Current Affairs Questions & Answers: 01 November 2014 for competitive Exams

1) Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as the Chief Minister of which state on 31 October 2014?

(A) Haryana

(B) Gujarat

(C) Maharashtra

(D) Madhya Pradesh

2) Maiden National Unity Day or Rashtriya Ekta Diwas was celebrated across the nation on 31 October 2014 in the 139th birth anniversary of?

(A) Sardar Vallabhai Patel

(B) B R Ambedkar

(C) Lal Bahadur Shashtri

(D) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya 

3) Foundation stone for 'World's tallest statue' of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel laid on 31 October 2014. In which state the 'Statue of Unity' is coming up?

(A) Kerala

(B) Maharashtra

(C) Rajasthan

(D) Gujarat

4) With a view to uplift rural India, the government is set to launch a new programme called 'Unnat Bharat Abhiyan'. This programme is an initiative of which Ministry?

(A) Ministry of Women & Child Development

(B) Ministry of Human Resource Development

(C) Ministry of Minority Affairs

(D) Ministry of Tourism

5) The 2nd Meeting of SAARC Ministers of Education/Higher Education was held recently at?

(A) Kathmandu

(B) Colombo

(C) Dhaka

(D) New Delhi

6) Warren Anderson, CEO of Union Carbide Corporation, responsible for poisonous gas leak at the company's plant in Bhopal died recently. In which year Bhopal gas tragedy happened?

(A) 1963

(B) 1984

(C) 1991

(D) 1976

7) Nation remembered former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 30th death anniversary on 31 October 2014. On this day in which year, she was assassinated by her bodyguards?

(A) 1984

(B) 1974

(C) 1983

(D) 1981

8) New restricted free monthly ATM usage regime came into effect in 6 metro cities of the country from 1 November 2014. From now, the number of mandated free transactions for account holders at same bank and other bank ATMs in metros will be respectively?

(A) Unlimited & 5

(B) Unlimited & 3

(C) 5 & 3

(D) 3 & 5

9)  Which country on 30 October 2014 became the first European nation to accord official recognition to Palestine?

(A) Sweden

(B) Norway

(C) Turkey

(D) Tunisia

10) Full form of ISL?

(A) Indian Sports League

(B) Indian Star League

(C) Indian Super League

(D) None of these

Answers

1) Ans. (C) Maharashtra

2) Ans. (A) Sardar Vallabhai Patel

3) Ans. (D) Gujarat

4) Ans. (B) Ministry of Human Resource Development

5) Ans. (D) New Delhi

6) Ans. (B) 1984

7) Ans. (A) 1984

8) Ans. (C) 5 & 3

9) Ans. (A) Sweden

10) Ans. (C) Indian Super League

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Daily Current Affairs Updates 31 October 2014

1) Devendra Fadnavis sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister: Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as the BJP’s first chief minister in Maharashtra on Friday but had to share some of the limelight with another man — Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, who attended the ceremony after a last-minute phone call from BJP chief Amit Shah. Fadnavis — the state’s 27th CM and its youngest at 44 — took the oath of office with a team of nine ministers at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. In attendance were Prime Minister Narendra Modi, LK Advani, Shah, the CMs of BJP-ruled and friendly states and a crowd of 40,000-50,000, according to BJP estimates.

2) National Unity Day celebrated across India: The maiden National Unity Day or Rashtriya Ekta Diwas was celebrated to commemorate Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s 139th birth anniversary by carrying out Run for Unity among other events. The day was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi who paid floral tributes at the statue of Sardar Patel and also flagged off the Run For Unity in New Delhi. The Run for Unity campaign is the key highlight to pay tribute to the efforts made by Sardar Patel to unite India. A nationwide marathon took place on the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas.

3) Leaders pay tributes to Indira Gandhi on death anniversary: The nation on Friday remembered former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 30th death anniversary with President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and other leaders paying tributes to her. Mukherjee, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh paid floral tributes at Shakti Sthal, the memorial of Indira Gandhi. Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her bodyguards on October 31, 1984.

