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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