Current Affairs 27th October, 2015

 

OROP likely before Diwali

The order on One Rank One Pension (OROP) for the armed forces will be issued “in a few days,” after the assembly elections in Bihar and the code of conduct comes to an end. “I am trying to have it before Diwali,” Mr. Parrikar said when asked if it would be a Diwali gift for the veterans.
On September 5, the government made an announcement on the implementation of the long pending scheme and Mr. Parrikar had stated that the notification would be issued in a month.

 

Refugee athletes allowed to compete at Rio under Olympic flag

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach on 26th October said top refugee athletes with no home country to represent would be allowed to compete at the 2016 Rio Games.
Mr. Bach\'s statement comes as Europe attempts to cope with a surge in refugees fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa.

Comedian elected Guatemala President in landslide victory

Comedian and political neophyte Jimmy Morales was elected President of Guatemala in a landslide.
The 46-year-old conservative swept to victory on Sunday on a tide of voter outrage over a corruption scandal that felled his predecessor, Otto Perez.
A comic actor and TV personality who has never held elected office, Morales now must set about governing one of Central America’s poorest countries with little to work with but high public expectations and a deep yearning for change. His conservative FCN-Nacion party holds only 11 seats in the 158-seat Congress, but Morales won 67 per cent of the vote.
An estimated 54 per cent of Guatemala’s 15.8 million people live below the poverty line of $1.50 a day, and 6,000 people a year died as a result of violence, one of the highest murder rates in Latin America. It is still recovering from a 36-year civil war that ended in 1996.
Run-off in Argentina
In Argentina, ruling party candidate Daniel Scioli had 36.9 per cent of the vote and opposition candidate Mauricio Macri had 34.3.
The tight finish means Macri and Scioli will square off in a November 22 run-off.

Big quake jolts Pak, Afghanistan

The death toll could climb in coming days because communications were down in much of the rugged Hindu Kush mountain range where the quake was centred.
In one of the worst incidents, at least 12 girls were killed in a stampede to flee their school building in the northeastern Afghan province of Takhar, just west of Badakhshan province where the tremor’s epicentre was located.
Shockwaves were felt in New Delhi in northern India and across northern Pakistan, where hundreds of people ran out of buildings as the ground rolled beneath them. No deaths were reported in India.
The quake was 213 km deep and centred 254 km northeast of Kabul in Badakhshan province.
The U.S. Geological Survey initially measured the magnitude at 7.7, and then revised it down to 7.5. Just over a decade ago, a 7.6-magnitude quake in another part of northern Pakistan killed about 75,000 people.
In Afghanistan, a total of 52 were reported dead on Monday. In addition to the 12 schoolgirls in Takhar, seven people died in the eastern province of Nangarhar, two in Nuristan province in the northeast, three in eastern Kunar province and nine in Badakhshan, officials said.

Reliance starts online sale of cement

Currently, the service is offered in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.

Reliance Cement Company (RCC), a subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure, has started e-tailing facility in three States to provide cement online to customers.
"Buying of cement has been made so easy that anytime at your comfort and convenience one can log on to www.reliancecement.com to order cement at door steps. The e-tailing facility is available in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra," a Reliance Cement spokesperson said here on Monday.


Delivery within 48 hours
"The e-tailing facility is available for a minimum order of 25 bags, and our endeavour would be to deliver within 48 hours," he said.
The company has successfully launched several innovative customer-friendly services such as "On-site Expert Service."

Geetanjali Kirloskar to join Board of Videocon d2h

She is a successful entrepreneur and the chairperson of Sakra World Hospital.

Videocon d2h Limited, India's fastest growing DTH service and India’s most valued company on NASDAQ by market capitalisation, announced that the shareholders of the Company approved the appointment of Geetanjali Kirloskar as an Independent Director, subject to the approval of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

NITI Aayog panel moots private funding for R&D

A NITI Aayog panel on innovation has recommended that the private sector should help fund research and development, including in research labs at universities and startups.
In contrast, Google's origins can be traced to research projects that were funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and a large part of Apple's success can be credited to the U.S. government’s small-business administration program that provides investment assistance to startups.
The Indian panel has also recommended improved tax benefits for investments equivalent to a percentage of corporate profits in research labs in universities and startups.

Hamilton wins U.S. Grand Prix for third title

Hamilton's German team mate Nico Rosberg, who started on pole, finished second after making a costly late mistake while leading.

Britain's Lewis Hamilton clinched his third Formula One world championship on Sunday after winning a thrilling and unpredictable U.S. Grand Prix for Mercedes.
The 30-year-old became the first British driver to win back to back titles and also the first to win 10 or more races in successive seasons.
Hamilton\'s German team mate Nico Rosberg, who started on pole, finished second after making a costly late mistake while leading. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel took third place a mere 0.5 of a second behind.
Hamilton had needed to beat Vettel by nine points and Rosberg by two to take the crown, but for much of the race it looked as if he would have to wait at least until Mexico next weekend.

Herath leads Lanka to series win over West Indies

Rangana Herath picked up four wickets while spin partner Milinda Siriwardana took three as Sri Lanka defeated West Indies by 72 runs on the fifth day of the second and final test on Monday to win the series 2-0.
West Indies, who lost the first test in Galle by an innings and six runs, were all out for 171 in the second session as their wait for a first win in the format in Sri Lanka continues.
The tourists made a bright start in their chase of 244 but their hopes of a series-levelling win dimmed after losing three quick wickets to the spinners in the morning, with batting mainstay Darren Bravo (61) the only one to offer some resistance.

Deepika Kumari bags silver in Archery World Cup

Deepika Kumari bagged her fourth silver medal in five years at the ‘Archery World Cup Final' after going down to Korea's Choi Misun in Mexico City.
Eyeing her first gold medal in five attempts at the showpiece season-ending event, Deepika won her quarters and semifinals easily but lost 2-6 against the reigning world number one and top-seeded Misun on 25th October.
India thus concluded their campaign with two silver medals with Abhishek Verma opening the account for the country in the compound section on Saturday.
Deepika and Misun split points in the first set after shooting 29 each but the 19-year-old Korean put her Indian opponent on the backfoot reeling off two more 29-point sets to take an unassailable 5-1 lead.
Both the archers put in 28 each in the last to split the set points as it was another disappointing end for Deepika.

 

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