Daily NEWS/Currents.. 10th NOV. 1. The government is planning to bring down its stake in public sector banks to 52 per cent so as to meet Rs 3 lakh crore capital requirement. As per law, government holding at any moment must not come below 51 per cent to maintain the public sector character of PSU banks. Public sector banks require equity capital of Rs 2.4 lakh crore by 2018 to meet Basel III norms. For the current fiscal, the government has allocated Rs 11,200 crore for bank capitalization. 2. 6th World Ayurveda Congress: PM’s address at the valedictory function of the 6th World Ayurveda Congress 3. Durand Cup 2014: Salgaocar FC clinches the Durand Cup 2014 - its third title overall - having defeated Pune FC in the final by 1-0. 4. Virat Kohli: the quickest to score 6000 runs in history of one-day internationals, He took just 144 match (136 innings), 12 less than Vivs 156 matches (141 innings) to achieve this feat.. He leaves Vivian Richards behind. He is the 8th Indian, and and 47th cricketer overall, to have scored 6000 or more runs. 5. Renaissance at Hockey: India overwhelms world champions Australia to clinch a historic bilateral title with a 3-1 scoreline in a 4-match series. 6. World’s tallest hybrid wind generator turbine - with a height of 120 metre - rises up inKutch, Gujarat. 7. Iran, the United States and the European Union (EU) began an unscheduled second day of talks on Monday over disagreements blocking the resolution of a confrontation over Tehrans nuclear programme. 8. More than 200 boat people held in southern Thailand will be pushed back out to sea. Around 259 people were found at sea on Saturday and were arrested for illegal entry. 9. China has unveiled its Mars rover being developed to scurry the Red Planets surface for signs of water and life and plans to test it in the rugged terrain of Tibet. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has displayed the machine and the technological hardware set-up at an air show. Earlier, china has sent a Rover named, Yutu or Jade Rabbit that China has sent to Moon to explore the lunar surface. 10. New Delhi is the 25th fun city among over 1,800 cities in the world: Survey . Germanys capital Berlin topped the list, followed by London, Paris, New York and Tokyo completing the top 5. 11. mahila gramin samriddhi yojna,The government today announced that women belonging to the rural areas of Uttar Pradesh would get loan at the rate of three per cent from the cooperative banks under the mahila gramin samriddhi yojna . 12. East China Sea islands disputes: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held an ice-breaking meeting on Monday on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific conference in Beijing, following more than two years of deep tensions over an island dispute. 13. Qimat Rai Gupta , Group Chairman of electrical equipment maker Havells India, dies aged 77. Happy Reading.... blog: moinsheikh.wordpress/2014/11/10/daily-newscurrents-19/
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:30:00 +0000
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