Current Affairs : October 02

1.Asian Development Bank (ADB) has lowered India's growth projection for 2013-14 to 4.7 per cent from 6 per cent earlier saying the recent rupee depreciation and capital outflows could adversely impact the country's economy. 

2. Premier Enrico Letta has won a confidence vote in the Italian Senate after Silvio Berlusconi delivered an about-face and announced he would support the government.

3. RBI will infuse Rs. 10,000 cr into the system through open market operations next week to ease liquidity constraints.

4. Archaeologists have discovered an ancient city, that thrived between 3,300 and 2,900 years ago, hidden beneath a mound in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq..

5. The dollar slipped in Asian trade on Wednesday owing to uncertainty caused by the US government shutdown but losses were limited by hopes for a quick resolution to the crisis.

6. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to withdraw the controversial ordinance on convicted lawmakers.

7. Gujarat government today released 285 prisoners from various state jails on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, according to an official press statement here.

8. A new radioactive water leak has been discovered at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) said on Wednesday, reported Japanese news agencies.

9. The book titled Haunted by Fire: Essays on Caste, Class, Exploitation and Emancipation authored by Mythily Sivaraman released in International Centre in New Delhi on 1 October 2013.

10. Jet-Etihad deal was approved by SEBI (Securities Exchange Board of India) on 1 October 2013. Jet Airways had proposed to sale 24 percent stake to Abu Dhabi-based Etihad. The Jet-Etihad deal was announced in April 2013 and because of objections from regulators the deal was stuck half-way. The proposal will now be considered by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.