NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
President approves payment of 2% DA from July 1:
President
Pranab Mukherjee on 04 November 2016 approved the 2% hike in Dearness Allowance
to central government employees, a move that could benefit 50.68 lakh employees
and 54.24 lakh pensioners.
2.
Switzerland appoints Ranveer Singh as brand ambassador: Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh has been now named the first Indian
ambassador for Switzerland Tourism.Singh will now be in charge of promoting
Switzerland Tourism’s campaign for 2017 – “Nature wants you back!”
3.
Twitter India MD Parminder Singh
resigns: Two days after Twitter
India head Rishi Jaitly announced his exit, the microblogging network’s MD for
India, Southeast Asia and Middle East and North Africa region (MENA). Singh’s
departure marks a series of high-level changes in Twitter’s management, even as
the company’s growth slows down globally and layoffs continue at its offices
around the world.
4. Centre imposes Rs
10,000 crore penalties on RIL and its partners:
Government
has slapped a nearly 10,000 crore rupee fines on Reliance Industries Limited
(RIL) and its partners BP and Niko for pumping out gas that flowed to the
Krishna Godavari-D6 Block from an adjoining field owned by ONGC.
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
1.
First World Tsunami Day
observed: The First World Tsunami Awareness Day is being observed today
across the world. The theme for the year is Effective Education and Evacuation
Drills.The observance of the day will help to spread awareness among people
across the world in matters related to the dangers of the tsunami.
2.
Sonu Sood’s Xuanzang is
China’s official entry to Oscars: China
has selected historical-adventure film Xuanzang, which co-stars Bollywood actor
Sonu Sood, as its official entry for the 89th Academy Awards.The project is a
part of the three-film agreement signed between India and China.
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