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November 12, 2014

12th November 2014 - Important Current Affairs updates

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National Affairs
  • Amid high drama, the 13-day-old Devendra Fadnavis government today won the trust motion in the Maharashtra assembly through a voice vote, drawing angry reactions from Shiv Sena and Congress which accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of failing to prove its majority and ‘strangulating democracy’.
    • BJP nominee Haribhau Bagde elected unopposed as speaker of the Assembly
    • Five Congress lawmakers from Maharashtra have been suspended for allegedly manhandling and injuring Governor C Vidyasagar Rao outside the assembly today evening, while they were protesting against the controversial voice vote.
  • Employee unions of public sector banks went on a nationwide strike today to press for wage revision, affecting banking services like cheque clearance and withdrawal from branches across the country.
  • Assam state zoo in Guwahati is all set to become the only zoo of the world to have endangered pigmy hogs by end of this week.
  • To ensure smooth allocation of 204 cancelled coal blocks, the government has set up a high-level inter-ministerial panel that would advise on policy issues and interact with the industry.
    • The nine-member Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) under the Chairmanship of Additional Secretary Coal Dr. A.K.Dubey.
  • Railways allows 100% FDI on cleaning up trains and installation of bio-toilets in passenger coaches and setting up of mechanised laundry facilities.
  • The 12th edition of We Care Film Festival on disability issues to be hosted by Delhi from November 24-26
    • This festival has already traveled to 113 countries, is being organized by UNESCO in collaboration with Brotherhood, an Indian NGO working for people with special needs.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi today made his debut on Instagram, sharing a picture from the venue of the ASEAN summit. (You can follow him from here)

International Affairs
  • ASEAN Summit begins in Myanmar capital, Nay Pyi Taw today.
    • This summit will held on 12–13 November 2014
      • 10 Member States :
        1. Brunei Darussalam,
        2. Cambodia,
        3. Indonesia,
        4. Laos,
        5. Malaysia,
        6. Myanmar,
        7. Philippines,
        8. Singapore,
        9. Thailand, and
        10. Vietnam.
      • 1 Observer — Papua New Guinea.
    • Myanmar President Thein Sein opened the summit with a call for greater integration for the 10-nation bloc, while also praising members for realizing plans for the ASEAN Economic Community.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 12th ASEAN-India summit
    • Modi is on a three-nation trip and arrived at Myanmar yesterday.. 
    • He will also be attending East Asian summit.
    • He invites Malaysian and Thai companies to India and participate in 'Make in India'.
    • He had a meeting with Nobel laureate and Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in his first interaction with the pro-democracy icon.
  • The U.S. and China announced late Tuesday that the two nations – which together account for over one third of all greenhouse gas pollution – have reached a groundbreaking deal to reduce carbon emissions and tackle the growing crisis of global climate change.
    • This agreement includes a first-ever commitment by China to stop its emissions from growing entirely after 2030.
    • The U.S. would double its pace of carbon reduction from 1.2% a year through 2020 to 2.3-2.8% a year afterward, ultimately cutting its total greenhouse gas emissions by 26% to 28% from 2005 levels by 2025.
  • Dubai becomes 1st city in GCC countries to launch tram service
    • The $1.25 billion project was inaugurated on November 11, after years of delay due to global financial crisis. Passenger services began today (12th November 2014)
    • It will cover a distance of 10.6-kilometres.
    • The tram expected to ferry 27,000 people every day
    • Each tram can accommodate 405 passengers.
Awards & Honors
  • The Government has named actor Rajinikanth as winner of the Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year.
    • He would be receiving the honour at the 45th International Film Festival of India, IFFI to be held in Goa from November 20 to 30.
Business & Economy
  • Yahoo buys video ad service BrightRoll for $640 million
Deaths
  • Filmmaker Ravi Chopra (68) died in Mumbai today.
    • He was known for directing films like "The Burning Train", "Aaj Ki Awaz", "Baabul" and "Baghban"
    • He also directed the hit TV serial Mahabharata in the late eighties which was produced by his father B.R. Chopra. 
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21 comments:

  1. Admin, when can we expect SBI clerk result? It has been more than 2 months.

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  2. Morocco will not host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations because of its
    fears over the Ebola outbreak elsewhere on the continent, the
    Confederation of African Football (Caf) has confirmed.

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  3. it will come this month

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  8. SBI clerk may be., this month end. but no one know

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  11. Thanks bro last year i cleared ibps clerk but didnt make in final selection due to merit list and this this time cleared rrb po and rrb assitant .

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  12. Me too Sis.., cleared RRB Assist and Offic. This is my 1st victory after one and half years try. But fail in SBI clerk & IBPS PO.

    Still preparing for Clerk.


    All the Best to You Sis...!

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  13. Hey bro same gender this side lol..

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  14. world pnemonia day nov 12

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  15. Thank you gr8 ambitionz

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