Daily GK Updates - 10th November, 2016

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1. New series of Rs 500 & 2,000 notes to be available from today: Union Finance Minister ArunJaitley has announced that the new series of 500 and 2,000 rupees notes will be available in banks and post-offices from today and assured that there will be adequate availability of the new notes in the coming days.

2. ATMs to dispense Rs 50 notes from Nov 11: RBI: Come November 11, ATMs in the country will also dispense banknotes of Rs. 50 denomination. Currently, the lowest denomination note a customer can get at an ATM is Rs. 100.

3. Nadda launches “Healthy India Initiative” magazine and mobile app: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda has launched Healthy India Initiative magazine and No More Tension mobile App for the promotion of health and to strengthen the health communications programmes.

4.Union Government launches Smart India Hackathon: The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has launched Smart India Hackathon 2017. It is the world’s largest digital national building initiative. 

5.Delhi Declaration on Agro-biodiversity Management adopted: The 1st International Agro-biodiversity Congress that was held in New Delhi from 6 November to 9 November 2016 concluded with the adoption of Delhi Declaration on Agro biodiversity Management. The event saw the participation of 900 participants from 60 countries.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1.Twitter COO Adam Bain is stepping down: In a big loss to Twitter, the company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) Adam Bain who was in charge of the micro-blogging website’s revenue business has decided to leave the company. 

2.China launches pulsar navigation satellite: China has launched a navigation satellite, which will conduct in-orbit experiments using pulsar detectors to demonstrate new technologies. The X-ray pulsar navigation satellite was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center today.

OTHER UPDATES:

AWARDS:

1. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat today conferred the Uttarakhand Ratna award on his arch rival and former chief minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari on the occasion of the state's 17th foundation day. 

2. Professor Raj Bisaria to get Madhya Pradesh government govt's Kalidas Samman for Theatre: Renowned theatre personality and Padma Shri, Prof Raj Bisaria is all set to weave another feather in his cap with the Madhya Pradesh government honouring him with its prestigious 'KalidasSamman' national award for 2015-16 for achievement in theatre.