Current Affairs - November 14, 2019 Current Affairs

Indian skipper Virat Kohli and injury-sidelined Jasprit Bumrah have maintained their top spots in the latest ICC ODI Player Rankings for batsmen and bowlers respectively.

The President of India has assigned Union Minister Prakash Javadekar the heavy industries and public enterprises portfolio after Arvind Sawant, the minister in charge, resigned. Javadekar is already in charge of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Former Spanish national team star David Villa is becoming a part-owner of a second division team in New York that intends to launch in 2021.

India will host the 19th Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization next year, the first such high level meeting of the eight-member grouping to be organized in New Delhi.

Suranga Bawadi, an integral part of the ancient Karez system of supplying water through subterranean tunnels built during Adil Shahi era in Vijayapura has been included it in the World Monument Watch list for 2020.

The world's first-ever Tibetan thanka fusion exhibition kicked off at the Jehangir Art Gallery in Kala Ghoda, Mumbai on November 12. A thanka, also spelled thangka, is a traditional Buddhist painting depicting divinities or patterns related to Buddhism.

A 2,000-sq.ft. Artwork created in 2018 by the students of NIFT-TEA College of Knitwear Fashion, Tiruppur, has entered the Limca Book of Records for the 'Largest Zentangle Art'.

The electric-car maker will build its first European factory as well as an engineering and design center in Berlin. By building a plant in Germany, Tesla will be able to add the "Made in Germany" accolade.

E-commerce major Amazon on November 12 has rolled out 'Project Zero' in India that will provide brands with additional tools to identify and remove counterfeits from its platform.

Thalaivi is the biopic of Jayalalithaa that stars Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut in the lead role, also has the likes of Arvind Swamy on board, while the music is by G.V. Prakash.

NASA's NICER (Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer) telescope detected a sudden spike of X- Rays. The spike was caused by a massive thermo nuclear flash on the surface of a pulsar.

Former all-rounder Shane Watson has been appointed as the president of the Australian Cricketers' Association. The appointment was made at the ACA's Annual General Meeting (AGM) which took place in Sydney.

Roula Khalaf will become the first woman to edit the Financial Times in its 131-year history after Lionel Barber, Britain's most senior financial journalist steps down.

Ram Nath Kovind signs the proclamation after the Union Cabinet recommended President's rule in Maharashtra; Shiv Sena moves Supreme Court against the Governor rejecting its claim to form a government and refusing to grant three days to demonstrate its requisite majority.

For the first time ever, the Bandana Sen Library Awards was presented at the India International Centre, New Delhi. The heads of over 100 schools and their library teams attended the event. The award ceremony was organized by OneUp Library, Bookstudio, and Learning Lab.

Ultima Thule, the farthest cosmic body ever visited by a spacecraft, has been renamed Arrokoth, or "sky" in the Native American Powhatan language, following a backlash over the previous name's Nazi connotations.

The National Institute of Technology-Tiruchi (NIT-T) will be incubating innovative start-up venture.

A two-day coastal security exercise Sagar Kavach was conducted by the Coast Guard district headquarters off the coast of Kerala, Mahe and Lakshadweep, between November 11 and 12 to assess the preparedness of all coastal security agencies in dealing with threats emanating from the sea.

Ram Ray, a well-known face of the advertising world passed away on Tuesday, November 12. He was the founder chairman of Response India Private Limited. He died on November 12 after a prolonged illness. He was 77. Ray worked as the chief of many Indian and international advertising and marketing firms, headed J. Walter Thompson USA, as the only non-American.

Haryana Police is carrying out a month-long special drive from 10 November 2019. The drive will last till 10 December. The drive aims to check the availability and usage of e-cigarettes and all other forms of electronic nicotine delivery systems across Haryana. The move comes after the announcement of the Central government that recently prohibited e-cigarettes through the promulgation of the Prohibition of E-Cigarettes.