NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
Bank deposits with RBI hit record high after
demonetization: In the wake of demonetisation, bank deposits with the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) have reached a record high of Rs. 4.3 trillion, beating the earlier
record of Rs. 1.7 trillion in May 2009. The RBI accepts money from various
banks by offering government securities as collateral. The Indian banking
system had collected deposits worth Rs. 5.12 trillion as of 18 November.
2.
IIT Kharagpur named top university in India for jobs: For the second time in a row, IIT Kharagpur has been named the top
university in India in terms of jobs and placements, by QS Employability
Ranking of top 200 universities across the world. IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIT
Delhi and Delhi University also feature on the list. Stanford University in the
US has topped the list globally.
3. Government appoints new NHAI Chairman: The government has appointed Yudhvir Singh Malik as the Chairman
of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). Malik, an 83 batch Haryana
cadre IAS officer, was earlier
posted as special secretary in Niti Aayog.
4. BHEL commissions 93 MW
unit at RIL’s Hazira Power Plant:
State-run power equipment
maker BHEL has commissioned a 93 MW steam turbine-based captive power plant
(CPP) at Hazira in Gujarat for Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL).
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
1.
Turkey to chair 2017 Energy
Club of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation:
Turkey will chair the Energy Club of
the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in 2017. With this, it became the
first non-full member country to be the chairman of a club in the
organisation. Ankara's proposal for non-SCO member countries to host the term
presidency of the Energy Club was accepted in a meeting on 22 November 2016.
2.
China launches Tianlian
I-04 satellite: China has successfully launched the
Tianlian I-04 satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in Sichuan
province of Southwest China. This data satellite was launched on a Long
March-3C carrier rocket. The launch of the Tianlian I-04 marks the 241st
mission of China's Long March series of rockets.
3.
Donald Trump picks
Indian-American Nikki Haley as UN Envoy:
US President-elect Donald Trump has
chosen South Carolina's Indian-American Governor Nikki Haley as US ambassador
to the United Nations. Haley will be the first woman to join Trump's
administration. She would replace Samantha Power as the next US Ambassador to
the UN.
4.
ITU International
Telecommunication Union released Measuring the Information Society Report 2016:
UN International Telecommunication
Union (ITU) released the 2016 edition of the Measuring the Information Society
Report. The report was launched on 22 November 2016 during the World
Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Symposium (WTIS). WTIS was held in Botswana,
South Africa from 21 November to 23 November 2016.
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