18 Oct 2014 Current Affairs

• Meet the new non-permanent members of UN Security Council: Venezuela, Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand and Spain.
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• Nigeria inks ceasefire agreement with Islamic extremist Boko Haram; likely to get back all the abducted schoolgirls as part of the deal.  
  • The rebel group, fighting government forces since 2009, gained worldwide infamy when they abducted over 200 schoolgirls some six months ago.
  • Boko Haram means "Western education is forbidden" in Hausa.
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• Tamil writer KTM Iqbal is honoured with the 2014 Cultural Medallion - the highest cultural award of Singapore.  
  • He, a Singaporean citizen of Tamil descent, share the prize with two others namely Chong Fah Cheong (sculptor) and Alvin Tan.
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• Centre, for the first time ever, is going to import potatoes to curb rising prices.  
  • Pakistan and European countries are likely to be the importers.
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• West Indies abort tour of India just after 4 ODIs owing to a pay dispute between the players and the board.   
  • They were originally scheduled to play five ODIs, a T20 and three Tests series with India.
  • India lift the ODI series 2-1 after winning the last (4th) encounter by 59 runs.
  • Third ODI, to be played at Visakhapatnam, was washed out due to cyclone Hudhud.
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