Current Affairs 11th October 2016

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