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The 109th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri is also
being celebrated across the country. Leaders of different political parties paid floral
tributes to the former Prime Minister at his memorial Vijayghat in Delhi.
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Turkey president Abdullah Gul.
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Tropical Storm Karen hit US Gulf Coast.
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6th October 2013
Banks to disburse 7 lakh, 50 thousand crore rupees as agriculture loan this
year, says Finance Minister.
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BJP leader L K Advani has said that the Election Commission should convene an allparty meeting for a purposeful debate on the option of a negative vote to voters. In
his latest blog, he however added that along with this provision, voting should be
made mandatory. Mr Advani pointed out that 31 countries have compulsory voting
but only a dozen of them actually enforce it by having deterrent provisions for
citizens who fail to vote without any justified reason.
Election Commission has already said that "None Of The Above" or NOTA option will
be there in the forthcoming Assembly elections to five states.
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India, the world's second biggest wheat and rice grower, saw the number of people
who suffered from chronic hunger drop by 6.5 per cent to 21.38 crore during 201113.
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In Sikkim, the construction work of the green field airport at Pakyong, is expected
to be completed by December next year.
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A group of researchers, led by a prominent Indian scientist has taken a big step
towards developing an universal vaccine that would protect people from every kind
of flu. The leader of the group Ajit Lalvani and a professor at Imperial College,
London said, the key fragments in the internal core of the virus has been identified
which should be included in a vaccine. Their discovery has been published in the
Nature Medicine journal.
7th October 2013
India test-fires its indigenously
missile from Chandipur in Odisha.
developed
nuclear-capable
Prithvi-II
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India successfully test-fired indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II
missile from Integrated Test Range, ITR at Chandipur off Odisha coast.
Inducted into India's Strategic Forces Command in 2003, the Prithvi II
missile, the first missile to be developed by DRDO under India's prestigious
Integrated Guided Missile Development Program is now a proven
technology.
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Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, HUPA, Minister Girija Vyas
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Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI)
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Sri Lankas first elected Tamil Chief Minister took oath before President Mahinda
Rajapaksa in Colombo. The swearing in ceremony was held in Temple Trees, the
official residence of Sri Lankan President.
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8th October 2013
Turkish prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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The 23rd ASEAN Summit will begin in Bruneian capital Bandar Seri Begawan
tomorrow. The focus of the conference is stressing the role of the people among
ASEAN member states in advancing cooperation in different sectors.
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The Bangladesh cabinet has approved a proposal ratifying the Extradition Treaty
between Dhaka and New Delhi to facilitate exchange of convicted persons.
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Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh reached Bandar Seri Begawan to attend the
11th India-ASEAN Summit and the 8th East Asia summit. India is one of the ASEAN
dialogue partners, alongside Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, South
Korea and the United States.
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Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah
Bruneian Capital Bandar Seri Begawan
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Ending speculations over the future of their partnership, Bharti Enterprises and WalMart Stores Inc. said that they are going separate ways for operations in the Indian
retail sector.
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Railways have signed an MoU with Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA,
for conducting a detailed study for running bullet train on Mumbai-Ahmedabad
route
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Dr. Iravatham Mahadevan received prestigious Tolkappiyar Award for his immense
contribution in the area of Epigraphy.
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10th October, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says India is ready to sign free trade
agreement with ASEAN by the end of this year.
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan kidnapped by an armed group.
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Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan
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11th October 2013
US Fiscal Year- 1st October to 30th September
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A young man from India is among 10 people from around the world selected for a
prestigious United Nations award in recognition of their work as entrepreneurs and
use of technology to change the world.
The winner from India is Varun Arora who created 'Open Curriculum', an online
platform for local educational material for standard, primary and secondary
schooling.
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12th October 2013
State of art Geo-scientific research vessel- RV Samudra Ratnakar dedicated
to the nation at Kandla Port in Gujarat.
Prime Minister wraps up his visit to Brunei and Indonesia expanding
India's 'Look East' policy beyond economic ties.
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The India Post has launched an instant electronic money transfer service in
partnership with Wall Street Exchange, a company of UAE's Emirates Post Group.
Under the agreement, recipients will be able to receive their payment at any of the
identified 17,500 post offices in India by producing the unique transaction number
along with their identity and KYC documents. Money will be available for payment
immediately.
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World Arthritis Day is being observed across the globe
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US President Barack Obama signed a bill into law, early this morning, to end a 16day government shutdown and increase the current debt ceiling of 16.7 trillion
dollars to prevent the country from a debt default with potentially worldwide
economic repercussions.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said in a statement that the effective time
for the continuing resolution begins on October 1st, 2013 and added that the law
also extends the Nation's debt limit through till February 7th, 2014.
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Visiting Hungarian Prime Minister Mr. Viktor Orban called on President Pranab
Mukherjee
Earlier, Mr. Viktor Orban paid floral tributes at Rajghat, Samadhi of Mahatma
Gandhi.
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A violin that was played to help calm passengers as the Titanic was sinking, has
gone on display in Britain before being sold at an auction. The instrument belonged
to the band leader, Wallace Hartley who died along with 1500 others, when the ship
went down in 1912.
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Scientists have discovered a new species of dragon tree in Thailand. The newly
discovered dragon tree species 'Dracaena Kaweesakii' is characterised by its
extensive branching and can reach 12 metres in both height and crown diameter.
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20th October 2013
Arab nations call upon Saudi Arabia to rethink on rejecting UN Security
Council temporary membership.
World Osteoporosis day.
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Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami
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The Arab envoys to the United Nations have called upon Saudi Arabia to reverse its
decision to reject a temporary seat on the UN Security Council. In a statement, the
Arab Group has lauded the role played by the Saudi Kingdom and urged it to
continue to defend the Arab issues by taking the Security Council seat. Saudi
Arabia won a two-year seat on the Security Council in a vote on October 17. But
the very next day it rejected the seat citing the failure of the UN Security Council to
take action on the Syrian crisis and the Palestinian issue. No country has ever
previously been elected to the Security Council and not taken the seat. Meanwhile,
Arab League Chief Nabil El Arabi has endorsed the stand taken by Saudi Arabia and
said Security Council has failed to live up to its mandate.
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The UN envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi
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21st October 2013
CBSE to introduce Open Text Based Assessment system from next
academic session.
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The UN Special envoy on Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi has announced that an agreement
has been reached to hold Geneva-II peace conference on Syria in November.
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Minister
Nawaz
Sharif's
plea
for
an
Race for the 3rd Formula One Indian Grand Prix to begin at the Buddh
International circuit at Greater Noida.
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Reserve Bank of India hikes Repo Rate by 0.25 per cent to 7.75 percent;
Marginal Standing Facility rate also reduced by 0.25 per cent. Growth
prospect for current fiscal cut to 5 per cent.
Air Marshal Arup Raha to be the next Chief of Indian Air Force.
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The RBI left other rates , such as the cash reserve ratio unchanged at 4 per cent,
and Mandatory holdings in government securities and other liquid assets as a
solvency measure the (SLR) at 23 per cent. However, the Governor doubled the
borrowing limit of banks against their cash positions or Net demand and time
liability (NDTL ) to 0.5 per cent for both 7-day and 14-day repos, with immediate
effect to increase liquidity in the system.
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The Government today announced that Air Marshal Arup Raha, an ace fighter pilot,
will take over as the next Air Force chief after Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne retires
on December 31st.
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The Prime Minister inaugurated the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Museum at
Ahmedabad in Gujarat
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