Current Affairs, October 2014

Current Affairs, October 2014

Current Affairs

Current Affairs, 28th October 2014

•  Chinese troops were prevented by Indian soldiers from constructing road in Arunachal
• Black money account holders are big donor to BJP and Congress, Preneet Kaur of Punjab gives 'anticipatory' denial. 
• Maharashtra new CM to be named today, Sena likes BJP to be part of new government.
• Economy according to World Bank report will grow 5.6% in 2014-15, 6.4% next year. 
• Masayoshi Son, Japan's richest man, is eyeing to invest $10bn in e-tailing and technology companies in India.
• US has modified Ebola guidelines after quarantine uproar.
• Donations to Swach Bharat Kosh, Clean Ganga project is now part of CSR.
• Govt to launch 'zero liquid discharge' pilot project for green enviornment.
• Butterfly survey in Periyar Tiger Reserve found records 246 species of butterflies.
• Christopher Columbus discovered Cuba on 28th Oct 1492 and claims it for Spain.
• Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts) in US was founded on 28th Oct 1636.
• The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on 28th Oct 1886 in New York Harbor by U.S. President Cleveland. The statue weighs 225 tons and is 152 feet tall. It was originally known as "Liberty Enlightening the World." 
• The St. Louis Police Department was the first to use fingerprinting on 28th Oct 1904. 
• Benito Mussolini took control of the Italian government on 28th Oct 1922 and introduced fascism to Italy. 
• Great Britain becomes 6th nation on 28yh Oct 1971 to have a satellite (Prospero) in orbit

Current Affairs, 24th October 2014

• Modi's Diwali greeting is from Siachen: India's with jawans.
• Doctor who had treated patients in West Africa is tested positive in New York's first Ebola case.
• Google doodle has celebrated India Mangalyaan's one month in Mars orbit.
• According to Police Canada parliament gunman had plan to travel to Syria.
• Top business school students in India have scored below industry standards, Survey report says.
• Nasa spots Titan a Saturn's moon glowing at dusk and dawn.
• Boko Haram have again kidnaped 25 more girls in Nigeria.
• The country of Poland was divided on 24th Oct 1795 between Austria, Prussia, and Russia. 
• Alonzo D. Phillips received a patent on 24th Oct 1836 for the phosphorous friction safety match. 
• Nylon stockings were sold on 24th Oct 1939 to the public for the first time in Wilmington, DE. 
• In the U.S., the 40-hour workweek went into effect on 24th Oct 1940 under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. 
• The U.S. stamp "United We Stand" was dedicated to the Nation on 24th Oct 2001. 

Current Affairs, 23rd October 2014

• No sweets to Pak troops on this Diwali; as firing continues on border.
• India tops the world's undiagnosed or unreported TB (Tuberculosis) cases list.
• Zuckerberg Facebook CEO spoke Chinese, Beijing students cheer for him.
• Jayalalithaa CM of TN should punish forms of sycophancy, report says.
• Zimbabwe university appeal to the students: No sex please, you're students. 
• FIRs filed on Bengal villagers for electrocuting elephants in the village.
• BJP is in no hurry, says Sena can join new govt in the state without pre-conditions.
• Blanche S. Scott became the first woman on 23rd Oct 1910 to make a public solo airplane flight in the United States. 
• The United Nations General Assembly convened on 23rd Oct 1946 in New York for the first time. 
• The U.N. General Assembly voted to expel Taiwan on 23rd Oct 1971 and seat Communist China. 
• Hungary became an independent republic on 23rd Oct 1989, after 33 years of Soviet rule. 
• Japan nationalized its first bank on 23rd Oct 1998 since World War II. 

