GK - Current Affairs (21 November 2014)

Sanskrit Bharati - an RSS outfit - wants the HRD ministry to make teaching of Sanskrit compulsory in CBSE-affiliated schools till Class 12.

India pushes for entry into elite nuclear groups Click here to read entire article

Sixty one India fishermen on board 11 boats were arrested by the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency Click here to read entire article

Mullaperiyar water level touches 142 feet for first time in 35 years Click here to read entire article

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved the lower house of Japan's parliament on Friday, paving the way for a general election next month. Click here to read entire article

The Supreme Court-appointed Special Public Prosecutor in 2G cases, Anand Grover, on Thursday said there was credibility in the allegations of the NGO, Centre for Public Interest Litigation, accusing the CBI Director Ranjit Sinha of shielding the accused in the 2G spectrum investigation. Click here to read entire article

Pakistan and Russia on Thursday signed a military cooperation agreement to deepen their defence ties and vowed to translate their relationship in “tangible” terms during the first visit of a Russian Defence Minister in 45 years. Click here to read entire article

N. Ram, former Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu and chairman of Kasturi and Sons, publishers of The Hindu, has been selected for the first N. Ramachandran Foundation Award. Click here to read entire article