27th November Current Affairs Updates

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International Affairs

• Dubai was picked to host World Expo 2020 exhibition to become the first middle-eastern city to win a bid in the event’s 162-year history.
• IMF chief Christine Lagarde will next month pay her first visit to Myanmar as the once authoritarian government pursues reforms that have fueled growth.
• The translation of Biblical psalms "The Bay Psalm Book", the first book printed in USA during 1640 sold for more than $14 million at auction in New York Tuesday, Sotheby's said, becoming the world's most expensive book.
• Latvia's prime minister Dombrovskis unexpectedly resigned today, saying he can no longer lead the country after a supermarket roof collapse killed 54 people and sparked public outrage.
• Next round of tripartite talks among Bodo organisations, Centre and Assam Government to be held in New Delhi.
• 2,000 tonnes gasoline leaks after pipeline ruptures in China's Guizhou Province.
• Beijing destroys barbecue grills to cut pollution.

National Affairs

• IIM-Ahmedabad has found a place in top 39 elite Business Schools in the world named by MBA employers, according to QS Global Business School Report 2013, which also ranked Indian MBA graduates as the world's most academically distinguished.
• Vice President M Hamid Ansari Inaugurated International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL) 2013 in New Delhi Today.
• Ongoing 33rd annual India International Trade Fair (IITF) at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi concluded today.
• More than 10,000 contractual school teachers in Bihar have failed a competency test, officials said today.
• At least a third of Delhi's candidates are millionaires and the richest candidate is worth over 200 crores, an analysis by an independent election watchdog has revealed.
• Today is the 106th birth anniversary of Hindi poet HarivanshRaiBachchan.
• Cyclone Lehar  likely to hit  AndhraPradesh tomorrow, is 650 km east-southeast of Machillipatnam and 600 km east-southeast of Kakinada.

New Appointments

• Lieutenant General Raheel Sharif has been appointed as Pakistan's 15th chief of army staff.
• Lieutenant General RashadMahmood appointed as Pakistan's new Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee.
• Tassadduq Hussain Jillani appointed new Chief Justice of Pakistan

Business and Economy

• Global technology major Apple is the world's most valuable brand followed by Microsoft, Coca-Cola, IBM and Google, according to Forbes.

Sports

• India beat West Indies in 3rd ODI in Kanpur to win series 2-1

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