1.
Global Gender Gap Report 2013, which was published on 25 October 2013
by World Economic Forum- India was ranked 101 out of 136 countries on
Gender Gap index.
Top 5 country:
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1. Iceland
2. Finland
3. Norway
4. Sweden
5. Philippines
2. The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has assigned
Corporation Bank No. 1 rank under the ‘National Awards for Excellence in
MSE (micro and small enterprises) Lending’ for 2012-13.
3. The
World Bank has approved $250-million assistance for Uttarakhand, which
was hit hard by rains and landslides in June that killed 580 people, to
help the State undertake rehabilitation work and strengthen its capacity
for disaster management.
4. Government of India on 25 October
2013 signed an agreement with World Bank for credit of 360 million US
Dollar for the second phase of Uttar Pradesh Water Sector Restructuring
Project.
5. Himachal Pradesh on 26 October 2013 became the
second state after Haryana to introduce Union National Vocational
Qualitative Framework (NVQF) Scheme. The scheme has been implemented by
the All India Technical Education Council and the National Skill
Development Council.
6. Ethiopia's government on 24 October 2013 temporarily banned its citizens from travelling abroad to look for work.
7. The world's oldest national football body, the English Football Association, or FA is marking its 150th anniversary today.
8. The Uttar Pradesh Government on 25 October 2013 appointed retired
Justice Tarun Chaterjee as the new chairman of the state Human Rights
Commission.
9. Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers
on 25 October 2013 sanctioned setting up of a Plastic Park at Siju
Village, Kujanga Tehsil of Jagatsinghpur District in Odisha. A Special
Purpose Vehicle (SPV) called Paradeep Plastic Park Limited would set up
the Plastic Park.
10. Indian cueist Alok Kumar could not add
the World Billiards trophy to his cabinet as he lost in the final to
local favourite David Causier to settle for the silver medal at the
mega-event here.
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