1.The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded Monday to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated. The Nobel Assembly said that their discovery is ‘proving to be fundamentally important for how organisms develop and function’.

2.India’s water reservoirs are experiencing a significant boost in live storage with 155 of them across the country currently at 88 per cent of their total capacity, a 14 per cent rise from the normal storage, CWC bulletin said Monday.

3.Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan Monday announced a tribal university will come up in Nashik district and noted adivasi communities are an integral part of the state’s rich cultural fabric.

4. Seeking to strengthen bilateral ties, India and the Maldives Monday inked a currency swap pact and agreed to extend development cooperation to build ports, road networks, schools and housing projects in the archipelago nation grappling with a financial crisis.

5.unclaimed packets containing 12 kg of cocaine, valued at Rs 120 crore in the international market, have been recovered from a creek area near Gandhidham town in Gujarat’s Kutch district, police said Monday.

6.Nearly 16 crore rural households, ensuring 78.58 per cent of rural homes, now have access to potable water, a sharp increase from the 17 per cent coverage when the Jal Jeevan Mission began, according to the Jal Shakti ministry.

7.Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s power to nominate five members to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was at the centre of a political and legal debate on the eve of vote count, with the Congress and regional parties NC and PDP Monday opposing any such move during government formation.

8.The Odisha government Monday deposited rupees one each in the bank accounts of at least 32 lakh beneficiaries in the phase II process of the first installment under the prestigious Subhadra Yojana.

9.Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi demanded Monday a helicopter and 12 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) from the Union government to combat Maoists in the state.

10As many as 195 newly-appointed junior teachers failed to report for duty after villagers and members of a joint action committee locked up the concerned schools in various villages in this district, Monday.

11 Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Mayurbhanj district will reopen for tourists from October 10, an official notification said Monday.

12.Civic volunteer in Kolkata Police Sanjay Roy had raped and killed the trainee doctor in the seminar hall at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital August 9, the CBI has alleged in its first charge sheet in the sensational case filed Monday while ruling out “gang rape”.

13. Israelis Monday marked the first anniversary of the devastating Hamas attack that triggered a war which has sparked protest worldwide and risks igniting a far wider conflict in the Middle East.

14.A Russian hypersonic missile struck the “area” of Ukraine’s major Starokostiantyniv airbase Monday morning, Kyiv said in a rare admission, after a drone and missile attack that also targeted the capital.

15. Russia is interested in increasing coal exports to India to tap into growing demand for the fuel in the Asian country, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said.