December 5, 2017 ANB20171212 Abhyaas Newsboard … For the quintessential test prep student News of the month GES 2017 Summit in Hyderabad: The Editor’s Column Dear Student, The month of November saw the GES Summit conducted in India for the first time. India’s Manushi Chhillar won the coveted Miss World 2017 crown at a grand event in China, after a long gap of 17 years at the top pageant contest. Earlier The United States of America and the Republic of recipiends include Reita Faria(1966), Aishwarya India jointly conducted the eighth annual Global Rai(1994), Diana Haydon(1997), Yukta Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Hyderabad, Mookhey(1999) and Priyanka Chopra(2000). Miss India from 28-30 November, 2017. This year’s South Africa Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters was crowned Miss Summit highlighted the theme Women First, Universe 2017. Prosperity for All, and focussed on supporting women entrepreneurs and fostering economic Pollution levels in Delhi have reached “Severe Plus” growth globally. Advisor to the President Ivanka level as declared by the Environment Pollution Trump headed the United States delegation to the Authority. Summit. GES is the preeminent annual entrepreneurship Congratulations to Kasarla Meghana for securing the gathering that convenes emerging entrepreneurs, first prize in the Crossword – 0016. investors and supporters from around the world. Mitra, an indigenously-built robot by Bengaluru- Read on to go through the current affairs for the based Invento, greeted Ivanka Trump and Prime month of November 2017. Minister Narendra Modi and declared the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2017 open. Through two and a half days of networking, mentoring, and workshops, GES empowered entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas, build partnerships, secure funding, innovate, and find their target customers -- creating new goods and Padma Parupudi services that will transform societies. Index: This is the first time GES was hosted in South Asia, Page 2: Persons in News and the event highlighted India’s enabling environment for innovation and entrepreneurship. Page 3: Places in News GES participants are truly global, with representation from every region of the world. Page 4: Events of Significance Entrepreneurs represent a diverse range of Page 8: Crossword geographies, industries, business size and scalability. Abhyaas Newsboard… www.abhyaas.in Page 1 December 5, 2017 Persons in News 1. Suresh Chukkapalli, Chairman of Phoenix Group of Hyderabad, has been appointed as Honorary Consul General in Hyderabad by the Republic of Korea, with consular jurisdiction over the State of Telangana. 2. Martina Hingis, one of only six women's players to hold the No.1 ranking in both singles and doubles at the same time, will retire after the WTA Finals. 3. India has appointed Ajay Bisaria as the next high commissioner to Pakistan. He is currently ambassador to Poland. Bisaria takes over from Gautam Bambawale, who has been appointed India’s ambassador to China. 4. Mukesh Ambani overtook China’s Hui Ka Yan to become Asia’s richest person, according to Forbes’ real time billionaires’ list. Ambani stood at the 14th spot on Forbes’ real time billionaires’ list. 5. Mirabai Chanu became the first Indian in over two decades to claim a gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championship in Anaheim, USA. 6. In a first, a woman has been inducted as a pilot in the Indian Navy. Shubhangi Swaroop, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, will soon be flying Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft. 7. Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been stripped of the Freedom of Oxford award over her ‘inaction’ in handling the raging Rohingya refugee crisis and turning a ‘blind eye to violence’ in the country that forced over 600,000 people to flee to Bangladesh. 8. Manmohan Singh will receive the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development this year for his leadership of the country between 2004 and 2014 and for enhancing India's stature globally. 9. Five Indian women led by ICICI Bank chief executive officer and managing director Chanda Kochhar and including bollywood star Priyanka Chopra, have featured on the list of the world’s 100 most powerful women compiled by Forbes. The list was topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. 10. Olympic bronze-medallist Gagan Narang won a silver medal in the men’s 50m rifle prone event at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships in Gold Coast, Australia. 11. Eminent Hindi Litterateur Krishna Sobti was awarded the 53rd Jnanpith Award for the year 2017 for her path-breaking contribution to Indian literature. 12. Five-time world champion and Olympic bronze medalist M.C. Mary Kom has been named as the ambassador of the upcoming AIBA Women's Youth World Championships. 