DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 11TH NOV 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 11^TH NOV 2016

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1. PUNE TO HOST INDIA-CHINA 'HAND-IN-HAND 2016' TRAINING

i. The India and China Joint Training Exercise "Hand in Hand 2016" is scheduled to be held in Pune from November 15-27.

ii. This would mark the 6th annual joint training exercise between the Indian Army and the People's Liberation Army of China.

iii. It is aimed at honing military skills of the two armies by sharing expertise in drills while tackling insurgency and terrorism.

2. IMF APPROVES LARGEST-EVER LOAN FOR A MIDDLE EAST NATION

i. The International Monetary Fund  has approved a three-year $12 billion loan program for Egypt, the largest such package to a Middle East nation.

ii. The loan will help in boosting Egypt’s foreign currency inflows, which have dwindled since the 2011 Arab Spring uprising, and revive the African nation's economy.

iii. Egypt will receive an immediate disbursement of $2.75 billion.

3. CHINESE MINISTER ELECTED INTERPOL PRESIDENT

i. China’s Vice-Minister for Public Security on Thursday was elected the President of the International Criminal Police Organization .

ii. Mr. Meng took over the position from Mireille Ballestrazzi.

4. 5 DECADES AND 200 FILMS LATER, JACKIE CHAN 'FINALLY' WINS OSCARS

i. Hollywood actor Jackie Chan received his little gold statuette, an honorary Oscar for his decades of work in film on November 13th at the annual Governors Awards.

ii. He praised his hometown Hong Kong for making him "proud to be Chinese," and thanked his fans.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 10TH NOV 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 10^TH NOV 2016

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1. INDIA, JAPAN SIGN LANDMARK NUCLEAR ENERGY DEAL

i. India on Friday signed a historic civilian nuclear deal with Japan during the annual bilateral summit held in Tokyo.

ii. India is the first non-member of the non-proliferation treaty to have signed such a deal with Japan.

iii. The nuclear deal which will help India access Japan’s nuclear market, had been under negotiation for six years

2. WORLD PNEUMONIA DAY OBSERVED ON 12TH NOVEMBER

i. World Pneumonia Day is observed across the world on 12 November.

ii. The day is annually observed to raise awareness about pneumonia, the world’s leading killer of children under the age of five.

iii. The main aim is to promote interventions to protect against, prevent and treat pneumonia; and generate action to combat pneumonia.

iv. This year theme is, "Keep the Promise, Stop Pneumonia Now".

3. 11-YEAR-OLD PUNE GIRL WINS ‘DOODLE 4 GOOGLE’ 2016 CONTEST

i. 1 year old Pune girl Anvita Prashant Telang has been named national winner of the “Doodle 4 Google” contest.

ii. The Doodle will be featured on the Google India homepage on November 14 to celebrate Children’s Day.

Virat Kohli dismissed hit-wicket in Rajkot

4. VIRAT KOHLI BECAME THE FIRST INDIAN TEST SKIPPER TO BE OUT HIT WICKET SINCE LALA AMARNATH IN 1949.

i. He got hit wicket when his foot disturbed the stumps in the ongoing Rajkot Test against England.

ii. Batting on 40, Kohli went well inside the crease to pull a short ball from spinner Adil Rashid when he dislodged the bails with his foot and got out.

5. INDIAN WOMEN'S TEAM WINS GOLD AT THE 7TH WORLD CARROM CHAMPIONSHIP

i. Indian women’s carrom team defeated Sri Lanka to win the gold at the seventh World carrom championship in Birmingham (UK) on Friday.

ii. India's S Apoorwa and Kajol Kumari also won gold in the women's doubles event.

iii. Meanwhile, the men's team lost to Sri Lanka to win the silver medal in the competition.

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GK Booster for IBPS PO & Clerk Mains Part-3 2016

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 9TH NOV 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 9^TH NOV 2016

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1. UNION GOVERNMENT PUTS NDTV BAN ON HOLD

i. The one-day ban on NDTV’s Hindi channel, widely condemned, has been put on hold by Information and Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu.

ii. The decision comes after the Supreme Court agreed to hear NDTV’s application for a stay on the ban.

ii. The Indian government ordered to ban penalty for its coverage of an attack on Indian soldiers in January.

iii. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting revealed the channel had aired strategically sensitive details during the deadly attack on the Pathankot airbase, allegedly carried out by the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed group.

2. GOVT TO OPEN PRADHAN MANTRI KAUSHAL VIKAS KENDRA IN EVERY PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY

i. The Centre has planned to open Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Kendra in every to offer skill training to the people and make them employable.

ii. . The government is also starting Driver Training Institute in every district of the country to offer driving skills of high standard.

iii. The aim of the scheme is to encourage aptitude towards employable skills and to increase working efficiency of probable and existing daily wage earners, by giving monetary awards and rewards and by providing quality training to them

3. CHINA ADOPTED CYBERSECURITY LAW

i. China adopted a new Cybersecurity Law, a regressive measure that strengthens censorship, surveillance, and other controls over the Internet.

ii. The new law is also planned at tightening and centralizing state control over technology equipment, “raising concerns among foreign companies operating in the country.”

4. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK SIGNS $48 MILLION LOAN TO IMPROVE ASSAM’S POWER DISTRIBUTION.

i. The Asian Development Bank  and the Government of India signed a $48 million loan deal to help Assam improve its electricity power distribution system.

ii. The project will help Assam to improve the efficiency of its Power Distribution System, expand and improve medium voltage network,.

iii. Asian Development Bank located at headquarter  Manila, Philippines.

5. US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 2016: DONALD TRUMP DECLARED WINNER

i. US Republican Donald Trump won the US presidential elections in a stunning victory.

ii. He won the elections by 276 seats.

iii. He is scheduled to take office as the 45th President of the United States of America.

iv. Donald Trump won elections from Republican Party  after defeating Hillary Clinton

Democratic Party

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Last 6-Months Objective Current Affairs

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GK Booster For IBPS PO & Clerk Mains 2016

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 8TH NOV 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 8^TH NOV 2016

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1. 128^TH ANNIVERSARY OF SIR CV RAMAN BEING CELEBRATED ON 7^TH NOVEMBER.

i. The 128th anniversary of Nobel laureate Bharat Ratna Sir CV Raman is being celebrated on 7^th November.

ii. He was born on November 7, 1888 at Thiruvanaikaval in Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu.

iii.Sir CV Raman  won the Nobel prize in Physics 1930 for his  discovery -Raman effect - the scattering of light which makes the sea and clear sky look blue.

2. FIRST S4A DEBT RECAST GETS APPROVAL

i. Construction major Hindustan Construction Company became India’s first firm to get debt recast under RBI’s new Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets .

ii. The S4A has approved HCC’s Rs. 5,000-crore debt recast passed by an ICICI Bank-led joint lender forum in September 2016.

iii. Under this debt recast of HCC 52% of the debt was found to be sustainable and can be serviced as per original terms and conditions, including about interest rate and tenure.

3. GOOGLE CAPITAL CHANGES ITS NAME TO 'CAPITALG'

i. Google Capital, the search giant's venture arm that invests in growth-stage companies, has changed its name to 'CapitalG'.

ii. The old GoogleCapital.com domain now forwards to CapitalG.com, and Google Capital's Twitter account has announced that it’s being retired in favour of a new @CapitalGTweets account.

iii. CapitalG’s new site confirms a previously unmentioned detail that it has invested in Snapchat.

4. RBI APPOINTS M RAJESHWAR RAO AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

i. The Reserve Bank has appointed M Rajeshwar Rao as Executive Director following G Mahalingam’s voluntary retirement from the central bank.

ii. As Executive Director, Rao will look after Department of Statistics and Information Management, Financial markets Operations Department and International Department.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 7TH NOV 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 7^TH NOV 2016

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1. FIRST WORLD TSUNAMI AWARENESS DAY OBSERVED ON 5 NOVEMBER

i. The First World Tsunami Awareness Day is being observed today across the world on 5 november.

ii. The theme for day is Effective Education and Evacuation Drills.

iii. The observance of the day will help to spread awareness among people across the world in matters related to the dangers of the tsunami.

2. PRESIDENT APPROVES PAYMENT OF 2% DA FROM JULY 1

i. President Pranab Mukherjee approved the 2% hike in Dearness Allowance to central government employees.

ii. DA is provided to employees and pensioners to minimise the impact of price rise on their earnings. Earlier this year, DA was hiked 6% to 125% of the basic pay.

3. PM TO INAUGURATE 1ST INTL AGRO-BIODIVERSITY CONGRESS

i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first ever International Agro-biodiversity Congress in New Delhi .

ii. The event will initiate and encourage a dialogue among stakeholders, including farmers, to better understand everyone role in agro-biodiversity management and the conservation of genetic resources.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 6TH NOV 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 6^TH NOV 2016

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1. BUDDHA MAHOTSAVA KICKS OFF IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

i. The three day Buddha Mahotsava celebration started in Arunachal Pradesh on November 4.

ii. It was organised by the District Administration of West Kameng to promote tourism in the state.

iii. The festival commemorates the life and teachings of Lord Gautama Buddha.Hundreds of Buddhist monks playing cymbals and drums are present at the festival.

2. ECONOMY LIKELY TO GROW AT 7.6 PER CENT IN 2016-17: NCAER

i. Economic think-tank NCAER has pegged India’s GDP growth at 7.6% for 2016-17.

ii. The manufacturing sector is giving positive signals with Purchasers’ Managers Index, Index of Industrial Production for core sectors.

iii. The Monetary Policy Committee has also forecasted a 7.6% growth.

vi. The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) is one of India’s oldest economic think-tank set up in 1956.

3. ANDY MURRAY BECAME WORLD NUMBER ONE AFTER RAONIC WITHDRAWS FROM PARIS MASTERS

i. Britain’s Andy Murray became the new world number one player.

ii. Murray move to the top of the rankings for the first time in his career after replacing long-time incumbent Novak Djokovic.

iii. Djokovic had been No 1 since June 2014.

