1. First BRICS Migration Ministers Conference held in Sochi, Russia
(i) The Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju will attend the first BRICS Migration Minister’s Conference in Sochi, Russia. The conference aims at bringing member nations-Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa-to a consensus on issues pertaining to migration.
(ii) The representatives will deliberate on development of the society with regard to the migration process, socio-economic problems, opportunities and challenges amid the transnational character of migration flows.
2. Home Minister reiterates govt’s commitment to fight human trafficking
(i) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, while addressing the inauguration ceremony at the national conference on anti-human trafficking in New Delhi, said that the government gives high priority to fight against human trafficking.
(ii) Singh insisted that government efforts are not just limited to rescue victims but also rehabilitate them. He also announced that the ministry is contemplating to establish a nodal agency to combat human trafficking.
(iii) Singh also thanked officials for the success of Operation Smile and Operation Muskaan – which rescued over 19,000 missing children and reunited them with their families.
3. INS Astradharini commissioned into Indian Navy
(i) On October 6,
India’s first wholly indigenously designed and
built torpedo launcher and recovery vessel (TLRV), INS Astradharini, was
commissioned into Indian Navy and added to the Eastern Fleet in Visakhapatnam.
(ii) Flag Officer Commanding in chief, Eastern Naval Command Vice Admiral Satish Soni commissioned the ship at an impressive ceremony held at the Naval Base Visakhapatnam.
(iii)
The design is a result of the efforts between
Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL), IIT Kharagpur and Shoft
Shipyard.
(iv) The warship will be used to carry out the
technical trials of underwater weapons and systems developed by the NSTL.
4. Nayantara Sahgal returns her Sahitya Akademi award
(i)
Nayantara Sahgal, noted writer and niece of
Jawaharlal Nehru, recently returned the Sahitya Akademi award conferred on her
in protest against the recent attacks on “India’s culture of diversity and debate”.
(ii)
Her decision comes in the aftermath of recent killings
of rationalists and writers M.M. Kalburgi, Narendra Dabholkar and Govind
Pansare and of a Dadri resident who was lynched on suspicion of having consumed
beef.
(iii) A day after Nayantara Sehgal’s move, renowned poet Ashok Vajpeyi also handed back the prestigious literary honour to the government.
(iv) He stressed that “it’s high time that writers take a stand” to mark their protest against the recent murders of writers and minorities.
5. Russian Sergey Karjakin claims the chess world cup
(i)
Russian player Sergey Karjakin won the chess World
Championship. He defeated compatriot Peter Svidler 6-4, in the final game held
at Baku, Azerbaijan.
(ii)
Karjakin and Svidler have qualified for the
Candidates tournament to be held in March 2016 besides Viswanathan Anand,
Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura. Three more players would fill slots for the
eight-player tournament, which will decide Norwegian Magnus Carlsen’s challenger
for the next World Championship.
6. Noble Prize in Physics awarded to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur McDonald
(i)
Japanese physicist Takaaki Kajita and Canadian
astrophysicist Arthur McDonald won the 2015 Noble Prize in Physics in October
2015.
(ii)
The duo have been bestowed with the prestigious award
for the discovery of neutrino oscillation. Neutrinos are subatomic particles without
electric charge and are produced by the decay of radioactive elements. They are
the second most abundant particle in the Universe.
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