Current Affairs, 22nd October 2014

• Canadian parliament is locked down after soldier have wounded in gunfire.
• Black money fiasco: Jaitley says there is name of ex-UPA minister in the list.
• Bangalore police chief confirmed the Sexual assault of three-year-old girl.
• Japan will help Andhra Pradesh to develop its new capital city.
• IAF have grounded 200 Sukhoi-30 planes for safety checks after a mishap. 
• Fadnavis may be Maharashtra CM; no big berths for Shiv Sena.
• India is 2nd fastest growing air cargo market after the Middle East.
• US have appointed Indian-American to the key position in justice department.
• Sarita Devi, coaches are suspended over Asian Games medal controversy.
• The College of New Jersey was officially chartered on 22nd Oct 1746. It later  known as Princeton University. 
• Andre-Jacques Garnerin had made on 22nd Oct 1797 the first recorded parachute jump. He jumped from about 3,000 feet. 
• The Panic of 1907 began on 22nd Oct 1907 when depositors began withdrawing money from many New York banks.
• The Federal Republic of Germany was invited on 22nd Oct 1945 to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). 
• Apollo 7 splashed down on 22nd Oct 1968 in the Atlantic Ocean. The spacecraft had orbited the Earth 163 times. 

Current Affairs, 21st October 2014

• Big brother’ node: BJP hints of preference for Shiv Sena as their ally in Maharashtra
• Black money: Jaitley says the disclosure of names of nlack money account holders will embarrass Congress, 
• Festive corporate hiring will help to create 4.5 lakh new jobs in Oct-Dec quarter.
• Haryana this time will get non-Jat CM, ML Khattar picked for top job. 
• FM Minister Jaitley says Private companies will be soon allowed commercial coal mining. 
• Facebook will be soon locating your stolen passwords, as this month millions of Password got hacked fromFacebook.
• The Shiv Sena in Maharastra will celebrate its 50th year in 2016.
• Margaret Owen set a typing speed record on 21st Oct 1918 of 170 words per minute on a manual typewriter. 
• Women in France on 21st Oct 1945 were allowed to vote for the first time.
• Chinese forces invaded Tibet on 21st Oct 1950.
• 1st women in British House of Lords was on 21st Oct 1948

Current Affairs, 20th October 2014

• Congress is washed away again by Modi wave. BJP to form govt in Haryana, also it  emerges as single largest party in Maharashtra.
• BJP is Mumbai's new hero, Raj Thackeray's MNS reduced to a zero.
• Vidarbha’s 2-state man could be in Mantralaya as united CM.
• Over 2,000 cases have been reported of theft in Delhi Metro in past four years.
• PT Usha sprinter is to get Gujarat athletes up and running on CM's invitation.
• Five-year-old Indian boy have reached Everest Base Camp, claims new world record.
• Dalal Street expecting quicker reforms after BJP’s Maharashtra win.
• IOC says: Diesel prices is to be revised every fortnight.
• Harvard University had organized 1st astronomical expedition on 20th Oct 1786 in US
• 49th parallel was formed as border on 20th Oct 1818 between US & Canada.
• British White Paper on 20th Oct 1930 restricted Jews from buying Arab land.
• The Mau Mau uprising against white settlers started on 20th Oct 1952 in Kenya. 
• Chinese army landed in India on 20th Oct 1962 and war between China and India started.
• Queen Elizabeth II on 20th Oct 1973 inaugrated Sydney Opera House.
• European astronomers on 20th Oct 2009 discovered 32 exoplanets.

Current Affairs, 19th October 2014

• Maharashtra and Haryana poll: Congress accepts defeat in both states.
• Devendra Fadnavis state BJP chief says Maharashtra will have a BJP chief minister.
• 16-year-old Indian "Bl@ck Dr@gon" from Delhi, hacked Pakistan People’s Party site earlier this month.
• Diesel prices have deregulated like petrol.  
• Jaya after spending three weeks in jail returns home. 
• 6.02 crore bank accounts were opened under "Jan Dhan" scheme.
• Survey reports says: China growth seen at five-year low in Q3. 
• In the U.S., government owned vehicles were first used on 19th Oct 1914 to pick up mail in Washington, DC. 
• Basketball was introduced on 19th Oct 1933 to the 1936 Olympic Games by the Berlin Organization Committee
• "Woman's Day" was published on 19th Oct 1937 for the first time. 
• The Concorde made its first landing on 19th Oct 1977 in New York City. 

