Heyall,

This week - from parasites to self-repairing cells to the Jasmine revolution; this

years Nobel Prizes recognized them all. Apart from the yearly awards, the IAF

looks to make strides in equal opportunity and BP gets its just desserts.

This weeks snippets are given below! Hope you enjoy the edition!

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Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha

said that IAF is planning to

induct women as fighter aircraft

pilots, which would make it the

first among the three armed

forces to induct women in direct

combat roles

HRD held crucial meeting with

IIM Directors to resolve the row

over the controversial IIM Bill

2015

BARC Director, Shekar Basu,

has been appointed as the

Chairman of the Atomic Energy

Commission

Wales qualify for Euro 2016

along with Northern Ireland and

England

Lewis Hamilton wins action-

packed Russian Grand Prix to

move to the brink of winning his

3rd Championship

India lose to South Africa by 5

runs in the 1st ODI; Rohit

Sharma hit 150

Novak Djokovic beats Rafa

Nadal in the finals of the China

Open

Republic of Ireland beat World

Champion Germany 1 0 with

Shane Long scoring the winner

Scientists discover than

placebo effect is increasing in

US painkiller trials

New research suggests that a

Pluto-size ball of solid iron

makes up Earth's inner core

formed 1 - 1.5 Bn. years ago

Nobel Prize 2015 in medicine

awarded to therapies for

parasite infections

New research suggests that the

cornea can sense light and,

together with the retina,

synchronizes with the earths

light and dark cycles

Nobel Peace Prize, TNDC, Tunisia, Sep 2015

Issue No. 9 | 12th October 2015

Nobel Prizes for 2015 were

announced; Peace Tunisian

National Dialogue Quartet;

Literature Svetlana A.

amongst others

Two blasts in Turkish capital,

Ankara, hit peace rally killing

over 100 protestors

BP fined $20.8 Bn. for the

Deepwater Horizon spill disaster

Ebola-hit countries, including

Sierra Leone and Liberia,

recorded first week without

fresh cases since March 2014

FM Arun Jaitley announced that

India's CAD is down to 1.3% of

GDP in FY15 as against 4.8%

two years earlier.

Despite 0.50% rate cut by RBI,

banks not seen to pass on

entire benefit to customers

BSE Sensex soared by 325

points to trade above 27,000

following buying amidst strong

Asian trends.

RBI Governor cautioned that

financial inclusion should not be

pressed excessively as target

beneficiaries may not be in a

position financially to benefit

President Pranab Mukherjee

underlined core values of

diversity, tolerance and plurality

in the backdrop of the Dadri

lynching

Recent opinion polls on Bihar

Elections suggest that BJP-led

NDA has lost its lead

SC refused to immediately

concede its demand for wider

use of Aadhaar as proof; plea

referred to larger bench

A.R. Rahman has been

appointed as the Cultural

Ambassador of Seychelles