18 November 2013 – Daily Current Affairs
Abdulla Yameen-New-Maldives-President
1) Who became the 6th President of Maldives after he scored a decisive electoral win in the second phase of Presidential election held on 16 November, 2013? - Abdulla Yameen (Yameen, the half-brother of former autocratic ruler Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and a candidate of Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM), clinched an unexpected victory in the presidential run-off held on 16 November by receiving 51.39% of the votes over opposition leader and former president Mohammed Nasheed who garnered 48.61% of the votes. Nasheed was winner of the first phase of elctions and many analysts were predicting a final win for him. Abdulla Yameen was on 17 November, 2013 sworn in as the sixth President of the Maldives by Chief Justice Ahmad Faiz, ending nearly two years of political turmoil that threatened to isolate the country internationally)
2) Which country would host the next Commonwealth summit in 2015, after it was unanimously chosen as the host during the concluding ceremony of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013 at Colombo, Sri Lanka on 17 November, 2013? – Malta (Mauritius was to stage the biennial gathering in 2015 but Prime Minister Navin Chandra Ramgoolam said just ahead of the Colombo summit that it no longer wanted to host the event, citing Sri Lanka’s human rights record)
3) Who was announced as the winner of the inaugural Centenary Award for the Indian Film Personality of the Year 2013, which was constituted recently by the Union Govt. to mark the 100 years of Indian Cinema? – Waheeda Rehman, veteran Hindi film actress (This award will be presented at the 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa on 20 November, 2013. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakh and a citation)
4) Which famous black money-heaven country recently announced shedding its secrecy cloak and join hands with a host of countries including India for automatic exchange of information and mutual assistance in tax matters? – Liechtenstein (According to the announcement made by Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Liechtenstein will sign the convention during the 21-22 November Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes in Jakarta, Indonesia. The step comes as a major boost for India in its fight against tax evasion and stashing of illegal funds abroad as a number of individuals have been detected from the country to have been using banking channels of Liechtenstein to hide their illegal incomes. During October 2013 Switzerland too had joined the same convention)
5) India’s largest software services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) opened its newest 10,000-seat campus on 16 November, 2013. This huge campus of TCS has been established at – Gandhinagar, Gujarat (This new TCS campus has been developed as a “green” campus and has applied for LEED Gold rating)
6) What was the position of Sachin Tendulkar in the ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after he ended his record-breaking 200-Test career on 16 November, 2013? - 18th (This ranking list was led by AB de Villiers of South Africa, with teammate Hashim Amla in second place and West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul in third place. South Africa’s Dale Steyn continues to head the bowlers’ table with teammate Vernon Philander in second position and Sri Lanka’s Rangana Herath in third)
7) Waheeda Rehman, the veteran actress of Bollywood will be conferred with the inaugural
8) Burra Gautham Sidharth, Director, B.M. Birla Science Centre, here has been chosen for the 2013 award given by the Institute for Theoretical Physics and Advanced Mathematics Einstein-Galilei (IFM), Italy. The award recognises Sidharth’s contributions and discovery that the universe is expanding, which he theoretically predicted one year ahead of the scientific confirmation. The award consists of an IFM Diploma and a gold medal.
9) Abdulla Yameen has been sworn in as the 6th President of the Maldives on 17 November 2013. The Chief Justice of Maldives, Ahmad Faiz at a special session of the Parliament in Male administered the oath of office to Abdulla Yameen. Mohammad Jameel was sworn in as vice-President. Yameen (54) a candidate of Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) secured 51.39 percent of votes, whereas the opposition leader and the former President Mohamed Nasheed received 48.61.
10) India on 18 November 2013 successfully test-fired the advanced version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Pokhran test firing range in Rajasthan. The block III variant of BrahMos with deep penetration capability was test launched from a Mobile Autonomous Launcher (MAL).
11) The world’s largest cancer database — containing 1.7 billion experimental results — has been launched, with an aim to discover future treatments for the deadly disease. The system, called CanSAR, is the biggest disease database of its kind anywhere in the world and condenses more data than would be generated by one million years of use of the Hubble space telescope.
12) Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is set to hit India this week. GEW INDIA 2013 allows CIIE to create a platform to celebrate entrepreneurship across the country and help lower the societal barriers towards entrepreneurship, said Ashwin Joshi, VP Ecosystem Development, Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship.
13) German carmaker Volkswagen is the world’s top private-sector investor in research and development (R&D), followed by South Korean electronics giant Samsung, according to EU data released on Monday. Volkswagen topped the list with 9.5 billion euros ($ 12.8 billion) of R&D investments in 2012, while Samsung stood at 8.3 billion euros.
14) Rapid Metro-India's First Private Metro service started operation from Gurgaon, Haryana on 14 November 2013. Rapid Metro is India's first fully privately financed Metro system connecting NH-8 to Delhi Metro via Cyber City, Gurgaon. The Rapid Metro is using a common ticketing system with Delhi Metro.