Current Affairs, 18th October 2014

• Along LoC Pakistan army has violated ceasefire again, it has resorted to unprovoked overnight firing at Indian positions in Poonch.
• Jayalalithaa is to be released today, seems early Diwali in Tamil Nadu.
• Money in foreign banks : Cannot disclose the names, Centre tells SC.
• Bihar CM have threaten to chop off hands of lax doctors.
• Saurashtra University will start courses in folklore and oral rendition.
• UGC will have to finalize today the inspection modalities for deemed universities. 
• India-born scientist Rajaram is awarded with World Food Prize.
• University of Heidelberg was opened on 18th Oct 1386.
• Samuel Finley Breese Morse had laid his first telegraph cable on 18th Oct 1842. 
• Edison made electricity available on 18th Oct 1878 for household use.
• Vinoo Mankad had taken 13 Pakistan wkts on 18th Oct 1952 to win 1st India-Pak clash.
• The first computer-arranged marriage had taken place on 18th Oct 1958 on Art Linkletter's show. 
• The U.S. government banned the artificial sweeteners on 18th Oct 1969 due to evidence that they caused cancer in human. 

Current Affairs, 17th October 2014

• Road rage: Top Delhi cop ACP Amit Singh was brutally assaulted by three people on road including woman.
• Clipboard man' was seen without any protective gear on while he was transporting US Ebola patient.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to carry out a major expansion of Cabinet may be before winter session.
• Shiv Sena may not back BJP if it is a hung assembly in Maharashtra poll.
• India have test-fired nuclear-capable "Nirbhay" cruise missile.
• For Make in India drive, PM Narendra Modi has kicks off labour reforms.
• World Trauma Day: Common people should be trained in emergency care that can prevent deaths.  In 2013, about 400,000 young lives were lost in road accidents. 
• Amartya Sen says Nalanda University would start 2 new courses soon. 
• The first issue of "National Geographic Magazine" was released on 17th Oct 1888 at newsstands. 
• Thomas Edison had filed a patent on 17th Oct 1888 for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie)
• Dr. Albert Einstein had moved to Princeton, NJ, on 17th Oct 1933 after leaving Germany. 
• England's 1st large scale nuclear power station was opened on 17th Oct 1956.
• Queen Elizabeth was fined $140 on 17th Oct 1959 for withdrawing her race horse.
• Mother Teresa of India on 17th Oct 1979 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 
• The Carnforth railway station, in northwest England, on 17th Oct 2003 was reopened as a heritage center. 

Current Affairs, 16th October 2014

• Exit polls: Modi is all set to snatch Maharashtra and Haryana from Congress.
• US steps up Ebola vigil, it resists travel ban call.
• Apple accidentally have revealed iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3.
• Beijing said that the Arunachal, Jammu & Kashmir inalienable parts of India.   
• 10-yr-old terminally ill boy has become Hyderabad Police chief for a day to fulfil his wish.
• Google ramps up mobile arsenal, also unveils Lollipop a new Nexus devices.
• In Boston, MA, the first modern hotel in America was opened on 16th Oct 1829. The Tremont Hotel had 170 rooms which was rented for $2 a day included four meals. 
• A hotel in Boston in 1869 became the first in the U.S. to install indoor plumbing.
• Margaret Sanger had opened on 16th Oct 1916 the first birth control clinic in New York City, NY. 
• Marvin Pipkin received a patent on 16th Oct 1928 for the frosted electric light bulb.
• China detonated its first atomic bombon 16th Oct 1964 and became the world's fifth nuclear power.
• The iTunes Music Store had reached 200 billion television episodes sold on 16th Oct 2008.

Current Affairs, 15th October 2014

• Home Minister Rajnath says: No one can warn India and China should sit with us to solve border issue.  
• World Food Day found that the India is home of 190 million hungry people.
• Arvind Mayaram, Finance secy has been shifted to tourism department.
• Ebola escalation may trigger the major food crisis in the world.
• Dalit boy was burned alive in Bihar as his goat strays into field.
• Tata Steel have plan to sell its UK division to Klesch Group soon.
• Ranbaxy have to pay $40mn to settle the Texas Medicaid pricing litigation.
• Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815 15th Oct had started his exile on the remote island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.
• Supreme Court in US on 15th Oct 1883 had declared Civil Rights Act of 1875 is unconstitutional. It allowed individuals and corporations for racial discrimination. 
• The Freedom of Information Act was passed on 15th Oct 1984. 
• Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) made its first flight on 15th Oct 1932.
• Shuttle Columbia was carried Spacelab into orbit on 15th Oct 1985.

