Current Affairs Nov 07, 2015

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01. Spinner Ashwin becomes fastest Indian to reach 150 wickets: Ace spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin became the fastest Indian to reach 150 wickets in test matches. He achieved this feat in 12 matches off 1888 balls.


02. Another medal for India in 13th Asian Shooting Championships: India’s Heena Sindhu has won gold medal for India in the 13th Asian Shooting Championships. She had earlier won the gold medal in the 10m air pistol category in Delhi during September 2015.


03. BrahMos successfully test fired: The supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was successfully test fired from the Pokhran test range in Rajasthan. BrahMos is capable of carrying a conventional nuclear warhead of weight 300 kgs.

04. Indra 2015 begins in Rajasthan: The Indo-Russia joint military exercise Indra-2015 began in Bikaner district of Rajasthan. This bilateral exercise would be held in two phases. The Indian Army’s Infantry Battalion and Independent Russian Motorized Brigade would be participating in the exercise, which would be held upto November 20th.

05. Barclay’s bank projects positive economic outlook about India: Barclay’s bank, in a report has commented that despite sagging business sentiments in India, the government of India remained focused on surging with economic reforms which would automatically revive the economic growth.

06. Varanasi selected for the pilot project of Digital India: Microsoft has selected Varanasi city for an experimental technology pilot program under the government’s ambitious Digital India program. The project will fund local entrepreneurs who will be aiming to build devices which will be able to overcome the crunch of India’s bandwidth.

07. Afghanistan national wins award : Dr.Sakena Yacoobi, known as the mother of education in Afghanistan has won the World Innovation Summit for Education Award (WISE) for the good work she has been doing in the field of education in a country which is war ridden.