November 5, 2017 ANB20171111 Abhyaas Newsboard … For the quintessential test prep student

News of the month Nobel Prizes announced for 2017: The Editor’s Column

Dear Student,

The month of October is noted for the Nobel Prize announcements and the Man Booker Prize announcement.

There have been some changes in Governors and Lieutenant Governor for some States and UT.

i) The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three US Do check out the new appointments and the awards scientists – Rainer Weiss, Kip S. Thorne and Barry C. this month. Barish for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves. Congratulations to Sri Nandita for bagging the prize ii) The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to for the crossword. News bytes for this edition Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard contributed by Sai Maruth. Henderson for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of Read on to go through the current affairs for the biomolecules in solution. month of October 2017. iii) The Nobel Prize in Medicine(Physiology) was awarded jointly to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for their discoveries on how plants, animals and humans adapt to their biological rhythm so that it is synchronised with the earth’s revolution. iv) The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Padma Parupudi British writer Kazuo Ishiguro who, in novels of great Index: emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world Page 2: Persons in News v) The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Page 3: Places in News International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) for its work to draw attention to the Page 4: Events of Significance catastrophic consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to Page 8: Crossword achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons. vi) The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Richard H Thaler for his contributions to behavioural economics.

Abhyaas Newsboard… www.abhyaas.in Page 1 November 5, 2017 Persons in News 1. President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Governors in five States and Lieutenant Governor in one Union Territory. Brigadier(retd.) B.D. Mishra - Arunachal Pradesh, Ganga Prasad - Meghalaya, Satya Pal Malik - Bihar, Banwarilal Purohit - Tamil Nadu, Prof. Jagdish Mukhi - Assam. Admiral(retd.) Devendra Kumar Joshi will be the Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 2. President Ram Nath Kovind recently appointed a Commission to examine the sub-categorisation of the OBCs with Justice(retd.) G. Rohini as the chairperson. 3. Dr. Soumya Swaminathan has become the first Indian to hold the deputy director general post for Programmes at the World Health Organisation(WHO). 4. Rajnish Kumar, the Managing Director of SBI, has been appointed as the new chairman of the State Bank of after the term of Arundhati Bhattacharya ended in October. 5. Ukhnaa Khurelsukh has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Mongolia. 6. Veteran actor was appointed as new Chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune succeeding Gajendra Chauhan. 7. Gautam Bambawale was appointed as India's new Ambassador to China. Bambawale is an Indian Foreign Service Officer of the 1984 batch. 8. Former French Culture Minister Audrey Azoulay was elected as the next Director General of the UNESCO. With this, she became the first Jew to hold the office. 9. Solicitor-General of India Ranjit Kumar, the second highest ranking law officer of the government, resigned. 10. Sibi George has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Switzerland. He will replace Smita Purushottam. 11. Jackson Singh Thounaojam created history at ’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium by scoring India’s first goal in a FIFA U-17 World Cup during India’s match against Colombia. 12. Carnatic vocalist T.M. Krishna has won the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for 2015 -16 for his services in promoting and preserving national integration in the country. 13. Former President Pranab Mukherjee has released the third part of his memoir ‘The Coalition Years: 1996- 2012’, speaking candidly about believing he could have been the Congress’ choice for the Prime Minister’s post. 14. Actor Varun Dhawan will get a wax statue at Madame Tussauds Hong Kong, making him the youngest Indian actor to have his statue at the museum. 15. Actress Deepika Padukone launched 's biography 'Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl' on the occasion of Hema's 69th birthday. 16. US author George Saunders has won the 2017 Man Booker Prize. He became the second American writer to win the Britain’s renowned prize, which was awarded for his first full-length novel “Lincoln in the Bardo”. 17. Environmental scientist Hans Joachim Schellnhuber has received the Blue Planet Prize, the world’s most prestigious award for pioneers in environmental science. 18. Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid’s Portugal striker, has been named the 2017 Best FIFA Men’s Player award for a second straight year at the 2017 award ceremony in London. He also has the distinction of being the richest sports personality in the world, according to the latest Forbes’ Rich List. 19. Jacinda Ardern was officially sworn in as the Prime Minister of New Zealand. At the age of 37, Ardern is the youngest New Zealand PM in 150 years. 20. According to Forbes magazine, Jeff Bezos surpassed Bill Gates as the richest person in the world. The fortune of Amazon's founder reached some $90.6 billion, compared with the $90.1 billion that the online edition of the magazine attributes to Gates. Abhyaas Newsboard… www.abhyaas.in Page 2 November 5, 2017

21. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has received the Golden Peacock Award under the category 'Global Leadership in Public Service and Economic Transformation' at a convention in London at the 17th London Global Convention. 22. Virat Kohli became the sixth Indian to complete 9000 ODI runs during the third game against New Zealand. He went on to score his 32nd ODI century off 96 balls. 23. Veteran actor Sharmila Tagore has received the Lifetime Achievement Award. The 72-year-old actor was bestowed with the recognition by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry in New Delhi for her contribution in the field of cinema. 24. India captain Mithali Raj moved up one place to occupy the number one spot in the latest ICC ODI rankings for batswomen. 25. Prime Minister of Italy Paolo Gentiloni arrived in New Delhi on a two day visit to India. The visit is aimed at strengthening the bilateral political and economic relations between the two countries. 26. Ace Indian shooter Heena Sidhu has bagged gold in women's 10m Air Pistol event at Commonwealth Shooting Championships in Brisbane, Australia. 27. Eminent Marathi writer and journalist Hanumant Moreshwar Marathe passed away. 28. Purushottam Lal Kaushik, the former Minister for Information and Broadcasting, passed away in Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. 29. Filmmaker Kundan Shah passed away in Mumbai. 30. Veteran and one of India’s eminent historians Satish Chandra passed away at the age of 95. Satish’s important works include ‘The Mughal Empire and its Downfall’. He was also the author of NCERT’s leading history book ‘History of Medieval India’. 31. India's first Olympic swimmer Shamsher Khan passed away in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district. Mr. Khan had represented India in 1956 Melbourne Olympics. He was the first swimmer to represent India in the Olympics.Eminent classical singer and Padma Vibhushan awardee Girija Devi died in Kolkata. She was considered as the "Queen of Thumri". She was from the "Benaras Gharana". Places in News 1. India’s first-ever Industrial Training Institute for the Divyangana(differently-abled) will come up in Assam. 2. The first ever ASEAN-India Music Festival was conducted at Purana Quila in New Delhi. The three-day festival was organised to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ASEAN-India Dialogue Relations. 3. The Indian Space Research Organization will set up a research centre in Guwahati, Assam for start ups, academicians, environmentalists and entrepreneurs. 4. PM Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone for Bhadbhut Barrage to be built over the Narmada in Bharuch, Gujarat. He also flagged off the Antyodaya Express between Udhna in Surat and Jaynagar in Bihar. 5. The first BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise - 2017 (DMEx-2017) was held in New Delhi. It was conducted by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) as the lead agency in the National Capital Region. 6. IIT-Kharagpur has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Samsung India for the setting up of a digital academy on the institute’s campus. 7. Rajasthan is the first State in the country to incorporate skill development programme in higher education. 8. National Centre for Combustion Research and Development (NCCRD) was inaugurated at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras in Tamil Nadu. It is world’s largest combustion research centre and one of best diagnostic centres in the country to understand combustion.

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9. Arunachal Pradesh State Assembly passed Arunachal Pradesh (Re-Orgaisation of Districts) Amendment Bill 2017 to create a new district named ‘Kamle’ by bifurcating the present Upper and Lower Subansiri districts. Kamle is the 23rd district of Arunachal Pradesh. 10. INDRA-2017, the first ever Tri Services Joint Exercise between Indian and Russian Armed Forces concluded in Vladivostok, Russia. 11. Singapore's passport has become the most powerful in the world with a Visa-Free Score of 159, according to the Passport Index developed by advisory firm Arton Capital. This is the first time an Asian country has been announced as having the most powerful passport. 12. Saudi Arabia has become the first country to give a robot citizenship. The move is an attempt to promote Saudi Arabia as a place to develop artificial intelligence and, presumably, allow it to become a full citizen. The Robot is named as 'Sophia’. 13. Burundi became the first nation ever to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC), set up 15 years ago to prosecute those behind the world’s worst atrocities. 14. The Uttar Pradesh government issued an order notifying Vrindavan and Barsana towns in Mathura district as “pavitra teerth sthals (sacred pilgrimage sites)”. No meat and liquor shops will be allowed in these towns anymore. 15. Iran's key strategic port of Chabahar became operational with the maiden shipment of wheat from India to Afghanistan. It was flagged off from Kandla port in Gujarat.

