Current Affairs

Persons in News
Hockey India president Narinder Batra (59-year) has become the first Indian to be elected
the President of the International Hockey Federation(IHF).
A Chinese security official Meng Hongwei (first Chinese official) has been elected as
the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) at the closing ceremony of Interpols
85th General Assembly held in Bali, Indonesia.
According to the United Nation (UN), Russian Tennis star Maria Sharapova will be once
again goodwill ambassador when her doping ban expires in April next year and she returns to
International Tennis competition.
Indias No. 1 software services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has nominated Ishaat
Hussain as interim chairman of TCS in place of Cyrus Mistry.
Ratnesh Kumar appointed as the new CEO and MD of Bank of Baroda Capital Markets Ltd.
Rajeshwar Rao appointed as Executive Director by RBI.Mr. Rao has been appointed to look after the
Department of Statistics and Information Management, Financial Markets Operation Department and
International Department.
Vani Venkatesh appointed as CEO Retail by Airtel.
PM Modi to become the mascot for Incredible India.
Aniruddha Rajput selected as a member of International Law Commission (ILC).
R. Subramania Kumar was given additional charge of the post of Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer of Indian Overseas Bank for three months.
Former India captain Rahul Dravid has been made brand ambassador for the second T20 World
Cup for the Blind in a offer to create awarness about the tournament.
The United States presidential election of 2016, held on November 8, 2016, was the 58th U.S.
presidential
election. Donald
Trump the Republican nominee defeated
the Democratic
nominee Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump, age 70, became the oldest person ever to be elected as
president. He was born in 1946.Trump will assume the office as the 45th President from January 20,
2017.
Former Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod Rai has been appointed as the chairman of
the Fund Trustee and Advisory Commission (FTAC), Kerela.
BJPs Avinash Khanna all set to be appointed NHRC member.
Sanjiv Arora appointed as the new Ambassador of India to the Republic of Lebanon.
Kristalina Georgieva appointed as the new CEO of IBRD and IDA.
Bindeshwar Pathak is the brand ambassador for Swachh Rail Mission.
Sarabjit Singh Marwah (India-born) has become the first Sikh to be appointed to the Canadian
Senate.
Taylor Swift Is the Worlds Highest-Paid Woman in Music for 2016 : Forbes.
B Nagabhushana Reddy concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of
Benin.
Bishwadip Dey concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Commonwealth of
Dominica.
Kamala Harris set to become first Indian-American US Senator.
Bollywood Actor Ranveer Sing was named the first Indian ambassador for promoting 2017
Switzerland Tourisms campaign- Nature wants you back.
Tamil Nadu based private sector bank Equitas Small Finance Bank has roped in Indian offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin as its brand ambassador.
Kim Byong-Joon is the new Prime Minister of South Korea.

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 The Former head of EU humanitarian affairs and vice-president of the European

commission Kristalina Georgieva has been appointed the chief executive of the World Bank.
Lebanons parliament has elected Michel Aoun as president, ending a political stand-off that has left
the post empty for more than two years.
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has appointed New Zealands Jason McCracken as
its Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra has appointed former Chief Justice of Orissa High
Court Bilal Nazki as the chairperson of the State Human Rights Commission (JKHRC).
India-born Rajeev Misra has been appointed as Head of SoftBank Vision Fund.
The Tata Sons Board has appointed Ratan Tata (78-year) as the interim chairman of the group
for four months at a Board meeting in Mumbai.
Mariano Rajoy re-elected as Spanish Prime Minister.
Deepak Upadhyay re-appointed as Nepals envoy to India.
Ashok Chawla Took Over As Non-Executive Chairman Of Yes Bank.
Forbes Fab 40 List MS Dhoni Still No 1 Indian Athlete.
Karnal Singh appointed as chief of Enforcement Directorate.

Obituaries

Legendary singer and poet Leonard Cohen passed away .

