07 Nov- 14 : Current Affairs

• India is going to ink a treaty with Nigeria on transfer of prisoners.    
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• Banks will now send mandatory SMS alerts for cheque transactions to pre-empt fraud.    
  • Both the payer and drawer will receive the SMS sent by the bank.
  • Customers will also get confirmation phone calls in case of suspicious or high-value cheques.
  • Until now, SMS alerts were mandatory only for card transactions.
  • The latest RBI decree is a step to boost security in the business of cheque clearance.
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• PM lays foundation stone of the Trade Facilitation Centre and Crafts Museum for weavers in his constituency Varanasi.  
  • The Trade Facilitation Centre is meant to develop and promote handloom products.
  • He also adopts a village, named Jayapur, under his "Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana".
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• India gifts Fast Attack Craft 'INS Tarasa' to Seychelles.  
  • Its the second Indian Fast Attack Craft (FAC) to be given to Seychelles (Coast Guard) after the handover of SCG Topaz (formerly INS Tarmugli) in 2005.
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• Another Naval disaster: A 31-year old Torpedo Recovery Vessel of Indian Navy (A 72) has sunk off the coast of Visakhapatnam.  
  • TRV is an auxiliary vessel which is used to recover practice torpedoes fired by fleet ships and submarines.
  • Out of 28 personnel aboard, one sailor has died while 4 are reported missing.
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• Lionel Messi is now the joint highest goal-scorer in Champions League history with Raul.  
  • He equalled the 71-goal record of Raul with a double in a match against Ajax.
  • Cristiano Ronaldo is close behind with 70 goals.
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• Sanjay Baweja has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of India's largest e-retailer 'Flipkart'.
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