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Current Affairs of 17 November

1. Modi assures visa on arrival for Australian tourists
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday assured a visa
 on arrival facility for Australian tourists and announced a two-month deadline for the long-pending merger of OCI and PIO status to woo the Indian diaspora from whom he sought support for his ambitious Clean India campaign.
Addressing a frenzied crowd of around 20,000 in the packed Allphones Arena in Sydney, Modi took a dig at the previous governments saying while they were happy to make laws, he was “happier to remove” them.
“Let’s open the windows let fresh air come in,” Modi said referring to his government’s efforts to weed out obsolete laws.
 Over 71 million bank accounts have been opened through the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana so far in the villages in India and the money deposited amounts to Rs.5,000 crore, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Sydney in his address at the Allphones Arena on Monday.
Addressing the euphoric crowd of around 16,000 Indian diaspora, Mr. Modi said that this was done by the same government infrastructure, the same government servants and with the same habits, “but the work has got done”.


2. Mudgal panel gives clean chit to Srinivasan
 In a major relief to the stepped down BCCI president N. Srinivasan, the Justice Mukul Mudgal panel has given a clean chit to him in the betting and match fixing probe saying he was not involved with any of these activities.
In its report, the copies of which were released on Monday, the panel said “this individual (Mr. Srinivasan) is not involved with match fixing activity. He was not found to be involved in scuttling the investigations into match fixing.”
The panel, however, held that Mr. Srinivasan along with four other BCCI officials was aware of the violation of the Players Code of Conduct of Individual three (whose name was not revealed) but no action was taken against that Individual three by any of the officials.
On Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of Mr.Srinivasan, the panel said “investigations have confirmed that this individual was a team official of a franchise (Chennai Super Kings). He was frequently meeting Individual two (name withheld) in his hotel room. This strengthens the conclusion of the committee in its interim report dated February 10 that he was in close touch with Individual two.”

3. China to host G20 Summit of the emerging economies in 2016
China will play host to the Group of Twenty (G20) Summit of the emerging economies in 2016. The decision was announced by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on 16 November 2014 in Brisbane.
In 2014, G20 Summit was hosted by Australia. Turkey took over the presidency from Australia and will host the event in Antalya in 2015. With China being selected for the 2016 presidency, the G20 troika would now consist of Turkey, Australia and China.
The leaders of the Group of 20 also announced a plan to boost global growth by more than 2 trillion US dollars over five years.

4. SAIL Chairman CS Verma received IIM- JRD Tata Award for Excellence in Corporate leadership
Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Chairman CS Verma  was on 14 November 2014 conferred with the IIM- JRD Tata Award for Excellence in Corporate leadership in Metallurgical Industries for the year 2014.
Verma was presented with a scroll of honour along with a cash prize of 5 lakh rupees by Union Minister of Mines & Steel Narendra Singh Tomar.

5. India cricket team won the 5-match ODI series against Sri Lanka by 5-0
Indian cricket team on 16 November 2014 won 5-match ODI series against Sri Lanka, 5-0. In the fifth and final match of the series played at JSCA Stadium Complex in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India defeated Sri Lanka by 3 wickets.
Virat Kohli was declared Man of the Series.

6. Klaus Werner Iohannis won Romanian presidential elections 2014
The mayor of Sibiu Klaus Werner Iohannis on 16 November 2014 won the 2014 presidential elections in Romania by defeating Prime Minister Victor Ponta of Social Democratic Party (PSD).
Klaus Iohannis belongs to Christian Liberal Alliance of Romania. Iohannis got 54.81 percent of the votes compared to only 45.18 percent of the votes for Victor Ponta.

7. Modi Express in honour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off in Melbourne, Australia
Modi Express, a four boggy train was flagged off by an Australian Victorian Multicultural Minister Matthew Guy in Melbourne on 16 November 2014.
It was flagged off to honour Narendra Modi and celebrate his first official visit as Prime Minister to Australia. The service was organised by the Overseas Friends of BJP.
The train was flagged off at Southern Cross Station – a major railway station and transport hub for Melbourne. It is the first time in the history of Melbourne, that a train service was organised under the name of a Prime Minister.

8. Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic won ATP World Tour Finals
World number one Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic was crowned champion of ATP World Tour finals at O2 Arena in London, UK on 16 November 2014. He was crowned after world number two Swiss Roger Federer withdrew from the title clash due to a back injury.

9. GST compensation to be included in Constitutional Bill
The Centre has agreed to include compensation to be paid to States for Goods and Services Tax (GST) rollout as part of the Constitutional Amendment Bill.
“The compensation structure would form part of the Bill. It will be paid in tranches to the States,” an official said.
A consensus on this crucial issue will make it easier of the Centre to introduce the GST Bill in the ensuing winter session of Parliament beginning on November 24.
The official further said that the Finance Ministry has floated a draft Cabinet note on GST for inter-ministerial consultations.


