Current Affair 4-5 October 2015

Current Affair 4-5 October 2015

National

• Mann Ki Baat programme on AIR completes one year
• Gujarat Govt launches special Khadi Utsav in Ahmedabad
• National institute of oceanology, Goa, has found rare coral off the konkan coast, named after famous Maratha admiral kanhoji Angre
• India’s death toll in Haj stampede rises to 58
• Former home secretary VK Duggal appointed to WHO advisory group
• Renowned Telugu Cinema producer Edida Nageswara Rao passes away

International

• Germany celebrates 25 years of unification Politics
• Russia must not hit wrong targets says French PM Manuel Valls
• Governing Centre Right coalition parties led by Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho wins Portugal general election 2015
• German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit India from October 4-6 for the third Inter-Governmental Consultations (IGC) between India and Germany.
• Bangladesh PM Hasina Begam, dismissed IS’s claims of murdering two foreigners in one week

Politics

• Patna police issue order to arrest Bihar SP Chief Ram Chandra Prasad
• Delhi court sends AAP MLA Bharti to Tihar Jail for a day
• Gujarat State EC postpones general elections of municipal corporations, panchayats & local bodies
• Parliament panel on Lokpal gets 3^rd extension till 15^th November
• Finance Minister Arun Jaitley leaves for 10-day tour of US

Business

• Government to make PAN card must for cash spending over a limit says Arun jaitley
• Soon Fabindia and paymond store to sell khadi apparel
• Adani Ports inks MoU with L&T for Kattupalli Port Operations
• Trucks off roads on day 3 of nationwide strike
• Google officially becomes subsidiary of its new parent  Alphabet Inc

Defence

• DRDO sets up world’s highest terrestrial research centre at Changla near Pengong lake in Ladakh
• Army to deploy remote controlled guns on LoC
• Indian airforce need over 100 Rafale or similar jets, says air chief marshal Arup Raha
• INS Kalvari, scorpene class submarine begins first phase of sea trails
• Army planning to make separate wing for veterans in military hospitals says Army Chief Dalbir singh

Sports

• 2nd edition of ISL begins today at Chennai
• Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis win Wuhan Open title
• Shashank Manohar to be elected unopposed as BCCI president
• South Africa beat India by 7 wickets in the first T-20 Cricket match at Dharamshala
• Indian Men’s Hockey team wins against New Zealand A today
• Newly elected BCCI Prez Manohar stresses on clean-up of BCCI
• Group B Ranji Trophy: Punjab register victory over Railways