Daily GK Update - 1st and 2nd November, 2014

Read the General Knowledge Updates of 1st and 2nd November, 2014 in memorable points for upcoming bank exam and government jobs.

Daily GK Update - 1st and 2nd November, 2014

1. India win the first one dayer against Sri Lanka at Cuttack by 169 runs with openers Rahane and Dhawan scoring centuries.

2. Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami said that  Government has asked all the states to fill the 5.5 Lakh vacanet police forces in time-bound manner (with in year).
 

3. Umar Alisha Rural Development Trust (UARDT) NGO has decided to plant 10 Lakh trees in Vishakhapatnam (AP) in next 5 years under its 'Make Vizaggreen' intitative. Vishakhapatnam was badly hit by Hud hud cyclone last month.
 

4. Delhi students will trained to wokr in five villages (Majra dabas, jatkhore, sevapuri, timapur, nandangri)  under swacch bharat campaign.
 

5. Sachin Tendulkar's Autobilography "playing in my way - My Autobiography" will be released on 6th november, 2014.

6.Central Zone Won the Duleep Trophy Deating south zone by Nine runs.
 

7. 54th edition of National Open Athletics Championship began at jawaharlal nehru stadium.  

8. Bangalore becomes 'Bengaluru'; 11 other cities renamed, Mangalore (Mangaluru), Mysore (Mysuru), Bellary (Ballari), Belgaum (Belagavi), Hubli (Hubballi), Tumkur (Tumakuru), Bijapur (Vijayapura), Chikmagalur (Chikkamagaluru), Gulbarga (Kalaburagi), Hospet (Hosapete) and Shimoga (Shivamogga) Also renamed.
 

9. India has overwhelmingly won its re-election to the UN body on economic and social issues, garnering the highest number of votes in the Asia-Pacific group.

10. The BCCI has slammed a damage claim worth 250 crore on WICB (West Indies Cricket Board) following their team's withdrawal midway through the India tour and threatened to take legal action if the board didn't respond within 15 days.