4) Warren Anderson, CEO of Union Carbide during the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy died: Warren M. Anderson, a Brooklyn carpenter's son who ascended to the top of the Union Carbide Corporation, where he grappled with the ravages of a poisonous gas leak at the company's plant in Bhopal, India, in 1984 that killed thousands in one of history's most lethal industrial accidents, died on September 29 at a nursing home in Vero Beach, Florida. He was 92.

5) Petrol, diesel prices slashed: Oil companies cut petrol price by Rs. 2.41 a litre on Friday, the sixth reduction since August, and diesel price by Rs. 2.25 a litre on the back of falling international oil rates.

6) ATM use over five times will attract fee from Nov 1: Using ATMs (automated teller machines) to withdraw money or for other purposes such as balance enquiry beyond five times in a month will attract a levy of Rs.20 a transaction from Saturday. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s new guidelines that come into force from Saturday, bank customers in six metros —Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bangalore — are allowed to withdraw money and/or carry out non-financial transactions like mini-statements at ATMs of banks, where they hold saving/current accounts, free of charge only five times a month.

7) 2nd Meeting of SAARC Education Ministers held: The 2nd Meeting of SAARC Ministers of Education/Higher Education was held at New Delhi on 31 October 2014.The Union HRD Minister of India, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, was unanimously elected to the Chair. While addressing the Meeting she reiterated India’s initiatives for strengthening mutual cooperation amongst the Member States and the need for a well focussed strategy for growing together in the SAARC region.

8) Work on Statue of Unity begins: Chief minister Anandiben Patel on Friday laid the foundation stone for Shresth Bharat Complex near the proposed Statue of Unity at Kevadiya Colony. The complex will be constructed at a cost of Rs 176 crore. It will also house a state-of-the-art museum depicting the life of Sardar Patel, a skill development centre and a 127-room three-star hotel. The construction work for Statue of Unity, the world's tallest statue, also began on the occasion of Sardar Patel Jayanti on Friday. Narendra Modi, who was the chief minister then, had laid foundation stone of the structure last year on October 31.

9) Govt to launch Unnat Bharat Abhiyan: With a view to uplift rural India, the government is set to launch a new programme — the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan. The programme is being launched in collaboration with the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) and the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) across the country. Although the programme is an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, it will be coordinated and steered by IIT Delhi. According to IIT Delhi Director R K Shevgaonkar, the programme will involve engaging with communities around each institute and for their upliftment. “Each IIT will identify 10 villages in its neighbourhood and work out technologies to solve the most pressing issues of the region,” Shevgaonkar said.

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IBPS PO Evening Shift (01 November 2014) GA Questions

Friends.. Here are some GA Questions asked in today’s (01 November 2014) Evening Shift IBPS PO Exam. Questions were shared by our friends Jyoti Shaw, Gauri, Kiran and Nazeeb. If anybody remembers more questions share with us via e-mail at currentaffairs4examz@gmail.com or comment below.

1) Ram Naik was recently sworn in as the governor of which state? - Uttar Pradesh

2) Currency of Egypt?- Egyptian pound

3) Name the new CM of TamilNadu?- O. Panneerselvam

4) Name the new Chief Justice of India?- H L Dattu

5) Full form of PMGSY?- Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

6) Axis Bank tagline? - Badhti ka naam Zindagi

7) Who won Gold medal for Indian in Wrestling 65 kg category at Asian Games 2014? - Yogeshwar Dutt
8) IFSC full form? - Indian Financial System Code
9) Lionel Messi is related to?- Football
10) PPF Limit recently raised from 1 Lakh to? - 1.5 Lakh
11) What is "C" in CRR- Cash (Cash Reserve Ratio)
12) Who is author of Book "Unbreakable- An autobiography"? - Mary Kom
13) FSDC full form? -Financial Stability and Development Council
14) Subarnarekha Hydroelectric Power Plant is in?- Jharkhand
15) Which country recently replaced Mauritius as top source of FDI in India?- Singapore 
16) Bermuda Triangle is located in? -Western Part of North Atlantic Ocean
17) Credit Card is also known as? - Plastic Money
18) Other than Mahatma Gandhi whose B'day is celebrated on October 2?- Lal bahadur Shasthri
19) One bank give loan to another bank on which rate? - MSF (Marginal Standing Facility)
20) Original name of Canara Bank?- Canara Hindu Permanent Fund Ltd

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Current Affairs Quiz 31 October 2014

1) Pankaj Advani won World Billiards Championship (time format) on 30 October 2014 beating England’s Robert Hall, becoming the first cueist to bag the double three times in his career. Where was the event held?

