Current Affairs Update for today :-
Appointments
- Lokesh Chandra appointed as Chairman of Indian Council for Cultural Relations for the term of 3 years. He was also awarded with the 2nd highest civilian award of the country i.e. Padma Bhushan in the year 2006.
Deaths
- Warren Anderson who was the Chairman of Union Carbide Corporation, died. He was blamed for Bhopal Gas Tragedy, occurred in the year 1984.
Politics
- Bangladesh faced the 24-hour electricity blackout on 1st November 2014 across the country due to the heavy demand in the country.
- On 02nd November 2014, Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi addressed the country on All India Radio (AIR) for the 2nd time. First time, he addressed the country on 2nd October 2014.
- On 02nd November 2014, a heavy bomb blast set off in Pakistan just near about the Wagah Border. Near about 55 people died in the blast and over 200 injured.
Sports
- Misbah-ul-Haq, the famous cricket player of Pakistan set a record of Test Century in just 56 balls against Australia and equaled the record of Vivian Richards of West Indies. Vivian Richard set this record in the year 1986 against England.
Business and Economy
- All India Radio to provide the news updates to more and more people of India, All India Radio (AIR) launched free SMS service in four more languages. The languages are:
- Assamese
- Gujarati
- Malayalam
- Tamil
