Current affairs update for today :-
Appointments
- Gautam Roy appointed as Managing Director of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
Awards
- Richard Flanagan of Australia won Man Booker Prize 2014 for the novel ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’.
- Abhay Kumar honored with Asia-Pacific Excellence Award by All India National Unity Council for literature.
Business and Economy
- According to the data released by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Consumer Price Index stood at 6.46% instead of 7.3%.
- Tata Value Homes launched new site namely www.tatavaluehomes.com to sell the homes online with the tie-up of Snapdeal, the famous online market place and its CEO is Kunal Bahl.
Politics
- According to the report of Global Hunger Index 2014 released by International Food Policy Research Institute, India is at 55th position.
- Khaled Bahah became the Prime Minister of Yemen while the President of Yemen is Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.
Sports
- MC Mary Kom chosen as the Most Valuable Player in 17th Asian Games 2014 recently held in Incheon, South Korea. She became first Indian Woman Boxer to win the Gold Medal in Asian Games.
Deaths
- Kapil Krishna Thakur, the famous Indian politician died. He was the MP for All India Trinamool Congress Party from Bangaon Lok Sabha Constituency.
