November Month Current Affairs-2017
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NOVEMBER MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS-2017 01.11.2017 World Vegan day observed on November 1, 2017 Union defence ministry approved a major project to acquire 111 utility helicopters for the Indian navy at a cost of Rs 21738 crores. Neelmani N.Raju is the next Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG & IGP) of Karnataka. Making her the first women police chief of Karnataka. As per data released by union commerce and industry ministries on October 31,2017 core industries registered a growth of 5.2% in September 2017. Asian Infrastructure Investment bank (AIIB) approved Rs 13000 core loan for five project in Andhra Pradesh. A 45 Members contingent of the Indian air force left for Israel to participate in exercise Blue Flag – 17.It is a bi-annual multilateral exercise held by other countries. Indian has leaped to 100th rank out of 190 countries on world bank‟s latest edition of ease of doing business Index. The list is topped by Newzealand followed by Singapore and Denmark. Union ministry of finance increased the maximum age of joining the National Pension System (NPS) from the existing 60 to 65 years. The 9th edition of „CMS Vatavaran‟ a global film festival on environment and wild life begin on November in Newdelhi. The Indian- US Ocean Dialogue hosted by the Indian ministry of external affairs began at (SIR – NIO) in Goa. Cabinet Approvals:- 1 NOVEMBER MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS-2017 - Cabinet committee on Economics affairs has approved the continuation of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) – This scheme promotes agribusiness entrepreneurship, adopting risk mitigation measures and strengthen farmers effort. - Cabinet approves agreement between India and Armenia on cooperation and mutual assistance in custom matters. - Cabinet approves trade agreement between India and Ethiopia for strengthening and promoting trade and economics cooperation. 02.11.2017 The Delhi district cricket association inaugurated the Virendar sehwag gate at the feroz shah kotla. Hong Kong has become the first Asian city to host the Gay games in 2022. Roger federer won 8th Indoor title in Basel Switzerland and he defeated Argentina‟s Juan Martin Del Potro in final. Uttar Pradesh state cabinet took a decision to make India.First conservation reserve for black buck in meja forest division in Allahabad. Paytm Payment bank appointed Sudhanshu Jain as its Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Royal opera house in Mumbai was awarded the 2017 UNESCO Asia- Pacific award for culture heritage conservation. German vice chancellor Angela Merkel tops in the forbes 100 most powerful women in the World. Indians are ICICI MD & CEO Chandra Kochar in 32, Priyanka Chopra at 97, Indra Nooyi at 11 PepsiCo CEO. 2 NOVEMBER MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS-2017 Global environment facility (GEF) will provide $454 million funding for energy efficiency project run by Energy Efficiency Service Ltd (EESL) Yes bank has unveiled BHIM YES PAY which is being termed as India‟s 1st Wallet that is fully integrated with all the India stack APIS and National Payment Cooperation of India (NPCI) India and Kazagasthan began 14 day joint military exercise “Prabal Dostyk – 2017” in Himachal Pradesh. Indiana, a state in US and Karnataka have signed an agreement to establish sister state ties for cooperation in economics, educational and cultural fields. World‟s third largest book fair, Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) 2017 opened in Sharjah, UAE. As per joint study by ASSOCHAM and (EY) India has been largest number of malnourished children in the world. Prime minister of Italy Paolo Gentiloni arrived India for two day official visit. India and Italy signed six pacts to Deepan cooperation in the fields of railway sector safety, energy and promoting mutual investments. Karnataka‟s Mudhol hound ,an Indian dog breed is being trained to surve in Indian army, making it the first Indian dog breed to be trained for army duty. Assam government signed MOU and Term of Reference (TOR) with Singapore for skilling youth of state. Gender vulnerability Index was released by union women and child development ministry. -Goa is topped the index and Bihar at the bottom. 2nd- Kerala, 3rd – Mizorom. 3 NOVEMBER MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS-2017 03.11.2017 PM Modi inaugurated world Food India 2017 in New delhi. It is first time for India to host world food fair. Indian President Ramnath govind inaugurated the 21st world congress of mental health in New delhi. Borders road organisation (BRO) under union minister of defence has constructed the world‟s hightest motorable road (at 19300 feet) in ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir. India has ranked 108th out of 144 countries on global gender gap index 2017 released by world Economic Forum (WEF). The list topped by Iceland followed by Norway and Finland. The 7th Asian ministerial energy round table (AMER7) was held in Bangkok, Thailand. “Fake News” has been name the word of the year by Collins dictionary due to its wide spread use around the world in recent times. RBI asks large borrowers to obtain 20 digit Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) unique code. YES Bank signs MoU with government for Rs.1000 crore financing for food processing projects. AU small finance bank has received an approval form RBI to operate as scheduled commercial bank. US (United States) government approved a $1.1 billion deal to service Qatar‟s F-15 fighter jets despite the on going diplomatic stand off between Qatar and neighboring countries. The cabinet approved ONGC for acquiring majority 51.11% stake in HPCL (Hindusthan Petroleum Corporation Limited). 