GA UPDATES - November 14, 2014 (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y) 1. International Cricket Council appoints five cricketers as its ambassadors for the World Cup 2015 to be held in Australia and New Zealand. - These are: Virat Kohli, Kumar Sangakkara, Shane Watson, Mitchell Johnson and Brendon McCullum. 2. Rohit Sharma becomes the highest scorer in an ODI inning with a mammoth score of 264 against Sri Lanka. - He now is the only cricketer to smash two double centuries in ODIs - the previous being 209 against Australia at Bangalore in November 2013. - Other double centurion in ODI: Sachin Tendulkar (200) and Virender Sehwag (219) 3. Grant of Indian citizenship to minority community nationals of Pakistan and Afghanistan is made easy. - Everyone who entered India prior to December 31, 2009, can now apply for Indian Citizenship offline as well. - Earlier only online applications with passports was needed to apply for this. - Moreover, the children of these parents - born in any of the two country and without passport - can also apply for the grant of Indian Citizenship after regularization of their stay in India. - These children will have to register with the Foreigners Registration Office (FRO) of the concerned district for the regularization. 4. India-China joint training exercise Hand in Hand 2014 to begin at Pune from November 16. - Its the 4th edition of this joint training exercise between the two giants and second in India after 2nd edition at Belgaum in 2008. - China has hosted the inaugural drill in 2007 and 3rd one in 2013. 5. Maharashtra plans to launch a Rs 4,000 crore satellite imaging project to map all land in the state. - The entire state land data will be computerized and available online. - It will also curb corruption at lower level where bribes have to be paid for getting the documents. 6. India pulls ahead of China as the largest gold consumer in the world. - Indian bought 225.1 tonnes of gold jewelery, coins and bars in the third quarter of fiscal year as compared to 182.7 tonnes of China.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:53:13 +0000
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