Weekly The Hindu Current Affairs from 19 October to 25th October is here. You can read this current affairs for upcoming IBPS Clerk exam and for other general competitions to increase your general awareness. You can also check all day wise and month wise October 2015 Current Affairs.
Abbreviation
ALH- Advanced Light Helicopter
AUM- Assets Under Management
NPS- National Pension System
PFRDA- Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
JNNSM- Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission
WEO- World Economic Outlook
AIFF- All India Football Federation
NCM- National Commission for Minorities
RRZ- River Regulation Zone
NJAC- National Judicial Appointment Commission
AICS-All India Council for Sports
ART Bill- Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill
INSTAR- Indian Society of Third Party Assisted Reproduction
IVF- In-Vitro Fertilisation
AMRUT- Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
CSR- Corporate Social Responsibility
Personalities
Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister-Shri Kamal Thapa
CMD of BSNL- Shri Anupam Srivastava
Home Secretary of Britain- Theresa May
Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board- Shahryar Khan
Head of the bench which declared NJAC as unconstitutional- Justice J.S.Khehar
Maldives High Commissioner to India- Dr. Ahmed Mohamed
President of Zimbabwe- Robert Mugabe
Secretary General of Assocham- Shri D.S.Rawat
Chief Minister of Haryana- Shri Manohar Lal Khattar
United Kingdom Minister for Employment- Priti Patel
Maldives Vice President- Ahmed Adheeb Abdul Ghafoor
Maldives Home Affairs Minister- Umar Naseer
Vice Governor of Peoples’s Bank of China (China’s Central Bank)- Yi Gang
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New Appointments
AIFF Advisor for overall issues of the game and the federation- Bhaichung Bhutia
New Prime Minister of Canada- Justin Trudeau (to be 44th PM of Canada)
New AICS Chief- Shri Vijay Malhotra
Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)- Shri Sekhar Basu
Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)- Shri Sekhar Basu
Book, Author & Artist
‘Bunch of Thoughts’ written by- M.S.Golwalkar
“An Old Dog’s Diary” directed by- Shai Heredia and Shumona Goel
“A Little Life” written by- Hanya Yanagihara (U.S.)
“Dreaming Big- My Journey to connect India” written by-Sam Pitroda (Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda)
“The Public Intellectual in India” written by- Romila Thapar
“Flood of Fire” written by- Shri Amitav Ghosh
“Odysseus Abroad” written by- Shri Amit Chaudhari
“Sleeping on Jupiter” written by- Anuradha Roy
“When the River Sleeps” written by- Easterine Kire
“Seahorse” written by- Janice Pariat
“Patna Manual” written by- Siddharth Chowdhary
Sports
Winner of ATP Shanghai Masters- Novak Djokovic
National & International Days
World Statistics Day- 20th October
United Nations Day-24th October
World Development Information Day- 24th October
World Polio Day- 24th October
Awards
London Film Festival 2015 best short film award- “An Old Dog’s Diary”
Kirkus Fiction Prize- “A Little Life”
China’s Confucius Peace Prize- Robert Mugabe
Business & Economy
According to New RBI guidelines, Bank can fix their Interest Rates on Gold Deposite under Gold Monetisation Scheme.
Place
19th International Children’s Film Festival (ICFFI) will be held at- Hyderabad
Rajasthan International Folk Festival Held at- Jodhpur
National Affairs
“International Children’s Film Festival” known as “Golden Eliphant”
Andhra Pradesh’s New Capital ‘Amaravati’ founded.
International Affairs
Name of the political Party of Justin Trudeau- Liberal Party
China’s Confucius Peace Prize is also known as china’s Nobel Peace Prize.
Death
K.S.L.Swamy- Kannada Filmmaker
All The Best.
