| Current affairs - October 2014 |
| 1st October 2014 |
| 1. Afghanistan Signed Bilateral Security Pact With U.S. 2. Fourth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2014-15 released by RBI 3. Former International cricket umpire Mohammad Ghouse passed away at 83 4. After President Authorization, Vigilance Commissioner Rajiv to act as CVC 5. RIP Orkut 6. Apollo Hospitals tied up with Pharma firm Sanofi |
| 2nd October 2014 |
| 1. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched by PM Narendra Modi 2. Mary Kom punched Gold at Asian Games Gold In Incheon 3. Justice GS Singhvi Appointed As Chairman of COMPAT 4. Indian men hockey team clinched gold after 16 years in Asian Games |
| 3rd October 2014 |
| 1. After men, women too won gold in kabaddi at Asian Games 2014 2. Veteran industrialist Pollachi Mahalingam passes away |
| 4th October 2014 |
| 1. 17th Asian Games concluded 2. Several killed and Injured in a stampede in Gandhi Maidan in Bihar 3. On 4th October World animal day observed accross the globe 4. Chennai Super Kings bagged CLT20 title |
| 5th and 6th October 2014 |
| 1. Shah Rukh Khan conferred with Global Diversity Award 2014 2. Carzonrent unit acquired by Sumitomo for 200 crore rupees 3. TS GENCO and BHEL signed MoU to establish thermal power plant in Telangana 4. First womb-transplant baby of world born to Swedish woman 5. John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I.Moser named for 2014 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 2014 6. Jamia hamdard univ chancellor Saiyid Hamid conferred with Sir Ross Masood Lifetime Achievement Award 2014 |
| 7th October 2014 |
| 1. US swimmer Michael Phelps banned for 6 months 2. Hewlett-Packard to split into two publicly traded companies 3. Rahul Keshav Patwardhan will be next CEO of NIIT Limited 4. Single visa deal inked between UK and Ireland 5. Nobel Prize 2014 for Physics |
| 8th October 2014 |
| 1. South Asia Economic Focus report released by World Bank 2. On 6th October, World Habitat Day observed across the globe 3. Noted German author Siegfried Lenz passed away 4. Jet Airways got government approval for appointment of Cramer Ball as CEO 5. India-Myanmar Service (IMS) launched by SCI 6. Waislitz Global Citizen Award 2014 bagged by Anoop Jain 7. On 8th October Air Force Day was celebrated by Indian Air Force |
| 9th October 2014 |
| 1. Pashmina Promotion Programme (P3) launched by Union Government 2. Book titled "Syntheism: Creating God in The Internet Age" authored by Alexander Bard released 3. At Georgetown University, Pratima Dharm appointed as first Hindu priest 4. Veteran journalist Madhav Vittal Kamath passed away at 93 5. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's India Visit 6. 9th October observed as World Post Day acorss the globe 7. Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2014 was bagged by Eric Betzig, Stefan W Hell and William E. Moerner 8. Nobel prize in Literature 2014 was bagged by Patrick Modiano |
| 10th October 2014 |
| 1. HUL got its first woman director with appointment of Kalpana Morparia 2. Nobel peace prize 2014 won by Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai 3. Aamir Khan appointed as the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia 4. Prosper Utseya of Zimbabwe and Sohag Gazi of Bangladesh banned by ICC for illegal action |
| 11th October 2014 |
| 1. First National Mental Health Policy of India launched by Union Health Minister 2. UK-India Financial Partnership launched by India and UK government 3. Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana launched by PM 4. International Edition of "Encyclopaedia of Hinduism" released by India Heritage Research Foundation 5. October 11 observed as International Day of the Girl Child across the globe 6. Vodafone won Rs. 3200 crore case in Bombay High Court |
| 12th October 2014 |
| 1. Indian Super League inaugurated at Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata 2. Roger Federer won Shanghai Masters to bag his 81st career title 3. Lewis Hamilton wins F1 Russian Grand Prix |
| 13th October 2014 |
| 1. After 25 years Yal Devi Express flagged off by Srilankan President 2. Cyclone Hudhud struck coastal areas of India 3. Amazon and Future Groups inked deal for selling goods online jointly 4. India signed Minamata Convention to control Mercury Pollution 5. Jean Tirole of France won Nobel Prize for Economics of 2014 |
| 14th October 2014 |
| 1. Former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi removed as President of RCA 2. Kishore Kumar Award for 2012-13 bagged by Lyricist Sameer 3. Lok Sabha MP Kapil Krishna Thakur passed away 4. Dutch Open Grand Prix badminton tournament title clinched by Ajay Jayaram 5. Yemen appointed Khalid Bahah as new prime minister 6. India Ranked at 55th Position in Global Hunger Index Report 2014 |
| 15th October 2014 |
| 1. Author Richard Flanagan from Australia bagged Man Booker Prize of 2014 2. CPCL got new Managing Director with appointment of Gautham Roy 3. October 15 observed as Global Handwashing Day observed across the globe 4. Book titled Untold Story of Indian Public Sector authored by Dr. U.D. Choubey released 5. KayPay - A facebook based funds transfer platform launched by Kotak Mahindra Bank |
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