Friday, October 10, 2014

October 06-10, 2014 Events in nutshell


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6-Oct-14
U.S.-British scientist John O’Keefe and Norwegian married couple May—Britt Moser and Edvard Moser won the 2014 Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering the brain’s positioning system.
Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the co-owner of the Indian Super League franchise Chennaiyin FC.
Hindi film actor Shah Rukh Khan received Global Diversity Award 2014 at the Britain’s House of Commons.
Britain and Ireland inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on new joint Visa cooperation.
USA Swimming suspended Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps from all competition for six months for violating the organization's code of conduct. Phelps was suspended after he was arrested in Baltimore for driving under the influence.
Skype will stop the calling facility from its application on mobile and landline phones within India. The facility will be stopped from 10 November 2014.
The Supreme Court appointed high-powered committee headed by Professor NR Madhava Menon submitted its report on the regulations of government ads
World Habitat Day celebrated; Theme "Voices for Slums"
7-Oct-14
International Symposium on Excellence in Public Service / Public Administration held at New Delhi
Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan and U.S. scientist Shuji Nakamura won the 2014 Nobel Prize in physics for the invention of blue light-emitting diodes a new energy efficient and environment-friendly light source.
The Union Government launched a website attendance.gov.in to monitor the attendance of government employees in real time.
Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award 2014 for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management was awarded to Dr Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai [CLICK HERE]
11th Metropolis World Congress 2014 organized in Hyderabad by the Government of Telengana
US Supreme Court allowed gay marriages in five more states (Virginia, Oklahoma, Utah, Wisconsin and Indiana) and declined to hear appeal against the decision [CLICK HERE]














8-Oct-14
Union Minister Jitendra Singh launched the ingeniously manufactured Broad Spectrum Confocal Microscope that generates 3D images of objects.
India - Myanmar Service (IMS) Container service was launched at Chennai, to link South & East India to Myanmar [CLICK HERE]
Union Minister Santosh Kumar launched the Pashmina Promotion Programme (P-3) and laid the foundation stone of Pashmina Dehairing Plant at Pashmina Dehairing Plant Complex, Skalzangling, Leh.
3 Scientists (Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura) won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of bluelight-emitting diodes a new energy efficient and envirnment friendlylight source
Anoop Jain won 2014 Waislitz Global Citizen Award. He was awarded for his exemplified values of a Global Citizen through his work in founding Humanure Power (HP) in Bihar in 2011 that builds community sanitation facilities in rural India.
“Japan Plus” constituted to fast track Japanese investments
2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Eric Betzing, Stefan W Hell and William Moerner for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy




9-Oct-14
World Post Day
2014 Nobel Prize in Literature - Patrick Modiano (France)
Modi inaugurated "Invest Madhya Pradesh - Global Investors Summit 2014"
Kundu Commiitte submit its report to the government; formed to evaluate the process of implementation of Sachar Committee Report and the Prime Minister’s new 15 points programme
Renowned journalist MV Kamath passed away





10-Oct-14
Children’s rights activists Kailash Satyarthi of India and Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan were awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize
The Government has planned amendments in the Consumer Protection Act to make it more effective as protection of consumers in terms of quality, quantity and safety is of utmost importance.
UK-India Financial Partnership (UIFP) launched; Partnership to Strengthen Links Between the Financial Services Industries of Both Countries
India’s first ever Mental Health Policy unveiled





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