11 October: International Day of Girl Child
2015 theme: ‘The Power of the Adolescent Girl: Vision for
2030’.
First time observed in 2012.
Theme 2012: - ‘Ending
child marriage’First time observed in 2012.
1. Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli of Communist Party of Nepal
(Unified Marxist-Leninist)-CPN-UML was elected as new Prime Minister of Nepal.
President: - Ram Baran Yadav
Currency: Nepalese rupee, Capital: Kathmandu
2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone of fourth
terminal of country’s largest container port – Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
(JNPT) in Mumbai.
3. India and Jordan have signed six Memoranda of
Understanding (MoU) in various fields. These MoUs were signed in presence of
Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour and Indian President Pranab Mukherjee
in Amman.
1. cultural exchange 2. Communication and Information Technology 3. Jordan News Agency Petra and the Press Trust of
India (PTI). 4. Maritime Transport Sector. 5. Jordan Institute of Diplomacy and Indian
Foreign Service Institute (IFSI). 6. Indian Metrological Department (IMD) and
Jordan Standards and Metrology Organisation.
Capital:
Amman; Currency: Jordanian dinar; King: Abdullah II
of Jordan
4. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain won 2015
Russian Grand Prix title of Formula One.This was his overall ninth victory of the
season. Earlier he had won Australia, China, Bahrain, Canada, United Kingdom,
Belgium, Italy and Japanese 2015 Grand Prix titles of F1. 2nd position: Sebastian
Vettel (Germany) of Ferrari.
5. Punjab National Bank (PNB) has won the 2015 Beighton Cup
hockey tournament.
Runner
up: - Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)
6. Novak Djokovic won the 2015 China Open Men’s Singles title by defeating
Rafael Nadal of Spain. He
won eight titles in the 2015 season that include Indian Wells Masters, Miami
Open, Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Italian Open and China Open, UK (Wimbledon)
and USA.
7. Ajay Jayaram has won 2015 Dutch Open Grand Prix badminton tournament. Earlier, Jayaram has won 3 international badminton
titles namely New Zealand Open (2009), Thailand Open (2010) and Czech Open
(2013).
8. Spain’s Garbine Muguruza captured the
China Open women's singles title by defeating Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky.
9. Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won
women's doubles title of the China Tennis Open 2015.
10. India won the four-match Men's Hockey
Test series against New Zealand 2-1.
11. Microeconomist born in Edinburgh Angus Deaton won the
2015 Nobel Prize in Economics. He was awarded for his analysis of consumption,
poverty, and welfare.
12. Annual meetings of the World Bank Group and the
International Monetary Fund were held 2015 in the Peruvian capital Lima.
The meetings were held in Tokyo (Japan) in 2012. So far, India hosted
the meetings only once i.e. in 1958. Peru is a country in South America, Capital: Lima; Currency:
Peruvian nuevo sol; Prime minister: Pedro Cateriano Bellido.
13. The 5th meeting of the India-Maldives
Joint Commission was held in Male, the capital of Maldives.
About Maldives: - President: Abdulla Yameen, Official
language: Dhivehi, Currency: Maldivian rufiyaa
14. NASA released a report titled NASA’s Journey to Mars: Pioneering
Next Steps in Space Exploration.
15. Geoffrey Howe, Britain’s former treasury
chief, died due to a suspected cardiac arrest in Idlicote, England.
16. Legendary Tamil actress Gopishantha,
popularly known by her stage name Manorama, died.
16. Private sector lender YES Bank has got the RBI's
approval to set up a mutual fund, asset management company (AMC) and a trustee
company.
17. Odisha Government launched Mission
Abaas, state’s urban housing mission, to provide affordable houses to
Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), Low Income Groups (LIG) and slum dwellers.
18. Jioji Konrote elected as Fiji's next President.
About Fiji: - Capital: Suva; Currency: Fijian dollar; Prime minister:
Frank Bainimarama
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