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November 01, 2014

1st November 2014 - Important Current Affairs updates

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International Affairs
  • A nationwide power blackout hit Bangladesh today when a transmission line supplying electricity from India broke down.
  • Brushing aside China's reservations to its plans to develop infrastructure along the border, the Indian government today said it has every right to undertake such projects in Indian territory and no one can stop it.
  • Pakistan's first animated female superhero Burka Avenger, has joined the fight against polio.
    • Burka Avenger, a teacher who uses her martial art skills to fight criminals, made her debut on the screens in August 2013.
    • The cartoon aims to present moral lessons and stress the importance of girls' education.
National Affairs
  • Bangalore officially becomes Bengaluru from today (Check important details you should know about name changes of Indian Cities from here).
  • 12 of Karnataka's towns will officially be known with their old Kannada names. They are, 
    • S. No
      Old Name
      New Name
      1
      Bangalore
      Bengaluru
      2
      Belgaum
      Belagavi
      3
      Bellary
      Ballari
      4
      Bijapur
      Vijapura
      5
      Chikmagalur
      Chikkamagaluru
      6
      Gulbarga
      Kalaburgi
      7
      Hospet
      Hosapete
      8
      Hubli
      Hubballi
      9
      Mangalore
      Mangaluru
      10
      Mysore
      Mysure
      11
      Shimoga
      Shivamogga
      12
      Tumkur
      Tumakuru
  • Puducherry today celebrated its Liberation Day with great fervor. 
    • It was on 1st of November 1954 that treaty of De Facto merger was signed by India and France ending 280 years of French rule in Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam.
  • Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today launched the State Nutrition Mission and expressed confidence that the project would help end malnutrition among children and women as concerted efforts helped curb polio in the state.
  • National Human Rights Commission asks Delhi government to pay 25,000 rupees each to the African women who were victims of racial prejudice by former Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti.
  • Delhi High Court slams University of Delhi for creating a mess ahead of the 2014 academic year admissions by first persisting with the Four-Year Undergraduate Programme and then reverting to the earlier three-year discipline.
  • The Bihar Assembly Speaker Udai Narain Chaudhary, terminated membership of four JD (U) rebel MLAs for anti-party activities.
    • The MLAs were Rahul Sharma, Ravindra Kumar, Neeraj Babloo and Gyananedra Gyanu.
  • The eight-day 20th Kolkata International Film Festival, which goes underway from 10th November 2014, would become competitive for the first time since its inception.
    • Chairman of the film festival committee - Ranjit Mullik 
  • State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has adopted the historic monument 'Jantar Mantar' as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cleanliness drive, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
    • With this initiative, ONGC and its employees will maintain cleanliness in and around the heritage monument.
Business & Economy
  • As per the Reserve Bank's new guidelines that comes into force from today (1st November 2014), bank customers in six metros — Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bangalore — are allowed to withdraw money and/or carry out non-financial transactions like mini-statements at ATMs of banks, where they hold saving/current accounts, free of charge only five times a month.
    • Using ATMs to withdraw money or for other purposes like balance enquiry beyond five times in a month will attract a levy of Rs 20 per transaction from today.
    • Besides, the number of free transactions at ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) of non-home banks has been cut to three times a month from five times.
  • Declining prices of crude oil and food will help lower inflation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said and expressed confidence that economic growth in the current fiscal will be in the 5.5-5.9 per cent range.
  • Giving an idea of the nature of next year's Budget, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said it should be "full of new ideas" with transformational and measurable deliverables.
    • The Budget should be 'outcome-to-output-oriented, Modi tells Secretaries of various ministries and departments
  • The government today slashed import tariff value on gold to USD 391 per 10 grams and silver to USD 551 per kg following weak global price trends.
    • Gold is the second largest import item for India after petroleum.
    • Gold import increased for the second straight month to 95 tonnes in September ahead of festival season.
Science & Technology
  • China today successfully completed its first return mission to the moon with its unmanned orbiter landing back on Earth, becoming only the third country in the world to do so after the former Soviet Union and the US accomplished the feat about 40 years ago.
New Appointments
  • E.V.K.S. Elangovan was appointed the new Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president with the party accepting the resignation of B.S. Gnanadesikan, who was upset over his “neglect” by the All India Congress
Sports
  • Left fuming by the West Indian cricketers’ mid-series pullout due to a pay dispute with their Board, the BCCI has slapped a damages claim to the tune of Rs. 250 crore ($42 million) on the WICB (West Indies Cricket Board).
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11 comments:

  1. dear sir/mam
    thanks for daily updates :))

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  2. Satyannarayana YedlaNovember 1, 2014 at 11:36 PM

    Thank you.

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  3. Gud mrng guys have a nice day

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  4. i have a doubt plz tell me sir/mam.. total atm transactions for month(home 5 +non home 3) 8 times or 5 times with out charge..?

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  5. In home after 5 transactions and non home after 3 times. Not after 8 times ashok

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  6. Total 8 withdrawals without cuts. @ashok

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  7. Atm transaction savi state m kavse lagu hoga?????

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  8. thank u very much great job keep goinggggg

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