Important news events of October 13

October 13:

1.  Kalpana Morparia has been appointed as the first woman director of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) on October 9, 2014
2. Jean Tirole wins Nobel Prize for economics for his work on how to regulate monopolies
3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) on the birth anniversary of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan on October 11, 2014.
4. Roger Federer won his maiden ATP Shanghai Masters trophy on October 12, 2014 by defeating Gilles Simon, 7-6, 7-6
5. India has pledged $4 million to the National Early Recovery and Reconstruction Plan for Gaza, a roadmap to tide over the current humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and towards it long term development.
6. Narinder Batra has been elected the president of Hockey India
7. Congress removed Shashi Tharoor as a party spokesperson for praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi
8. Cyclonic Storm Hudhud struck the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha October 12, 2014
9. International edition of Encyclopedia of Hinduism by India Heritage Research Foundation released
10. India’s rank improves to 55th position on global hunger index