current affairs 3 october 2014 Dussehra is being celebrated across the country The festival of Vijaya Dashmi is being celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety throughout the country today. The festival marks the victory of good over evil. President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have greeted the nation on this occasion. In the national capital the traditional Ramlila will come to an end with the burning of effigies of Ravan, Meghnad and Kumbhkaran. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the functions to be held in Subhash Maidan and Ramlila Maidan. Rajasthan becomes first state to start olive refinery Rajasthan today started the country’s first olive refinery and expressed hope that it would be able to fulfil the country’s demand of olive oil in coming years. Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje inaugurated the refinery set up with a cost of Rs. 3.75 crore in Lunkaransar area in the district and said it was an achievement for Rajasthan to become the first state in the country to set up such refinery. The olive oil produced in the refinery will be marked under the brand name of ‘Raj Olive Oil’ and will be available in markets after some time. Australian fighter jets to join military action against Islamic States militants in Iraq The Australian Cabinet has given its approval for fighter jets to join the US-led military action against Islamic State militants targets in Iraq. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said IS was a death cult that had declared war on the world and must be stopped. The US and Arab allies have been bombing IS targets in Syria and Iraq for the past fortnight. European countries have been attacking only Iraqi sites. The UN says the militant Islamists have committed a staggering array of human rights abuses. Former News of the World editor Ian Edmondson admits to phone hacking A former news editor at Rupert Murdoch’s now-defunct tabloid News of the World on Friday admitted to hacking phones of celebrities such as Jude Law and Paul McCartney while at the newspaper, becoming the eighth person to be convicted in connection with the case Ian Edmondson, 45, is likely to receive a custodial sentence after pleading guilty at the Old Bailey court in London. Edmondson illegally intercepted the voicemails of two Home Secretaries, ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney and actors Jude Law and Sienna Miller. Asian Games: India placed eighth with total haul of 57 medals India have brought the curtains down on their campaign in the 17th Asian Games, maintaining their domination of kabaddi with two gold medals. On the penultimate day of competitions at Incheon on day, India rose a rung to eighth in the overall medal standings. The womens kabaddi team won their title-match against Iran quite comfortably by a 31-21 margin, to maintain their supremacy for the second edition running, having clinched gold when the event made its debut four years ago in Guangzhou. For the mens kabaddi team, it was not a cakewalk. They literally overcame a scare from Iran before notching up a 27-25 win in a thrilling final. It was their seventh successive gold medal in the event. Hammer thrower Manju Balas medal was upgraded from bronze to silver after a Chinese competitor who finished ahead of her was caught for doping. With two gold medals coming on Friday, India were placed eighth on the table with a total haul of 57 medals - 11 gold,10 silver and 36 bronze. India Men’s Kabaddi Team bag seventh successive gold in Asian Games Six-time defending champions India retain the seventh gold medal in Asian Games after they narrowly edge past the determined Iranian side in this rematch of 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games. The Indian side got off to the worst possible start of the tournament in Incheon but came back roaring to win the gold medal in the 17th edition of Asian Games. India beat Iran by 27-25 in this mouth-watering title clash. Earlier, it was the women’s team that made India proud by also wining the gold medal in their match also against Iranian side. Womens kabaddi team bags gold at Asiad The Indian womens kabaddi team notched up its second successive gold medal at the Asian Games, beating Iran 31-21 in the summit clash on Friday India thus maintained their supremacy in womens kabaddi, which made its Asiad debut in the previous edition in Guangzhou. Indian women clinch gold in 4x400m relay at Asian Games 2014 India continued their stranglehold in womens 4x400m relay event in the Asian Games as its quartet ran a brilliant race to win the gold for the fourth time on the trot in Games record time in the 17th edition in Incheon on Thursday. The quartet of Priyanka Panwar, Tintu Luka, Mandeep Kaur and M.R. Poovamma won an easy race in 3:28.68 to improve upon the earlier Games record of 3:29.02 which was also in the name of the gold-winning Indian team in 2010. For more Information visit on link:
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