13 October 2014 Current Affairs

• Evo Morales romps to a third successive 4-year term as the President of Bolivia.  
  • Notably, he is the first ever indigenous president of the country to be elected democratically.
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• Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram clinched Dutch Open Grand Prix 2014.  
  • He beats Ihsan Maulana Mustofa (Indonesia) in the final to bag his maiden Grand Prix title.
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• Iconic American tennis duo of Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan has become the first pair to win all nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments.  
  • They achieved this feat by clinching the doubles title at the ATP Shanghai Masters.
  • It was the 101st of their career - including 16 Grand Slam titles - a record.
  • Roger Federer lifts the men's singles title by beating Gilles Simon in the final.
  • The ATP World Tour Masters 1000 comes only second behind the Grand Slams in value.
  • Its a series of nine tennis tournaments held annually.
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• World observes 'International Day for Disaster Reduction 2014' today on October 13.  
  • The day is celebrated to raise awareness of how people are taking action to reduce their risk to disasters.
  • The theme for this year is 'Resilience is for Life'.
  • The focus this year is on older people and the role they can play in resilience-building through their experience and knowledge. 
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• PM launched his pet project 'Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana'.  
  • A Member of Parliament must identify a village and turn it into a 'model village' by 2016.
  • The village must not belong to the MP or his/her in-laws.
  • The village has to be from the nearby rural areas and not from their urban constituencies.
  • Two more villages will be taken up under the scheme for the 2016-19 period.
  • The logic behind the project is to make the most of various government schemes - often worked in isolation - by weeding out the shortcomings under unified command.