Noted geophysicist Janardhan Negi passes away.
Janet Reno, the first female attorney general of U.S. passed away in Florida.
Lulu Mohapatra, Senior Odisha Congress Leader passes away.
Former Union minister of state Jayawantiben Mehta passes away.
Pandit Amaradeva, Padma Shri singer and composer passed away.
Former J&K Deputy CM Mangat Ram Sharma passes away.
Gandhiji kin, ex-NASA scientist Kanubhai passed away.
Football World Cup trophy designer Silvio Gazzaniga dies at 95.
Broadway Star Tammy Grimes Died.
Noted Hindi writer Hridyesh Mehrotra was passed away at Shahjahanpur.
Japans Prince Mikasa, worlds oldest royal passes away.
The first woman who conquered Mount Everest Junko Tabei passes away.
Goas First Woman Chief Minister Shashikala Kakodkar Dies At 81.
Brazil World Cup hero Carlos Alberto passes away.
Cambodias first post-Khmer Rouge prime minister dies at 80.
Tom Hayden, famed anti-Vietnam war activist passes away.

Awards
Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Harish Rawat has conferred the Uttarakhand Ratna award to the
Ex-chief minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari (91-year) on the occasion of the states 17th foundation day.
President Pranab Mukherji awarded the Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam INGITE Awards to the children who
won the IGNITE competition at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
2016 RSF TV5 Monde Press Freedom Prize awarded to Hadi Abdullah(Syria).
Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award bagged by Roger Federer for 12th time.
SAIL won Golden Peacock Award for corporate governance.
Solar Bones author Mike McCormack had won the Goldsmiths Prize.
Pulimurugan first Malayalam film to enter Rs 100cr club.

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 Mr. Shamik Chaudhary, PhD in Environmental Engineering has won the German Green Talent
Award 2016.
Saudi Arabia has awarded eight scientists International Prize for Water at a ceremonyat United
Nations headquarters in New York.
The Kathmandu University conferred an Honorary Doctorate on the President of India in his recent
Nepal visit.
Haryana govt conferred award for e-governance.
Meryl Streep considered for Golden Globes lifetime award.
PM gives away Ramnath Goenka Awards for Excellence in Journalism 2016.
Indian actor Rekha to get Lifetime Achievement Award at Dubai film fest.
Veteran journalist S Nihal Singh has been awarded with Raja Ram Mohan Roy Awardfor his
outstanding contribution to journalism.
Indian National Award winning documentary Daughters of Mother India has won the first
prize in the Documentary Film category at the sixth CAM International Film Festival in
Cairo, Egypt.
Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar awarded Sakharov Prize 2016.
Paul Beatty has become the first US author to win the Man Booker Prize for The Sellout.
All India Radio (AIR) has won the first prize in the Community Service Announcement
category of the prestigious Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) awards for this year.
Bengaluru-based water tanker driver G Balakrishna (25-year) has won the Mr. Asia titleat the 5th
Phil-Asia bodybuilding championships in the Philippines.
AIIMS, Ganga Ram doctors chosen for Dr. B C Roy award.
Naseeruddin Shah among 54 personalities selected for Yash Bharti awards in UP.

Economy/Banking/Finance
The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the country increased by 77.5% to 5.15 billion Dollar in
September this year.
The market intelligence wing of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has handed over to the West
Bengal finance department a list of 194 dubious financial entities still collecting deposits illegally
from the state.
Direct tax collections have soared over 10 % to Rs 3.77 Lakh cr during the April-October period of
2016-17 on higher personal tax receipts.
HCC first company to get approval for Debt Recast by RBI.RBI has granted approval of Rs.
5000 crore Debt recast under its scheme, Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets (S4A) to the
construction giant, Hindustan Construction company.
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Limited Issued small finance bank Licence By RBI.
Indias first small finance bank Capital Small Finance Bank Ltd, has commenced operations with
10 branches from November 12 2016 in Jalandhar ,Punjab.The bank ceases to exist with effect
from April 24, 2016.
Paytm buys Shopsity for offline boost.
With the banning of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 note, Union Government has further announced that
depositing cash above 2.5 lakh rupees in any account between 10 November to 30 December
2016 will be subjected to tax with a 200 percent penalty in case of income mismatch.
Kumbakonam based City Union Bank has introduced a robot on pilot basis to improve customer
service. The robot is named CUB-LAKSHMI. The robot has been introduced in Thyagaraya Nagar
branch of Chennai.
Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi while addressing the nation on November 8 2016,
made a historical announcement that the Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 currency notes currently in use will