4 NOVEMBER MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS-2017 The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Western railway has launched a mobile application “Eyewatch Railways” for the security of women commuters travelling. Nana, a female bottle nose dolphin died at the Shizuoka prefecture aquarium in Japan. It is the world‟s largest living dolphin in captivity. 04.11.2017 Kidambi Srikanth secured a carrier best ranking of world no.2 after jumping two places in the latest BWF (Badminton World Federation) ranking. Dina Wadia, daughter and only child of Pakisthan‟s founder Muhammed Ali Jinnah passes away in Newyork. DRDO and the Indian Air force successfully tested an indigenously built highweight glide bomb at the integrated test range in Chandipur, Odisha. Mc Mary Kom has been appointed as ambassador of th AIBA womens youth world championship 2017 to be held in Guwahati, Assam. Sri Rangam temple of Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu has won the UNESCO Asia pacific award of merit 2017 for cultural heritage conservation. Girish Karnad,actor, director has been honoured as the recipient of the Tata literature Live! life time achievement award for 2017. The Jnanpith selection board announced that renewed Hindi writer Krishna Sobti has been chosen for 2017 Jnantpith award(53rd). Air Newzealand has been named „Airline of the year‟ for 2018 by Airline ratings.com. 5 NOVEMBER MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS-2017 Paytm launched „Inbox‟ a messaging service that will allow consumers to chat with family and friends and send and request money at the same time. Insurance firm Bajaj Allianz has come up with India‟s first ever insurance cover for individual victims of cyber crime. As per a report by Japanese financial services, Nomura India‟s current Account Deficit (CAD) for FY 2017 -18 is expected to be around $40 billion or 1.5 percent of GDP. Union communication minister Manoj sinha stated that India Post Payment Bank (IPPB) will have nation wide presence by April 2017. Maharashtra has formed a panel headed by Yashwant thorat to study the feasibility of merging financially week District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs) with the Maharashtra state cooperative bank. Kazakhsthan, a central Asian country will change its name to Qazaqsthan by 2025. Kerala state government has decided to formulate „a Trauma – care scheme‟ under which all accident victims in Kerala will be provided necessary emerging card and treatment free of cost for the first 48 hours. “Sonepur Meld” cattle fair is considered as one of the biggest cattle fair in Asia inaugurated in Bihar. Government launched Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana a scholarship program for school children of standard VI to XI to encourage stamp collection 05.11.2017 World Tsunami awareness day was observed all over the world on November 5. 6 NOVEMBER MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS-2017 Indian Table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran have won bronze medal in the men‟s double category of the 2017 challenge Belgium open. Indian golfer Aditi Ashok won the Fatima Bint Mubarak ladies open in Abudhabi open, UAE and has thereby won her third ladies European tour (LET) title in less than twelve months. N.Poonguzhali has became the first women to be appointed as senior Deputy Director General (DDG) TamilNadu, telecom enforcement resource monitoring Department of Telecommunication (DOT). Ashwani Kumar has been appointed as chief secretary of Pudhucherry. Madhu Azad is first ever female mayor of Gurgaon, Haryana. India set a Guiness world record by cooking 918kg Khichdi at world food India 2017 event in Newdelhi. ICICI Bank team with Apple launched of India‟s first voice based International remittance service to enable Non Resident Indians (NRI‟s) to send money to any bank in India. World youth forum held in Egypt and it is to be attended by minister of youth affairs and sports Col.Rajyavardhan Rathore. Sikkim CM Pawan Kumar Chamling announced about a plan to launch a second phase of organic movement in the state. Sikkim became a fully organic state on 2016. The annual Balijatra festival began on the banks of river Mahanadi in Cuttak, Odisha. Two day sagar kavach exercise starts on November 8 in Goa. First Heli expo India and International Civil Helicopter conclave in Newdelhi. 7 NOVEMBER MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS-2017 NITI Aayog has said in a presentation that foundation for freedom from six problems namely poverty, dirt, corruption, terrorism, casteism and communalism will be laid by 2022 when India celebrates 75 years of Independence.