Current Affairs, 14th October 2014

• Maharashtra, Haryana vote in high-stakes of assembly polls on 15th Oct
• WHO estimated that there could be about 10,000 new cases of Ebola per week in 2 months.
• Mangalyaan has sent picture of Mars’ moon Phobos. Phobos the both moons of Mars were discovered in 1877.
• Food scarcity in Vizag, PM Modi have announced Rs. 1,000 cr help for Hudhud-hit Andhra.
• ED may slap a penalty on Flipkart, probes other e-commerce players too soon.
• 2 more cops were attacked in 72 hours: Delhi's law enforcers seems at the mercy of criminals.
• Petrol price may cut by Re 1 per litre on present price with effect from tonight.
• Hit hard by Sebi new order, DLF lost Rs 7,500 crore of its market value.
• University of the Punjab was founded on 14th Oct 1882 in present day Pakistan.
• George Eastman patented on 14th Oct 1884 the paper-strip photographic film.
• 14th Oct 1922 - The 1st automated telephones was set up in Pennsylvania exchange in NYC.
• Queen Elizabeth II became the first Canadian monarch on 14th Oct 1957 to open the Parliament of Canada with the Speech from the Throne.
• 6,000 couples were wed in Unification church on 14th Oct 1982 in Korea

Current Affairs, 13th October 2014

• Manic Monday: Day after Hudhud, the Cyclone created havoc and left Visakhapatnam reels under soaring prices.
• Cong cracks whip, sacks Shashi Tharoor for 'praising Modi' from the post of party spokesman. 
• PM Narendra Modi wants to revive India's 'zombie factories'
• Chautala’s bail drama could have hold message for Jayalalithaa plea.
• Box Office Report: Bang Bang of Hritik beats records of Kick and Dabangg 2.
• Delhi warns Kathmandu that Al Qaeda and IM may target Nepali politicians. 
• Maharshtra Assembly Election comes out with the report that 49% candidates fielded by major parties have criminal background.
• Lessons from Hudhud: States must step up to tackle natural calamities at any time.
• President Washington laid cornerstone on 13th Oct 1792 of Executive Mansion (White House)
• 1st aerial photo was taken on 13th Oct 1860 in US (from a balloon), in Boston
• Angora (Ankara) had became Turkey's capital on 13th Oct 1923.
• 1st military use of trained dolphins was introduced on 13th Oct 1987 by US Navy in Persian Gulf.

Current Affairs, 12th October 2014

• Cyclone Hudhud: Andhra Pradesh is bracing for ‘very severe’ storm today, Andhra and Odisha will be affected by the storm..
• Bardhaman blast case: NIA probe leads to J&K, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
• Isha and Akash the Mukesh Ambani’s twins are now board directors.
• India-Pak diplomacy: Leave alone the physical line but now Border barriers broken on Skype.
• World economies on the trend that warn of global risks, call for bold action.
• After lull, India Pak Border LoC hots up again: India retaliates at Poonch to Pak firing.
• Google celebrates Indian writer R K Narayan's 108th birthday with Doodle.
• UK announces about 396 scholarships worth Rs 15 crore for Indian students.
• Only 37,000 of 7L have cleared teacher eligibility test.
• Children's rhyme "Three Blind Mice" was published on 12th Oct 1609 in London.
• 1First commercial flight took off on 12th Oct 1957 between California & Antartica.
• 1st time 5 people were in space on 12th Oct 1969. 
• The Magellan space probe ended on 12th Oct 1994 its four-year mission to Venus for the purpose of mapping. 

