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Thursday 17 October 2013

October 17, 2013 (Current Affairs)



Canada offers Malala honorary  citizenship

 Ms. Malala will become just the sixth person to be granted honorary Canadian citizenship after South African anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, British business magnate Aga Khan and Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg.

Comet ISON will shine bright by October end

By October-end, the comet is expected to be visible through the telescope and by November-end or first week of December, even to the naked eye, when the comet will be at its peak. Comet ISON, called C/ 2012 S1, was discovered by Russian astronomers Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok using the International Scientific Optical Network telescope, and hence named ISON.

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