Current affairs updates for today
Awards
- Sameer who is famous Lyricist awarded with Kishore Kumar Award for the year 2012-13. He is also known as Shitala Pandey.
- Jean Tirole (full name Jean Marcel Tirole) of France won the award of Noble Prize for Economics.
- Amazon, the USA based online store signed an agreement with Future Group to sell the goods online. The Headquarter of Future Group is situated in Mumbai while the Headquarter of Amazon is in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Politics
- Typhoon namely Vongfong struck in Japan on Kyushu Island at Makurazaki while on the other hand in India typhoon namely HudHud struck the Coastal Districts of the States of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.
- Adarsh Gram Yojana launched by the Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi to realise Gram Swaraj on 11th October 2014 i.e. the birth anniversary of Jai Prakash Narayan.
- India’s first ever National Mental Health Policy launched on the eve of National Mental Health Day i.e. observed on 10th October 2014.
Sports
- Roger Federer, the famous tennis player won Shanghai Masters Trophy. He is 17 time Grand Slam winner.
Business and Economy
- DLF Limited, the famous real estate company barred by Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for 3 years.
