purchase of 5000 tonnes from overseas markets
under the price stabilisation fund It also aims to create a 40000-tonne buffer-
stock from the new arhar (tur) and urad crops which will hit the market
between November and early-January
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Sports
Cricket
Younis Khan surpassed JavedMiandad record for most runs for
Pakistan in Test Cricket
To Know Younis Khan surpassed the record for most runs for Pakistan in
Test cricket during the First Test Match against England being played in Abu
Dhabi He overtook JavedMiandads previous mark of 8832 runs to achieve
this feat Younis overhauled the record in his 102nd match taking 22 fewer
than Miandad to set the mark
य न स खान न 13 अटब 2015 को कसन जाव द लमया दाद क कॉड को तोक टट कट म
पाकतान क िलए सवा लधक न बटोन का कॉड कायम कया
लवतार य न स खान न यह उिपलध इि ड क लिखाफ िर ही टट िखा क पिह म र म 13
अटब 2015 को हालिस क लजसका आयोजन अब धाबी म हो हा ह उहन इस म र म जाव द
लमया दाद क 8832 ट ट न क कॉड को पा क िलया
RUSSIAN F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (UK) won the Russian F1 Grand Prix on 11 October 2015 to
further consolidate his position on way to becoming 2015 F1 champion
To Know Force Indiarsquos driver Sergio Perez finished third on the Russian F1
Grand Prix to give his team its only third podium finish in its historyForce
India have enjoyed only two podium places before this race and incidentally
the last time also it was Perez who stepped onto the podium for the team at
Bahrain Grand Prix in 2014
The first ever podium for the team was secured by Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)
who had finished second in the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position
लटन क ि इस ह लमटन (Lewis Hamilton) न स क सोरी (Sochi) म आयोलजत सी
फाम ि ा वन ा ी (Russian F1 Grand Prix) स का लखताब 11 अटब 2015 को जीतक
इस वष क फाम ि ा वन लखताब को जीतन क ओ अपन कदम औ मजब ती स बढ़ा दए इस स
म भात क फाम ि ा वन टीम फोस इलडया (Force India) क कस ाइव न फोलडयम फलनश
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(podium finish) हालिस क अपनी टीम क इलतहास क मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश हालिस
क - सजयो प ज़ ndash Sergio Perez ( म लसको )
लवतार
सी फाम ि ा वन स म फोस इलडया क ाइव सजयो प ज़ ( Sergio Perez) न
तीसा थान हालिस क सव तीन िराक म हक म र (podium) प प रन क उिपलध
( पोलडयम फलनश ) हालिस क यह फोस इलडया क इलतहास म मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश
थी
फोस इलडया को इसस पिह लिमी पोलडयम फलनश भी सजयो प ज़ क द न थी जब उहन
2014 क बहीन ा ी (Bahrain Grand Prix) म तीसा थान हालिस कया था
फोस इलडया को अपन इलतहास क पिही पोलडयम फलनश 2009 क ब लजयम ा ी ( 2009
Belgian Grand Prix) म हालिस ई थी जब उनक इटािलयन ाइव लजयानिका फलसकिा
(Giancarlo Fisichella) न द सा थान हालिस कया था य फोस इलडया क इलतहास का
सव दश न भी था
सी ा ी स क एक औ लवश षता यह ही क इसम फाी क स ब लटयन व िट ( जम नी ) न
द सा थान हालिस क इस िसा क फाम ि ा वन र लपयनलशप म अब तक द स थान प िर
ह मसडीज़ क लनको ोसबग ( जम नी ) को तीस थान प ढकि दया इसक साथ व िट क 236
अ क हो गए तथा इस स को प ा न क पान क िरत ोसबग 229 अ क प हक तीस थान
प फिस गए वह मसडीज़ क ि इस ह लमटन कि 302 अ क क साथ काफ आग ह औ अपना
ि गाता द सा लखताब जीतत ए दख ह ह
BOXING - Vijender Singh
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh started his
professional boxing career with a bang as he
defeated his opponent Sonny Whiting by knock-
out
To Know Vijender Singh showed no nerves in
the debut bout of his professional career againstBritish professional boxer Sonny Whiting that
was held on 10 October at the Manchester
Arena He ended the fight in the third round with
a knock-out victory over Whiting
Vijender the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) had
announced his decision to turn professional on 29 June 2015 as he signed a
multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and
Entertainment This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remains
eligible to represent India
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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With this service users of lsquoPocketsrsquo ICICI Banks app can make cashless
payments from their smartphones using their debit card by simply scanning an
lsquomVisarsquo Quick Response (QR) code at a merchant location without swiping the
card at an EDC machine This service thus provides customers theconvenience of speed to complete a transaction along with enhanced security
as the card remains in the possession of the customer
To start with this facility has been introduced in Bengaluru with 1500
merchants and will shortly be extended to other cities
दश क कस लनजी क ब क न अटब 2015 क दौान दावा कया क वह वीज़ा (Visa) क
िहा ही म जाी कए गए मोबािइ प म ट सॉय शन एम - वीज़ा (M-Visa) प आधात
मोबािइ एिीकशन िा र कन िवाी द लनया क पिही कपनी बन गई ह ndash ICICI ब क (ICICI
Bank)
लवता दश म लनजी क सबस ब ब क ndashICICI ब क न िहा ही म Visa क मोबािइ प म ट
सॉय शन एम - वीज़ा (M-Visa) प आधात एक ऐसा एिीकशन िा र कया ह लजसक
मायम सि ोग वालणलयक लतान प ई - कॉमस स वा क िलए लडयो टसी स वा तथा
अय भ गतान क िलए भ गतान अपन माटफोन स क सकग
इस स वा क ाा ICICI ब क क पॉकस (Pockets) नामक मोबािइ िवॉ ट स वा क योगकता एम - वीज़ा क क - पा स ( Quick Response - QR) कोड को अपन मोबािइ फोन स कन
क किश स भ गतान क सकग इसक िलए भ गतान िहाा क ड लबट काड स होगा ि कन उस
लतान प वाइप कन क जत नह प गी इसस भ गतान मि गन िवा समय को काफ
कम कया जा सकगा
इस स लवधा को ाभ म ब िग क 1500 लतान म श कया गया ह
7 Banks under Enforcement Directorate scan for illegal transfer of funds
ING Vysya Bank ICICI Bank Kotak Mahindra Bank Indusind Bank
Dhanlaxmi Bank YES Bank and DCB Bank
To Know These 7 banks were alleged to have been used for illegal fund
transfer transactions during the period between 2010 to 2014
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The ED also cracked another module related to the money laundering case
by arresting Manish Jain He was charged with illegal transfer of funds
between 2006 and 2014 through the Oriental Bank of Commerce
According to ED Jain had 66 accounts in the Oriental Bank of Commerce
Rajpur Branch Ghaziabad and Rs 505 Crore were deposited and remitted
abroad through this bank during the period 2006 to 2010
It is worth mentioning that earlier Bank of Baroda was found guilty in illegal
fund transfer case valued at Rs 6172 crore
वत न लनदिशाय (Enforcement Directorate - ED) न 15 अटब 2015 को ब क स अवध
तीक स धन हता तत कए जान क मािम म सात औ ब क को जा र म शालिम कया यक
उन प भी ऐस हता तण म िल हन का आोप िगा ह य सात ब क कौन स ह ndash ING वया
ब क ICICI ब क कोटक मलहा ब क इडस - इड ब क ( Indusind Bank) धिनमी ब क यस
ब क औ DCB ब क
लवतार इन सात ब क प आोप िगाया गया ह क इनक शाखा क मदद स वष 2010 स
2014 क समयावलध क बीर अवध तीक स धन का हता तण कया गया ह
इस मािम म वत न लनदिशाय न एक औ भा डा फोत ए मनीश ज न नामक ल को लहासत म िलया उस प आोप ह क उसन ओयिट ब क ऑफ कॉमस (OBC) क ाजप
( गालज़याबाद ) क शाखा स वष 2006 स 2010 क बीर 505 को पए का हता तण अवध
तीक स लवदश म कया ह
उि खनीय ह क इस मािम का खि ासा ब क ऑफ बौदा (BOB) क शाखा ाा 6172 को
पए क ालश अवध तीक स लवदश हता तत कए जान क एक मािम स आ था लजसक
जा र लवलभ एज लसय ाा क जा ही ह
Corpus for Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced total corpus of the new Financial
Inclusion Fund (FIF) on 15 October 2015 to be - Rs 2000 crore
To Know Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) will be setup to support
developmental and promotional activities like financial inclusion and research
and transfer of technology It will be primarily used creating of financial
inclusion infrastructure across the country capacity building of stakeholders
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and creation of awareness to address demand side issues The fund will not
be utilized for normal businessbanking activities
Earlier the RBI had two funds - Financial Inclusion Fund and Financial
Inclusion Technology Fund for the similar objectives It has now been decided
to merge the two funds The new fund will be in operation for another three
years or till such period as may be decided by the RBI and the Government in
consultation with other stakeholdersFIF will be administered by the
reconstituted Advisory Board constituted by Union Government and will be
maintained by NABARD
फाइनलशिय इयशन फणड
(FIF)
भातीय ज़व ब क (RBI) न 15 अटब 2015 को लवीय समावशन (Financial Inclusion)
को िब द न क िलए एक नया कोष - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड ( Financial Inclusion
Fund - FIF) थालपत कन क घोषणा क इस नवगठत कोष क तहत कतनी लनलध खी
जाय गी - 2000 को
लवतार फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (FIF) क थापना दश म लवीय समावशन (Financial
Inclusion) तथा इसस सबलधत अन सधान को िब द न तथा ौौलगक हता तण(technologytransfer) क िलए क जाय गी इसक ाा दश म लवीय समावशन क म कए
जा ह यास को िब लिम गा तथा िोग म इसक सबध म जागकता फिान म मदद लिम गी
इसक िअावा सबलधत तकनीक क लवकास क िलए अन सधान प जो दया जाय गा िहाा क
इस कोष का योग ब कग तथा अय ावसालयक उय क िलए नह कया जाय गा
उि खनीय ह क इस लवीय समावशन क िलए आबीआई अभी तक दो तह क कोष का
स िरान क हा था - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (Financial InclusionFund) तथा
फाइन लशिय इय शन टिोॉजी फड(Financial InclusionTechnology Fund)
अबRBI न लनण य िलया ह क इन दोन कोष का लिवय क इस फाइन लशिय इय शन फड
(FIF) क नाम स ही प काा जाय गा इस कोष का योग अिग तीन वष अथवा इस योजना म
शालिम समत भागीदा ाा िलए अिग गए लनण य तक कया जान का ताव ह
फाइन लशिय इय शन फड का शासन क सका ाा एक प नग ठत िसाहका बोड ाा
कया जाय गा जबक इसका स िरान व बधन नाबाड (NABARD) ाा कया जाय गा
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Long-term Government Securities
Union Govt is poised to issue long-term government securities (G-secs)
which will be the longest tenure securities to be brought out by the
government What will be tenure of these G-secs as announced by the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 October 2015 ndash 40 years
To Know The proposal to bring G-secs with 40-year maturity will give it a
longer time horizon to fund growth at lower costs Till date gilts with the
longest tenure were of 30 years
One important factor associated with 40-year G-secs would be that these are
being brought at a time when the rate of interest is heading south The move
by the government to issue 40-year G-secs is timed with the RBI‟s decision to
increase debt limit for foreign investors in government securities This isexpected to attract long-term foreign fund managers like pension funds
sovereign funds and insurance companies to buy these papers market
players said
A large chunk of investments by these institutions are usually parked in very
long-term instruments with maturities of 20 30 40 years and more
According to RBI data at present the G-secs with the longest maturity is of 30
years which is scheduled to be redeemed in June 2045 and has an
outstanding maturity amount of Rs 30000 crore
Policy - To unlock the potential for capital goods sector and establish India as
a global manufacturing powerhouse
The Department of Heavy Industry released the draft of a National Policy on
Capital Goods on 23 October 2015 This is the first time that a policy on
Capital Goods is being framed
To Know The Draft National Policy on Capital Goods has been framed inactive consultation with industry associations amp bodies It was released on 23
October 2015 and has been put on public domain for seeking comments
views and suggestions of stakeholders public in general The comments on
draft policy are being sought till 31 October 2015
Capital goods consist of plant machinery equipment and accessories
required either directly or indirectly for manufacture or production of
goods or for rendering services including those required for replacement
modernization technological upgradation and expansion of manufacturingfacilities
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The growth and development of capital goods is critical for India to achieve
the vision of ldquoMake in Indiardquo by increasing share of manufacturing to 25
of Gross Value Added This in turn will help generate additional jobs
improve India‟s trade balance and increase domestic self -reliance The
National Policy on Capital Goods is envisaged to unlock the potential ofthis promising sector and establish India as a global manufacturing
powerhouse
Draft Note ndash on Setting Monetary Policy
The Union Government has recently circulated a draft note
pertaining to monetary policy mechanism in the country It
has proposed clipping the exclusive powers of the RBI
governor in setting monetary policy Explanation The draft circulated by the govt has
proposed some far-reaching steps in country‟s monetary
policy mechanism It has proposed that a seven-member committee should
draft monetary policy
It has proposed that the committee have four members from the
government and three from the central bank with the RBI governor as its
chair holding no veto power as was earlier bnyhumsuggested but a
casting vote
The monetary policy committee will fix the benchmark interest rate of the
RBI and set inflation targets
Under the current system the RBI governor has a technical advisory
committee to advise on monetary policy but can accept or reject the
panel‟s views
RBI chief RaghuramRajan had earlier said that he favoured doing away
with the veto power of the central bank chief arguing it would be better for
a committee to decide the key rate rather than one individual
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International
CHINA
Overtaken United States in terms of population of middle class
As disclosed in a latest report on global wealth by Credit Suisse China has
become world‟s largest middle class country
To KnowThe latest Global Wealth Report by Swiss bank Credit Suisse has
disclosed that with 109 million adults China has replaced the United States
which has around 92 million of its populace under middle class China now
accounts for a fifth of the world population while holding nearly 10 percent of
the global wealth The report said size and wealth of the middle class was a
key factor in economic development and the middle class was often at the
heart of political movements and new consumption trends
Overall the report found that global wealth fell by nearly 5 percent in the year
to mid-2015 to $250 trillion due a strengthening of the US dollar in which
income is compared
लडट लवस (Credit Suisse) ाा व लक धन प जाी नवीनतम पोट ( Global Wealth
Report) क अन सा कौन सा दश अम का को पछाक लव का सबस अलधक मयवगय
जनस या (middle-class population) िवाा दश बनक उभा ह - रीन (China)
लवतार लवज़ि ड क ब क लडट लवस ाा िहा ही म जाी Global Wealth Report म
खि ासा कया गया क 109 को क मयवगय जनस या क साथ रीन अब लव का सबस
बा मयवगय जनस या िवाा दश बन गया ह उसन इस मािम म अम का को पछा दया ह
जहा मयवगय जनस या का आका िगभग 92 को ह पोट क अन सा रीन क अब लव जनस या म 5 लहस दाी ह जबक कि व लक धन - सपदा म उसका दसवा लहसा ह
इस पोट म यह उि ख भी कया गया क अब आथक लवकास म मयवगय जनस या क आका
तथा इस जनस या क हाथ म हन िवाी धन - सपदा का म ख थान ह इसक िअावा उपभोा
व लय म नए बिदाव तथा ाजनीलतक आ िदोन म मयवग क ब हद महवप ण भ लमका ह
पोट क अन सा वष 2015 क मय तक व लक धन - सपदा म 5 क कमी दज ई ह िहाा क
इसका म य काण अम क िडॉ क म य म ई व ल ह जो धन मापन क िलए य क जान
िवाी म ा ह
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TTIP - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The ambitious trade agreement proposed between the United
States and the European Union (EU) for which the 11 th round
of negotiations started from October 19 2015
To Know Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(TTIP) is a proposed free trade agreement between the
European Union and the United States with the aim of promoting multilateral
economic growth It is likely to set standards that would become a base point
for the rest of the world that would want to serve these markets
The first round of negotiations under TTIP took place from 7 to12 July
2013 in Washington DC Till now 10 such negotiations have been held
One important feature of the negotiations taking place under TTIP is thatthe negotiations are being carried mostly in secrecy Almost all information
on negotiations comes from leaked documents and Freedom of
Information requests
The United States and European Union together represent 60 of global
GDP 33 of world trade in goods and 42 of world trade in services
There are a number of trade conflicts between the two powers but both
depend on the other‟s economic market and disputes only affect 2 of
total trade A free trade area between the two would represent potentially
the largest regional free-trade agreement in history
Growth rate of China
Third Quarter- 69
To Know As per the official data released by the Chinese Govt on October
19 2015 China posted its weakest quarterly economic growth since the
global financial crisis The growth rate during July-September 2015 stood at
69 The GDP growth rate is thus lower than 7 growth achieved during the
first half of 2015 This is the weakest reading since the first quarter of 2009
when growth tumbled to 62
These figures further raised the pressure on policymakers to cut interest
rates further and roll out other support measures to avert a sharper
slowdown Chinese economy now has huge impact on global economy as
it has emerged as the second largest economy after the United States
Some market watchers believe current growth is much weaker than
government readings though officials deny allegations that the numbersare inflated
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Trident Juncture
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on October 19 2015 started
its biggest and most ambitious military exercise in more than a decade
To Know Trident Juncture 2015 the huge military exercise comprisingof around 36000 troops from more than 30 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) countries It is being hosted by Italy Spain and
Portugal at 16 different locations
The opening ceremony of Trident Juncture 2015 took place at the Italian
air base of Trapani in Sicily where NATO showed its air strike power with
Typhoon F-18 F-16 Tornado and AMX aircraft
Trident Juncture 2015 will test the new rapid-reaction force of NATO
whose spearhead force will be led by Spain in 2016
Oil Prices ndash Meeting of eight non ndashOPEC Countries
In an important development pertaining to global oil prices
Venezuela hosted a special meeting for eight non-OPEC countries
on October 21 2015 at Vienna Azerbaijan Brazil Colombia
Kazakhstan Norway Mexico Oman and Russia were invited to
in this meeting to unveil a new oil strategy to stem a tumble in oil
pricesExplanation The meeting of these 8 non-OPEC nations was organized by
Venezuela an OPEC member to unveil a bold new oil strategy so as to put a
break to sliding oil prices The meeting was held in shadow of consistently low
oil prices globally Venezuela has been pushing to stem a tumble in oil prices
but faces an uphill battle to convince its richer Gulf counterparts and non-
OPEC nations
An oil price recovery would be a boon for recession-hit Venezuela where
roughly 96 of hard currency income derives from oil
OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries an
international organization of 12 countries to coordinate and unify the global
petroleum policies and prices
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National- Economy
Indiarsquos Fiscal balance turned from deficit to surplus
During August 2015 what landmark achievement was made by the Union
Govt in the area of fiscal balance ndash During August 2015 Indiarsquos fiscal
balance turned from deficit to surplus for the first time in 8 years
To Know According to the data released by the Controller-General of
Accounts (CGA) recently Indiarsquos fiscal deficit was (-) Rs 15808 crore in
August 2015 The negative figure indicates surplus of revenues over
expenditure In contrast the Centre ran up a fiscal deficit of Rs 73005 crore
in August 2014
The total revenue was Rs 147022crore in August 2015 against Rs 71578
crore in July 2015 In contrast the total expenditure in August 2015 was Rs
131214crore against Rs 169986 crore in July 2015
Fiscal deficit is the excess of the Centrersquos expenditure over its revenues This
is after 8 years that Indiarsquos fiscal deficit has turned negative A sharp surge in
the Centrersquos revenue receipts as well as a steep decline in its total
expenditures made the fiscal surplus (or negative fiscal deficit) possible
िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान दश न ाजकोषीय लथलत (Fiscal
position) म या महवप ण उिपलध हालिस क -ि गभग 8 वष बाद अगत 2015 क दौान
ऐसा मौका आया जब भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) हा
लवतार
किो - जनि ऑफ एकाउस Controller-General of Accounts - CGA) ाा िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal
Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) 15808 को पए था इसका अथ आ क इस माह क
दौान क सका क ाजव ालया (revenue receipts) उसक खर (expenditures) स
अलधक थ ाजकोषीय स ति न क म ऐसी लथलत 8 वष बाद हालिस ई ह यहा यह भी
उि खनीय ह क अगत 2014 क दौान दश का ाजकोषीय घाटा 73005 को पए था
अगत 2015 क दौान क सका क कि ाजव ालया 147022 को पए थ जबक
उसका कि खर 131214 को पए था यद इसक जि ाई 2015 क समान आ क स ति ना
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क जाय तो उस दौान सका क कि ाजव ालया 71578 को पए तथा कि खर
169986 को पए था
ाजकोषीय घाटा तब होता ह जब क सका क खर उसक ाजव ालय स अलधक होत ह
अगत 2015 क दौान दश क ाजव स ति न म आई घनामक लथलत आठ वष बाद सभव ई ह
इसका म य काण इस माह क दौान क सका क ाजव ालय म आ भाी इजाफा ह
Prices of Pulses
Union Government on October 18 2015 imposed stock
limits on four categories of stocks
Explanation The Union Government has now withdrawnexemptions to four categories of stocks of pulses ndash stocks
sourced from imports held by exporters by licensed food
processors and large departmental retailers The step has been taken to
prevent hoarding follows the spiralling of prices of all the pulses over the past
two weeks on short supplies
In its earlier order extending the imposition of stock limits on pulses edible
oils and edible oilseeds for one year up to September 30 2016 the
government had granted exemption to these four stock categoriesThe Centre had earlier announced a ban on pulses exports extension of zero
import duty and a further purchase of 5000 tonnes from overseas markets
under the price stabilisation fund It also aims to create a 40000-tonne buffer-
stock from the new arhar (tur) and urad crops which will hit the market
between November and early-January
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Sports
Cricket
Younis Khan surpassed JavedMiandad record for most runs for
Pakistan in Test Cricket
To Know Younis Khan surpassed the record for most runs for Pakistan in
Test cricket during the First Test Match against England being played in Abu
Dhabi He overtook JavedMiandads previous mark of 8832 runs to achieve
this feat Younis overhauled the record in his 102nd match taking 22 fewer
than Miandad to set the mark
य न स खान न 13 अटब 2015 को कसन जाव द लमया दाद क कॉड को तोक टट कट म
पाकतान क िलए सवा लधक न बटोन का कॉड कायम कया
लवतार य न स खान न यह उिपलध इि ड क लिखाफ िर ही टट िखा क पिह म र म 13
अटब 2015 को हालिस क लजसका आयोजन अब धाबी म हो हा ह उहन इस म र म जाव द
लमया दाद क 8832 ट ट न क कॉड को पा क िलया
RUSSIAN F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (UK) won the Russian F1 Grand Prix on 11 October 2015 to
further consolidate his position on way to becoming 2015 F1 champion
To Know Force Indiarsquos driver Sergio Perez finished third on the Russian F1
Grand Prix to give his team its only third podium finish in its historyForce
India have enjoyed only two podium places before this race and incidentally
the last time also it was Perez who stepped onto the podium for the team at
Bahrain Grand Prix in 2014
The first ever podium for the team was secured by Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)
who had finished second in the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position
लटन क ि इस ह लमटन (Lewis Hamilton) न स क सोरी (Sochi) म आयोलजत सी
