Current Affairs 23rd October 2014 important from Competitive Examination point of view

• The festival of lights - Deepavali is being celebrated with traditional fervour in various parts of the country.
• The festival is devoid of any celebrations in north coastal Andhra which was battered by very severe cyclonic storm 'Hudhud' 12-days ago
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared his Diwali day with soldiers in Siachen
•   Prime Minister announces 745 crore rupees package to Jammu and Kashmir to renovate houses and six major hospitals damaged in floods
• NIFTY breaches 8000 mark and Sensex up by 64 points on Muhurat trading.
• Chhattisgarh government has decided to set up districtlevel committees (headed by Collectors or Additional Collectors) for the effective implementation of its schemes for the thirdgender community
• The US tech giant Microsoft is set to drop the brand name Nokia from its future mobile phones and it could happen by year end. It is rebranding Nokia Lumia and calling it 'Microsoft Lumia'.
• The International Olympic Committee accepted Kosovo into the Olympic fold, clearing the way for it to send a team to the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.
• In a new update, WHO said there have been 9,936 probable, suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola, mostly in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. The virus has already killed 4,877 people globally .