Current Affairs for 18/11/2013 1. Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, both from Jamaica, named the Male and Female World Athletes of the Year, 2013 by the Atheletics governing body -IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations). 2. First multi use Integrated Check Post on Indo-Bangla Border at Akhaura in West Tripura, inaugurated on 17th November 2013. 3. Malta(southern European country in the Mediterranean Sea) to Host Next Commonwealth Summit in 2015. - read more 4. Barack Obama nominates Indian-American, Vivek H Murthy to be the next Surgeon General of the Public Health Service of USA. when confirmed by the US Senate he will be the youngest and the first-ever Indian-American in American history to assume the post. he replaces Regina Benjamin for a term of four years 5. Angela Merkel, Chancelor (President) of Germany, chosen for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development, 2013. - read more 6. 19th November observed as the World Toilet Day by UN to highlight the problem of sanitation in developing nations. This is the first ever UN World Toilet Day (53 % of Indian households (approx. 600 m) defecate in the open - World Bank figure) - read more
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