DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 12 OCT 2015
(Daily News India)
1. ‘PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK’ GRABBED BEIGHTON CUP OF HOCKEY
i. Punjab National Bank grabbed the Beighton Cup hockey tournament at the Sports Authority of India ground in Kolkata.
ii. PNB has defeated Indian Oil Corporation by 5-3 in final.
iii. Beighton Cup is one of the oldest field hockey tournaments, which was started in 1895,in the Remembrance of T.D. Beighton, Legal of the Government of Bengal.
2. ‘K P SHARMA OLI’ ELECTED AS THE NEW PRIME MINISTER OF NEPAL
i. Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli of Communist Party of Nepal CPN-UML was elected as new Prime Minister of Nepal.
ii. He became first Prime Minister of Nepal under the newly adopted secular, republic and federal Constitution of Nepal.
3.’ NOVAK DJOKOVIC’ WON 2015 CHINA OPEN MEN’S SINGLES TITLE
i. Novak Djokovic won the China Open Men’s Singles title h held at the National Tennis Centre in Beijing.
ii. Novak Djokovic defeating Rafael Nadal of Spain to won the title
iii. He is the only player to have won the title six times.
4. ‘AJAY JAYARAM’ GRABBED 2015 DUTCH OPEN MEN’S SINGLES TITLE
i. Ajay Jayaram of India grabbed the 2015 Dutch Open Men’s Singles badminton title held at Almere in Netheralnds.
ii. Ajay Jayaram defeated Estonia’s Raul Must by 21-12 21-18.
iii.Ajay Jayaram won his maiden title in 2014, it was the fourth overall title for India.
iv.Earlier the other two titles were won by Prakash Padukone and Chetan Anand in 1982 and 2009 respectively.
5. ‘TAPAN RAY’ APPOINTED TO BOARD OF SEBI
i.Tapan Ray Secretary of Corporate Affairs was appointed to the Board of Securities and Exchange Board of India.
ii.Tapan Ray has succeeded Anjuly Chib Duggal on the SEBI board.
SEBI was formed in 1988,
Chairman of SEBI: Upendra Kumar Sinha,
