Daily Current Affairs Updates

Eminent writer C Radhakrishnan was selected for the prestigious Mathrubhumi Literary Award for the year 2016. He was selected by a panel chaired by novelist M Mukundan in recognition of his contribution to the field of literature.

Senior IFS officer Amandeep Singh Gill was appointed as the India̢۪s Ambassador to the UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva. He is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of 1992 batch.

Conglomerate Hinduja Group̢۪s flagship company Ashok Leyland has unveiled country̢۪s first 100 per cent indigenously made electric bus which are non-polluting and have zero-emissions.

India has completed its nuclear triad by inducting the first indigenously built strategic nuclear submarine INS Arihant into service.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated three hydro-electric projects (HEPs) with a generating capacity of 1,732 MW in Himachal Pradesh.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the National SC/ST hub and the Zero Defect, Zero Effect (ZED) scheme for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) at Ludhiana in Punjab. Besides, he also presented National Awards to MSMEs.

• BIMSTEC countries express commitment to combat terrorism in all its forms
• National Summit on Fortification of Food inaugurated in New Delhi
• Historic Global Greenhouse gas emission Agreement signed in Kigali

The five-nation group of emerging economies BRICS has agreed to set up an independent BRICS Rating Agency in its efforts to challenge western hegemony in the world of finance.

A historic global climate deal was reached in Kigali, Rwanda at the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MOP28).

The National Summit on Fortification of Food was recently inaugurated in New Delhi to address interventions in combating micronutrient malnutrition in the country.

The BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) countries have expressed commitment to combat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.

• Russia, India ink defence deal on S-400 Air Defence Systems
• Saraswati River existed: KS Valdiya committee
• 16 October: World Food Day