फाम ि ा वन ा ी (Russian F1 Grand Prix) स का लखताब 11 अटब 2015 को जीतक
इस वष क फाम ि ा वन लखताब को जीतन क ओ अपन कदम औ मजब ती स बढ़ा दए इस स
म भात क फाम ि ा वन टीम फोस इलडया (Force India) क कस ाइव न फोलडयम फलनश
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(podium finish) हालिस क अपनी टीम क इलतहास क मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश हालिस
क - सजयो प ज़ ndash Sergio Perez ( म लसको )
लवतार
सी फाम ि ा वन स म फोस इलडया क ाइव सजयो प ज़ ( Sergio Perez) न
तीसा थान हालिस क सव तीन िराक म हक म र (podium) प प रन क उिपलध
( पोलडयम फलनश ) हालिस क यह फोस इलडया क इलतहास म मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश
थी
फोस इलडया को इसस पिह लिमी पोलडयम फलनश भी सजयो प ज़ क द न थी जब उहन
2014 क बहीन ा ी (Bahrain Grand Prix) म तीसा थान हालिस कया था
फोस इलडया को अपन इलतहास क पिही पोलडयम फलनश 2009 क ब लजयम ा ी ( 2009
Belgian Grand Prix) म हालिस ई थी जब उनक इटािलयन ाइव लजयानिका फलसकिा
(Giancarlo Fisichella) न द सा थान हालिस कया था य फोस इलडया क इलतहास का
सव दश न भी था
सी ा ी स क एक औ लवश षता यह ही क इसम फाी क स ब लटयन व िट ( जम नी ) न
द सा थान हालिस क इस िसा क फाम ि ा वन र लपयनलशप म अब तक द स थान प िर
ह मसडीज़ क लनको ोसबग ( जम नी ) को तीस थान प ढकि दया इसक साथ व िट क 236
अ क हो गए तथा इस स को प ा न क पान क िरत ोसबग 229 अ क प हक तीस थान
प फिस गए वह मसडीज़ क ि इस ह लमटन कि 302 अ क क साथ काफ आग ह औ अपना
ि गाता द सा लखताब जीतत ए दख ह ह
BOXING - Vijender Singh
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh started his
professional boxing career with a bang as he
defeated his opponent Sonny Whiting by knock-
out
To Know Vijender Singh showed no nerves in
the debut bout of his professional career againstBritish professional boxer Sonny Whiting that
was held on 10 October at the Manchester
Arena He ended the fight in the third round with
a knock-out victory over Whiting
Vijender the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) had
announced his decision to turn professional on 29 June 2015 as he signed a
multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and
Entertainment This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remains
eligible to represent India
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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The ED also cracked another module related to the money laundering case
by arresting Manish Jain He was charged with illegal transfer of funds
between 2006 and 2014 through the Oriental Bank of Commerce
According to ED Jain had 66 accounts in the Oriental Bank of Commerce
Rajpur Branch Ghaziabad and Rs 505 Crore were deposited and remitted
abroad through this bank during the period 2006 to 2010
It is worth mentioning that earlier Bank of Baroda was found guilty in illegal
fund transfer case valued at Rs 6172 crore
वत न लनदिशाय (Enforcement Directorate - ED) न 15 अटब 2015 को ब क स अवध
तीक स धन हता तत कए जान क मािम म सात औ ब क को जा र म शालिम कया यक
उन प भी ऐस हता तण म िल हन का आोप िगा ह य सात ब क कौन स ह ndash ING वया
ब क ICICI ब क कोटक मलहा ब क इडस - इड ब क ( Indusind Bank) धिनमी ब क यस
ब क औ DCB ब क
लवतार इन सात ब क प आोप िगाया गया ह क इनक शाखा क मदद स वष 2010 स
2014 क समयावलध क बीर अवध तीक स धन का हता तण कया गया ह
इस मािम म वत न लनदिशाय न एक औ भा डा फोत ए मनीश ज न नामक ल को लहासत म िलया उस प आोप ह क उसन ओयिट ब क ऑफ कॉमस (OBC) क ाजप
( गालज़याबाद ) क शाखा स वष 2006 स 2010 क बीर 505 को पए का हता तण अवध
तीक स लवदश म कया ह
उि खनीय ह क इस मािम का खि ासा ब क ऑफ बौदा (BOB) क शाखा ाा 6172 को
पए क ालश अवध तीक स लवदश हता तत कए जान क एक मािम स आ था लजसक
जा र लवलभ एज लसय ाा क जा ही ह
Corpus for Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced total corpus of the new Financial
Inclusion Fund (FIF) on 15 October 2015 to be - Rs 2000 crore
To Know Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) will be setup to support
developmental and promotional activities like financial inclusion and research
and transfer of technology It will be primarily used creating of financial
inclusion infrastructure across the country capacity building of stakeholders
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and creation of awareness to address demand side issues The fund will not
be utilized for normal businessbanking activities
Earlier the RBI had two funds - Financial Inclusion Fund and Financial
Inclusion Technology Fund for the similar objectives It has now been decided
to merge the two funds The new fund will be in operation for another three
years or till such period as may be decided by the RBI and the Government in
consultation with other stakeholdersFIF will be administered by the
reconstituted Advisory Board constituted by Union Government and will be
maintained by NABARD
फाइनलशिय इयशन फणड
(FIF)
भातीय ज़व ब क (RBI) न 15 अटब 2015 को लवीय समावशन (Financial Inclusion)
को िब द न क िलए एक नया कोष - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड ( Financial Inclusion
Fund - FIF) थालपत कन क घोषणा क इस नवगठत कोष क तहत कतनी लनलध खी
जाय गी - 2000 को
लवतार फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (FIF) क थापना दश म लवीय समावशन (Financial
Inclusion) तथा इसस सबलधत अन सधान को िब द न तथा ौौलगक हता तण(technologytransfer) क िलए क जाय गी इसक ाा दश म लवीय समावशन क म कए
जा ह यास को िब लिम गा तथा िोग म इसक सबध म जागकता फिान म मदद लिम गी
इसक िअावा सबलधत तकनीक क लवकास क िलए अन सधान प जो दया जाय गा िहाा क
इस कोष का योग ब कग तथा अय ावसालयक उय क िलए नह कया जाय गा
उि खनीय ह क इस लवीय समावशन क िलए आबीआई अभी तक दो तह क कोष का
स िरान क हा था - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (Financial InclusionFund) तथा
फाइन लशिय इय शन टिोॉजी फड(Financial InclusionTechnology Fund)
अबRBI न लनण य िलया ह क इन दोन कोष का लिवय क इस फाइन लशिय इय शन फड
(FIF) क नाम स ही प काा जाय गा इस कोष का योग अिग तीन वष अथवा इस योजना म
शालिम समत भागीदा ाा िलए अिग गए लनण य तक कया जान का ताव ह
फाइन लशिय इय शन फड का शासन क सका ाा एक प नग ठत िसाहका बोड ाा
कया जाय गा जबक इसका स िरान व बधन नाबाड (NABARD) ाा कया जाय गा
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Long-term Government Securities
Union Govt is poised to issue long-term government securities (G-secs)
which will be the longest tenure securities to be brought out by the
government What will be tenure of these G-secs as announced by the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 October 2015 ndash 40 years
To Know The proposal to bring G-secs with 40-year maturity will give it a
longer time horizon to fund growth at lower costs Till date gilts with the
longest tenure were of 30 years
One important factor associated with 40-year G-secs would be that these are
being brought at a time when the rate of interest is heading south The move
by the government to issue 40-year G-secs is timed with the RBI‟s decision to
increase debt limit for foreign investors in government securities This isexpected to attract long-term foreign fund managers like pension funds
sovereign funds and insurance companies to buy these papers market
players said
A large chunk of investments by these institutions are usually parked in very
long-term instruments with maturities of 20 30 40 years and more
According to RBI data at present the G-secs with the longest maturity is of 30
years which is scheduled to be redeemed in June 2045 and has an
outstanding maturity amount of Rs 30000 crore
Policy - To unlock the potential for capital goods sector and establish India as
a global manufacturing powerhouse
The Department of Heavy Industry released the draft of a National Policy on
Capital Goods on 23 October 2015 This is the first time that a policy on
Capital Goods is being framed
To Know The Draft National Policy on Capital Goods has been framed inactive consultation with industry associations amp bodies It was released on 23
October 2015 and has been put on public domain for seeking comments
views and suggestions of stakeholders public in general The comments on
draft policy are being sought till 31 October 2015
Capital goods consist of plant machinery equipment and accessories
required either directly or indirectly for manufacture or production of
goods or for rendering services including those required for replacement
modernization technological upgradation and expansion of manufacturingfacilities
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The growth and development of capital goods is critical for India to achieve
the vision of ldquoMake in Indiardquo by increasing share of manufacturing to 25
of Gross Value Added This in turn will help generate additional jobs
improve India‟s trade balance and increase domestic self -reliance The
National Policy on Capital Goods is envisaged to unlock the potential ofthis promising sector and establish India as a global manufacturing
powerhouse
Draft Note ndash on Setting Monetary Policy
The Union Government has recently circulated a draft note
pertaining to monetary policy mechanism in the country It
has proposed clipping the exclusive powers of the RBI
governor in setting monetary policy Explanation The draft circulated by the govt has
proposed some far-reaching steps in country‟s monetary
policy mechanism It has proposed that a seven-member committee should
draft monetary policy
It has proposed that the committee have four members from the
government and three from the central bank with the RBI governor as its
chair holding no veto power as was earlier bnyhumsuggested but a
casting vote
The monetary policy committee will fix the benchmark interest rate of the
RBI and set inflation targets
Under the current system the RBI governor has a technical advisory
committee to advise on monetary policy but can accept or reject the
panel‟s views
RBI chief RaghuramRajan had earlier said that he favoured doing away
with the veto power of the central bank chief arguing it would be better for
a committee to decide the key rate rather than one individual
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International
CHINA
Overtaken United States in terms of population of middle class
As disclosed in a latest report on global wealth by Credit Suisse China has
become world‟s largest middle class country
To KnowThe latest Global Wealth Report by Swiss bank Credit Suisse has
disclosed that with 109 million adults China has replaced the United States
which has around 92 million of its populace under middle class China now
accounts for a fifth of the world population while holding nearly 10 percent of
the global wealth The report said size and wealth of the middle class was a
key factor in economic development and the middle class was often at the
heart of political movements and new consumption trends
Overall the report found that global wealth fell by nearly 5 percent in the year
to mid-2015 to $250 trillion due a strengthening of the US dollar in which
income is compared
लडट लवस (Credit Suisse) ाा व लक धन प जाी नवीनतम पोट ( Global Wealth
Report) क अन सा कौन सा दश अम का को पछाक लव का सबस अलधक मयवगय
जनस या (middle-class population) िवाा दश बनक उभा ह - रीन (China)
लवतार लवज़ि ड क ब क लडट लवस ाा िहा ही म जाी Global Wealth Report म
खि ासा कया गया क 109 को क मयवगय जनस या क साथ रीन अब लव का सबस
बा मयवगय जनस या िवाा दश बन गया ह उसन इस मािम म अम का को पछा दया ह
जहा मयवगय जनस या का आका िगभग 92 को ह पोट क अन सा रीन क अब लव जनस या म 5 लहस दाी ह जबक कि व लक धन - सपदा म उसका दसवा लहसा ह
इस पोट म यह उि ख भी कया गया क अब आथक लवकास म मयवगय जनस या क आका
तथा इस जनस या क हाथ म हन िवाी धन - सपदा का म ख थान ह इसक िअावा उपभोा
व लय म नए बिदाव तथा ाजनीलतक आ िदोन म मयवग क ब हद महवप ण भ लमका ह
पोट क अन सा वष 2015 क मय तक व लक धन - सपदा म 5 क कमी दज ई ह िहाा क
इसका म य काण अम क िडॉ क म य म ई व ल ह जो धन मापन क िलए य क जान
िवाी म ा ह
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TTIP - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The ambitious trade agreement proposed between the United
States and the European Union (EU) for which the 11 th round
of negotiations started from October 19 2015
To Know Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(TTIP) is a proposed free trade agreement between the
European Union and the United States with the aim of promoting multilateral
economic growth It is likely to set standards that would become a base point
for the rest of the world that would want to serve these markets
The first round of negotiations under TTIP took place from 7 to12 July
2013 in Washington DC Till now 10 such negotiations have been held
One important feature of the negotiations taking place under TTIP is thatthe negotiations are being carried mostly in secrecy Almost all information
on negotiations comes from leaked documents and Freedom of
Information requests
The United States and European Union together represent 60 of global
GDP 33 of world trade in goods and 42 of world trade in services
There are a number of trade conflicts between the two powers but both
depend on the other‟s economic market and disputes only affect 2 of
total trade A free trade area between the two would represent potentially
the largest regional free-trade agreement in history
Growth rate of China
Third Quarter- 69
To Know As per the official data released by the Chinese Govt on October
19 2015 China posted its weakest quarterly economic growth since the
global financial crisis The growth rate during July-September 2015 stood at
69 The GDP growth rate is thus lower than 7 growth achieved during the
first half of 2015 This is the weakest reading since the first quarter of 2009
when growth tumbled to 62
These figures further raised the pressure on policymakers to cut interest
rates further and roll out other support measures to avert a sharper
slowdown Chinese economy now has huge impact on global economy as
it has emerged as the second largest economy after the United States
Some market watchers believe current growth is much weaker than
government readings though officials deny allegations that the numbersare inflated
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Trident Juncture
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on October 19 2015 started
its biggest and most ambitious military exercise in more than a decade
To Know Trident Juncture 2015 the huge military exercise comprisingof around 36000 troops from more than 30 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) countries It is being hosted by Italy Spain and
Portugal at 16 different locations
The opening ceremony of Trident Juncture 2015 took place at the Italian
air base of Trapani in Sicily where NATO showed its air strike power with
Typhoon F-18 F-16 Tornado and AMX aircraft
Trident Juncture 2015 will test the new rapid-reaction force of NATO
whose spearhead force will be led by Spain in 2016
Oil Prices ndash Meeting of eight non ndashOPEC Countries
In an important development pertaining to global oil prices
Venezuela hosted a special meeting for eight non-OPEC countries
on October 21 2015 at Vienna Azerbaijan Brazil Colombia
Kazakhstan Norway Mexico Oman and Russia were invited to
in this meeting to unveil a new oil strategy to stem a tumble in oil
pricesExplanation The meeting of these 8 non-OPEC nations was organized by
Venezuela an OPEC member to unveil a bold new oil strategy so as to put a
break to sliding oil prices The meeting was held in shadow of consistently low
oil prices globally Venezuela has been pushing to stem a tumble in oil prices
but faces an uphill battle to convince its richer Gulf counterparts and non-
OPEC nations
An oil price recovery would be a boon for recession-hit Venezuela where
roughly 96 of hard currency income derives from oil
OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries an
international organization of 12 countries to coordinate and unify the global
petroleum policies and prices
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National- Economy
Indiarsquos Fiscal balance turned from deficit to surplus
During August 2015 what landmark achievement was made by the Union
Govt in the area of fiscal balance ndash During August 2015 Indiarsquos fiscal
balance turned from deficit to surplus for the first time in 8 years
To Know According to the data released by the Controller-General of
Accounts (CGA) recently Indiarsquos fiscal deficit was (-) Rs 15808 crore in
August 2015 The negative figure indicates surplus of revenues over
expenditure In contrast the Centre ran up a fiscal deficit of Rs 73005 crore
in August 2014
The total revenue was Rs 147022crore in August 2015 against Rs 71578
crore in July 2015 In contrast the total expenditure in August 2015 was Rs
131214crore against Rs 169986 crore in July 2015
Fiscal deficit is the excess of the Centrersquos expenditure over its revenues This
is after 8 years that Indiarsquos fiscal deficit has turned negative A sharp surge in
the Centrersquos revenue receipts as well as a steep decline in its total
expenditures made the fiscal surplus (or negative fiscal deficit) possible
िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान दश न ाजकोषीय लथलत (Fiscal
position) म या महवप ण उिपलध हालिस क -ि गभग 8 वष बाद अगत 2015 क दौान
ऐसा मौका आया जब भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) हा
लवतार
किो - जनि ऑफ एकाउस Controller-General of Accounts - CGA) ाा िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal
Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) 15808 को पए था इसका अथ आ क इस माह क
दौान क सका क ाजव ालया (revenue receipts) उसक खर (expenditures) स
अलधक थ ाजकोषीय स ति न क म ऐसी लथलत 8 वष बाद हालिस ई ह यहा यह भी
उि खनीय ह क अगत 2014 क दौान दश का ाजकोषीय घाटा 73005 को पए था
अगत 2015 क दौान क सका क कि ाजव ालया 147022 को पए थ जबक
उसका कि खर 131214 को पए था यद इसक जि ाई 2015 क समान आ क स ति ना
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क जाय तो उस दौान सका क कि ाजव ालया 71578 को पए तथा कि खर
169986 को पए था
ाजकोषीय घाटा तब होता ह जब क सका क खर उसक ाजव ालय स अलधक होत ह
अगत 2015 क दौान दश क ाजव स ति न म आई घनामक लथलत आठ वष बाद सभव ई ह
इसका म य काण इस माह क दौान क सका क ाजव ालय म आ भाी इजाफा ह
Prices of Pulses
Union Government on October 18 2015 imposed stock
limits on four categories of stocks
Explanation The Union Government has now withdrawnexemptions to four categories of stocks of pulses ndash stocks
sourced from imports held by exporters by licensed food
processors and large departmental retailers The step has been taken to
prevent hoarding follows the spiralling of prices of all the pulses over the past
two weeks on short supplies
In its earlier order extending the imposition of stock limits on pulses edible
oils and edible oilseeds for one year up to September 30 2016 the
government had granted exemption to these four stock categoriesThe Centre had earlier announced a ban on pulses exports extension of zero
import duty and a further purchase of 5000 tonnes from overseas markets
under the price stabilisation fund It also aims to create a 40000-tonne buffer-
stock from the new arhar (tur) and urad crops which will hit the market
between November and early-January
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Sports
Cricket
Younis Khan surpassed JavedMiandad record for most runs for
Pakistan in Test Cricket
To Know Younis Khan surpassed the record for most runs for Pakistan in
Test cricket during the First Test Match against England being played in Abu
Dhabi He overtook JavedMiandads previous mark of 8832 runs to achieve
this feat Younis overhauled the record in his 102nd match taking 22 fewer
than Miandad to set the mark
य न स खान न 13 अटब 2015 को कसन जाव द लमया दाद क कॉड को तोक टट कट म
पाकतान क िलए सवा लधक न बटोन का कॉड कायम कया
लवतार य न स खान न यह उिपलध इि ड क लिखाफ िर ही टट िखा क पिह म र म 13
अटब 2015 को हालिस क लजसका आयोजन अब धाबी म हो हा ह उहन इस म र म जाव द
लमया दाद क 8832 ट ट न क कॉड को पा क िलया
RUSSIAN F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (UK) won the Russian F1 Grand Prix on 11 October 2015 to
further consolidate his position on way to becoming 2015 F1 champion
To Know Force Indiarsquos driver Sergio Perez finished third on the Russian F1
Grand Prix to give his team its only third podium finish in its historyForce
India have enjoyed only two podium places before this race and incidentally
the last time also it was Perez who stepped onto the podium for the team at
Bahrain Grand Prix in 2014
The first ever podium for the team was secured by Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)
who had finished second in the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position
लटन क ि इस ह लमटन (Lewis Hamilton) न स क सोरी (Sochi) म आयोलजत सी
फाम ि ा वन ा ी (Russian F1 Grand Prix) स का लखताब 11 अटब 2015 को जीतक
इस वष क फाम ि ा वन लखताब को जीतन क ओ अपन कदम औ मजब ती स बढ़ा दए इस स
म भात क फाम ि ा वन टीम फोस इलडया (Force India) क कस ाइव न फोलडयम फलनश
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(podium finish) हालिस क अपनी टीम क इलतहास क मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश हालिस
क - सजयो प ज़ ndash Sergio Perez ( म लसको )
लवतार
सी फाम ि ा वन स म फोस इलडया क ाइव सजयो प ज़ ( Sergio Perez) न
तीसा थान हालिस क सव तीन िराक म हक म र (podium) प प रन क उिपलध
( पोलडयम फलनश ) हालिस क यह फोस इलडया क इलतहास म मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश
थी
फोस इलडया को इसस पिह लिमी पोलडयम फलनश भी सजयो प ज़ क द न थी जब उहन
2014 क बहीन ा ी (Bahrain Grand Prix) म तीसा थान हालिस कया था
फोस इलडया को अपन इलतहास क पिही पोलडयम फलनश 2009 क ब लजयम ा ी ( 2009
Belgian Grand Prix) म हालिस ई थी जब उनक इटािलयन ाइव लजयानिका फलसकिा
(Giancarlo Fisichella) न द सा थान हालिस कया था य फोस इलडया क इलतहास का
सव दश न भी था
सी ा ी स क एक औ लवश षता यह ही क इसम फाी क स ब लटयन व िट ( जम नी ) न
द सा थान हालिस क इस िसा क फाम ि ा वन र लपयनलशप म अब तक द स थान प िर
ह मसडीज़ क लनको ोसबग ( जम नी ) को तीस थान प ढकि दया इसक साथ व िट क 236
अ क हो गए तथा इस स को प ा न क पान क िरत ोसबग 229 अ क प हक तीस थान
प फिस गए वह मसडीज़ क ि इस ह लमटन कि 302 अ क क साथ काफ आग ह औ अपना
ि गाता द सा लखताब जीतत ए दख ह ह
BOXING - Vijender Singh
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh started his
professional boxing career with a bang as he
defeated his opponent Sonny Whiting by knock-
out
To Know Vijender Singh showed no nerves in
the debut bout of his professional career againstBritish professional boxer Sonny Whiting that
was held on 10 October at the Manchester
Arena He ended the fight in the third round with
a knock-out victory over Whiting
Vijender the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) had
announced his decision to turn professional on 29 June 2015 as he signed a
multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and
Entertainment This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remains
eligible to represent India
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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and creation of awareness to address demand side issues The fund will not
be utilized for normal businessbanking activities
Earlier the RBI had two funds - Financial Inclusion Fund and Financial
Inclusion Technology Fund for the similar objectives It has now been decided
to merge the two funds The new fund will be in operation for another three
years or till such period as may be decided by the RBI and the Government in
consultation with other stakeholdersFIF will be administered by the
reconstituted Advisory Board constituted by Union Government and will be
maintained by NABARD
फाइनलशिय इयशन फणड
(FIF)
भातीय ज़व ब क (RBI) न 15 अटब 2015 को लवीय समावशन (Financial Inclusion)
को िब द न क िलए एक नया कोष - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड ( Financial Inclusion
Fund - FIF) थालपत कन क घोषणा क इस नवगठत कोष क तहत कतनी लनलध खी
जाय गी - 2000 को
लवतार फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (FIF) क थापना दश म लवीय समावशन (Financial
Inclusion) तथा इसस सबलधत अन सधान को िब द न तथा ौौलगक हता तण(technologytransfer) क िलए क जाय गी इसक ाा दश म लवीय समावशन क म कए
जा ह यास को िब लिम गा तथा िोग म इसक सबध म जागकता फिान म मदद लिम गी
इसक िअावा सबलधत तकनीक क लवकास क िलए अन सधान प जो दया जाय गा िहाा क
इस कोष का योग ब कग तथा अय ावसालयक उय क िलए नह कया जाय गा
