• State-run defence behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) Monday handed over the first naval variant of the advanced jet trainer (AJT) Hawk Mk-132 to the Indian Navy here. • Debut feature filmmaker Gyan Correa’s Gujarati film “The Good Road” has been chosen to represent India in the best foreign film category at the Academy Awards • Axis Bank on 24 October 2013 rolled out e-KYC initiative to facilitate paperless banking to Aadhaar card holders at Mumbai • Simona Halep of Romania defeated Samantha Stosur of Australia 7-6 (1), 6-2 to win the Kremlin Cup on 20 October 2013 at Moscow. • British sculptor Sir Anthony Caro passed away on 23 October 2013. He was 89 years old. He died after a heart attack. • Global Tuberculosis Report 2013 released by WHO reveled that, Tuberculosis (TB) disease killed 1.3 million people worldwide in 2012. • The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests on 24 October 2013 banned mining within one kilometer area of the national parks and sanctuaries of Goa, anymore • Moscow, the Capital of Russia hosted the 14th India-Russia Annual Summit on 21 October 2013 • India Post on 22 October 2013 released a commemorative postage stamp on the Golden Jubilee of Bhakra Dam. • Singer Noel Harrison died at his home in Devon, aged 79 on 22 October 2013 • Bangalore topped the list of best business destinations in India as per the study done by Global Initiative for Restructuring Environment and Management • Justice Laxmikanta Mahapatra was on 21 October 2013 sworn in as Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court. • Tata Steel on 21 October 2013 won a new contract to supply Britains Network Rail with more than 95 percent of its rails for at least five years • Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza came into the top 10 of the world womens doubles rankings on 21October 2013 • Justice Rajesh Kumar Agrawal (60), the acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court appointed as the regular Chief Justice of Madras High Court. • The first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) was on 22 October 2013 synchronised with the southern power grid • North Zone and South Zone were declared joint winners of the Duleep Trophy 2013 at Kochi on 21 October 2013. • The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) on 21 October 2013 unanimously elected Kanwar Deep Singh as the president of the Indian Hockey Federation
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