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Memorable Points

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09 Oct
  • Winner of three Wimbledon titles in a day, who died at the age of 89– Doris Hart
  • Person who was sworn-in as 19th Governor of Arunachal Pradesh – Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa
  • Former cricketers who were inducted into the BCCI’s newly-constituted cricket advisory committee – Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman
  • Football club Copa del Rey also known as Spanish King’s Cup by defeating Athletic Bilbao – Barcelona
  • Person who was appointed as the new Chancellor of the Nalanda University, Bihar– George Yeo, the former Foreign Minister of Singapore
  • The women, who was designated as the new President of the Indian Ocean island nation, Mauritius by its government– Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
  • India and Sweden signed 6 agreements to boost ties and restart the bilateral strategic dialogue in presence of– President Pranab Mukherjee, who was on a state visit to Sweden
  • One of the founders of India’s Information Technology (IT) industry and chairman of Hinditron Group who died – Hemant Sonawala
  • 92 year 65 days old cancer survivor, who became the oldest woman to finish a marathon at San Diego’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon of 26.2 miles (42.2 kilometers)– Harriette Thompson
  • President of FIFA who resigned amid the corruption scandal that has engulfed the football’s governing body– Sepp Blatter
  • To attract investment of 1 lakh crore rupees Maharashtra Cabinet approved– a Composite Renewable Energy Policy worth 4156.43 crore rupees
  • Scientists claimed that some female members of a critically endangered species of sawfish are reproducing in the wild without sex, that is, by– Parthenogenesis
  • US President Barack Obama signed the USA FREEDOM Act 2015 in law for Uniting and Strengthening America by– Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015.
  • The former cricket captain of Indian team, who was re-appointed as the Director of Indian cricket team for the Bangladesh tour– Ravi Shastri
  • Sixth city in the country to have metro services; other cities are Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Bangalore, and Kolkata is– Jaipur  
  • Indian shot putter who won gold medal in men’s shot put event in the 21st Asian Athletics Championships– Inderjeet Singh
  • India and Belarus inked six agreements to boost ties and relationship based on – friendship and mutual benefit
  • Jharkhand Cabinet approved Jharkhand Special Courts Ordinance, 2015 to make Jharkhand– rid of corruption
  • Person who for his contribution towards the development of athletics in Asian continent was was conferred with the Asian Athletics Association (AAA) President’s award – Suresh Kalmadi
  • World Bank Board approved $250 Million support to Jammu and Kashmir for– Jhelum and Tawi Flood Recovery Project
  • Name the legendary Telugu writer who died in Hyderabad after a brief illness– Dasaradhi Rangacharya
  • Name the Cyclonic storm that was developed over the Arabian Sea – ASHOBAA
  • Three districts of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh that were included in National Capital Region are– Jind, Karnal and Muzaffarnagar
  • ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, appointed a person as the non-executive chairman for a period of five years is– Mahendra Kumar Sharma
  • City that who’s Municipal Corporation (AMC) announced USE and GET PAID scheme, under which people will be paid one rupees for using public toilets– Ahmadabad
  • Person who was conferred with the prestigious 14th Sant Namdev National Award 2015 at a function in Pune, Maharashtra– Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal
  • Former Indian cricketer who died after a prolonged illness at his residence in Pune, Maharashtra– Hemant Kanitkar
  • Delhi Jal Board vice-chairman who was named as the new Law Minister of Delhi– Kapil Mishra
  • Researchers discovered a trio of mud statuettes inside a reed basket in a building, an important archaeological site, in the ancient city of Vichama in northern Peru is believed to be created about 3800 years ago by– the ancient Caral civilization.
  • HDFC Bank launched a mobile app as a complete digital payment and purchase solution–PayZapp
  • The United Nations (UN) envoy in Burundi crisis, who stepped down from his role as mediator of the crisis after being accused of being biased– Said Djinnit
  • Union Government scrapped customs import duties for drugs and test kits used to treat– AIDS
  • Four Indian languages included in the books of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of UAE which can be chosen while appearing for driving tests here in the UAE from September 2015 includes– Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Bengali
  • Cricketer who became the ninth all-time highest Test wicket-takers by claiming 416 wickets in 102 matches is– Indian off-spin cricketer Harbhajan Singh
  • Person elected as the President of United Nations General Assembly’s 70th session– Mogens Lykketoft of Denmark
  • China unveiled 800-year-old Buddha statue (Qianshou Guanyin) famous for its 1000 hands in– Dazu County in Sichun province
  • First Indian footballer to score 50 international goals – Sunil Chhetri
  • India’s first 100 percent visually-challenged person to be inducted into the Indian Foreign Services (IFS) is– Beno Zephine