09 November 2015 Current Affairs

Shashank Manohar as Chairman of International Cricket Council
Board of Control for Cricket in India president Shanshank Manohar will be the new Chairman of International Cricket Council. He will replace former BCCI President N. Srinivasan who was elected as the first chairman of the ICC in June 2014. Manohar will be in this post till June 2016.

Surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile successfully test-fired
Indian Army’s Strategic Forces Command (SFC) on 9 November 2015 successfully test-fired surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile. The 4000-km range nuclear capable missile was test-fired from Abdul Kalam (Wheeler) Island off the Odisha coast. It is 20 meters in length weighs 17 tonnes and carries a pay load of one tone. It was developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). It is the fourth missile in the series of Agni missiles.

2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup winner Nigeria
Nigeria on 8 November 2015 won the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup. In the finals Nigeria defeated Mali with 2-0 score. India will host the bi-annual championship in 2017. It is the third championship for Nigeria.

India signs with Asian Development Bank for 273 million dollars for funding rural roads
Union government signed an agreement of 273 million dollars loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve rural roads in Assam, Chandigarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal. This is the last tranche of the 800 million dollars financing facility under the Rural Connectivity Investment Programme. The loan will help in constructuring over 6,000 kilometers of rural roads in five states.

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