DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 12TH NOV 2016
(Daily News India)
1. INDIA
AND BHUTAN SIGNS AGREEMENT ON TRADE FOR BETTER BILATERAL RELATIONS
i. Commerce
and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Bhutan's Economic Affairs Minister
Tengye Lyonpo Lekey Dorji signed the agreement in New Delhi.
ii. The
first agreement on trade and commerce between both countries was signed in
1972.
2. INDIA
TO PRESIDE NEXT EDITION OF COP IN GENEVA IN 2018
i. India
will preside the eighth edition of the Conference of Parties to WHO Framework
Convention on Tobacco Control which will be held in Switzerland's Geneva in
2018.
ii. Health
Secretary CK Mishra has been chosen as the President of the COP Bureau, for the
next two years.
3. BATRA
1ST INDIAN TO BE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY FEDERATION CHIEF
i. Narinder
Batra has become the first Indian to be elected the President of the
International Hockey Federation.
ii. Batra,
who is the president of Hockey India, defeated David Balbirnie of Ireland and
Australia's Ken Read to become the 12th FIH President and also the first Asian
to grab the post.
4. VANDANA
KATARIYA TO CAPTAIN INDIAN WOMEN'S HOCKEY TEAM IN AUSTRALIA SERIES
i. Forward
Vandana Katariya will captain Indian senior women's hockey team in the Test
Series against Australia to be played at Melbourne from November 23 to November
30.
5. SYDNEY
TO HOST INVICTUS GAMES IN 2018
i. Australia
will host the 2018 Invictus Games for wounded military personnel, Britain's
Prince Harry announced.
ii. More
than 500 serving and former personnel from 17 nations will compete in the
multi-sports competition in Sydney.
iii. The
games have been held in London and Orlando, and are due to be held in Toronto
next year.
