Current Affairs 11th October 2016

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Current Affairs 11th October 2016

National News:

  • MP to launch ‘Lalima Abhiyan’ to make state anaemia free
  • Uttar Pradesh  CM Akhilesh launches Samajwadi smart phone scheme
  • SSB seizes synthetic drug worth Rs. 6 cr on Indo-Nepal Border
  • 18th edition of Maruti Suzuki Raid de Himalaya flagged off
  • Centre provides over Rs 1600 crore to Railways for bio toilets & CCTV cameras
  • Nirmala Sitharaman Launches Enhanced Foreign Trade Data Dashboard
  • Haryana govt to link Public Distribution System to Aadhar cards to make it corruption-free & transparent
  • Public money used for 3.65cr gold donation to temple

International News:

  • Colombian President will donate Nobel prize money to conflict victims
  • INS Sumitra Visits Surabaya

New Appointments:

  • Renu Pall appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Austria

Business & Economy :

  • BHEL commissions another 660 Mw thermal unit in UP
  • eBay paid 9 crore tax in UK on 9,000 crore revenues

Obituary:

  • Former boxing champion Aaron Pryor dies at 60

Sports: 

  • Indians clinches Russian Open Grand Prix title
  • JituRai awarded ‘Champion of Champions’ title by ISSF

Awards: 

  • Rekha won a National Award for ‘Umrao Jaan’
  • Pune NGO wins UN Climate change award
  • Nobel prize in Economics 2016 awarded to Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom
  • Chandigarh Airports Entity Won IBC Award