Saturday 30 November 2013

Current Affairs-NoV 30,2013

1. Independent India's first Eduction Minister and freedom fighter to commemorate whose 125th birth anniversary a national portal has been launched by the Government of India-- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

2. The country which launched the Olympic torch of Winter Olympics 2014 into space where it was handed over between two spacewalkers of the International Space Station to record the first every torch relay in space-- Russia

3. The typhoon which has lashed Philippines 07 November killing thousands of people and causing large scale devastation was named-- Haiyan

5. Delhi Metro's Principal Advisor and former Managing Director who has been conferred with the prestigious 'Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star' award by the government of Japan --Mr. E. Sreedharan

6. The venue of World Agriculture Forum 2013 Congress and Agri-Tech Fair being held from 04 to 07 Nov 2013 --Hyderabad

7. The first ever Dual Cab 4500 HP Freight Diesel locomotive named Vijay flagged by the Minister of Railways Shri Mallikarjun Kharge has been manufactured by-- Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), Varanasi

8. The country which has sentenced 152 soldiers to death over a bloody border guard mutiny in 2009 --Bangladesh

9. The auction house which auctioned Mahatma Gandhi's will and the famous charkha used by him in Yerawada Jail and later gifted to American missionary Rev. Floyd-- A Puffer Mullock's Auction house

10. The advanced jet trainer built by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) with Transfer of Technology from M/s British Aerospace, UK, which has been inducted into the Indian Navy at a ceremony held at the Naval Air Station INS Dega in Visakhapatnam--- Hawk 132

11. The noted Indian food writer and host of cooking shows (awarded Padma Shri in 2007) who passed away on 06 Nov --Ms Tarla Dalal

12. The 10-day India-China joint military drill on counterterrorism being conducted in Miaoergang town in China is code named-- Hand-in-hand

13. The Carnatic vocalist who has been honoured with the first Bharat Seva Puraskar instituted by Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha and Carnatica-- Ms Sudha Ragunathan

14. The Indian golfer who has won the Dubai City Challenge golf tournament in Dubai --Shiv Kapur

15. The Indian cricketer who has become the third batsman in the world to score a double century in One-day Internationals by scoring 209 runs in 158 balls against Australia at Bangalore-- Rohit Sharma

16. The district in Kerala which has been declared India's first landless-free district in India (It has become the first district in the country where every family owns a piece of land.)

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