उि खनीय ह क इस लवीय समावशन क िलए आबीआई अभी तक दो तह क कोष का
स िरान क हा था - फाइन लशिय इय शन फड (Financial InclusionFund) तथा
फाइन लशिय इय शन टिोॉजी फड(Financial InclusionTechnology Fund)
अबRBI न लनण य िलया ह क इन दोन कोष का लिवय क इस फाइन लशिय इय शन फड
(FIF) क नाम स ही प काा जाय गा इस कोष का योग अिग तीन वष अथवा इस योजना म
शालिम समत भागीदा ाा िलए अिग गए लनण य तक कया जान का ताव ह
फाइन लशिय इय शन फड का शासन क सका ाा एक प नग ठत िसाहका बोड ाा
कया जाय गा जबक इसका स िरान व बधन नाबाड (NABARD) ाा कया जाय गा
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Long-term Government Securities
Union Govt is poised to issue long-term government securities (G-secs)
which will be the longest tenure securities to be brought out by the
government What will be tenure of these G-secs as announced by the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 October 2015 ndash 40 years
To Know The proposal to bring G-secs with 40-year maturity will give it a
longer time horizon to fund growth at lower costs Till date gilts with the
longest tenure were of 30 years
One important factor associated with 40-year G-secs would be that these are
being brought at a time when the rate of interest is heading south The move
by the government to issue 40-year G-secs is timed with the RBI‟s decision to
increase debt limit for foreign investors in government securities This isexpected to attract long-term foreign fund managers like pension funds
sovereign funds and insurance companies to buy these papers market
players said
A large chunk of investments by these institutions are usually parked in very
long-term instruments with maturities of 20 30 40 years and more
According to RBI data at present the G-secs with the longest maturity is of 30
years which is scheduled to be redeemed in June 2045 and has an
outstanding maturity amount of Rs 30000 crore
Policy - To unlock the potential for capital goods sector and establish India as
a global manufacturing powerhouse
The Department of Heavy Industry released the draft of a National Policy on
Capital Goods on 23 October 2015 This is the first time that a policy on
Capital Goods is being framed
To Know The Draft National Policy on Capital Goods has been framed inactive consultation with industry associations amp bodies It was released on 23
October 2015 and has been put on public domain for seeking comments
views and suggestions of stakeholders public in general The comments on
draft policy are being sought till 31 October 2015
Capital goods consist of plant machinery equipment and accessories
required either directly or indirectly for manufacture or production of
goods or for rendering services including those required for replacement
modernization technological upgradation and expansion of manufacturingfacilities
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The growth and development of capital goods is critical for India to achieve
the vision of ldquoMake in Indiardquo by increasing share of manufacturing to 25
of Gross Value Added This in turn will help generate additional jobs
improve India‟s trade balance and increase domestic self -reliance The
National Policy on Capital Goods is envisaged to unlock the potential ofthis promising sector and establish India as a global manufacturing
powerhouse
Draft Note ndash on Setting Monetary Policy
The Union Government has recently circulated a draft note
pertaining to monetary policy mechanism in the country It
has proposed clipping the exclusive powers of the RBI
governor in setting monetary policy Explanation The draft circulated by the govt has
proposed some far-reaching steps in country‟s monetary
policy mechanism It has proposed that a seven-member committee should
draft monetary policy
It has proposed that the committee have four members from the
government and three from the central bank with the RBI governor as its
chair holding no veto power as was earlier bnyhumsuggested but a
casting vote
The monetary policy committee will fix the benchmark interest rate of the
RBI and set inflation targets
Under the current system the RBI governor has a technical advisory
committee to advise on monetary policy but can accept or reject the
panel‟s views
RBI chief RaghuramRajan had earlier said that he favoured doing away
with the veto power of the central bank chief arguing it would be better for
a committee to decide the key rate rather than one individual
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International
CHINA
Overtaken United States in terms of population of middle class
As disclosed in a latest report on global wealth by Credit Suisse China has
become world‟s largest middle class country
To KnowThe latest Global Wealth Report by Swiss bank Credit Suisse has
disclosed that with 109 million adults China has replaced the United States
which has around 92 million of its populace under middle class China now
accounts for a fifth of the world population while holding nearly 10 percent of
the global wealth The report said size and wealth of the middle class was a
key factor in economic development and the middle class was often at the
heart of political movements and new consumption trends
Overall the report found that global wealth fell by nearly 5 percent in the year
to mid-2015 to $250 trillion due a strengthening of the US dollar in which
income is compared
लडट लवस (Credit Suisse) ाा व लक धन प जाी नवीनतम पोट ( Global Wealth
Report) क अन सा कौन सा दश अम का को पछाक लव का सबस अलधक मयवगय
जनस या (middle-class population) िवाा दश बनक उभा ह - रीन (China)
लवतार लवज़ि ड क ब क लडट लवस ाा िहा ही म जाी Global Wealth Report म
खि ासा कया गया क 109 को क मयवगय जनस या क साथ रीन अब लव का सबस
बा मयवगय जनस या िवाा दश बन गया ह उसन इस मािम म अम का को पछा दया ह
जहा मयवगय जनस या का आका िगभग 92 को ह पोट क अन सा रीन क अब लव जनस या म 5 लहस दाी ह जबक कि व लक धन - सपदा म उसका दसवा लहसा ह
इस पोट म यह उि ख भी कया गया क अब आथक लवकास म मयवगय जनस या क आका
तथा इस जनस या क हाथ म हन िवाी धन - सपदा का म ख थान ह इसक िअावा उपभोा
व लय म नए बिदाव तथा ाजनीलतक आ िदोन म मयवग क ब हद महवप ण भ लमका ह
पोट क अन सा वष 2015 क मय तक व लक धन - सपदा म 5 क कमी दज ई ह िहाा क
इसका म य काण अम क िडॉ क म य म ई व ल ह जो धन मापन क िलए य क जान
िवाी म ा ह
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TTIP - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The ambitious trade agreement proposed between the United
States and the European Union (EU) for which the 11 th round
of negotiations started from October 19 2015
To Know Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(TTIP) is a proposed free trade agreement between the
European Union and the United States with the aim of promoting multilateral
economic growth It is likely to set standards that would become a base point
for the rest of the world that would want to serve these markets
The first round of negotiations under TTIP took place from 7 to12 July
2013 in Washington DC Till now 10 such negotiations have been held
One important feature of the negotiations taking place under TTIP is thatthe negotiations are being carried mostly in secrecy Almost all information
on negotiations comes from leaked documents and Freedom of
Information requests
The United States and European Union together represent 60 of global
GDP 33 of world trade in goods and 42 of world trade in services
There are a number of trade conflicts between the two powers but both
depend on the other‟s economic market and disputes only affect 2 of
total trade A free trade area between the two would represent potentially
the largest regional free-trade agreement in history
Growth rate of China
Third Quarter- 69
To Know As per the official data released by the Chinese Govt on October
19 2015 China posted its weakest quarterly economic growth since the
global financial crisis The growth rate during July-September 2015 stood at
69 The GDP growth rate is thus lower than 7 growth achieved during the
first half of 2015 This is the weakest reading since the first quarter of 2009
when growth tumbled to 62
These figures further raised the pressure on policymakers to cut interest
rates further and roll out other support measures to avert a sharper
slowdown Chinese economy now has huge impact on global economy as
it has emerged as the second largest economy after the United States
Some market watchers believe current growth is much weaker than
government readings though officials deny allegations that the numbersare inflated
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Trident Juncture
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on October 19 2015 started
its biggest and most ambitious military exercise in more than a decade
To Know Trident Juncture 2015 the huge military exercise comprisingof around 36000 troops from more than 30 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) countries It is being hosted by Italy Spain and
Portugal at 16 different locations
The opening ceremony of Trident Juncture 2015 took place at the Italian
air base of Trapani in Sicily where NATO showed its air strike power with
Typhoon F-18 F-16 Tornado and AMX aircraft
Trident Juncture 2015 will test the new rapid-reaction force of NATO
whose spearhead force will be led by Spain in 2016
Oil Prices ndash Meeting of eight non ndashOPEC Countries
In an important development pertaining to global oil prices
Venezuela hosted a special meeting for eight non-OPEC countries
on October 21 2015 at Vienna Azerbaijan Brazil Colombia
Kazakhstan Norway Mexico Oman and Russia were invited to
in this meeting to unveil a new oil strategy to stem a tumble in oil
pricesExplanation The meeting of these 8 non-OPEC nations was organized by
Venezuela an OPEC member to unveil a bold new oil strategy so as to put a
break to sliding oil prices The meeting was held in shadow of consistently low
oil prices globally Venezuela has been pushing to stem a tumble in oil prices
but faces an uphill battle to convince its richer Gulf counterparts and non-
OPEC nations
An oil price recovery would be a boon for recession-hit Venezuela where
roughly 96 of hard currency income derives from oil
OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries an
international organization of 12 countries to coordinate and unify the global
petroleum policies and prices
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National- Economy
Indiarsquos Fiscal balance turned from deficit to surplus
During August 2015 what landmark achievement was made by the Union
Govt in the area of fiscal balance ndash During August 2015 Indiarsquos fiscal
balance turned from deficit to surplus for the first time in 8 years
To Know According to the data released by the Controller-General of
Accounts (CGA) recently Indiarsquos fiscal deficit was (-) Rs 15808 crore in
August 2015 The negative figure indicates surplus of revenues over
expenditure In contrast the Centre ran up a fiscal deficit of Rs 73005 crore
in August 2014
The total revenue was Rs 147022crore in August 2015 against Rs 71578
crore in July 2015 In contrast the total expenditure in August 2015 was Rs
131214crore against Rs 169986 crore in July 2015
Fiscal deficit is the excess of the Centrersquos expenditure over its revenues This
is after 8 years that Indiarsquos fiscal deficit has turned negative A sharp surge in
the Centrersquos revenue receipts as well as a steep decline in its total
expenditures made the fiscal surplus (or negative fiscal deficit) possible
िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान दश न ाजकोषीय लथलत (Fiscal
position) म या महवप ण उिपलध हालिस क -ि गभग 8 वष बाद अगत 2015 क दौान
ऐसा मौका आया जब भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) हा
लवतार
किो - जनि ऑफ एकाउस Controller-General of Accounts - CGA) ाा िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal
Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) 15808 को पए था इसका अथ आ क इस माह क
दौान क सका क ाजव ालया (revenue receipts) उसक खर (expenditures) स
अलधक थ ाजकोषीय स ति न क म ऐसी लथलत 8 वष बाद हालिस ई ह यहा यह भी
उि खनीय ह क अगत 2014 क दौान दश का ाजकोषीय घाटा 73005 को पए था
अगत 2015 क दौान क सका क कि ाजव ालया 147022 को पए थ जबक
उसका कि खर 131214 को पए था यद इसक जि ाई 2015 क समान आ क स ति ना
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क जाय तो उस दौान सका क कि ाजव ालया 71578 को पए तथा कि खर
169986 को पए था
ाजकोषीय घाटा तब होता ह जब क सका क खर उसक ाजव ालय स अलधक होत ह
अगत 2015 क दौान दश क ाजव स ति न म आई घनामक लथलत आठ वष बाद सभव ई ह
इसका म य काण इस माह क दौान क सका क ाजव ालय म आ भाी इजाफा ह
Prices of Pulses
Union Government on October 18 2015 imposed stock
limits on four categories of stocks
Explanation The Union Government has now withdrawnexemptions to four categories of stocks of pulses ndash stocks
sourced from imports held by exporters by licensed food
processors and large departmental retailers The step has been taken to
prevent hoarding follows the spiralling of prices of all the pulses over the past
two weeks on short supplies
In its earlier order extending the imposition of stock limits on pulses edible
oils and edible oilseeds for one year up to September 30 2016 the
government had granted exemption to these four stock categoriesThe Centre had earlier announced a ban on pulses exports extension of zero
import duty and a further purchase of 5000 tonnes from overseas markets
under the price stabilisation fund It also aims to create a 40000-tonne buffer-
stock from the new arhar (tur) and urad crops which will hit the market
between November and early-January
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Sports
Cricket
Younis Khan surpassed JavedMiandad record for most runs for
Pakistan in Test Cricket
To Know Younis Khan surpassed the record for most runs for Pakistan in
Test cricket during the First Test Match against England being played in Abu
Dhabi He overtook JavedMiandads previous mark of 8832 runs to achieve
this feat Younis overhauled the record in his 102nd match taking 22 fewer
than Miandad to set the mark
य न स खान न 13 अटब 2015 को कसन जाव द लमया दाद क कॉड को तोक टट कट म
पाकतान क िलए सवा लधक न बटोन का कॉड कायम कया
लवतार य न स खान न यह उिपलध इि ड क लिखाफ िर ही टट िखा क पिह म र म 13
अटब 2015 को हालिस क लजसका आयोजन अब धाबी म हो हा ह उहन इस म र म जाव द
लमया दाद क 8832 ट ट न क कॉड को पा क िलया
RUSSIAN F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (UK) won the Russian F1 Grand Prix on 11 October 2015 to
further consolidate his position on way to becoming 2015 F1 champion
To Know Force Indiarsquos driver Sergio Perez finished third on the Russian F1
Grand Prix to give his team its only third podium finish in its historyForce
India have enjoyed only two podium places before this race and incidentally
the last time also it was Perez who stepped onto the podium for the team at
Bahrain Grand Prix in 2014
The first ever podium for the team was secured by Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)
who had finished second in the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position
लटन क ि इस ह लमटन (Lewis Hamilton) न स क सोरी (Sochi) म आयोलजत सी
फाम ि ा वन ा ी (Russian F1 Grand Prix) स का लखताब 11 अटब 2015 को जीतक
इस वष क फाम ि ा वन लखताब को जीतन क ओ अपन कदम औ मजब ती स बढ़ा दए इस स
म भात क फाम ि ा वन टीम फोस इलडया (Force India) क कस ाइव न फोलडयम फलनश
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(podium finish) हालिस क अपनी टीम क इलतहास क मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश हालिस
क - सजयो प ज़ ndash Sergio Perez ( म लसको )
लवतार
सी फाम ि ा वन स म फोस इलडया क ाइव सजयो प ज़ ( Sergio Perez) न
तीसा थान हालिस क सव तीन िराक म हक म र (podium) प प रन क उिपलध
( पोलडयम फलनश ) हालिस क यह फोस इलडया क इलतहास म मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश
थी
फोस इलडया को इसस पिह लिमी पोलडयम फलनश भी सजयो प ज़ क द न थी जब उहन
2014 क बहीन ा ी (Bahrain Grand Prix) म तीसा थान हालिस कया था
फोस इलडया को अपन इलतहास क पिही पोलडयम फलनश 2009 क ब लजयम ा ी ( 2009
Belgian Grand Prix) म हालिस ई थी जब उनक इटािलयन ाइव लजयानिका फलसकिा
(Giancarlo Fisichella) न द सा थान हालिस कया था य फोस इलडया क इलतहास का
सव दश न भी था
सी ा ी स क एक औ लवश षता यह ही क इसम फाी क स ब लटयन व िट ( जम नी ) न
द सा थान हालिस क इस िसा क फाम ि ा वन र लपयनलशप म अब तक द स थान प िर
ह मसडीज़ क लनको ोसबग ( जम नी ) को तीस थान प ढकि दया इसक साथ व िट क 236
अ क हो गए तथा इस स को प ा न क पान क िरत ोसबग 229 अ क प हक तीस थान
प फिस गए वह मसडीज़ क ि इस ह लमटन कि 302 अ क क साथ काफ आग ह औ अपना
ि गाता द सा लखताब जीतत ए दख ह ह
BOXING - Vijender Singh
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh started his
professional boxing career with a bang as he
defeated his opponent Sonny Whiting by knock-
out
To Know Vijender Singh showed no nerves in
the debut bout of his professional career againstBritish professional boxer Sonny Whiting that
was held on 10 October at the Manchester
Arena He ended the fight in the third round with
a knock-out victory over Whiting
Vijender the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) had
announced his decision to turn professional on 29 June 2015 as he signed a
multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and
Entertainment This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remains
eligible to represent India
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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Long-term Government Securities
Union Govt is poised to issue long-term government securities (G-secs)
which will be the longest tenure securities to be brought out by the
government What will be tenure of these G-secs as announced by the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 October 2015 ndash 40 years
To Know The proposal to bring G-secs with 40-year maturity will give it a
longer time horizon to fund growth at lower costs Till date gilts with the
longest tenure were of 30 years
One important factor associated with 40-year G-secs would be that these are
being brought at a time when the rate of interest is heading south The move
by the government to issue 40-year G-secs is timed with the RBI‟s decision to
increase debt limit for foreign investors in government securities This isexpected to attract long-term foreign fund managers like pension funds
sovereign funds and insurance companies to buy these papers market
players said
A large chunk of investments by these institutions are usually parked in very
long-term instruments with maturities of 20 30 40 years and more
According to RBI data at present the G-secs with the longest maturity is of 30
years which is scheduled to be redeemed in June 2045 and has an
outstanding maturity amount of Rs 30000 crore
Policy - To unlock the potential for capital goods sector and establish India as
a global manufacturing powerhouse
The Department of Heavy Industry released the draft of a National Policy on
Capital Goods on 23 October 2015 This is the first time that a policy on
Capital Goods is being framed
To Know The Draft National Policy on Capital Goods has been framed inactive consultation with industry associations amp bodies It was released on 23
October 2015 and has been put on public domain for seeking comments
views and suggestions of stakeholders public in general The comments on
draft policy are being sought till 31 October 2015
Capital goods consist of plant machinery equipment and accessories
required either directly or indirectly for manufacture or production of
goods or for rendering services including those required for replacement
modernization technological upgradation and expansion of manufacturingfacilities
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The growth and development of capital goods is critical for India to achieve
the vision of ldquoMake in Indiardquo by increasing share of manufacturing to 25
of Gross Value Added This in turn will help generate additional jobs
improve India‟s trade balance and increase domestic self -reliance The
National Policy on Capital Goods is envisaged to unlock the potential ofthis promising sector and establish India as a global manufacturing
powerhouse
Draft Note ndash on Setting Monetary Policy
The Union Government has recently circulated a draft note
pertaining to monetary policy mechanism in the country It
has proposed clipping the exclusive powers of the RBI
governor in setting monetary policy Explanation The draft circulated by the govt has
proposed some far-reaching steps in country‟s monetary
policy mechanism It has proposed that a seven-member committee should
draft monetary policy
It has proposed that the committee have four members from the
government and three from the central bank with the RBI governor as its
chair holding no veto power as was earlier bnyhumsuggested but a
casting vote
The monetary policy committee will fix the benchmark interest rate of the
RBI and set inflation targets
Under the current system the RBI governor has a technical advisory
committee to advise on monetary policy but can accept or reject the
panel‟s views
RBI chief RaghuramRajan had earlier said that he favoured doing away
with the veto power of the central bank chief arguing it would be better for
a committee to decide the key rate rather than one individual
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International
CHINA
Overtaken United States in terms of population of middle class
As disclosed in a latest report on global wealth by Credit Suisse China has
become world‟s largest middle class country
To KnowThe latest Global Wealth Report by Swiss bank Credit Suisse has
disclosed that with 109 million adults China has replaced the United States
which has around 92 million of its populace under middle class China now
accounts for a fifth of the world population while holding nearly 10 percent of
the global wealth The report said size and wealth of the middle class was a
key factor in economic development and the middle class was often at the
heart of political movements and new consumption trends
Overall the report found that global wealth fell by nearly 5 percent in the year
to mid-2015 to $250 trillion due a strengthening of the US dollar in which
income is compared
लडट लवस (Credit Suisse) ाा व लक धन प जाी नवीनतम पोट ( Global Wealth
Report) क अन सा कौन सा दश अम का को पछाक लव का सबस अलधक मयवगय
जनस या (middle-class population) िवाा दश बनक उभा ह - रीन (China)
लवतार लवज़ि ड क ब क लडट लवस ाा िहा ही म जाी Global Wealth Report म
खि ासा कया गया क 109 को क मयवगय जनस या क साथ रीन अब लव का सबस
बा मयवगय जनस या िवाा दश बन गया ह उसन इस मािम म अम का को पछा दया ह
जहा मयवगय जनस या का आका िगभग 92 को ह पोट क अन सा रीन क अब लव जनस या म 5 लहस दाी ह जबक कि व लक धन - सपदा म उसका दसवा लहसा ह
इस पोट म यह उि ख भी कया गया क अब आथक लवकास म मयवगय जनस या क आका
तथा इस जनस या क हाथ म हन िवाी धन - सपदा का म ख थान ह इसक िअावा उपभोा
व लय म नए बिदाव तथा ाजनीलतक आ िदोन म मयवग क ब हद महवप ण भ लमका ह
पोट क अन सा वष 2015 क मय तक व लक धन - सपदा म 5 क कमी दज ई ह िहाा क
इसका म य काण अम क िडॉ क म य म ई व ल ह जो धन मापन क िलए य क जान
िवाी म ा ह
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TTIP - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The ambitious trade agreement proposed between the United
States and the European Union (EU) for which the 11 th round
of negotiations started from October 19 2015
To Know Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(TTIP) is a proposed free trade agreement between the
European Union and the United States with the aim of promoting multilateral
economic growth It is likely to set standards that would become a base point
for the rest of the world that would want to serve these markets
The first round of negotiations under TTIP took place from 7 to12 July
2013 in Washington DC Till now 10 such negotiations have been held
One important feature of the negotiations taking place under TTIP is thatthe negotiations are being carried mostly in secrecy Almost all information
on negotiations comes from leaked documents and Freedom of
Information requests
