LIKE THIS PAGE News & Affairs TOP 100 Current Affairs of OCTOBER 2013 – ******************************* 1.China opened new Highway linking Medog to Zhamog; near to Arunachal Pradesh border. 2.India won Gold in 18th Asian Archery Competition at Chinese Taipei. 3.Scientists discovered a New Planet called Kepler 78b. 4.Gujarat CM Laid the Foundation Stone of the Statute of Unity-a 182-metre tall statue. 5.Gurdeep Singh Pall Appointed as the Corporate VP of Skype. 6.Microsoft appointed on Gurdeep Singh Pall as the corporate vice president of Skype. 7.India developed Surface-to-Surface Missile Pragati which has a range between 60-170 km. 8.Srishti Rana of India Was Crowned Miss Asia Pacific World 2013. 9.Bhubaneswar and Imphal airports were Declared as International Airports. 10.Subhas Goswami Appointed as the Director General of ITBP. 11.All India Football Federation signed Agreement with Australia for its Grass-root Program. 12.Film producer Ashok Amritraj won Soul of India Award. 13.Railways Minister Mallikarjun Kharge launched the High Speed Rail Corporation of India Ltd (HSRC). 14.US Announced Grant for Womens Safety in Delhi. 15.Prime Minister of India inaugurated Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Museum in Ahmedabad. 16.Government of India Decided to Appoint Arup Raha as Chief of the Indian Air Force. 17.IOC (Indian Oil Corporation) won the 48th Bombay Gold Cup Indian Oil Corporation defeated Air India 5-3 to win the 48th Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament. 18.Serena Williams defeated Li Na to win the WTA Championships. 19.Sebastian Vettel won the F1 Indian Grand Prix 2013. 20.World Bank approved 250 Million Assistance US Dollars for Uttarakhand. 21.India Defeated Malaysia to Lift U-21 Sultan of Johor Cup Hockey Tournament 2013. 22.Himachal Pradesh became Second State after Haryana to introduce National Vocational Qualitative Framework (NVQF) 23.Shah Rukh Khan Appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for South Korea. 24.Manna Dey, the legendary singer died at 94. 25.ISRO announced that it will launch Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) on 5 November 2013 from Sriharikota. 26.Laxmikanta Mahapatra appointed Chief Justice of Manipur High Court. 27.Justice Rajesh Kumar Agrawal Appointed as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court. 28.North and South Zone Declared Joint Winners of Duleep Trophy. 29.Kanwar Deep Singh Elected as the President of the Indian Hockey Federation. 30.UK to Build Its First Nuclear Plant Called Hinkley Point C in Two Decades. 31.United Nation’s Security Council Elected 5 New Non-Permanent Members(Chad, Chile, Lithuania, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia) 32. Dipika Pallikal Won Macau Open Squash Title 2013. 33.Jorge Lorenzo won Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix 2013. 34.Lata Mangeshkar was Presented the First National Yash Chopra Memorial Award. 35.Delhi bowler Pradeep Sangwan was banned by Anti Doping Tribunal of BCCI . 36.Ding Junhui won Indian Open Snooker Title 2013. 37.Saudi Arabia Turned Down UN Security Council Seat. 38.The Largest Air Traffic Control Tower of India Inaugurated at Mumbai Airport. 39.The Union Cabinet cleared the proposal for construction of a 14-km tunnel at Zojila pass in Ladakh region. 40.Chinese Scientists Developed Li-Fi Technology; Internet through Lightbulbs. 41.Manipur Defeated Haryana to Lift 54th Subroto Cup Football Tournament. 42.Eleanor Catton, 28, New Zealand author became the youngest winner the Man Booker prize 2013 for her second novel entitled The Luminaries, published by Granta. 43.Terence Walsh appointed as Chief Coach of the Senior Men National Hockey Team. 44.Ajit Agarkar announced Retirement from all forms of Cricket. 45.Brazilian Football Legend Pele launched a Book Titled 1283. 46.Malala Yousafzai to be granted Honorary Canadian Citizenship. 47.Virat Kohli: India’s Fastest ODI Century Scorer. 48.Greg du Toit was Named Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013. 49.Alice Munro won Nobel Prize 2013 for literature. 50.Sigrid Kaag Appointed as the Head of Joint OPCW-UN Mission in Syria. 