Important Daily Current Affairs : 30 October 2013 ***************************** 1. Having outfoxed him on Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin has now pipped Barack Obama to the title of the world’s most powerful leader as ranked by Forbes today. 2. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave approval for declaring Bhubaneswar and Imphal airports as international. 3. 21 year old, Srishti Rana has won the coveted Miss Asia Pacific 2013 title outclassing 49 other contestants in Korea on Oct 30th. She has crowned by the reigning Miss Asia Pacific World 2012 Himangini Singh Yadu from India. 4. India’s Alok Kumar and Ashok Shandilya have entered the semi-finals of the World Billiards Championship at Leeds, England. 5. Market regulator Sebi has relaxed the norms for primary issuance of debt securities by companies, in a bid to develop the country’s corporate bond market. 6. India has imposed anti-dumping duty of USD 787 per tonne on import of Paracetamol, a widely used medicine, from China for five years to protect interest of domestic players from the cheap shipments. 7. Isro chairman K Radhakrishnan said “we are awaiting for the approval for the lander for Chandrayaan-2″. A rover was also being developed, he said. 8. It is easiest to start a business in New Delhi within India, while Hyderabad is the fastest for closing an enterprise, says a World Bank study. 9. Blocking egg development in malaria mosquito could reduce transmission of the deadly disease, a new Harvard study has found. 10. India is among the “extreme risk” countries of the world where economic impacts of climate change will be most keenly felt by 2025, according to new research released today.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 11:39:50 +0000
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