Current Affairs 13 October 2015

National

• Worst dengue outbreaks in 20 years hits Delhi, 10,250 cases reported
• SC applies pollution cess of rs700 and 1300 on trucks entering Delhi
• Himani savarkar, Hindutva leader passes away
• Noted Kashmiri writer Ghulam Nabi Khayal returns Sahitya Akademi awards
• Rashtiya Swasth Bima Yojna being reconstructed increasing health cover from 30,000 to 1 lakh, includes 10 crore BPL people

International

• Scottish economist Angus Deaton wins Nobel economics prize
• Iran’s Parliament gives Preliminary approval for Nuclear Deal
• Belarus President, Alexander Lukashenko wins 5th term
• Australian parliament resumes with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s new cabinet set
• Egypt court releases 2 sons of Hosani mubarak

Politics

• J&K High Court rules Article 370, granting special status to State, assumes permanent place in Constitution
• Government notifies general conditions for grant of license for cultivation of opium poppy
• Noted Kashmiri writer Ghulam Nabi Khayal returns Sahitya Akademi award
• 57% voting in 1^st phase of bihar polls done
• Khurshid Mehmmod Kasuri’s book launched in Mumbai despite Shiv Sena’s protest

Business

• Shareholding of developing nations in World Bank, IMF should be raised says Finance Minister
• Government extends deadline for central government employees to file details of assets & liabilities
• Udai kumar appointed as interim MD an CEO of MSEI
• Vodafone to launch 4G service in Mumbai by the end of this year
• Dell acquires data storage company MC for $ 67 billion

Defense

• Indian, Chinese armies starts 10-day joint anti-terrorism exercise
• Bi-Annual Air Force Commanders Conference begins on 13 October
• 3rd India-Sri Lanka joint training exercise Mitra Shakti-2015 completes
• Indian Navy organizes awareness event in Chennai
• Nuclear capable cruise missile, Nirbhay to be test fired on 15 October

Sports

• Great Britain beat India by 4-3 in Sultan of Johor Cup Junior Men’s Hockey tournament
• Germany, Poland, Albania, Romania qualify for 2016 European Championships
• India loses first ODI against South Africa by five runs in Kanpur
• Football legend Pele arrives in Kolkata
• Ajay Jayaram wins Dutch Open Badminton title
• Punjab National Bank’s hockey team wins Beighton Cup