DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-8 NOVEMBER
2015
1. INDIA-RUSSIA JOINT
MILITARY EXERCISE INDRA-2015 STARTED
i.
The India-Russia Joint
Military Exercise ‘Indra-2015’ has started in Bikaner district of Rajasthan.
ii.
The aim of the exercise
is to ‘Counter Terrorism Operations in Desert Terrain under a United Nations
Mandate’
iii.
The bilateral exercise
will boost people to people as well as military to military ties between India
and Russia.
2. INDIAN
RAILWAYS WON INDIAN OIL SURJIT HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
i.
Indian Railways has won
Indian Oil Surjit Hockey tournament for the first time at Olympian Surjit
Hockey Stadium in Jalandhar, Punjab.
ii.
Indian Railways team
defeated Indian Oil Mumbai.
iii.
Surjit Memorial Hockey
Tournament is an annual hockey tournament organized by Surjit Hockey Society in
the memory of Surjit Singh Randhawa in jalandhar Punjab.
iv.
Surjit Singh was an
Indian field hockey player and was captain of hockey team.
3. HEENA
SIDHU WON GOLD MEDAL AT 13TH ASIAN SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIPS
i.
Indian shooter Heena
Sidhu has won Gold medal in 10 metre Air Pistol event in women’s category at
13th Asian Shooting Championships held in Kuwait.
ii.
10m air pistol junior
title for women are won by Shri Nivetha with gold medal.
iii.
Junior skeet men’s
competition: Angad Bajwa of India won the individual gold medal.
4. OFF-SPINNER
RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN FASTEST INDIAN TO REACH 150 TEST WICKETS
i.
Off-spinner Ravichandran
Ashwin now became the fastest Indian bowler to reach 150 wickets in the Indian
test cricket history.
ii.
The previous record was
held by Colin Blythe of England.