(A) Bangalore, India

(B) Malta

(C) Leeds, England

(D) Brussels, Belgium

2) Which sports person was appointed as the brand ambassador of Delhi in September 2014?

(A) Abhinav Bindra

(B) Yogeshwar Dutt

(C) Saina Nehwal

(D) Sushil Kumar 

3) Tim Cook who on 30 October 2014 announced himself as a gay to potentially help others who fear to publicly disclose such things, is the CEO of?

(A) Amazon

(B) Apple

(C) Accenture

(D) Twitter

4) Union Government on 30 Oct 2014 launched austerity measures including ..... percent cut in non-plan funds?

(A) 15

(B) 10

(C) 20

(D) 5

5) Jan Koum and Brian Acton who received 116 million shares of Facebook stock currently worth nearly $9 billion on 30 Oct 2014 are the founders of?

(A) Whatsapp

(B) Skype

(C) Twitter

(D) We Chat

6) Arvind Mayaram was appointed as Secretary in which ministry on 30 Oct 2014?

(A) Minority Affairs

(B) Finance Ministry

(C) Tourism Ministry

(D) None of these

7)  ISRO plans its second Mars Mission with rover and lander in which year as announced recently?

(A) 2016

(B) 2015

(C) 2018

(D) 2020

8)  In 2014, which athlete got upgraded to gold after Russia’s Tatyana Kotova was disqualified for doping at the 2005 World Athletics Final?

(A) K M Beenamol

(B) Anju Bobby George

(C) Anuradha Biswal

(D) Neelam Jaswant Singh

9) In the history of ODI matches which of these teams has Zimbabwe defeated only twice, once in 1983 and later in 2014?

(A) Australia

(B) New Zealand

(C) Pakistan

(D) Sri Lanka

10)  Indian Super League's official tagline is?

(A) "Let's football"

(B) "Kings of football"

(C) "Game begins here"

(D) All the above

Answers

1) Ans. (C) Leeds, England

2) Ans. (D) Sushil Kumar

3) Ans. (B) Apple

4) Ans. (B) 10

5) Ans. (A) Whatsapp

6) Ans. (A) Minority Affairs

7) Ans. (C) 2018

8) Ans. (B) Anju Bobby George

9) Ans. (A) Australia

10) Ans. (A) "Let's football"

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Today's (01 November 2014) IBPS PO-4 GA Questions - Morning Shift

Friends.. Here are some GA Questions asked in today’s (01 November 2014) Morning Shift IBPS PO Exam. Questions were shared by our friends Shalini Mukund & Sachin Vasudev. If anybody remembers more questions share with us via e-mail at currentaffairs4examz@gmail.com or comment below.

 Evening Shift Questions: Click Here

1) Capital of Lebanon? - Beirut

2) Currency of Germany? - Euro

3) Line demarcating India and China? - Line of Actual Control

4) PM Narendra Modi recently addressed the .... session of the UN General Assembly? - 69th

5) RIDF Full form? - Rural infrastructure development fund

6) Wipro founder? - Azim Premji

7) How many countries participated in FIFA World Cup 2014? - 32

8) NRLM full form? - National Rural Livelihoods Mission

9) PIO full form? - Person of Indian Origin

10) Who is the present Minister of Women & Child Development? - Maneka Gandhi

11) Argentina Currency? -Peso
12) 'K' stands in KCC for?- Kisan (Kisan Credit Card)
13) Author of the recently released book 'My years with Rajiv and Sonia'?- R.D. Pradhan
14) "Hum Hai na..." is the tagline of the bank?- ICICI
15) Who is Sanjay Leela Bhansali? - Film Director
16) Number of Gold medals won by India in Asian Games 2014?- 11
17) Full form of NPS?- New Pension Scheme
18) HDFC ERGO related with?- Insurance
19) Who discovered pencilin?- Alexander Fleming
20) Head Office of Prathma bank?- Moradabad i

