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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. Declaration on Agrobiodiversity Management. The India’s first liquefied natural gas-driven bus has been event saw the participation of 900 participants from launched in Kerala. Union Petroleum and Natural Gas 60 countries. Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Kerala Chief In a big loss to Twitter, the company’s Chief Operating Minister Pinarayi Vijayan jointly flagged off the first Officer (COO) Adam Bain who was in charge of the pilot run eco-friendly bus. micro-blogging website’s revenue business, has leave Acclaimed Indian American fiction author Amitav the company. Ghosh, 60, has been named for 2016 Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Indian literary space. UCO Bank has announced that it would raise Rs.271 crore from Life Insurance Corporation of India in preferential allotment of equal shares at Rs.37.74 apiece. Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $48 million loan to help Assam for improve power distribution. Corporation Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Army on the defence salary package. China has launched a navigation satellite, which will Janet Reno, the first woman to be appointed as conduct in-orbit experiments using pulsar detectors Attorney General of US, passed away as a to demonstrate new technologies. consequence of Parkinson’s disease. She was 78. Renowned theatre personality and Padma Shri, Prof Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has announced Raj Bisaria is all set to weave another feather in his that the new series of 500 and 2,000 rupees notes has cap with the Madhya Pradesh government honouring been available in banks and post-offices from 10th him with its prestigious 'KalidasSamman' national November 2016 and assured that there will be award for 2015-16 for achievement in theatre. adequate availability of the new notes in the coming Gurumoorthy Mahalingam took charge as Full-Time days. Member of SEBI. He will be responsible for leading
the Integrated Surveillance Department, Investment ATMs in the country have been also dispense Management Department, Enforcement Department banknotes of Rs 50 denomination from 10th 3 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | www.careeradda.co.in
CURRENT AFFAIRS INJECTION FOR IBPS PO MAINS – NOVEMBER 2016 (ED), Foreign Portfolio Investors and Custodians, setting up a Centre of Excellence — ‘JFarm Rajasthan’ Collective Investment Schemes, and Department of — and a Custom Hiring Centre in six zones in Economic and Policy Analysis, among others. Rajasthan at a total outlay of Rs.970 crore. Maharashtra government has signed an agreement Virat Kohli has became the second Indian Test skipper with Canada to implement a joint action plan on to be out hit wicket since Lala Amarnath in 1949 after urban infrastructure development in the state. his foot disturbed the stumps in the ongoing Rajkot Bhaskar Bhat, the non-executive and non- Test against England. Batting on 40, Kohli went well independent director on the board of Tata Chemicals inside the crease to pull a short ball from spinner Adil Ltd, has resigned with immediate effect. Rashid when he dislodged the bails with his foot and Former world number one Roger Federer has won the got out. Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award at the ATP Leonard Cohen, the baritone-voiced Canadian singer- awards for the 12th time in his career. song writer who seamlessly blended spirituality and Mumbai's Western Railways women's team has won sexuality in songs like Hallelujah, Suzanne and Bird on the 33rd Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament. a Wire, has died at age 82. The team defeated Haryana XI 4-2 in the title clash Indian women’s carrom team defeated Sri Lanka to played at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium in win the gold at the seventh World carrom Jalandhar, Punjab. championship in Birmingham (UK). India has signed a historic civilian nuclear deal with China’s Vice-Minister for Public Security has been Japan during the annual bilateral summit held in elected the President of the International Criminal Tokyo. India is the first non-member of the non- Police Organization (Interpol). MengHongwei is the proliferation treaty (NPT) to have signed such a deal first Chinese official to take the post. with Japan. Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman World Pneumonia Day has been observed across the and Bhutan's Economic Affairs Minister Tengye world on 12th November, 2016. The day is annually Lyonpo Lekey Dorji signed agreement on trade for observed to raise awareness about pneumonia, the better bilateral relations the agreement in New Delhi. world’s leading killer of children under the age of five; The first agreement on trade and commerce between promote interventions to protect against, prevent and both countries was signed in 1972. treat pneumonia; and generate action to combat India will preside the eighth edition of the Conference pneumonia. This year theme is, "Keep the Promise, of Parties (COP) to WHO Framework Convention on Stop Pneumonia Now". Tobacco Control (FCTC) which will be held in Switzerland's Geneva in 2018. Narinder Batra has become the first Indian to be elected the President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH). He was voted to the top post by an overwhelming margin during the penultimate day of the 45th FIH Congress in Dubai. Vandana Katariya will captain Indian senior women's hockey team in the Test Series against Australia to be played at Melbourne, Australia from November 23 to November 30. Defender Sunita Lakra will be the vice- captain of the 18-member squad. Australia will host the 2018 Invictus Games for wounded military personnel, Britain's Prince Harry 11 year old Pune girl Anvita Prashant Telang has been announced. More than 500 serving and former named national winner of the “Doodle 4 Google” personnel from 17 nations will compete in the multi- contest. The sixth standard student from Vibgyor High sports competition in Sydney, Australia. School in Balewadi area was chosen for her Doodle The India-China Joint Training Exercise "Hand in submission on the theme titled “If I could teach Hand 2016" is scheduled to be held in Pune from anyone anything, it would be”. November 15-27. This would mark the 6th annual TAFE, the world’s third largest tractor maker, in joint training exercise between the Indian Army and collaboration with the Rajasthan government, is the People's Liberation Army of China. 4 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | www.careeradda.co.in
