Current Affairs Update for 27 October
Deaths
- Senzo Robert Meyiwa, Football captain and goalkeeper of South Africa, died. He played his debut match in the last year on 02nd June 2013.
- Jagdish Sharan Pande, who had worked with Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose under Azad Hind Fauj, died.
Sports
- Sarita Devi and her coaches suspended by International Boxing Association for her protest against the incidence occurred during the Asian Games recently.
- Pankaj Advani won World Billiards Point Format Championship played in United Kingdom.
- Sania Mirza, the famous Tennis Player of India won WTA Finals with Cara Black of Zimbabwe after defeating Peng Shuai and Hsieh Su-Wei. This is 1st victory of Sania Mirza in the WTA Finals.
Awards
- Ashwika Kapur awarded with 2014 Panda Award for her film Sirocco, the film made on a Kakopo Parrot. She became the first Indian Woman to win Panda Award.
Politics
- Manohar Lal Khatar became first BJP Chief Minister and also first Non-Jat Chief Minister of Haryana in the last 18 years. He sworn in as Chief Minister of Haryana in Panchkula.
- The city of Russia ‘Ukek’ recently unearthed which was founded by Genghis Khan in the year 1227 and situated along the river ‘Volga’.
- Alan Eustace, Google executive jumped from more than 25 miles from sky and set a new stratosphere sky diving record. He is a Senior Vice-President of Google.