Current Affairs, 11th October 2014

• Kailash Satyarthi The Nobel Prize winner of India says India has hundreds of problems, but millions of solutions.
• Malala Yousafzai: at 17 winner of Nobel Peace Prize an idol to the world, but outcast at home. Malala wants Modi and Sharif to attend the Nobel Award ceremony of her.
• Andhra is ready to face Hudhud, to evacuate 4.5 lakh people and 37 trains are cancelled as cyclone Hudhud is picking up momentum.
• Medical team wants police to probe into emails sent to AIIMS in Sunanda death case.
• Microsoft board has to look at gender bias salary pay, male culture.
• Fuel prices may see a steep decline, diesel deregulation is most unlikely.
• Military exercise with China have shifted away from border.
• Nobel economics prize today, Winners is usually American and usually pro-austerity.
• Centre’s bullet-for-bullet policy lifts morale of armed forces in the case of Border firing.
• Earthquake on 11th Oct 1737 killed 300,000 and destroyed half of Calcutta India.
• David Henderson Houston had patented on 11th Oct 1881 the first roll film for cameras. 
• In New York, 1st time on 11th Oct 1932 the first telecast of a political campaign was aired. 
• Albert Einstein had informed FDR on 11th Oct 1939 of possibilities of atomic bomb.

Current Affairs, 10th October 2014

• Decline in border firing incident after week-long violence from Pak.
• French author Patrick Modiano have won Nobel Prize for Literature.
• Facebook CEO Zuckerberg says about India that when 1bn are offline, the world is robbed of ideas.
• Rupee again down 15 paise against US dollar in early trade.
• Delhi HC found that the private schools are profit centres. 
• 57% of Mumbai citizens during survey said our MLAs are corrupt.
• Andhra, newly seprated state CM Chandrababu Naidu says that Capital of Andhra Pradesh will be built in Guntur. 
• Hero MotoCorp have launched two bikes priced up to Rs. 51,550.
• HTC launches 'selfie' smartphone with advanced camera.
• The United States Naval Academy was opened on 10th Oct 1845 in Annapolis, MD.
• The billiard ball was patented on 10th Oct by John Wesley Hyatt. 
• Thomas Edison had organized on 10th Oct 1887 the Edison Phonograph Company.
• Pan American World Airways had announced on 10th Oct 1959 the beginning of the first global airline services. 
• U.S. President George W. Bush had presented a list of 22 most wanted terrorists on 10th Oct 2001. 

Current Affairs, 9th October 2014

• Defense Minister Jaitley have warn Pakistan against 'adventurism', as firing from Pak continues across border.
• Odisha braces for Cyclone Hudhud; the cyclone is to hit AP coast on Oct 12.
• Swamy have remark on Nehruvian historians as they are unacceptable.
• Rs 100-crore fine is an arbitrary exercise of power, says Jayalalithaa in her case.
• Raghuram Rajan RBI Gov have named 3 new executive directors for RBI.
• Railways have taken step to invite private players to sell railway tickets.
• Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is in India today.
• Narayana Murthy talk about Infosys that its Nasdaq listing was a giant leap for Indian IT companies.
• Isaac Singer had patented on 9th Oct 1855 the sewing machine motor. 
• First US underground pipeline for carrying oil was laid down on 9th Oct 1865 in Pennsylvania.
• Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson had made their longest telephone call on 9th Oct 1876. It was for a distance of two miles. 
• 1st transcontinental flight by a woman was completed on 9th Oct 1930 by Laura Ingalls.
• First telephone conversation between a moving car & a plane was took place on 9th Oct 1947.
• Capital punishment in France was abolished on 9th Oct 1981.
• North Korea allegedly tests its first nuclear device on 9th Oct 2006.
• The Dow Jones Industrial Average had closes at an all-time high on 9th Oct 2007.

Current Affairs, 8th October 2014

• 2 people were killed in fresh Pak firing in J&K, India asks troops to retaliate strongly. Karnataka HC have rejected bail plea of Jayalalithaa, she has to stay in jail.
• Yahoo will lay off about 300 employees in India.
• Modi have vow to transform 'scam Haryana to skill Haryana'in his visit to state.
• London millionaire has paid Rs 1 crore supari to kill his rivals in Andhra Pradesh.
• Pre-placement offers are at IIT-Bombay gone up by 25%.
• Three kids go missing every day from India Gate, police report says.
• Flipkart has Big Billion Day and got 16 'open letters' offers from e-commerce giant. 
• Anil Ambani have joined Swachh Bharat campaign, and also invited other celebs.
• First women's prison which run by women opened on 8th Oct 1873 at Indiana Reformatory Institute.
• In the Battle of Loos WWI, on 8th Oct 1915 almost 430,000 French, British & Germans were killed.
• "The Complete Book of Etiquette" was published on 8th Oct 1952 for the first time. 
• North Korea had reported 100% election turnout on 8th Oct 1962, miraculously 100% vote were voted for the Workers' Party.
• The first-ever direct presidential elections in Afghanistan were held on 8th Oct 2004.

