CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR 18TH OCTOBER 2015

CORPORATE AFFAIRS, TECHNOLOGY AND E-COMMERCE

1. US snacks and beverage major PepsiCo is finally on its way out as the title sponsor of the Indian Premier League, the world's richest T20 cricket league.
2. US federal court has asked Apple Inc to pay $234 million to University of Wisconsin for infringing a patent on microprocessor technology developed by varsity researchers.

POLITICS, ECONOMY, CRIMES, SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND NEWS AROUND THE WORLD

1. The Maharashtra Government's street vendors draft policy intends to pave the way for night bazaars in the city.
2. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said the Japan International Cooperation Agency is ready to fund the Mumbai- Trans-Harbour Link Sewri in the city to Nhava Sheva on the mainland at 1.75% rate of interest.
3. The Bombay High Court asked the State to make available to the public online the laws in Marathi by June 2016.
4. A MBA passout has decided not to accept his degree at the first convocation of Islamic University of Science and Technology in Kashmir from Union HRD minister Smriti Irani as a protest against "diminishing freedoms" in the country.
5. A retired Indian Forest Officer, Vijay Bahadur Shah, who was an observer in 12 Vyapam recruitments test , died under mysterious conditions in Odisha.
6. Kailash Satyarthi to receive Harvard Humanitarian Award who will be the first Indian.
7. Telugu writer k Katyayani aanounced she would return her Sahitya Akademi Award to protest against "diminishing constitutional protection" for freedom of choice.
8. To reduce fatalities, bikes and scooters will soon have an automatic headlamps on Feature similar to daytime running lamps in cars from April 2017.