Current Affairs : 24 Oct 2015

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* October 24 – World Polio Day & United Nations Day

* United Nations Day 2015 Theme – ‘Turn the World UN Blue’

* YAI Senior National Championship-2015 Conclude at Mumbai

* Advanced Landing Ground(ALG) at Walong Becomes Operational

* Hurricane Patricia: Mexico awaits ‘strongest ever’ storm

* FinMin imposes anti-dumping duty on Chinese auto parts

* National Capital Goods Policy Draft Ready

* Obama names Brett McGurk as Envoy to US-led coalition fighting ISIS

* Virat Kohli became the fourth player to register hundred against all the Test playing countries in ODIs

* Indian mountaineers climbed an untouched mountain peak, named it after APJ Abdul Kalam

* India third-largest student market in London

* First ever double-decker Shatabdi on Goa-Mumbai route: Suresh Prabhu

* President gives Sangeet Natak Akademi awards

* Ratan Tata invests in virtual cash start-up Abra

* Himachal Pradesh to host India’s first Paragliding World Cup

* US to host US-India trade policy forum

* Western Digital to buy SanDisk for 19 billion US dollar

* Grant Agreement on gas interconnector between Poland & Lithuania signed

* Maldivian Vice-President arrested on suspicion of links to a blast on President’s boat

* MoD Approves Induction of Women as Fighter Pilots