Daily GK Updates - 10th November, 2015

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1. Ministry of Defence launched Army Cloud, Data Centre and Digi-Locker for the Indian Army: The three initiatives are aimed at catalysing automation and digitisation of the Indian Army and help in transforming it from a Platform Centric to a Network Centric Force.

2. Ministry of Railways issued Letter of Award to GE Global Sourcing India Pvt Limited: It issued a Letter of Award (LoA) to USA based GE Global Sourcing India Pvt Ltd for setting up of Diesel Locomotive Factory (DLF) at Marhowra, Saran district, Bihar and for procurement and maintenance of mainline Diesel Electric Locomotives.

3. Justice AP Shah appointed as the Ethics Officer (Ombudsman) at BCCI: He will preside as the sole decision maker on all conflict of interest issues plaguing Indian Cricket.

4. BIS elects RaghuramRajan as its Vice-Chairman: The RBI Governor has been elected as the vice-chairman of the Bank of International Settlement (BIS). He will have a three-year term as the vice-chairman.

5. India-Russia joint military exercise ‘Indra-2015’ begins in Rajasthan: The 7^th edition of India-Russia Joint Military Exercise ‘Indra-2015’ has begun in Bikaner district of Rajasthan. This edition focuses on ‘Counter-terrorism operations in desert terrain under a United Nations Mandate’.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1. Belgian court ordered Facebook to stop tracking non-members: The ruling was pronounced on a case lodged by the Belgian Privacy Commission, which said Facebook indiscriminately tracks internet users when they click like or share on the website.

2. Richard Proud-chaired Independent Commission on Doping in Sports submitted its report to WADA: World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) launched the IC in December 2014 to investigate the validity of allegations of doping practices, corrupt practices around sample collection, results management, etc that implicate Russian Government agencies, labs, athletes, coaches among others.

3. India re-elected to UN Commission on International Trade Law.

4. World Science Day for Peace and Development 2015 observed: It was observed on 10^th November 2015 across the world with the theme ‘Science for a Sustainable Future’.

OTHER UPDATES:

SPORTS:

1. Ravi Shastri removed from the IPL governing council: He was removed from the IPL governing council as he is also the Team Director of Indian cricket team.

2. OdishaBarabati stadium excluded from BCCI’s new Test venues: The decision was taken after cricket fans hurled plastic bottled onto the ground forcing the match referees to stop the match for some time.

OBITUARIES:

3. NRI industrialist Swraj Paul’s son Angad Paul died at the age of 45 after falling from his penthouse home in an eight-storey building in central London.