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Friday, 14 November 2014

Current Affairs 13-Nov-2014

The Seventh Summit on the Global Agenda was held in UAE from 9 November 2014 to 11 November 2014.

The Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma scored the highest ODI score ever of 264 runs. The score of 264 runs is also the second-highest List A score.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa can be re-elected for third term, as there is no legal or constitutional barrier preventing him from doing so.

Cognizant Technology on 12 November 2014 acquired Odecee in Australia.

22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit was held in Beijing, China on 9 November 2014- 11 November 2014.

The taxi-hailing smartphone app Uber on 12 November 2014 announced to launch a mobile wallet in India.

India and UK announced Newton-Bhabha Fund to scale up their bilateral research & innovation relationship to a greater level.

Russia and Iran inked a contract to build two nuclear reactors at Iran’s first Russia-built nuclear plant in Bushehr.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) hosted the India Economic Summit in New Delhi from 4 November 2014 to 6 November 2014.

Azerbaijan Defence Minister announced that its force has shot down an Armenian Military Helicopter, Mi-24 combat helicopter for violating its airspace.

President Pranab Mukherjee visited Bhutan to strengthen ties between the two countries.

Union Coal Ministry constituted high-level inter-ministerial committee to ensure smooth allocation of 204 cancelled coal blocks.

Former Indian cricketer and captain of Indian team, Kapil Dev, on 12 November 2014 launched a social gamified collaboration platform called SloPho.

ICC announced its ambassadors for ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2015. India’s Kohli is among 5 cricketers selected for the job.

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