4 October 2013 Current Affairs
Afghanistan Qualified For 2015 Cricket World Cup
Afghanistan on 4 October qualified for its maiden ICC World Cup after defeating Kenya by seven wickets to finish second in the World Cricket League Championship in Sharjah.The victory meant Afghanistan finished on 19 points — five behind champion Ireland, which qualified for ICC’s flagship event to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand in 2015.
Indian Student Wins British Enterprise Prize
An Indian engineering student from the University of Nottingham fought off stiff worldwide competition to be awarded the overall prize at a British government-backed entrepreneurial contest.Ashutosh Pathak is working on developing a much cheaper, more efficient pipe inspection and leakage detection system.