Current Affairs Nov 2017 - Miscellaneous

• The government will open 55 additional immigration counters at Delhi's IGI airport and deploy 1,800 more personnel by January 2018 to deal with the rising passenger traffic.

• A Festival of India is being organized in Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, Vanuatu, Nauru, Tuvalu and Cook Islands from October 2017 - March 2018.

• Shri Nasir Kamal, IPS (UP: 1986) has been appointed as Additional Director General, Border Security Force.

• The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the 21^st World Congress of Mental Health being organized by the World Federation for Mental Health in partnership with Caring Foundation and other institutions in New Delhi.

• Indiana, a State in the US, and Karnataka have signed an agreement to establish sister-state ties for cooperation in economic, educational and cultural fields.

• Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and his Queen Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck along with crown prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck arrived in India for a four-day visit.

• The state government of Haryana has announced lifetime monthly pension of Rs 10,000 for 'Hindi Satyagrahis' and those from the state who were jailed during the Emergency.

• Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has revamped its portal www.udyamimitra.in with enhanced features to provide easy access to credit and handholding services for micro small medium enterprises (MSME).

• Online travel solutions provider Cleartrip was named the 'Best Mobile App for Travel and Leisure' at the Mobexx Awards 2017.

• Turki Al-Asheikh, Chairman of the General Sports Authority of Saudi Arabia has announced that Saudi women will now be able to attend sports events in stadiums starting from 2018.

• Hosts India finished seventh overall with one gold, one silver, and a bronze, while Italy pipped China in the medals tally, at the ISSF World Cup Final, in New Delhi.

• Heena Sidhu of India has won the gold in the 10m air pistol event at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships in Brisbane.

• Haryana Health Department has notified the policy for cashless medical services for State Government employees and pensioners from November 2017.

• A two-day conference of all Commanders of Eastern Air Command was held in Shillong.

• President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated International Gita Mahotsav-2017 in Haryana’s Kurukshetra.

• The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the International Ambedkar Conclave, organized by the Forum of SC and ST Legislators and Parliamentarians in New Delhi.

• The Golden Temple has been awarded the ‘most visited place of the world’ by ‘World Book of Records’ (WBR).

• The Government of India will assist Mauritius to develop and set up digital locker services.

• Indian men’s kabaddi team won 2017 Asian Kabaddi Championships, after beating Pakistan.

• Indian women’s kabaddi team won 2017 Asian Kabaddi Championships, after beating South Korea.

• The National Green Tribunal has put a cap of 50,000 visitors at Vaishno Devi pilgrimage site.

• World Pneumonia Day was observed on 12 November.

• The 10^th South Asia Economic Summit was hosted by Nepal.

• Vietnam is the partner country at the 37^th India International Trade Fair in New Delhi.

• The seventh Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan was held at Turkmenistan.

• Italy has failed to qualify for FIFA World cup for the first time since 1958.

• According to ‘India 2028’ report, India is likely to overtake Japan as the world’s third largest economy in nominal GDP by 2028.

• Indian Railways launched Project Saksham to upgrade the skill-sets of its workforce.

• India hosted Tribal Entrepreneurship Summit at Dantewada.

• Akash Manoj received a gold medal from the President during the conferral of National

• Child Awards for Exceptional Achievement.

• Kyrgyzstan is the focus country at the 37^th India International Trade Fair in New Delhi.

• A proposal has been put forward to rename Indore.

• The target of installing bio-toilets in all railway coaches has been advanced until December 2018.

• Ganga Kumari will be the first transgender police constable of Rajasthan.

• Scientists have discovered oldest evidence of life on earth in Australia.

• The International Day for Tolerance was observed on 16 November.

• President Ram Nath Kovind recently launched JOHAR scheme to double income of rural poor in Jharkhand.

• Union Government sanctioned Rs 10000 crores for irrigation purposes for Maharashtra.

• Saudi Arabia recognized teaching of Yoga as a Sports activity.

• India will host 36^th International Geological Congress 2020.

• Mumbai will host the 15^th MIFF for Documentary, Short and Animation Films.

• ISRO will launch Aditya L1 Mission in 2019.

• Axis Bank launched Blockchain-based International Payment Service.

• The combined military exercise ‘Ajeya Warrior- 2017’ was held in Bikaner, Rajasthan between India and UK.

• The Indian Sports Honour for ‘Sportsman of the Year’ award in team sports category went to Ravichandran Ashwin.

• Dia Mirza was appointed as UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador for India.

• India’s first crypto-currency exchange 'Coinome' was launched by Billdesk.

• P V Sindhu won the ‘Sportswoman of the Year’ award in the individual sport category at the Indian Sports Honours.

• Pritam Singh has been appointed as the Director General of National Archives.

• Nayantara Sahgal was awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award at Times Lit Fest 2017.

• Anupam Kher won the 2017 Parmod Mahajan Smriti Award.

• The Union Cabinet has approved agreement on cooperation in customs matters between India and Armenia.

• Union cabinet has approved a trade agreement for strengthening and promoting trade and economic cooperation between India Ethiopia.