The United States and European Union together represent 60 of global
GDP 33 of world trade in goods and 42 of world trade in services
There are a number of trade conflicts between the two powers but both
depend on the other‟s economic market and disputes only affect 2 of
total trade A free trade area between the two would represent potentially
the largest regional free-trade agreement in history
Growth rate of China
Third Quarter- 69
To Know As per the official data released by the Chinese Govt on October
19 2015 China posted its weakest quarterly economic growth since the
global financial crisis The growth rate during July-September 2015 stood at
69 The GDP growth rate is thus lower than 7 growth achieved during the
first half of 2015 This is the weakest reading since the first quarter of 2009
when growth tumbled to 62
These figures further raised the pressure on policymakers to cut interest
rates further and roll out other support measures to avert a sharper
slowdown Chinese economy now has huge impact on global economy as
it has emerged as the second largest economy after the United States
Some market watchers believe current growth is much weaker than
government readings though officials deny allegations that the numbersare inflated
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Trident Juncture
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on October 19 2015 started
its biggest and most ambitious military exercise in more than a decade
To Know Trident Juncture 2015 the huge military exercise comprisingof around 36000 troops from more than 30 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) countries It is being hosted by Italy Spain and
Portugal at 16 different locations
The opening ceremony of Trident Juncture 2015 took place at the Italian
air base of Trapani in Sicily where NATO showed its air strike power with
Typhoon F-18 F-16 Tornado and AMX aircraft
Trident Juncture 2015 will test the new rapid-reaction force of NATO
whose spearhead force will be led by Spain in 2016
Oil Prices ndash Meeting of eight non ndashOPEC Countries
In an important development pertaining to global oil prices
Venezuela hosted a special meeting for eight non-OPEC countries
on October 21 2015 at Vienna Azerbaijan Brazil Colombia
Kazakhstan Norway Mexico Oman and Russia were invited to
in this meeting to unveil a new oil strategy to stem a tumble in oil
pricesExplanation The meeting of these 8 non-OPEC nations was organized by
Venezuela an OPEC member to unveil a bold new oil strategy so as to put a
break to sliding oil prices The meeting was held in shadow of consistently low
oil prices globally Venezuela has been pushing to stem a tumble in oil prices
but faces an uphill battle to convince its richer Gulf counterparts and non-
OPEC nations
An oil price recovery would be a boon for recession-hit Venezuela where
roughly 96 of hard currency income derives from oil
OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries an
international organization of 12 countries to coordinate and unify the global
petroleum policies and prices
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National- Economy
Indiarsquos Fiscal balance turned from deficit to surplus
During August 2015 what landmark achievement was made by the Union
Govt in the area of fiscal balance ndash During August 2015 Indiarsquos fiscal
balance turned from deficit to surplus for the first time in 8 years
To Know According to the data released by the Controller-General of
Accounts (CGA) recently Indiarsquos fiscal deficit was (-) Rs 15808 crore in
August 2015 The negative figure indicates surplus of revenues over
expenditure In contrast the Centre ran up a fiscal deficit of Rs 73005 crore
in August 2014
The total revenue was Rs 147022crore in August 2015 against Rs 71578
crore in July 2015 In contrast the total expenditure in August 2015 was Rs
131214crore against Rs 169986 crore in July 2015
Fiscal deficit is the excess of the Centrersquos expenditure over its revenues This
is after 8 years that Indiarsquos fiscal deficit has turned negative A sharp surge in
the Centrersquos revenue receipts as well as a steep decline in its total
expenditures made the fiscal surplus (or negative fiscal deficit) possible
िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान दश न ाजकोषीय लथलत (Fiscal
position) म या महवप ण उिपलध हालिस क -ि गभग 8 वष बाद अगत 2015 क दौान
ऐसा मौका आया जब भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) हा
लवतार
किो - जनि ऑफ एकाउस Controller-General of Accounts - CGA) ाा िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal
Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) 15808 को पए था इसका अथ आ क इस माह क
दौान क सका क ाजव ालया (revenue receipts) उसक खर (expenditures) स
अलधक थ ाजकोषीय स ति न क म ऐसी लथलत 8 वष बाद हालिस ई ह यहा यह भी
उि खनीय ह क अगत 2014 क दौान दश का ाजकोषीय घाटा 73005 को पए था
अगत 2015 क दौान क सका क कि ाजव ालया 147022 को पए थ जबक
उसका कि खर 131214 को पए था यद इसक जि ाई 2015 क समान आ क स ति ना
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क जाय तो उस दौान सका क कि ाजव ालया 71578 को पए तथा कि खर
169986 को पए था
ाजकोषीय घाटा तब होता ह जब क सका क खर उसक ाजव ालय स अलधक होत ह
अगत 2015 क दौान दश क ाजव स ति न म आई घनामक लथलत आठ वष बाद सभव ई ह
इसका म य काण इस माह क दौान क सका क ाजव ालय म आ भाी इजाफा ह
Prices of Pulses
Union Government on October 18 2015 imposed stock
limits on four categories of stocks
Explanation The Union Government has now withdrawnexemptions to four categories of stocks of pulses ndash stocks
sourced from imports held by exporters by licensed food
processors and large departmental retailers The step has been taken to
prevent hoarding follows the spiralling of prices of all the pulses over the past
two weeks on short supplies
In its earlier order extending the imposition of stock limits on pulses edible
oils and edible oilseeds for one year up to September 30 2016 the
government had granted exemption to these four stock categoriesThe Centre had earlier announced a ban on pulses exports extension of zero
import duty and a further purchase of 5000 tonnes from overseas markets
under the price stabilisation fund It also aims to create a 40000-tonne buffer-
stock from the new arhar (tur) and urad crops which will hit the market
between November and early-January
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Sports
Cricket
Younis Khan surpassed JavedMiandad record for most runs for
Pakistan in Test Cricket
To Know Younis Khan surpassed the record for most runs for Pakistan in
Test cricket during the First Test Match against England being played in Abu
Dhabi He overtook JavedMiandads previous mark of 8832 runs to achieve
this feat Younis overhauled the record in his 102nd match taking 22 fewer
than Miandad to set the mark
य न स खान न 13 अटब 2015 को कसन जाव द लमया दाद क कॉड को तोक टट कट म
पाकतान क िलए सवा लधक न बटोन का कॉड कायम कया
लवतार य न स खान न यह उिपलध इि ड क लिखाफ िर ही टट िखा क पिह म र म 13
अटब 2015 को हालिस क लजसका आयोजन अब धाबी म हो हा ह उहन इस म र म जाव द
लमया दाद क 8832 ट ट न क कॉड को पा क िलया
RUSSIAN F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (UK) won the Russian F1 Grand Prix on 11 October 2015 to
further consolidate his position on way to becoming 2015 F1 champion
To Know Force Indiarsquos driver Sergio Perez finished third on the Russian F1
Grand Prix to give his team its only third podium finish in its historyForce
India have enjoyed only two podium places before this race and incidentally
the last time also it was Perez who stepped onto the podium for the team at
Bahrain Grand Prix in 2014
The first ever podium for the team was secured by Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)
who had finished second in the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position
लटन क ि इस ह लमटन (Lewis Hamilton) न स क सोरी (Sochi) म आयोलजत सी
फाम ि ा वन ा ी (Russian F1 Grand Prix) स का लखताब 11 अटब 2015 को जीतक
इस वष क फाम ि ा वन लखताब को जीतन क ओ अपन कदम औ मजब ती स बढ़ा दए इस स
म भात क फाम ि ा वन टीम फोस इलडया (Force India) क कस ाइव न फोलडयम फलनश
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(podium finish) हालिस क अपनी टीम क इलतहास क मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश हालिस
क - सजयो प ज़ ndash Sergio Perez ( म लसको )
लवतार
सी फाम ि ा वन स म फोस इलडया क ाइव सजयो प ज़ ( Sergio Perez) न
तीसा थान हालिस क सव तीन िराक म हक म र (podium) प प रन क उिपलध
( पोलडयम फलनश ) हालिस क यह फोस इलडया क इलतहास म मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश
थी
फोस इलडया को इसस पिह लिमी पोलडयम फलनश भी सजयो प ज़ क द न थी जब उहन
2014 क बहीन ा ी (Bahrain Grand Prix) म तीसा थान हालिस कया था
फोस इलडया को अपन इलतहास क पिही पोलडयम फलनश 2009 क ब लजयम ा ी ( 2009
Belgian Grand Prix) म हालिस ई थी जब उनक इटािलयन ाइव लजयानिका फलसकिा
(Giancarlo Fisichella) न द सा थान हालिस कया था य फोस इलडया क इलतहास का
सव दश न भी था
सी ा ी स क एक औ लवश षता यह ही क इसम फाी क स ब लटयन व िट ( जम नी ) न
द सा थान हालिस क इस िसा क फाम ि ा वन र लपयनलशप म अब तक द स थान प िर
ह मसडीज़ क लनको ोसबग ( जम नी ) को तीस थान प ढकि दया इसक साथ व िट क 236
अ क हो गए तथा इस स को प ा न क पान क िरत ोसबग 229 अ क प हक तीस थान
प फिस गए वह मसडीज़ क ि इस ह लमटन कि 302 अ क क साथ काफ आग ह औ अपना
ि गाता द सा लखताब जीतत ए दख ह ह
BOXING - Vijender Singh
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh started his
professional boxing career with a bang as he
defeated his opponent Sonny Whiting by knock-
out
To Know Vijender Singh showed no nerves in
the debut bout of his professional career againstBritish professional boxer Sonny Whiting that
was held on 10 October at the Manchester
Arena He ended the fight in the third round with
a knock-out victory over Whiting
Vijender the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) had
announced his decision to turn professional on 29 June 2015 as he signed a
multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and
Entertainment This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remains
eligible to represent India
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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The growth and development of capital goods is critical for India to achieve
the vision of ldquoMake in Indiardquo by increasing share of manufacturing to 25
of Gross Value Added This in turn will help generate additional jobs
improve India‟s trade balance and increase domestic self -reliance The
National Policy on Capital Goods is envisaged to unlock the potential ofthis promising sector and establish India as a global manufacturing
powerhouse
Draft Note ndash on Setting Monetary Policy
The Union Government has recently circulated a draft note
pertaining to monetary policy mechanism in the country It
has proposed clipping the exclusive powers of the RBI
governor in setting monetary policy Explanation The draft circulated by the govt has
proposed some far-reaching steps in country‟s monetary
policy mechanism It has proposed that a seven-member committee should
draft monetary policy
It has proposed that the committee have four members from the
government and three from the central bank with the RBI governor as its
chair holding no veto power as was earlier bnyhumsuggested but a
casting vote
The monetary policy committee will fix the benchmark interest rate of the
RBI and set inflation targets
Under the current system the RBI governor has a technical advisory
committee to advise on monetary policy but can accept or reject the
panel‟s views
RBI chief RaghuramRajan had earlier said that he favoured doing away
with the veto power of the central bank chief arguing it would be better for
a committee to decide the key rate rather than one individual
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International
CHINA
Overtaken United States in terms of population of middle class
As disclosed in a latest report on global wealth by Credit Suisse China has
become world‟s largest middle class country
To KnowThe latest Global Wealth Report by Swiss bank Credit Suisse has
disclosed that with 109 million adults China has replaced the United States
which has around 92 million of its populace under middle class China now
accounts for a fifth of the world population while holding nearly 10 percent of
the global wealth The report said size and wealth of the middle class was a
key factor in economic development and the middle class was often at the
heart of political movements and new consumption trends
Overall the report found that global wealth fell by nearly 5 percent in the year
to mid-2015 to $250 trillion due a strengthening of the US dollar in which
income is compared
लडट लवस (Credit Suisse) ाा व लक धन प जाी नवीनतम पोट ( Global Wealth
Report) क अन सा कौन सा दश अम का को पछाक लव का सबस अलधक मयवगय
जनस या (middle-class population) िवाा दश बनक उभा ह - रीन (China)
लवतार लवज़ि ड क ब क लडट लवस ाा िहा ही म जाी Global Wealth Report म
खि ासा कया गया क 109 को क मयवगय जनस या क साथ रीन अब लव का सबस
बा मयवगय जनस या िवाा दश बन गया ह उसन इस मािम म अम का को पछा दया ह
जहा मयवगय जनस या का आका िगभग 92 को ह पोट क अन सा रीन क अब लव जनस या म 5 लहस दाी ह जबक कि व लक धन - सपदा म उसका दसवा लहसा ह
इस पोट म यह उि ख भी कया गया क अब आथक लवकास म मयवगय जनस या क आका
तथा इस जनस या क हाथ म हन िवाी धन - सपदा का म ख थान ह इसक िअावा उपभोा
व लय म नए बिदाव तथा ाजनीलतक आ िदोन म मयवग क ब हद महवप ण भ लमका ह
पोट क अन सा वष 2015 क मय तक व लक धन - सपदा म 5 क कमी दज ई ह िहाा क
इसका म य काण अम क िडॉ क म य म ई व ल ह जो धन मापन क िलए य क जान
िवाी म ा ह
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TTIP - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The ambitious trade agreement proposed between the United
States and the European Union (EU) for which the 11 th round
of negotiations started from October 19 2015
To Know Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(TTIP) is a proposed free trade agreement between the
European Union and the United States with the aim of promoting multilateral
economic growth It is likely to set standards that would become a base point
for the rest of the world that would want to serve these markets
The first round of negotiations under TTIP took place from 7 to12 July
2013 in Washington DC Till now 10 such negotiations have been held
One important feature of the negotiations taking place under TTIP is thatthe negotiations are being carried mostly in secrecy Almost all information
on negotiations comes from leaked documents and Freedom of
Information requests
The United States and European Union together represent 60 of global
GDP 33 of world trade in goods and 42 of world trade in services
There are a number of trade conflicts between the two powers but both
depend on the other‟s economic market and disputes only affect 2 of
total trade A free trade area between the two would represent potentially
the largest regional free-trade agreement in history
Growth rate of China
Third Quarter- 69
To Know As per the official data released by the Chinese Govt on October
19 2015 China posted its weakest quarterly economic growth since the
global financial crisis The growth rate during July-September 2015 stood at
69 The GDP growth rate is thus lower than 7 growth achieved during the
first half of 2015 This is the weakest reading since the first quarter of 2009
when growth tumbled to 62
These figures further raised the pressure on policymakers to cut interest
rates further and roll out other support measures to avert a sharper
slowdown Chinese economy now has huge impact on global economy as
it has emerged as the second largest economy after the United States
Some market watchers believe current growth is much weaker than
government readings though officials deny allegations that the numbersare inflated
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Trident Juncture
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on October 19 2015 started
its biggest and most ambitious military exercise in more than a decade
To Know Trident Juncture 2015 the huge military exercise comprisingof around 36000 troops from more than 30 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) countries It is being hosted by Italy Spain and
Portugal at 16 different locations
The opening ceremony of Trident Juncture 2015 took place at the Italian
air base of Trapani in Sicily where NATO showed its air strike power with
Typhoon F-18 F-16 Tornado and AMX aircraft
Trident Juncture 2015 will test the new rapid-reaction force of NATO
whose spearhead force will be led by Spain in 2016
Oil Prices ndash Meeting of eight non ndashOPEC Countries
In an important development pertaining to global oil prices
Venezuela hosted a special meeting for eight non-OPEC countries
on October 21 2015 at Vienna Azerbaijan Brazil Colombia
Kazakhstan Norway Mexico Oman and Russia were invited to
in this meeting to unveil a new oil strategy to stem a tumble in oil
pricesExplanation The meeting of these 8 non-OPEC nations was organized by
Venezuela an OPEC member to unveil a bold new oil strategy so as to put a
break to sliding oil prices The meeting was held in shadow of consistently low
oil prices globally Venezuela has been pushing to stem a tumble in oil prices
but faces an uphill battle to convince its richer Gulf counterparts and non-
OPEC nations
An oil price recovery would be a boon for recession-hit Venezuela where
roughly 96 of hard currency income derives from oil
OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries an
international organization of 12 countries to coordinate and unify the global
petroleum policies and prices
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National- Economy
Indiarsquos Fiscal balance turned from deficit to surplus
During August 2015 what landmark achievement was made by the Union
Govt in the area of fiscal balance ndash During August 2015 Indiarsquos fiscal
balance turned from deficit to surplus for the first time in 8 years
To Know According to the data released by the Controller-General of
Accounts (CGA) recently Indiarsquos fiscal deficit was (-) Rs 15808 crore in
August 2015 The negative figure indicates surplus of revenues over
expenditure In contrast the Centre ran up a fiscal deficit of Rs 73005 crore
in August 2014
The total revenue was Rs 147022crore in August 2015 against Rs 71578
crore in July 2015 In contrast the total expenditure in August 2015 was Rs
131214crore against Rs 169986 crore in July 2015
Fiscal deficit is the excess of the Centrersquos expenditure over its revenues This
is after 8 years that Indiarsquos fiscal deficit has turned negative A sharp surge in
the Centrersquos revenue receipts as well as a steep decline in its total
expenditures made the fiscal surplus (or negative fiscal deficit) possible
िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान दश न ाजकोषीय लथलत (Fiscal
position) म या महवप ण उिपलध हालिस क -ि गभग 8 वष बाद अगत 2015 क दौान
ऐसा मौका आया जब भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) हा
लवतार
किो - जनि ऑफ एकाउस Controller-General of Accounts - CGA) ाा िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal
Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) 15808 को पए था इसका अथ आ क इस माह क
दौान क सका क ाजव ालया (revenue receipts) उसक खर (expenditures) स
अलधक थ ाजकोषीय स ति न क म ऐसी लथलत 8 वष बाद हालिस ई ह यहा यह भी
उि खनीय ह क अगत 2014 क दौान दश का ाजकोषीय घाटा 73005 को पए था
अगत 2015 क दौान क सका क कि ाजव ालया 147022 को पए थ जबक
उसका कि खर 131214 को पए था यद इसक जि ाई 2015 क समान आ क स ति ना
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क जाय तो उस दौान सका क कि ाजव ालया 71578 को पए तथा कि खर
169986 को पए था
ाजकोषीय घाटा तब होता ह जब क सका क खर उसक ाजव ालय स अलधक होत ह
अगत 2015 क दौान दश क ाजव स ति न म आई घनामक लथलत आठ वष बाद सभव ई ह
इसका म य काण इस माह क दौान क सका क ाजव ालय म आ भाी इजाफा ह
Prices of Pulses
Union Government on October 18 2015 imposed stock
limits on four categories of stocks
Explanation The Union Government has now withdrawnexemptions to four categories of stocks of pulses ndash stocks
sourced from imports held by exporters by licensed food
processors and large departmental retailers The step has been taken to
prevent hoarding follows the spiralling of prices of all the pulses over the past
two weeks on short supplies
In its earlier order extending the imposition of stock limits on pulses edible
oils and edible oilseeds for one year up to September 30 2016 the
government had granted exemption to these four stock categoriesThe Centre had earlier announced a ban on pulses exports extension of zero
import duty and a further purchase of 5000 tonnes from overseas markets
under the price stabilisation fund It also aims to create a 40000-tonne buffer-
stock from the new arhar (tur) and urad crops which will hit the market
between November and early-January
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Sports
Cricket
Younis Khan surpassed JavedMiandad record for most runs for
Pakistan in Test Cricket
To Know Younis Khan surpassed the record for most runs for Pakistan in
Test cricket during the First Test Match against England being played in Abu
Dhabi He overtook JavedMiandads previous mark of 8832 runs to achieve
this feat Younis overhauled the record in his 102nd match taking 22 fewer
than Miandad to set the mark
य न स खान न 13 अटब 2015 को कसन जाव द लमया दाद क कॉड को तोक टट कट म
पाकतान क िलए सवा लधक न बटोन का कॉड कायम कया
लवतार य न स खान न यह उिपलध इि ड क लिखाफ िर ही टट िखा क पिह म र म 13
अटब 2015 को हालिस क लजसका आयोजन अब धाबी म हो हा ह उहन इस म र म जाव द
लमया दाद क 8832 ट ट न क कॉड को पा क िलया
RUSSIAN F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (UK) won the Russian F1 Grand Prix on 11 October 2015 to
further consolidate his position on way to becoming 2015 F1 champion
To Know Force Indiarsquos driver Sergio Perez finished third on the Russian F1
Grand Prix to give his team its only third podium finish in its historyForce
India have enjoyed only two podium places before this race and incidentally
the last time also it was Perez who stepped onto the podium for the team at
Bahrain Grand Prix in 2014
The first ever podium for the team was secured by Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)
who had finished second in the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position
लटन क ि इस ह लमटन (Lewis Hamilton) न स क सोरी (Sochi) म आयोलजत सी
फाम ि ा वन ा ी (Russian F1 Grand Prix) स का लखताब 11 अटब 2015 को जीतक
इस वष क फाम ि ा वन लखताब को जीतन क ओ अपन कदम औ मजब ती स बढ़ा दए इस स
म भात क फाम ि ा वन टीम फोस इलडया (Force India) क कस ाइव न फोलडयम फलनश
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(podium finish) हालिस क अपनी टीम क इलतहास क मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश हालिस
क - सजयो प ज़ ndash Sergio Perez ( म लसको )
लवतार
सी फाम ि ा वन स म फोस इलडया क ाइव सजयो प ज़ ( Sergio Perez) न
तीसा थान हालिस क सव तीन िराक म हक म र (podium) प प रन क उिपलध
( पोलडयम फलनश ) हालिस क यह फोस इलडया क इलतहास म मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश
थी
फोस इलडया को इसस पिह लिमी पोलडयम फलनश भी सजयो प ज़ क द न थी जब उहन
2014 क बहीन ा ी (Bahrain Grand Prix) म तीसा थान हालिस कया था
फोस इलडया को अपन इलतहास क पिही पोलडयम फलनश 2009 क ब लजयम ा ी ( 2009
Belgian Grand Prix) म हालिस ई थी जब उनक इटािलयन ाइव लजयानिका फलसकिा
(Giancarlo Fisichella) न द सा थान हालिस कया था य फोस इलडया क इलतहास का
सव दश न भी था
सी ा ी स क एक औ लवश षता यह ही क इसम फाी क स ब लटयन व िट ( जम नी ) न
द सा थान हालिस क इस िसा क फाम ि ा वन र लपयनलशप म अब तक द स थान प िर
ह मसडीज़ क लनको ोसबग ( जम नी ) को तीस थान प ढकि दया इसक साथ व िट क 236
अ क हो गए तथा इस स को प ा न क पान क िरत ोसबग 229 अ क प हक तीस थान
प फिस गए वह मसडीज़ क ि इस ह लमटन कि 302 अ क क साथ काफ आग ह औ अपना
ि गाता द सा लखताब जीतत ए दख ह ह
BOXING - Vijender Singh
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh started his
professional boxing career with a bang as he
defeated his opponent Sonny Whiting by knock-
out
To Know Vijender Singh showed no nerves in