51.Liverpool launched Football Academy in India in Pune. 52.Eugene F. Fama shared Nobel Prize for Economics with Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller. 53.Powerful Typhoon Wipha caused destruction in Japan. 54.The Wankhede Stadium to Host Sachin Tendulkars Landmark 200th and Final Test. 55.Global Hunger Index Report 2013: India Ranked at 63th Position. 56.Rafael Nadal topped the ATP Ranking. 57.Novak Djokovic defeated Juan Del Potro to win Shanghai Masters 2013. 58.The Indian Navy inducted into service its largest offshore patrol vessel (OPV), INS Sunayna. 59. Severe Cyclonic Storm Phailin Affected Indian States; Disaster Management Saved Lives. 60.Election Commission of India Approved None of the Above Option in EVMs and Ballot Papers. 61.Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen, Robert Shiller won 2013 Nobel Prize for Economics. 62.Typhoon Nari created Havoc in Philippines. 63.Satyavrat won the 9th Roustam E-International Indian Style Wrestling Title. 64.Sanam Singh and Vijayant Malik won the doubles title in ITF Mens Futures Tennis Tournament. 65.Geo-Scientific Research Vessel RV Samudra Ratnakar dedicated to the Nation. 66.India Post Launched International Money Transfer Service- Instant Cash. 67.OPCW won 2013 Nobel Peace Prize. 68.MS Swaminathan Selected for Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the Year 2012. 69.Sachin Tendulkar announced his decision to retire from Test cricket after his 200th Test Match. 70.Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan abducted by Gunmen. 71.Alice Munro, the Canadian writer, won Nobel Prize 2013 in literature. 72.Malala Yousafzai Won European Unions Sakharov Human Rights Prize 2013. 73.Ethiopia Parliament Elected Mulatu Teshome as New President. 74.Michael Levitt, Martin Karplus and Arieh Warshel Won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013. 75.Autobiography of Malala Yousafzai entitled I am Malala Released. 76.Supreme Court directed EC to introduce Vote Verifier Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) system in EVMs for the next general elections in 2014. 77.Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Bharti Enterprises ended up their Joint Venture. 78.Peter Higgs, United Kingdom and Francois Englert, Belgium jointly awarded Nobel Prize for Physics 2013 on 8 October 2013. 79.Buckingham Palace hosted its First Official Football Match. 80.Arundhati Bhattacharya Took Charge as the First Woman Chairperson of SBI. 81.Swaran Singh Virk Clinched Gold at the 15th Asian Senior Rowing Championship in China. 82.James Rothman, Randy Schekman and Thomas Suedhof Won the 2013 Nobel Prize for Medicine. 83.Lalu Prasad Yadav Convicted in the Fodder Scam. 84.Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentine defeated Milos Raonic of Canada to win the ATP Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo on 6 October 2013. 85.BAI Panel Recommended Life Ban for Badminton Player Jwala Gutta. 86.Novak Djokovic Clinched his 4th China Open Title; Defeated Rafael Nadal. 87.Mumbai Indians Defeated Rajasthan Royals to Clinch Champions League Twenty-20. 88.Sania Mirza-Cara Black won China Open 2013. 89.Rohan Bopanna-Edouard Roger Vasselin won Japan Open 2013. 90.Geological Survey of India Acquired Research Vessel Samudra Ratnakar for Deep Sea Research. 91.Moe Set Wine Selected As First Miss Universe Contender to Represent Myanmar in 50 Years. 92.Afghanistan Qualified for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. 93.Portugals Luis Leao Pinto won Himalaya Bicycle Rally. 94.Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) cleared Jet Airways proposed sale of 24 per cent equity to Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways. 95.ASI and Google Signed Agreement for Launching 100 Heritage Sites Online. 96.Gambia Decided to Withdraw from the Commonwealth. 97.Petra Kvitova Won Singles Title at WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open. 98.Sania Mirza and Cara Black Pair Won Womens Doubles Title at WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open. 99.Stephen Lee Banned from Snooker for 12 Years for Match-Fixing Charges. 100.Nikhat Zareen Won Silver at AIBA Womens World Boxing Championship. -Soumya Debasis
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 06:35:28 +0000
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