21) Headquarters of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)?- Rome, Italy
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Daily Current Affairs: 30 October 2014

1) Pankaj Advani won World Billiards Championship: Pankaj Advani won a grand double by clinching the World billiards championship (time format) at Leeds (England), just days after winning the points format title. Advani cruised past England’s Robert Hall 1928-893 in the final late on Wednesday night, capping a memorable week. The 29-year-old has now become the first cueist to bag the double three times in his career, the earlier occasions coming in 2005 (Malta) and 2008 (Bangalore). In the last four months, he has captured four world titles — in snooker and billiards. Last Week, Pankaj claimed the World Title in the Points Format by beating Peter Gilchrist, current World No. 1 in the Finals.

2) ‘I’m proud to be gay’ says Apple CEO Tim Cook: Apple CEO Tim Cook says he’s proud to be gay. The public declaration, in an essay written for Bloomberg Businessweek, makes Mr. Cook the highest-profile business CEO to come out. Mr. Cook said that while he never denied his sexuality, he never publicly acknowledged it, either. The executive said that for years he’s been open with many people about his sexual orientation and that plenty of his Apple colleagues know he is gay. Mr. Cook wrote in the column published on Thursday that it wasn’t an easy choice to publicly disclose that he is gay, but that he felt the acknowledgement could potentially help others. “I’ve come to realize that my desire for personal privacy has been holding me back from doing something more important,” he wrote. Mr. Cook added that he considers “being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me”.

3) Union Government launches austerity measures: India announced a slew of austerity measures, including a 10% cut in certain types of government spending and curbs on foreign travel and conferences, to meet its deficit-reduction goal amid slower-than-estimated revenue growth and spiralling expenses. The government is aiming to narrow the nation’s fiscal deficit to 4.1% of gross domestic product (GDP) for the current fiscal, a goal that has been termed as challenging by economists as well as the government, prompting the expenditure-reduction measures on Thursday. The austerity steps have also placed restrictions on foreign travel and a ban on first class air travel. The finance ministry has also banned conferences in five-star hotels, purchase of vehicles and creation of new posts.

4) Low cost generic respiratory drug launched by Cipla: Taking the patent battle to Novartis, India's Cipla has launched low-cost generic version of the Swiss drug maker's respiratory drug Indacaterol sold under the Onbrez brand, while asking the government to revoke patents over the medicine.

5) WhatsApp founders own nearly $9b in Facebook stock: WhatsApp founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton received 116 million shares of Facebook stock currently worth nearly $9 billion when they sold their unprofitable messaging service to the social networking leader earlier this month. The breakdown of the big winners in Facebook Inc.’s $22 billion acquisition emerged Wednesday in a regulatory filing.

6) Arvind Mayaram appointed as Secretary in the Minority Affairs: Senior bureaucrat Arvind Mayaram has received a second transfer order in a fortnight. Mayaram, who was earlier shifted out of the Finance Ministry to Tourism, has now been appointed as Secretary in the Minority Affairs Ministry. The current posting is considered even low-profile than the one in the Tourism Ministry. New order issued on Thursday states that the Appointments Committee of Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cleared Mayaram's appointment as the new Minority Affairs Secretary.

7) ISRO plans second Mars Mission with rover and lander in 2018: After the success of the recent Mars Orbit Mission (MOM), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to revisit the Red Planet in 2018 with a heavier satellite which will carry a lander and a rover. The Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) Satellite Centre Director S Shiva Kumar said the space agency is planning to launch a second Mars mission in 2018, to conduct more experiments for which they have to develop new technologies.

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SSC CGL Re-Exam 2013 Final Results Published

Friends.. Staff Selection Commission has published the final result of Combined Graduate Level (Tier-II) Re-examination, 2013 held on 20.09.2014, 21.09.2014 & re-exam on 27.09.2014 for the candidates who were declared qualified for Tier-II on the basis of the Combined Graduate Level (Tier-I) Re-exam.,2013.

