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Sothuparai dam, TN
Mamta Banerjees book - Kutsa Pakhha [Those Who Slander]
2nd Oct
Mary Kom defeated Kazakhstans Zhaina Shekerbekova in Asian games.
Bathukamma (festival of flowers) spring festival of goddess gori, Performed by
the women of Telangana
Roller-skating championship being held in Reus in Spain
Former two-term Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg - NATOs
Secretary-General
Dunhuang Caves in China
NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission, targeted to launch in
2020
NASAs Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN)
Attappady hills, Kinnakkara and Ooradam hills Kerala
Mount Sharp, a layered mountain in Mars
3rd Oct
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4th Oct
Vidyarambham Ritual is observed on Vijayadashami day mainly in Kerala and
Karnataka, where children are formally introduced to music, dance, languages
and other folk arts.
It involves a ceremony of initiation into the characters of the syllabary.
The U.S.-India TPF (Trade Policy Forum) is the principal trade dialogue body
having 5 groups
1) Agriculture,
2) Investment,
3) Innovation and creativity,
4) Services, and
5) Tariff and non-tariff barriers.
Phenol is a basic organic chemical used in manufacturing of antiseptics, industrial
paints and cosmetics.
Way Kambas national park in Lampung, South Sumatra (Indonesia)
Jean-Paul Sartre refused to receive Nobel Prize on October 22, 1964.
Green Walks rock festival (Keelakuyilkudi) Madurai
Nine Emperor Gods Festival in Ampang, in the suburbs of Kuala Lumpur.
Vovinam is a Vietnamese martial art.
AUGUST 19 was Earth Overshoot Day
5th October
Mina Valley, Saudi Arabia
Kaaba, the black cubical structure inside the Grand Mosque at Haj
ihram or two-piece seamless white garment
Tughlaq , Girish Karnads iconic play written in 1964
A 36-year-old Swede has become the worlds first woman to give birth after
receiving a womb transplant.
Alpine World Ski Championship scheduled to be held in St. Moritz in Switzerland,
in February 2017.
6th October
The then ruler of Tonk Nawab Ibrahim Ali Khan IV started the tradition of
sacrificing camels in 1864.
Indian Forests Act, 1927
Name
Field
1913
Rabindranath Tagore
Literature
1930
C.V. Raman
Physics
1968
Hargobind Khorana
Medicine
1979
Mother Teresa
Peace
1983
Subrahmanyam
Chandrasekhar
Physics
1998
Amartya Sen
Economics
2014
Kailash Satyarthi
Peace
13th October
Swat Valley of Pakistan
14th October
French economist Jean Tirole won the Nobel Prize for economics for research on
market power and regulation.
15th October
Gadhimai festival in Nepal
16th October
Khasi tribe of Meghalaya
World White Cane Day 15th October
Vulture numbers fell due to the drug diclofenac
Agroforestry Promotes productive cropping environments,
Prevents deforestation,
Protects watersheds and
Enables agricultural land to withstand extreme weather events
Tree-based systems provide tree products and tree services.
Tree products - fruit, fodder, fuel, fiber, fertilizer and timber;
These add to food and nutritional security, income generation and insurance
against crop failure.
Tree Services - soil and water conservation, nutrient recycling, carbon storage and
biodiversity preservation.
17th October
Labor Overhaul PM launches 5 schemes
1) SHRAM Suvidha Portal Allots Labor Identification Number to 6 Lakh
firms. Also allows e filing of compliance reports.
The 4 main features of this Portal are:
Unique labour identification number (LIN) will be allotted to Units to facilitate
online registration.
Filing of self-certified and simplified Single Online Return by the industry.
Mandatory uploading of inspection Reports within 72 hours by the Labour
inspectors.
Timely redressal of grievances
2) Random Inspection Scheme
Computerized system to select units for selection
Reports to be uploaded within 72 hours of Inspection
The four features of the inspection scheme are:
Serious matters are to be covered under the mandatory inspection list.
There will be provision of Emergency List for inspection of serious cases in
specific circumstances.
3) Universal Account Number 4.17 crore employees to be given Portable PF
Accounts
4) Apprentice Protsahan Yojna Govt. to reimburse 50% of stipend paid to
apprentices during first 2 years of training.
Making the legal framework friendly to both, industry and youth.
Enhancing the rate of stipend and indexing it to minimum wages of semi skilled
workers.
5) Revamped Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna - Smart cards of unorganized
sector workers to be seeded with 2 more social security schemes.
October 15, 1994 - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-D2) placed an Indian
Remote-sensing Satellite into orbit.
October 16, 2014 - PSLV-C26 lobbed the 1,425 kg Indian Regional Navigation
Satellite System (IRNSS-1C) satellite into its orbit.
Sanjaya Rajaram - has been awarded the World Food Prize in recognition of his
significant contributions to global wheat production.
Sri Thirukkareesanadhar Temple, in Kalavai (TN)
18th October
Caspian Tern is the largest tern in the world.
Hoskote Lake Bangalore
19th October
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20th October
B.K. Somashekhara Commission of Inquiry report into the 2008 church attacks in
Mangalore.
The determinants of malnutrition are
Agriculture, health,
Womens empowerment including maternal and child care practices,
Ensuring sanitation, enabling safe drinking water, and
To draft the National Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) policy - The panel, to be
chaired by retired Justice Prabha Sridevan
Turkmenistans giant Galkynysh gas field
Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline
26th October
The Darjeeling Zoo, the highest altitude zoological garden in India
27th October
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28th October
Theyyam season & Pathamudayam rituals Malabar, Kerala