Current Affairs October, 2016

Scientists have developed a novel way using of producing electricity from water hydroelectric cell at room temperature without using any power or chemicals.

Indian Navy has commissioned INS Tihayu, a Car Nicobar Class water jet fast attack craft (WJFAC).

The seven-judge Constitution Bench of Supreme Court has questioned whether the practice of using the mass religious appeal by leaders to canvas votes for candidates amounts to a corrupt electoral practice.

• PM launches National SC/ST hub and Zero Defect – Zero Effect scheme
• PM Narendra Modi inaugurates three mega hydro projects in Himachal Pradesh
• Amandeep Singh Gill appointed as India’s Ambassador to UN Conference on Disarmament

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.