Events of Significance

1. The 17th edition of FIFA U-17 World Cup took place for the first time in India. It is a biennial international football tournament of men’s under-17 national teams organized by Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). 2. In Libya, the Port of Benghazi has officially reopened for the first time in three years on September 30, 2017 after being forced to cease operations because of clashes in the cradle of the 2011 revolution. 3. The HDFC Life Insurance Company has launched ‘Neo’, that uses artificial intelligence for customer service. 4. The Uttar Pradesh government has launched a mass marriage scheme ‘Mukhyamantri Samoohik Vivaah Yojana’. 5. The Supreme Court has appointed senior advocate and former Additional Solicitor General Amrender Sharan as amicus curiae on a petition seeking re-probe into the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. 6. United States Food and Drug Administration has approved ‘Cbas Zika test’ for detecting Zika virus in donated blood. It is first of kind test approved by FDA for detecting Zika virus in donated blood. 7. In a bid to create awareness about para-sports and provide a platform to para sportspersons to narrate their stories of triumph and adversity, "thenationspride.com", the country's first portal dedicated to para-sports, was launched. 8. The government has made biometric identification Aadhaar mandatory for all post office deposits, PPF, the National Savings Certificate scheme and Kisan Vikas Patra. 9. The Supreme Court has criminalised physical relationship between man and his underage wife below 18 years, provided the woman files a complaint within a year. The landmark order fixes the age of consent at 18 for all girls. A Bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta read down Exception 2 to Section 375 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code. 10. Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis launched ‘MahaLabharthi‘ web portal that will help people get information about all the government schemes that they are eligible for.

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11. Axis Bank Ltd has recently completed the acquisition of mobile wallet firm Freecharge and appointed Sangram Singh as its CEO. 12. India ranked 100th position among 119 countries on Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2017 report released by Washington-based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). This year India slipped by three positions as compared to 97th rank in 2016 GHI. 13. The Bihar Cabinet has approved reservations for persons with disabilities in government jobs and educational institutions. The cabinet gave its approval during a meeting presided by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. 14. The 44th edition of Indian Handicrafts and Gifts - Delhi Fair was held at India Expo Centre and Mart on the outskirts of Delhi in Greater Noida. It was organised by Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts. 15. The Union Law Ministry has finalized the appointment of a Second National Judicial Pay Commission to recommend salary hikes for the 21,000 lower court judges in India. 16. The 5th India-Sri Lanka joint training exercise “Mitra Shakti 2017” was held at Aundh Military Station in Pune, Maharashtra. 17. The Union Government has launched Sampoorna Bima Gram Yojana and expanded coverage of Postal Life Insurance in a bid to provide affordable life insurance services to people, particularly those living in rural areas. 18. The Indian Air Force launched an innovative health mobile App named `MedWatch' on the occasion of its 85th anniversary. It was launched by Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa during the Air Force Commanders' Conference in New Delhi. 19. The Union Minister for Finance Arun Jaitley participated in the G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Washington D.C. 20. Japanese capital city Tokyo has topped The Economist Intelligence Unit's Safe Cities Index 2017, which ranked 60 cities on parameters including personal and health security. Singapore and Japanese city Osaka ranked second and third, while Indian cities Delhi and Mumbai ranked 43rd and 45th respectively. 21. Amazon Web Services and Microsoft have teamed up to launch an open-source and deep learning interface 'Gluon' that will help developers to deploy machine learning models across several platforms. 22. Indian football team has qualified for the 2019 Asian Cup after they had a convincing 4-1 win over Macau with two matches still to go in the qualifying round. This is the third time the country has qualified for the continental showpiece. 23. Gujarat Government has announced the Garments and Apparel Policy-2017, with the aim of creating more opportunities in the garment sector of Gujarat and to create huge employment opportunities for women through the apparel industry. 24. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has become the first oil marketing company from India to mark its presence in the lubricant market in Myanmar and to lend more visibility and awareness to the brand. 25. Indigenously-built anti-submarine warfare stealth corvette INS Kiltan was commissioned into the Indian Navy at the Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. 26. Mahindra & Mahindra has launched a program, Prerna, to empower women working in the agriculture sector by promoting efficient and ergonomic farm tools and equipment. The project will be initially launched in the State of Odisha. 27. E-commerce major Myntra launched its CSR initiative in association with the Union Textile Ministry, to work directly with weavers and elevate their economic stature.

