Current Affairs 6th October 2016

Current Affairs 6th October 2016

National News:

• Cabinet approves amendment bill related to HIV/AIDS
• CCEA gives nod to acquisition of 11 per cent stake in Russian oil company
• PM to visit Lucknow to celebrate Dusshera
• Odisha: NHRC seeks report on ration denial to HIV positive orphans

International News:

• India – Singapore Finance Dialogue
• Prime Minister holds bilateral meeting with Sri Lankan counterpart in New Delhi
• Myanmar scraps stringent emergency law
• France becomes first country to ban plastic cups and plates

New Appointments :

• Major General Nilendra Kumar is appointed new Additional Director General NCC Directorate, Jammu and Kashmir

Banking:

• India’s GDP growth to remain strong at 7.6% in 2016, 7.7% in 2017, says World Bank

Business & Economy :

• Master Card launches ‘selfie pay’ app in Europe

Sports:

• Pakistan debarred from Kabaddi World Cup 2016

Awards:

• Nayanjot Lahiri wins 2016 John F Richards Prize
• Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L Feringa won 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Former ISRO chief U R Rao becomes first Indian to be inducted into IAF Hall of Fame
• Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowships and awards for the Year-2015 presented

Obituaries:

• Noted Kerala artist Yusuf Arakkal dies at 71
• Dhoni’s friend who taught him helicopter shot died at 32