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Monday, 11 November 2013

11 November 2013 – Daily Current Affairs(Hindi and English)

11 November 2013 – Daily Current Affairs

 English

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1) Gabriela Isler of Venezuela won the Miss Universe 2013 title at the Miss Universe pageant held on 9 November, 2013 held in Moscow. She beat out contestants from 85 other countries at the 62nd annual competition to nab the crown for Venezuela, which has dominated beauty pageants for quite some time. With this win beauties from Venezuela have won how many Miss Universe titles – Seven (Patricia Yurena Rodriguez from Spain finished as the first runner-up, while Constanza Baez from Ecuador was the second runner up. Manasi Moghe from India made it to the top 10 of Miss Universe 2013 but could not make it to the top 5. The pageant took place in Russia for the first time)

2) Bowing to political pressure, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not be attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) beginning on 15 November, 2013 in Colombo. Who will lead the Indian delegation at this meet? – Salman Khurshid, External Affairs Minister (Indian govt. informed the Sri Lankan Govt. and President Mahinda Rajapaksa about this development)

3) Which province of the Philippines came to highlight due to death of over 10,000 people due to the devastating Typhoon Haiyan, which lashed it with speeds of over 300 kph on 8 November, 2013? – Leyte (It is estimated that the super cyclone Haiyan destroyed about 70 to 80% of structures in its path as it tore through Leyte province. Tacloban city of Leyte was the worst affected. Earlier the death toll was believed to be much less)

4) The Maldives Supreme Court ordered the postponement of a presidential runoff election scheduled for 10 November, 2013, one day after the first round of elections failed to elect a clear winner. The runoff was scheduled to be held between which two leaders? - Mohamed Nasheed and Abdulla Yameen (The first round of Presidential election was held on 9 November, 2013 and the three main contestants were former President and leader of the Maldivian Democratic Party Mohamed Nasheed, Progressive Party of Maldives candidate Abdulla Yamin, and Jumhoory Party candidate Gasim Ibrahim. Nasheed led in this round with 47% votes while Abdulla Yamin was second with around 30% votes. Since none of the candidates got at least 50% votes, the runoff election became necessary and was scheduled to be held between Nasheed and Abdulla Yamin. The runoff election was put-off as Supreme Court ruled that the consecutive days of elections would be impractical)

5) What is the name of the new political party recently set up by the supporters of China’s disgraced senior politician Bo Xilai who
has been jailed for corruption? – Zhi Xian Party (Zhi Xian Party literally means “the constitution is the supreme authority” party. This party was constituted on 6 November, 2013. Bo Xilai was named as “chairman for life”)


6. The National Education Day of India was celebrated on 11 November 2013 at Gangtok, Sikkim. It has been celebrated in India since the year 2008 to commemorate the anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, a great freedom fighter, an eminent educationist and the first Education Minister of India. On the occasion of the

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