1. Khaled Bahah new PM of Yemen
i. In Yemen, President Mansour Hadi has named country’s
envoy to UN, Khaled Bahah as the next Prime Minister. He was among the three
names proposed by the Houthi rebels to end the political standoff in the
country.
ii. The rebel group has welcomed the move and said his
appointment will help the country overcome the difficulties it is going
through. He has earlier served as Yemen’s oil minister before being named as
Yemen’s envoy to the United Nations.
2. PM announces
interim assistance of Rs 1000 crore for AP
i. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced an interim assistance of Rs 1,000 crore for
Andhra Pradesh to take up immediate relief work in the aftermath of the
devastation caused by Cyclone 'Hudhud'.
ii. He also announced
an ex-gratia of Rs two lakh to the next of kin of those killed in the cyclone
and Rs 50,000 to the injured.
Iii. The
Prime Minister said the Meteorological Department had correctly forecast from
October six itself the different aspects of the cyclone like its velocity,
direction and time, leveraging the power of technology.
3.
Global Hunger Index Report 2014 released: India Ranked at 55th Position
i. The 2014 Global Hunger Index (GHI) was
released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI),
Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide.
ii. It revealed that two
billion people were suffering from hidden hunger even though the levels of
hunger in many developing countries decreased.
iii. The 2014 GHI was
calculated for 120 developing countries and countries in transition, 55 of
which have a serious or worse hunger situation.
iv. India improved its
position in the Global Hunger Index in 2014 as it climbed to 55th position
among 76 emerging economies from 63rd position in 2013. Though, it is
still trailing behind countries like Thailand, China, Ghana, Iraq, Sri Lanka
and Nepal.
4. Ajay Jayaram won Dutch Open Grand Prix
badminton tournament
i. Indian shuttler, Ajay
Jayaram won the 50000 dollar Dutch Open Grand Prix badminton tournament on 12
October 2014.
ii. In the title clash
played at the Topsportcentrum Almere in Netherlands, Jayaram defeated
Indonesia’s Ihsan Maulana Mustofa 10-11, 11-6, 11-7, 1-11, 11-9.
iii. This was maiden GP
title for Jayaram and with this win, he also became the first Indian to win
badminton Grand Prix tournament under the new 11x5 scoring system.
5. Mary Kom voted as India's Most
Valuable Player in Asian Games 2014
i. Olympic bronze medalist
MC Mary Kom on 13 October 2014 was chosen as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of
India’s Incheon Asian Games campaign at a felicitation of the medal winners by
contingent sponsors, Samsung India.
ii. Kom, the first
Indian woman boxer to win a gold medal in Asian Games was named as the MVP in a
poll conducted by Samsung.
iii. After topping the
list, the gold medalist in the 2014 Incheon Games in flyweight (-51kg) class,
Mary Kom received 10 lakh rupees.
6. Lyricist Sameer honoured with Kishore
Kumar Award for 2012-13
i. Noted lyricist Sameer was
honoured with the National Kishore Kumar Award for 2012-13. He was awarded
during a function at the legendary singer's birth place Khandwa in Madhya
Pradesh.
ii. The award was handed over
to Sameer by Madhya Pradesh Food and Civil Supplies Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah.
7. JP Morgan cut India 2014-15 growth
forecast to 5.1 percent from 5.3 percent
i. JP Morgan on 10 October 2014 cut its
India GDP growth projection for 2014-15 to 5.1 percent from 5.3 percent.
ii. JP Morgan cited that the industrial output of India in August
2014 rose to 0.4 percent compared to the estimation it was very low.
iii. The Reserve Bank of
India projects GDP to grow at around 5.5 percent in the current fiscal year
ending March 2015.
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