Rapid Metro Rail System:
Rapid Metro is a metro rail system in the Indian city of Gurgaon, Haryana, linked with the Delhi Metro system's Yellow Line. Built and operated by Rapid MetroRail Gurgaon Limited (RMGL), the system is India's first fully privately financed metro.
15) Malta, a Southern European country was on 17 November 2013 unanimously chosen as the host of the next Commonwealth summit in 2015. The decision was made at the retreat session of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo, Sri Lanka after Mauritius withdrew as host of the 2015 Commonwealth summit as a result of its prime minister's boycott of the Colombo summit over Sri Lanka's human rights concerns. This is second time for Malta to host the Commonwealth summit. Before this, Malta hosted a Commonwealth Summit in 2005.
About Malta : Malta is a southern European country in the Mediterranean Sea. The country covers just over 316 km2 (122 sq mi), making it one of the world's smallest and most densely populated countries. The capital of Malta is Valletta which is also the smallest capital in the EU. Malta has two official languages: Maltese and English.
CHOGM 2013 : The 22nd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 15-17 November 2013 on the theme Growth with Equity: Inclusive Development. The event concluded with the adoption of the independent declarations - on Youth, International Trade and Inclusive Development and the release of Summit Communiqué.
16) British Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing was died on 17 November 2013 at London. She was 94 years old. Her best-known works are The Golden Notebook, Memoirs of a Survivor and The Summer Before the Dark.
17) West Bengal, the host of the 23rd All India G V Mavalankar Shooting Championship topped the medals tally on 16 November 2013. The championship concluded at the Chandmari Range in West Bengal. This is the first time that West Bengal topped the medal table of national level of shooting championship.
18) The Jamaican sprinters, Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were crowned the male and female World Athletes of the Year, 2013 on 16 November 2013. They were selected as the world athletes of the year by the sport's governing IAAF at a ceremony in Monaco.
19) In the latest ICC test ranking, India moved to the second position, following the 2-0 victory over West
20) Legendary Sachin Tendulkar has ended his record-breaking 200-Test career by finishing 18th in the ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen as he jumped five places in the latest chart, released on Sunday. Tendulkar had entered the series in 24th position, which was his lowest since 1992. He scored 74 runs in his final innings in the Mumbai Test against the West Indies. Cheteshwar Pujara is the highest-placed Indian in the batting chart. Pujara has moved up two places to a career-best sixth with a best-ever 801 ratings points, following his knock of 113 in the Mumbai Test.
21) Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull’s team on 17 November 2013 won United States Grand Prix. France's Romain Grosjean in Lotus was second with Red Bull's Mark Webber took the third place. This was his eighth successive race of Vettel in a season. This was also vettel’s 12th win of the season and if he wins the year-ender in Brazil than he will tie with Michael Schumacher Formulae one record of 13 victories in a single season.
22) Czech Republic on 17 November 2013 defended the Davis Cup title 2013 after Redek Stepanek defeated the Serbian Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 in the fifth rubber of the final by BNP Paribas Final in Belgrade.
