13 - 19 November 2017 Weekly Current Affairs For Private Circulation Only by CLASSMATE ACADEMY www.classmateacademy.com English & Telugu Weekly For any queries feel free to call Useful for all Central & State Toll Free No:- 1800 208 2016 Govt. Competitive Examinations 77The Weekly Creative City… Chennai India's Chennai has been included in the list of 64 Creative cities list, chosen by the UNESCO. In total 64 cities from 44 countries have been designated as UNESCO Creative Cities. They join a Network at the frontline of UNESCO's efforts to foster innovation and creativity as key drivers for a more sustainable and inclusive urban ARARCC development. The UNESCO Creative Cities India Network now counts a total of 180 cities in re-elected to UNESCO 72 countries. AASSOCIASSOCIATIONTION OFOF Executive Board Chennai has been listed in India is re-elected a member of the UNESCO's Creative Cities Network UNESCO's executive board, its top RRANKERANKERSS OFOF for its contribution to music. decision-making body. The election was Chennai is the third Indian city held at the 39th session of the General on the list of UNESCO CCLASSMALASSMATETE AACADEMYCADEMY Conference of the UNESCO in Paris, France. Creative Cities after Jaipur The General Conference consists of the and Varanasi. representatives of the States Members of the organization. Each country has one vote. CONTENTS Features Page No. National 2 Classmate Academy International 2 Bilateral 2 Powered by IITians Economy 3 Subject - Verb Agreement 4 CGL Telangana 6 Andhra Pradesh 6 SSC CHSL Science & Technology 7 Persons in News 7 Sports 7 Telugu Telugu Dairy of Events 7 Do You Know? 7 RRB English SI English Rankers Meet 8 By Classmate Academy The Weekly Peshawar in December 2014 when Support Center (TISC) is at Patent terrorists mowed down hundreds of Information Centre, Punjab, under the schoolchildren. World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) TISC India’s 2nd Technology and program. Innovation Support Centre to come up soon in Chennai : Union Cabinet approves appointment of Government of India inked an Second National Judicial Pay agreement with Chennai’s Anna Commission : The Union Cabinet University in order to establish India’s chaired by the Prime Minister second Technology and Innovation Narendra Modi has approved National Support Center (TISC). This would be appointment of Second National Indian short film ‘The School Bag’ done under the World Intellectual Judicial Pay Commission (SNJPC) for wins award in Montreal: Indian short Property Organization’s (WIPO) TISC Subordinate Judiciary in the country. film ‘The School Bag’, which tells a program. story based in Pakistan, has won the The Commission is to be headed by Best The main objective of the TISC is to Justice (Retd.J P.Venkatrama Reddi, Short stimulate a dynamic, vibrant and former Judge of Supreme Court of Film balanced Intellectual Property Rights India. Shri R. Basant, a former Judge Award at (IPRs) of the Kerala High Court is a Member the South system in of the Commission. The Commission Asian India to will make its recommendations to the Film foster State Governments preferably within Festival of Montreal (SAFFM). The creativity a period of 18 months. movie’s plot is based in Peshawar and and tells a story about the relationship innovation, It will examine the present structure between a mother and her seven-year- thereby promoting entrepreneurship of emoluments and conditions of old son who wants a new school bag and enhancing social, economic and service of Judicial Officers in the States and UTs. The recommendations of the on his birthday, but fate has cultural development by establishing something else in store for him. The Commission will help in promoting a network of TISCs in India. India’s film recreates events that happened in first Technology and Innovation efficiency in Judicial Administration. Indians in the list: Indians who figure Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his in Paradise Papers include Bollywood Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh star Amitabh Bachchan, defaulter Hasina and the West Bengal chief businessman Vijay Mallya, corporate minister. The three leaders launched lobbyist Niira Radia, film star Sanjay the train through video conference. Dutt’s wife Dilnashin, now known as They also inaugurated railway bridges Manyata, Union minister Jayant Sinha over rivers Meghna and Titas on the and Rajya Sabha MP R K Sinha. main Chittagong to Dhaka trunk rail line in Bangladesh. India formed Multi-agency group: Government has ordered a probe into The fully air-conditioned weekly cases of Paradise Papers by the Multi- passenger train service ‘Bandhan Agency Group (MAG) which is also Express’ will run every Thursday from probing the Panama Papers leak. The both Kolkata and Khulna. reconstituted MAG headed by the Railway passenger and freight services Chairman of Central Board of Direct between India and the erstwhile East Taxes (CBDT) will have representatives Pakistan, which had continued after from ED, RBI and Financial Independence and formation of Intelligence Unit. Pakistan in 1947, were snapped during the 1965 war. UK to exit EU on Mar 29, 2019 at 11pm: The UK will leave the European India has extended soft loans worth Union on USD eight billion to Bangladesh for M a r c h different development projects, which 29, included the two bridges that were 2019 at inaugurated on 9th November. 11 pm International (local Cabinet nod DTA pact with Hong th Indian names appeared in paradise time), Kong: The Union Cabinet on the 10 , papers leak: Almost eighteen months British November approved an agreement after Panama Papers leak, another Prime Minister Theresa May between India and the Hong Kong massive trove of secret financial data announced. UK had conducted a Special Administrative Region has been leaked by the International referendum in June 2016, whether to (HKSAR) of China for the Avoidance of Consortium of Investigative continue in EU or not. Majority people Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Journalists (ICIJ). The financial data voted in favour of BREXIT, then Briton on how big corporates and ultra-rich decided to invoke Lisbon Article 50 to Evasion individuals moved money to and from exit European Union. At present in with 19 tax havens to evade taxes was European Union, total number of respect to initially obtained by German members are 28, If UK exists, it comes taxes on newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung. The down to 27. income. leak, called the Paradise Papers, This is contains 13.4 million documents from Bilateral expected to augment flow of two leading firms in offshore finance. Kolkata-Khulna train service flagged investment, technology and personnel India ranks 19th out of 180 countries off: A new passenger train service from India to HKSAR and vice versa, in terms of the number of names in between Kolkata and Bangladesh’s prevent double taxation and provide the offshore data leak. A total of 714 southwestern industrial city of Khulna for exchange of information. Indians have been named. was on 9th November flagged off by 2 13 - 19 November 2017 By Classmate Academy The Weekly PM’s council sets out roadmap for The sub-sonic missile, designed to skill development, job creation: The carry a 300-kg nuclear warhead, had Economic Advisory Council to the failed during its first test in March Prime Minister in its second meeting 2013. Though the second test in laid out a roadmap for stepping up October 2014 was a partial success, skill development, job creation; the third and fourth tests in October enhanced resource investment in the 2015 and December 2016 also flopped, social sector, including for health and leading to talk that the project may education, and boosting infrastructure have to be scrapped. financing. The head of the council is Bibek Environment Debroy, Air Pollution reached alarm level in Member Delhi: Air pollution in Delhi reached NITI several levels forcing the A a y o g . implementation of stringent emission The control measures and health c o u n ci l precautions including the closure of met on primaryschools. A combination of the 10th, November. The Council is also smoke from stubble burning in evolving the design of linking economic Punjab and Haryana and moisture growth indicators with social turned Delhi in to gas chamber. indicators for last mile connectivity. According to the central pollution Approval for National Drinking control board, the air quality index was Water: The Cabinet gave its approval 448 making it severe –worst category. The National Green Tribunal has on continuing and restructuring National Rural Drinking Water issued a slew of directions to deal with Programme (NRDWP) to make it the situation in Delhi, including outcome-based, competitive and better banning construction and monitored with increased focus on industrial sustainability of schemes to ensure activities and entry good quality service delivery to the rural population. of trucks, while Creation of a National Testing Agency lambasting (NTA) was also approved by the the Delhi Cabinet as an autonomous and self- government sustained premier testing organization and civic bodies over the worsening air to conduct entrance examinations for quality in Delhi and neighbouring higher educational institutions. The states. NTA will be chaired by an eminent