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Current Affairs Free Download Of 01, 02 November 2013, 2014 ::--- 1.Syria’s entire declared stock of chemical weapons has been placed under seal, inspectors said on Thursday, as international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi wrapped up a visit to muster support for peace talks.
2. Six Major Central Banks Permanently Made Currency Swap Accords
i. Six major central banks in the world made currency swap arrangements permanent on 31 October 2013 as a prudent liquidity backstop in case of future global financial strains.
ii. Previously these banks had temporary bilateral currency swap arrangements.
Names of Six major central banks
1. The Bank of Japan
2. U.S. Federal Reserve
3. European Central Bank
4. Bank of England
5. central bank of Canada
6. central bank of Switzerland
3. MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX) has appointed Gopal Krishna Pillai IAS (Retd.) as Chairman and Thomas Mathew T., as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.
4. India and Australia are to hold the third round of negotiations to finalise a civil nuclear agreement that could enable the sale of Australian uranium to India, in Delhi during the week beginning November 25, it was announced on Friday.
5. . India developed a new tactical surface-to-surface missile Pragati which has a range between 60-170 km.
6. Scientists discovered a new planet called Kepler 78b which has a similar mass and density to that of Earth. It orbits a star 400 light years away. Kepler78b is composed mostly of rock and iron.
7. India’s men’s compound Archery team on 31 October 2013 won a gold medal in the 18th Asian Archery competition held at Chinese Taipei. Abhishek Verma, Ratan Singh, Sandeep Kumar forming the compound team defeated the Korean trio of Lihong Min, Yong Hee Choi and Jongho Kim 233-231 to win the gold.
8. Israel secretly provided arms to India in 1971: A book ” The Blood Telegram” by Gary Bass, which focusses on the manner in which US President Richard Nixon turned a blind eye to the repression of then East Pakistan by military ruler Yahya Khan, offers a tantalizing glimpse of what was probably the first instance of military cooperation between India and Israel.
9. An estimated 14.3 crore accounts on the popular social networking site Facebook may be false or duplicate, with a major chunk of them coming from developing markets like India and Turkey.
10. India and Australia are to hold the third round of negotiations to finalise a civil nuclear agreement that could enable the sale of Australian uranium to India, in Delhi during the week beginning November 25, it was announced on Friday.
Current Affairs Free Download Of 01, 02 November 2013:: (Top 10 Current Affairs 02 November 2013)
1. Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has nominated the country’s interior minister as his successor. The nomination on Saturday of Irakli Garibashvili comes a week after elections that chose Ivanishvili’s ally Giorgi Margvelashvili as the country’s new president.
2. Riding on Rohit Sharma’s record-breaking 209, India registered their first bilateral ODI series win at home against Australia as they crushed the visitors by 57 runs in the seventh one-day international on Saturday.
3. Novak Djokovic extended his winning streak to 16 matches as he came back from a set down to defeat Roger Federer on Saturday and reach the final of the Paris Masters.
4. Australian Mark Webber put Red Bull on pole position for the floodlit Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday in a front row sweep with quadruple world champion teammate Sebastian Vettel.
5. Russia and Japan have moved to dramatically upgrade bilateral ties, holding their first joint Defence and Foreign Ministers’ meeting and agreeing to expand their defence and security cooperation.
6. The Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, famous for dense population of one-horn rhinos, reopened to tourists on Saturday after remaining closed during the monsoon.
7. The Pakistani Taliban on Saturday confirmed the death of its leader Hakimullah Mehsud in a U.S. drone strike.
8. Kannur (also known as Cannanore, is a city in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala) declared first zero-landless district in country.
9. India moved a step closer to sourcing uranium from Australia, the world’s biggest exporter of the radioactive mineral, with the Foreign Ministers of both countries agreeing to hold the third round of talks on a bilateral civil nuclear agreement towards the end of this month.
