Current Affairs 16 & 17-Nov-2014: FDA withdrew the previously granted tentative marketing approvals for the Ranbaxy’s anti-ulcer drug Nexium and HIV infection drug Valcyte. Hyderabad-based GVK Bio signed definitive agreement to acquire US-based Vanta Bioscience. Leading online fashion store Myntra named Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut as its brand ambassador. China and Australia signed a major Free Trade Agreement (FTA). NSDC signed MoU with Tata Motors for collaboration on various skill development programmes in the automotive sector. The G20 Summit was held in Brisbane, Australia and G20 leaders released the final communique known as the Brisbane Action Plan. CNTA will promote travel by Chinese tourists to countries along the Silk Road belt in 2015. China will play host to the Group of Twenty (G20) Summit of the emerging economies in 2016. The decision was announced by Australian PM Tony Abbott on 16 November 2014 in Brisbane. SAIL Chairman CS Verma was conferred with the IIM- JRD Tata Award for Excellence in Corporate leadership in Metallurgical Industries for the year 2014. India won 5-match ODI series against Sri Lanka 5-0 after winning the final played at JSCA Stadium Complex in Ranchi. India and Republic of Korea signed an A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate technical cooperation in Railway sector between the two countries. The mayor of Sibiu Klaus Werner Iohannis on 16 November 2014 won the 2014 presidential elections in Romania by defeating Prime Minister Victor Ponta of Social Democratic Party (PSD). A four boggy train named Modi Express was flagged off by an Australian Minister Matthew Guy in Melbourne. Novak Djokovic won this years ATP World Tour finals after Roger Federer withdrew from the title clash due to a back injury. Researchers suggest that one of the oldest craters on Earth in Sudbury Basin area located in Ontario, Canada was created from a comet. ONGC approved two major projects entailing an investment of 10600 crore rupees to enhance production from Western Offshore fields. Shalabh Seth was on 15 November 2014 appointed as the Managing Director (MD) of SABMiller India Pvt Ltd by replacing Grant Liversage. Senior Indian National Congress leader and former Odisha Minister of Health & Family Planning Mohan Nag died on 15 November 2014 at Bhubaneswar. Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth won women’s and men’s singles title of the China Open Super Series Premier of Badminton.
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