CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR 24TH OCTOBER 2015

CORPORATE AFFAIRS, E-COMMERCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Amazon Inc India's Business has quadrupled in 2015 over the previous year as customers and sellers have risen more than threefold.
2. The Apple watch will launch in India on November 6. The premium end wearable is expected to cost over Rs 30,000.
3. Asian Paints reported a consolidated net profit at Rs 399 Crores for second quarter ended September 30.
4. Telecommunications tower Bharti Infratel's Net Profit for the quarter ended September grew by 25% from year ago period.
5. Honda Cars India announced recall of 3,879 units of CVT variants of Honda City manufactured from February 2014 to November 2014.
6. Japanese auto major Toyota is evaluating if vehicles need to be recalled in India as part of the company's global recall of 65 Lakh cars to fix potentially defective power window switches.
7. Ericsson, the world's largest telecom gear maker, said India was its fastest growing market in the quarter to September and among the top five in terms of sales.
8. Textile Conglomerate Arvind's plan to go full throttle with premium fabric brand Tresca has hit a roadblock with over 7,000 workers employed at its facility near Ahemdabad going on strike demanding wage revision.
9. A Vellayan back as and chairman of Murugappa Group.
10. Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos has become the third richest american and the fifth richest in the world with his net worth crossing $55 million.
11. Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey is giving a third of his twitter stock to company employees.
12. Ratan Tata and American Express has invested in Silicon Valley based digital currency startup, Abra.
13. Aruna Jayanthi CEO of Capgemini India has been elevated as the Global BPO head of the 11 billion Euro Company. Besides this Former I gate HR head Srinivas Kandula has replaced Jayanthi and will be the Capgemini India's CEO.

     

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

1. Bollywood Singer Adnan Sami may soon get Indian Citizenship soon.
2. Income of trust from yoga related activities will now not be subject to service tax.
3. The Bombay High Court directed BMC to remove all hawkers who have set up stalls on roads and foothpaths after May 1,2014.
4. 10 Marathi writers return awards along with the cash prize cheques to the chief ministers office.
5. Muncipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta has ordered an inquiry into the roadworks worth Rs 2000 Crores which were carried out prior to the monsoon.'
6. India will launch a nearly 400 kg 'spy' satellite for Singapore on December 16 using a version of the polar satellite launch vehicle.
7. Pakistani Author Kanza Javed scheduled to launch her debut novel at ongoing Kumaon literary festival on Sunday, has been denied Visa at the last minute.
8. 30,000 Bhojpur Voters likely to press NOTA.