Sure Current Affairs for IBPS Clerk of October 2013 ***************************************** Sports Updates --------------------- 1. Virat Kohli of India has scored the fastest century ever by an Indian in just 52 balls in an ODI match against Australia. 2. Manavjit Singh Sadhu of India won Gold in the Open Grand Prix in Almaty, Kazakhstan. 3. Colombia has qualified for Football World Cup 2014 after 12 years by defeating Chile. 4. Indian shooters won seven medals including Silver by GS Sharan in Asian Shotgun Championship. 5. Dipika Pillikal won the Macau Squash Open by beating former World No. 1 Rachael Gringham. 6. Indian has made history in the World Boxing Championship 2013. Five boxers of India have reached to the quarterfinals for the first time. 7. Sachin Tendulkar has scored match-winning 79 runs in his last innings for Mumbai in Ranji Trophy. 8. World Cup Gold Medalist Sanjeev Rajput won the Gold in men’s 50-metre free rifle prone event in the Asian air gun shooting championship 2013 in Tehran, Iran. 9. Rohit Sharma of India hits a record 16 sixes which is the most ever in an ODI innings, in the final match against Australia. 10. The International Hockey Federation (IHF) has announced that India will host men’s 2018 World Cup, World League Final (men) in 2015 and 2017, and the Men’s Junior World Cup 2016. 11. Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Championship 2013. 12. Indian women’s hockey team won Silver medal in 3rd Asian Championship trophy 2013. 13. Mohammad Siddikur of Bangladesh won the 50th edition of Hero Open Golf Tournament 2013 held in New Delhi. International News -------------------------- 1. President of Maldives Mohamed Waheed Hassan has withdrawn nomination from the 2013 presidential election. 2. Two Russian cosmonauts took the Olympic Torch for a historic spacewalk showcasing the Russia’s hosting of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in 2014. 3. US President Barack Obama has nominated Ms. Janet Yellen as the chairperson of the powerful US central bank. She became the first woman chairperson of the Federal Reserve. 4. Switzerland has signed the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative in tax matters with 58 countries including India. 5. The Parliament of Greenland votes in favour of removing a 25-year-old ban on uranium mining. 6. The US Senate has confirmed the appointment of Indian-origin Ms. Nisha Desai Biswal as the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, became the first Asian to hold such position. 7. Israel has allowed 899 Indian Jews to immigrate. All are the members of the Bnei Menahse tribe. 8. Report revealed by Britain national daily Guardian that USA has spied on 35 world leaders. 9. Data released by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that the developed countries have committed to cut greenhouse gas emission by three percent from 2011-2020. 10. Dubai Airport, the world’s largest airport, has been opened for the passengers. 11. According to Forbes magazine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ranked number one as world’s most powerful leader followed by US President Barack Obama. 12. German Chancellor Angela Merkel ranks number one position in the world’s most powerful women ranking by Forbes followed by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi took the 3rd position. 13. Turkey has opened the world’s first underwater rail link between Asia and Europe. 14. Pakistan’s Taliban chief Hakimullah has been killed in an American drone strike. 15. Japan and Russia have held their first joint Defence and Foreign Ministers’ meeting. 16. The strongest typhoon in 2013, Haiyan hits Philippines. 17. Imomali Rakhmon has been re-elected as the President of Tajikistan. 18. Volcano Mount Sinabung has erupted in Karo district of Indonesia.
Posted on: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 04:23:12 +0000
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