1.The Nobel memorial prize in economics was awarded Monday to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson for research that explains why societies with poor rule of law and exploitative institutions do not generate sustainable growth.

2.Gold prices rose `200 to revisit the all-time high of `78,700 per 10 grams in the national capital Monday on persistent buying by stockists and traders even as the precious metal lost steam globally, according to the All India Sarafa Association.

3.The state government is planning to distribute Mahaprasad at Puri Srimandir to devotees free of cost. Harichandan said the free distribution of the Mahaprasad will entail an additional expenditure of Rs 14-15 crore per year for the government. “

4.Odisha has been recognised as the top winner in the 5th National Water Awards 2023, with Uttar Pradesh securing the second spot. This was revealed by Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil, who announced the list of winners, at Shram Shakti Bhawan in New Delhi, Monday.

5.To ensure the availability of accurate and error-free information in Odia language on various search engines and digital platforms, the Odia Language, Literature and Culture department Monday held a virtual meeting with team Google India.

6.The Aam Aadmi Party has asked the National ConferenceCongress alliance for a cabinet birth for its lone MLA from Doda in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir government, set to be led by Omar Abdullah.

7.India Monday expelled six Canadian diplomats and announced withdrawing its High Commissioner and other “targeted” officials from Canada after strongly dismissing Ottawa's allegations linking the envoy to a probe into the killing of Sikh extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

8.Soaring vegetable prices pushed the retail inflation rate to a nine-month high of 5.49 per cent in September, according to government data released Monday.

9.The Maharashtra Government’s decision to abolish toll tax on light motor vehicles at all the five Mumbai Entry Points (MEPs) from Monday-Tuesday midnight (October 15).

10.The Enforcement Directorate Monday conducted searches against a senior IAS officer, persons linked to a cabinet minister and some others as part of a multi-crore money laundering probe into alleged irregularities in the Water and Sanitation department of poll-bound Jharkhand, official sources said.

11. Ukraine’s top prosecutor said he had received intelligence indicating that Russian President Vladimir Putin may attend the G20 summit in Brazil next month, and called on authorities there to carry out a warrant for his arrest if he showed up.

12.An Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in northern Lebanon Monday, killing at least 21 people, according to the Lebanese Red Cross.

13.India, the world’s third largest oil importing and consuming nation, saved `1.06 lakh crore in foreign exchange during the last decade by mixing biofuels in petrol, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said Monday.

14.Southwest monsoon has withdrawn from 20 of the 30 districts of the state so f ar, the Meteorological Centre here said. It is expected to withdraw from the remaining districts over the next two days, weather scientist Umashankar Das of the Centre said.

15.Over 350 players from around the world will go under the hammer in the inaugural women’s Hockey India League (HIL) auctions here Tuesday. After a seven-year hiatus, the highly-anticipated HIL is making a grand return with an exclusive women’s league for the first time