1. Prime Minister connected to people over radio with programme, Mann Ki Baat
Who: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
What: for the first time addressed the countrymen over radio in programme Mann Ki Baat
When: on 3 October 2014
What: for the first time addressed the countrymen over radio in programme Mann Ki Baat
When: on 3 October 2014
2. Rajasthan becomes first state to start olive refinery
Who: India's first Olive refinery
Where: in Lunkaransar area at Bikaner, Rajasthan
What: inaugurated by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje
When: 3 October 2014
Where: in Lunkaransar area at Bikaner, Rajasthan
What: inaugurated by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje
When: 3 October 2014
i. Rajasthan
today started the country’s first olive refinery and expressed hope that it
would be able to fulfil the country’s demand of olive oil in coming years.
ii. Chief
Minister Vasundhara Raje inaugurated the refinery set up with a cost of Rs. 3.75
crore in Lunkaransar area in the district and said it was an achievement for
Rajasthan to become the first state in the country to set up such refinery.
iii. The
olive oil produced in the refinery will be marked under the brand name of ‘Raj
Olive Oil’ and will be available in markets after some time.
3. Aral Sea dried: NASA’s Earth Observatory
Who: World's fourth-largest lake, Aral Sea
Where: sea is located between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
What: has dried and is at the verge of vanish
When: the images were released in October 2014
Why: claimed by NASA's Earth Observatory by releasing images of the sea
Where: sea is located between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
What: has dried and is at the verge of vanish
When: the images were released in October 2014
Why: claimed by NASA's Earth Observatory by releasing images of the sea
4. World Animal Day observed globally on 4 October
Who: World Animal Day
Where: globally
What: observed
When: on 4 October 2014
What: observed
When: on 4 October 2014
5.
Asian Games: India placed eighth with total
haul of 57 medals
i. India
have brought the curtains down on their campaign in the 17th Asian Games,
maintaining their domination of kabaddi with two gold medals.
ii. On the penultimate day
of competitions at Incheon on day, India rose a rung to eighth in the overall
medal standings.
iii. The women's kabaddi team won their title-match against Iran quite comfortably by a 31-21 margin, to maintain their supremacy for the second edition running, having clinched gold when the event made its debut four years ago in Guangzhou.
iv. For the men's kabaddi team, it was not a cakewalk. They literally overcame a scare from Iran before notching up a 27-25 win in a thrilling final. It was their seventh successive gold medal in the event.
v. Hammer thrower Manju Bala's medal was upgraded from bronze to silver after a Chinese competitor who finished ahead of her was caught for doping.
vi. With two gold medals coming on Friday, India were placed eighth on the table with a total haul of 57 medals - 11 gold,10 silver and 36 bronze.
iii. The women's kabaddi team won their title-match against Iran quite comfortably by a 31-21 margin, to maintain their supremacy for the second edition running, having clinched gold when the event made its debut four years ago in Guangzhou.
iv. For the men's kabaddi team, it was not a cakewalk. They literally overcame a scare from Iran before notching up a 27-25 win in a thrilling final. It was their seventh successive gold medal in the event.
v. Hammer thrower Manju Bala's medal was upgraded from bronze to silver after a Chinese competitor who finished ahead of her was caught for doping.
vi. With two gold medals coming on Friday, India were placed eighth on the table with a total haul of 57 medals - 11 gold,10 silver and 36 bronze.
6.
India Men’s Kabaddi Team bag seventh
successive gold in Asian Games,
i. Six-time
defending champions India retain the seventh gold medal in Asian Games after
they narrowly edge past the determined Iranian side in this rematch of 2010
Guangzhou Asian Games.
ii. The
Indian side got off to the worst possible start of the tournament in Incheon
but came back roaring to win the gold medal in the 17th edition of Asian Games.
iii. India
beat Iran by 27-25 in this mouth-watering title clash. Earlier, it was the
women’s team that made India proud by also wining the gold medal in their match
also against Iranian side.
7.
Women's kabaddi team bags
gold at Asiad
i. The Indian women's kabaddi
team notched up its second successive gold medal at the Asian Games, beating
Iran 31-21 in the summit clash on Friday.
ii. India thus maintained their supremacy in women's kabaddi,
which made its Asiad debut in the previous edition in Guangzhou.
8. Indian women clinch gold in 4x400m relay at Asian Games 2014
i. India continued their stranglehold in women's 4x400m relay event in the Asian Games as its quartet ran a brilliant race to win the gold for the fourth time on the trot in Games record time in the 17th edition in Incheon on Thursday.
i. India continued their stranglehold in women's 4x400m relay event in the Asian Games as its quartet ran a brilliant race to win the gold for the fourth time on the trot in Games record time in the 17th edition in Incheon on Thursday.
ii. The quartet
of Priyanka Panwar, Tintu Luka, Mandeep Kaur and M.R. Poovamma won an easy race
in 3:28.68 to improve upon the earlier Games record of 3:29.02 which was also
in the name of the gold-winning Indian team in 2010.
iii. This was the second gold
for India from athletics after Seema Punia bagged the yellow metal in women's
discus throw.
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