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complete success.in CURRENT AFFAIRS OCTOBER 2016 Appointments Mulyani Indrawati. 1. Abdelilah Bekirane has been reappointed as Prime 24. Kshatrapathi Shivaji has been appointed as Executive Minister of Morocco for second term. Director in Asian Development Bank. 2. Aditya Birla Retail appointed Mohit Kampani as chief 25. Luo Zhaohui has been appointed as China’s new executive officer. Ambassador to India. 3. Airtel Founder and Chairman Sunil Bharati Mittal elected 26. M Sathiyavathy appointed as Secretary in Ministry of as GSMA (Global System Mobile Association) Chairman for Labour & Employment. 2 years. 27. Mariano Rajoy Brey elected as Prime Minister of Spain 4. Ajay Kumar Bhalla has been appointed as new Director for second term. General of Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT). 28. Meeran C. Borwankar appointed as Director in National 5. Ajay M. Gondane appointed as India's High Crime Records Bureau. Commissioner to Australia. 29. Ministry of Railways appointed Bindeshwar Pathak 6. Amandeep Singh Gill appointed as India’s Ambassador to (founder of Sulabh International) as a Brand Ambassador UN Conference on Disarmament (Geneva, Switzerland). for Swachh Rail Mission of Indian Railway. 7. Amrit Lugun has been appointed as India's Ambassador 30. Navdeep Singh Suri appointed as Ambassador of India to Eritrea. to United Arab Emirates (UAE). 8. Arundhati Bhattacharya got 1 year extension as 31. Nissan Motors appointed Carlos Ghosn as chairman of Chairperson and Managing Director of State Bank of India. Mitsubishi Motors Corp (Japan's secondbiggest automaker). 9. Ashish Vohra has been appointed as Chief Executive 32. R Ravindra appointed as Ambassador of India to Guinea. Officer (CEO) of Reliance Nippon Life Insurance. 33. Rajeev Sharma appointed as Chairman and Managing 10. Bilal Nazki is appointed as chairperson of Jammu and Director (CMD) of PSU Power Finance Corporation (PFC). Kashmir State Human Rights Commission. 34. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL), corporate entity of 11. Engine Lubricant Brand Valvoline Cummins signed up Vizag Steel has appointed Badminton Player PV Sindhu as Cricket captain Virat Kohli as ambassador. brand ambassador. 12. Former Nasscom chairman B.V.R. Mohan Reddy has 35. Renu Pall appointed as India's Ambassador to Austria. been appointed Honorary Consul of Germany in 36. S P Yadav elected as President of North Zone of Urology Hyderabad. Society of India (NZUSI). 13. Government appointed Karnal Singh as Director of 37. SN Ghormade appointed as Director General of Naval Enforcement Directorate (ED). Operations. 14. Government constituted 4 member Insolvency and 38. SV Bhokare appointed as Commandant of Indian Naval Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) under Chairmanship of Academy Ezhimala (Kerala). M.S. Sahoo. Other 3 members are Ajay Tyagi, Amardeep 39. Salim Gangadharan appointed as nonexecutive Singh Bhatia and G.S. Yadav. chairman in South Indian Bank. 15. Gurumoorthy Mahalingam has been appointed as 40. Sanjay Singh appointed as Member Secretary in Law WholeTime Member (WTM) of Securities and Exchange Commission of India. Board of India (SEBI). 41. Sharad Kumar reappointed as Director General of 16. Haryana Government appointed wrestler Geeta Phogat National Investigation Agency for 1 year. as Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Haryana Police. 42. Singer K J Yesudas became brand ambassador of 17. India born Sarabjit Singh Marwah became first Sikh to Haritha Keralam (Green Kerala) project of Kerala be appointed to Canadian Senate (upper house). government. 18. Indiaborn Rajeev Misra appointed head of SoftBank 43. Somesh Sharma has been elected as President of Indian Vision Fund. Newspaper Society (INS) for 201617. 19. International Hockey Federation appointed New 44. Sunil Kumar Mishra appointed as Chief Information Zealand's Jason McCracken as Chief Executive Officer. Commissioner (CIC) of Odisha. 20. Jammu and Kashmir Bank appointed Parvez Ahmed as 45. Sushil Chandra has been appointed as Chairperson of Chairman and CEO. CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes). 21. Japan's Morinari Watanabe elected as President of 46. Swedish Firm Ericsson appointed Borje Ekholm as International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). President and CEO. 22. Kersti Kaljulaid has been elected as first female 47. United Nations General Assembly elected Antonio President of Estonia (Northern Europe). Guterres (Portugal) as the new SecretaryGeneral of United 23. Kristalina Georgieva (Bulgaria) will be appointed as CEO Nations, for a fiveyear term beginning January 1, 2017. He (chief executive officer) of World Bank, succeeding Sri will succeed Ban Kimoon. 1 complete success.in Awards their efforts in developing molecular machines. 1. 