~~~~~~Daily Current Affairs : 23rd October 2013~~~~~~~ 1. India and China on Wednesday reached a comprehensive agreement to avoid border tensions and army face-offs along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) 2. Reserve Bank on said it has received USD 10.1 billion under two schemes which were announced last month to attract foreign funds. 3. Moscow, the Capital of Russia hosted the 14th India-Russia Annual Summit on 21 October 2013. Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh and the President of Russia Vladimir Putin co-chaired the summit. 4. GAIL India Ltd on signed an agreement for development of natural gas infrastructure and city gas network in Bihar. 5. Canara Bank signed a MoU with industry body CII to facilitate cheaper credit access to micro, small and medium enterprises. 6. Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII) marked its re-entry into India after five years by opening a branch in Mumbai. 7. India Post on 22 October 2013 released a commemorative postage stamp on the Golden Jubilee of Bhakra Dam. 8. The Finance Ministry decided to pump in Rs 2,000 crore in State Bank of India and Rs 1,800 crore each in IDBI Bank and Central Bank of India as part of the Rs 14,000 crore capital infusion plan for the current fiscal. 9. India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra) expects Indias GDP growth to remain sluggish at 4.9 per cent in the current financial year, due to a mix of domestic and external factors. 10. India will launch the first interplanetary probe, Mars Orbiter Spacecraft onboard the PSLV C-25 on the fifth of next month from Satish Dhawan Space Centre Sriharikota. 11. Lawrence R Klein, Nobel Prize winning economist died on 20 October 2013 in Gladwyne, near Philadelphia. 12. Aung Suu Kyi on 23 October 2013 received the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought at Strasbourg, France. 13. Singer Noel Harrison has died at his home in Devon, aged 79 on 22 October 2013. He was the son of the actor Rex Harrison.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 05:51:43 +0000
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