4. VICE PRESIDENT M. HAMID ANSARI RELEASES THE BOOK ‘AN ERA OF DARKNESS: THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN INDIA

i. Vice President of India, M. Hamid Ansari released book ‘An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India’ authored by Dr. Shashi Tharoor.

ii. The book explain about British rule in India was effectively and regularly supplemented by “famine, forced migration and brutality” – the ‘three examples of why British rule over India was despotic and anything but enlightened’.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 5TH NOV 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 5^TH NOV 2016

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1. INDIAN WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM WINS 2016 ASIAN CHAMPIONS TROPHY

i. Indian Women’s hockey team has won the 2016 Asian Champions Trophy held in Singapore.

ii. India defeated China by 2-1 goals.

iii. Asian Hockey Champions Trophy is held annually by the Asian Hockey Federation since 2011.

2. ANDHRA PRADESH TOPS WORLD BANK’S ENERGY-SAVING RANKINGS

i. In ease of doing business Andhra Pradesh ranked no. 1 from the World Bank in India in energy efficiency.

ii. The ranking of the states were released in the World Bank’s study report titled – ‘India’s State Level Energy Efficiency Implementation Readiness’.

iii. Andhra Pradesh topped i followed by Rajasthan , Karnataka  and Maharashtra.

3. TAYLOR SWIFT IS THE WORLD’S HIGHEST-PAID WOMAN IN MUSIC FOR 2016 IN THE LIST RELEASED BYFORBES

i. Taylor Swift has topped Forbes magazine’s list of the highest-earning female solo artists in music.

ii. Taylor swift has more than twice the income of the second-placed artist, Adele.

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MONTHLY GK CAPSULE (NEWSPAPER ANALYSIS) OCTOBER 2016

Monthly GK Capsules of Oct. 2016

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ –5 NOVEMBER

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ –5 NOVEMBER

1.    Name the Twitter India Head who resigned recently?

a)    Umang Bedi

b)    Kirthiga Reddy

c)    Vikas Mehra

d)    Rishi Jaitly

ANS D

2.    Which South Korean directors will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the upcoming 47th International Film Festival of India?

a)    Kim Jee-woon

b)    Lee Chang-dong

c)    Park Chan-wook

d)    Im Kwon-taek

ANS D

3.    Which state topped the Agricultural Marketing & Farm Friendly Reforms Index?

a)    Kerala

b)    Maharashtra

c)    Haryana

d)   Punjab

ANS B

4.    Who recently took over as the Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes?

a)    Sushil Chandra

b)    Vivek Kumar

c)    Rani Singh Nair

d)    None of the above

ANS A

5.    Which state topped the list of state-wise Ease of Doing Business rankings that was released by Union Government?

a)    Andhra Pradesh

b)    Maharashtra

c)    Gujarat

d)  Tamil Nadu 

ANS A

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ –3,4 NOVEMBER

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ –3,4 NOVEMBER

1.    Himachal Pradesh was recently declared as India’s second Open Defecation Free State. Which was the first Indian state to be declared Open Defecation Free?

a)    Arunachal Pradesh

b)    Himachal Pradesh

c)    Sikkim

d)    Uttarakhand

ANS C

2.    The Rashtriya Ekta Diwas is observed annually to commemorate the birth anniversary of?

a)    Rajendra Prasad

b)    Sarojini Naidu

c)    Babasaheb Ambedkar

d)    Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

ANS D

3.    What was the theme of the 2016 Rashtriya Ekta Diwas that was observed recently?

a)    Unification of Bharat

b)    Run for Unity

c)    Integration of India

d)    None of the above

ANS C

4.    Who won the 2016 Mexican Grand Prix?

a)    Sebastian Vettel

b)    Lewis Hamilton

c)    Nico Rosberg

d)    Daniel Ricciardo

ANS B

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ –1,2 NOVEMBER

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ –1,2 NOVEMBER

1.    Who won Europe's top human rights award, the Sakharov prize?

a)    Nadia Murad Basee and Lamiya Aji Bashar

b)    Ilham Tohti and Mustafa Dzhemilev

c)    Mustafa Dzhemilev and Can Dündar

d)    None of the above

ANS A

2.    Which city hosted the three day bi-annual Naval Commanders’ Conference?

a)    New Delhi

b)    Shimla

c)    Kolkata

d)    Mumbai

ANS A

3.    The National Ayurveda Day is celebrated on?

a)    29 October

b)    27 October

c)    26 October

d)    28 October

ANS D

4.    The Union Cabinet approved the establishment and operationalisation of NAD. What is the full form of NAD?

a)    National Academic Depository

b)    Nationwide Academic Depot

c)    Nationalized Academic Depository

d)    None of the above

ANS A

5.    What was the theme of India’s first National Ayurveda Day?

a)    Prevention and Control of Diabetes through Ayurveda

b)    Ayurveda is Life

c)    Ayurveda Controls Diabetes and Chronic Disease

d)    None of the above

ANS A

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