INDIAN AFFAIRS

Cabinet approves the continuation of Centrally Sponsored Scheme Rashtriya Krishi Vikas
Yojana Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana- Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and
Allied sector Rejuvenation (RKVY-RAFTAAR) for three years i.e. 2017-18 to 2019-20.

Maximum age of joining NPS increased from 60 to 65 years: Finance Ministry

On November 1, 2017, Union Ministry of Finance increased the maximum age of joining
the National Pension System (NPS) from the existing 60 years to 65 years.

Government launched Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana, a scholarship program for school
children. SPARSH(Scholarship for Promotion of Aptitude & Research in Stamps as
a Hobby) Under this scheme annual scholarships will be awarded to children of Standard
VI to IX who have good academic record.

Goa to hold Nobel Prize Series-India 2018Nobel Prize Series India 2018 will consist of a
month-long exhibition from the Nobel Museum and Nobel dialogues in which Nobel
laureates will interact with school children and teachers.

Power Ministry sets up panel under P.D. Siwal to probe NTPCs Unchahar plant accident.

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released The Paradise Papers.

Multi-agency group headed by Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) chairman Sushil
Chandra to probe Paradise Papers.

Second Indo-Bangla train service after the Maitree Express, which runs between Dhaka
and Kolkata : Bandhan Express

Economist Intelligence Units Confidence to go Digital survey me Top kiya : Indias

Silicon Valley Bengaluru

India was re-elected to executive Board during 39th session of the general conference of
UNESCO in Paris (France)

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

India has leaped to 100th rank out of 190 countries on World Banks latest edition of
ease of doing business index.

Myanmar, Bangladesh sign deal for return of Rohingya Muslims

 INDIA AND WORLD

India, Kazakhstan joint exercise Prabal Dostyk- 2017 begins in Himachal Pradesh.

India, Bangladesh joint military combat exercise Sampriti -7 begins in Meghalaya.

Bilateral cooperation in the field of agriculture: India and Philippines.

India-Myanmar joint Army exercise IMBAX-2017 begins in Meghalaya.

BANKING & FINANCE

Bajaj Allianz rolls out first-ever cyber crime insurance cover.

Insurance firm Bajaj Allianz has come up with Indias first ever insurance cover for
individual victims of cyber crime. Under this policy, insurance cover will be provided
against online fraud, identity theft, cyber-stalking and extortion, phishing and malware
attack.

Central Government has given approval for setting up Indias first mega coastal
economic zone (CEZ) at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Maharashtra.

BUSINESS

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

Chanda kochhar, Priyanka Chopra featured on Forbes 100 most powerful women in the
world. list was topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Mumbais restored Royal Opera House bags UNESCO heritage award . 2017 UNESCO
Asia-Pacific Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation.

Srirangam temple wins UNESCO award.

Srirangam temple of Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu has won the UNESCO Asia Pacific Award
of Merit 2017 for cultural heritage conservation.

Krishna Sobti gets prestigious Jnanpith award 2017 On 3rd November 2017.

Indian short film The School Bag won the Best Short Film Award at the South Asian
Film Festival of Montreal (SAFFM) in Montreal.

Girija Devi to get posthumous Sumitra Charat Ram Award for Lifetime Achievement .
 UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ) to get Mother Teresa Award
2017 for social justice.

Miss International 2017 : Kevin Lilliana of Indonesia.

Anand Kumar of Super 30 is awarded Rashtriya Bal Kalyan Award for 2017

Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2017:
Manmohan Singh

Miss World 2017 : Manushi Chhillar (Haryana). India has won the Miss World 2017 title
17 years after Priyanka Chopra won the title in 2000.

2017 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature: Sri Lankan author Anuk Arudpragasam .

Pankaj Mishras Age of Anger: A History of the Present named as Best Book of the year.

Bollywood movie Newton secured two wins with Rajkummar Rao winning the best
actor award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Brisbane, Australia.

APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS

Nasir Kamal appointed as Additional Director General of BSF(BSF Established in 1965)

Debjani Ghosh to be the first woman to be President of NASSCOM in 2018.

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) appoints S Ravi as its new chairman.

RBI Governor Urjit Patel was appointed to the Financial Stability Institute Advisory Board
of the Bank of International Settlement (BIS).

Indias Justice Dalveer Bhandari re-elected as Judge in International Court of Justice.

Ira Joshi appointed director general of Doordarshan News.

Zimbabwes Robert Mugabe resigns, ending 37-year rule. And On 24th November 2017,
Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as Zimbabwes second president since independence
in 1980.
 ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

ENVIRONMENT

Karnatakas Mudhol Hound becomes First Indian Dog Breed to be trained for Army Duty.

Odisha imposes 7-month ban on fishing to protect Olive Ridley turtles.

Allahabad to get Indias first black buck conservation reserve. The blackbuck is also
known as the Indian antelope. It is found in India, Nepal and Pakistan.

