NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
Governing Council of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)
constituted under the chairmanship of Finance Minister: The
GC will be chaired by the Union Minister and the members included Secretary:
DEA, Secretary: Financial Services, Arundhati Bhattacharya, Hemendra Kothari, T
V Mohandas Pai.
2.
AMRUT Action Plans for 81 cities approved with total project outlay of 5748
crore rupees: The 81 cities are in 5 states viz. Tamil
Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Mizoram.
3. Standard Chartered names
Zarin Daruwala as new India CEO.
4. Global Cancer Summit on Nov 18-20: Global
Cancer Summit, a three-day programme focussed on understanding and suggesting
strategies to tackle cancer, will be organised from November 18-20 at the
Indian Institute of Science.
5. Axis Mutual Fund launches Children’s
Gift Fund: Axis Mutual Fund announced its new fund
offer, the Children’s Gift Fund. This is Axis’ first goal-based investment
option, the MF house said. Investments can only be made for a minor,
represented by a parent or guardian.
6. World Bank, Andhra Pradesh ink $75
million credit deal for rural project: The project seeks to
enhance agricultural incomes of small and marginal farmers and ensure increased
access to services related to health, nutrition, sanitation and social
entitlements.
7. Competition Commission of India (CCI)
slaps Rs 258 cr penalty on Jet Airways, IndiGo and SpiceJet.
8. Andhra Pradesh Government decided to
waive off 110 crore loans of over 25000 weavers.
9. Foundation stone of first Mega Food
Park of Telangana laid: Union Minister of Food Processing
Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal laid the foundation stone of the first Mega Food
Park in Telangana.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
Marriott International to acquire Starwood Hotels and Resorts worldwide: With
this, Marriott International is set to become world’s largest hotel company.
The all-cash deal is valued at 12.2 billion US dollars.
2.
India, China agreed to deepen defence ties, maintain peace at LAC: Both
the countries decided to deepen bilateral defence ties and maintain peace and
tranquillity at the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
3.
India and Bangladesh agreed to share Militant Information: Both
the countries agreed to share information on militants as home secretaries of
the two neighbours concluded their talks here reviewing internal security and
other cross-border issues.
4.
2015 G20 Summit held in Antalya, Turkey: It was the 10th
summit since the inception of G20 in 1999. The focus of the summit was to
evolve strategies to ensure inclusive and robust growth through collective
action.
OTHER UPDATES:
SPORTS:
1. FIFA
banned Nepal football Chief Ganesh Thapa for 10 years for corruption.
2. Siril Verma
clinched silver at World Junior Badminton Championships held at Lima, Peru.
3.
Australian Cricketer Mitchell Johnson retires from International cricket.
4.
Czech Republic defeated Russia to retain Fed Cup: The victory marked a fourth Fed Cup success for the Czech
Republic in five years.
OBITUARIES:
5. VHP leader Ashok Singhal died at the
age of 89.
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