Current Affairs 02.11.2014 Duleep Trophy: Central Zone spinners, led by captain Piyush Chawla helped them to won the Duleep Trophy title with a thrilling nine-run victory over South Zone in the final at New Delhi. Misbah-ul Haq: Pakistan professional cricket player Misbah-ul Haq has equalled the world record for the fastest test century in 56-balls, when he was playing against Australia. National under-13 Chess championship: P.R. Hirthikesh in boy’s event and R. Vaishali in girl’s event, both from Tamil Nadu have emerged as champions in the National under-13 chess championship at Bistupur, Jharkhand. University of Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania is offering a new course on ‘wasting time on the Internet’ which requires students to stare at a screen for hours and only interact via chat rooms and social media. WhatsApp: Mobile messenger service WhatsApp’s user base in India has grown to 70 million active-users, which is over a 10th of its global users. Bharat-Nepal Shiksha Maitri Karyakram: In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement during his visit to Nepal, the Bharat-Nepal Shiksha Maitri Karyakram, a course for Nepalese students was launched at Calcutta University campus. R.K. Dhowan: Naval Chief Admiral R K Dhowan will leave on a five-day visit to Kenya to progress and consolidate defence relations with the Indian Ocean Region country. International GT Open Series: India’s Aditya Patel, driving for Audio India has completed yet another magnificent race along with Portuguese teammate Cesar Campanico, finishing second in the International GT Open in Barcelona. Chhattisgarh plastic free: Chhattisgarh state government has decided to restrict the use of polythene carry bags from next year. “The state government has decided to declare Chhattisgarh as ‘Plastic Carry Bag Free State’.
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