15th October Current Affairs

• Hurricane Leslie heading to Portugal, Spain
  • Hurricane Leslie is heading toward Portugal and Spain.
  • The Category 1 storm was about 910 km southwest of Lisbon, Portugal, and about 320 km northwest of Madeira, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

  

  
  

  • Leslie is moving northeast at 36 mph and it has maximum sustained winds of 80 mph.
  • The storm is expected to pass north of Madeira.
• Saurabh clinched gold in 10-m air pistol
• • Pistol shooter Saurabh Chaudhary bagged the Gold Medal in the 10-metre air pistol event in the ongoing Youth Olympic Games in Argentina.
  • In Buenos Aires, the 16-year old blew the field away in the final as he finished a massive Seven and a half points ahead of his closest rival.
  • It is India’s 3rd gold in the history of Youth Olympic Games and all 3 have come in this edition in Buenos Aires.
• Deepa clinched bronze in Asian Para Games
  • At the Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Rio Paralympics medallist Deepa Malik bagged her second medal as she clinched a bronze in the women’s F51/52/53 discus throw event.
  • Deepa produced her best effort in her fourth attempt, a 9.67 metre to claim the third spot.
  • Elnaz Darabian of Iran took home the gold and set a new Asian record with her best throw of 10.71 meters.
• ICC launched women’s T20I ranking
  • In the newly launched ICC global Women’s T20I Team Rankings, India is placed fifth while three-time champions Australia topped the 46-team table.

  

  
  

  • The ICC’s move to launch the women’s T20I rankings follows its decision earlier this year to award international status to all T20 matches.
  • An ICC release in Dubai said all women’s T20 matches between members have international status.
• 5 gold for India on penultimate day
  • India grabbed 5 gold medals on the penultimate day of the Asian Para Games at Jakarta.

  

  
  

  • K Jennitha Anto clinched the gold in women’s individual rapid P1 chess event while Kishan Gangolli got the better of Majid Bagheri in the men’s individual event to claim the top spot.
  • In para-badminton, Parul Parmar notched up a victory over Wandee Kamtam to win the gold medal in the women’s singles event.
• Cyclone Luban in Oman
  • Oman has closed schools and ports in the southern part of the country while Yemen’s local authorities prepared health facilities ahead of cyclone Luban.

  

  
  

  • Luban is currently a category one cyclone, which is likely to develop into a Category 2 cyclone within the next 48 hours.
  • Luban is travelling northwest, and cloud bands of the cyclone are currently 327 kilometres away from the coast of Oman.
• International Day for Disaster Reduction
  • The International Day for Disaster Reduction was started in 1989, after a call by the United Nations General Assembly for a day to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction.
  • It is held every year on 13 October

  

  • The 2018 theme continues as part of the “Sendai Seven” campaign, centred on the seven targets of the Sendai Framework.