Current Affairs October, 2016

• India, Russia ink agreement to set up 25 Agro Irradiation Centres
• India to eliminate use of HFC-23 by 2030
• India ranked 97th in 2016 Global Hunger Index

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has formally elected Antonio Guterres (67) as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations.

India has been ranked low 97th among the 118 countries surveyed in 2016 Global Hunger Index (GHI).

Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has recognised a group of 22 MPs belonging to smaller parties and certain Independents as a consolidated bloc — the United Group. With this recognition the United Group, will be the third largest group of MPs in the Rajya Sabha, after the Congress and the BJP.

India has decided to eliminate use of HFC-23, a greenhouse gas (GHG) that harms the ozone layer by 2030.

India and Russia have signed an agreement for cooperation in the development of a network of 25 integrated infrastructure Agro irradiation centres.

American singer-songwriter, artist and writer Bob Dylan (75) has won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature.

• IISER researchers use human hair to produce cheaper cathodes for solar cells
• Union Cabinet approves establishment of IIM in Jammu
• 13th October : International Day for Disaster Reduction

The first World Tsunami Awareness Day will be celebrated on November 5, 2016 at the Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) 2016.

The Union Cabinet has approved the establishment and operationalisation of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at Jammu.

The Central Government has brought final draft of the National Water Framework Bill, 2016 to provide uniform national legal framework to manage water in a better and efficient way The comprehensive draft Bill proposes model law for all states.

Researchers from Kolkata based Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) have produced cost-effective, metal-free cathodes using human hair for use in solar cells.