NATIONAL
UPDATES
1. Manushi Chhillar wins
Miss World 2017 title: India’s Manushi Chhillar was crowned the coveted
Miss World crown for the year 2017. The win comes 17 years after Priyanka
Chopra brought home coveted title in the year 2000. The winner of 2016 title,
Puerto Rico’s Stephanie Del Valle passed on her crown to Ms Chhillar at a grand
event held in Sanya in China.
2. India’s first mega
Coastal Economic Zone to come up at JNPT in Maharashtra: The Union Government has given go-ahead for setting up
India’s first mega coastal economic zone (CEZ) at Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT)
in Maharashtra. The first of its kind mega CEZ will stretch along north Konkan
region spread across Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Nashik and Raigarh. About 45
companies across auto, telecom and IT sectors will soon bid for 200 hectares of
land to set up manufacturing units in zone.
3. Indira Gandhi’s 100th Birth
Anniversary observed: The 100th Birth Anniversary of Ms. Indira Gandhi was observed
today. A
commemorative programme to mark the anniversary of Gandhi held at Shakti
Sthal, New Delhi. Indira Gandhi was the only female Prime Minister of the country. She served as Prime
Minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.
4. Manmohan Singh to get Indira
Peace Prize: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh will receive the Indira Gandhi Prize for
Peace, Disarmament and Development this year for his leadership of the country
between 2004 and 2014 and for enhancing India’s stature globally. The award, comprising
a cash prize of Rs.25 lakh and a citation. It was instituted by the Indira
Gandhi Memorial trust in 1986.
5. Karnataka passes SC/ST
promotions bill: Karnataka passed ‘Karnataka Extension of Consequential
Seniority to Government Servants Promoted on the Basis of Reservation Bill
2017’. Prior to introduction of this bill, SC had struck down Karnataka Govt.’s
provision for providing reservation in promotion for SC/ST employees.
6. Delhi to form ‘Mahila Suraksha
Dals’: Deputy CM of Delhi Manish Sisodia said that, the Delhi would form
“Mahila Suraksha Dals” to curb crimes against women in the national
capital. The government would constitute these teams in coordination with the
Delhi Commission for Women. These MSDs will comprise representatives of the
local community, both men and women, besides civil defence volunteers
& will work at the grassroot-level.
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES
1. World Toilet Day observed today: The World Toilet Day (WTD) is observed every year
across the world on 19 November to raise awareness and inspire action to tackle
the global sanitation crisis. The theme for year 2017 is Wastewater. Observance
of the day seeks to draw attention of people around world to raise global
awareness of the daily struggle for proper sanitation which in fact is a human
right along with clean water.
2. NASA launches Joint Polar
Satellite System-1: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) has launched a next-generation satellite called the Joint Polar
Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) into space. JPSS-1 is a joint venture between NASA
and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It was launched
into orbit atop United Launch Alliance-built Delta II rocket from Vandenberg
Air Force Base in California. It will be renamed NOAA-20 when it reaches its
final orbit.
OTHER UPDATES
BUSINESS/ECONOMY:
1. Swiss parliamentary panel
approves automatic information exchange with India: Paving the way for India to get instant
access to details on Indians with Swiss accounts, a key parliamentary panel in
Switzerland has approved an automatic information exchange pact between the two
countries. The Commission for Economic Affairs and Taxes of the Council of
States — a key panel of the Swiss Parliament’s Upper House — approved the
proposed pact with India as also with 40 other countries, but suggested
strengthening the provisions for individual legal claims.
2. Anand Baiwar becomes Executive Director of SEBI: Markets regulator SEBI said Anand
Rajeshwar Baiwar has taken charge as an executive director. An Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the
1990 batch, Baiwar assumed office on November 16. Baiwar will look after the investigation department and
division of foreign portfolio investors and custodians. Prior to this assignment, he was working as an income tax
commissioner in Kolkata.
3. Reliance General Insurance and YES Bank ink bancassurance pact: Reliance General
Insurance has signed a comprehensive bancassurance-corporate agency agreement
with YES Bank. YES Bank will enable RGI to reach a large base of retail
and MSME clients.
SPORTS:
1. Cheteshwar Pujara becomes third Indian to bat on
all five days of a Test:
Cheteshwar
Pujara joined an elite list of players on Monday as he became the third Indian
batsman to bat on all five days of a Test match. This was after he came out to
the crease on the last day of the first Test against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens,
Kolkata. The two other Indians who have achieved this rare feat are ML Jaisimha
and current India head coach Ravi Shastri.
2. India to host Asia Cup of Road
Racing (ACRR): Round 3 of FIM Asia Cup of Road Racing (ACRR) was held at the Buddh
International Circuit in Greater Noida, India. Top bikers will participate in
round three of the FIM ACRR. India will be represented by Sai Rahil Pillarisetty and
Israel Vanlalhruaizela, who are fourth in the standings after the first two
rounds in Thailand and Taiwan.
OBITUARIES:
1. Former Wimbledon champion
Jana Novotna dies at 49: Former World No 2
Jana Novotna died peacefully in her sleep, surrounded by her family, at 49 on
Sunday. She had been battling with cancer for a long time. The player from
Czech Republic won 17 Grand Slam titles through her career – 12 in doubles,
four in mixed doubles and her solitary Slam in singles came at Wimbledon in 1998.
She beat Frenchwoman Nathalie Tauziat in the final and thus became the last
Czech player to win a Slam until Petra Kvitova won in 2011.
