Current Affairs 7 October 2015
National
- Pravasi Bharatiya Divas conference will be held in New Delhi from 8th to 10th January next year
- PM & German Chancellor to attend ‘Digitizing Tomorrow’ summit in Bengaluru
- Jharkhand to have exclusive government women colleges in all 24 districts
- Vinay Kwatra appointed as joint secretory in PMO
- Hritik roshan chosen India’s ambassador for ‘World’s Largest Lesson’ by UNICEF
- India joins nine nation consortium to build world’s largest radio telescope
International
- US lawmakers welcomes free trade deal by 12 Pacific rim countries
- Volkswagen admits rigging of 8 million cars in EU
- US charges ex-UNGA president John Ashe for corruption
- Takaaki Kajita (Japan) and Arthur Mcdonald (Canada) won Nobel prize for physics
- UK hacked routers in Pakistan to identify terrorists claims Edward snowden
Politics
- Owaisi opposes move to take UP man’s lynching issue to UN
- Case filed against Lalu over his beef consumption remark
- Delhi government appointed committee recommends hike in the salary of MLAs of Delhi Assembly
- Eminent author Nayantara Sehgal today returns the Sahitya Akademi award in protest against increasing intolerance
- Congress MLA Ajay Rai arrested for role in Varanasi violence
Business
- Facebook to launch satellite to provide internet access in Africa
- Microsoft introduces Surface book Laptop with windows 10
- Apple buys artificial start-up Perceptio
- Facebook and whatsapp top social media apps used in India says report
- iGate CEO, Ashok Vemuri, resigns
Defense
- Indian Navy’s first totally indigenously designed and built TRV, INS Astradharani commissioned in Visakhapatnam today
- Indian army opens veterans shelter home ‘Ashray’ at panchkula
- Nirbhaya cruise missile to face another test flight this month
- IAF launches bus with simulator and aircraft models to attract youth
- UK government will send country’s first cyber security delegation to India, ahead of PM Modi’s visit to UK
Sports
- Rio 2016 Olympic budget cut by upto 30% to avoid overspend
- Indian boxers make good start at World Championships in Doha, Qatar today
- Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne ready for US cricket tour next month
- Indian hockey team disappointed over losing opener match against New Zealand
- Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik orders probe in crowd problem in during India-south Africa t-20 match in Cuttack
