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1 Wifistudy.Com Andhra Pradesh and Telengana have jointly topped the 2016 all-India State/Union Territory-wise Ease of Doing Business rankings released by World Bank and DIPP. 10th Indo-Nepal Joint Exercise Surya Kiran Commences Indo-Nepal Joint Military The top ten ranks in 2016 included Andhra Pradesh & Exercise Surya Kiran-X Telengana (98.78 per cent each implementation rate), commenced at Army followed by Gujarat (98.21 per cent), Chhattisgarh (97.32 Battle School, Saljhandi, per cent) and Madhya Pradesh (97.01 per cent). Nepal. It is the tenth in the Gujarat ranked first last year. series of such exercise between the two nations and is scheduled from 31 October to Paris climate agreement becomes international law 13 November 16. The Paris Agreement officially entered force on 4 November The Surya Kiran series of Exercises are being conducted 2016. annually, alternatively in Nepal and India. The agreement deals with greenhouse gases emissions Notably in the series of military training exercises mitigation, adaptation and finance. undertaken by India with various countries, Surya Kiran The Paris Agreement’s entry into force comes a month series with Nepal is the largest in terms of troop’s after countries representing 55% of the world’s emissions participation. committed to joining the deal. As of 4th November 2016, 192 states and the European India-Bangladesh joint military exercise SAMPRITI-2016 to Union have signed the Agreement. commence from 05 Nov As part of the ongoing India Bangladesh defence cooperation, First World Tsunami Awareness Day observed a joint military training exercise SAMPRITI 2016 will be The First World Tsunami conducted at Tangail, Dhaka, Bangladesh from 05 to 18 Awareness Day was observed th November 2016. on 5 November 2016 across Exercise SAMPRITI is an important bilateral defence the world. cooperation endeavour between India and Bangladesh and The theme for the year is will be the sixth edition of the exercise which is hosted ‘Effective Education and alternately by both countries. Evacuation Drills’. The observance of the day will help to spread awareness among PM Narendra Modi launches 'Saur Sujala Yojana' in people across the world in matters related to the dangers of the Chhattisgarh tsunami. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the "Saur Sujala Yojana" in Chhattisgarh that would provide solar India, Sri Lanka sign pact to address fishermen crisis powered irrigation pumps to farmers at a subsidized price. India and Sri Lanka have signed an agreement under which a Chhattisgarh would be the first state to implement the hotline will be set up between officials of the two countries to scheme. address the fishermen crisis. Under the scheme, solar powered irrigation pumps of 3HP It also set up procedures to return arrested fishermen and and 5HP capacity worth Rs 3.5 lakh and Rs 4.5 lakh have a minister-level meeting every few months on the respectively would be distributed to the farmers by March issue. 31, 2019. The beneficiaries would get the pumps at the subsidised price. NASA’s MMS creates new Guinness World Record NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission on 5 A.P., Telangana top in ease of doing business November 2016 set the Guinness world record for highest The Ease od Doing Business altitude fix of a Global Positioning System (GPS) signal at rankings were announced on 31st 70000 kilometers above the surface of the Earth. October 2016 by Commerce and Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission successfully Industry Minister Nirmala completed commissioning activities on 1 September 2015 Sitharaman. and is now in full science mode. 1 WiFiStudy.com India and Britain sign two agreements The first agreement on trade and commerce between both India and the countries was signed in 1972. United Kingdom have signed two pacts to Pune to host India-China 'Hand-In-Hand 2016' training boost cordial The India-China Joint Training Exercise "Hand in Hand 2016" relations between the is scheduled to be held in Pune from November 15-27. two nations. This would mark the 6th annual joint training exercise The pacts were inked during the 3 days visit of Theresa between the Indian Army and the People's Liberation May, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to Army of China. India. PM Theresa May was on a three Day visit to India. It is aimed at honing military skills of the two armies by One on intellectual property (IP) and another for bilateral sharing expertise in drills while tackling insurgency and cooperation on raising ease of doing business. terrorism. China launches pulsar navigation satellite World Pneumonia Day: 12th November China has launched a navigation satellite, which will conduct World Pneumonia Day is in-orbit experiments using pulsar detectors to demonstrate new observed across the world on 12 technologies. November. The X-ray pulsar navigation satellite was launched from The day is annually the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. observed to raise awareness While in orbit, the satellite will undergo tests on its