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Daily Current Affairs
(3rd October 2013)
HRD Ministry Constitutes Council of National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research
The Ministry of Human Resource & Development has taken the initiative to constitute a Council of
National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) to facilitate better coordination
and synergy between the four NITTTRs (founded in 1964) located at Chandigarh, Bhopal, Calcutta and
Chennai. The Council shall be chaired by the Minister of Human Resource Development (ex-officio) with
Chairman and Directors of the four NITTTRs and other academicians as members.
Former national TT champion Uttam Chandarana passes away
Uttam Chandarana, a doyen of Indian table tennis, passed away here on 2nd October 2013. He was 94.
Chandarana won the National titles in 1943 in Hyderabad, 1948 (Colombo), 1949 (Hyderabad) and 1954
(Baroda).
India will be world’s most populous nation by 2050
India will overtake China as the world's most populous country by 2050, according to a new French
study which predicts the global population to surge to 9.7 billion people by the middle of the century.
The report by the French Institute of Demographic Studies, predicts India will take the top spot with a
population of 1.6 billion to leave behind current world leader in population, China , at the second place
with 1.3 billion, Third US (316.2m); Fourth Indonesia (248.5m) and Fifth Brazil (195.5m).
Liberal visa regime can help India earn $36 billion by 2020
A new report says that facilitating visas for tourists could create as many as 2.6 million additional jobs in
the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies by 2016. While, Indian studies show that 30
visas create a job and experts say that by 2020 the country could receive 20 million international tourists
earning foreign exchange to the tune of $36 billion if visa regime is liberalized.
Nation remembers Father of the Nation on birth anniversary
Nation on 2nd October, remembered Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of his 144th
birth anniversary with top leaders paying floral tributes at Raj Ghat, New Delhi.
Nation remembers Lal Bahadur Shastri on birth anniversary
India, on 2nd October, remembered former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on the occasion of his
109th birth anniversary. Shastri became the second Prime Minister of India after the death of Jawaharlal
Nehru on May 27, 1964. He served the nation as Prime Minister from June 9, 1964 to January 11, 1966.
Shastri gave the slogan of 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan', which led to a rare display of unity in the country during
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India-Pakistan war (1965). On January 10, 1966 Shastri signed the historic joint communique with
Pakistani President Ayub Khan at Tashkent. Lal bahadur Shastri died of a heart attack in Tashkent.
Russian President nominated for 2014 Nobel Peace Prize
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize by a Russian
advocacy group, The International Academy of Spiritual Unity and Cooperation among the Nations of
the World for his key role in preventing a U.S. missile strike on Syria and initiatives to dismantle
Damascus’ chemical weapons.
Junior National Women team vice-captain Rani Rampal wins Young Achiever’s award
Hockey India congratulated women`s team striker Rani Rampal for winning the TiE Aspire Young
Achiever`s award. Rani, who was the vice-captain of the Junior National team in the recent seventh FIH
Junior Women`s World Cup, played a crucial role in India`s bronze medal-winning feat in Germany and
was also declared the best player of the tournament.
India ranks 73rd in elderly care: Survey
Global Age Watch Index (GAWI), developed with the UN fund for population and development which
was released on International Day of Older Persons, ranks India a poor 73 out of the 91 countries
sampled. Whereas, Sweden as the best country to grow old followed by Norway, Germany, Netherlands
and Canada while the US languishes at 8th place.
Asian Development Bank lowers India's growth projection for 2013-14 to 4.7%
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has lowered India's growth projection for 2013-14 to 4.7 percent from 6
percent, it said in its flagship Asian Development Outlook 2013. While, RBI has lowered the growth
projection for 2013-14 to 5.5 % from its earlier estimate of 5.7 %.
Australian Open will hike total prize money 10 % in 2014 to $31 million
Australian Open will increase its prize money by $3 million next year to bring overall player
compensation to $31 million. Wimbledon now offers about $36.5 million, while the U.S. Open increased
its purse to $34.3 million and the French Open went up to $29.7 million.
1 in 8 people around the world go hungry, says UN report
One in eight people around the world is chronically undernourished, the United Nations' food agencies
said on 1st October 2013 warning world leaders that some regions would fail in halving the number of
hungry by 2015. In their latest report on food insecurity, the U.N. agencies estimated that 842 million
people were suffering chronic hunger in 2011-13, or 12 percent of the world's population, down 17
percent from 1990-92. FAO, WFP and IFAD define undernourishment, or hunger, in the State of Food
Insecurity in the World 2013 report as "not having enough food for an active and healthy life" and an
inability to "meet dietary energy requirements". The vast majority of people suffering hunger (827


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million), live in developing countries, where the prevalence of undernourishment is estimated at 14.3
percent.
World Toilet Summit 2013 opened in Indonesia
The World Toilet Summit that opened in Indonesia on 2nd October 2013. Worldwide, 2.5 billion people
have no access to toilets and sewage systems. Jack Sim, a Singaporean who founded the World Toilet
Organisation in 2001, the theme for the summit this year is “toilets and tourism.” “Without good toilets,
tourism can’t thrive."
Tom Clancy, 'Hunt for Red October' author, passes away
Tom Clancy, whose high-tech, cold war thrillers such as The Hunt for Red October and Patriot Games
made him the most widely read and influential military novelist of his time, has died. He was 66.
Model Current Affairs MCQ Questions:
1. Who acts as Chairman of Council of National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research?
1. Prime Minister of India
2. President of India
3. Ministry of Human Resource & Development
4. Retired Chief Justice of Supreme Court
2. Which one of the following countries President nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize?
1. U.S.A
2. Japan
3. Iran
4. Russia
3. World Toilet Summit 2013 held in
1. Singapore
2. Indonesia
3. China
4. Malaysia
4. Who wrote the book ‘Hunt for Red October’?
1. Ian Fleming
2. Tom Clancy
3. Robert Frost
4. John Updike


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5. Uttam Chandarana known________player
1. Football
2. Cricket
3. Volleyball
4. Table Tennis
6. India’s Rank in Global Age Watch Index (GAWI), development which was released by UN on
International Day of Older Persons
1. 71st
2. 72nd
3. 73rd
4. 74th
7. Recently, which one of the following Grand Slam tournaments hiked its prize money by 10%?
1. US Open
2. Wimbledon
3. French Open
4. Australia Open
8. A recent study conducted by French Institute of Demographic Studies said that India will overtake
China as the world's most populous country by
1. 2030
2. 2040
2. 2050
3. 2060


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