CURRENT AFFAIRS INJECTION FOR IBPS PO MAINS – NOVEMBER 2016 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved Mauritius Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth is set to a three-year $12 billion loan program for Egypt, the visit Mumbai on November 18, 2016, where he is largest such package to a Middle East nation. expected to discuss various issues, including one that On 14th November, Children’s Day has been provides a subsidy for Bollywood films shot there, celebrated every year to mark the birth anniversary with the Maharashtra government. of our first Prime Minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. Aditi Ashok is an Indian professional golfer who has The World Diabetes Day has been observed across the scripted history on November 13th as she became the world on 14 November. The theme for this year is first Indian woman to win a Ladies European Tour "Eyes on Diabetes". World Diabetes Day is an annual title by clinching the Hero Women’s Indian Open. campaign, led by the International Diabetes The moon arrived at its closest point to the Earth Federation (IDF) and its member associations. since 1948. The 'supermoon' reached its brightest in Private sector lender YES Bank has appointed Amresh Asia on 14th November 2016. The Moon was closest, Acharya as Group President and Head of Global Indian only 2 lakh 21 thousand 524 miles (356509 km) away Banking. at 11:21 GMT. Federal Bank, India's major commercial bank in the private sector has received Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s permission to open its first international branch at the Dubai International Financial Centre. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum's Week started at Lima in Peru from 14th November 2016 bringing together leaders of world's largest economies, businessmen and investors. Fortune magazine has named the co-founder and CEO of the biggest social networking site Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg as Business Person of the Year, 2016. An Indian-origin man from South Africa was awarded the Global Citizen Award for his "innovative and visionary" contribution to the global community.
Imtiaz Sooliman founded the internationally-lauded To oversee recalibration of ATM machines after the Gift of the Givers Foundation, which is Africa's largest country introduced new banknotes to replace old 500 disaster relief organisation. rupee and 1,000 rupee notes, RBI will set up a task Israel President Reuven Rivlin arrived in Mumbai on force under Deputy Governor SS Mundra. November 14th on a six-day visit to India to further President Pranab Mukherjee on 14th November 2016 strengthen bilateral ties. He has meet Prime Minister has inaugurated the India International Trade Fair at Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Pragati Maidan, New delhi which will see Swaraj. participation of over 150 companies from 27 Lyricist-writer Gulzar will be honoured with 2016 countries. This year's edition of the mega trade fair Tata Literature Live! Poet Laureate Award. The award with 'Digital India' theme is being held between will be presented to Gulzar, an Oscar and Grammy November 14-27. Award winner, at the inaugural of the festival on As part of its efforts to continue the global transition November 17. to zero-and-low carbon energy sources, the United Swiss major Molinari Rail will set up a manufacturing States (US) has announced two financial projects and assembly centre for auxiliary power units for worth 95 million US dollars for India. diesel locomotives in India by next year. Thiruvananthapuram has been termed as the Mahindra and Mahindra appointed Pawan Goenka as country's breast cancer capital, with cases at a record Managing Director Anand Mahindra was redesignated high of 40 per lakh of population. 9 lakh women are as executive chairman. diagnosed with breast cancer every year. Hollywood actor Jackie Chan received his little gold Meghalaya has became the first state to start India's statuette, an honorary Oscar for his decades of work first Cherry Blossom Festival, which is widely in film on November 13th at the annual Governors celebrated in Japan. Awards. 5 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | www.careeradda.co.in
CURRENT AFFAIRS INJECTION FOR IBPS PO MAINS – NOVEMBER 2016 Australia announced an online program for its pre- schools to learn foreign languages, including Hindi from 2017. The Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov gave resignation of his cabinet after his party’s candidate Tsetska Tsacheva, failed to win the country’s presidential election on November 14, 2016. Indian golfer SSP Chawrasia clinched the $1 million (Rs. 6.8 crore) Resorts World Manila Masters in the Philippines, his first ever Asian Tour title outside India. Mota Singh, an Indian-origin Sikh, who became UK’s first-ever ethnic minority judge to sit on the English Bench wearing a turban instead of a horse-hair wig, died. He was 86. The International Day for Tolerance is observed globally on 16th November every year. The Day aims at educating masses about the need for tolerance in society and helping them understand the negative effects of intolerance. The government has announced that it will present the Union Budget for 2017-18 on February 1, 2017 and the budget session may begin in January, 2017. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India on 15th November 2016 signed a 500 million US dollar loan to build a 9.8 km long road bridge across the Ganges River. This will be India’s longest river bridge. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has launched a key programme to provide free electricity connection to about 50 lakh households above the poverty line. The chief minister launched “Har Ghar Bijli Lagataar” programme, which was key development thrust for the Assembly polls.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully tested its unmanned combat aerial vehicle, Rustom-2. The medium-altitude long endurance (MALE) category vehicle met all the expectations during the first flight. Netherlands-based doctors have performed the first- ever brain implant on a 58-year-old woman paralysed by Lou Gehrig's disease, enabling her to communicate in day-to-day life via a speech computer. Debbie Hockley has been elected as president of New Zealand Cricket, becoming the first woman to hold that role in the 122-year history of the sport's national governing body. International Chess Master Padmini Rout has won the National Women Premier Chess Championship for the third time. 6 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | www.careeradda.co.in