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Asia-Pacific navies sign communication agreement at Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS)
India and 21 other countries adopted an agreement at ameliorating communication at sea to cut down the possibility of conflict amid developing friction between a progressively assertive China and its neighbours. Naval chiefs of these nations participated at the biennial conference ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2014
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
Japanese architect Mr. Shigeru Ban won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014
The Japanese architecture, Mr. Shigeru Ban (56) won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014 for his unique approach in using materials viz. paper tubes, bamboo and shipping containers. About Mr. Shigeru Ban Known for his creative and inexpensive designs for disaster ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2014
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
ICC World Twenty 20 Schedule: ICC World Twenty 20 Starts March 16, 2014
The ICC World Twenty20 (also referred to as the ICC World T20 or the T20 World Cup) will be played in Bangladesh from March 16, 2014 – April 6 2014. This is the 5th World Twenty20 cricket. Teams: 16 teams The Top 8 Test teams ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2014
Category: Sports Current Affairs
New Zealand won 2-Cricket Test series against India 1-0
New Zealand won the two match Test Series against India by 1-0 after the second test at the Basin Reserve, Wellington ended in a draw. Man of the Match: Brendon McCullum. Outcome of the series: Brendon McCullum became New Zealand’s ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2014
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Ms. Kiwi Kathy Cross: First woman in ICC umpire's panel
New Zealand’s Kathy Cross (56) became the first woman to be inducted in the International Cricket Council‘s (ICC’s) umpires’ panel. Previously, she was officiated in the Women’s World Cup in Australia in 2009 and in India in 2013. Ms. Cross ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2014
Category: Sports Current Affairs
India suffered worst ODI series defeat against New Zealand
Indian cricket team slumped to its worst ODI series defeat in New Zealand. New Zealand won the series by 4-0 in Wellington by thrashing India by 87 runs in the fifth and final ODI. It’s 5th time that India have ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2014
Category: Sports Current Affairs