1. The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was observed on 17 October 2013 to promote people’s awareness of the need to eradicate poverty and destitution worldwide, particularly in developing countries. 2. The Union cabinet of India approved on 17 October 2013 the appointment of a three-member supervisory committee headed by a representative of the Central Water Commission on construction of Babhli Barrage issue.The Babhli project / barrage is a controversial reservoir project being constructed by Maharashtra state across the river Godavari. 3. Hilary Clinton was awarded the first founders’ award from the Elton John AIDS Foundation in New York on 15 October 2013 for her work to help HIV/AIDS victims. 4. Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh today released the book Walking With Giants — a lesson in modern Indian history a memoir written by former Finance Secretary G. Ramachandran. 5. Top English Premier League side Liverpool on 16 October 2013 launched a residential football academy in Pune in partnership with city-based DSK Shivajians FC. 6. The government of Canada announced honorary Canadian citizenship for Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai. 7. Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize on 10 October 2013 for literature. She was the first Canadian woman to take the Nobel Prize since its launch in 1901. 8. Sein Win, a renowned journalist in Myanmar who championed press freedom and endured three stints in prison as he chronicled several decades of his country’s turbulent history, died on Thursday at 91. 9. Thirty-seven per cent of Western Ghats declared as ecologically sensitive area includes reserve forests, national parks and wildlife sanctuaries which are already protected. 10. Russia has proposed a nuclear deal with Iran, involving the lifting of sanctions if Tehran agrees to put all its atomic installations under international supervision. October 18: Top 10 Current Affairs 1. The Reserve Bank will shortly issue Rs 10 denomination banknotes with rupee symbol bearing the signature of new governor Raghuram Rajan. 2. Union Government of India appointed on 17 October 2013 Gireesh B. Pradhan, former Secretary of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, as the Chairperson of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC). 3. Saudi Arabia has rejected a rotating seat at the Security Council, as a mark of protest against the perceived inaction by the world body against Syria. 4. Manipur Defeated Haryana to Lift 54th Subroto Cup Football Tournament. The Subroto Cup Football Tournament is primarily an inter-school football tournament in India, which is named after Indian Air Force Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee. 5. Aditya Mehta re-wrote cuesport history by becoming the first-ever Indian to reach the final of a professional snooker tournament as he overcame World No.5 Stephen Maguire from Scotland 4-3 in the semi-final of the Indian Open on Friday. 6. As the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda is being celebrated, many are not even aware of his stenographer Josiah Goodwin, who played a key role in immortalizing his lectures and preachings. 7. The World Bank has praised Indias evacuation of nearly 10 lakh people in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, which ensured minimal loss of human lives, before the cyclone Phailin made landfall and attributed it to its years of disaster management preparedness. 8. Hollywood superstar Hugh Jackman has been chosen over a Bollywood star as the brand ambassador of Indian mobile handset brand Micromax. 9. Under the new discovery dubbed as Li-Fi, a light bulb with embedded microchips can produce data rates as fast as 150 megabits per second. Chinese scientists have successfully developed a new cheaper way of getting connected to internet by using signals sent through light bulbs instead of radio frequencies. 10. Sarojini Varadappan, the renowned social worker died on 17 October 2013 in Chennai following a brief illness.
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