10. President Barack Obama has wished Indians “a Happy Diwali and Saal Mubarak” saying the festival reminded Americans that the US “is home to many faiths and traditions, and that our diversity makes us stronger.”
2. Six Major Central Banks Permanently Made Currency Swap Accords
i. Six major central banks in the world made currency swap arrangements permanent on 31 October 2013 as a prudent liquidity backstop in case of future global financial strains.
ii. Previously these banks had temporary bilateral currency swap arrangements.
Names of Six major central banks
1. The Bank of Japan
2. U.S. Federal Reserve
3. European Central Bank
4. Bank of England
5. central bank of Canada
6. central bank of Switzerland
3. MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX) has appointed Gopal Krishna Pillai IAS (Retd.) as Chairman and Thomas Mathew T., as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.
4. India and Australia are to hold the third round of negotiations to finalise a civil nuclear agreement that could enable the sale of Australian uranium to India, in Delhi during the week beginning November 25, it was announced on Friday.
5. . India developed a new tactical surface-to-surface missile Pragati which has a range between 60-170 km.
6. Scientists discovered a new planet called Kepler 78b which has a similar mass and density to that of Earth. It orbits a star 400 light years away. Kepler78b is composed mostly of rock and iron.
7. India’s men’s compound Archery team on 31 October 2013 won a gold medal in the 18th Asian Archery competition held at Chinese Taipei. Abhishek Verma, Ratan Singh, Sandeep Kumar forming the compound team defeated the Korean trio of Lihong Min, Yong Hee Choi and Jongho Kim 233-231 to win the gold.
8. Israel secretly provided arms to India in 1971: A book ” The Blood Telegram” by Gary Bass, which focusses on the manner in which US President Richard Nixon turned a blind eye to the repression of then East Pakistan by military ruler Yahya Khan, offers a tantalizing glimpse of what was probably the first instance of military cooperation between India and Israel.
9. An estimated 14.3 crore accounts on the popular social networking site Facebook may be false or duplicate, with a major chunk of them coming from developing markets like India and Turkey.
10. India and Australia are to hold the third round of negotiations to finalise a civil nuclear agreement that could enable the sale of Australian uranium to India, in Delhi during the week beginning November 25, it was announced on Friday.
Current Affairs Free Download Of 01, 02 November 2013:: (Top 10 Current Affairs 02 November 2013)
1. Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has nominated the country’s interior minister as his successor. The nomination on Saturday of Irakli Garibashvili comes a week after elections that chose Ivanishvili’s ally Giorgi Margvelashvili as the country’s new president.
2. Riding on Rohit Sharma’s record-breaking 209, India registered their first bilateral ODI series win at home against Australia as they crushed the visitors by 57 runs in the seventh one-day international on Saturday.
3. Novak Djokovic extended his winning streak to 16 matches as he came back from a set down to defeat Roger Federer on Saturday and reach the final of the Paris Masters.
4. Australian Mark Webber put Red Bull on pole position for the floodlit Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday in a front row sweep with quadruple world champion teammate Sebastian Vettel.
5. Russia and Japan have moved to dramatically upgrade bilateral ties, holding their first joint Defence and Foreign Ministers’ meeting and agreeing to expand their defence and security cooperation.
6. The Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, famous for dense population of one-horn rhinos, reopened to tourists on Saturday after remaining closed during the monsoon.
7. The Pakistani Taliban on Saturday confirmed the death of its leader Hakimullah Mehsud in a U.S. drone strike.
8. Kannur (also known as Cannanore, is a city in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala) declared first zero-landless district in country.
9. India moved a step closer to sourcing uranium from Australia, the world’s biggest exporter of the radioactive mineral, with the Foreign Ministers of both countries agreeing to hold the third round of talks on a bilateral civil nuclear agreement towards the end of this month.
10. President Barack Obama has wished Indians “a Happy Diwali and Saal Mubarak” saying the festival reminded Americans that the US “is home to many faiths and traditions, and that our diversity makes us stronger.”
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