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Today Current Affairs 9th October 2017

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1. 2017 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Announced
i. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2017 was awarded to Richard H. Thaler “for his contributions to behavioural economics”.
Important Takeaways from Above News-
In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden’s central bank) established the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize.Amartya Sen (India) and John F. Nash Jr. (America) are the most famous recipients of Nobel Prize in Economics.
2. India’s First Portal Dedicated to Para-Sports Launched
i. In a bid to create awareness about para-sports and provide a platform to para sportspersons to narrate their stories of triumph and adversity, “thenationspride.com”, the country’s first portal dedicated to para-sports was launched.
ii. thenationspride.com is a non-profit initiative, helmed by 17-year-old Mumbai student and sports enthusiast, Saachi Munot.
Important Takeaways from Above News-
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is the present minister of Youth Affairs and Sports.
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