Current Affairs 6th November 2014

Current Affairs 6th November 2014

Updated : 06-Nov-2014

Current Affairs 6th November 2014 - Important Points
Current Affairs 6th November 2014 - Details
Autobiography of Sachin Tendulkar titled "Playing It My Way" launched
On 5th November 2014, Autobiography of Sachin Tendulkar titled "Playing It My Way" was launched by Sachin Tendulkar himself in the presence of family members, some of his former teammates and celebrities.

In this book Sachin has mentioned many things like his life up and downs, his opinions on coaches etc.
Captain of ICC ODI Team of the Year 2014 is Mahendra Singh Dhoni
On 5th November 2014, There was good news for fans of MS Dhoni as Indian cricket captain was named as the captain of ICC ODI Team of the Year 2014. Dhoni has been included in this team for eight times till now out of which he has been selected as captain for the fifth time.
All team members named are as following :
- Mohammad Hafeez of Pakistan
- Quinton de Kock of South Africa
- Virat Kohli of India
- George Bailey of Australia
- AB de Villiers of South Africa
- MS Dhoni of India (wicketkeeper) (captain)
- Dwayne Bravo of West Indies
- James Faulkner of Australia
- Dale Steyn of South Africa
- Mohammad Shami of India
- Ajantha Mendis of Sri Lanka
- Rohit Sharma of India (12th man)
Important to Note : Angelo Mathews who is captain of Sri Lankan cricket team was named as captain of the ICC Test Team of the Year 2014.
Jayapur village in Varanasi adopted by PM under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
On 5th November 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi adopted village named Jayapur located in Varanasi under newly inaugurated scheme named Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY), as you must be aware of that Varanasi is the Lok Sabha constituency of PM himself.
Prime Minister is scheduled to visit this village on 7th November 2014, which will also be the first visit of PM to his constituency after being the PM of country.

Cabinet approved the treaty on transfer of sentenced persons between India and Nigeria
On 6th October 2014, Union Cabinet approved the treaty on transfer of sentenced persons between India and Nigeria. This was done under the Repatriation of Prisoners Act, 2003.
This transfer will help prisoners to serve the remaining part of their sentence in their countries and also this will facilitate their social rehabilitation.
World's Most Powerful People 2014 list released by Forbes
On 5th November 2014 World's Most Powerful People 2014 list was released by the Forbes. This list gives the annual ranking of the World's most 72 Most Powerful People on the basis of many parameters like their scope and use of power, the number of people they impact and financial resources.
Here few top people are by decreasing ranking :
- Vladimir Putin - President of Russia
- Barack Obama - President of US
- Xi Jinping - President of China
- Pope Francis
- Angela Merkel - German politician and Leader of the Christian Democratic Union
If we talk about India then Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was ranked 15th in this annual ranking and then Mukesh Ambani was ranked 36th.
20th India Russia Inter-Governmental Commission Meeting held in New Delhi
On 5th November 2014, 20th Session of India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) was held in New Delhi in which Chairwoman from Indian side was Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj while the chairman from the Russian side was Deputy Prime Minister of Russian Federation Mr. Dmitry Rogozin.
Bharti Airtel Called off Rs 700 crore deal to acquire Loop Mobile
On 5th November 2014, Bharti Airtel Called off Rs 700 crore deal to acquire Loop Mobile. Earlier Airtel signed the deal with Loop Mobile in Feb 2014 to buy its business and assets in Mumbai but now it called it off because Department of Telecommunications (DoT) under Union Ministry of Information and Technology is yet to clear the transaction and Loop's mobile license is set to expire on 29 November 2014.
In March 2014 Loop Mobile and Bharti had applied to the DoT for approval. DoT has not given it clearance yet as Loop Mobile and its sister concern Loop Telecom owe spectrum and other charges to the government.