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Deepika
Kumari bags silver in Archery World Cup Final
Sports
> Archery
World Cup > 26th October
Deepika
Kumari bagged her fourth silver medal in five years at the 'Archery
World Cup Final' after going down to Korea's Choi Misun. Eyeing her
first gold medal in five attempts at the showpiece season-ending
event, Deepika won her quarters and semifinals easily but lost 2-6
against the reigning world number one and top-seeded Misun.
Magnitude
7.5 quake strikes northeast Afghanistan, tremors felt in India, Pak
World
> Earthquake
in Afghanistan > 26th October
A
powerful 7.5 earthquake shook Pakistan on 26th October. According to
Afghan and Pakistani officials, 237 people died in Pakistan and 74 in
Afghanistan in the magnitude-7.5 quake, which was centered deep
beneath the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan’s sparsely
populated Badakhshan province that borders Pakistan, Tajikistan and
China.
Afghan
authorities were struggling to reach the hardest-hit areas near the
epicenter, located 73 kilometers (45 miles) south of Fayzabad, the
capital of Badakhshan province.
RIL
first corporate to sign revised listing pact with BSE
Corporate
> Reliance
Industries - BSE > 27th October
Reliance
Industries today became the first corporate to sign the revised
listing agreement with the BSE as mandated under the newly introduced
Listing Regulation notified by SEBI. With the signing of the
agreement with BSE, RIL is the first listed company to conform to
SEBI norms.
Others
International
Hockey Federation asks IOA to recognise Hockey India as national
hockey association
Sports
> Hockey > 24th October
The
International Hockey Federation (FIH) has now formally written to the
Indian Olympic Association (IOA), requesting it to remove all
reference of the now defunct Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) from its
records and website, and recognise Hockey India (HI).
After
being blamed of blocking deal, India to adopt a balanced approach at
WTO meet
Economy
> World
Trade Organization > 26th October
India
plans to adopt a more balanced approach at the upcoming World Trade
Organization (WTO) ministerial, not taking any hard stance that can
come in the way of any agreement, after being blamed of blocking a
deal last year.
The
country would strongly take up the issue of food security and
farmers' interest, especially after the US had last month floated a
proposal that sought to dismantle the price support and subsidies of
developing countries.
Importers
and exporters required to use digital signatures from January 1
Economy
> Central
Board of Excise and Customs > 26th October
According
to the Central Board of Excise and Customs, Importers and exporters
will from January 1 have to mandatorily use digital signatures to
file documents. With effect from 1.01.2016, all importers and
exporters using the services of Customs Brokers for formalities under
Customs Act, 1962, will be required to mandatorily file custom
documents under the digital signature certificates.
Underworld
gangster Chhota Rajan arrested in Bali
World
> Chhota
Rajan > 26th October
Underworld
don Rajendra Sadashiv Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan, a former aide of
fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim, has been arrested by the Indonesian
police in the tourist resort of Bali. Chhota Rajan, 56, who had
survived two attacks on his life, was shuttling between Australia and
Indonesia when Australian authorities alerted the Interpol.
India,
Africa cannot be excluded from UN Security Council
World
> UN
Security Council > 27th October
Swaraj
said the 70th session of the UN General Assembly was an opportune
moment to achieve concrete results on this long pending issue.
According
to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Indians and Africans
comprise nearly 2.5 billion people, our nations continue to be
excluded from appropriate representation in the institutions of
global governance. India and Africa can no longer be excluded from
their rightful place of the permanent membership of the UN Security
Council.
India
positions itself as reliable investment partner for Africa
Economy
> Finance > 28th October
At
the ongoing India-Africa summit, India is positioning itself as a
reliable investment partner for Africa's growing economies based on a
model that gives nations a sense of ownership and respects their
long-term interests. Though India may lag behind the neighbour in
numbers, it is still the fifth-largest investor in Africa, behind the
US, France, Malaysia and China.
Centre
bans import of human embryos
India
> Human
Embryos > 28th October
The
Indian government has banned the import of human embryos, which is
likely to affect the surrogacy business in India. Amending its 2013
notification, which has been challenged in the Supreme Court, the
commerce and industry ministry issued a fresh order on October 27
that allows the import of embryos only for research.
Aruna
Sundarajan appointed new Steel Secretary
India
> Aruna
Sundarajan > 28th October
Senior
IAS officer Aruna Sundarajan was appointed as Secretary in Ministry
of Steel as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by
the government. She is among five new Secretaries appointed by the
government.
Ms.
Sundarajan, a 1982 batch IAS officer of Kerala cadre, is presently
Administrator, Universal Service Obligation Fund under Department of
Telecommunications. She has been appointed in place of Rakesh Singh,
who superannuated on September 30.
Source:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/centre-appoints-five-new-secretaries/article7813847.ece
