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Daily Current Affairs 20.11.2017 Daily Current Affairs 20.11.2017 1. India's Manushi Chhillar has been crowned as Miss World 2017 at a grand event held in Sanya in China. The title was last won by Priyanka Chopra for India in 2000. Yukta Mookhey won the title in 1999. In 1997, Diana Hayden had bagged the title, while Aishwarya Rai had the honours in 1994. Reita Faria was the first Indian to win the crown in the 1966. भारत की मानुषी छि쥍लर ने चीन के साꅍया शहर मᴂ आयोछित प्रछतयोछिता मᴂ छमस व쥍्ड का छिताब िीता। इससे पहले साल 2000 मᴂ छप्रयंका चोपडा छमस व쥍्ड बनĂ थĂ। वषड 1999 मᴂ यह छिताब भारतीय संदु री युक्ता मिु ी के नाम हुआ था। साल 1997 मᴂ ्ायना हे्न और 1994 मᴂ ऐश्वयाड राय छमस व쥍्ड बनĂ थी। रीटा फाररया वषड 1966 मᴂ यह छिताब िीतने पहली भारतीय संदु री थĂ। 2. World's biggest toilet pot model was unveiled at Marora, popularly known as the "Trump village", in Haryana on the World Toilet Day in a bid to create awareness towards sanitation and use of toilets. छवश्व शौचालय छदवस पर साफ-सफाई के प्रछत िाि셂कता और शौचालय के इस्तेमाल को बढावा देने के लक्ष्य से हररयाणा के मरौरा िांव मᴂ दछु नया के सबसे बडे शौचालय पॉट मॉ्ल का अनावरण छकया िया। हररयाणा के इस िांव को ‘ट्रंप िांव’ के नाम से भी िाना िाता है। 3. Sarajevo Haggadah, the 14th- century richly illuminated Hebrew manuscript, has been included in UNESCO's 'Memory of the World Register'. चौदहवĂ सदी की हीब्र ू पां्ुछलछप सरायोवो हािदा को यूनेस्को की ‘मेमोरी ऑफ द व쥍्ड रछिस्टर’ मᴂ शाछमल छकया िया है। 4. Hyderabad's Anindith Reddy and Kolhapur's Chittesh Mandody were crowned Euro JK 2017 and LGB 4 champions in the 20th JK Tyre- FMSCI National Racing Championship. हैदराबाद के आनंछदथ रे्् ी और को쥍हापरु के छचत्तेश मं्ो्े ने 20वĂ िेके टायर-एफएमएससीआई राष्ट्ट्रीय रेछसंि चैछपपयनछशप मᴂ क्रमश: यूरो िेके 2017 और एलिीबी 4 विड के छिताब िीते। 5. Actor and playwright Girish Karnad was honored with Lifetime Achievement Award for his unprecedented contribution in the field of Actor and playwright Girish Karnad was honored with Lifetime Achievement Award for his unprecedented contribution in the field of theatre. अछभनेता एवं नाटककार छिरीश कनाड् को रंिमंच के क्षेत्र मᴂ उनके अभतू पूवड योिदान के छलये लाइफटाइम अचीवमᴂट अवा्ड से सपमाछनत छकया िया। 6. Yuki Bhambri clinched his first title of the 2017 season on the ATP Challenger Tour following a come-from- behind win over compatriot Ramkumar Ramanathan in the final of the KPIT-MSLTA Challenger in Pune. युकी भांबरी पणु े मᴂ के पीआईटी-एमएसएलटीए चैलᴂिर के फाइनल मᴂ हमवतन रामकु मार रामनाथन पर छपिडने के बाद वापसी करते हुए िीत दिड की छिससे उꅍहⴂने एटीपी चैलᴂिर मᴂ 2017 सत्र का पहला छिताब अपने नाम छकया। 7. India's star doubles pair A Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan won the bronze medal in the Seamaster 2017 World Tour Swedish Open table tennis tournament. भारत के अचंत शरत कमल और िी साछथयान की स्टार युिल िोडी ने सीमास्टर 2017 छवश्व टूर स्वीछ्श ओपन टेबल टेछनस टूनामᴂट मᴂ कांस्य पदक िीता। 8. Former world champion Manavjit Singh Sandhu won the gold medal in the 61st National Shotgun Championship by defeating UP's Anwer Sultan. पवू ड छवश्व चैछपपयन मानविीत छसंह संध ू ने 61वĂ राष्ट्ट्रीय शाटिन चैछपपयनछशप मᴂ उत्तर प्रदशे के अनवर स쥍ु तान को हराकर स्वणड पदक िीता। Write us - [email protected] .
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