Current Affairs 24th October 2016

Current Affairs 24th October 2016

National News:

• President Pranav Mukherjee inaugurated the Sardar Patel Heart Institute at Ankleshwar in Gujarat
• Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna (PMUY) aims at providing five crore LPG connections to Below Poverty Line households in the country within three years
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a campaign through which people can send their Diwali greetings and messages to the soldiers to boost their morale – #Sandesh2Soldiers campaign
• In Jammu and Kashmir over 800 years old village Itchu in Ladakh region has been electrified for the first time using solar micro grids
• Gurugram traffic police to get body-worn cameras
• Union Government holds tripartite talks with Manipur government, KNO, UPF
• Rajasthan to launch India’s 1st indigenous olive oil brand
• Railways to introduce 9 more trains in UP by Nov-end
• ‘Happiness junction’ inaugurated at Bihar’s railway station

International News:

• Air India makes world record for longest nonstop flight
• India’s Chandrayaan-1 helped NASA detect water on Moon

New Appointment :

• Committee Setup to H5 Avian Influenza Outbreak

Banking :

• ICICI, Axis, StanChart get back $2.5 bn of Essar loans
• SEBI relaxes restrictions on 40 entities

Business & Economy :

• Aditya Birla Group to invest Rs. 20,000 cr in Madhya Pradesh
• Power Grid’s board approves investments of Rs1k crore

Awards:

• The highest French civil distinction, Chevalier de la L gion d Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) was conferred on MD Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Sports: 

• India beat Iran to win 2016 Kabaddi World Cup
• North Korea won 2016 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup
• Goa given green light to host FIFA U-17 World Cup
• Pelé holds Guinness World Record for most career goals

Obituary: 

• Mehar Mittal, legend of comedy in Punjabi movies, passes away
• The first woman to conquer Mount Everest, Junko Tabei, died of peritoneal cancer in Japan