DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 26TH NOV 2016
(Daily News India)
1. MUMBAI
RANKED AMONG WORLD’S TOP TRENDING TOURIST DESTINATIONS FOR 2017
i. Mumbai has been ranked among the World’s top
Tourists destinations for 2017.
ii.
According to a survey, Mumbai has recorded increased volume of tourists and the
most searched destinations in comparison to last year.
Top 3 destination:
a. Reykjavik,
Iceland
b. Cairns, Australia
c. Savannah, US
2. SEBI
RELAXES NORMS FOR ANGEL INVESTORS
i. The
Securities and Exchange Board of India has relaxed the rules for angel funds in
order to boost more investment for new start-ups in the country.
ii. Angel
investors are financiers who put money in new companies at the early stage of
start-up of companies, mostly in exchange for convertible debt or ownership
equity.
iii. The
market regulator has raised the total number of angel investors to invest in a
start-ups to 200 from 49.
3. MANOJ
BAJPAYEE AWARDED BEST PERFORMANCE AWARD AT 16 ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARD
i. Bollywood
actor Manoj Bajpayee won the Best Performance Award by an Actor at the 10th
Asia Pacific Screen Awards, held in Brisbane.
ii. The
event was hosted by Australian actor David Wenham and presenter Anjali Rao.
iii. Manoj
was awarded for his role as Professor Siras in “Aligarh”.
iv. Asia
Pacific Screen Awards is the highest award for films in Asia Pacific region .
4.
NALANDA UNIVERSITY CHANCELLOR GEORGE YEO RESIGNS FROM POST
i. The Chancellor
of Nalanda University George Yeo resigned his post
ii. The
President approved giving temporary charge of Vice Chancellor to current VC
Gopa Sabharwal’s
iii. Nalanda University is located in Rajgir, Bihar and it was proposed by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in 2006.
5.
HURRICANE & EARTHQUAKE SIMULTANEOUSLY ATTACKED CENTRAL AMERICA
i. Two
natural disasters including a powerful hurricane and an offshore earthquake hit
the Central America simultaneously
ii.
Initially 175 km per hour destruction storm, Hurricane Otto, hit Nicaragua’s
southern Caribbean coast.
iii. An hour
later, an earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.0 hit El Salvador in the Pacific
Ocean.
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