Daily Current Affairs : 04-Nov-14

• Central Zone clinches Duleep Trophy 2014-15 pipping South Zone by just 9 runs in a titillating encounter.  
  • Its the narrowest win - in terms of runs - in the history of this championship.
  • 5 zonal teams; North, South, Central, East and West; take on one another in a series of 5-day matches.
  • West and North Zones are the most successful team with 18 titles each.
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• Versatile actor Sadashiv Amrapurkar breathes his last at 64.  
  • He acted in Marathi and Hindi films prominently during 1980s and 90s.
  • He won the Filmfare Award for Best Villain in 1991 for "Sadak" - incidentally it was the first Filmfare award in this category.
  • He had also bagged Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his debut Hindi film Ardh Satya in 1984.
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• Centre plans to set up a 'Centre of Zoo Sciences' at New Delhi.  
  • The institution would infuse scientific and technical culture in the present system and make the zoos more visitor friendly. 
  • It will also provide expert help to the States and UTs in ex-situ conservation breeding of endangered species, in addition to impart training to in-service zoo personnel and stakeholders in India and other South Asian countries.
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• The India Economic Summit kicks off in New Delhi with the theme 'Redefining public-private cooperation for a new beginning'.  
  • The 3-day summit (November 4-6) is being jointly hosted by the World Economic Forum and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
  • About 700 policymakers, industrialists, representatives from civil society and academia from 45 countries are participating in the event.
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• India finishes the 2014 Asian Para Games at 15th place with a haul of 3 Gold, 14 Silver & 16 Bronze.  
  • China, South Korea and Japan took the first three position in the overall medal tally respectively.
  • The Games are held after the Asian Games at the same venue.
  • This was the 2nd edition of the Games held at Incheon, South Korea.
  • The first Games was held in 2010 in Guangzhou.
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• Here are the list of recently celebrated International Days:  
  
  
  October 27:  World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 
  • 2014 Theme: "Archives at Risk: Much more to do"
  • Audiovisual Heritage help to maintain the cultural identity of a people.
  October 31:  World Cities Day
  November 2:  International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
  • More than 700 journalists have been killed over the past decade in the line of duty.
  • What is alarming is the dismal rate of conviction which stands at pathetic 10 percent in such cases.
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