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no longer be legal tender from midnight 8th November 2016 that is these notes will not be accepted
for any kind of transactions from midnight onwards.
Standard Chartered Bank launched Unified Payments Interface (UPI) solution on
8th November 2016 for its corporate and financial institutional and commercial banking customers.
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inugurated the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations
i.e. 60th Anniversary of Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited (ECGC) on
November 8, 2016 in New Delhi.
UCO Bank told that it would raise Rs.271 crore from Life Insurance Corporation of India
in preferential allotment of equal shares at Rs.37.74 apiece.
Indias third largest private sector bank Axis Bank has announced its partnership with Flipkart to
launch Axis Bank Buzz Credit Card.
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Indian Army and Corporation Bank
on the Defence Salary Package.
Life Insurance Corp., has been the countrys most attractive brand in the banking and financial
services segment for the third year.
Economy likely to grow at 7.6 per cent in 2016-17: NCAER.
Indias gross-value added growth to hit 7.6% this yr: DBS
Google Capital the companys venture arm that focuses on growth-stage companies as opposed to
earlier-stage startups is now CapitalG.
GST Council introduces a 4 tier Tax Structure.The tax slabs are fixed at 5, 12, 18 and 28
percent.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Mumbai-based RBL
Bank announced a new loan portfolio guarantee that will facilitate up to $75 million for lending to
small and medium enterprises (SMEs) operating in off-grid, solar rooftops, and energy efficiency
sectors.
YES BANK,Countrys 5th largest private sector lender has launched its YES MOBILE
2.0 mobile Banking app with multiple industry first features, and extensive support for Banking
transactions on Apple and Android based Smart Watches.
TRAI set 512 kbps as minimum broadband speed in India.
The Indian government and three state-run firms would jointly prepared an equity fund of up to $2
billion for renewable energy companies to help New Delhi meet its clean energy goals.
SEBI granted in-principle approval to BSE for global exchange.
ICICI Bank has launched home loan overdraft facility for salaried customers against their home
loans.
The Income Tax department announced that the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act,
2016 (BTP Amendment Act), came into force from 1st November 2016 in order to give more teeth to
the authorities to curb benami transactions.
The RBI has opened a second office of the Banking Ombudsman in New Delhi, taking into
account the significant increase of the banking network.
Countrys Forex Reserves rose by USD 1 billion to USD 367.14 billion for the last week ended (21st
Oct)on the back of the increase in the core currency assets.
RBI has allowed Startups to raise up to $3 million of External Commercial Borrowings in a
financial year for a period of 3 years.
World Bank appoints first advisor to handle LGBT(Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender)
Discrimination.The step aims at solidifying the banks efforts to research and curb discrimination
against LGBT people across the 136 countries where its offices are present.

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 The Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) notified 100 per cent foreign direct
investment in other financial services carried out by Non-Banking Finance companies(NBFCs )
to attract foreign capital into India

