Current Affairs Update for today :-
Politics
- According to data of Foreign Policy Magazine, released on 17th November 2014, Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi ranked at 1st position and Amit Shah ranked at 3rd position. The list includes 100 global thinkers and also includes top ten decision makers and innovators.
- On 20th November 2014, 45th edition of International Film Festival of India organized at Goa, Goa became the permanent venue for hosting the IFFI recently.
- On 19th November 2014, Sri Lanka released 5 Indian fishermen who have death sentenced for drug trafficking. Earlier, in the year 2011, the navy of Sri Lanka arrested these 5 Indian fishermen.
- Barcelona, the famous city of Spain will provide help to Delhi Development Authority to make Delhi a Smart City.
Business and Economy
- ING Vysya Bank merged with Kotak Mahindra Bank on 20th November 2014. The CEO of ING Vysya Bank was Shailendra Bhandari and CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank is Uday Kotak.
- Tech Mahindra, IT company of India acquired the company ‘Virginia’, the company of USA with $240 million. Tech Mahindra announced it on 21st November 2014.
Sports
- Sebastian Vettel, four time F-1 champion of Germany would join F-1 team ‘Ferrari’ of Italy in the next year 2015 for next 3 years. The information revealed on 20th November 2014 by the team ‘Ferrari’.
