DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 13TH NOV 2016
(Daily News India)
1. INDIAN-ORIGIN
HUMANITARIAN GETS GLOBAL CITIZEN AWARD
i. An
Indian-origin man from South Africa was awarded the Global Citizen Award for
his "innovative and visionary" contribution to the global community.
ii. Imtiaz Sooliman founded the
internationally-lauded Gift of the Givers Foundation, which is Africa's largest
disaster relief organisation.
iii.
"It will build faith and confidence in others to support African NGOs in
the future".
2. ISRAEL
PRESIDENT ARRIVES IN MUMBAI ON 6-DAY VISIT TO INDIA
i. Israel
President Reuven Rivlin arrived in Mumbai on November 14th on a six-day visit
to India to further strengthen bilateral ties.
ii. The
Israeli leader will join President Pranab Mukherjee in opening an agro-tech
conference in Chandigarh.
3. GULZAR
NAMED FOR TATA LITFEST'S POET LAUREATE 2016 AWARD
i.
Lyricist-writer Gulzar will be honoured with 2016 Tata Literature Live! Poet
Laureate Award.
ii. The
award will be presented to Gulzar, an Oscar and Grammy Award winner, at the
inaugural of the festival.
4. MOLINARI
RAIL TO SET UP MANUFACTURING UNIT IN INDIA
i. Swiss
major Molinari Rail will set up a manufacturing and assembly centre for auxiliary
power units for diesel locomotives in India by next year.
ii. Molinari
Rail AG has entered into a strategic pact to design, manufacture and deliver
the auxiliary power units for 1,000
diesel locomotives to be built in India for Indian Railways.
5. ADITI
ASHOK MAKES HISTORY BY WINNING THE WOMEN'S INDIAN OPEN
i. Aditi
Ashok is an Indian professional golfer who has scripted history by winning the
women’s Indian open.
ii. She became
the first Indian woman to win a Ladies European Tour title by clinching the
Hero Women’s Indian Open.