the debut bout of his professional career againstBritish professional boxer Sonny Whiting that
was held on 10 October at the Manchester
Arena He ended the fight in the third round with
a knock-out victory over Whiting
Vijender the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) had
announced his decision to turn professional on 29 June 2015 as he signed a
multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and
Entertainment This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remains
eligible to represent India
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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International
CHINA
Overtaken United States in terms of population of middle class
As disclosed in a latest report on global wealth by Credit Suisse China has
become world‟s largest middle class country
To KnowThe latest Global Wealth Report by Swiss bank Credit Suisse has
disclosed that with 109 million adults China has replaced the United States
which has around 92 million of its populace under middle class China now
accounts for a fifth of the world population while holding nearly 10 percent of
the global wealth The report said size and wealth of the middle class was a
key factor in economic development and the middle class was often at the
heart of political movements and new consumption trends
Overall the report found that global wealth fell by nearly 5 percent in the year
to mid-2015 to $250 trillion due a strengthening of the US dollar in which
income is compared
लडट लवस (Credit Suisse) ाा व लक धन प जाी नवीनतम पोट ( Global Wealth
Report) क अन सा कौन सा दश अम का को पछाक लव का सबस अलधक मयवगय
जनस या (middle-class population) िवाा दश बनक उभा ह - रीन (China)
लवतार लवज़ि ड क ब क लडट लवस ाा िहा ही म जाी Global Wealth Report म
खि ासा कया गया क 109 को क मयवगय जनस या क साथ रीन अब लव का सबस
बा मयवगय जनस या िवाा दश बन गया ह उसन इस मािम म अम का को पछा दया ह
जहा मयवगय जनस या का आका िगभग 92 को ह पोट क अन सा रीन क अब लव जनस या म 5 लहस दाी ह जबक कि व लक धन - सपदा म उसका दसवा लहसा ह
इस पोट म यह उि ख भी कया गया क अब आथक लवकास म मयवगय जनस या क आका
तथा इस जनस या क हाथ म हन िवाी धन - सपदा का म ख थान ह इसक िअावा उपभोा
व लय म नए बिदाव तथा ाजनीलतक आ िदोन म मयवग क ब हद महवप ण भ लमका ह
पोट क अन सा वष 2015 क मय तक व लक धन - सपदा म 5 क कमी दज ई ह िहाा क
इसका म य काण अम क िडॉ क म य म ई व ल ह जो धन मापन क िलए य क जान
िवाी म ा ह
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TTIP - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The ambitious trade agreement proposed between the United
States and the European Union (EU) for which the 11 th round
of negotiations started from October 19 2015
To Know Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(TTIP) is a proposed free trade agreement between the
European Union and the United States with the aim of promoting multilateral
economic growth It is likely to set standards that would become a base point
for the rest of the world that would want to serve these markets
The first round of negotiations under TTIP took place from 7 to12 July
2013 in Washington DC Till now 10 such negotiations have been held
One important feature of the negotiations taking place under TTIP is thatthe negotiations are being carried mostly in secrecy Almost all information
on negotiations comes from leaked documents and Freedom of
Information requests
The United States and European Union together represent 60 of global
GDP 33 of world trade in goods and 42 of world trade in services
There are a number of trade conflicts between the two powers but both
depend on the other‟s economic market and disputes only affect 2 of
total trade A free trade area between the two would represent potentially
the largest regional free-trade agreement in history
Growth rate of China
Third Quarter- 69
To Know As per the official data released by the Chinese Govt on October
19 2015 China posted its weakest quarterly economic growth since the
global financial crisis The growth rate during July-September 2015 stood at
69 The GDP growth rate is thus lower than 7 growth achieved during the
first half of 2015 This is the weakest reading since the first quarter of 2009
when growth tumbled to 62
These figures further raised the pressure on policymakers to cut interest
rates further and roll out other support measures to avert a sharper
slowdown Chinese economy now has huge impact on global economy as
it has emerged as the second largest economy after the United States
Some market watchers believe current growth is much weaker than
government readings though officials deny allegations that the numbersare inflated
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Trident Juncture
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on October 19 2015 started
its biggest and most ambitious military exercise in more than a decade
To Know Trident Juncture 2015 the huge military exercise comprisingof around 36000 troops from more than 30 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) countries It is being hosted by Italy Spain and
Portugal at 16 different locations
The opening ceremony of Trident Juncture 2015 took place at the Italian
air base of Trapani in Sicily where NATO showed its air strike power with
Typhoon F-18 F-16 Tornado and AMX aircraft
Trident Juncture 2015 will test the new rapid-reaction force of NATO
whose spearhead force will be led by Spain in 2016
Oil Prices ndash Meeting of eight non ndashOPEC Countries
In an important development pertaining to global oil prices
Venezuela hosted a special meeting for eight non-OPEC countries
on October 21 2015 at Vienna Azerbaijan Brazil Colombia
Kazakhstan Norway Mexico Oman and Russia were invited to
in this meeting to unveil a new oil strategy to stem a tumble in oil
pricesExplanation The meeting of these 8 non-OPEC nations was organized by
Venezuela an OPEC member to unveil a bold new oil strategy so as to put a
break to sliding oil prices The meeting was held in shadow of consistently low
oil prices globally Venezuela has been pushing to stem a tumble in oil prices
but faces an uphill battle to convince its richer Gulf counterparts and non-
OPEC nations
An oil price recovery would be a boon for recession-hit Venezuela where
roughly 96 of hard currency income derives from oil
OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries an
international organization of 12 countries to coordinate and unify the global
petroleum policies and prices
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National- Economy
Indiarsquos Fiscal balance turned from deficit to surplus
During August 2015 what landmark achievement was made by the Union
Govt in the area of fiscal balance ndash During August 2015 Indiarsquos fiscal
balance turned from deficit to surplus for the first time in 8 years
To Know According to the data released by the Controller-General of
Accounts (CGA) recently Indiarsquos fiscal deficit was (-) Rs 15808 crore in
August 2015 The negative figure indicates surplus of revenues over
expenditure In contrast the Centre ran up a fiscal deficit of Rs 73005 crore
in August 2014
The total revenue was Rs 147022crore in August 2015 against Rs 71578
crore in July 2015 In contrast the total expenditure in August 2015 was Rs
131214crore against Rs 169986 crore in July 2015
Fiscal deficit is the excess of the Centrersquos expenditure over its revenues This
is after 8 years that Indiarsquos fiscal deficit has turned negative A sharp surge in
the Centrersquos revenue receipts as well as a steep decline in its total
expenditures made the fiscal surplus (or negative fiscal deficit) possible
िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान दश न ाजकोषीय लथलत (Fiscal
position) म या महवप ण उिपलध हालिस क -ि गभग 8 वष बाद अगत 2015 क दौान
ऐसा मौका आया जब भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) हा
लवतार
किो - जनि ऑफ एकाउस Controller-General of Accounts - CGA) ाा िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal
Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) 15808 को पए था इसका अथ आ क इस माह क
दौान क सका क ाजव ालया (revenue receipts) उसक खर (expenditures) स
अलधक थ ाजकोषीय स ति न क म ऐसी लथलत 8 वष बाद हालिस ई ह यहा यह भी
उि खनीय ह क अगत 2014 क दौान दश का ाजकोषीय घाटा 73005 को पए था
अगत 2015 क दौान क सका क कि ाजव ालया 147022 को पए थ जबक
उसका कि खर 131214 को पए था यद इसक जि ाई 2015 क समान आ क स ति ना
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क जाय तो उस दौान सका क कि ाजव ालया 71578 को पए तथा कि खर
169986 को पए था
ाजकोषीय घाटा तब होता ह जब क सका क खर उसक ाजव ालय स अलधक होत ह
अगत 2015 क दौान दश क ाजव स ति न म आई घनामक लथलत आठ वष बाद सभव ई ह
इसका म य काण इस माह क दौान क सका क ाजव ालय म आ भाी इजाफा ह
Prices of Pulses
Union Government on October 18 2015 imposed stock
limits on four categories of stocks
Explanation The Union Government has now withdrawnexemptions to four categories of stocks of pulses ndash stocks
sourced from imports held by exporters by licensed food
processors and large departmental retailers The step has been taken to
prevent hoarding follows the spiralling of prices of all the pulses over the past
two weeks on short supplies
In its earlier order extending the imposition of stock limits on pulses edible
oils and edible oilseeds for one year up to September 30 2016 the
government had granted exemption to these four stock categoriesThe Centre had earlier announced a ban on pulses exports extension of zero
import duty and a further purchase of 5000 tonnes from overseas markets
under the price stabilisation fund It also aims to create a 40000-tonne buffer-
stock from the new arhar (tur) and urad crops which will hit the market
between November and early-January
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Sports
Cricket
Younis Khan surpassed JavedMiandad record for most runs for
Pakistan in Test Cricket
To Know Younis Khan surpassed the record for most runs for Pakistan in
Test cricket during the First Test Match against England being played in Abu
Dhabi He overtook JavedMiandads previous mark of 8832 runs to achieve
this feat Younis overhauled the record in his 102nd match taking 22 fewer
than Miandad to set the mark
य न स खान न 13 अटब 2015 को कसन जाव द लमया दाद क कॉड को तोक टट कट म
पाकतान क िलए सवा लधक न बटोन का कॉड कायम कया
लवतार य न स खान न यह उिपलध इि ड क लिखाफ िर ही टट िखा क पिह म र म 13
अटब 2015 को हालिस क लजसका आयोजन अब धाबी म हो हा ह उहन इस म र म जाव द
लमया दाद क 8832 ट ट न क कॉड को पा क िलया
RUSSIAN F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (UK) won the Russian F1 Grand Prix on 11 October 2015 to
further consolidate his position on way to becoming 2015 F1 champion
To Know Force Indiarsquos driver Sergio Perez finished third on the Russian F1
Grand Prix to give his team its only third podium finish in its historyForce
India have enjoyed only two podium places before this race and incidentally
the last time also it was Perez who stepped onto the podium for the team at
Bahrain Grand Prix in 2014
The first ever podium for the team was secured by Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)
who had finished second in the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position
लटन क ि इस ह लमटन (Lewis Hamilton) न स क सोरी (Sochi) म आयोलजत सी
फाम ि ा वन ा ी (Russian F1 Grand Prix) स का लखताब 11 अटब 2015 को जीतक
इस वष क फाम ि ा वन लखताब को जीतन क ओ अपन कदम औ मजब ती स बढ़ा दए इस स
म भात क फाम ि ा वन टीम फोस इलडया (Force India) क कस ाइव न फोलडयम फलनश
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(podium finish) हालिस क अपनी टीम क इलतहास क मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश हालिस
क - सजयो प ज़ ndash Sergio Perez ( म लसको )
लवतार
सी फाम ि ा वन स म फोस इलडया क ाइव सजयो प ज़ ( Sergio Perez) न
तीसा थान हालिस क सव तीन िराक म हक म र (podium) प प रन क उिपलध
( पोलडयम फलनश ) हालिस क यह फोस इलडया क इलतहास म मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश
थी
फोस इलडया को इसस पिह लिमी पोलडयम फलनश भी सजयो प ज़ क द न थी जब उहन
2014 क बहीन ा ी (Bahrain Grand Prix) म तीसा थान हालिस कया था
फोस इलडया को अपन इलतहास क पिही पोलडयम फलनश 2009 क ब लजयम ा ी ( 2009
Belgian Grand Prix) म हालिस ई थी जब उनक इटािलयन ाइव लजयानिका फलसकिा
(Giancarlo Fisichella) न द सा थान हालिस कया था य फोस इलडया क इलतहास का
सव दश न भी था
सी ा ी स क एक औ लवश षता यह ही क इसम फाी क स ब लटयन व िट ( जम नी ) न
द सा थान हालिस क इस िसा क फाम ि ा वन र लपयनलशप म अब तक द स थान प िर
ह मसडीज़ क लनको ोसबग ( जम नी ) को तीस थान प ढकि दया इसक साथ व िट क 236
अ क हो गए तथा इस स को प ा न क पान क िरत ोसबग 229 अ क प हक तीस थान
प फिस गए वह मसडीज़ क ि इस ह लमटन कि 302 अ क क साथ काफ आग ह औ अपना
ि गाता द सा लखताब जीतत ए दख ह ह
BOXING - Vijender Singh
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh started his
professional boxing career with a bang as he
defeated his opponent Sonny Whiting by knock-
out
To Know Vijender Singh showed no nerves in
the debut bout of his professional career againstBritish professional boxer Sonny Whiting that
was held on 10 October at the Manchester
Arena He ended the fight in the third round with
a knock-out victory over Whiting
Vijender the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) had
announced his decision to turn professional on 29 June 2015 as he signed a
multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and
Entertainment This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remains
eligible to represent India
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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TTIP - Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The ambitious trade agreement proposed between the United
States and the European Union (EU) for which the 11 th round
of negotiations started from October 19 2015
To Know Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(TTIP) is a proposed free trade agreement between the
European Union and the United States with the aim of promoting multilateral
economic growth It is likely to set standards that would become a base point
for the rest of the world that would want to serve these markets
The first round of negotiations under TTIP took place from 7 to12 July
2013 in Washington DC Till now 10 such negotiations have been held
One important feature of the negotiations taking place under TTIP is thatthe negotiations are being carried mostly in secrecy Almost all information
on negotiations comes from leaked documents and Freedom of
Information requests
The United States and European Union together represent 60 of global
GDP 33 of world trade in goods and 42 of world trade in services
There are a number of trade conflicts between the two powers but both
depend on the other‟s economic market and disputes only affect 2 of
total trade A free trade area between the two would represent potentially
the largest regional free-trade agreement in history
Growth rate of China
Third Quarter- 69
To Know As per the official data released by the Chinese Govt on October
19 2015 China posted its weakest quarterly economic growth since the
global financial crisis The growth rate during July-September 2015 stood at
69 The GDP growth rate is thus lower than 7 growth achieved during the
first half of 2015 This is the weakest reading since the first quarter of 2009
when growth tumbled to 62
These figures further raised the pressure on policymakers to cut interest
rates further and roll out other support measures to avert a sharper
slowdown Chinese economy now has huge impact on global economy as
it has emerged as the second largest economy after the United States
Some market watchers believe current growth is much weaker than
government readings though officials deny allegations that the numbersare inflated
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Trident Juncture
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on October 19 2015 started
its biggest and most ambitious military exercise in more than a decade
To Know Trident Juncture 2015 the huge military exercise comprisingof around 36000 troops from more than 30 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) countries It is being hosted by Italy Spain and
Portugal at 16 different locations
The opening ceremony of Trident Juncture 2015 took place at the Italian
air base of Trapani in Sicily where NATO showed its air strike power with
Typhoon F-18 F-16 Tornado and AMX aircraft
Trident Juncture 2015 will test the new rapid-reaction force of NATO
whose spearhead force will be led by Spain in 2016
Oil Prices ndash Meeting of eight non ndashOPEC Countries
In an important development pertaining to global oil prices
Venezuela hosted a special meeting for eight non-OPEC countries
on October 21 2015 at Vienna Azerbaijan Brazil Colombia
Kazakhstan Norway Mexico Oman and Russia were invited to
in this meeting to unveil a new oil strategy to stem a tumble in oil
pricesExplanation The meeting of these 8 non-OPEC nations was organized by
Venezuela an OPEC member to unveil a bold new oil strategy so as to put a
break to sliding oil prices The meeting was held in shadow of consistently low
oil prices globally Venezuela has been pushing to stem a tumble in oil prices
but faces an uphill battle to convince its richer Gulf counterparts and non-
OPEC nations
An oil price recovery would be a boon for recession-hit Venezuela where
roughly 96 of hard currency income derives from oil
OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries an
international organization of 12 countries to coordinate and unify the global
petroleum policies and prices
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National- Economy
Indiarsquos Fiscal balance turned from deficit to surplus
During August 2015 what landmark achievement was made by the Union
Govt in the area of fiscal balance ndash During August 2015 Indiarsquos fiscal
balance turned from deficit to surplus for the first time in 8 years
To Know According to the data released by the Controller-General of
Accounts (CGA) recently Indiarsquos fiscal deficit was (-) Rs 15808 crore in
August 2015 The negative figure indicates surplus of revenues over
expenditure In contrast the Centre ran up a fiscal deficit of Rs 73005 crore
in August 2014
The total revenue was Rs 147022crore in August 2015 against Rs 71578
crore in July 2015 In contrast the total expenditure in August 2015 was Rs
131214crore against Rs 169986 crore in July 2015
Fiscal deficit is the excess of the Centrersquos expenditure over its revenues This
is after 8 years that Indiarsquos fiscal deficit has turned negative A sharp surge in
the Centrersquos revenue receipts as well as a steep decline in its total
expenditures made the fiscal surplus (or negative fiscal deficit) possible
िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान दश न ाजकोषीय लथलत (Fiscal
position) म या महवप ण उिपलध हालिस क -ि गभग 8 वष बाद अगत 2015 क दौान
ऐसा मौका आया जब भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) हा
लवतार
किो - जनि ऑफ एकाउस Controller-General of Accounts - CGA) ाा िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal
Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) 15808 को पए था इसका अथ आ क इस माह क
दौान क सका क ाजव ालया (revenue receipts) उसक खर (expenditures) स
अलधक थ ाजकोषीय स ति न क म ऐसी लथलत 8 वष बाद हालिस ई ह यहा यह भी
उि खनीय ह क अगत 2014 क दौान दश का ाजकोषीय घाटा 73005 को पए था
अगत 2015 क दौान क सका क कि ाजव ालया 147022 को पए थ जबक
उसका कि खर 131214 को पए था यद इसक जि ाई 2015 क समान आ क स ति ना
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क जाय तो उस दौान सका क कि ाजव ालया 71578 को पए तथा कि खर
169986 को पए था
ाजकोषीय घाटा तब होता ह जब क सका क खर उसक ाजव ालय स अलधक होत ह
अगत 2015 क दौान दश क ाजव स ति न म आई घनामक लथलत आठ वष बाद सभव ई ह
इसका म य काण इस माह क दौान क सका क ाजव ालय म आ भाी इजाफा ह
Prices of Pulses
Union Government on October 18 2015 imposed stock
limits on four categories of stocks
Explanation The Union Government has now withdrawnexemptions to four categories of stocks of pulses ndash stocks
sourced from imports held by exporters by licensed food
processors and large departmental retailers The step has been taken to
prevent hoarding follows the spiralling of prices of all the pulses over the past
two weeks on short supplies
In its earlier order extending the imposition of stock limits on pulses edible
oils and edible oilseeds for one year up to September 30 2016 the
government had granted exemption to these four stock categoriesThe Centre had earlier announced a ban on pulses exports extension of zero
import duty and a further purchase of 5000 tonnes from overseas markets
under the price stabilisation fund It also aims to create a 40000-tonne buffer-
stock from the new arhar (tur) and urad crops which will hit the market
between November and early-January
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Sports
Cricket
Younis Khan surpassed JavedMiandad record for most runs for
Pakistan in Test Cricket
To Know Younis Khan surpassed the record for most runs for Pakistan in
Test cricket during the First Test Match against England being played in Abu
Dhabi He overtook JavedMiandads previous mark of 8832 runs to achieve
this feat Younis overhauled the record in his 102nd match taking 22 fewer
than Miandad to set the mark
य न स खान न 13 अटब 2015 को कसन जाव द लमया दाद क कॉड को तोक टट कट म
पाकतान क िलए सवा लधक न बटोन का कॉड कायम कया
लवतार य न स खान न यह उिपलध इि ड क लिखाफ िर ही टट िखा क पिह म र म 13
अटब 2015 को हालिस क लजसका आयोजन अब धाबी म हो हा ह उहन इस म र म जाव द
लमया दाद क 8832 ट ट न क कॉड को पा क िलया
RUSSIAN F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (UK) won the Russian F1 Grand Prix on 11 October 2015 to
further consolidate his position on way to becoming 2015 F1 champion
To Know Force Indiarsquos driver Sergio Perez finished third on the Russian F1
Grand Prix to give his team its only third podium finish in its historyForce
India have enjoyed only two podium places before this race and incidentally
the last time also it was Perez who stepped onto the podium for the team at
Bahrain Grand Prix in 2014
The first ever podium for the team was secured by Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)
who had finished second in the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position
लटन क ि इस ह लमटन (Lewis Hamilton) न स क सोरी (Sochi) म आयोलजत सी
फाम ि ा वन ा ी (Russian F1 Grand Prix) स का लखताब 11 अटब 2015 को जीतक
इस वष क फाम ि ा वन लखताब को जीतन क ओ अपन कदम औ मजब ती स बढ़ा दए इस स
म भात क फाम ि ा वन टीम फोस इलडया (Force India) क कस ाइव न फोलडयम फलनश
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(podium finish) हालिस क अपनी टीम क इलतहास क मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश हालिस
क - सजयो प ज़ ndash Sergio Perez ( म लसको )
लवतार
सी फाम ि ा वन स म फोस इलडया क ाइव सजयो प ज़ ( Sergio Perez) न
तीसा थान हालिस क सव तीन िराक म हक म र (podium) प प रन क उिपलध
( पोलडयम फलनश ) हालिस क यह फोस इलडया क इलतहास म मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश
थी
फोस इलडया को इसस पिह लिमी पोलडयम फलनश भी सजयो प ज़ क द न थी जब उहन
2014 क बहीन ा ी (Bahrain Grand Prix) म तीसा थान हालिस कया था
फोस इलडया को अपन इलतहास क पिही पोलडयम फलनश 2009 क ब लजयम ा ी ( 2009
Belgian Grand Prix) म हालिस ई थी जब उनक इटािलयन ाइव लजयानिका फलसकिा
(Giancarlo Fisichella) न द सा थान हालिस कया था य फोस इलडया क इलतहास का
सव दश न भी था
सी ा ी स क एक औ लवश षता यह ही क इसम फाी क स ब लटयन व िट ( जम नी ) न
द सा थान हालिस क इस िसा क फाम ि ा वन र लपयनलशप म अब तक द स थान प िर
ह मसडीज़ क लनको ोसबग ( जम नी ) को तीस थान प ढकि दया इसक साथ व िट क 236
अ क हो गए तथा इस स को प ा न क पान क िरत ोसबग 229 अ क प हक तीस थान
प फिस गए वह मसडीज़ क ि इस ह लमटन कि 302 अ क क साथ काफ आग ह औ अपना
ि गाता द सा लखताब जीतत ए दख ह ह
BOXING - Vijender Singh
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh started his
professional boxing career with a bang as he
defeated his opponent Sonny Whiting by knock-
out
To Know Vijender Singh showed no nerves in
the debut bout of his professional career againstBritish professional boxer Sonny Whiting that
