CURRENT AFFAIRS FROM 1ST To 6TH OCTOBER 2015

CORPORATE AFFAIRS, TECHNOLOGY AND E-COMMERCE.

1. Godrej sells space in BKC for Rs 1,479 Crores.
2. Ambani Brothers joins hands for 4G services.
3. Nykaa.com founded by I-Banker Falguni Nayar has raised Rs 60 Crores by a group of investors.
4. Flipkart may spend $ 500 million to build sources of fulfillment centres across the country.
5. Venture Capital Investors pumped in a record $ 4 billion (Rs 26,000 Crores) in Indian Startups between January and September.
6. PSA Peugeout Citreen and Tata Motors are in talks to form a partnership in producing and distributing the french giants cars in India.
7. Global fashion company Hennes and Mauritz clocked more than Rs 1.75 Crores in sales on the opening day pf its first store in India almost double that of Zara.
8. ITC has decided to launch Ghee under Aashirvaad umbrella.
9. Adani to buy 2 power plants from Welspun for Rs 400 Crores.
10. Rs 1 Lakh discount on S-Cross car launched by Maruti just after 2 months of launch.
11. Antwork buys US company Benchmark systems for estimated Rs 33 Crores.
12. Infibeam Incorporation is set to become 1st E-Commerce Company in the country to be listed with capital markets regulator SEBI giving its nod to raise Rs 450 Crores through an IPO.
13. Chinese truck maker Beiqi Foton plans to make passenger cars in India. It is expected to be assembled in Pune in 2016-17.
14. Tata Chemicals to create new brand for foods portfolio as it looks to treble revenues to Rs 5000 Crores in 5 years by entering new product categories.
15. Twitter named Jock Dorsey as its permanent CEO.
16. Copthall Mauritius sold 3.78 Lakh shares or 0.57% stake in Jubilant foodworks for Rs 63.50 Crores.
17. Nestle is in advanced talks with R and R Icecream to create Joint Venture to run most of its Icecream business outside North America.
18. Uniphore Software Systems, a speech recognition solutions company, aims to raise women workforce to 50% in year.
19. Renault India's new entry level hatchback Kwid has got off to a good start having managed to get 25,000 bookings in a matter of 12 days. 
20. Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry's software arm Secusmart and Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division announced a pact to jointly develop a secure mobile communications system. 
21. iGate chief executive Ashok Vemuri has resigned from the company to pursue other interests, Capgemini said months after the French IT firm bought the Fremont, California-based outsourcing company for nearly $4 billion. 
22. Adani Enterprises has bought its partner's 49 per cent stake in Chemoil-Adani Pte Ltd joint venture, which supplies bunker fuel to vessels in Mundra and other ports. 
23. Sun Pharmaceutical  is seeking approval of its shareholders through a postal ballot earmarking of up to Rs 50,000 crore for the purpose of acquisitions or providing loans, among others.
24. The Air Intelligence Unit ( AIU) of the Mumbai Customs foiled the smuggling bids of passengers in separate cases and seized around 200 new iPhone handsets worth around Rs 1.23 crore at Mumbai Chattrapati Shivaji International Airport. 
25. Cafe Coffee Day sets price band for Rs 1,150 crore IPO, may be priced between Rs 316 to Rs 328.

POLITICS, ECONOMY, CRIMES, ENTERTAINMENT AND WORLD NEWS

1. GAS to cost 18% less on global cues.
2. In IT city Bengaluru 33000 households have no power.
3. Gujarat State election Commission has announced postponment of polls of various local bodies in state, citing the Law and Order Situation.
4. Defence Institute of High Altitude research sets up world's highest terrestrial centre at Chang La in Jammu and Kashmir 17,600 feet above mean sea level.
5. 18 government organistaions including ISRO, DRDO, I-T Department and 18 private developers and Industrialist are in an illegal possession of land in Peenya-Jalalli reserve forest.
6. Britain's State run National Health Service has spent Euro 1 million to keep an person of indian origin Ditya Agarwal off work.
7. India pledges 35% cut in emissions rate by 2030.
8. A consumer forum recently ordered to pay Rs 7000 to an Andheri based subscriber who was repeatedly harassed on paying bill of Rs 260.
9. Nana Patekar adopts a village in Vajjapur taluka of Aurangabad District.
10. PM Modi wants universal enrollment of Aadhar by December 2015.
11. A passenger plane with 10 on board goes missing in Indonesia.
12. 15 year old child is the youngest convicted terrorist.
13. Three scientists from Ireland, Japan and China were jointly awarded the Nobel Price in Medicine.
14. Centre asks states to show zero tolerance to communal violence.
15. A recent survey found that 60% mumbai city youth feel same-sex relations is a personal choice.
16. Mumbaikars can enroll as voters for civic elections from October 8 to November 7.
17. App based players OLA, Uber and Taxi for Sure would have to register with state transport departments like all normal taxi opeartors.
18. Bengaluru BPO staffer gangraped in Van.
19. The finance ministry revised the figure for the amount received under black money window to Rs 4,147 Crores from 3,770 Crores.
20. Import duty on Ghee, Butter and Butter oil raised to 40%.
21. Person of Indian Origin donates $ 100 million to New York University school of Enginnering.
22. HDFC home loan rates cut by 25 basis points and will be available at 9.67% for women and 9.65% for others.
23. 5 bomb planters of July 11 2006 get death sentence and 7 other convicts get life imprisonment.