Typhoon Damrey batters Vietnam. Typhoon Damrey hit Vietnam on 4th November 2017
and made landfall causing devastation. This was the strongest cyclone in Vietnam in 16 years.

India is the first country to partner with social networking site Facebook on disaster
response.The programme in collaboration with Facebook, will be piloted in two disaster-
prone states: Assam and Uttarakhand.

On 14th November 2017, United Nations announced that, Syria has officially signed the
Paris Agreement on climate change.

Sixteen countries have ratified the framework agreement of the International Solar
Alliance (ISA) and it will come into force on 6 December 2017. The International Solar
Alliance (ISA) Founder Narendra Modi.

Climate Change Performance Index 2018 India ranks 14th, Sweden ranks highest.

SPORTS

Pakistan will host the 2018 Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Asian Cricket Council (ACC)
Headquarters Colombo, Sri Lanka

Indias K Srikanth achieves career-best World No 2 ranking in the latest BWF (Badminton
World Federation) ranking.

Indian women win Asia Cup 2017, qualify for Hockey World Cup. Beating China to lift
womens Asia Cup hockey title

Geeta Phogat wins Gold in All India Police Championship

 Mary Kom wins gold in Asian Boxing Championships defeating North Koreas Kim Hyang
Mi.

Indian para shooters Deepender Singh and Manish Narwal won gold and silver
respectively in the P1 10m Air Pistol SH1 category in the Shooting Para Sport World Cup
2017.

Dhoni inaugurates his first global cricket academy in UAE.

Pankaj Advani has won his 17th world title at the IBSF World Billiards Championship
2017 in Doha, Qatar.

Italy fail to qualify for Football World Cup 2018 for first time since 1958.

France named as host of 2023 Rugby World Cup.

Shagun Chowdhary bagged a national champion crown when she won the womens
trap event at the 61st National Shooting Championship, in New Delhi.

Sushil Kumar and Geeta Phogat bagged gold medal at the 62nd National Wrestling
championship in Indore.

Basel to become first city to jointly host Badminton and Para Badminton World
Championships in 2019

Ritu Phogat clinches Silver medal in Under-23 Senior World Wrestling Championship in
Poland

IMPORTANT DAYS

World Tsunami Awareness Day November 5

World science day for peace and development November 10.

National Education Day November 11. To mark the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul
Kalam Azad, the first education minister of Independent India.

World Pneumonia Day November 12.

International Students Day November 17

 World Toilet Day November 19

Universal Childrens Day November 20

World Fisheries Day November 21

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women November 25

SUMMIT AND CONFERENCE

COP23 climate change summit held in Bonn (Germany).

International Energy Agency (IEA) Ministerial meeting held in Paris.

The International AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homoeopathy) Conference and Exhibition 2017 is held in Dubai.

Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit held in Da Nang (Vietnam)

Headquarters Singapore

Founding Ceremony of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) was held at Bonn, Germany.

10th South Asia Economic Summit (SAES) begun in Kathmandu, Nepal. South Asia
Economic Summit (SAES) was started in 2008.

31st ASEAN Summit held in Manila, Philippines.

UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial Conference 2017 was held in Vancouver, Canada

on 14th & 15th November, 2017.

4th Global Conference on Sustained Eradication of Child Labour, Argentina.

WHO Global Ministerial Conference on Ending TB held in Russia.

23 Conference of the Parties (COP23), the thirteenth meeting of the parties for the
Kyoto Protocol (CMP13) and the second meeting of the parties for the Paris Agreement
(CMA2) concluded on November 18, 2017 in Bonn, Germany. Next Conference of
Parties (COP24) in Poland in 2018.
 STATES

Uttarakhand was formed on 9th November 2000 as the 27th state. It was separated from
Uttar Pradesh.

Odisha, West Bengal to hold joint coastal security exercise :Sagar Kavach.

Dantewada Holds Indias 1st Tribal Entrepreneurship Summit

Indias 1st Tribal Entrepreneurship Summit was held in Dantewada district of
Chhattisgarh on November 14, 2017.

Uttar Pradesh has topped in opening new Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
accounts after demonetization.

On November 22, 2017, Samsung India announced a partnership with Uttar

Pradesh State Government for Smart Healthcare Programme.

President of India inaugurates International Gita Mahotsava-2017 in Haryana

MISCELLANEOUS

India has ranked 108th out of 144 countries on Global Gender Gap Index 2017 released
by World Economic Forum (WEF)

Fake news has been named the word of the year by Collins dictionary due to its
widespread use around the world in recent times.

Mukesh Ambani becomes Asias richest person.

Coastal Security Exercise Sagar Kavach is to be held on 8th and 9th November, 2017.

Google Doodle celebrates 151st Birthday of Indias First Female Advocate Cornelia
Sorabji.

Ambani family tops Forbes list of Asias Richest Families

OBITUARY

Former Test cricketer Milkha Singh passes away.

Legendary Hindi Poet Kunwar Narain passes away at 90.