Saturday 12 October 2013

Current Affairs : October 12

1. Vice Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority Shashidhar Reddy today said, more than four lakh people have been evacuated from Odisha and Andhra Pradesh in view of cyclone Phialin.

2. The HIV-AIDS patients can look forward to life insurance cover from April 1, 2014.

3. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai held a second day of talks in Kabul today to work out differences on a security deal about the future of US troops in the country.

4. Maldives President Dr Mohamed Waheed today announced his withdrawal from next Saturday’s Presidential election. Waheed said he had taken his decision in the greater interest of the Maldives.

5. India Post Launched International Money Transfer Service- 'Instant Cash'.

6. Acknowledging that the current global economic outlook presents challenges, the G-20 countries have asked the US to take urgent action to address short-term fiscal uncertainties.

7. India will be the top export destination for West Asia and North African countries by 2030, according to HSBC's latest Trade Forecast report.

8. The India Post has launched an instant electronic money transfer service in partnership with Wall Street Exchange, a company of UAE's Emirates Post Group.

9. India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves gained by $1.46 billion to touch $277.72 billion for the week ended October 4, official data showed.

10. Experiments on samples of iron and rock held at immense pressures have led to new ideas of how Earth's core formed

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