DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 23RD NOV 2016
(Daily News India)
1.
PORTUGUESE PRIME MINISTER TO BE THE CHIEF GUEST OF 14TH PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS
i. Prime
Minister of Portugul Antonio Costa will be the Chief Guest at the 14th Pravasi
Bharatiya Divas which will be held in Bengaluru from January 7 to 9, 2017.
ii. The vice
president of the Republic of Suriname, Michael Ashwin Satyandre Adhin, will be
the Special Guest at the Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.
iii. Every
year on January 9 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated to mark the
contribution of overseas Indian community in the development of India.
2.
DELHI’S KHAN MARKET, WORLD’S 28TH MOST EXPENSIVE RETAIL LOCATION
i. The New
Delhi’s Khan Market has the world’s 28th most expensive retail location
globally.
ii. List of
Top 5 Expensive Retail Market
a. New York Upper 5th Avenue
b. Hong Kong Causeway Bay
c. Paris Avenue des Champs Elysees
d. London New Bond Street
e. Tokyo Ginza
3. INDIA
RANKED 20TH ON CLIMATE CHANGE PERFORMANCE INDEX 2017
i. India has been ranked 20th on Climate
ChangePerformance Index 2017 according to Germanwatch and Climate Action
Network Europe Publication.
ii. Positive
trends are seen as well among emerging economies of G20 like India ranked on 20th
place.
iii. France
is on the lead topped among all other countries.
4. 2016
ECONOMIC LEADERS’ WEEK HELD IN LIMA, PERU
i. 2016
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders’ Week came to an end on 20
November 2016 in Lima, Peru.
ii. The
theme of the meet was “Quality growth and human development.”
ii. The aim
of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit is to bring the 21 member
countries of APEC together and discuss about economic growth, international
trade policies and improvement of life conditions.
5. PANKAJ
PATEL ELECTED AS FICCI PRESIDENT FOR 2017
i. Pankaj
Patel was elected as the President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce
and Industry for the year 2017.
ii. He will
replace Harshavardhan Neotia completes his term in December 2016.
iii. Federation
of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry is the largest and oldest apex
business organization in India.
iv. Its main
business expand business opportunities both in domestic and foreign markets
through a range of specialized services and global linkages.
