Current Affairs 1 October 2015
National
- Centre releases commemorative postal stamp on Dr Ambedkar
- Tamil Nadu hikes MSP for paddy procurement
- Delhi Government approves creation of Delhi Healthcare Corporation
- India to hold G20 Chair in 2018, Delhi may play host
- German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit India between October 4 and 7 to attend the 3rd Inter-governmental consultations
International
- Russia to propose UNSC resolution on fighting terrorism
- China launches 20th satellite for BeiDou Navigation system
- Sharif proposes 4-step peace plan
- Kartik Chandran, an Indian-American Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia Engineering, named 2015 MacArthur Fellow with a “genius grant”
- Germany to give 100 million Euros for refugees
Politics
- Congress expresses concern over current political situation in Nepal
- TDP Prez N. Chandrababu Naidu elevates his son Lokesh as Party’s General Secy
- SC to hear on Monday plea against HC orders over beef ban in J&K
- Election commission bans exit polls from 12 October in Bihar
- Hardik Patel announces to form new group
Business
- Venkaiah Naidu launches PM MUDRA Loan Mela in Andhra
- India overtakes US, China as top FDI destination in first half of 2015
- Not banned export of Basmati rice, clarifies Centre
- India up 16 places to 55th on global competitiveness index
- RCom, Reliance Jio in talks for spectrum sharing
- Naina Lal Kidwai to step down as Chairperson of HSBC India
Defense
- India, Japan, US to coordinate policies on China’s maritime activities
- India’s most modern missile destroyer INS Kochi inducted into Navy
- India, Japan, U.S. discuss maritime security in trilateral meet
- Russia launches airstrikes against IS in Syria
- L&T grabs $750 million contract to supply 100 self-propelled artillery guns
Sports
- Asian Air Gun Championships: Heena clinches gold medal in women’s 10 metre air pistol event
- Delhi takes on Rajasthan in Ranji opener
- West Indies fails to qualify for 2017 Champions Trophy in England
- Boxer Sarita Devi completes one ban
- India announces 22 members for 2018 world cup qualifiers