Commission has decided to fix three cut offs for, which can be checked from the below link:

i) All Interview Posts/

ii) Statistical Investigator/Compiler and;

iii) All non-interview posts

The number of candidates provisionally qualified for Interview/Skill Test (i.e. CPT/DEST) are :-

(i) All Interview posts: 8,613

(ii) Statistical Investigator/Compiler only: 826

(iii) Non-Interview posts only: 20,727

(iv)Tax Assistant only: 15

Marks of the individual candidates both qualified/non-qualified would be available on the website of SSC shortly.

View Writeup/Cutoff Marks: Click Here

List of candidates called for interview (other than statistical investigator): Click Here

List of candidates qualified for the post of statistical investigator: Click Here

List of candidates for all non-interview posts: Click Here

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United India Insurance Recruitment 2014 for 323 Administrative Officer (Scale I) Posts

The United India Insurance Company Ltd invites applications for recruitment of the 323 Administrative Officer (Scale-I) Vacancies. Eligible candidates can apply Online from 29-10-2014 to 18-11-2014. Details are as follows:

Important Dates:

Starting Date for Submission of Online Applications:  29-10-2014.

Last Date for Submission of Online Application: 18-11-2014.

Payment of Application Fees/Intimation charges: 29-10-2014 to 18-11-2014

Date of Screening Test: Last week of December 2014

Date of Main Exam & Descriptive test: Third/Last week of January 2015

Scale of Pay: Basic pay of Rs.17,240/- in the scale of Rs.17240-840(14)-29000-910(4)-32640 and other admissible allowances as applicable. Total emoluments will be Rs.37000/- (approx.) in Metropolitan centers. The salary scales are under revision

Age Limit: A candidate must be of the Minimum Age of 21 years and the Maximum Age of 30 years as on 01/10/2014. Candidate must have been born not earlier than 2-10-1984 and not later than 1-10-1993 (both days inclusive).

Educational Qualifications:

Generalist - Degree from recognized university or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by Central Government.

Specialist - Degree from recognized university in the relevant discipline or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by Central Government.

Selection Procedure:

The selection would be in the stages of Screening test and Main examination (online multiple choice objective type) Descriptive Test and interview. All the candidates who applied and are eligible as per criteria prescribed for the post shall undergo screening test (objective type) to be conducted tentatively on 28 or 29th December 2014 through online mode. The shortlisted candidates who qualify in screening test based on cut off marks shall become eligible to appear for main examination. The screening test will only be qualifying nature. 10 times the number of vacancies in each discipline/category will be called for Main exam and Descriptive Test, which will also be conducted through online mode.

Application Fee:

SC/ ST/ Persons with Disability (PWD), Permanent Employees of UIIC: Rs. 100/-

All others: Rs. 500/-

How to Apply: Eligible candidates can apply online through the below from 29-10-2014 to 18-11-2014.

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Apply Online: Click Here

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30 October 2014 Current Affairs & GK Quiz for preparing Exams

1) Who is/are the winner of World’s Children prize 2014?

(A) Malala Yousafzai

(B) Indira Ranamagar

(C) John Wood

(D) All the above

2) Michael Sata, who passed away on 28 October 2014 in London was the President of which African country?

(A) Nigeria

(B) Uganda

(C) Zambia

(D) Mangolia

3) Sachin Tendulkar along with which other player was on 29 October 2014 inducted into Don Bradman Hall of Fame?

(A) Brian Lara

(B) Steve Waugh

(C) Ricky Ponting

(D) Rahul Dravid

4) Which territory in September 2014 held a referendum for independence from the United Kingdom?

(A) England

(B) Northern Ireland

(C) Scotland

(D) Wales

5) What was India’s rank in the World Bank’s latest “Ease of Doing Business” report which was released on 29 October 2014?

(A) 142

(B) 189

(C) 140

(D) 134

6) Union Health Minister on 29 Oct 2014 announced "TB-Mission 2020" to eliminate Tuberculosis from the country. Name the Union Health Minister?

(A) Nitin Gadkari

(B) Arun Jaitley

(C) Harsh Vardhan

(D) Sis Ram Ola

7) Srinagar city is situated on the banks of which river?

