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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

 

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