Current Affairs 16th November 2014

Current Affairs 16th November 2014

Updated : 16-Nov-2014

Current Affairs 16th November 2014 - Important Points
Current Affairs 16th November 2014 - Details
Sanskrit will be replacing German as third language in Kendriya Vidyalayas
Among the National Current Affairs, Kendriya Vidyalaya has decided to discontinue German as third language. Sanskrit will be taking the place of Germany. As per HRD Minister Smriti Irani this decision has been taken in the national interest.

This decision will be affecting more than 70000 students acorss the 500 Kendriya Vidyalaya's acorss the country. Earlier German was an option to Sanskrit.
It is also important to mention here that earlier Sanskrit teachers approached Delhi High Court alleging that KVS had introduced German as a third language in place of Sanskrit against the education policy.
Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth clinched China Open Titles 2014
Among the Sports Current Affairs, On 16th November 2014, Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth won prestigious China Open Super Series in men and women formats respectively.
Saina Nehwal defeated Japan's Akane Yamaguchi by 21-12, 22-20 in her sixth appearance at the China Open and this was her 3rd title in this year. She also shared her happiness by tweeting it as :

So happy to win my 3rd title this year. Great feeling to win the China Open. One of the toughest tournaments.
— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) November 16, 2014

Kidambi Srikanth won men's single after defeating two time Olympic champion Lin Dan by 21-19, 21-17. This was the biggest victory of Kidambi Srikanth so far.
Doordarshan will be rebranding itself with new tagline Desh Ka Apna Channel
In a bid to increase its viewer base DD National is all set to relaunch channel as new tagline "Desh Ka Apna Channel". It will also be adding new programmes and will be having new colours incorporated in it. This is all set to launch from 17th November 2014.
In a released statement it was said that the channel will focus on themes like traditional family values, nation before self and trustworthiness.