Current Affairs 16th October 2014

Current Affairs 9th October 2014 - Important Points

• IndiGo ordered 250 A320neo planes from Airbus Group

• 13 agreements signed between India and Norway to promote bilateral relations

• 10-year-old terminally ill boy Sadiq became Hyderabad's police commissioner for a day

• Third navigation Satellite IRNSS 1C was successfully launched by ISRO

• Noted Telugu writer Turaga Janaki Rani passed away

Current Affairs 9th October 2014 - Details

IndiGo ordered 250 A320neo planes from Airbus Group

On 15th October 2014, IndiGo placed an order of 250 single-aisle aircraft, valued at $25.70 billion (Rs.1.50 lakh crore), at $102.8 million per aircraft. IndiGo entered into an MoU with Airbus SA to buy these aircrafts.

IndiGo President Aditya Ghosh said, "This order reaffirms IndiGo’s commitment to the long-term development of affordable air transportation. The additional aircraft will enable us to continue to bring our low fares and courteous, hassle-free service to more customers and markets and will create more job opportunities."

Do you Know :

IndiGo is an Indian airline company which is headquartered at Gurgaon, India. 

Rahul Bhatia of InterGlobe Enterprises and NRI Rakesh S Gangwal set up Indigo in 2006.

13 agreements signed between India and Norway to promote bilateral relations

On 14th October 2014, India and Norway signed 13 agreements to promote bilateral relations. These agreements include various sectors from defence to visa realated agreements. In the presence of President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg these agreements were signed in Oslo.

President of India Shri President Mukherjee was on three day visit to Norway from 12th to 14th October 2014.

10-year-old terminally ill boy Sadiq became Hyderabad's police commissioner for a day

On 15th October 2014, a 10-year old terminally ill boy whose name is Sadiq, became Hyderabad Police Commissioner for a day. NGO Make a Wish Foundation helped him to cherish his dream. 

Sadiq who hails from Peddapalli, Karimnagar is suffering from life-threatening cancer and is undergoing treatment for same. Sadiq in full uniform occupied the chair of Hyderabad Police Commissioner, even he was given a ceremonial welcome by the police when he arrived at the Commissioner's Office. 

Third navigation Satellite IRNSS 1C was successfully launched by ISRO

On 16th October 2014, ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) again did a great job as it successfully launched third navigation satellite Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) 1C. IRNSS 1C was injected into orbit with the help of PSLV C26 which was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

IRNSS 1C is the third member of the seven satellite constellation of the IRNSS as IRNSS 1A and IRNSS 1B have been already launched.

IRNSS is just like GPS.

Do you Know :

This was 27th consecutive successful flight of PSLV.

Noted Telugu writer Turaga Janaki Rani passed away

On 15th October 2014, Noted Telugu writer and former radio artiste Turaga Janaki Rani passed away in Hyderabad after a prolonged illness. She was 80 years old.

She was also very famous with the name of Radio Akkayya.

She used to conduct Balanandam, which was very popular programmes. She got National Best Broadcaster Award for two consecutive years un 1991 and 1992.