Karan Thapar won the International Press Institute (IPI) India Award for Excellence in Journalism. The first mega food park in Uttar Pradesh will be established in Jagdishpur and aims to provide employment to 30,000 people. Mumbai Indians defeated Rajasthan Royals to win the Champions League Twenty-20 cricket tournament in New Delhi.

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Karan Thapar wins journalism award
Karan Thapar, the well-known television journalist, has won the International Press Institute (IPI) India
Award for Excellence in Journalism.
First Mega Food Park in Uttar Pradesh to be established at Jagdishpur
Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Dr. Mahant laid a foundation stone of the first
mega food park in Uttar Pradesh. The Minister expressed the hope that setting up of this modern food
processing facility will usher in a new era of food processing in the entire region. The Park, the Minister
informed, will have nearly 35 industrial units and will give direct and indirect employment to about
30,000 persons.
Mumbai Indians Defeated Rajasthan Royals to Clinch Champions League Twenty-20
Mumbai Indians clinched the Champions League Twenty-20 title by defeating Rajasthan Royals by 33
runs in New Delhi on 6th October 2013. Harbhajan Singh was Man of the Match and Dwayne Smith was
declared Champion of the Series. It is also important to note that this was the last T-20 match of Sachin
Tendulkar and Royals skipper Rahul Dravid after they both announced their retirement from T-20
format.
Meeting of 14th National Road Safety Council
Oscar Fernandes, the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways addressed the first meeting of
14th National Road Safety Council (NRSC) on 7th October 2013. The National Road Safety Council (NRSC)
is the apex body for road safety established under Section 215 of Motor Vehicles Act 1988. The meeting
is being attended by the Representatives of the Ministries and Organizations of the Government of
India, State Governments and other Members of the Council. In 2012, 1.38 lakh people killed in about
4.9 lakh accidents as compared to about 1.42 lakh people in around 5 lakh accidents in 2011.
Arundhati Bhattacharya as 1st woman chair of SBI in 206 years
Arundhati Bhattacharya appointed as the first woman chair of the 206-yearold State Bank of India,
which together with its subsidiaries, accounts for 22% of the country's bank deposits and 23% of total
lending. Bhattacharya is also the first woman to ever lead a Fortune 500 company in India, and the only
woman banker on that list of giants anywhere in the world.
India test-fires nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile from Chandipur
India on 7th October 2013 test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile with a
strike range of 350 km from Chandipur Integrated test range in Odisha. This is the first missile to be
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developed by DRDO under India’s Integrated Guided Missile Development Program and capable of
carrying 500 kg to 1000 kg of warheads and is thrusted by liquid propulsion twine engines.
India, Russia to expand civil nuclear cooperation
India and Russia are to strengthen cooperation in civil nuclear energy and reach commercial agreements
for the setting up of 3rd and 4th reactors with the capacity of 1,000 MW of Kudankulam atomic power
plant in Tamilnadu.
World Habitat day being observed on 7th October
World Habitat day is being observed on 7th October 2013. The purpose of the day is to create global
awareness about the State of the towns and cities and the basic human right to adequate shelter. The
United Nation has designated the first Monday of October every year as World Habitat Day. The theme
of this year is ‘Urban Mobility to encourage people to shift towrads more sustainable modes of
transportation’.
Wigneswaran elected as First Tamil Chief Minister for Northern Province of Sri Lanka
Wigneswaran, Sri Lanka’s first elected Tamil Chief Minister took oath before President Mahinda
Rajapaksa in Colombo. The elections in the province were held following intense international pressure
on Colombo to devolve power to the minority Tamil community under the 13th Amendment of the
Constitution.
Giant 250-metre high channels of ice discovered in Antarctica
Giant 250-metre high channels of ice, almost the height of the Eiffel Tower, have been discovered
beneath a floating ice shelf in Antarctica. The channels, that stretch hundreds of kilometres along the ice
shelf, will help predict future of Antarctic ice. Researchers used satellite images and airborne radar
measurements to reveal the channels under the ice shelf.
Del Potro Defeated Raonic to Win Japan Open Tennis Championship 2013
Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentine defeated Milos Raonic of Canada, 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 to win the ATP
Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo on 6th October 2013.
Novak Djokovic Clinched his 4th China Open Title by Defeating Rafael Nadal
Novak Djokovic clinched his 4th China Open title in five years on 6th October 2013 against Rafael Nadal 63 6-4 in the final. Novak Djokovic won the same tournament earlier in 2009, 2010 and 2012.
World may run out of cocoa by Oct 2, 2020
The world will run out of cocoa, the basic ingredient of chocolate within the next seven years due to not
enough cocoa plantations across the globe to cater the soaring pressures of global demand for cocoa
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consumption, experts have warned. Industry experts who met at the British Library in London last week
have even predicted the exact date of the impending meltdown on October 2, 2020.
Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai nominated for Nobel peace prize 2013
The 2013 Nobel peace prize should be awarded to teenaged Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai for
champion of literacy and girl child education in extraordinary circumstances. The petition endorsing her
nomination has already received support from an illustrious list of global personalities, including
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Dario Fo and Richard Dawkins.
Nobel prize 2013 in Physiology or Medicine announced
Nobel Prize 2013 in Physiology or Medicine has been announced jointly to two Americans, James
Rothman and Randy Schekman, and Germany's Thomas Sudhof in medicine or physiology for research
into how the cell organises its transport system, the award-giving body announced on 7th October 2013
at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Britain gets its own new FBI-style agency named ‘National Crime Agency’
A new FBI-style police department named 'National Crime Agency (NCA)' launched in the UK, aiming to
tackle some of the most serious crime in the country. This is also expected to deal with policing Britain’s
borders, stamping out child exploitation, and monitoring cyber offences. Keith Bristow as its new
director.
Model Current Affairs MCQ:
1. India and Russia are to strengthen cooperation in civil nuclear energy and reach commercial
agreements for the setting up of 3rd and 4th reactors with the capacity of 1,000 MW in the state of
1. Rajasthan
2. Tamil Nadu
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Punjab
2. India on 7th October 2013 test-fired it’s indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile
with a strike range of 350 km from Chandipur Integrated test range in
1. Odisha
2. Maharashtra
3. Andhra Pradesh
4. West Bengal
3. World Habitat day 2013 is to create global awareness about the State of the towns and cities and
the basic human right to adequate shelter was observed on
1. 5th October
2. 6th October
3. 7th October
4. 8th October
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4. Who has elected as First Tamil Chief Minister for Northern Province of Sri Lanka?
1. S. M. Ranjith
2. C. V. Wigneswaran
3. S. Chandrakanthan
4. M. N. Abdul Majeed
5. Which of the following well-known television journalist has won the International Press Institute
(IPI) India Award for Excellence in Journalism?
1. Rajdeep Sardesai
2. Karan Thapar
3. Vikram Chandra
4. Arnab Goswami
6. Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Dr. Mahant laid a foundation stone of first
mega Food Park in___________to usher in a new era of food processing.
1. West Bengal
2. Assam
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Rajasthan
7. Arundhati Bhattacharya appointed as the first woman CMD of which of the following public sector
bank?
1. State Bank of India
2. Allahabad Bank
3. Bank of Baroda
4. Bank of India
8. Which of the following countries will get its own new FBI-style agency named ‘National Crime
Agency’ to tackle some of the most serious crime in the country?
1. France
2. Canada
3. Britain
4. Russia
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