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Obituaries:
1) Manna Dey, the
legendary singer died in Bangalore
hospital. He was 94 years old.
Sports:
1) Serena Williams,
the world number one tennis player won the TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships at
Istanbul after
defeating Li Na 2-6, 6-3, 6-0.
2) Sebastian Vettel
won the F1 Indian Grand Prix 2013.
3) Jorge Lorenzo
won Australian Grand Prix 2013.
4) Ding Junhui
of China won Indian Open
Snooker title with a 5-0 victory over Aditya Mehta of India in New
Delhi.
5) Former Indian
bowler Ajit Agarkar announced Retirement from all forms of Cricket.
6) Novak Djokovic
defeated Juan Del Potro 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3) to win a second straight trophy at
the Shanghai Masters in China.
7) Novak Djokovic
clinched his fourth China Open title in five years against Rafael Nadal.
8) Mumbai Indians
Defeated Rajasthan Royals to Clinch Champions League Twenty-20 2013.
9) Sania Mirza-Cara
Black won China Open Women’s Double 2013.
Miscellaneous:
1) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 29 October 2013
released the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy. According the released
statement by the RBI, the Repo rate increased by 25 basis points from 7.5
percent to 7.75 percent.
2) RBI reduced the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate by
25 basis points from 9.0 percent to 8.75 percent with immediate effect.
3) India
developed Surface-to-Surface Missile Pragati.
4) Bhubaneswar
and Imphal airports were Declared as International Airports.
5) Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana, a pension and
life insurance fund scheme for blue-collar Indian workers in UAE was launched
by the Union Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, Vyalar Ravi in Dubai.
6) Moscow
hosted the 14th India-Russia Annual Summit.
7) India
and China
signed nine agreements/Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) including the Border
Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA).
8) The Indian Navy inducted into service its largest offshore
patrol vessel (OPV), INS Sunayna, at the Southern Naval Command.
9) Election Commission of India Approved None of the Above Option in EVMs and Ballot Papers.
10) India
Post Launched International Money Transfer Service- 'Instant Cash'.
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