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.  Current Affairs  week 42- 43Pdf . 11 Oct   25 October 2015 Best of Current Affairs Desk 26 October IN THIS WEEK WHAT'S NEW NIRDESHAK.COM  Nobel Prize   2015  Man Booker Prize  2015  mVisa  Mobile payment service  India’s 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  App oint ment s Co mmi ssion (NJAC)  Brand Value of India - $2.14 trillion  "My Brick My Amaravati”  Dear Readers, Recently we have initiated Best of Nirdeshak Current Affairs (BNCA) with weekly pdf update. In today’s competitive scenario, it has become most crucial to read more analytical and absorbable content, in order to get best result. The content is developed scientifically developed so that it becomes short, easy to remember and only relevant part is recalled for exam preparation. This is helpful for current affairs preparation, developing acumen for interviews, GD and overall remembering more get best scores in competitive exams, for Banks, IBPS PO, 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 Nirdeshak.com

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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

absorbable content in order to get best result

The content is developed scientifically developed

so that it becomes short easy to remember and

only relevant part is recalled for exam

preparation This is helpful for current affairs

preparation developing acumen for interviews

GD and overall remembering more get best

scores in competitive exams for Banks IBPS PO

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

Nirdeshakcom

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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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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)

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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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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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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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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

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

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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)

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

Page 44: Week 43-11 Oct- 25 Oct Weekly PDF

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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

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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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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