1. Modi assures visa on arrival for Australian tourists
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday assured a visa
 on arrival facility for Australian tourists and announced a two-month deadline for the long-pending merger of OCI and PIO status to woo the Indian diaspora from whom he sought support for his ambitious Clean India campaign.
Addressing a frenzied crowd of around 20,000 in the packed Allphones Arena in Sydney, Modi took a dig at the previous governments saying while they were happy to make laws, he was “happier to remove” them.
“Let’s open the windows let fresh air come in,” Modi said referring to his government’s efforts to weed out obsolete laws.
 Over 71 million bank accounts have been opened through the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana so far in the villages in India and the money deposited amounts to Rs.5,000 crore, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Sydney in his address at the Allphones Arena on Monday.
Addressing the euphoric crowd of around 16,000 Indian diaspora, Mr. Modi said that this was done by the same government infrastructure, the same government servants and with the same habits, “but the work has got done”.


2. Mudgal panel gives clean chit to Srinivasan
 In a major relief to the stepped down BCCI president N. Srinivasan, the Justice Mukul Mudgal panel has given a clean chit to him in the betting and match fixing probe saying he was not involved with any of these activities.
In its report, the copies of which were released on Monday, the panel said “this individual (Mr. Srinivasan) is not involved with match fixing activity. He was not found to be involved in scuttling the investigations into match fixing.”
The panel, however, held that Mr. Srinivasan along with four other BCCI officials was aware of the violation of the Players Code of Conduct of Individual three (whose name was not revealed) but no action was taken against that Individual three by any of the officials.
On Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of Mr.Srinivasan, the panel said “investigations have confirmed that this individual was a team official of a franchise (Chennai Super Kings). He was frequently meeting Individual two (name withheld) in his hotel room. This strengthens the conclusion of the committee in its interim report dated February 10 that he was in close touch with Individual two.”

3. China to host G20 Summit of the emerging economies in 2016
China will play host to the Group of Twenty (G20) Summit of the emerging economies in 2016. The decision was announced by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on 16 November 2014 in Brisbane.
In 2014, G20 Summit was hosted by Australia. Turkey took over the presidency from Australia and will host the event in Antalya in 2015. With China being selected for the 2016 presidency, the G20 troika would now consist of Turkey, Australia and China.
The leaders of the Group of 20 also announced a plan to boost global growth by more than 2 trillion US dollars over five years.

4. SAIL Chairman CS Verma received IIM- JRD Tata Award for Excellence in Corporate leadership
Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Chairman CS Verma  was on 14 November 2014 conferred with the IIM- JRD Tata Award for Excellence in Corporate leadership in Metallurgical Industries for the year 2014.
Verma was presented with a scroll of honour along with a cash prize of 5 lakh rupees by Union Minister of Mines & Steel Narendra Singh Tomar.

5. India cricket team won the 5-match ODI series against Sri Lanka by 5-0
Indian cricket team on 16 November 2014 won 5-match ODI series against Sri Lanka, 5-0. In the fifth and final match of the series played at JSCA Stadium Complex in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India defeated Sri Lanka by 3 wickets.
Virat Kohli was declared Man of the Series.

6. Klaus Werner Iohannis won Romanian presidential elections 2014
The mayor of Sibiu Klaus Werner Iohannis on 16 November 2014 won the 2014 presidential elections in Romania by defeating Prime Minister Victor Ponta of Social Democratic Party (PSD).
Klaus Iohannis belongs to Christian Liberal Alliance of Romania. Iohannis got 54.81 percent of the votes compared to only 45.18 percent of the votes for Victor Ponta.

7. Modi Express in honour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off in Melbourne, Australia
Modi Express, a four boggy train was flagged off by an Australian Victorian Multicultural Minister Matthew Guy in Melbourne on 16 November 2014.
It was flagged off to honour Narendra Modi and celebrate his first official visit as Prime Minister to Australia. The service was organised by the Overseas Friends of BJP.
The train was flagged off at Southern Cross Station – a major railway station and transport hub for Melbourne. It is the first time in the history of Melbourne, that a train service was organised under the name of a Prime Minister.

8. Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic won ATP World Tour Finals
World number one Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic was crowned champion of ATP World Tour finals at O2 Arena in London, UK on 16 November 2014. He was crowned after world number two Swiss Roger Federer withdrew from the title clash due to a back injury.

9. GST compensation to be included in Constitutional Bill
The Centre has agreed to include compensation to be paid to States for Goods and Services Tax (GST) rollout as part of the Constitutional Amendment Bill.
“The compensation structure would form part of the Bill. It will be paid in tranches to the States,” an official said.
A consensus on this crucial issue will make it easier of the Centre to introduce the GST Bill in the ensuing winter session of Parliament beginning on November 24.
The official further said that the Finance Ministry has floated a draft Cabinet note on GST for inter-ministerial consultations.


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