National Affairs
1st Indian National Open Accuracy Paragliding takes off in HP.
Defence minister Manohar Parriakar has suggested Defence estate officials and cantonment boards
to focus on modern state of the art facilities to convert waste to energy. Defence ministry will get
special fund for Swach Bharat mission.
The first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) driven bus of India has launched in Kerala.
The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had earlier put a 1 day ban on NDTV India.
The channel was supposed to stop the telecast for November 9, 2016.
Govt. takes action for Delhi Smog shuts school for 3 days, constructions/demolitions banned
for 5 days.
Chandrabhaga, a lost Ancient River, found in Odisha.
The mineral-rich Chhattisgarh state has become the first state in the country to conduct eauction of minor mineral.
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal launched the first phase of the safe city project
which cost Rs 80 crore on November 12, 2016 in Ludhiana.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, on November 10, 2016, announced a joint venture project
worth 5000 crore with Assam government for the construction of four elevated railway tracks
between Kamakhya and New Guwahati.
A notification has been issued by the centre to extend the Armed Forces Special Powers Act
(AFSPA) in three districts of Arunachal Pradesh.
Tamil Nadu Government Enhanced Maternity Leave From 6 to 9 Months.
Janwaar is a sleepy little village in rural Bundelkhand, and is one of 57 hamlets located in the
moderate zone of the Panna National Tiger.
President Pranab Mukherjee has given his consent to payment of a 2 per cent dearness
allowance (DA) to central government employees.
AfterOperation Calm down in South Kashmir, Army is now aiming on another operationSchool
Chalo, under which it identifies areas and provides students with free coaching and make them
participate in extra-curricular activities.
The three day Buddha Mahotsava celebration kicked off in Arunachal Pradesh on November 4
2016 with vibrant cultural display from Monpa, Sajolang(Miji) Aka, Sartang, Bugun and Sherdukpen
tribes of the region at Buddha Park, Bomdila.
NGT gives green signal to Cuttack Baliyatra festival.
Test Production of the first Titanium project of the country started in Odisha.
Keeping in view the Polls of UP, BJP will flag off the Parivartan Yatra to counter the rally by UP
CM, Mr. Akhilesh Yadav.The yatra will begin in Saharanpur.
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has tied up with Google for the virtual tour of almost 280
monuments across the country.
Maharashtra is the first state in the country which will have a cyber police station in each district.
Union government has imposed anti-dumping duty on imports of steel wire rods from China to
protect domestic manufacturers from cheap inbound shipments.
Asias biggest man-made Jungle Safari will come up in a 200 acres of land in Chhattisgarh Naya
Raipur the high-tech city that will replace Raipur as states capital from November 1.
Kerala has become the third Open Defecation Free (ODF) state in the country. Earlier, Himachal
Pradesh and Sikkim had declared themselves Open Defecation Free.

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 Kejriwal App To Tackle Pollution After Diwali Delhi.

In ease of doing business Andhra Pradesh ranked no. 1 from the World Bank in India in energy
efficiency.
Delhi govt launches Rs.200Cr Yamuna riverfront project at Sonia Vihar.
Government has decided to fix the minimum wage at Rs 350 per day for unskilled agricultural
labour in C-class towns in central sphere.It was announced by Labour Minister Bandaru
Dattatreya. It will effective from November 1, 2016.
Maharashtra most farmer friendly state: NITI Aayog Index
New Year Bestu Varas is being celebrated with traditional zeal and fervour in Gujarat.
The scientists at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute have developed a new variety of
Arhar PUSA-16 (pigeon-pea) variety that matures in 120 days.
47th international film festival of India to be held in Goa.
Sports Minister Vijay Goel has granted recognition to Boxing Federation of India (BFI) as
National Sports Federation for Boxing.
The Delhi State PWD Minister Satyendra Jain has announced a three-tier air treatment system to
deal with rising air pollution in the city ahead of Diwali.
Railway minister Suresh
Prabhu has
launched
a new
train
service through video
conferencing between Anand Vihar to Ballia in Uttar Pradesh.
The Union govt. has decided to fix the minimum wage for unskilled agricultural labourin C-class
towns in central sphere at 350 rupees per day to be effective from 1stNovember.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has launched the SMS Alert Service for direct taxes for about 2.5
crore private and Government salaried employees at a function in New Delhi
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the function to mark the 50th anniversary of the
establishment of the High Court of Delhi. The theme of the Golden Jubilee Celeberations has
been fixed as Justice for all.
The first meeting of National Committee on Trade Facilitation (NCTF) was held in New Delhi.The
meeting was chaired by Cabinet Secretary P.K.Sinha.
Arun Jaitley releases Rs 1,093 cr for restoration of infra in J&K.
Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav announced to remove upper age limit for widows and divorced
women who are all applying for government jobs.
The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has laid the foundation stone of National Institute of
Archaeology at Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is celebrating its 55th raising day.