about pneumonia, the world’s leading killer of children detector functions and space environment adaptability. under the age of five; promote interventions to protect against, prevent and treat pneumonia; and generate action India, Japan sign landmark civil nuclear deal to combat pneumonia. Japan signed a historic civil nuclear cooperation deal with This year theme is, "Keep the Promise, India, opening the door for collaboration between their Stop Pneumonia Now". industries in the field. The countries signed nine other agreements in various World diabetes day: 14 November 14, 2016 areas to bolster bilateral ties. World Diabetes day is observed on 14th November 2016. The The agreements, including one for cooperation in theme for 2016 is Eyes on Diabetes. peaceful uses of nuclear energy, marks a historic step The day is observed by International Diabetes Federation in their engagement to build a clean energy and WHO in the memory of Frederick, founder of insulin. partnership. India to preside next edition of COP in Geneva in 2018 US elections ballot receipts had ‘Thank You’ note in Hindi India will preside the eighth edition of the Conference of The growing power of Indian community in US was seen once Parties (COP) to WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco again when Hindi language found a place on ‘Thank You’ note Control (FCTC) which will be held in Switzerland's Geneva in in US president election. 2018. The ‘Thank You’ receipts received by people in the Health Secretary CK Mishra has been chosen as the city after they voted were in four languages – English, President of the COP Bureau, for the next two years, after Spanish, Chinese and our very own Hindi. a unanimous decision by the COP7 Plenary session. India, Bhutan signs agreement on trade for better bilateral APEC Forum's Week starts in Lima, Peru relation The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum's Commerce and Industry Week started at Lima in Peru bringing together leaders of Minister Nirmala Sitharaman world's largest economies, businessmen and investors. and Bhutan's Economic A creation of Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific, which Affairs Minister Tengye would include all APEC states, is one of the main topics Lyonpo Lekey Dorji signed on the agenda of the 2016 APEC Summit. the agreement in New Delhi. 2 WiFiStudy.com Australia to introduce Hindi language in Pre-Schools from Netherlands-based doctors have 2018 performed the first-ever brain Australia announced an online program for its pre-schools to implant on a 58-year-old woman learn foreign languages, including Hindi. paralysed by Lou Gehrig's disease, In order to teach foreign languages in Australia a program enabling her to communicate in named Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA), was day-to-day life via a speech launched in the 2015-16, with five languages. computer. Hindi will be started in 2018. The disease-caused nerve degeneration had left her with Australia control only over her eyes. Capital: Canberra The implant enabled her to control the computer using Currency: Dollar brain signals, spelling out messages at two letters per minute. Bulgarian PM resigns after losing presidential election The Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov gave resignation World Philosophy Day: 17 November of his cabinet after his party’s candidate Tsetska Tsacheva , The World Philosophy Day is observed globally on the third failed to win the country’s presidential election on November Thursday of November every year. 14, 2016. This year, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria Cultural Organization (UNESCO) organised the special (GERB) party candidate Tsetska Tsacheva, speaker of events. parliament, was defeated by Socialist Party-supported The World Philosophy Day was introduced in 2002 by independent candidate Rumen Radev. UNESCO to encourage the world to share their Bulgaria philosophical heritage and open their minds to new ideas. Capital: Sofia Currency: Lev India ranks 20th on climate change performance index India has been ranked 20th on Climate Change Performance India, Israel signs two agreements on water resource Index (CCPI) 2017. management & Agriculture The publication was issued by Germanwatch and Climate India and Israel have inked two agreements in the field of water Action Network Europe. resources management and agriculture. India’s score was 59.08 while Saudi Arabia ranked last The agreements were with a score of 25.45. signed following delegation-level talks "Post-Truth" Named Oxford Dictionaries Word of Year Amid between Prime 2016 Political Climate Minister Narendra Oxford Dictionaries has declared "post-truth" to be its Modi and visiting international word of the year citing a 2,000% spike in its Israeli President usage. Reuven Rivlin in New Delhi. The word beat competition from "adulting," "alt-right," Israel "Brexiteer," "glass cliff" and "woke". Capital: Jerusalem The Word of the Year of Oxford Dictionary is an Currency: Shekel expression or word that is chosen to reflect the passing year in language.
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