Current Affairs o The Union Government has deregulated the diesel prices, which means the prices of diesel will move as per market flow not by the Government. o The West Indies Cricket team have pulled out of the India series after the fourth ODI in Dharamsala due to conflict with West Indies Cricket Board over pay dispute. o India successfully test the indigenously developed nuclear capable sub-sonic cruise missile Nirbhay from a test range at Chandipur. o Supreme Court granted a two-month bail to J Jayalalithaa on medical grounds and also suspended the Karnataka High Court sentence against the former Tamil Nadu chief minister in an illegal assets case. o India successfully launched Third navigation satellite IRNSS 1C on board ISROs PSLV C26 rocket. o Arvind Subramanian is appointed as Indias new Chief Economic Adviser. o 64 percent voter turnout in Maharastra and 73 percent in Haryana state assembly election. o Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 1,000-crore package for cyclone hit Andhra Pradesh for recues operation. o Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) barred property developer DLF Ltd and some of its executives from accessing capital markets for three years. o Congress Party dropped MP Shashi Tharoor as its party spokesperson. o French economist Jean Tirole won the 2014 economics Nobel Prize for his analysis of market power and regulation. o Cyclone Hudhud hit the coastal area of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. o Indian Super League football starts from today. A total of 8 teams take part in the competition o Indias Child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistans Malala Yousafzai Win Nobel Peace Prize jointly for 2014. o Kailash Satyarthi associated with Bachpan Bachao Andolan movement that saves more than 80,000 children from exploitation. o Malala Yousafzai becomes the youngest Nobel Laureates at the age of 17 years. o Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. o French writer Patrick Modiano has won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature. o American scientist Eric Betzig and William Moerner and German scientist Stefan Hell have win the Nobel Prize in chemistry for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy. o The Karnataka High Court has rejected the bail plea of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa. o Nobel Prize for Physics awarded to Japanese scientists Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano and American Shuji Nakamura for inventing a low energy environmentally friendly LED. o US-British scientist John OKeefe and Norwegian scientist May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser win the Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering the brains positioning system. o The 17th Asian Games ended in the South Korean city of Incheon with China on top spot of the medal tally with 151 gold medals. India finish 8th in the medal list with 11 gold medals. The next Asian Games will be held on Jakarta. o Chennai Super Kings wins the 2014 Champions League T20 after defeating Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 wickets in the final at Bangalore. o Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation for the first time on All India Radio. o At least 32 people have died and 15 others are injured after a stampede in Patna after Dussehra celebrations near Gandhi Maidan. o Indias mens and womens kabaddi team wins gold medal in Asian Games. o India finish their Asian Games 2014 campaign with 57 medals - 11 gold, 10 silver and 36 bronze. o Kolkata Knight Riders spinner Sunil Narine suspended from bowling in the final of CL T20 match against Chennai Superkings due to illegal bowling action. o India celebrates Gandhi Jayanti on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhis Birthday. o Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Indias biggest-ever cleanliness drive Swachh Bharat on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. o Microsoft Corporation announced its Windows 10 operating system. o Indias womens team wins gold medal in 4X400 metres relay at the Asian Games. o India beat Pakistan 4-2 on penalties to win mens hockey gold at Asian Games and also qualify for Olympics after 16 years. o Indian boxer MC Mary Kom wins the gold medal in 51-kg boxing category.
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:11:03 +0000