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CURRENT AFFAIRS INJECTION FOR IBPS PO MAINS – NOVEMBER 2016 The First World Tsunami Awareness Day is being Sambalpur. With this, the number of STPI centres will observed on 05th November 2016 across the world. rise to eight in the State which is highest in the The theme for the year is Effective Education and country. Evacuation Drills. Indian Women's hockey team have lifted the Asian President Pranab Mukherjee has approved the 2% Champions Trophy 2016 in Singapore. In a thrilling hike in Dearness Allowance to central government summit clash, India defeated China 2-1. employees, a move that could benefit 50.68 lakh In Boxing, Manny Pacquiao reclaims the World Boxing employees and 54.24 lakh pensioners. Organisation (WBO) welterweight title for the third Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh has been now named time. The 37-year-old Filipino pugilist, who had the first Indian ambassador for Switzerland Tourism. announced his retirement seven months ago, was Singh will now be in charge of promoting Switzerland declared the winner with unanimous decision after he Tourism’s campaign for 2017 – “Nature wants you defeated American Jessie Vargas in his comeback fight back!” in Las Vegas, USA. Twitter’s India and South East Asia’s Managing India has hosted the crucial global tobacco control Director Parminder Singh has resigned from the conference on 07th November 2016 for the first time, company. The announcement comes soon after where it will push for incorporating smokeless Twitter India head Rishi Jaitly announced his tobacco as an agenda. The 7th Session of the departure as well. Conference of Parties to World Health Organisation China has selected historical-adventure film Framework Convention on Tobacco Control has Xuanzang, which co-stars Bollywood actor Sonu Sood, begun at Greater Noida. as its official entry for the 89th Academy Awards. The The 128th anniversary of Nobel laureate Bharat Ratna project is a part of the three-film agreement signed Sir CV Raman has been celebrated on 07th November, between India and China. 2016. He was born on November 7, 1888 at Government has slapped a nearly 10,000 crore rupee Thiruvanaikaval in Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu. fine on Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and its Construction major Hindustan Construction Company partners BP and Niko for pumping out gas that flowed (HCC) has became India’s first firm to get debt recast to the Krishna Godavari-D6 Block from an adjoining under RBI’s new Scheme for Sustainable Structuring field owned by ONGC. The Centre has given RIL a of Stressed Assets (S4A). The RBI-mandated month to respond. The Oil Ministry, in a notice, to all Overseeing Committee (OC) under the S4A has the three partners sought 1.47 billion dollars for approved HCC’s Rs. 5,000-crore debt recast passed by producing nearly 338 million British thermal unit in an ICICI Bank-led joint lender forum in September seven years ended March this year. 2016. India's Private sector lender Yes Bank has launched “Yes Mobile 2.0” its new mobile banking app with multiple new features and extensive support for banking transactions on Apple and Android-based SmartWatches. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the first ever International Agro-biodiversity Congress, IAC in New Delhi on 16th November 2016, which has been attended by 900 delegates from 60 countries. In view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of nurturing entrepreneurship, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has launched a unique platform called ‘Startup Mentorship Circle’ to help in connecting start-ups with the global marketplace. Google Capital, the search giant's venture arm that Odisha Government has signed an MoU with the invests in growth-stage companies, has changed its Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) for setting name to 'CapitalG'. up of four more centres in the State. The new centres The old GoogleCapital.com domain now forwards to would come up at Angul, Jajpur, Koraput and CapitalG.com, and Google Capital's Twitter account 1 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | www.careeradda.co.in CURRENT AFFAIRS INJECTION FOR IBPS PO MAINS – NOVEMBER 2016 has announced that it’s being retired in favour of a seeded Frenchmen Pierre-Hugues Herbert and new @CapitalGTweets account. Nicolas Mahut 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 to claim the title. India and Sri Lanka have signed an agreement under India and the United Kingdom have signed two pacts which a hotline will be set up between officials of the to boost cordial relations between the two nations. two countries to address the fishermen crisis. The pacts were inked during the 3 days visit of Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova has won the 2016 Theresa May, the Prime Minister of the United WTA Elite Singles Trophy. She defeated Ukrainian Kingdom to India. ElinaSvitolina 6-4, 6-2 to grab the title at Zhuhai, The Union Government has launched China. Venus Williams was the defending champion PradhanMantriSurakshitMatritvaAbhiyan to provide for the title. free health