Current Affairs, 7th October 2014

• EC noticed that Gadkari’s objectionable view came in during the speech at an election rally in Latur Maharashtra, while campaigning there for a BJP candidate. 
• Report calls for the scrapping of 100 outdated laws.
• Pakistan had fired across border again in Jammu, 40 BSF posts were targeted.
• Maharashtra vs Gujarat and ammo against PM; BJP and Modi are prime targets.
• Jayalalithaa bail plea hearing is in Karnataka HC soon.
• US is concerned about Pak ceasefire violation along LoC with India.
• World Bank report says Indian economy will grow by 6.4% in 2015-16. 
• Mamata govt in WB admits to terror link in Burdwan blast case.
• Columbus misses Florida on 7th Oct 1492 when he changes course of Travel.
• Carbon paper patented on 7th Oct 1806 in London by inventor Ralph Wedgewood.
• Henry Ford's entire "Highland Park Automobile" factory for the first time on 7th Oct 1913, was run on a continuously moving assembly line, the chassis was added to this process. 
• U.S. President Kennedy was signed a nuclear test ban treaty on 7th Oct 1963 with Britain and the Soviet Union. 
• Disney World was opened in Orlando, Florida on 7th Oct 1971.
• A record of 147,000,000 shares were exchanged on 7th Oct 1982 on the New York Stock Exchange

Current Affairs, 6th October 2014

• Govt has warned Pak over ceasefire violations again and says Indian armed forces are 'fully ready'.
• Flipkart the e-store fumbles with its pre Diwali biggest-ever sale, website crashes.
• Devaragattu temple in the Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh is strange where devotees go to kill or be killed.
• American-British scientists John O'Keefe and Norwegians May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser have won the 2014 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology.
• Heaviest Pakistani shelling in the decades have devastated hamlet in Jammu.
• Branded ‘ready-to-eat’ food are available on trains from November.
• Skype will block the local voice calls from India starting from Nov 10.
• The first Mennonites arrived on 6th Oct 1683 in America aboard the Concord. The German and Dutch families were settled in an area that is now in Philadelphia, PA. 
• The Reno Brothers pulled the first train robbery on 6th Oct 1866 in America near Seymour, IN. he managed to get away with $10,000. 
• Polygamy was outlawed on 6th Oct 1890 by the Mormon Church. 
• E.L. Lyon became the first male nurse on 6th Oct 1954 for the U.S. Army. 
• Pope John Paul II on 6th Oct 1979 became the first pontiff to visit the White House. 

Current Affairs, 5th October 2014

• Modi heats up Maharashtra poll campaign, slams Pawar but he didnt criticise Shiv Sena.
• India's women champs at Asian Games speak up, take a stand, Glory with gold of Kabbadi .
• Poor lighting have led to the Patna stampede, report says.
• Officials in Tamil Nadu retract, but could not save Jayalalithaa from jail term.
• Google will make search faster on slow mobile networks in India to improve services.
• Jerrie Mock, the first woman to fly solo around the world, died at 88 today.
• US will invest $41 billion in India in coming 3 years.
• Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone on 5th Oct 1864 almost 60,000 died.
• Enzo Ferrari debuted in his first race on 5th Oct 1919. He later founded an independent manufacturing company the "Auto Avio Construzioni Ferrari", which started producing sports cars Ferrari. 
• The Dalai Lama (Lhama Dhondrub, Tenzin Gyatso) was named for the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize on 5th Oct 1989 for his nonviolent campaign to end the Chinese domination of Tibet. Gyatso was the 15th Dalai Lama. 
• Lech Walesa has won Nobel Peace Prize on 5th Oct 1983.