3 Indian students Aditya Pal, Amarjeet Pandde and - Peace - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. Guhan Narayanan won 4 silver medals at 10th International - Economics - Oliver Hart (UK), Bengt R. Holmström Earth Science Olympiad in Japan. (Finland) 2. Nobel Prizes 2016 - Literature - Bob Dylan (USA). - Medicine - Yoshinori Ohsumi (Japan) for his work on 3. Actress Sonam Kapoor honored with 2016 ET Panache autophagy. He becomes 23rd Japanese to win a Nobel Trendsetter Award in Mumbai, along with several other prize. Entrepreneurs and Social Workers. The award recognizes - Physics - Britain's David Thouless, F Duncan M Haldane the efforts of entrepreneurs, innovators and athletes who and Michael Kosterlitz selected for their researches on inspire millions. theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and 4. All India Radio’s (AIR’s) entry Diary of a Tiger won prize in topological phases of matter. Community Service Announcement - Chemistry - JeanPierre Sauvage (French), J Fraser Stoddart category of AsiaPacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) awards (Scotland) and Bernard L Feringa (Netherlands) selected for 2016. All Awardees are – CATEGORY ORGANISATION ENTRY TITLE Drama Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), Vibration Iran Documentary Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), Hong An Age of Our Own: War Times 70th Kong Anniversary Commemoration of End of WWII News Reporting Radio and Television of the People's 36 Days Republic of China (RTPRC) | China National Radio (CNR), China Community Service All India Radio (AIR), India Diary of a tiger Announcement (CSA) Interactive Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) Iranian Online Programme Iran Innovative Programme Radio and Television of the People's Chinese Voice Chinese New Year Republic of China (RTPRC) | China National Radio (CNR), China Special Jury Prize Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and The Destroyed Dream Communication,|Radio Chillmari, Bangladesh 5. Almatti Dam on Krishna River at Bagalkot district in North Maharshi Valimiki Jayanti Award for 201617, given by Karnataka has been chosen for World Bank’s Award of Karnataka government. Excellence for best utilization of funds (Rs. 72 crore) for 13. Former Uttarakhand chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal renovation to increase strength of the dam. Nishank has been conferred with award by Ugandan Prime 6. British statistician David Cox won inaugural International Minister Ruhakana Rugunda for promoting human values Prize in Statistics by International Prize in Statistics through his literature. Foundation. He got this honour in recognition of Survival 14. G. Balakrishna from India has been crowned as Mr. Asia Analysis Model (or Cox Model) Applied in Medicine, 2016 at the recently held 5th PhilAsia bodybuilding Science, and Engineering. championships in Philippines. 7. C Radhakrishnan selected for Mathrubhumi Literary 15. History writer Nayanjot Lahiri won 2016 John F. Award 2016. Richards Prize for her book Ashoka in Ancient India. 8. Comedian Bill Murray honoured with Mark Twain Prize 16. Indian Filmmaker and elephant researcher Prajna for American Humour. Chowta (46) has been appointed Chevalier de l’Ordre 9. Film Society of Lincoln Center announced Robert De Niro National du Mérite (Knight in the National Order of Merit) as recipient of 44th Chaplin Award. by French government. 10. Former DirectorGeneral of CSIR, R. A. Mashelkar 17. Indian National Award winning documentary ‘Daughters conferred with V Krishnamurthy Award for excellence by of Mother India’ won first prize in Documentary Film Hyderabadbased Centre for Organisation Development. category at 6th CAM International Film Festival in Cairo 11. Former ISRO Chairman and space scientist Udupi (Egypt). Ramachandra Rao became first Indian to be inducted in Hall 18. Indian scientist Kirtiraj Kundlik Gaikwad conferred with of Fame of International Astronautical Federation (IAF). prestigious IAFP Young scientist scholarship award for his 12. Former Minister Veeranna has been selected for Sri research on development of novel oxygen absorbing 2 complete success.in package in the field of active packaging for oxygen sensitive 24. Satish Pathak has been awarded for ‘Excellence in food products. Technical Innovation’ by the International Society of 19. Indian sprinter Srabani Nanda has won 24th Ekalabya Automation (ISA) for his innovation Digital Controlled Valve Award 2016 as a recognition of her sporting excellence. for Precise Liquid Dispensing by Gravity flow. This award is instituted by Odishabased Indian Metals 25. Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling has been Public Charitable Trust (IMPaCT). honoured with Sustainable Development Leadership Award 20. Paul Beatty became first USA author to win Man Booker of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), during World Prize, after he won 2016 Man Booker Title for his racial Sustainable