13. M.C. Mary Kom (48kg) notched up her fifth gold medal at the Asian Women’s Boxing Championships in Vietnam. She defeated North Korea’s Kim Hyang Mi. 14. Saina Nehwal became the national champion for the third time, defeating world number 2 P.V. Sindhu in the women's singles final of Senior National Badminton Championships, in Nagpur, Maharashtra. 15. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been named as the recipient of the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice, 2017. Harmony Foundation has instituted the only official award in memory of Mother Teresa. Harmony Foundation's theme for 2017 is Compassion Beyond Borders. Past Awardees include The Dalai Lama, Malala Yousafzai, Anna Hazare, Colin Gonsalves. 16. France's Audrey Azoulay becomes the 11th Director General of Paris headquartered UNESCO. Azoulay becomes UNESCO's second woman director general. 17. The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has named Debjani Ghosh its president-designate. She will succeed R. Chandrashekhar after his tenure ends in March 2018. It will make her the first female president of the global trade body representing software companies. 18. The former Prime Minister of Nepal Kirti Nidhi Bista passed away at Kathmandu, Nepal. 19. Former football captain, Bhaskar Ganguly appointed as AIFF ombudsman by the Supreme Court of India. Abhyaas Newsboard… www.abhyaas.in Page 2 December 5, 2017 20. Pankaj Advani won the IBSF World Billiards Championship at Doha, Qatar after defeating Mike Russell of England. 21. Bangladesh Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha resigns after criticism by the government over a Supreme Court verdict. 22. Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh resigned as the jury head of the Indian Panorama of the 48th International Film Festival of India (IIFI). 23. Jagdish Mohan, Hindustani vocalist of Kirana Gharana, passed away. 24. The 24th Governor of RBI Urjit Patel appointed to the Financial Stability Institute Advisory Board (FSIAB) of the Bank of International Settlement (BIS). 25. Miss South Africa Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters was crowned Miss Universe 2017 at the AXIS theater at Planet Hollywood casino-resort on the Las Vegas Strip. 26. India's Manushi Chhillar has won the coveted Miss World 2017 at a grand event in China. 27. India paid homage to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 100th birth anniversary. A commemorative programme to mark the anniversary of Gandhi held at Shakti Sthal, New Delhi. 28. India's tennis star 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. 29. Congress leader and former Union Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi passed away. 30. India’s nominee to the International Court of Justice Dalveer Bhandari was re-elected to the fifth and the last seat of the world court after Britain withdrew its candidate from the election. 31. Robert Mugabe has resigned as president of Zimbabwe with immediate effect after 37 years in power, as Parliament began impeachment proceedings against him. 32. Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has been elected as President of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA) Places in News 1. The State government of Haryana announced lifetime monthly pension of Rs 10,000 for 'Hindi Satyagrahis' and those from the State who were jailed during the emergency. 2. The Hyderabad Metro Rail opened for public. The metro rail commenced its operations between Miyapur and Nagole, having a total distance of 30 kms and 24 stations. 3. The ninth edition of CMS Vatavaran - an international film festival on environment and wildlife - concluded in New Delhi. The theme of the fest is ‘Conservation for Water’. 4. The Uttar Pradesh cabinet decided to make India's first conservation reserve for blackbuck in Allahabad's Meja. The decision taken for the protection of black deer will also help in wooing tourists. 5. The Geographical Indication Registry has given Geographical Indication (GI) tag to traditional Etikoppaka toys (Etikoppaka Bommalu) from Andhra Pradesh. 6. Tamil Nadu’s historic Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam has won the UNESCO Asia Pacific Award of Merit 2017 for cultural heritage conservation. 7. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal rolled out 647 schemes entailing an investment of Rs 24.57 crore for development of the world's largest river island Majuli. Abhyaas Newsboard… www.abhyaas.in Page 3 December 5, 2017 8. India's Silicon Valley, Bengaluru, is the best host among 45 cities worldwide, according to a report from the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU). Bengaluru expressed the highest confidence in their digital environment based on people and skills, financial environment, innovation and entrepreneurship and new technology development. 9. Himachal Pradesh will be the first State in India to use EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines in all booths during assembly elections. 10. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurated the long- awaited direct train-service between Kolkata and Khulna through video-conferencing. The new train service is called Bandhan Express.