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Current Affairs 24th November 2018: Daily GK Update

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Dear Aspirants,

The General Awareness Section of Banking Exams covers numerous sections in it like
Banking Awareness, Static GK, and Current Affairs. But the most important thing that you
might have noticed is that both the Banking Awareness and Static Awareness questions
asked in the General Awareness Section are based on Current Affairs only. The questions
on Static and Banking Awareness are related to the countries, events or anything that has
been in news for a while. Here is the Daily GK Update to get you acquainted with the top
events that made the headlines today!!

National News

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1. Domestic Gold Council To Be Set Up In India
i. The Government has decided to set up a domestic Gold
Council in India. Commerce and Industry Minister
Suresh Prabhu stated this while inaugurating the 2nd
Edition of India Gold and Jewellery Summit in New Delhi.
ii. Mr. Prabhu underlined the need for an integrated Gold
policy to address all the issues in a holistic way.

2. Jharkhand Day Being Celebrated at IFFI in Goa

i. Jharkhand Day is being celebrated at the International
Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa. Jharkhand is the focus
state at this year's IFFI. This is for the first time that any
state has been made focus state at the festival. Chief
Minister Raghubar Das attended the celebrations.
ii. Information and Broadcasting Secretary Amit Khare
had inaugurated the Jharkhand Tourism's pavilion at the
IFFI.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For IBPS Clerk Mains Exam 2018:

Jharkhand CM: Raghubar Das, Governor: Draupadi Murmu.

3. India To Host 50th Union World Conference On Lung Health In 2019

i. The 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health will
be held in Hyderabad, a global organisation working in
this field announced.
ii. The conference 'Ending the Emergency: Science,
Leadership, Action' which will start in October 2019, the
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung
Disease stated.
Awards

4. 8th Forbes India Leadership Awards Announced: Complete List of Winners

i. The 8th Forbes India Leadership Awards (FILA) was
released in Mumbai. The award had 9 categories to
acknowledge the outstanding contributions of CEOs,
entrepreneurs and business leaders of diverse
backgrounds.
ii. The Theme of the Award was- "Celebrating Achievers
and their remarkable journeys against all odds".
Find The Complete List Here

Banking

5. SEBI Unveils Rules For Reclassification Of Promoter As Public Investor

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i. Markets regulator Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has come out with new
rules for re-classification of a promoter as a public
investor, wherein an outgoing promoter will have to
relinquish special rights as well as control over the affairs
of the listed firm and not be allowed to hold over 10%
stake.
ii. Besides, the promoter would not be allowed to have any
representation on the board of directors or act as a key
managerial person in the listed entity.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For IBPS Clerk Mains Exam 2018:

SEBI- Securities and Exchange Board of India.
SEBI Chairman- Ajay Tyagi, Headquarters- Mumbai.

Appointments

6. UNICEF Appoints Singer Nahid Afrin As First 'Youth Advocate' of Northeastern Region
i. Popular singer Nahid Afrin of Assam has been
appointed as the first 'Youth Advocate' of the
northeastern region by the UNICEF to fight for child
rights. The UNICEF engages 'Youth Advocates' to harness
their voice as agents of change in society.
ii. UNICEF's India representative Yasmin Ali Haque stated
that 17-year-old Nahid was appointed as 'Youth
Advocate' in the North East at an event in Guwahati.
Nahid has received the best female playback singer award at the Assam state Film Award
2018.

Ranks and Reports

7. India Skills Report 2019: Andhra Tops in Employability Rate, Talent Quality

i. Andhra Pradesh has topped the list of states with the

highest employability followed by Rajasthan and
Haryana, as per the India Skills Report 2019. The
employability levels of B.Tech/B.E have increased across
all the sectors, touching a new high of 63.11%, which
remained at 42.08 last year.
ii. However, the employability levels of MBA and
polytechnic stand low between 47.18% and 45.90%. The
survey was conducted jointly by Wheebox, PeopleStrong, Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII).

Static/Current Takeaways Important For IBPS Clerk Mains Exam 2018:

Santosh Kumar Gangwar is the Minister of State (I/C) of the Ministry of Labour and

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Sports News

8. Mary Kom Wins Sixth World Championship Title, Creates History

i. MC Mary Kom has created history by becoming the

first woman to win six boxing world titles by clinching the
48 kg gold at the 2018 AIBA Women’s World Boxing
Championships in New Delhi. The 35-year-old Indian
legend got the better of Ukrainian Hanna Okhota in the
summit clash.
ii. 16 years after winning her maiden World Championship
– and eight years since her last – Mary overtakes
Ireland’s Katie Taylor as the first female boxer to win six
gold medals, and becomes only the second pugilist ever
(male or female) to achieve the feat after Felix Savon.

9. Former Chelsea Striker Didier Drogba Announces Retirement at 40

i. Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba announced his

retirement, calling time on a 20-year career in which the
bullish center-forward won four Premier League titles
and the 2012 Champions League.
ii. Ivorian Drogba, who had been playing in the United
States for Phoenix Rising, had two spells at Chelsea,
scoring 164 goals in 381 games having spearheaded the west London club’s revival under
owner Roman Abramovich.

Obituaries

10. Former Indian Hockey Player Sandeep Michael Passes Away

i. Former Indian hockey player, Sandeep Michael, who

captained the Indian junior team to a gold at the Asia Cup
2003, died at the age of 33 after battling an unspecified
neurological problem.
ii. In 2001, he made his debut for the country as a junior
in the Under-18 Asia Cup at Ipoh in Malaysia under Jugraj
Singh. Michael found fame at the senior level in a
tournament in Australia in 2003.
11. Noted Indian Classical Musician Ustad Imrat Khan Passes Away
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i. Classical music stalwart Ustad Imrat Khan, who
dedicated his life to propagating the Sitar and the
surbahar worldwide, has died in the US after a brief
illness. He was 83.
ii. He belonged to the illustrious Etawa Gharana, or the
Imdadkhani Gharana, named after his grandfather Ustad
Imdad Khan. He had also performed at the Cannes Film
Festival in 1970.

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