Current Affairs
November 09 2013
International Affairs
1. U.S. automatically lost voting rights at UNESCO, after missing a crucial deadline to repay its debt to the world’s cultural agency.
2. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today asked dissident Baloch leaders to lay down arms and support his government's efforts to develop the restive and quake-hit Balochistan province.
3. Opposition parties in Bangladesh Friday announced a 72-hour nationwide strike from Sunday, demanding restoration of a neutral caretaker regime to oversee the next general election, after enforcing two back to back 60-hour shutdowns since October 27 on the same issue.
4. Iranian Defence Minister Gen Hossein Dehghan inaugurates missile production plant aimed at improving the country's air defence capabilities.
5. Women representing 86 countries will vie for the Miss Universe crown Saturday at the final of the 61-year-old beauty contest, which is being held in Russia for the first time.
6. Bhutan's main opposition party Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) won a byelection for a parliamentary seat on November 9, which had been vacated by its leader and former Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley.
7. President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama has cancelled his three-day India visit from tomorrow due to "pressing" domestic developments.
8. Jordan will replace Saudi Arabia on the Security Council for a two-year term starting in January after the Saudis’ unprecedented rejection of the seat hours after they were elected, a UN diplomat has said.
9. A kind of new grass has been developed under joint efforts of scientists from Japan and Colombia to help curb emissions of greenhouse gas caused by chemical fertilizers, according to local media.
10. Nuclear Deal: The talks between the six major world powers - US, UK, France, Russia, China plus Germany and Iran have entered in its third day in Geneva.
11. What was the name given to the most powerful cyclone in three decades to batter the Philippines, which hit the country on 8 November, 2013 forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes, and cutting power and communication? – “Typhoon Haiyan” (This typhoon, with speeds over 250 kph, made landfall over Guiuan town in Eastern Samar province, 650 kilometres south-east of Manila. Over 100 persons died due to this typhoon)
12. Imomali Rakhmon was re-elected as the President of Tajikistan on 6 November, 2013. This will be his third term as country’s President and he has been the head of the state since 1992. What is the term of office of the President in Tajikistan? – 7 years (In addition to this there is also a provision that no President can run for a third term but a constitutional amendment passed in 2003 allows President Imomali Rakhmon to run for a third term which, if he prevails, would keep him in office until 2020)
National Affairs
13. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will head the Indian delegation at the CHOGM Summit to be held in Sri Lanka next week with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh deciding against undertaking the visit in view of the opposition by parties in Tamil Nadu as well as a section in Congress.
14. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today held extensive talks with his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on issues including cooperation in energy and investments as well as labour laws after which the two sides inked five pacts.
15. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that over 900,000 youth would be trained for job placements during the 12th Five Year Plan period in the state.
16. Investing in education of girls, especially the most marginalized, is required to make progress on most social indicators in India, according to UNICEF.
17. Three-day BSF Mela begins; PM's wife Gursharan Kaur inaugrates the event.
18. A Boeing team of experts would be flying to India to assess the situation arising out of a series of faults in Air India's Dreamliner aircraft, even as the airline insisted that the aircraft is safe.
19. In an effort to rejuvenate the floriculture sector in the Valley, Jammu and Kashmir government has planned to set up a new Tulip garden in the Anantnag district, a second in the state.
20. I & B Minister ManishTewari inaugurates Public Information Campaign in Ludhiana.
21. The 44th International Film Festival of India in Panaji, will run from November 20-30, named "Focus: North East" for the 1st time.
22. An FM Gold Studio which will air local programmes for two hours every day will be launched by Union Information and Broadcasting minister Manish Tewari tomorrow.
23. Odisha government today set a target of planting more than 12 crore trees during 2014-15 following the loss of above 26 lakh trees in Cyclone Phailin.
24. The Theme of 33rd edition of the India International Trade Fair is inclusive growth. The fair will begin from 14th of this month and continue till 27th at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.
25. India and Japan are to strengthen their cooperation in the maritime sector. The two countries agreed to increase their interaction through the existing forums.
26. What is the name of a special award instituted by the Information & Broadcasting Ministry to commemorate the 100 years of Indian Cinema, which would be given every year to an outstanding Indian film personality at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI)? – Centenary Award or Shatabdi Puraskar (The Information & Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari gave information about this newly instituted award on 7 November, 2013)
Science and Technology
27. A national portal to commemorate 125th birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, country’s first Education Minister, will be launched on Monday.
28. India on Friday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Agni-I ballistic missile with a strike range of 700 km from a test range off Odisha coast as part of a user trial by the Army.
Business and Economy
29. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has today anounced that the unlisted companies can directly list on stock exchanges abroad to raise funds for acquisitions or retiring overseas debts, a move which may help India containing high current account deficit.
30. Sending a stern message to tax offenders, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said government was having enough information on economic wrongdoers and warned them of tough action, including arrest.
Sports
31. Russia sends Sochi winter Olympic torch into space. Two cosmonauts took the Olympic torch for an historic spacewalk aimed at showcasing Moscow's prowess in science and sport.
32. Billed as the most high-profile clash in chess history in more than 40 years between defending champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Magnus Carlsen of Norway, the World Chess Championship match begins from Saturday with the experts divided over who will walk away with the coveted title.
33. A US based popular basketball team Sacramento King has launched Hindi version of its website as part of its effort to reach out to the large Hindi-speaking audience in India and in turn popularise the game in the country.
34. The Indian women's hockey team had to be content with a silver medal in third Asian Champions Trophy after losing to hosts Japan by a solitary goal in the summit clash of the event at Kakamigahara, Japan on Saturday.
35. India's Ravichandran Ashwin has jumped to the numero uno position in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test all-rounders by virtue of his stellar show in the first cricket Test against the West Indies at Kolkata.
36. On 7 November, 2013 which country was awarded the hosting of 2018 Men Hockey World Cup? – India (India was awarded the 2018 World Cup in an announcement by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). 2014 Women Hockey World Cup was awarded to England. Men World Cup is planned for planned between 1 to16 December, 2018 whereas Women World Cup between 7 to 21 July. India had hosted the 2010 Men Hockey World Cup)
Banking
37. The third largest public sector lender by branches Central Bank of India today said it has opened a representative office in Hong Kong.
38. Easing procedures, the Reserve Bank of India, RBI, has allowed third-party payment for export and import transactions.
No comments :
Post a Comment