was held on 10 October at the Manchester
Arena He ended the fight in the third round with
a knock-out victory over Whiting
Vijender the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) had
announced his decision to turn professional on 29 June 2015 as he signed a
multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and
Entertainment This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remains
eligible to represent India
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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Trident Juncture
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on October 19 2015 started
its biggest and most ambitious military exercise in more than a decade
To Know Trident Juncture 2015 the huge military exercise comprisingof around 36000 troops from more than 30 North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) countries It is being hosted by Italy Spain and
Portugal at 16 different locations
The opening ceremony of Trident Juncture 2015 took place at the Italian
air base of Trapani in Sicily where NATO showed its air strike power with
Typhoon F-18 F-16 Tornado and AMX aircraft
Trident Juncture 2015 will test the new rapid-reaction force of NATO
whose spearhead force will be led by Spain in 2016
Oil Prices ndash Meeting of eight non ndashOPEC Countries
In an important development pertaining to global oil prices
Venezuela hosted a special meeting for eight non-OPEC countries
on October 21 2015 at Vienna Azerbaijan Brazil Colombia
Kazakhstan Norway Mexico Oman and Russia were invited to
in this meeting to unveil a new oil strategy to stem a tumble in oil
pricesExplanation The meeting of these 8 non-OPEC nations was organized by
Venezuela an OPEC member to unveil a bold new oil strategy so as to put a
break to sliding oil prices The meeting was held in shadow of consistently low
oil prices globally Venezuela has been pushing to stem a tumble in oil prices
but faces an uphill battle to convince its richer Gulf counterparts and non-
OPEC nations
An oil price recovery would be a boon for recession-hit Venezuela where
roughly 96 of hard currency income derives from oil
OPEC stands for Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries an
international organization of 12 countries to coordinate and unify the global
petroleum policies and prices
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National- Economy
Indiarsquos Fiscal balance turned from deficit to surplus
During August 2015 what landmark achievement was made by the Union
Govt in the area of fiscal balance ndash During August 2015 Indiarsquos fiscal
balance turned from deficit to surplus for the first time in 8 years
To Know According to the data released by the Controller-General of
Accounts (CGA) recently Indiarsquos fiscal deficit was (-) Rs 15808 crore in
August 2015 The negative figure indicates surplus of revenues over
expenditure In contrast the Centre ran up a fiscal deficit of Rs 73005 crore
in August 2014
The total revenue was Rs 147022crore in August 2015 against Rs 71578
crore in July 2015 In contrast the total expenditure in August 2015 was Rs
131214crore against Rs 169986 crore in July 2015
Fiscal deficit is the excess of the Centrersquos expenditure over its revenues This
is after 8 years that Indiarsquos fiscal deficit has turned negative A sharp surge in
the Centrersquos revenue receipts as well as a steep decline in its total
expenditures made the fiscal surplus (or negative fiscal deficit) possible
िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान दश न ाजकोषीय लथलत (Fiscal
position) म या महवप ण उिपलध हालिस क -ि गभग 8 वष बाद अगत 2015 क दौान
ऐसा मौका आया जब भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) हा
लवतार
किो - जनि ऑफ एकाउस Controller-General of Accounts - CGA) ाा िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal
Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) 15808 को पए था इसका अथ आ क इस माह क
दौान क सका क ाजव ालया (revenue receipts) उसक खर (expenditures) स
अलधक थ ाजकोषीय स ति न क म ऐसी लथलत 8 वष बाद हालिस ई ह यहा यह भी
उि खनीय ह क अगत 2014 क दौान दश का ाजकोषीय घाटा 73005 को पए था
अगत 2015 क दौान क सका क कि ाजव ालया 147022 को पए थ जबक
उसका कि खर 131214 को पए था यद इसक जि ाई 2015 क समान आ क स ति ना
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क जाय तो उस दौान सका क कि ाजव ालया 71578 को पए तथा कि खर
169986 को पए था
ाजकोषीय घाटा तब होता ह जब क सका क खर उसक ाजव ालय स अलधक होत ह
अगत 2015 क दौान दश क ाजव स ति न म आई घनामक लथलत आठ वष बाद सभव ई ह
इसका म य काण इस माह क दौान क सका क ाजव ालय म आ भाी इजाफा ह
Prices of Pulses
Union Government on October 18 2015 imposed stock
limits on four categories of stocks
Explanation The Union Government has now withdrawnexemptions to four categories of stocks of pulses ndash stocks
sourced from imports held by exporters by licensed food
processors and large departmental retailers The step has been taken to
prevent hoarding follows the spiralling of prices of all the pulses over the past
two weeks on short supplies
In its earlier order extending the imposition of stock limits on pulses edible
oils and edible oilseeds for one year up to September 30 2016 the
government had granted exemption to these four stock categoriesThe Centre had earlier announced a ban on pulses exports extension of zero
import duty and a further purchase of 5000 tonnes from overseas markets
under the price stabilisation fund It also aims to create a 40000-tonne buffer-
stock from the new arhar (tur) and urad crops which will hit the market
between November and early-January
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Sports
Cricket
Younis Khan surpassed JavedMiandad record for most runs for
Pakistan in Test Cricket
To Know Younis Khan surpassed the record for most runs for Pakistan in
Test cricket during the First Test Match against England being played in Abu
Dhabi He overtook JavedMiandads previous mark of 8832 runs to achieve
this feat Younis overhauled the record in his 102nd match taking 22 fewer
than Miandad to set the mark
य न स खान न 13 अटब 2015 को कसन जाव द लमया दाद क कॉड को तोक टट कट म
पाकतान क िलए सवा लधक न बटोन का कॉड कायम कया
लवतार य न स खान न यह उिपलध इि ड क लिखाफ िर ही टट िखा क पिह म र म 13
अटब 2015 को हालिस क लजसका आयोजन अब धाबी म हो हा ह उहन इस म र म जाव द
लमया दाद क 8832 ट ट न क कॉड को पा क िलया
RUSSIAN F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (UK) won the Russian F1 Grand Prix on 11 October 2015 to
further consolidate his position on way to becoming 2015 F1 champion
To Know Force Indiarsquos driver Sergio Perez finished third on the Russian F1
Grand Prix to give his team its only third podium finish in its historyForce
India have enjoyed only two podium places before this race and incidentally
the last time also it was Perez who stepped onto the podium for the team at
Bahrain Grand Prix in 2014
The first ever podium for the team was secured by Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)
who had finished second in the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position
लटन क ि इस ह लमटन (Lewis Hamilton) न स क सोरी (Sochi) म आयोलजत सी
फाम ि ा वन ा ी (Russian F1 Grand Prix) स का लखताब 11 अटब 2015 को जीतक
इस वष क फाम ि ा वन लखताब को जीतन क ओ अपन कदम औ मजब ती स बढ़ा दए इस स
म भात क फाम ि ा वन टीम फोस इलडया (Force India) क कस ाइव न फोलडयम फलनश
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(podium finish) हालिस क अपनी टीम क इलतहास क मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश हालिस
क - सजयो प ज़ ndash Sergio Perez ( म लसको )
लवतार
सी फाम ि ा वन स म फोस इलडया क ाइव सजयो प ज़ ( Sergio Perez) न
तीसा थान हालिस क सव तीन िराक म हक म र (podium) प प रन क उिपलध
( पोलडयम फलनश ) हालिस क यह फोस इलडया क इलतहास म मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश
थी
फोस इलडया को इसस पिह लिमी पोलडयम फलनश भी सजयो प ज़ क द न थी जब उहन
2014 क बहीन ा ी (Bahrain Grand Prix) म तीसा थान हालिस कया था
फोस इलडया को अपन इलतहास क पिही पोलडयम फलनश 2009 क ब लजयम ा ी ( 2009
Belgian Grand Prix) म हालिस ई थी जब उनक इटािलयन ाइव लजयानिका फलसकिा
(Giancarlo Fisichella) न द सा थान हालिस कया था य फोस इलडया क इलतहास का
सव दश न भी था
सी ा ी स क एक औ लवश षता यह ही क इसम फाी क स ब लटयन व िट ( जम नी ) न
द सा थान हालिस क इस िसा क फाम ि ा वन र लपयनलशप म अब तक द स थान प िर
ह मसडीज़ क लनको ोसबग ( जम नी ) को तीस थान प ढकि दया इसक साथ व िट क 236
अ क हो गए तथा इस स को प ा न क पान क िरत ोसबग 229 अ क प हक तीस थान
प फिस गए वह मसडीज़ क ि इस ह लमटन कि 302 अ क क साथ काफ आग ह औ अपना
ि गाता द सा लखताब जीतत ए दख ह ह
BOXING - Vijender Singh
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh started his
professional boxing career with a bang as he
defeated his opponent Sonny Whiting by knock-
out
To Know Vijender Singh showed no nerves in
the debut bout of his professional career againstBritish professional boxer Sonny Whiting that
was held on 10 October at the Manchester
Arena He ended the fight in the third round with
a knock-out victory over Whiting
Vijender the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) had
announced his decision to turn professional on 29 June 2015 as he signed a
multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and
Entertainment This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remains
eligible to represent India
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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National- Economy
Indiarsquos Fiscal balance turned from deficit to surplus
During August 2015 what landmark achievement was made by the Union
Govt in the area of fiscal balance ndash During August 2015 Indiarsquos fiscal
balance turned from deficit to surplus for the first time in 8 years
To Know According to the data released by the Controller-General of
Accounts (CGA) recently Indiarsquos fiscal deficit was (-) Rs 15808 crore in
August 2015 The negative figure indicates surplus of revenues over
expenditure In contrast the Centre ran up a fiscal deficit of Rs 73005 crore
in August 2014
The total revenue was Rs 147022crore in August 2015 against Rs 71578
crore in July 2015 In contrast the total expenditure in August 2015 was Rs
131214crore against Rs 169986 crore in July 2015
Fiscal deficit is the excess of the Centrersquos expenditure over its revenues This
is after 8 years that Indiarsquos fiscal deficit has turned negative A sharp surge in
the Centrersquos revenue receipts as well as a steep decline in its total
expenditures made the fiscal surplus (or negative fiscal deficit) possible
िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान दश न ाजकोषीय लथलत (Fiscal
position) म या महवप ण उिपलध हालिस क -ि गभग 8 वष बाद अगत 2015 क दौान
ऐसा मौका आया जब भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) हा
लवतार
किो - जनि ऑफ एकाउस Controller-General of Accounts - CGA) ाा िहा ही म जाी आ क क अन सा अगत 2015 क दौान भात का ाजकोषीय घाटा (Fiscal
Deficit) ऋणामक (negative) 15808 को पए था इसका अथ आ क इस माह क
दौान क सका क ाजव ालया (revenue receipts) उसक खर (expenditures) स
अलधक थ ाजकोषीय स ति न क म ऐसी लथलत 8 वष बाद हालिस ई ह यहा यह भी
उि खनीय ह क अगत 2014 क दौान दश का ाजकोषीय घाटा 73005 को पए था
अगत 2015 क दौान क सका क कि ाजव ालया 147022 को पए थ जबक
उसका कि खर 131214 को पए था यद इसक जि ाई 2015 क समान आ क स ति ना
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क जाय तो उस दौान सका क कि ाजव ालया 71578 को पए तथा कि खर
169986 को पए था
ाजकोषीय घाटा तब होता ह जब क सका क खर उसक ाजव ालय स अलधक होत ह
अगत 2015 क दौान दश क ाजव स ति न म आई घनामक लथलत आठ वष बाद सभव ई ह
इसका म य काण इस माह क दौान क सका क ाजव ालय म आ भाी इजाफा ह
Prices of Pulses
Union Government on October 18 2015 imposed stock
limits on four categories of stocks
Explanation The Union Government has now withdrawnexemptions to four categories of stocks of pulses ndash stocks
sourced from imports held by exporters by licensed food
processors and large departmental retailers The step has been taken to
prevent hoarding follows the spiralling of prices of all the pulses over the past
two weeks on short supplies
In its earlier order extending the imposition of stock limits on pulses edible
oils and edible oilseeds for one year up to September 30 2016 the
government had granted exemption to these four stock categoriesThe Centre had earlier announced a ban on pulses exports extension of zero
import duty and a further purchase of 5000 tonnes from overseas markets
under the price stabilisation fund It also aims to create a 40000-tonne buffer-
stock from the new arhar (tur) and urad crops which will hit the market
between November and early-January
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Sports
Cricket
Younis Khan surpassed JavedMiandad record for most runs for
Pakistan in Test Cricket
To Know Younis Khan surpassed the record for most runs for Pakistan in
Test cricket during the First Test Match against England being played in Abu
Dhabi He overtook JavedMiandads previous mark of 8832 runs to achieve
this feat Younis overhauled the record in his 102nd match taking 22 fewer
than Miandad to set the mark
य न स खान न 13 अटब 2015 को कसन जाव द लमया दाद क कॉड को तोक टट कट म
पाकतान क िलए सवा लधक न बटोन का कॉड कायम कया
लवतार य न स खान न यह उिपलध इि ड क लिखाफ िर ही टट िखा क पिह म र म 13
अटब 2015 को हालिस क लजसका आयोजन अब धाबी म हो हा ह उहन इस म र म जाव द
लमया दाद क 8832 ट ट न क कॉड को पा क िलया
RUSSIAN F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (UK) won the Russian F1 Grand Prix on 11 October 2015 to
further consolidate his position on way to becoming 2015 F1 champion
To Know Force Indiarsquos driver Sergio Perez finished third on the Russian F1
Grand Prix to give his team its only third podium finish in its historyForce
India have enjoyed only two podium places before this race and incidentally
the last time also it was Perez who stepped onto the podium for the team at
Bahrain Grand Prix in 2014
The first ever podium for the team was secured by Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)
who had finished second in the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position
लटन क ि इस ह लमटन (Lewis Hamilton) न स क सोरी (Sochi) म आयोलजत सी
फाम ि ा वन ा ी (Russian F1 Grand Prix) स का लखताब 11 अटब 2015 को जीतक
इस वष क फाम ि ा वन लखताब को जीतन क ओ अपन कदम औ मजब ती स बढ़ा दए इस स
म भात क फाम ि ा वन टीम फोस इलडया (Force India) क कस ाइव न फोलडयम फलनश
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(podium finish) हालिस क अपनी टीम क इलतहास क मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश हालिस
क - सजयो प ज़ ndash Sergio Perez ( म लसको )
लवतार
सी फाम ि ा वन स म फोस इलडया क ाइव सजयो प ज़ ( Sergio Perez) न
तीसा थान हालिस क सव तीन िराक म हक म र (podium) प प रन क उिपलध
( पोलडयम फलनश ) हालिस क यह फोस इलडया क इलतहास म मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश
थी
फोस इलडया को इसस पिह लिमी पोलडयम फलनश भी सजयो प ज़ क द न थी जब उहन
2014 क बहीन ा ी (Bahrain Grand Prix) म तीसा थान हालिस कया था
फोस इलडया को अपन इलतहास क पिही पोलडयम फलनश 2009 क ब लजयम ा ी ( 2009
Belgian Grand Prix) म हालिस ई थी जब उनक इटािलयन ाइव लजयानिका फलसकिा
(Giancarlo Fisichella) न द सा थान हालिस कया था य फोस इलडया क इलतहास का
सव दश न भी था
सी ा ी स क एक औ लवश षता यह ही क इसम फाी क स ब लटयन व िट ( जम नी ) न
द सा थान हालिस क इस िसा क फाम ि ा वन र लपयनलशप म अब तक द स थान प िर
ह मसडीज़ क लनको ोसबग ( जम नी ) को तीस थान प ढकि दया इसक साथ व िट क 236
अ क हो गए तथा इस स को प ा न क पान क िरत ोसबग 229 अ क प हक तीस थान
प फिस गए वह मसडीज़ क ि इस ह लमटन कि 302 अ क क साथ काफ आग ह औ अपना
ि गाता द सा लखताब जीतत ए दख ह ह
BOXING - Vijender Singh
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh started his
professional boxing career with a bang as he
defeated his opponent Sonny Whiting by knock-
out
To Know Vijender Singh showed no nerves in
the debut bout of his professional career againstBritish professional boxer Sonny Whiting that
was held on 10 October at the Manchester
Arena He ended the fight in the third round with
a knock-out victory over Whiting
Vijender the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) had
announced his decision to turn professional on 29 June 2015 as he signed a
multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and
Entertainment This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remains
eligible to represent India
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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क जाय तो उस दौान सका क कि ाजव ालया 71578 को पए तथा कि खर
169986 को पए था
ाजकोषीय घाटा तब होता ह जब क सका क खर उसक ाजव ालय स अलधक होत ह
अगत 2015 क दौान दश क ाजव स ति न म आई घनामक लथलत आठ वष बाद सभव ई ह
इसका म य काण इस माह क दौान क सका क ाजव ालय म आ भाी इजाफा ह
Prices of Pulses
Union Government on October 18 2015 imposed stock
limits on four categories of stocks
Explanation The Union Government has now withdrawnexemptions to four categories of stocks of pulses ndash stocks
sourced from imports held by exporters by licensed food
processors and large departmental retailers The step has been taken to
prevent hoarding follows the spiralling of prices of all the pulses over the past
two weeks on short supplies
In its earlier order extending the imposition of stock limits on pulses edible
oils and edible oilseeds for one year up to September 30 2016 the
government had granted exemption to these four stock categoriesThe Centre had earlier announced a ban on pulses exports extension of zero
import duty and a further purchase of 5000 tonnes from overseas markets
under the price stabilisation fund It also aims to create a 40000-tonne buffer-
stock from the new arhar (tur) and urad crops which will hit the market
between November and early-January
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Sports
Cricket
Younis Khan surpassed JavedMiandad record for most runs for
Pakistan in Test Cricket
To Know Younis Khan surpassed the record for most runs for Pakistan in
Test cricket during the First Test Match against England being played in Abu
Dhabi He overtook JavedMiandads previous mark of 8832 runs to achieve
this feat Younis overhauled the record in his 102nd match taking 22 fewer
than Miandad to set the mark
य न स खान न 13 अटब 2015 को कसन जाव द लमया दाद क कॉड को तोक टट कट म
पाकतान क िलए सवा लधक न बटोन का कॉड कायम कया
लवतार य न स खान न यह उिपलध इि ड क लिखाफ िर ही टट िखा क पिह म र म 13
अटब 2015 को हालिस क लजसका आयोजन अब धाबी म हो हा ह उहन इस म र म जाव द
लमया दाद क 8832 ट ट न क कॉड को पा क िलया
RUSSIAN F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (UK) won the Russian F1 Grand Prix on 11 October 2015 to
further consolidate his position on way to becoming 2015 F1 champion
To Know Force Indiarsquos driver Sergio Perez finished third on the Russian F1
Grand Prix to give his team its only third podium finish in its historyForce
India have enjoyed only two podium places before this race and incidentally
the last time also it was Perez who stepped onto the podium for the team at
Bahrain Grand Prix in 2014
The first ever podium for the team was secured by Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)
who had finished second in the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position
लटन क ि इस ह लमटन (Lewis Hamilton) न स क सोरी (Sochi) म आयोलजत सी
फाम ि ा वन ा ी (Russian F1 Grand Prix) स का लखताब 11 अटब 2015 को जीतक
इस वष क फाम ि ा वन लखताब को जीतन क ओ अपन कदम औ मजब ती स बढ़ा दए इस स
म भात क फाम ि ा वन टीम फोस इलडया (Force India) क कस ाइव न फोलडयम फलनश
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(podium finish) हालिस क अपनी टीम क इलतहास क मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश हालिस
क - सजयो प ज़ ndash Sergio Perez ( म लसको )
लवतार
सी फाम ि ा वन स म फोस इलडया क ाइव सजयो प ज़ ( Sergio Perez) न
तीसा थान हालिस क सव तीन िराक म हक म र (podium) प प रन क उिपलध
( पोलडयम फलनश ) हालिस क यह फोस इलडया क इलतहास म मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश
थी
फोस इलडया को इसस पिह लिमी पोलडयम फलनश भी सजयो प ज़ क द न थी जब उहन
2014 क बहीन ा ी (Bahrain Grand Prix) म तीसा थान हालिस कया था
फोस इलडया को अपन इलतहास क पिही पोलडयम फलनश 2009 क ब लजयम ा ी ( 2009
Belgian Grand Prix) म हालिस ई थी जब उनक इटािलयन ाइव लजयानिका फलसकिा
(Giancarlo Fisichella) न द सा थान हालिस कया था य फोस इलडया क इलतहास का
सव दश न भी था
सी ा ी स क एक औ लवश षता यह ही क इसम फाी क स ब लटयन व िट ( जम नी ) न
द सा थान हालिस क इस िसा क फाम ि ा वन र लपयनलशप म अब तक द स थान प िर
ह मसडीज़ क लनको ोसबग ( जम नी ) को तीस थान प ढकि दया इसक साथ व िट क 236
अ क हो गए तथा इस स को प ा न क पान क िरत ोसबग 229 अ क प हक तीस थान
प फिस गए वह मसडीज़ क ि इस ह लमटन कि 302 अ क क साथ काफ आग ह औ अपना
ि गाता द सा लखताब जीतत ए दख ह ह
BOXING - Vijender Singh
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh started his
professional boxing career with a bang as he
defeated his opponent Sonny Whiting by knock-
out
To Know Vijender Singh showed no nerves in
the debut bout of his professional career againstBritish professional boxer Sonny Whiting that
was held on 10 October at the Manchester
Arena He ended the fight in the third round with
a knock-out victory over Whiting
Vijender the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) had
announced his decision to turn professional on 29 June 2015 as he signed a
multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and
Entertainment This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remains
eligible to represent India
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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Sports
Cricket
Younis Khan surpassed JavedMiandad record for most runs for
Pakistan in Test Cricket
To Know Younis Khan surpassed the record for most runs for Pakistan in
Test cricket during the First Test Match against England being played in Abu
Dhabi He overtook JavedMiandads previous mark of 8832 runs to achieve
this feat Younis overhauled the record in his 102nd match taking 22 fewer
than Miandad to set the mark
य न स खान न 13 अटब 2015 को कसन जाव द लमया दाद क कॉड को तोक टट कट म
पाकतान क िलए सवा लधक न बटोन का कॉड कायम कया
लवतार य न स खान न यह उिपलध इि ड क लिखाफ िर ही टट िखा क पिह म र म 13
अटब 2015 को हालिस क लजसका आयोजन अब धाबी म हो हा ह उहन इस म र म जाव द
लमया दाद क 8832 ट ट न क कॉड को पा क िलया
RUSSIAN F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton (UK) won the Russian F1 Grand Prix on 11 October 2015 to
further consolidate his position on way to becoming 2015 F1 champion
To Know Force Indiarsquos driver Sergio Perez finished third on the Russian F1
Grand Prix to give his team its only third podium finish in its historyForce
India have enjoyed only two podium places before this race and incidentally
the last time also it was Perez who stepped onto the podium for the team at
Bahrain Grand Prix in 2014
The first ever podium for the team was secured by Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)
who had finished second in the 2009 Belgian Grand Prix from pole position
लटन क ि इस ह लमटन (Lewis Hamilton) न स क सोरी (Sochi) म आयोलजत सी
फाम ि ा वन ा ी (Russian F1 Grand Prix) स का लखताब 11 अटब 2015 को जीतक
इस वष क फाम ि ा वन लखताब को जीतन क ओ अपन कदम औ मजब ती स बढ़ा दए इस स
म भात क फाम ि ा वन टीम फोस इलडया (Force India) क कस ाइव न फोलडयम फलनश
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(podium finish) हालिस क अपनी टीम क इलतहास क मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश हालिस
क - सजयो प ज़ ndash Sergio Perez ( म लसको )
लवतार
सी फाम ि ा वन स म फोस इलडया क ाइव सजयो प ज़ ( Sergio Perez) न
तीसा थान हालिस क सव तीन िराक म हक म र (podium) प प रन क उिपलध
( पोलडयम फलनश ) हालिस क यह फोस इलडया क इलतहास म मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश
थी
फोस इलडया को इसस पिह लिमी पोलडयम फलनश भी सजयो प ज़ क द न थी जब उहन
2014 क बहीन ा ी (Bahrain Grand Prix) म तीसा थान हालिस कया था
फोस इलडया को अपन इलतहास क पिही पोलडयम फलनश 2009 क ब लजयम ा ी ( 2009
Belgian Grand Prix) म हालिस ई थी जब उनक इटािलयन ाइव लजयानिका फलसकिा
(Giancarlo Fisichella) न द सा थान हालिस कया था य फोस इलडया क इलतहास का
सव दश न भी था
सी ा ी स क एक औ लवश षता यह ही क इसम फाी क स ब लटयन व िट ( जम नी ) न
द सा थान हालिस क इस िसा क फाम ि ा वन र लपयनलशप म अब तक द स थान प िर
