DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 10th OCT 2016
(Daily News India)
1. UNION
POWER MINISTER ASSURES ELECTRICITY FOR ALL BY MAY 2017
i.Union
Power Minister Piyush Goyal assured that India would have 100 per cent
electrification for all by May 1, 2017.
ii. He also
launched the Urban Jyoti Abhiyaan Mobile app, developed by the state-run Power
Finance Corporation, to enhance consumer connect with the urban power
distribution sector.
2. WORLD
POST DAY OBSERVED ON 9TH OCTOBER
i. World
Post Day is celebrated each year on 9 October all over the world.
ii.The theme
for this year 2016 is Innovation, Integration and Inclusion.
3.
SPRINTER SRABANI NANDA WINS EKALABYA AWARD
i.Sprinter
Srabani Nanda has bagged the 24th Ekalabya Award for the year 2016 in
recognition of her sporting excellence.
ii. Srabani
won gold in 200m, silver in 100m and 4x100m relay in 12th South Asian Games
held in Guwahati in February.
iii. She had
also won bronze in 100m and 4x100m relay in Asian Grand Prix Athletics in
Thailand in June 2015.