1.
Global financial services major HSBC today lowered India’s current
account deficit (CAD) forecast for this financial year to 3.4 per cent
of GDP from 4.1 per cent earlier.
2. The Unique Identification
Authority of India (UIDAI) is going ahead and launching new services
even as the decision on whether the Aadhaar card is mandatory for
getting government subsidies is pending before the Supreme Court.
3. Centra sanctions 1,260 crore rupees to upgrade jawans' facilities in far-flung Indo-Tibetan Border Police , ITBP posts.
4. Shah Rukh Khan, the Bollywood actor, was on 23 October 2013 appointed as the goodwill ambassador for South Korea.
5. According to the China-based Hurun India Rich List, Ambani retained
the top position for the second year even after a wealth decrease of 2
percent.
6. British sculptor Sir Anthony Caro passed away on 23 October 2013. He was 89 years old.
7. Simona Halep of Romania defeated Samantha Stosur of Australia 7-6
(1), 6-2 to win the Kremlin Cup on 20 October 2013 at Moscow, Russia.
8. The Government of India will appoint Hockey India’s Director High
Performance Roelant Oltmans as Chief Coordinator and High Performance
Director for Indian Hockey.
9. The committee probing the Indian
Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing episode sought information from the
public regarding allegations of betting against Gurunath Meiyappan and
the other accused in the scandal on Thursday.
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