International Affairs
India has pledged about 10.95 million dollar for development activities across several UN (United
Nation)
bodies for the year 2017.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $48 millionloan deal on
7 November 2016 to help Assam improve its electricity power distribution system.
India and Japan has signed a landmark civil nuclear cooperation deal after talks between Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart Shinzo Abe.
South Africas Parliament is to debate a vote of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma amid
growing calls for him to resign after a anti-corruption probe last week raised allegations of
misconduct against the South African President.
Joint Working Group (JWG) on Fisheries formed for India and Sri Lanka.
17 Indian families among Forbes Asias 50 Richest Families, Ambani Family top among Indian.

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 China once again blocked Indias effort to join NSG in a meeting in Seoul on November 4 2016.
Out of 48 members of NSG 47 supported India except China.China wants India to sign the nonNuclear Proliferation Treaty (NPT) first before joining the NSG.
Consulate General of India, Dubai preferred to install the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of
the Nation, at its premises, and celebrate the 141st Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhai Patel,
popularly known as the Iron Man of India.
Latvia has become the first country in the Baltic Sea area to sign a Memorandum of Understanding
to link up with Chinas One Belt and One Road (OBOR) Initiative.
China orders a national census on the sources of pollution.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reports the level of carbon dioxideemissions in
the atmosphere has reached a record high in 2016.
Mr. Y.K. Sinha, High Commissioner of India inaugurated the Rabindranath Tagore Memorial
Library and Resource Centre in Sri Palee College at Horana in Sri Lanka on October 28, 2016.

Sports
Punjab National Bank beat Army XI to win Surjit Hockey.
Indias womens carrom team has defeated Sri Lanka to win the gold at the 7th World Carrom
Championship in Birmingham (UK).Apoorwa and Kajol Kumari brought the first gold medals in
the womens doubles event of the World championship.
Britains Prince Harry has announced Australia (Sydney) will host the 2018 Invictus Games for
wounded military personnel.
Mumbais Western Railways beat Haryana 4-2 to win Surjit trophy.
Rishabh Pant scores fastest hundred in Indian first class cricket.The wicketkeeper and batsman
from Delhi was playing in the Ranji Trophy against Jharkhand.
Henri Kontinen and John Peers won their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 team title at the BNP
Paribas Masters Title in Paris.
Petra Kvitova wins 2016 WTA Elite Singles Trophy.
Indian Womens hockey team lifts the Asian Champions Trophy against China.
Andy Murray became world number one after Raonic withdraws from paris masters.
India wins 29 medals at Commonwealth Wrestling Championships.
Shuttler Pratul wins Bahrain International Challenge title.
India has lifted the Mens Asian Champions Trophy against on Pakistan Hockey at Wisma Belia
Hockey Stadium,Kuantan, Malaysia.
India has won its first-ever medal in an international roller skating racing event at the ongoing
Asian Championships in Lishui, China. The trio of Dhanush Babu, Vikram Ingale and Nikhilesh
Tabhane have won the bronze in the 3,000-metre team relay event.
Lewis Hamilton won Mexican Grand Prix.
India won all five bilateral ODI series against New Zealand.
India, R Ashwin retained top spots in ICC Test rankings.
Sports Minister Vijay Goel has presented a cash award to the medal winners of RIO
Olympics and Paralympics 2016 at a function in New Delhi. Gold medalists were given 75 Lakh
rupees each, while Silver medalists got 50 Lakhs. Bronze medalists received 30 Lakh rupees each.
lastair Cook has become the first Englishman to reach 10,000 Test runs after scoring the five runs
he needed on day four of the second Investec Test against Sri Lanka at Emirates Riverside.
India beat Iran to win Kabaddi World Cup.This was Indias 3rd World Cup in the Standard Style
version of Kabaddi.
Lewis Hamilton wins 2016 United States Grand Prix.

