NATIONAL
UPDATES:
1.The Indian Army launched an
Independent and Fully-Integrated Joint Training Node(JTN) at Umroi cantonment
in Shillong, Mehghalaya: The
concept was envisaged keeping in mind the conducive weather terrain offering
optimal training environment.
2.India to have middle income
country by 2047 - World Bank:
Praising India’s increasing per capita income, World Bank CEO Kristalina
Georgieva said she has no doubt India will be a high-middle income country by
2047,when it completes 100 years of Independence. She further lauded India for
the 30-rank jump in Ease of Doing Business ranking, terming it the biggest leap
ever in the history of the survey.
3.Parliamntary panel to submit
report on Sino-Indian ties - Shashi Tharoor: The parliamentary committee on external affairs plans
to submit a comprehensive report on Sino-Indian ties next year, and is
currently looking at the “extremely topical” Doklam issue, panel chairman
Shashi Tharoor has said. “Just as this year we submitted to Parliament a report
on Indo-Pakistan relations, similarly for next summer we want to submit a
report on Sino-Indian relations,” he said.
4. Goa to host Nobel prize
event in February 2018: The
Goa government signed trilateral MoU with the Department of Bio-Technology,
Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India and Nobel Media, Sweden
to hold the ‘Nobel Prize Series-India 2018 to be hold form Feb 1-2018 in Goa. The
Nobel series has earlier been organized in Gujarat.
5. Glide Bomb successfully
test-fire by DRDO: Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF)
successfully tested an indigenously-built lightweight ‘glide bomb’. It was
launched at the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, Odisha. The ‘glide bomb’ is
named as Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW). It was released from the IAF
aircraft and guided through precision navigation system.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1. Lebanese PM Saad al-Hariri
resigns: Lebanese Prime
Minister Saad al-Hariri resigned unexpectedly. Saad al-Hariri has said after
his resignation that, he sensed a plot to target his life and feared the same
fate as his assassinated father if he remained as leader. Saad al-Hariri became
Lebanon’s Prime Minister in 2016 and headed a 30-member national unity cabinet.
2.Saudi Arabia intercepts
missile targeted at Riyadh airport: Saudi Arabia’s military forces intercepted a ballistic
missile fired towards the international airport in Capital Riyadh. The 800-Km
range missile was destroyed over the capital and fragments landed in the airport
area.
3. Asia’s largest Island-Building
Vessel: China unveiled
Asia’s largest artificial island-building ship. The 140-metre-long vessel,
which has been dubbed as “magic island maker”, is capable of digging 6,000
cubic metres an hour. The boat named Tian Kun Hao is equivalent of three
standard swimming pools.
4.China to build world’s
highest planetarium in Tibet in 2018: China will begin construction of the world’s highest
planetarium next year in Tibet, which is often dubbed “Roof of the World”,
being 4,000 meters above sea level. Planned to be completed in 2019, the
planetarium in Tibetan capital Lhasa would benefit from clear skies due to
altitude and have the region’s largest optical astronomical telescope.
5. World Tsunami Awareness
Day – November5: The World
Tsunami Awareness Day was observed across the world on 5 November. The theme
for 2017 WTAD is ‘Reduce the Number of Affected People’. The day is
celebrated to spread awareness among people across the world in matters related
to the dangers of tsunami. It was observed across the world in 2016 with the
theme ‘Effective Education and Evacuation Drills’.
OTHER UPDATES:
SPORTS:
1.Mary Kom named Women’s Youth
World Championship Ambassador: Five time world champion and Olympic bronze medalist MC Mary Kom has
been named as the ambassador of the upcoming AIBA Women’s Youth World
Championships. The event is being held in Guwahati, Assam is scheduled to be
held from November 19 to 26.
2.Indian Women’s hockey team
wins Asia Cup after 13 years: The Indian women’s Hockey team defeated Two-time Asia Cup champion
China to clinch the Hockey Asia Cup for the second time. The match had ended in
a 1-1 stalemate after regulation time and India went to win the match 5-4 in
the penalty shootout.
BUSINESS/
ECONOMY:
1.AU small finance bank gets
scheduled commercial bank status: AU Small Finance bank has received Reserve Bank of India(RBI) approval
to operate as schedule commercial bank. Now AU Small Finance bank will be able
to do borrowing and lending with RBI under Liquidity Adjustment Facility(LAF)
and Marginal Standing Facility(MSF).
2. Air New Zealand named
Airline Of The Year for 5th time: Air New Zealand has been named Airline Of The Year for the fifth
consecutive year by AirlineRatings.com. It has also topped the top 10 airlines
for 2018 list, followed by Quantas Airways, Singapore Airlines, Virgin
Australia and Virgin Atlantic.
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