DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 13 OCT 2015
(Daily News India)
1. ‘ECONOMIST ANGUS DEATON’ WINS 2015 NOBEL PRIZE
IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES ANNOUNCED
i. Economist Angus Deaton has won 2015
Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
ii. He is selected for his analysis of
consumption, poverty, and welfare.
iii. His analysis and research work has
linked detailed individual choices and aggregate outcomes which has helped to
transform the fields of macroeconomics, microeconomics and development
economics.
2. ‘NOVAK DJOKOVIC’ IN MEN AND ‘GARBIÑE MUGURUZA’
IN WOMEN WON 2015 CHINA OPEN
i. The 2015 China Open for the men was
won by Novak Djokovic and Women’s Singles title was won by Garbiñe Muguruza of
Spain.
ii. Men’s Doubles title was won by
Vasek Pospisil of Canada and Jack Sock of US.
iii. Women’s Doubles title was won by
Sania Mirza of India and Martina Hingis of Switzerland.
3. ANNUAL
MEETINGS OF WORLD BANK GROUP AND IMF HELD IN PERU
i. Annual meetings of the World Bank
Group and the International Monetary Fund were held in Peru.
ii. The meeting was attended by central
bankers, finance ministers and private senior executives from the member
countries of both the World Bank Group and the IMF.
iii. They have discussed the Role of
World Bank and the IMF to support the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development
Goals and implementation of the 2010 IMF quota and governance reforms.
4. ‘RANGANATH
D MAVINAKERE’ IS APPOINTED AS NEW CFO OF INFOSYS
i. Infosys has appointed Ranganath D
Mavinakere as its new Chief Financial Officer.
ii. Ranganath D Mavinakere will replace
Rajiv Bansal.
iii. Infosys is India’s second largest
software services firm.
5.
INDIA-SRI LANKA ‘EXERCISE MITRA SHAKTI’ BEGINS
i. Mitra Shakti exercise between India
and Sri Lanka begins in Pune, Maharashtra.
ii. It is started to understand the
transnational terrorism, developing interoperability and conduct of joint
tactical operations.
iii. The main purpose of exercise is to
eradicate the menace of terrorism in all its forms between both countries.