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Science & Technology

NASA sets new World Record.The Magnetospheric Multi Scale (MMS) Mission has set a new
Guinness World Record for the highest altitude fix of a GPS signal.
The Indian Institute of technology and Defence Research & Development Organisation have inked
the MoU for Joint Advanced Technology Centre (JATC).which will be located in the IIT Delhi
campus.
The Indian Space Research Organsiation (ISRO) Chairman A S Kiran Kumar, on November
11, 2016, revealed that ISRO has started to conduct the test for its second moon
mission, Chandrayaan-II at its center in Challakere, Karnataka.
China launched pulsar navigation satellite XPNAV-1.
China launches Long March 5 Rocket.
Sampriti 2016, a joint military exercise between the troops of India and Bangladesh will take place
from 5 18 November in Tangail, Bangladesh.
NASA has successfully completed building its largest space telescope.
The Indo-Nepal Joint Military Exercise Surya Kiran-X commenced at Army Battle School, Saljhandi
in Nepal.
Magnetospheric Multiscale mission (MMS) has set the Guinness World Record for highest altitude
fix of a GPS signal at 70,000 kilometres above the surface of the Earth by NASA( National
Aeronautics and Space Administration).
China displayed its Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter in public for the first time on the function of
opening the countrys biggest meeting of aircraft makers and buyers with a show of its military
power.
The fourth edition of the India-Sri Lanka Joint Military Exercise Mitra Shakti 2016 has begun at
Sinha Regimental Centre in Ambepussa, Sri Lanka.
A 14-day India-Nepal joined military exercise, named Surya Kiran IX, began at Pithoragarh.
The landing module of the Russian spaceship Soyuz MS-01 successfully placed in the steppes of
Kazakhstan with three crew members on board was stated by Russian Mission Control Centre.

Books & Authors

An Era of Darkness The British Empire in India authored by Sashi Taroor & launched by
Vice President.
Actor Shah Rukh Khan launched his biography SRK- 25 Years of a Life by Samar Khan at an
event in Mumbai.
Back To The Roots, A definitive Guide To Grassroots & Football Development- launched by,
Shaji Prabhakaran.
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee will receive the first copy of book CHARAIVETI
(Buddhas philosophy).

Schemes
Union Human Resource Development (HRD) minister Prakash Javadekar has inaugurated
the worlds largest digital national building initiative Smart India Hackathon 2017 by handing
over a torch to technology students.
Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has launched the Pradhan
Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in Punjab.
The Union Minister of State(I/C) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap
Rudy has launched Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana (PMYY) to scale up an ecosystem of
entrepreneurship for youngsters.

