CURRENT AFFAIRS
ShahRukh Khan conferred with Global Diversity Award 2014
On 4th October, Noted bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan was
conferred with Global Diversity Award 2014 at Britain's House of Commons. He
got this prestigious award by House of Commons speaker John Bercow. Actor
was conferred with the award for his outstanding achievements in the field of
cinema and his involvement in philanthropic endevours.
This award has been instituted by Rainbow Foundation and is
presented to an outstanding individual for his/her major contribution to
worldwide diversity and is an international role model and icon.
Carzonrent unit acquired by Sumitomo for 200
crore rupees
Sumitomo Group of Japan acquired the car lease division of
Carzonrent India for sum of 200 crore rupees.
Sumitomo Group is Japan's largest car lease business owner and having
more than 6 lakh cars. Carzonrent India was founded by year 2000 by Rajeev K.
Vij which caters more than 60 lakh customers annually.
TS GENCO and BHEL signed MoU to establish
thermal power plant in Telangana
Among the National Current Affairs, On 6th October 2014, it was
announced that Telangana State Power Generation Corporation (TS GENCO) and
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) have signed MoU to establish thermal
power plants to generate 6,000 MW of electricity in Telangana.
4000 MW will be set up at Manuguru of Khammam district and the
other 2000 MW at Ramagundam in Karimnagar district.
First womb-transplant baby of world born to
Swedish woman
First womb-transplant baby of world born to 36-year-old Swedish
woman. Baby boy was born in August 2014 at University of Gothenburg's hospital
in Sweden. Earlier Women had to undergo womb transplant as she was suffering
from a genetic condition called Rokitansky syndrome.
John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I.Moser named for 2014 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 2014
On 6th October 2014, 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
was given to John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser for their
discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain.
One half of award was given to John O'Keefe while other half ofaward was given jointly to May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser.
John O'Keefe is currently serving as Director of the Sainsbury
Wellcome Centre in Neural Circuits and Behaviour at University College London.
May-Britt Moser is a Norway Citizen, She is Director of the
Centre for Neural Computation in Trondheim.
Edvard I. Moser is also a Norway Citizen, She is director of the
Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience in Trondheim.
Jamia hamdard univ chancellor Saiyid Hamid
conferred with Sir Ross Masood Lifetime Achievement Award 2014
On 30th September 2014, Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard University
and former Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Saiyid Hamid was
conferred with Sir Ross Masood Lifetime Achievement Award 2014.
She was conferred the award by Vice-President Hamid Ansari. She
was given this award for her Excellence in Leadership, Education, community
& Public Service.
Sayyid Sir Ross Masood was the Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh MuslimUniversity in 1929, After his name this award was named. This award was
established by Aligarh Muslim University Association Inc. New York.
17th
Asian Games concluded
Asian Games 2014 were concluded on 4th October 2014. Like always
China showed its dominations in this sports event by being Numero Uno. More
than 9500 athletes from 45 countries took part in this grand event hosted by
South Korea. After 16 days of Asian games it was time for a closing ceremony at
Incheaon.
India finished eighth on the tally by winning 11 Golds, 9 Silver
and 37 Bronze (Total 57).
Chia won 151 Gold, 109 Silver and 83 Bronze medals (Total 343).
Several killed and Injured in a stampede in
Gandhi Maidan in Bihar
On 3rd October 2014, A tragic stampede occurred in Bihar at
Historic Gandhi Maidan during Dussehra celebrations. This leads to more than 30
people killed and injured.
Bihar Govt ordered a probe to look into the stampede which will be conducted by state Home Secretary Amir Subhani and police ADG Gupteshwar
Pandey.
On 4th October World animal day observed
accross the globe
On 4th October 2014, World animal day was observed across the
globe. Day is also popular by the name of World Animal Lover Day.
Worldanimal day was started in 1931 at a convention of ecologists in Florence,
Italy.
Chennai Super Kings bagged CLT20 title
Among Important Sports Current Affairs on 4th October 2014,
Chennai Super Kings won Champions League T20 title. Suresh Raina battedbeautifully to make a century(in just 59 balls). CSK won by eight wickets infinal match held in Banglore.
CSK defeated Kolkata Knight Riders in the final. CSK was given atarget of 181 runs which they were able to acheive in 18.3 overs.
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