DAILY GK 17,18 NOV
1.
YUDH ABHYAS 22 – 18TH EDITION OF INDIA-US JOINT
MILITARY TRAINING EXERCISE
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18th edition of the Indo-United States (US) joint military training
exercise ‘YUDH ABHYAS 22’ begins at Auli in Chamoli
district, Uttrakhand
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This exercise will be carried out at the new Foreign
Training Node (FTN), built at a high altitude in Uttarakhand’s
Auli
2.
CLIMATE CHANGE PERFORMANCE INDEX 2023
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The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2023 released
which was published by three environmental non-governmental organizations viz.
Germanwatch, NewClimate Institute and the Climate Action Network (CAN)
International.
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India climbed two spots to bag 8th position out of 63 with
a score of 67.35, and achieved ‘High’ performance rating.
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The CCPI 2023 is topped by Denmark with High rating
but overall it is ranked at 4th position. It is followed by
Sweden and Chile at 5th and 6th position
respectively.
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India ranked at top in the grouping of top 10
emitters. It is followed by Germany and Japan at 2nd and 3rd positions
of this grouping.
3.
ESAF BANK GETS TOP ‘BEST IN CLASS’ ESG
RATINGS FROM CAREEDGE
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ESAF Small Finance Bank (ESAF SFB) awarded with the ‘Best in
Class’ rating for Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices from
CareEdge Ratings.
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ESAF is the first
Indian member bank of the Global Alliance on Banking on Values (GAVB).
4.
NINE SPECIAL VOSTRO ACCOUNTS OPENED
FOR TRADE IN RUPEE AFTER RBI APPROVAL
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the opening of nine special Vostro accounts with two Indian
banks—UCO Bank and IndusInd Bank—to promote overseas trade in Indian rupees
(INR).
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Sberbank and VTB Bank,
the top two banks in Russia, opened accounts with their own branch offices in
India and became the first foreign lenders to receive the approval.
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Russia’s Gazprombank,
which has no branches in India, has also created this account with the
state-run UCO Bank (Kolkata).
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Six different Russian
banks have also opened accounts with IndusInd Bank.
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UCO Bank already has a
vostro account-based facility in Iran.
5.
RBI IMPOSES RS 12 LAKH FINE ON SIX CO-OPERATIVE BANKS,
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) fined nine entities,
including six co-operative banks and three Sahakari banks
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A total of Rs
11.60 lakh (Rs 12 lakh) was imposed for violating various
banking norms.
6.
OPEN GETS RBI NOD FOR PAYMENT AGGREGATOR LICENCE
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted in principle
approval to Open, a neo-banking fintech, for
a Payment Aggregator Gateway
(PA/PG) licence.
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The RBI announced the
Payment Aggregator (PA) Framework in March 2020, requiring all payment gateways
to obtain a licence in order to acquire merchants and provide payment services
to merchants.
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Open was founded in
2017 as a neo-banking platform. It provides Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
with a comprehensive financial platform to automate their finances.
7.
SUMEET ANAND CONFERRED WITH THE LEGION D’HONNEUR BY
EMMANUEL LENAIN
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Sumeet Anand, Founder of IndSight
Growth Partners and President of the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce &
Industry (IFCCI)
conferred with the Chevalier de
la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the National Order of the French Legion of
Honour) by Emmanuel Lenain, Ambassador of France to India.
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The Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneuris instituted by Napoleon
Bonaparte in 1802
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It is the highest civilian award given by the French Republic
for outstanding contribution to the recipient’s field of expertise, regardless
of nationality.
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The 1st Indian to be awarded the Legion of Honour was Maharaja
Pratap Singh of Idar, Gujarat, in 1918.
8.
GOVT APPOINTS ARVIND VIRMANI AS
FULL-TIME MEMBER OF NITI AAYOG
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the appointment
of Arvind Virmani,
Founder & Chairman of Foundation for Economic Growth & Welfare, as
Full-Time Member of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog
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At present NITI Aayog has 3 members: Prof. Ramesh Chand, Dr
VK Saraswat and Dr VK Paul.
9.
GOVT NOMINATES VIVEK JOSHI AS DIRECTOR ON RBI’S
CENTRAL BOARD
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The government nominated Vivek Joshi as
a Director on the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
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Vivek Joshi is currently
serving as the Secretary of the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of
Finance.
10.
