~~~~Daily Current Affairs : 21st November 2013~~~~ 1. PM Dr Manmohan Singh today inaugurated the 3rd BRICS International Competition Conference in New Delhi. 2. Malala Yousafzai on Wednesday received the EUs prestigious Sakharov human rights prize for her brave crusade for the right of the children to education. 3. A Dutch Film named Kauwboy, directed by Boudewijn Koole won the Golden Elephant Award for best film in the International Live Action category. 4. India and Vietnam signed eight agreements on 20 November 2013 in areas of defence and security, oil exploration, civil aviation and scientific research. 5. Fifty-three years after their trip to India as Crown Prince and Crown Princess, Japanese Emperor Akihito and his wife Empress Michiko will arrive here on a six-day visit beginning November 30 with an aim to further strengthening bilateral ties. 6. Cyclonic storm, HELEN likely to cross south coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh tomorrow. NDRF teams being deployed to handle rescue and relief operations. 7. The All India Football Federation on Wednesday re-appointed its General Secretary Kushal Das for a second term of another three years in its Executive Committee meeting in New Delhi. 8. V. Baskaran appointed as Coach of the Senior Men Hockey Team on 20 November 2013. 9. The long-serving Gurbax Singh Sandhu was on Wednesday retained as the national coach of the mens Indian boxing team till the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. 10. Frederick Sanger, a British biochemist who is the only person to win Nobel Prize two times for Chemistry died on 19 November 2013 in Cambridge, eastern England. He was aged 95. 11. Indias senior womens hockey team coach Inderjit Singh Gill passed away in a fatal road accident near Sangrur in Punjab on 20 November 2013. 12. 14-year-old Mumbai teenager Prithvi Shaw created a national record on Wednesday, hitting an astonishing 546 playing for Rizvi Springfield against St Francis DAssisi Borivali in an inter-school match for the prestigious Harris Shield in Mumbai. 13. Uruguay became the last team to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, with a goal-less draw against Jordan in the return leg of their play-off in Montevideo. 14. Ashes series begins at the Gabba, Brisbane. 15. Darvis Patton, the US sprinter on 18 November 2013 announced his retirement after 13 years career. Admin : ~NG~
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:28:09 +0000
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