Current Affairs (07-oct-2013) 1. The flame that will burn at next year’s Sochi Winter Olympics was handed over to Russia on Saturday in the marble stadium that hosted the first modern Games in 1896. 2. Novak Djokovic won his fourth China Open title in five years on Sunday, prevailing 6-3, 6-4 in the final against Rafael Nadal who will replace him as the men’s new world number one on Monday. 3. The long-delayed aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya will be inducted into Indian Navy by Defence Minister A K Antony during his Russia visit slated between November 15-17. 4. Rohan Bopanna ended his long wait for the second title of the season as he lifted the Japan Open trophy with French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin, sailing past Jamie Murray and John Peers on Sunday. 5. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid – are against each other for the last time as both the batsmen will quit the shortest format after the Champions League Twenty20 final at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Sunday. 6. Egyptian jetfighters staged celebratory flights over Cairo on Sunday, ushering in a commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the nation’s last war with Israel on a day when rival rallies by supporters and opponents of the ousted Islamist president carry the potential for violence. 7. China evacuates 4,17,000 people ahead of typhoon. The National Meteorological Center says typhoon ‘Fitow’ is expected to make landfall on early Monday between Zhejiang and Fujian provinces. 8. India is in talks with Uzbekistan for procuring uranium for growing requirement of fuel for its nuclear plants, expected to increase in number in coming years. 9. India’s largest lender, the State Bank of India(SBI) has joined the ranks of a host of other headless public sector undertakings (PSU) after its chairman Pratip Chaudhuri retired on the 30th of September without a successor being notified. Arundhati Bhattacharya was set to take over as the new head, but her appointment has been delayed. 10. India and Bangladesh are set to sign a historic deal to allow cargo trucks from both sides to ply within each other’s territories. This will be for the first time India enters such an agreement with any of its neighborliness countries.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:29:50 +0000
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