check-ups to pregnant women at The Reserve Bank has appointed M RajeshwarRao as government health centres and hospitals. Executive Director (ED) following G Mahalingam’s The Indian army has successfully completed its task of voluntary retirement from the central bank. As laying an irrigation pipeline in the Demchok region of Executive Director, Rao will look after Department of Eastern Ladakh. The project was being conducted Statistics and Information Management, Financial under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural markets Operations Department and International Employment Guarantee Scheme to link the villages in Department. the region with a hot spring. Vice President of India, M. Hamid Ansari has released Vinod Rai has been appointed as the Chairman of a book ‘An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in Fund Trustee and Advisory Commission of Kerala. He India’ authored by Dr. Shashi Tharoor. will be entrusted with the responsibility to ensure BJP Vice President Avinash Rai Khanna has been that the funds of the Kerala Infrastructure Investment appointed as a member of National Human Rights Fund Board (KIIFB) are properly utilised and the Commission (NHRC) with a high-level selection panel interest of investors is protected. headed by Prime Minister NarendraModi clearing his The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued the name. Clarifications on hedging for External Commercial The latest Grant Thornton International Business Borrowings (ECB). The Clarifications were issued Report for the July-September quarter has placed under section 10(4) and 11(1) of the Foreign India 2nd on the global scale for business optimism. Exchange Management Act, 1999. Scientists from Indian Institute of Technology Well-known Gandhian and President of Tunisia's (Kharagpur) claimed to have found evidence Ennahdha Party, Sheikh RachedGhannouchi was confirming the existence of a mythical Indian river, among four prominent personalities conferred with Chandrabhaga. This is the second among such the prestigious 39th Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation findings. In October 2016, KS Valdiya led expert Awards for 2016. committee had found that Saraswati River did exist. Bank of Baroda has appointed Ratnesh Kumar as The IIT study aimed to verify this myth. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of its wholly-owned investment banking subsidiary, BoB Capital Markets Ltd. The British government has announced that, 4 rupee- denominated bonds worth of 600 million pounds are expected to be listed in London in the next three months. NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission on 05th November 2016 has recorded the Guinness world record for highest altitude fix of a Global Positioning System (GPS) signal at 70000 kilometers above the surface of the Earth. Billionaire-turned-politician Donald Trump has been Henri Kontinen and John Peers have won the ATP elected the 45th President of the United States. The World Tour Masters Doubles title at the BNP Paribas Republican party candidate secured the support of Masters in Paris. Kontinen and Peers defeated top- 276 of the 538 members of the electoral college, beating Democratic party rival Hillary Clinton. 2 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | www.careeradda.co.in CURRENT AFFAIRS INJECTION FOR IBPS PO MAINS – NOVEMBER 2016 President-elect Trump will formally take charge of the November 2016. Currently, the lowest denomination Oval Office on January 20, 2017, dubbed as the note a customer can get at an ATM is Rs 100. 'Inauguration Day'. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare J P Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about fighting Nadda has launched Healthy India Initiative magazine corruption and black money during his address to the and No More Tension mobile App for the promotion nation. In a major step to check black money, the of health and to strengthen the health prime minister announced demonetization of Rs 500 communications programmes. and 1000 currency notes from 8th November The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development midnight. The RBI has issued new series of notes for (HRD) has launched Smart India Hackathon 2017. It is 500 rupees and 2000 rupees denomination with the world’s largest digital national building initiative. improved features and newer sizes. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has The Centre has decided to open conferred the Uttarakhand Ratna award on his arch PradhanMantriKaushalVikas Kendra in every rival and former chief minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari Parliamentary Constituency to impart skill training to on the occasion of the state's 17th foundation day the people and make them employable. (10th November 2016). The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has The 1st International Agro-biodiversity Congress that inaugurated the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of was held in New Delhi from 6 November to 9 Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited November 2016 concluded with the adoption of Delhi (ECGC) on November 08, 2016 in New Delhi.