(A) Sutlej

(B) Tapi

(C) Jhelum

(D) Tawi

8) India along with 20 other countries on 23 October 2014 signed an agreement to set up Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Where will be its headquarters?

(A) Tokyo

(B) New Delhi

(C) Dhaka

(D) Shanghai

9) Where will the 2018 Commonwealth games be held?

(A) India

(B) Wales

(C) Australia

(D) Canada

10) Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami from which country was on 29 October 2014 handed death penalty for killings of nation’s leading intellectuals during the country’s War of Liberation in 1971?

(A) Bangaldesh

(B) Pakistan

(C) Iran

(D) Saudi Arabia

Answers

1) Ans. (D) All the above

2) Ans. (C) Zambia

3) Ans. (B) Steve Waugh

4) Ans. (C) Scotland

5) Ans. (A) 142

6) Ans. (C) Harsh Vardhan

7) Ans. (C) Jhelum

8) Ans. (D) Shanghai

9) Ans. (C) Australia

10) Ans. (A) Bangaldesh

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 29 October 2014

1) Malala won 2014 World’s Children prize: Champion for girls’ rights Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate in history, won the World’s Children’s Prize 2014 on 29 October 2014, after a global vote involving millions of children. “Millions of children have voted to award Malala this year’s World’s Children’s Prize for the rights of the child,” the organisation said in a statement. “Nobody has ever received the Nobel Peace Prize and the World’s Children’s Prize, often dubbed the ‘Children’s Nobel Prize’ by the media, in the same year,” it added. This year’s honorary awards went to former Microsoft executive John Wood, founder of the Room to Read literacy group, and Indira Ranamagar from Nepal, for her work for the children of prisoners. Nelson Mandela, Graca Machel, Anne Frank and Kofi Annan have previously been honoured.

2) India ranks 142 in latest "Ease of Doing Business" report: World Bank- India ranked 142 among the 189 countries surveyed for the latest World Bank’s “Ease of Doing Business” report released on Wednesday, a drop by two places from the last year’s ranking, as Singapore topped the list. The fall in ranking from last year’s 140 is mainly because other nations performed much better, Bank officials said. India’s ranking originally stood at 134 last year, but was adjusted to 140 to account for fresh data. In the 2014 report, India had 52.78 points and this year it scored 53.97 points. The latest ranking, however, does not take into account a slew of measures taken by the Modi government to make India a business friendly destination.

3) World Stroke Day observed: World Stroke Day is observed on October 29 to underscore the serious nature and high rates of stroke, raise awareness of the prevention and treatment of the condition, and ensure better care and support for survivors. On this day, organizations around the world have facilitated events emphasizing education, testing, and initiatives to improve the damaging effects of stroke worldwide.

4) Harsh Vardhan announces TB-Mission 2020: Underlining the plans of the Indian government to eliminate Tuberculosis from the country, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today announced 'TB-Mission 2020'. Vardhan was speaking at WHO's Global TB Symposium titled 'Moving out of the box to end global TB epidemic: with post-2015 strategy. Tuberculosis control was also declared as the dominant agenda for the upcoming meeting of BRICS Health Ministers in December.

5) Government relaxed FDI norms for construction, real estate sector: The government eased overseas investment rules in construction to attract money into the funds-starved sector and serve its twin objectives of faster job creation and housing for all. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a comprehensive proposal by the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), dropping the minimum 10-hectare rule for serviced housing plots and slashing the minimum floor area for construction development projects to 20,000 sq m from 50,000 sq m to be eligible for overseas investment. 

6) Sachin Tendulkar inducted into Don Bradman Hall of Fame: Sachin Tendulkar added another feather to his cap on Wednesday when the Indian batting legend was inducted as one of the latest honourees in the Bradman Foundation. At a gala dinner held at the historic Sydney Cricket Ground, former Australian captain Steve Waugh was the other cricketer to enter the Bradman Hall of Fame alongside Tendulkar.

7) Bangladesh Jamaat chief gets death for war crimes: A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal on Wednesday handed death penalty to Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for crimes, which include the killings of nation’s leading intellectuals during the country’s War of Liberation in 1971.

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