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28. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated the ambitious 'Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojna' for the farmers of the State. 29. 50 Indian peacekeepers placed in South Sudan were awarded the UN Medal for their service in maintaining peace in South Sudan. 30. The east African landlocked country Zimbabwe, with immediate effect, banned the import of fruits and vegetables to preserve the scarce foreign currencies. Last year, Zimbabwe spent more than $80 million on fruit and vegetables which included tomatoes, onions, carrots, grapes, apples and oranges. 31. The Reserve Bank of India has clarified that linking of Aadhaar to the bank account is mandatory under the Prevention of Money-Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Second Amendment Rules, 2017 published in the Official Gazette. 32. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the first phase of ambitious Ghogha-Dahej Roll-on Roll-off (Ro-Ro) ferry service at Ghogha in Bhavnagar district in Gujarat. 33. The Government has made it mandatory for banks and financial institutions to check the original identification documents of individuals dealing in cash above the prescribed threshold, to weed out the use of forged or fake copies. 34. Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India has raced past Bajaj Auto to become the second biggest bike seller in India during the first half of the ongoing fiscal. 35. The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, along with Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan, inaugurated India's first Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) for Skilling in Smart Cities, in collaboration with New Delhi Municipal Council. 36. The Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has celebrated its 56th raising day on October 24. 37. The 2nd edition of World Congress on Marxism will be held at Peking University in Beijing, China, which is scheduled to be held in May with the theme “Marxism and the current world and China”. 38. The Union Ministries of Power and Textiles have jointly launched an initiative 'SAATHI' (Sustainable and Accelerated Adoption of efficient Textile technologies to Help small Industries). 39. The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has decided to develop Integrity Index of 25 Government Organizations in line with its broader strategy and emphasis on preventive vigilance. 40. The Union Government has announced to build 83,677km of roads, highways, greenfield expressways and bridges with investment of Rs.6.92 lakh crore in the next five years to further optimise the efficiency of movement of goods and people across the country. It also includes first phase of the new umbrella programme BharatMala Pariyojana that involves the construction of 34,800 km highways by 2022. 41. Indian Navy Ship Sukanya under the command of Commander S.A. Deodhar has arrived at Belawan Indonesia to participate in the 30th edition of CORPAT (Coordinated Patrol) and the third bilateral exercise between the Indian Navy and the Indonesian Navy. 42. The Madras high court has banned the use of pictures of living persons on banners and hoardings in Tamil Nadu. 43. L&T Technology Services Ltd, a leading global pure-play engineering services company was conferred with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Industrial Innovation Award, 2017. 44. Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje launched an e-book titled 'India 2017 Yearbook', compiled by the present Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Rajiv Mehrishi. 45. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $65.5 million loan agreement in New Delhi to continue interventions to check coastal erosion on the western coast in Karnataka. 46. To strengthen maritime security, India and the United States have agreed to implement the program for Helicopter Operations from Ships Other Than Aircraft Carriers (HOSTAC).

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47. India overtakes the US to become the world’s second-largest smartphone market, trailing only China, according to a new report by analyst firm Canalys. 48. England scripted a dramatic turnaround in Kolkata to win the 2017 FIFA U17 World Cup for the very first time after a 5-2 win over European U17 champions Spain. 49. Pardeep Narwal scored incredible 24 points to steer Patna Pirates to third consecutive Pro Kabaddi title. 50. Online travel solutions provider Cleartrip was named the 'Best Mobile App for Travel and Leisure' at the Mobexx Awards 2017. 51. Turki Al-Asheikh, Chairman of the General Sports Authority of Saudi Arabia has announced that Saudi women will now be able to attend sports events in stadiums starting from 2018. 52. The parliamentary committee on External Affairs, which will examine the relations between India and China, is headed by Congress parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor. 53. The Odisha government's Directorate of Treasuries and Inspection and the State Bank of India have signed an MoU for integration of SBI e-Pay with the cyber treasury. The MoU is a landmark initiative by the State government to facilitate revenue collection from citizens through digital banking platform. 54. The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, which manages brand AMUL(Anand Milk Union Limited), has been awarded the best FMCG in the food sector at the 5th International Advertising Associations (IAA) Leadership Awards in Mumbai. 55. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the third International Conference on Yoga in New Delhi. The theme of this year’s conference will be ‘Yoga for Wellness’. 56. World Space Week(October 4 to 10) is an international celebration of science and technology, and its contribution to the betterment of the human lives. The theme for this year “Exploring New Worlds In Space” is an outward facing theme that serves to inspire the world. 57. The World Food Day is observed globally on October 16 to mark the foundation of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations in 1945. The theme for the year 2017 is “Change the future of migration. Invest in food security and rural development.” 58. This year's 2nd Ayurveda Day is celebrated on 17th October in New Delhi by the Ministry of AYUSH. The Prime Minister was the chief guest and had also inaugurated the country's first All India Institute of Ayurveda, in New Delhi. 59. National Unity Day, also known as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, is celebrated every year on October 31 across India to commemorate the birth anniversary of the Iron Man of India Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, one of the founding leaders of the Republic of India.

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Crossword – 0016 (based on foreign words)

Note: Solve this crossword and mail your solution with Crossword – 0016 in the subject line to [email protected] latest by 15th November 2017. Do mention your name and enrolment id in the mail. First correct solution entry will get a prize. Key to Crossword - 0015

Note: Seven entries received in time of which only one entry is entirely correct.

Prize goes to Sri Nanditha of ALP Comprehensive (KKP) batch.

Hoping to see more enthusiastic participation this month.

Feel free to write to: [email protected] to resolve your lawprep queries

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