Page-21 of Current Affairs - October, 2016

India ranked 97th in 2016 Global Hunger Index

October 14, 2016

India has been ranked low 97th among the 118 countries surveyed in 2016 Global Hunger Index (GHI). In 2016 GHI, India has scored low 28.5 on a 0-100 point scale of the index. It describes India’s hunger situation as “serious. ..

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Bob Dylan wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature

October 14, 2016

American singer-songwriter, artist and writer Bob Dylan (75) has won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is the first American to win the prize since novelist Toni Morrison in 1993. The Swedish Academy has selected Dylan for this prestigious ..

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India receives first Iranian oil parcel for emergency reserves

October 14, 2016

India has received the first parcel of crude oil from Iran to partly fill the strategic storage in southern India as part of the Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPRs) storage. The first parcel of 2 million barrels of Iranian oil was ..

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Antonio Guterres elected as new Secretary-General of UN

October 14, 2016

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has formally elected Antonio Guterres (67) as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations. In this regard, 193 member states of UN adopted by acclamation a resolution for appointing Antonio Guterres. He will have ..

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Union Cabinet approves MoU between EXIM bank and NDB

October 14, 2016

The Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing of a MoU on General Cooperation with New Development Bank (NDB) or BRICS Bank and Export Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank). The MoU will be through the BRICS Interbank Cooperation ..

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CCEA approves revision of ethanol price for supply to Public Sector OMCs

October 13, 2016

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the mechanism for revision of ethanol price for supply to Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs). The revised administered price will facilitate OMCs to carry out the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) ..

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