Current Affairs 10 October 2015

National

• Veteran Music Director Ravindra Jain passes away
• President six day visit to Jordan, Palestine, Israel to start from 10^th October
• Sushma Swaraj all set to leave on a two-day visit to Male
• Government launches app to book unreserved rail tickets
• Novelist Shashi Deshpande resigns from Sahitya Akademi over Kalburgi murder

International

• 1st ministerial discussion of BRICS announces ‘Joint Declaration’ to ensure orderly and legal migration
• Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet wins Nobel Peace Prize for 2015
• Nepal to elect its new Prime Minister on Sunday
• EU nations agree to accelerate deportation of failed asylum seekers mainly from poor African countries
• Nepal government frames panel to ease political stand-off with India

Politics

• Election commission issues advisory over campaign speeches
• Tarun Gogoi wants PM to restore special status to Assam NE states
• 42-mega food parks sanctioned by the government will be fully operational in next three years says Harsimrat Kaur Badal
• Arvind Kejrival sacks food and supplies minister Asim khanfor corruption charges
• SC orders trucks to pay surcharge for entering New Delhi to improve air quality

Business

• BSE to start job & consumer sentiment data from 2016
• Future group enters into partnership with Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurveda
• Facebook launches messenger App for Apple watch
• Sun Pharma withdraws suit filed by Ranbaxy against US FDA
• Ola buys minority stacks in ZipCash

Defence

• Army Training Command celebrating Golden Jubilee of India’s victory in 1965 war in Himachal Pradesh
• Army sets artillery for LoC fight
• Operational and training problem to hit induction of women as fighter pilots says Arup Raha
• Ministry of defence selects Samsung K9 thunder SPT howitzer for Indian army
• HAND-IN-HAND, Indo-China military exercise to take place from 12-23 October

Sports

• Indian hockey team beats New Zealand 3-2 in third match in Christchurch
• Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis enter final of women’s doubles event in China Open
• South Africa wins the T-20 series against India; Third match in Kolkata’s Eden Garden washed out
• Indian football team loses 1-2 to Turkmenistan in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
• Odisha government launches investigation into crowd throwing water bottles