Current Affairs 15th October 2017

Current Affairs 15th October 2017

NATIONAL

• Smriti Irani Opens World Largest B2B Handicraft & Gifts Fair
• World’s Largest Combustion Research Centre Inaugurated at IIT Madras

INTERNATIONAL

• US and Israel announced their withdrawal from the UN’s cultural agency UNESCO
• HPCL, First Indian OMC to Launch Lubricants in Myanmar

AGREEMENT

• Odisha Government Department Signs MOU with SBI

APPOINTMENT

• France’s Audrey Azoulay to be Next UNESCO Chief
• Rukaiya Rangwala Appointed MobiKwik Payment Gateway Head
• Gautam Bambawale Appointed as India’s Ambassador to China

AWARD

• M K Sanu Chosen for Mathrubhumi Literary Award

SPORT

• Esther Staubli, First Female Referee to Officiate at U-17 World Cup
• Jackson Singh Scored India’s First World Cup Goal

OBITUARY

• Historian Satish Chandra Passes Away

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