CURRENT AFFAIRS ======================= FIDE World Chess Championship 2014 clinched by Norwarian Magnus Carlsen:- On 23rd November 2014, Magnus Carlsen of Norway clinched FIDE World Chess Championship 2014 at Sochi, Russia. He defeated Noted Indian Chess player Viswanathan Anand with a score of 6.5 – 4.5. It is important to mention that he had also won FIDE World Championship last year thus he retained this title. Last year also he defeated Viswanathan Anand to get this title. Sunil Manohar appointed as Advocate General of Maharashtra:- On 18th November 2014, Eminent lawyer Advocate Sunil Manohar appointed as Advocate General of Maharashtra after his appointment was approved by State Cabinet. UPSC got new Chairman as Deepak Gupta:- Among the Important Appointments, On 23rd November 2014, Deepak Gupta was appointed as chairman of Union Public Service Commission by President Pranab Mukherjee in accordance with the Article 316 (1) of the Constitution.He succeeded Rajni Razdan. Deepak Gupta who is a retired IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre became first UPSC chairman who was not a UPSC member. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix bagged by Lewis Hamilton:- On 23rd November 2014, Lewis Hamilton of Britain won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix of Formula One racing at Yas Marina circuit in United Arab Emirates. Lewis Hamilton who is a Mercedes driver, has already won the F1 racing championship for the year 2014. Thus he had won F1 world Drivers title twice in a year.Lewis Hamilton has won the Abu Dhabi GP win with 50 points which was 14 points ahead of Brazilian driver Felipe Massa finishing the second. 18th SAARC Summit begins from 26th November:- i. The eighteenth SAARC summit will be held in Kathmandu, the capital of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal on 26–27 November 2014. ii. This time the summit is taking place after an interval of three years as the last summit was held in 2011 in Maldives. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation has eight members: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. ** For more current affairs.....Join this group https://m.facebook/groups/479342462207294
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 18:09:34 +0000
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