Current Affairs October 2015

30th October, Current Affairs:
• National Unity Day observed across India to commemorate the birthday of Sardar Vallabhai Patel.
• A Russian plane carrying 217 passengers crashes in Egypt in which most passengers feared dead.

29th October, Current Affairs:
• India Africa Forum summit starts in Delhi.
• China announced to ends its "onechild policy" to counter the ageing workforce issues allowing all couples to have two children.

Current Affairs September 2015

30th September, Current Affairs:
• 5 of the 12 convicts have been sentenced to death while the other seven were given life imprisonment for the 2006 serial train blasts case by a special MCOCA court in Mumbai.
• Naval warship INS Kochi, indigenously built largest warship has been commissioned by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.
• Bangladesh has been selected for a berth in ICC Champions Trophy for the first time since 2006. Bangladesh has replaced the West Indies who failed to secure position in top eight in ICC ranking.
• Russia launches airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria.

Some important awards of 2015

The Rajeev Gandhi khel ratna- sania mirza

Arjun awards-

1- Sandeep Kumar ( archery)

2- M.R. Poovamma ( athletics)

3- Kidambi Srikanth ( badminton)