WEEKLY NEWS (18 OCT TO 25 OCT) -------------------------------------------------- 1. Manohar Lal Khattar takes over as new Haryana CM.Senior BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Haryana today. 2. India world’s 4th largest steel maker at 62.41 MT in Jan-Sept. First is China. 3. SBI launches mPassBook facility on its smartphone application. The nations largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) launched a facility called mPassBook today, on its State Bank Anywhere mobile application, for its retail banking users. 4. PM announces Rs.745 crore for Kashmirs damaged homes, hospitals. 5. China launches AIIB to rival World Bank. Australia, Indonesia and South Korea skipped the launch of a China-backed Asian infrastructure bank on Friday as the United States said it had concerns about the new rival to Western-dominated multilateral lenders. 6. EU doubles assistance to combat Ebola to 1 bn Euros .The European Union has nearly doubled its assistance to combat the raging Ebola virus in West Africa to 1 billion Euros. 7. Pankaj Advani won World Billiards Point Format Championship. Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani won World Billiards Point Format Championship on 24 October 2014.In the title clash played at Leeds, United Kingdom, Advani outplayed Singapore’s Peter Gilchrist, 6-2. 8. Stamp on Sri Lankan Buddhist monk Dharmapala released .A commemorative postage stamp on Sri Lankan Buddhist monk Anagarika Dharmapala, who is credited to have revived Buddhism in India in the 19th century, was released in New Delhi on Saturday by President Pranab Mukherjee. 9. Ashwika Kapur won 2014 Panda Award for her film on a Kakapo parrot. 10. Sahil Doshi won 2014 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. 11. Dhoni buys Ranchi franchise of Hockey India League. India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sahara Adventure Sports Limited are co—owners of new Ranchi—franchise of Hockey Indian League (HIL), Ranchi Rays, which was unveiled on Saturday. 12. India and Nepal have inked the Power Trade Agreement (PTA), allowing exchange of electricity and opening up new vistas of cooperation in the hydro-power sector. 13. Malala Yousafzai conferred 2014 Liberty Medal. Pakistani teenager and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has been conferred the 2014 Liberty Medal for her continued demonstration of courage and resilience in the face of adversity and for serving as a powerful voice for those who have been denied their basic human rights and liberties. 14. Union Government constituted Vishwanathan committee to provide Bankruptcy code for SMEs. 15. Mayank Ashar appointed as MD and CEO of Cairn India. 16. Joko Widodo is the new Indonesian President. 17. WHO declares Nigeria free of Ebola. The World Health Organization declared on Monday that Nigeria is free of Ebola, a rare victory in the months-long battle against the fatal disease. 18. MP to celebrate 2015 as Tourism Year. 19. Union Cabinet approved inter-governmental MoU to upgrade Chabahar port of Iran. 20. India set to become USD 2 trillion economy this year: IMF. 21. A five-year-old Indian boy, Harshit Saumitra, has become the youngest person to reach the Everest Base Camp (EBC). 22. Narinder Batra was elected unopposed as the president of the Hockey India while Mohammed Mushtaq Ahmad and Rajinder Singh were elected as new general secretary and treasurer respectively at the 4th Hockey India Congress, in New Delhi on Monday.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 04:54:38 +0000
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