Daily Current Affairs for 30th Nov 2017 ( English)
1. India and Italy
have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for enhanced cooperation in
health sector with an objective to establish comprehensive
inter-ministerial and inter-institutional cooperation between two countries in
the field of health by pooling scientific, technical, financial and human
resources.
2. Defence Acquisition
Council (DAC) chaired by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has
approved procurement of 260 Software Defined Radios (SDR), a naval
communication sets for Indian Navy at cost of Rs. 490 crore to ramp up
surveillance on the high seas. The DAC is defence ministry’s highest decision
making body on procurement.
3. India and Singapore
have signed Bilateral Agreement which was announced during second Defence Ministers’ Dialogue
between India and Singapore held in New Delhi for Navy Cooperation that
will allow Indian Navy ships logistical support, including refuelling at
Singapore’s Changi Naval Base located near disputed South China Sea (SCS).
4. The Higher
Education Funding Agency (HEFA) has approved projects worth over Rs. 2,066
crore for six higher educational institutions (IITs Bombay, Delhi, Madras,
Kharagpur, Kanpur and NIT Suratkal) to improve the research infrastructure and
further their standing at global level. The approved funds will be in addition
to grants being given to these institutions by the government. Decision in this
regard was taken at 2nd HEFA Board meeting chaired by Chairmanship of Secretary
Higher Education.
5. ‘Clean Sea-2017’
-The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) conducted the Regional Level Marine Oil Pollution
Response Exercise at sea off Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands with an
objective to ascertain preparedness of IGC, resource agencies and other
stakeholders in responding to major oil spill in line with provisions of
National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan (NOS-DCP).
6. India’s Saikhom
Mirabai Chanu won gold medal by lifting new world record of 194kg – 85kg snatch
and 109kg clean-and-jerk in the 48 kg weight category at World Weightlifting
Championships held in Anaheim, United States. With this victory, Mirabai
Chanu became first Indian in over two decades to win the medal at the
Championships. She is only second Indian weightlifter after Karnam
Malleswari to achieve this feat. Olympic bronze medallist Karnam Malleshwari
had won the top prize in worlds twice in 1994 and 1995. She hails from Manipur
and currently is employed with the Indian Railways. She had won medals in
Commonwealth games and silver medal in women’s 48 kg weight class at 2014 Commonwealth
Games at Glasgow. Thailand’s Sukcharoen Thunya won silver medal with
total lift of 193, while Segura Ana Iris won bronze medal with 182kg lift.
7. Australian Marine
Scientists have made the use of an algorithm, which was developed by NASA
to study star charts , in order to track and identify whale sharks. The project mainly
relied on photos sent by the citizen scientists and eco-tourists. Brad Norman
has collected around 30,000 photos of the species from citizen scientists from
54 countries around the world. The extensive research project applied the
technology developed by NASA to examine the distinctive spots that appear
on whale sharks.
8. The inaugural
edition of the Indian Sports Honours , which was held in Mumbai , is a
joint initiative by Indian Skipper Virat Kohli and Sanjiv Geonka to
support the development of Indian sports. Main Honours ( SJFI-EnY
Process) Ace Shuttler Srikanth who won the four super series titles this
year won the Sportsman of the year award. Rio Olympics silver medalist Sindhu
won the sportswoman of the year award in the individual sport category.
Sportsman of the year ( Team Sport ) –Ravichandran Ashwin, Sportswoman of the
year ( Team Sport)- Mithali Raj, Team of the year ( Men/women) – Indian
Women’s Cricket Team. Coach of the year – Bisveshwar Nandhi.Emerging
sportswoman of the year – Aditi Ashok, Emerging sportsman of the year – Neeraj
Chopra. Differently abled sportsman of the year –Devendra Jhajaria, Differently
abled sportswoman of the year –Deepa Malik Jury Honours: Inspirational
Honour –Sania Mirza , Transformational contribution to
sport – Abhinav Bhindra, Keep Walking Honour for Life Time
achievement –Balbir Singh Popular Choice Honours: Breakthrough
performance of the year – Hardik Pandya . Star Sport believe honour ( Comeback
of the year) – Saina Nehwal, Spirit of Sport – Yogeshwar Dutt , Player of the
year - Sunil Chhetri , Club of the year – Mumbai Indians , Best Fan Club
–Manjappada Kerala Blasters VKF Athelete Development Programme –Scholarship
Athletes :Sumit nagal –Tennis Karman Kaur Thandi –Tennis , Diya Dhayal –Archery
, Shivani Kataria – Swimming , Swastika Ghosh – Table Tennis , Aadil Bedi –Golf
, Aryamann Tandon –Badminton
9. Union
Finnce Minister Arun Jaitley has officially launched the ‘Paytm payments Bank
‘, India’s largest digital wallet firm. Paytm Payments Bank
aims to bring Indians into digital economy . with the launch of the Bank,
Paytm account holders can enjoy the benefits like zero balance account, free
IMPS, NEFT, RTGS,URI transactions and a complimentary virtual Rupay cards for
online transactions.Paytm Payments bank has an annual subscription cost of Rs
100 plus delivery charges for RuPay digital debit card. The bank allows
customers to withdraw cash from their RuPay digital debit card from any ATM.
The account holders will earn 4% interest every month on their savings.
They will be offered a free insurance of Rs. 2 lakh in case of death or permanent
disability according to terms and conditions. This is India’s first only mobile
bank that offers zero balance accounts , zero digital transaction charges .
currently India has four operating payments bank including Paytm
Payments Bank . The other three are Airtel Payments Bank , India Post Payments
Bank and Fino Payments Bank.
10. The
US –India Business Council (USIBC) launched a collaborative initiative for
Women Entrepreneurs titled ‘Women for Women Innovators, Social Leaders and
Entrepreneurs’(WISE). The program was launched during USIBC’s Road to
GES event ‘Creating the Foundations of Innovation ‘WISE will work with
key women leaders to offer mentoring and development opportunities for Women
Entrepreneurs to increase women’s participation in growing India’s
economy.
11. Pradhan
Mantri Awas Yojana ( Gramin ), under which a target of
completing one crore new houses by 31st March 2019 was
set, was launched on Nov 20,2016 from Agra. Of this target, 51
lakh houses are to be completed by 31st March 2018. To
meet the target of 51 lakhs under PMAY ( Gramin) by March 2018, the Ministry of
Rural Development ( MoRD) in partnership with the State Governments, has taken
many steps, including setting a month-wise target for completion of houses.
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