DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 30TH NOV 2016
(Daily News India)
1. AKODARA IN GUJARAT BECOMES INDIA’S FIRST DIGITAL VILLAGE
i. Akodara
village in Sabarkantha district of Gujarat recently declared as first digital
village in India.
ii. The
village, will use various cashless systems for payments of goods and services.
iii. All
transactions in the village are carried out through digital modes like
net-banking, SMS or debit cards.
2. INDIA’S FIRST CYCLE HIGHWAY INAUGURATED IN UP
i. Uttar
Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav has inaugurated India’s first and Asia’s longest
bicycle highway between Agra and Etawah in UP.
ii. A rally
of 90 cyclists from five countries and across India followed the inauguration
ceremony at the Lion Safari in Etawah.
3. BAPU'S CHARKHA AMONG 100 'MOST INFLUENTIAL PHOTOS OF ALL
TIME'
i. A 1946
picture of Mahatma Gandhi with his Charkha in the foreground is among the 100
most influential images of all time .
ii. The Time
collection includes 100 of the most iconic and history-altering images, dating
from the 1820s to 2015.
iii. Among
the pictures is the tragic photo of the lifeless body of three-year-old Syrian
Alan Kurdi lying face down on the shore near the coastal town of Bodrum.