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 The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda has launched Healthy India Initiative
magazine and No More Tension mobile App.The app was launched for promotion of health and to
strengthen the health communications programmes.
Gujarat government will start Deendayal generic medicine stores to sell generic medicines.
Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan launched by the Union Health and Family Welfare
Minister, J P Nadda in New Delhi.The scheme has been launched with a view to provide pregnant
women with antenatal services and required treatment at government health centres and hospitals,
free of cost on 9th of every month.
The Himachal Pradesh cabinet approved Mukhya Mantri Shikshak Samman Yojana to
motivate the teachers to give overall good results particularly in subjects like Maths, Science and
English etc.
The government of Kerala launched four projects under Nava Kerala Mission for comprehensive
development in the fields of health, education, housing and sanitation.The project was inaugurated
by the Governor of Kerala P Sathasivam.
The projects are:
i. Haritha Keralam: organic farming for agricultural development and preserving water sources
would be the main focus.
ii. Aardram: improving quality and facilities at government hospitals and to enable treatment at a
reasonable price;
iii. Life a mission to provide housing for the homeless and bring quality of life
iv. Mission to preserve public education system by bringing up novel teaching methodologies.
The Maharashtra government
along
with
the State
Child
Rights
Protection
Commission launched CHIRAG mobile application on November 9 2016 to enable the
submission of complaints related to violation of child rights.
Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labor and Employment
launched
the
Kahin-Bhi-Kabhi-Bhi medical
facilities
for The
Employees
StateInsurance Corporation (ESIC) beneficiaries of Delhi and Inaugurated the 6 bedded Day
Care Unit of ESI Dispensary on November 8 at Dwarka.
The Indian Army successfully completed the task of laying an irrigation pipeline for the villagers
in Demchok region of Eastern Ladakh.
Govt to open Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Kendra in every Parliamentary Constituency.
West Bengal Chief Minister, Ms. Mamata Banerjee has distributed 43,000 bicycles under Sabuj
Sathi to class eleventh students of state-run at a function at Jamboni, West Midnapore.
Madhubabu Aain Sahayata Sibir (MASS) to support rural voters in the ensuing panchayat polls in
February. Under the scheme, the state government would set up legal assistance cells in all 6,812
gram panchayats across the state to provide free legal consultations to deprived sections of the
society.
Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit to Chhattisgarh to marks the states 16th foundation day on
November 1, 2016. He launched the Saur Sujala Yojana in Chhattisgarh in order to provide solar
powered irrigation pumps to farmers at a subsidized price. He also inaugurates jungle safari, statue
of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya and Naya Raipur BRTS project in Chhattisgarh.
The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances
and Pensions has launched Employees Online (EO) App. The App aims to update on ACC
appointments and postings on real time basis and to bring transparency.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone of highly ambitious gas pipeline
project Urja Ganga in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

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Summits
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has inaugurated the two day Economic Editors Conference2016 in New Delhi.
BRICS Communication Ministers 2nd meeting to begin in Bengaluru.
The day-long annual conference of State Textile Ministers began in New Delhi.
PM Narendra Modi opened the 1st international Agro bio diversity congress in Delhi.
The Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Theresa May is on her official visit to India for the IndiaUK Tech Summit and to have bilateral talks with Indian PM.
The 4th Young Scientists Meet (YSM) was conducted on November 11, 2016 in New Delhi.
Competition Commission of India (CCI) will host the 2018 ICN Annual Conference.
International Competition Network (ICN) has taken this decision. The conference would take place
at New Delhi in March April 2018.
Pakistan become the 104th country to ratified the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
after Australia.
Ministry of AYUSH Inaugurates 9th Annual Meeting of International Regulatory Cooperation
for Herbal Medicines (IRCH) in New delhi.
day International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition PETROTECH-2016
inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
PM inaugurates Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Management.
6th Annual Indian Language Festival Samanvay held in New Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated first National Tribal Carnival in New Delhi.

Ranks
India Ranks 2nd in the Global Business Optimism Index.Indonesia grabbed the top spot in the list
while Philippines ranks third.
India ranked 133rd in the index among 183 nations topped by Germany.
India has moved a place up but is still 130th in the World Banks ease of doing the business ranking
for 2017.New Zealand has been ranked the top country in the world (up one place).
India has ranked 133 out of 183 countries in 2016 Global Youth Development Index compiled by
the Commonwealth Secretariat ,topped by Germany.

Important Days
World Pneumonia Day is annually held on 12th November. The theme of this year is Keep the
Promise, Stop Pneumonia Now.
Public
Service
Broadcasting Day is
being
observed
on 12th
November
to
commemorate Mahatma Gandhis first and the last visit to All India Radio (AIR).
National Education day November 11 2016.
The First World Tsunami Awareness Day was observed on November 5, 2016, Theme: Effective
Education and Evacuation Drills.
National Cancer Awareness Day was observed on 7th November every year across India.
The Ministry of AYUSH will observe National Ayurveda Day on 28th October on the occasion of
Dhanvantari Divas.

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 The Rashtriya Ekta Diwas(National Unity Day) was observed on 31stOctober, 2016 with
Integration of India as the theme Public participation in promoting integrity and eradicating
Corruption.
The United Nations Day is being observed globally on 24th October.

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