NASA’S SLS ROCKET, ORION SPACECRAFT
LAUNCHED TO THE MOON
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s)
launched its Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world,
the agency’s Orion spacecraft to the moon, as a part of the Artemis Program.
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It is Launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape
Canaveral, Florida, United States of America(USA).
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Orion is planned to
travel approximately 40,000 miles beyond the Moon and return to Earth over the
course of 25.5 days.
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The mission, dubbed
Artemis I, marks the first flight of NASA’s SLS rocket
and Orion spacecraft together.
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The mission launched
almost 50 years after the end of the Apollo programme, aims to put astronauts
back on the lunar surface.
11.
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR TOLERANCE 2022
– NOVEMBER 16
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International Day for Tolerance was established to mark the
adoption of The Declaration of
Principles on Tolerance by the General Conference of
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
at its 28th session in Paris, France, on 16th November 1995.
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UNESCODirector-General- Audrey Azoulay,Headquarters- Paris,
France
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Establishment- 1945 (came into force in 1946),Members- 193
members and 11 Associate members.
12.
NATIONAL PRESS DAY 2022 – NOVEMBER
16
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National Press Day is annually observed across India on 16th
November to commemorate the day on which the Press Council of India(PCI)
started its function as the moral watchdog to ensure that press maintains the
high standards and is not fettered by any form of influence or threats.
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The day also aims to
highlight its importance as the 4th pillar of democracy(Media).
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The theme
of National Press Day 2022 is “The Media’s Role is Nation
Building”.
13.
DIGITAL SHAKTI 4.0 TO DIGITALLY EMPOWER WOMEN &
GIRLS IN CYBERSPACE
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The National Commission for Women (NCW) in collaboration
with CyberPeace Foundation and Meta launched the fourth phase
of the Digital Shakti Campaign, Digital Shakti 4.0, a
pan-India project on digitally empowering and skilling women and girls in
cyberspace.
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Digital Shakti 4.0 campaign mainly focuses on making women
digitally skilled and on creating awareness against any illegal or
inappropriate activity online.
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This collaboration empowers women and girls to use technology
to their advantage and to keep themselves safe online.
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In 2018, Digital Shakti 1.0 was launched to help
women across India to create digital awareness, to build resilience, and fight
cybercrime in the most effective ways.
14.
INDIA BECOMES THE WORLD’S 2ND LARGEST PRODUCER OF
STEEL
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According to the World Steel Association, India has become
the world’s 2nd largest
producer of Crude Steel after China in 2018 and 2019, replacing Japan.
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India’s crude steel
production in 2018 was 109.3 million tonnes (MT), an increase of 7.7% from
101.5 MT in 2017.
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Top 5 Crude steel
producers in the world in 2018 & 2019 are: China, India, Japan, the United
States of America (USA), and South Korea.
15.
17TH G20 SUMMIT 2022 IN BALI
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The Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi paid an
official visit to Bali, Indonesia to attend the 17th G20 (Group
of twenty) Summit.
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He was invited by the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo.
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The summit was held under the Indonesian Presidency on the
theme of ‘Recover Together, Recover Stronger’.
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G20 Summit Agenda includes three working session’s
viz. food and energy security; health; and digital transformation.
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Indonesia’s President handed over the G20 presidency to
India which will officially assume the G20 Presidency from December 1,
2022, and will focus on the theme of ‘VasudhaivaKutumbakam’ or ‘One
Earth One Family One Future’ underlining equitable growth and
shared future for all.
16.
SURAJ BHAN APPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN OF NPS
TRUST
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Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority (PFRDA) has appointed Suraj Bhan as the Chairman of
the board of National Pension System Trust (NPST)
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NPST was established by PFRDA as per the provisions of the
Indian Trusts Act of 1882.
17. MK30: AMAZON UNVEILS
DESIGN OF AIR DELIVERY DRONE
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Amazon has unveiled the design of an Air delivery drone ‘MK30’,
which will handle high temperatures and light rain, will enter into service in
2024 by replacing MK27-2.
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The Transport packages
weigh up to five pounds while flying hundreds of feet.
18.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ DAY 2022 –
NOVEMBER 17
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International Students’ Day is annually observed across the
globe on November 17 to ensure that every student
across the globe has access to education.
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Originally, the day was
established to remember the students who died in World War II and to remember
the events that took place in Prague during World War II in 1939.