Maggie Smith receives royal honour from Queen Elizabeth

i. Veteran actress Maggie Smith was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour by Queen Elizabeth.

ii. The 79-year-old ‘Downton Abbey’ star was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour, one of Britian’s highest honours, at a special ceremony at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England in recognition of her services to drama over the past six decades, reported BBC online

Corporation Bank launches ‘e-Mandate’ service

i. To provide robust platform for large volume of repetitive payments, Corporation Bank has launched the ‘e-Mandate’ (digital mandate) service.

ii. The ‘e-Mandate’ service will be beneficial to the utility companies for monthly subscriptions/bill payments; insurance companies for premium payment by policy holders ; NBFCs and other finance companies for instalment payments; education institutions for school fee payment; and manufacturing companies.

Karur Vysya Bank Recieved a Award of IDRBT

i. Karur Vysya Bank has bagged the Best Bank Award for Business Intelligence Initiatives among small banks.

ii. The bank's Managing Director and Chief Executive, K Venkataraman received the award from the Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram G Rajan.

PM Modi launched Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Karyakram on 16 October

• Prime Minster Narendra Modi on Thursday launched Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shramev Jayate Karyakram. Looking to create an environment conducive to industrial development while also ensuring transparency in the labour sector, the Prime Minister launched a host of schemes which envisage, among others, portable PF accounts and a unified portal for labour inspection at firms.
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Kevin Pietersen Autobiography : KP

• Kevin Pietersen Launched His Autobiography "KP" on October 2014
• In his Book He Salute The Former Indian Player ' Rahul Dravid ', because he taught me how to play against Spinner 
• Kevin Pietersen born in South Africa
• He playing for England Team
• He  is a Right-Handed Batsman

Prime Minister launches Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY)

Ø Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the 'Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana', an ambitious village development project under which each MP will take the responsibility of developing physical and institutional infrastructure in three villages by 2019

Ø He said on the basis of the model created by this experience, it is envisaged that two more villages would be developed by each MP by 2019 and that one village will be developed every year.

NOBLE PRIZE WINNERS 2014

About Nobel Prize - 
Nobel Prize, any of the prizes (five in number until 1969, when a sixth was added) that are awarded annually from a fund bequeathed for that purpose by the Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel. The Nobel Prizes are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards given for intellectual achievement in the world. 

Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) Launched by ISRO

ª Type : Satellite Navigation System
ª Coverage : 1500-2000Km around Indian Landmass

ª Operational by : 2015-16

ª Project Cost : 16 Billion Rs (US $260 Million)

ª Total Satellite : 7(IRNSS – 1A to IRNSS – 1G)

Flipkart Halts in a day guarantee scheme

v Online retail giant Flipkart has temporarily turned off its In-a-Day Guarantee and Same Day Guarantee delivery services to its premium subscribers.

v The Big Billion Day sale on Monday saw Flipkart claiming sales of over Rs. 600 crore in 10 hours. 

17th Asian Games 2014 Full Report

Host City : Incheon, South Korea

Motto : Diversity Shines Here

Total Nations Participated : 45

Total Athletes Participated : 9501

Total events : 439 in 36 Sports

Oxford scholar Dr. James Maynard Awarded for Ramanujan prize-2014

=> Dr. Maynard will receive the cash award of $ 10,000 along with a citation

=> The age limit for the prize has been fixed at 32 to reflect Ramanujan’s achievements in his brief life span of 32 years.