DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 9th OCT 2016
(Daily News India)
1. INDIAN
AIR FORCE DAY OBSERVED ON 8TH OCTOBER
i. The Air Force Day is observed annually on 8 October across India.
ii.It is the 84th celebration of
the Day which began in 1932.
2. FOREX
RESERVES TOUCH RECORD HIGH OF $372 BILLION
i. India's foreign exchange reserves scaled a new high of USD 371.99
billion.
Ii. The reserves had risen by USD 1.166 billion to USD 370.766 billion.
3. FUND
OF RS.114 CR APPROVED FOR HRIDAY PROJECTS
i. The Union Ministry of Urban Development has approved projects worth
Rs.114 crore under HRIDAY scheme.
ii.The scheme is approved for
improving infrastructure facilities around core heritage sites in five cities.
ii. These five cities are: Varanasi, Amritsar,Dwaraka , Puri and
Warangal.
4. INDIA’S
FIRST INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CENTRE INAUGRATED BY DEVENDRA FADNAVIS
i. Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated India’s first centre for
international arbitration in Mumbai.
ii. The MCIA will be governed by a 17-member governing council.
iii. The Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration will initially be
located at Express Towers.