Daily Current Affairs 2 November 2017

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This post contains important current affairs of 2 November 2017. It includes all Major National, International, Business and Sports related current affairs of 2 November 2017. A brief explanation of every current affair is provided to further enhance your general knowledge. Once you have gone through these current affairs we would recommend to you to try 2 November 2017 Current affairs test.

National News

1. EC rejects 3,550 defective VVPAT machines

The Election Commission has rejected defective Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail machines ahead of Gujarat Assembly Elections.
70,000 VVPAT machines will be used of which 46,000 are new and the rest will be procured from 11 states.

2. Mumbai’s Royal Opera House gets UNESCO heritage award

The restored Royal Opera House has received the award from the 2017 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.
The building was closed to the public in 1993 and reopened in 2016 after being restored by architect Abha Narain Lambah.

3. Sikkim to get its first airport this month

The airport is at 30 kms from the state capital of Gangtok.
It is at an altitude of 4,700 ft and will be among the five highest Indian airports.

International News

1. US shares list of 20 terrorist groups with Pakistan

USA shared the list containing names of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed that they believe are operating from Pakistan’s soil to target India and Afghanistan.
This comes after the US said it is going to test Pakistan by giving them a chance to act against terrorism.

2. US First Lady not on Forbes Powerful Women list

The list was topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the 12th time.
It features 23 new entrants including Ivanka Trump.

< strong>3. Russia to help build India-Iran natural gas pipeline

Russia and Iran will prepare a legal framework for the 1,200 km long pipeline project which is expected to begin next year.
Russian Energy Minister said that it will involve the participation of Iranian, Pakistani and Indian firms.

Business News

1. Chanda Kocchar named most powerful woman in India by Forbes

CEO of ICICI Bank Chanda Kocchar was ranked 32nd in World’s 100 Most Powerful Women list by Forbes.
Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw,Shohana Bhartia and Priyanka Chopra are the other Indian women who featured on the list.

2. Bank of England raises rates

The bank has increased the rates for the first time since 2007 to curb high inflation.
The base rate has been lifted from 0.25% to 0.5%.

3. Facebook profit rises 79%

There is an increase in profit to $4.7 billion for the September quarter.
The company reported a 47% increase in revenue to $10.33 billion.

Sports News
1. Srikanth rises to world number 2

Shuttler Kidambi Srikanth reached world number two after becoming the first Indian to win four Superseries titles in a year.
Srikanth has accumulated 73,403 rating pints, the best ever for a male Indian shuttler.

2. Indian women reach Asia Cup semis

Indian women’s hockey team thrashed Kazakhstan 7-1 to reach the semi-finals.
The team has scored 23 goals in the tournament so far which having conceded 2 goals.

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