ह मसडीज़ क लनको ोसबग ( जम नी ) को तीस थान प ढकि दया इसक साथ व िट क 236
अ क हो गए तथा इस स को प ा न क पान क िरत ोसबग 229 अ क प हक तीस थान
प फिस गए वह मसडीज़ क ि इस ह लमटन कि 302 अ क क साथ काफ आग ह औ अपना
ि गाता द सा लखताब जीतत ए दख ह ह
BOXING - Vijender Singh
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh started his
professional boxing career with a bang as he
defeated his opponent Sonny Whiting by knock-
out
To Know Vijender Singh showed no nerves in
the debut bout of his professional career againstBritish professional boxer Sonny Whiting that
was held on 10 October at the Manchester
Arena He ended the fight in the third round with
a knock-out victory over Whiting
Vijender the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) had
announced his decision to turn professional on 29 June 2015 as he signed a
multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and
Entertainment This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remains
eligible to represent India
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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(podium finish) हालिस क अपनी टीम क इलतहास क मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश हालिस
क - सजयो प ज़ ndash Sergio Perez ( म लसको )
लवतार
सी फाम ि ा वन स म फोस इलडया क ाइव सजयो प ज़ ( Sergio Perez) न
तीसा थान हालिस क सव तीन िराक म हक म र (podium) प प रन क उिपलध
( पोलडयम फलनश ) हालिस क यह फोस इलडया क इलतहास म मा तीसी पोलडयम फलनश
थी
फोस इलडया को इसस पिह लिमी पोलडयम फलनश भी सजयो प ज़ क द न थी जब उहन
2014 क बहीन ा ी (Bahrain Grand Prix) म तीसा थान हालिस कया था
फोस इलडया को अपन इलतहास क पिही पोलडयम फलनश 2009 क ब लजयम ा ी ( 2009
Belgian Grand Prix) म हालिस ई थी जब उनक इटािलयन ाइव लजयानिका फलसकिा
(Giancarlo Fisichella) न द सा थान हालिस कया था य फोस इलडया क इलतहास का
सव दश न भी था
सी ा ी स क एक औ लवश षता यह ही क इसम फाी क स ब लटयन व िट ( जम नी ) न
द सा थान हालिस क इस िसा क फाम ि ा वन र लपयनलशप म अब तक द स थान प िर
ह मसडीज़ क लनको ोसबग ( जम नी ) को तीस थान प ढकि दया इसक साथ व िट क 236
अ क हो गए तथा इस स को प ा न क पान क िरत ोसबग 229 अ क प हक तीस थान
प फिस गए वह मसडीज़ क ि इस ह लमटन कि 302 अ क क साथ काफ आग ह औ अपना
ि गाता द सा लखताब जीतत ए दख ह ह
BOXING - Vijender Singh
Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh started his
professional boxing career with a bang as he
defeated his opponent Sonny Whiting by knock-
out
To Know Vijender Singh showed no nerves in
the debut bout of his professional career againstBritish professional boxer Sonny Whiting that
was held on 10 October at the Manchester
Arena He ended the fight in the third round with
a knock-out victory over Whiting
Vijender the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing) had
announced his decision to turn professional on 29 June 2015 as he signed a
multi-year agreement with Queensberry Promotions through IOS Sports and
Entertainment This ruled him out of 2016 Olympics as he no longer remains
eligible to represent India
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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दगज भातीय म बाज लवज द सह (Vijender Singh) न अपन ोफशिन म बाजी कय
क श आत 10 अटब 2015 को ब हद धआधा अ दाज़ म क जब उहन अपना पिहा
म कािबा नॉक -आउट (knock-out) स जीत िलया उहन अपन पिह म कािब म कस म बाज
को पालजत कया - सोनी वाइटग (Sonny Whiting)
लवतार लवज द सह क ोफशिन जीवन का पिहा म कािबा 10 अटब 2015 को म नर ट
एीना (UK) म आयोलजत आ इसम उहन लटश ोफशिन म बाज सोनी वाइटग (Sonny
Whiting) को अपनी लतभा स ब कात ए तीस दौ म ही नॉक -आउट क शानदा
श आत क
उि खनीय ह क लवज द सह न 2008 क बीजग िऑलपक खि म का य पदक हालिस कया
था 29 ज न 2015 को उहन अपन एय चयो म बाजी कय को िअलवदा कहत ए
ोफशिन म बाज बनन क घोषणा क थी इसक िलए उहन सब ी ोमोशस
(Queensberry Promotions) क साथ कई वष का का कया था ोफशिन होन क काण
अब व िऑलपक खि म भाग नह ि सकग
Virender Sehwag
Swashbuckling batsman VirenderSehwag announced his retirement
from international cricket and the Indian Premier League (IPL) on 20
October 20 2015 He is the only Indian to have scored triple
century in Test cricket
To Know VirendraSehwag is the only triple centurion in Tests for
India having scored career-best knock of 319 against Pakistan at
Multan which also is an Indian record He is also one of those rare batsmen
to have scored two triple ton with his next one (309) coming against South
Africa
In a glorious international career spanning over 12 years Sehwag played
104 Tests scoring 8586 runs at an impressive average of 4934 hitting 23
centuries and 32 half-centuries In 251 ODIs he accumulated 8273 runs at
an average of 3505 and scored 15 hundreds apart from hitting 38 fifties
In 19 T-20 internationals he managed 394 runs with two half-centuries
His last ODI was against Pakistan at Kolkata in January 2013 He last
played a Test match in March 2013 against Australia at Hyderabad He
remained out of Indian squad due to poor reflexes and bad luck as also
emergence of numerous more consistent batsmen
Hockey - Johor Cup
India finished runners-up in Johor Cup men‟s junior hockey tournamentGreatBritain defeated India to win the tournament
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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To Know The Indian junior men‟s hockey team ended runner -up in the
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament after losing nail-biting penalty shoot-
out 3-4 to Great Britain The teams were level 2-2 after full time in the title
encounter
India had earlier finished at the top of the table in the league encounter
just losing one match ironically to Great Britain
Badminton
India‟s PV Sindhu finished runner -up in the women‟s singles
badminton title of Denmark Open
To Know Olympic badminton champion Li XueruiChina won the
women‟s singles title as she ended PV Sindhu‟s dream run at thetournament by defeating her easily in the final on 19 October by 21-19 21-12
This was the first-ever Super Series final for PV Sindhu the two-time
bronze medallist at the World Championship Earlier Sindhu had stunned
reigning World champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals by
defeating her by 21-15 18-21 21-17 on 17 October
Vivo Mobiles to replace PepsiCo
To Know The change in IPL sponsorship was necessitated by
beverage giant PepsiCo‟s sudden pullout from a five-year deal
that was to end in 2017 Vivo Mobile was chosen as the IPL
sponsor by BCCI‟s all-powerful working committee meeting held
on October 18 2015
Vivo Mobile is a smartphone maker of China
PepsiCo became title sponsors of the IPL in 2013 after they bid a
whopping Rs 3968 crore for five seasons Before Pepsi DLF had paid
Rs 200 crore to become title sponsors of the tournament from 2008 till
2012
PepsiCo‟s decision to end its deal with IPL was reportedly caused by the
spot-fixing scandal which shook the game in 2013
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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Place
Mumbai
To Have World world-class memorial for DrBhimraoAmbedkar
To Know The memorial for Indiarsquos constitution maker DrBhimraoAmbedkar
will be established at Indu Mill land in Dadar (Mumbai) The proposed
memorial would have a 40-feet-tall full-size statue of DrBabasahebAmbedkar
along with a big stupa with 24 ribs denoting Dhammachakra The memorial
will be constructed on a 125-acre plot near the existing ChaityaBhoomi in
Dadar area where Ambedkar was cremated
The project will cost Rs 425 crore and the project has been given to
ShashiPrabhu a well-known architect PM also announced that from now 26
November will be celebrated as ldquoSamvidhaan Divasrdquo (Constitution Day)every
year
मबई (Mumbai)
धानम ी न मोदी न 11 अटब 2015 को स लवधान - लनमा ता डॉ भीमाव अब डक
(DrBhimraoAmbedkar ) क म लत म एक माक (memorial) क आधा - लिशा खी यह
लव - तीय माक म थालपत कया जाय गा
लवतार भातीय स लवधान क लनमा ता क प म लवयात बाबासाह ब भीमाव अब डक का
माक म बई क दाद (Dadar) लथत इद लिम (Indu Mill) क भ लम म थालपत कया
जाय गा इस तालवत माक म अब डक क 40- फट ऊरी भ लतमा थालपत क जाय गी
इसक िअावा यहा एक लविशा त प भी थालपत कया जाय गा लजसम धमर को दशत कती
24 धाय िगाई जाय गी
इस माक को 125 एक क म थालपत कया जाय गा तथा दाद लथत यह र तय
भ लम (ChaityaBhoomi) क पास ह जहा बाबासाह ब अब डक का अ लतम स का कया गया
था इस पयोजना प 425 को पए का खर आय गा तथा पयोजना का काम स लस
वात लवद शलश भ (Shashi Prabhu) को सपा गया ह
इस अवस प धानम ी मोदी न ह िसा 26 नवब को स लवधान दवस (Constitution
Day) मनान क अहम घोषणा भी क उि खनीय ह क वष 1949 म 26 नवब को ही
स लवधान सभा न भातीय स लवधान को त या कन क या को प ा कया था
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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Personality
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli
The new Prime Minister of Nepal by countryrsquos Parliament on
11 October 2015 - KP Sharma Oli
To Know KP Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime
Minister of Nepal as he defeated SushilKoirala by securing 338
votes against Koiralarsquos 249 votes The votes garnered by Oli
were 39 more than 299 that he needed to be elected as the
Prime Minister A total of 587 members in the Parliament had
cast their votes
Oli belongs to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) or CPN-
UML being its Chairman while Koirala belongs to Nepali Congress
Earlier current Prime Minister SushilKoirala had stepped down as required by
the new constitution which was adopted on 20 September 2015
क
पी
शमाष िओी
(KP Sharma Oli)
न िपा क स सद न 11 अटब 2015 को मतदान क दश क नए धानम ी क प म र ना
लवतार धानम ी क िलए ए र नाव म क पी शमा िओी न 338 मत हालिस क 249 मत
हालिस कन िवा प व धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा ( SushilKoirala) को पालजत क दया
िओी को हालिस मत दश का धानम ी बनन क िलए आवयक य नतम मत 299 स 39 अलधक
ह इस मतदान क िलए न िपा क स सद क कि 587 सदय न मतदान कया
िओी कय लनट पाट ऑफ न िपा ( य नाइटड मासट -ि लनलनट ) ndash ( CPN-UML) स सब ह
जबक उनक लतदी सिशी कोइिाा का सबध न िपाी का स (Nepali Congress) स ह
इस मतदान स प व लनवत मान धानम ी सिशी कोइिाा न मतदान को कान क िलए अपन पद
स इतीफा द दया था
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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APPOINTMENT
DrShekhar Basu
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
To KnowDrShekharBasu is a veteran atomic scientist and
has spent almost four decades in India‟s atomic energy
programme He will replace Dr RK Sinha the current chief
of the AEC who retires on 23 October 2015
DrBasu is known for pioneering the highly complex nuclear
reactor for Indias first nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant The submarine is undergoing sea trials and is likely
to be inducted into the Navy in about a year Making a nuclear reactor that is
safe compact and light weight is a Herculean task and India joined a select
club in 2009 that had manufactured its own indigenously-made nuclear-
powered submarine
DrBasu is currently the director of Indias main nuclear weapons laboratory
the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai
डॉ
शखर बस
9 अटब 2015 को भातीय पमाण ऊजा आयोग का नया अय (Chairman) तथा पमाण
ऊजा लवभाग का सलरव (Secretary) नालमत कया गया
लवतार माण व ालनक डॉ श ख बस भात क पमाण ऊजा म लपिछि गभग रा दशक
स अपना योगदान द ह ह व डॉ आ क लसहा ( Dr RK Sinha) का थान ि ग लजनका
पमाण ऊजा आयोग क अय क प म काय िका 23 अटब 2015 को समा हो हा ह
डॉ बस को पमाण ऊजा स स रािलत होन िवाी भात क पिही पनडबी INS अह त (INS
Arihant) क अय त जिट पमाण एट को लवकलसत कन म दए योगदान क िलए जाना
जाता ह इस पनडबी को भातीय नौस ना म शालिम कए जान क िलए सम ी ािय िर ह ह
डॉ बस अभी तक म बई लथत भाभा पमाण अन सधान क (BARC) म लतथालपत दश क
म य पमाण हलथया योगिशाा क लनदशक (Director) थ
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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Alok Rawar - The first-ever male member to be appointed as member of the
National Commission of Women (NCW)
To Know AlokRawat is a former Cabinet Secretary He was appointed as the
first male member of the NCW by filling the fourth seat in the five-member
body
He is a 1977-batch Sikkim cadre IAS officer Apart from being the Cabinet
Secretary Rawat has served some important posts such as secretary in
ministry of water resources directorjoint secretary in ministry of defence
and ministry of road transport and highways and secretary of UPSC
The 5-member NCW is led by LalithaKumaramangalam
Justice Reva Khetrapal - Lokayukta of Delhi
Explanation RevaKhetrapal is a former Delhi High Court judge
She was appointed as the new Lokayukta of Delhi on 20
October 2015
Justice Khetrapal has given judgments in a number of
high-profile cases including the December 16 gangrape
case where she upheld the death penalty of the convicts
The post of Delhi Lokayukta has remained vacant since November 2013
when retired Justice ManmohanSarin relinquished office The decision to recommend Justice Khetrapal to the post was declared
following a meeting of the four-member panel comprising Lieutenant
Governor Najeeb Jung Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal Chief Justice of
Delhi High Court G Rohini and Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta
Later Najeeb Jung recommended her name to President Pranab
Mukherjee for the formal appointment on 20 October
Justice RevaKhetrapal thus became the 4th Lokayukta of Delhi
Justin Trudeau - elected as the new Prime Minister of Canada
To Know Justin Trudeau led his Liberal party to a dramatic win in the
Parliamentary elections that ended the reign of the Conservative Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
Trudeau‟s Liberal Party leaped from third place in opinion polls to a
decisive victory in these elections taking 184 of the parliament‟s 338
seats and roughly 40 of the popular vote Harper‟s Conservatives were
dealt a resounding defeat falling from 166 seats to about 100
43-year old Justin Trudeau is the son of former Prime Minister PierreTrudeau
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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DEATH
Ravindra Jain
Noted music director Ravindra Jain passed away at the age of 71 in Mumbai on 9
October 2015 Some of the iconic films having his melodious music were lsquoChitchor rsquo
(1976) lsquo AnkhiyonKeJharokhon Se rsquo (1978) lsquoNadiyaKePaar rsquo (1982) lsquoRam Teri Ganga
Maili rsquo (1985) and lsquoHenna rsquo (1992) He had introduced which immensely talented
singer of south India to Hindi films ndash KJ Yesudas
स लस स गीत लनदशक वी ज न (Ravindra Jain) का 9
अटब 2015 को 71 वष क आय म म बई म लनधन हो गया लरतरो (1976) अ लखय क झोख स (1978) नदया क
पा (1982) ाम त ी ग गा मि ी (1985) औ लहना (1992)
ज सी फम क स गीत स को िोग प अपनी छाप छोन िवा
इस दगज स गीतका न दलण भात क कस गायक का पदाप ण
हदी फम म काया था - क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas)
लवतार वी ज न न क ज य स दास (KJ Yesudas) को अपनी फम म थान द न क बाद अपन
कय म नई बि दया हालिस क थ उहन य स दास स गोी त ा गा व बा याा व जब दीप िज
आना ( लरतरो ) त ी िभोी म कान ( बाबि ) औ गोया ( न या ) ज स स पलहट गान गवाए थ
वी ज न का जम 1944 म िअीगढ़ ( उ दश ) क एक स कत लवान क पवा म आ था व
न हीन थि कन स गीत क उन जानकाी बत बाीक थी व एक शानदा स गीतका क िअावा ब हद
लतभासप गायक औ गीतका भी थ उहन पा र बा फमफय प का (Filmfare Award)
जीता था उह वष 2015 म ही दश का रौथा सबस बा नागक समान पी ( lsquoPadmashrirsquo)
दान कया गया था
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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International Project
SelectUSA
US Government initiative started in India
on 13th Oct 2015
To Know In a first-of-its-kind initiative
the United States Government started its India roadshowwith an aim to attract
Indian investors lsquoSelectUSArsquo is the programme of the US Department of
Commerce through which the US Govt seeks to highlight the many
advantages the United States offers as a location for business and
investment It was initiated in 2011 This road show is being held in Delhi
Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
अम क सका न भात म अपनी तह क पिह काय म क तहत अम का म भातीय लनवशक को आकषत कन क िलए एक ोड शो िखा क श आत 13 अटब 2015 को क
इस ोड शो का आयोजन दिी म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म कया जाय गा
लवतार
सि ट य एसए ( lsquoSelectUSArsquo) अम क सका क वालणय लवभाग ( US
Department of Commerce) ाा आयोलजत कया जान िवाा काय म ह लजसक तहतअम क सका अपन यहा वसाय कन क तमाम फायद को रात कती ह इस काय म
को वष 2011 म श कया गया था
भात म सि ट य एसए को आयोलजत कए जान का यह पिहा मौका ह इसक तहत दिी
म बई र ई औ िकोकाता म ोड शो आयोलजत कए जाय ग ोड शो का म शह क इसी
म म होगा तथा अ लतम ोड शो िकोकाता म 16 अटब को आयोलजत कया जाय गा
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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Foreign Affairs
First ever visit of Indian President to three countries
The significance of President Pranab Mukherjeersquos three-nation visit to Jordan
Palestine and Israel that concluded on 15 October 2015 was that it was the
first-ever visit of these three countries by an Indian President
To Know President Pranab Mukherjeersquos state visit to three nations - Jordan
Palestine and Israel was significant because it was the first-ever visit of an
Indian head-of-state to these countries The President left for the visit on 10
October 2015
Jordan Visit
The first leg of the visit took the President to the Kingdom of Jordan This visit
was the first by an Indian President to Jordan in the last 65 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi had visited Jordan in 1988 He met Jordanrsquos King
Abdullah-II Ibn Al Hussein and delivered a speech at the University of Jordan
Palestine Visit
The second leg of Presidentrsquos visit was of Palestine which was also the first
by an Indian Head of State Reflecting the complicated situation the President
and his entourage drove from the Ben-Gurion airport of Israel to the Bitunia
checkpoint which divides Israel from the Palestinian territory At the
checkpoint the President and members of his delegation had to change fromIsraeli vehicles to those arranged on the Palestinian side In Palestine with
which India shares ties over a long period the President met his counterpart
Mahmoud Abbas besides Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah
Israel Visit
The third and final leg of the visit was the 3-day visit of Israel Apart from
becoming the first Indian President to visit Israel President Mukherjee alsobecame the first Indian Head of State to address Israeli Parliament Knesset
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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India established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 and since then the
relationship has evolved into a multi-dimensional partnership
15 अटब 2015 को सप ई ापलत णब म खज (President Pranab Mukherjee)
क तीन दश ndash जॉड न (Jordan) िफतीन (Palestine) औ इज़ािइ (Israel) क
आलधकाक याा क एक बी लवश षता या ही - इन तीन दश क आलधकाक याा कन
िवा णब म खज दश क पिह ापलत बन
लवतार ापलत णब म खज ाा जॉड न िफतीन औ इज़ािइ क याा कसी भातीय
ााय ाा इन दश क अब तक क पिही आलधकाक याा था ापलत इस याा प 10
अटब 2015 को वाना ए थ तथा उनक य याा 15 अटब को सप ई
याा क पिह दौ म ापलत जॉड न (Jordan) प र दोन दश क बीर ाजनलयक सबध थालपत होन क 65 वष बाद यह कसी भातीय ााय क पिही जॉड न याा थी िहाा क
धानम ी ाजीव गाधी न वष 1988 म जॉड न क याा क थी इस याा क दौान ापलत
जॉड न क शासक कग अद िा इ िअ स न स लिम तथा उहन जॉड न लवलविाय म अपना
ायान दया
अपनी द स रण क याा प ापलत िफतीन (Palestine) प र णब म खज इस याा
को क िफतीन क याा कन िवा पिह भातीय ााय बन खास बात यह ही क
िफतीन प रन क िलए व इज़ािइ क ब न - ग अन (Ben-Gurion) हवाई अ स होत
इज़ािइ औ िफतीन क सीमा को लवभालजत कन िवा लबटलनया (Bitunia) र क - वाइट स
होत ए िफतीनी सीमा म लव ए उहन िफतीनी ापलत महम द अबास ( Mahmoud
Abbas) औ धानम ी ामी हमदिाह ( Rami Hamdallah) स भ ट क िफतीन स भात
क सबध िब समय स ब हद गाढ़ ह ह
तीस औ अ लतम रण म ापलत णब म खज इज़ािइ (Israel) प र जो प न कसी
भातीय ााय क इज़ािइ याा थी व इज़ािइी स सद न स ट ( Knesset) को सबोलधत
कन िवा पिह भातीय ापलत भी बन इज़ािइ क साथ भात क सबध 1992 म थालपत होन क बाद सि गाता मजब त हो ह ह
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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Railway
North Central Railway (NCR)
For the first time as a new initiative NCR division of the Indian Railways will
get electricity not from a state power utility but from the open market
To Know The North Central Railway (NCR) on 15 October signed an
agreement with Adani Power Limited Under this agreement Adani Power will
supply 50 MW power at a landed tariff of Rs 369 per unit for a period of 3
years The move is expected to lead to annual saving of about Rs150 crore in
electricity bill for the Indian Railways Railways have been procuring power
through the state utilities at an average rate of Rs 675 per unitIn this yearrsquos
Railway Budget Union Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu had proposed to procure
power through the bidding process at economical tariff from generating
companies power exchanges and bilateral arrangements This initiative is
likely to result in substantial savings of at least Rs 3000 crore in next few
years
Some time back a PSU named Railway Energy Management Company
Limited (REMCL) on behalf of North Central Railway (NCR) had for the first
time invited open bids for the same in which Adani Power emerged as the
successful bidder
उर-मधय िरव (NCR)
नई पिह क तहत भातीय ि (Indian Railways) न बाजा स खि ी िबोी (open bidding)
योजना क तहत 50 म गावॉट लव त ा कन क िलए 15 अटब को एक समझौता कया यह पिहा मौका जब िव कसी ाजकय लव त लवतण कपनी स लबिजी न खीद क इस खि
बाजा स खीद गी
लवतार उ - मय िव न 15 अटब को 50 म गावॉट लबिजी खीदन क िलए यह समझौता
अदाणी पॉव (Adani Power Limited) क साथ कया समझौत क तहत अदाणी पॉव अिग
तीन वष तक उ - मय िव को 369 पए लत य लनट क द स लबिजी क आप त कगा
इस समझौत स भातीय िव को अिग तीन िसा क दौान 150 को पए क बरत होन का
अन मान ह उि खनीय ह क भातीय िव लबिजी का बत बा उपभोा होन क बावज द
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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ाय क लव त आप त कपलनय स काफ ऊरी द प लबिजी ा कता ह यह औसत द
675 पए लत य लनट तक ह इस बा क ि बजट म कीय िम ी स श भ न खि बाजा
स लबिजी खीदन का ताव खा था ताक िव क लव त लिब म कटौती क जा सक इस
यास को प ण तया िाग कए जान स आन िवा वष म िव को कम स कम 3000 को पए
क बरत होन का अन मान िगाया गया ह
इसी यास क तहत भातीय िव क तहत आन िवा साव जलनक क उपम ि ऊजा बधन
कपनी िललमट ड ( Railway Energy Management Company Limited - REMCL) न
उ - मय िव क िलए खि बाजा स लबिजी खीदन क िलए बोिलया आम लत क थ लजसम
सबस कम िबोी िगा क लबिजी आप त का सौदा अदाणी पॉव न हालिस कया
lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo
Special Train about climate changewas flagged off from Delhi
To Know lsquoScience Express Climate Action Specialrsquo is a 16-coach air-
conditioned train that was launched on 15 October from Delhi in the run-up to
the global climate summit in Paris slated for December The exhibits on the
train would cover specific topics like adaptation mitigation Indiarsquos action on
mitigation international climate change negotiations nature conservation
innovations in India science lab biotechnology applications and others
Over 190 countries would meet in Paris in December 2015 under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to strike a
new global climate deal aimed at controlling global carbon emissions for
tackling global warming
The train will run till 7 May 2016 and during the course of these eight months
it would stop at 64 locations across India covering over 19500 kilometres
Some of these locations are Patiala Jaisalmer Agra Ambala New Jalpaiguri
Vishakhapatnam Vellore Rameswaram Mangalore and Gandhinagar
साइस एसस
-
िाइमट एशन पिश
िजवाय पवत न (climate change) क म प दश भ म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स
भात सका न 15 अटब 2015 को एक लवश ष िगाी (special train) को दिी स वाना कया गया
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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लवतार साइस एस स - िाइम ट एशन पिश (Climate Change Special) नामक यह
लवश ष न कि 16 कोर िबी वातान किलत न ह लजसम िजवाय पवत न स ज तमाम
जानकाी को मॉडस कय ट ोास लडसि तथा िाइस क मायम स त त कया गया
