Current Affairs 30th November 2014

Current Affairs 30th November 2014

Updated : 30-Nov-2014

Current Affairs 30th November 2014 - Important Points
Current Affairs 30th November 2014 - Details
Two subatomic particles belonging to the family of baryon discovered by CERN scientists
Two new heavy-weight subatomic particles belonging to the family of baryon were discovered by CERN scientists at Large Hadron Collider (LHC) beneath the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland. These two new particles belonging to baryon family are are six times as massive as protons.

These baryons are constituted of three strongly-bound elementary particles called quarks like protons
Book titled Letters for a Nation written by Jawaharlal Nehru & Madhav Khosla
Book published by Allen Lane an imprint of Penguin Books titled "Letters for a Nation written by Jawaharlal Nehru & Madhav Khosla" was published. Jawaharlal Nehru letters as Prime Minister of India to the heads of the country's provincial governments which he kept a tradition till 1963 are there in this book. Selected letters from all these letters are contained in this book. These contain a collection of letters which covers a range of themes and subjects viz. citizenship, war and peace, law and order, national planning and development, governance and corruption etc.
Major General Gadi Eizenkot is the 21st Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces
Among the International current affairs on 29th November 2014, Major General Gadi Eizenkot was appointed as the 21st Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF).
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed his appointment after Prime Minister and his Cabinet cleared his name.
Major General Gadi Eizenkot will be succeeding Lt Gen Benny Gantz. He is the current chief of staff of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF).