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14-October-2019 Current Affairs

Dutee Chand Set up a new National Record 11.22 seconds

Dutee Chand Set up a new National Record 11.22 seconds

  • Dutee Chand from Jaipur set up a new National Record 11.22 seconds, in the Women's 100m semifinals.
  • 23-years-old Dutee Chand set up a record at the 59th National Open Athletics Championships, held in Ranchi (Capital of Jharkhand).
  • She surpassed her previous timing of 11.26 second which she had set at the Asian Championships in April 2019.

    About Jharkhand
    i) Governor - Draupadi Murmu
    ii) Chief Minister - Raghubar Das
    iii) Total Area - 79,714 km2
    iv) Total Population (2011) - 32,988,134
    v) Official Language - Hindi
Anil Kumble selected as Coach of Kings XI Punjab

Anil Kumble selected as Coach of Kings XI Punjab

Former Indian cricketer Anil Kumble (age 48 years) has been selected as the Head Coach of Kings XI Punjab for IPL season 2020. Pr....
Eliud Kipchoge became the first person to complete Marathon in 2-hours

Eliud Kipchoge became the first person to complete Marathon in 2-hours

Kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge (age 34 years) became the first person to successfully complete the marathon in 2-hours. He completed the marathon of 42km in 1 hour ....
Manju Rani bags Silver at World Women’s Boxing Championships

Manju Rani bags Silver at World Women’s Boxing Championships

Indian boxer Manju Rani has won the Silver medal in the World Women's Boxing Championships, the tournament is held at Ulan-Ude, Russia. In final, ....
Netherlands King & Queen Arrived in India on 5-day visit

Netherlands King & Queen Arrived in India on 5-day visit

The King of Netherlands, Willem Alexander, and Queen Maxima arrived in New Delhi last night on a five-day visit to India. It will be the first state visit to India....
13th October: International Day for Disaster Reduction

13th October: International Day for Disaster Reduction

International Day for Disaster Reduction is observed on 13th October every year around the world to encourage every citizen and government to take part in building more disa....
C. P. Bhatt honored with Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration

C. P. Bhatt honored with Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration

Indian environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhatt has been honored with the 31st Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the years 2017 & 2018. ....
Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Michael Kremer

Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Michael Kremer

The Swedish Academy, Stockholm (Capital of Sweden) announced the Nobel Prize in Economics for the year 2019. Indian-American economist Abh....
Former cricketer Sourav Ganguly appointed as President of BCCI

Former cricketer Sourav Ganguly appointed as President of BCCI

Former Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly (age 47 years) filed his nomination for the post of BCCI President at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra.....
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