ह इस न को लवश ष प स ब म जागकता बढ़ान क उय स त या कया गया ह इसम िजवाय पवत न क काण भाव कलत स ण अ ता ीय पिट प इस लवषय पन होन
िवाी वाता भात म िजवाय पवत न क म होन िवा नवारा आद क जानकाी
दान क गई ह
यह लवश ष न 7 मई 2016 तक िरायी जाय गी तथा इस दौान यह 19500 क मी का फािसा
तय कत ए दश भ क 64 टशन स ग जगी औ िोग को िजवाय पवत न क बा म
जानकाी दान कगी
उि खनीय ह क इस लवष ष न को ऐस समय म िराया गया ह जब दसब 2015 म प स(Paris) म स य ा क वज ित िजवाय पवत न क म प अय त महवप ण समि न काआयोजन होना ह इसम काब न उसज न स सबलधत महावाकाी व लिकय को लनधा त कया जाय गा
George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology
Konkan Railway would establish first-of-kind tunneltechnology institute at Goa‟s Margao town
To Know The proposed tunnel technology institute
will be named as bdquoGeorge Fernandes Institute of
Tunnel Technology‟ after former Railway Minister
George Fernandes Fernandes is said to be the
driving force behind the Konkan Railway
The institute will be established to enable training for the technology
hitherto unavailable in the country This will be the first such institute in
India The objectives of the institute would be a depository of knowledge
experience and data for tunnels and underground structures to provide
training of tunnel technology and consultancy services for tunnels and
underground construction
The training imparted at the institute would be specially adapted to suit the
geology of Indian subcontinent
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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Soft loan for country‟s first bullet-train network ndash $15 billion
To Know India‟s first bullet-train network has been
proposed to be established between Mumbai and
Ahmedabad Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA) was picked to assess the feasibility of building the
505-kilometre corridor linking the two cities JICA
recently submitted its feasibility report to Indian Railways
in which it concluded that the project would be
technically and financially viable
Apart from this Japan has offered to finance the proposed high speed rail
corridor estimated (to cost about Rs 90000 crore) at an interest rate of
less than one per cent The loan offering by Japan is being seen as a bidto surpass competition from China and other countries for India‟s bullet
train projects Though there are many countries offering the high-speed
technology for the bullet train project it is Japan which is offering both
technology and funding together
It is worth mention that during September 2015 China won the contract to
assess the feasibility of a high-speed train between Delhi and Mumbai a
1200-km route estimated to cost twice as much No loan has yet been
offered
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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National ndash Judiciary
National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
The Supreme Court on 16 October 2015 struck down on the National Judicial
Appointments Commission (NJAC) law that was meant to replace the two-
decade old collegium system of judges appointing judges in higher judiciary
Which constitutional amendment was associated with creation of the NJAC ndash
99th Constitutional Amendment
To Know The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) was a
body created to end the two-decade-old Supreme Court Collegium system of
judges appointing judges to the highest courts in the country For The
parliament had unanimously voted in favour of the NJAC law and the
99thConstitutional Amendment
One of the contentious provisions of the new law was the inclusion of two
eminent persons to the NJAC which included Chief Justice of India two senior
most judges of the apex court and the Union Law Minister The move was
opposed as many saw this as a governmental interference in judicial systems
of the country
In a collective order the Supreme Court on 16 October held the 99 th
Constitutional Amendment Act and the NJAC Act 2014 unconstitutional and
void
राीय यालयक लनयल आयोग
(NJAC)
सव याियाय (Supreme Court) न 16 अटब 2015 को दए अपन महवप ण तथा
द गामी भाव िवा लनण य म दश क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स
सबलधत दो दशक प ानी िकोीलज़यम वथा ( Collegium system) क थान प ाीय
यालयक लनय ल आयोग (NJAC) का गठन कन क क सका क योजना को कत ए
प न िकोीलज़यम वथा को अपनान का आदश दया इसस क सका को एक बा झटका
ि गा ह ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग क गठन क िलए कौन सा स वधालनक सशोधन तालवत
था - 99 वा स वधालनक सशोधन
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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लवतार उि खनीय ह क उ - तीय यायपािलका म यायाधीश क लनय ल स सबलधत
िकोीलज़यम वथा (Collegium system) म सव याियय क म य यायाधीश सम त पा र
व यायाधीश यायाधीश क लनय ल म भ लमका लनभात ह यह वथा 1993 म श क
गई थी क सका इस वथा को समा क इसक थान प ाीय यालयक लनय ल आयोग(National Judicial Appointments Commission - NJAC) का गठन कन क योजना
बनाक इसको अिम मि ान क त याी क िी थी इस नई वथा म यालयक लनय ल म
सका का हत प हो जान क अटिक क बीर सव याियाय न इस अन लरत बतात ए इस
अवध का दया उसन आदश दया क अब यायाधीश क लनय ल िकोीलज़यम वथा ाा
ही क जाय गी
NJAC क तालवत वथा स ज ा सबस लववादापद पिह आयोग म दो लतलत िोग को
सदय बनाए जान सबधी ताव था इस ताव स यायाधीश क लनय ल म सका का हत प हो जान क अटिकि गाई जा ह थ तथा यायपािलका स ज ि ोग इसका लवोध क
ह थ
NJAC क गठन क िरत ही 99 व स वधालनक सशोधन क आवयकता पी थी ताक इस आयोग
को वधालनक शल दान क जाय
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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India
Brand Value of India - 214 trillion
To Know Brand Financersquos 2015 edition of Nation Brands report was released
during October 2015 Indiarsquos brand-value was evaluated at $214 trillion a
huge 32 increase as compared with $162 trillion last year Not only has
Indias rate of increase been the highest among the top 10 by brand value it
has also helped the country improve its global ranking by a notch to seventh
The report measures the strength and value of 100 countries using a method
based on the royalty-relief mechanism employed to value large companies
Only three Asian nations - China India and South Korea - figure among the
top 20 most valuable nation brands
The US remains the most valuable nation brand in the report Germany the
third-most-valuable nation brand has been replaced in the strongest nation
brand by Singapore This is mainly due to the Volkswagen controversy that
engulfed Germany recently
भारत क आक गई ाणड वय (brand value) 214 िलयन िडॉर
(214 िाख करो िडॉर)
लवतार उि खनीय ह क ाड फाइन स दश तथा कपलनय इयाद क ाड व य तथा
सबलधत णनीलतय क म काम कन िवाा म ख लतान ह इसन अटब 2015 क
दौान ा क ाड व य (brand value of nations) बतान िवाी अपनी नवीनतम पोट
जाी क इसम भात क ाड व य 214 िलयन िडॉ यालन 214ि ाख को िडॉ आ क
गई ह खास बात यह ही क भात क ाड व य म लपिछ िसा (2014) क 162 िलयन क व य क म कािब 32 क शानदा व ल ई ह तथा भात क लथलत इस स री म लपिछ
िसा क आठ क म कािब अब सातव हो गई ह एक िसा म ई यह व ल स री म शालिम सव
10 दश म सवा लधक ह खास बात यह ह क स री म एलशया क लसफ तीन दश सव 20 म
शालिम ह - रीन भात औ दलण कोया इस स री म अम का (US) एक बा प न पिह
थान प ह जम नी (Germany) जोक लपिछ िसा तक स री म तीस थान प था इस िसा
लखसक क रौथ थान प प र गया ह उसका थान सगाप (Singapore) नि िलया ह
इसका म य काण जम नी क म ख ऑटोमोबािइ कपनी फॉसव गन ( Volkswagen) स सबलधत लववाद क काण जम नी क साख म कमी आना ह
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4546
Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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Adani Grouprsquos approval in Australia for Coal mining project
The Australian government on 15 October 2015 gave its approval to
Indiarsquos Adani Group to go ahead with the $7-billion coal mine projectThe
approval was given subject to 36 of the strictest conditions in Australian
history This Adani project which has been in news for quite some time now
is in which Australian state ndash Queensland
To Know The $7-billion coal mine project comprises of two mines in
Australiarsquos state of Queensland ndash the Carmichael Mine and the North Galilee
Basin Rail (NGBR) mine The project is at the heart of Adanis plans to build a
long-term future with Queensland The project was given an approval in 2014
but that approval was set aside at the request of the Australian government in
August 2015 as a precautionary measure
The new approval is based on the protection and improvement of 31000
hectares of the southern black-throated finch habitatThis will also require $1
million of funding for research programmes to improve conservation of the
threatened species in the Galilee Basin
ऑिलयाई सका न भात क अदाणी सम ह (Adani Group) क 7 अब िडॉ क कोिया खदान पयोजना (coal mines project) को अपनी वीकलत 15 अटब 2015 को दान क
दी िहाा क यह वीकलत 36 शत क साथ दान क गई ह जोक ऑिलया क खनन इलतहास
क अब तक क सबस की शत मानी जा ह ह अदाणी सम ह क यह महावाकाी पयोजना
ऑिलया क कस ा त म लथत ह - िस ड (Queensland)
लवतार अदाणी सम ह को वीकत 7 अब िडॉ क यह लविशा कोिया खदान पयोजना
ऑिलया क िस ड ा त म लथत ह तथा इसक तहत दो खदान शालिम ह - कामाइिक
खदान ( Carmichael Mine) तथा नॉथ ग ििली ब लसन ि खदान ( North Galilee Basin
Rail (NGBR) mine) इस पयोजना क मायम स अदाणी सम ह िस ड ा त म एक दीघ-
कािलक णनीलत क साथ उत हा ह उि खनीय ह क अदाणी सम ह को इस पयोजना क
वीकलत वष 2014 म लिम गई थी ि कन कछ सावधालनय को बतन क कछ प ाा क गई
ग जाश क िरत ऑिलयाई सका न इस वीकलत को अगत 2015 म वापस ि िलया था
इस वीकलत क साथ 36 अय त की शति गाई गई ह इसम पयोजना िथ क पलध म आन
िवा 31000 एक क स ण म भ लमका लनभान तथा ग ििली ब लसन ( Galilee Basin) क
ि ाय जालतय क स ण क िलए 1 लमिलयन िडॉ का लव पोषण दान कन ज सी शत
अहम ह
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4246
Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4346
shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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National ndash State
My Brick My Amaravatirdquo
Andhra Pradesh government scheme to build new capital for the State
To Know Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister launched the My Brick My
Amaravati scheme on 15 October for the citizens to purchase e-bricks for
Rs 10 to financially assist establishing the new capital for the state Under
this initiative a person can contribute Rs 10 per digital brick online and have
his or her name engraved on it and the name of the subscriber will be
registered One can buy these bricks by paying online through debit credit
cards and netbanking facility
The capital-city to be known as ldquoAmaravatirdquo will become the capital of the
downsized Andhra Pradesh It lies between Vijayawada and Guntur The
foundation for this city will be laid on 22 October 2015
माई लक माई अमरावती
एक अन ठी योजना को श कया लजसक तहत िोग 10 पए क द स ई - लक ( ई - ट ) खीद क
ाय सका क लवीय सहायता क सकग - आ दश (Andhra Pradesh)
लवतार आ दश क म यम ी रबाब नायड न 15 अटब 2015 को ाय क नई
ाजधानी अमावती (Amaravati) क थापना क िलए िोग ाा ाय सका को लवीय
सहायता दान कन क उय स माई लक माई अमावती नामक इस योजना को श कया
योजना क तहत ई - लक को 10 पए लत लक क द स खीदा जा सकगा
ई - लक खीदन क िलए िोग को योजना म अपना प जीकण काना होगा इसक बाद ई - लक क िलए भ गतान कना होगा लजस ड लबट काड लडट काड अथवा न ट - ब कग क मदद स ऑिनाइन
कया जा सकगा
उि खनीय ह क यह योजना ाय क नई ाजधानी अमावती क लनमा ण क िलए लवीय
सहायता ा कन क िलए श क गई ह ाय का मानना ह क लवजयवाडा तथा ग ट नग
क बीर थालपत क जा ही इस ाजधानी क लनमा ण मि गभग 20000 को पए का खर
आय गा अमावती क आधालिशा 22 अटब 2015 को खी जाय गी
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Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
7242019 Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4246
Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
7242019 Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4346
shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
7242019 Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4446
Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
7242019 Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4546
Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
7242019 Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4646
UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
7242019 Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4146
Amaravathi to be modelled after ndash Singapore
The foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh‟s new capital Amaravati was laid on
October 22 2015 by Prime Minister NarendraModi
To Know Amravati (or Amaravathi) is a village in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh It is located on the banks of Krishna River in
Amaravatimandal of Guntur revenue division The new capital of the
bifurcated Andhra Pradesh is being established at Amravati with over 30 km
area around it
Historically Amaravati was the capital of Satavahanas the first great
Andhra kings who ruled from the 2nd century BC to the 3rd century AD
Pitched as a world-class riverfront capital city Amaravati will be an
energy-efficient and green city with concentration on industrial hubs It isbeing modeled on the pattern of Singapore with the Singapore
Government and agencies taking active role in establishment of this new
capital
The seed capital plan for the new capital Amaravati unveiled by the
Singapore agencies projects the core capital region more as a hub of
financial and business activities than a place to live in
The foundation-laying ceremony of Amaravati was performed at
Uddandarayunipalem village in Guntur district on 22 October on the
auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami
Maharastra ndash declared as a drought state in 2015
To Know The Maharashtra state government on 17 October 2015 identified
14708 out of 40053 villages where the monsoon was deficient by over 50
as drought-hit
The drought-hit villages are spread across 20 of the 35 districts in the
state including all eight districts of the Marathwada region The districts are Gadchiroli Nagpur Akola Yavatmal Aurangabad
Parbhani Latur Nanded Beed Jalna Osmanabad Hingoli Pune Satara
Sangli Nashik Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon and Ahmednagar
Land revenue due from farmers will be waived along with 33 of the
electricity charges towards agricultural purposes
Maharashtra thus became the second state after Karnataka to declare
drought in the state In August 2015 Karnataka govt had declared
drought in 27 of 30 districts and sought central assistance of Rs 3050
crore
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Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
7242019 Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF
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shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
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Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
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Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4646
UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4246
Corporate Industry
RCAM to announce takeover of Goldman Sachs
To Know Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) will acquire Goldman
Sachs Asset Management India (GSAMI) which is the Indian mutual fund
entity of global financial giant Goldman Sachs The deal will be an all-cash
deal of Rs 243 crore and with this RCAM will acquire all 12 onshore mutual
fund schemes of GSAMI with total asset under management of Rs 7132
crore
The acquisition would also make Reliance MF the exclusive fund manager
for the government‟s ambitious Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE)Exchange Traded Fund GSAMI was given the mandate last year to
manage CPSE ETF through which the government has so far raised Rs
4000 crore by selling part of its stake in ten central PSUs as part of its
disinvestment programme
RCAM is part of the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group
Goldman Sachs had entered the Indian mutual fund industry in 2011 with
acquisition of Benchmark Mutual Fund for Rs 120 crore
With this Goldman Sachs becomes the latest foreign player to exit the Rs
13 lakh crore Indian MF market In last few years a number of globalplayers have exited the Indian mutual fund business Standard Chartered
sold its mutual fund business in India to IDFC in 2008 Fidelity sold its
mutual fund to LampT Finance in 2012 while last year HDFC MF acquired
Morgan Stanley‟s fund business here Besides Birla Sunlife has acquired
ING Mutual Fund Kotak MF has bought PineBridge Mutual Fund and
Pramerica has taken over Deutsche Bank‟s mutual fund business in India
Aditya Birla Group
Launched abofcom a new online fashion portal
To Know Abofcom has been launched by Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya
Birla Group as an online one-stop fashion portal for apparel footwear and
accessories for men and women The group thus joined the growing trend of
so-called brick-and-mortar companies seeking to tap a boom in e-commerce
Abof stands for all about fashion It will now compete with the likes of
Myntra a Flipkart unit and Rocket Internet-backed Jabong Abof will offer
7242019 Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4346
shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
7242019 Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4446
Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
7242019 Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4546
Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
7242019 Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4646
UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
7242019 Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4346
shoppers brands from both the Aditya Birla Group and other companies It
will be privately held by Kumar Mangalam Birla in his personal capacity
Some analysts such as financial services firm UBS has said that e-
commerce sales can touch $60 billion by 2020 from less than $6 billion
last year driven by the manifold growth in smartphone users to more than500 million
World ndash Nuclear Agreement
Agreement between Iran and Six world powers (P5+10)
To Know The historic nuclear deal was signed between Iran and 6 world
powers during July 2015 Later Iranian Parliament had given its approval to
the deal on 13 October 2015 18 October 2015 was set as the date for the
deal to be adopted Hence this day has been called bdquoAdoption day‟ when Iran
is expected to begin executing one of the largest and most complex projects
of nuclear dismantlement in history The 6 world powers involved in the deal
are ndash the US the UK France Russia China and Germany also known as
P5+1
The historic deal was reached after 20 months of negotiations
Under the deal Iranian nuclear engineers have to mothball 12000 nuclear
centrifuges ship more than 12 tons of low-enriched fuel which is 98 of
Iran‟s stockpile out of the country and destroy the core of a giant
plutonium reactor
On the other hand the European Union (EU) is also expected to adopt
similar measures for lifting sanctions against Iran
7242019 Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4446
Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
7242019 Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4546
Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
7242019 Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4646
UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
7242019 Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4446
Key Reform ndash Health
To allow transfer of blood from one blood bank to another
The Union Health Ministry on October 19 2015 announced which major
reform in the field of blood banks
To Know New guidelines were prescribed by the Union Health Ministry for
proper and efficient transport of blood between banks Under it two major
initiatives have been announced towards better utilisation of blood and blood
components
The first initiative is permission for transfer of blood from one blood bank to
another The transfer of blood from one bank to the other was not allowedearlier and is expected to help in transfer of blood to places of scarcity
The second initiative pertains to fixing of an exchange value for surplus
plasma available at some blood banks in the country In the absence of
this enabling provision surplus plasma was traded or sold by the blood
banks without any regulation earlier Now an exchange value of Rs 1600
per litre of plasma has been fixed and the blood banks with surplus plasma
can exchange it for consumables equipments or plasma derived products
as per their need
This step is expected to increase the availability of essential lifesaving
medicines like human albumin immunoglobulins clotting factors etc
which are all derived from plasma This step would also reduce the
country‟s dependence on import of these products
Both the initiatives have been taken as per the recommendation of the
National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC)
7242019 Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4546
Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
7242019 Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4646
UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
7242019 Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4546
Policy Telecom
TRAI
New norms on the issue of call drops
Under this mobile users will get a compensation of Re 1 for
every dropped call subject to a maximum of three dropped
calls a day The norms are to come into effect from which
date -1 January 2016
To Know The menace of dropped calls has created huge uproar with the
mobile users as well as the Union Govt seeking severe penalty from the
telecom operators
The TRAI announced the compensation mechanism for dropped calls on
17 October Under this mechanism the mobile operators will need to pay
consumers Re 1 for every dropped call subject to a maximum of three
such calls in a day with effect from 1 January 2016
The compensation would need to be paid to the calling customer who
initiates such a voice call
Under new rules the operator will have to send a message to the
customer within four hours of a dropped call with details of the amountcredited to his or her account
For post-paid customers the details of the credit would need to be
provided in the next bill
The bdquocall drop‟ has been defined as ldquoa voice call which after being
successfully established is interrupted prior to its normal completion (and)
the cause of early termination is within the network of the service
providerrdquo
However the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said it felt
disappointed with the new norms as these are expected to result in a huge
monetary outgo for telecom operators
7242019 Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4646
UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion
7242019 Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullweek-43-11-oct-25-oct-weekly-pdf 4646
UN
UN ndash completed 70 years of its establishment on 24 October 2015
To Know United Nations (UN) the global intergovernmental organization
was established as the lead organization to promote international peace and
cooperation on 24 October 1945 Thus the UN completed 70 years of its
establishment on 24 October 2015
In the wake of catastrophic Second World War (1939-45) and following
months of intense negotiations representatives of 51 countries laboured in
1945 to overcome differences and founded an enduring global institution
for peace security and human progress They called it the United Nations The UN replaced the erstwhile League of Nations The immediate aim of
UN was to prevent another major conflict At the time it was founded the
UN had 51 member states India was one of the founding members of the
UN It now has 193 member countries
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of UN numerous programmes are
being held worldwide Around 200 iconic monuments buildings museums
bridges and other landmarks in nearly 60 countries around the world will
be lit up blue the official colour of the UN to mark the occasion