Top 10 Current Affairs 08 Nov 2013 ----------------------------- 1. U.S. automatically lost voting rights at UNESCO, after missing a crucial deadline to repay its debt to the world’s cultural agency. 2. The Theme of 33rd edition of the India International Trade Fair is inclusive growth. The fair will begin from 14th of this month and continue till 27th at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. 3. India on Friday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Agni-I ballistic missile with a strike range of 700 km from a test range off Odisha coast as part of a user trial by the Army. 4. The third largest public sector lender by branches Central Bank of India today said it has opened a representative office in Hong Kong. 5. Jordan will replace Saudi Arabia on the Security Council for a two-year term starting in January after the Saudis’ unprecedented rejection of the seat hours after they were elected, a UN diplomat has said. 6. India’s second international-standard multi-use Integrated Check Post (ICP) and the first along the Bangladesh border will be opened to people at Akhaurah in Tripura on November 17, officials said here on Friday. 7. India handed out an innings and 51 run defeat to the West Indies in the first test match at Kolkata on day 3. 8. The International Hockey Federation, FIH has selected India to host the men’s World Cup, which is planned for December 2018. 9. Typhoon Haiyan is battering the central Philippines with sustained winds of 314 kilometres an hour. 10. A kind of new grass has been developed under joint efforts of scientists from Japan and Colombia to help curb emissions of greenhouse gas caused by chemical fertilizers, according to local media.
Posted on: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 10:36:29 +0000
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