CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 31st OCTOBER,
2015
· Narendra Nayak appointed
as Managing Director of BlackBerry India. He remained executive at IBM,
Motorola and Digital Equipment India etc.
- China abandoned
its One Child Policy.
The policy was introduced in 1980 to curb the population while earlier in 2013, ethnic families and rural couples allowed to have one more child if first one is girl. - BRICS nations
signed Moscow Declaration for
supporting multilateral science projects during 3rd meeting of BRICS
nations for science, technology and innovation.
Dr.Harsh Vardhan led the meeting as an Indian delegation. - Union Ministry of Women and Child Development launched
an initiative to spread awareness about Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme partnered with Celltick Mobile
Media India Pvt. Ltd.
- Bindeshwar
Pathak, awarded with
New York Global Leaders Dialogue Humanitarian
Award.
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed non-resident
Indians (NRIs) to subscribe to the National Pension System (NPS) enabling
them access old age income security.
- Saudi blogger Raif
Badawi has been selected for European Union’s prestigious Sakharov
Prize for human rights for year 2015
- John Pombe Magufuli of ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party was elected as the President of Tanzanian.
- India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) 2015 was held for four days between 26 October and 29 October 2015 at Indira Gandhi Stadium Complex in New Delhi.
- Indian para-athlete Amit Kumar Saroha won silver medal in men's club throw F51 event in the IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha
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