1) 16 नवम्बर, 2013 को हुए दूसरे दौर के निर्णायक राष्ट्रपति चुनाव में जीत दर्ज कर कौन मालदीव का छठवाँ राष्ट्रपति बनने में सफल हुआ? - अब्दुल्ला यामीन – Abdulla Yamin (अब्दुल्ला यामीन मालदीव के पूर्व तानाशाह राष्ट्रपति मौमून अब्दुल गयूम के चचेरे भाई और प्रोग्रेसिव पार्टी ऑफ मालदीव (PPM) के नेता हैं। 16 नवम्बर को हुए दूसरे दौर के मतदान में उन्होंने अपने प्रतिद्वन्दी पूर्व राष्ट्रपति मोहम्मद नशीद को एक नजदीकी मुकाबले में पराजित किया। इस चुनाव में यामीन को जहाँ 51.39% मत प्राप्त हुए वहीं नशीद को शेष 48.61% मत मिले। उल्लेखनीय है कि ज़्यादातर राजनीतिक विशलेषक इस चुनाव में मोहम्मद नशीद की जीत का अंदाजा लगा रहे थे, जिन्होंने पहले दौर के मतदान में सर्वाधिक मत प्राप्त किए थे। इस प्रकार अब्दुल्ला यमीन की जीत को अप्रत्याशित ही माना जा रहा है। इस जीत के बाद यामीन ने 17 नवम्बर, 2013 को मालदीव के छठवें राष्ट्रपति के रूप में शपथ ली तथा उन्हें देश के मुख्य न्यायाधीश अहमद फैज ने शपथ दिलाई। इसी के साथ मालदीव में पिछले दो साल से चले आ रहे राजनीतिक अस्थिरता के माहौल का भी पटाक्षेप हो गया)
2) 17 नवम्बर, 2013 को कोलंबो में सम्पन्न हुए राष्ट्रमण्डल देशों के राष्ट्राध्यक्षों के सम्मेलन (CHOGM) में वर्ष 2015 में होने वाले CHOGM सम्मेलन का मेजबान देश किसे चुना गया? - माल्टा – Malta (उल्लेखनीय है कि दो वर्षों के अंतराल पर होने वाले इस सम्मेलन का वर्ष 2015 का संस्करण पहले मारीशस (Mauritius) में आयोजित किया जाना था लेकिन श्रीलंका के कथित मानवाधिकार हनन के मामलों के बावजूद 2013 का सम्मेलन यहाँ आयोजित किए जाने के कारण मारीशस के प्रधानमंत्री नवीन रामगुलाम ने स्पष्ट किया था कि अब उनका देश इस सम्मेलन को अपने देश में आयोजित कराने का इच्छुक नहीं है)
3) किस प्रमुख फिल्मी हस्ती को केन्द्र सरकार द्वारा हाल ही में संस्थापित शताब्दी फिल्म पुरस्कार का पहला संस्करण प्रदान करने की घोषणा हाल ही में की गई है? - वहीदा रहमान, वयोवृद्ध हिंदी फिल्म अभिनेत्री (उल्लेखनीय है कि केन्द्र सरकार ने भारतीय फिल्म के 100 वर्ष पूरे होने के उपलक्ष्य में इस विशेष पुरस्कार की संस्थापना की है, जिसे हर वर्ष भारत के अंतर्राष्ट्रीय फिल्म महोत्सव में प्रदान किया जायेगा। इस पुरस्कार का पहला संस्करण वहीदा रहमान को 20 नवम्बर, 2013 को इस फिल्म महोत्सव के दौरान गोवा में प्रदान किया जायेगा। पुरस्कार के तहत 10 लाख रुपए नकद और एक प्रशस्ति पत्र प्रदान किया जायेगा)
4) काला धन सुरक्षित रखने के लिए विख्यात रहे किस देश ने हाल ही में अपने खातेधारों की पहचान से पर्दा उठाने के उद्देश्य से भारत समेत तमाम देशों के साथ उस अभियान का हिस्सा बनने की घोषणा की है जिसके अंतर्गत कर सम्बन्धित जानकारियों को परस्पर साझा किया जायेगा? - लिचेन्स्टीन - Liechtenstein (उल्लेखनीय है कि पेरिस-स्थित ऑरगेनाइज़ेशन फार इकोनामिक कोऑपरेशन एण्ड डेवलपमेण्ट (OECD) द्वारा की गई घोषणा के अनुसार लिचेन्स्टीन 21 और 22 नवम्बर को जकार्ता, इण्डोनेशिया में आयोजित संगठन के सम्मेलन में इस सम्बन्ध में एक समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर करेगा। लिचेन्स्टीन का यह कदम भारत द्वारा कर-चोरी के खिलाफ छेड़े गए अभियान को और मजबूती प्रदान करेगा जिसके तहत भारतीयों द्वारा विदेशों में जमा काले धन की प्रवृति को कम करने का प्रयास किया जा रहा है। उल्लेखनीय है कि अक्टूबर 2013 के दौरान स्विटज़रलैण्ड ने भी एक ऐसे ही समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर किए थे)
5) भारत की सबसे बड़ी साफ्टवेयर सेवा कम्पनी टाटा कन्सल्टेन्सी सर्विसेज (TCS) ने 16 नवम्बर, 2013 को अपने 10,000 सीट के नवीनतम कैम्पस का उद्घाटन किया। कम्पनी का यह विशाल कैम्पस कहाँ स्थापित किया गया है? - गांधीनगर, गुजरात में (इस कैम्पस को एक "ग्रीन" कैम्पस के रूप में विकसित करना चाहती है तथा इसी के साथ इसके लिए लीड गोल्ड (LEED Gold) रेटिंग का आवेदन किया है)
6) सचिन तेंदुलकर ने 16 नवम्बर, 2013 को अपने क्रिकेट करियर को अलविदा कहा उस दिन ICC की टेस्ट बल्लेबाजों की रैंकिंग में उनका स्थान क्या था? - 18वां (उल्लेखनीय है कि इस रेटिंग सूची में दक्षिण अफ्रीका के एबी डिविलियर्स शीर्ष पर हैं जबकि उन्हीं के देश के हाशिम अमला दूसरे तथा वेस्ट इंडीज़ के शिवनारायण चन्द्रपाल को तीसरा स्थान मिला है। वहीं गेंदबाजों की ICC की टेस्ट रैंकिंग में दक्षिण अफ्रीका के डेल स्टेन को पहला स्थान, उन्हीं के देश के वेरनान फिलेण्डर को दूसरा तथा श्रीलंका के रंगना हेराथ को तीसरा स्थान मिला)
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