Important Current Affairs- 20 October 2013 1) Four Indians in Fortune’s ‘power women’ list: Four Indians led by ICICI Bank CEO, Chanda Kochhar, have made it to Fortune magazine’s global list of top-50. Kochhar has been ranked fourth, followed by National Stock Exchange chief Chitra Ramkrishna at 17th, Axis Bank’s Shikha Sharma at 32nd and HSBC’s Naina Lal Kidwai at 42nd place among the Indians on the international list of most powerful women in business. 2) Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar has been conferred with the first Yash Chopra Memorial Award. 3) Dipika Pallikal beats former World No. 1 to win Macau Open 4) Olympian Sumit Sangwan (81kg) and Vikash Malik (60kg) fought through tough contests to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the World Boxing Championships. 5) India cricket tour of South Africa likely in December. 6) World Osteoporosis Day is observed annually on 20 October. The day marks the launch of a year-long campaign dedicated to raising global awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis. 7) Senior CPI(M) leader V.S. Achuthanandan turned 90. (8) Indian Space Research Organization completed integration of its Mars mission satellite on Sunday with the rocket while the heat shield is expected to be closed in couple of days 9) Indian banks have enough capital to absorb losses until the delayed projects revive and start generating revenues to repay loans, said Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan. 10) Dept of Posts cuts banking fund proposal to Rs 623 cr 11) Tata, SIA get govt approval for airline venture’s name: Tatas’ proposed aviation venture with Singapore Airlines has got Corporate Affairs Ministry’s approval to use the name ‘Tata SIA Airlines Limited’ Read More>>currentaffairs4examz/2013/10/current-affairs-updates-20-october-2013.html
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