CURRENT AFFAIRS 25/11/2017
CURRENT
AFFAIRS 25/11/2017
i. In
a first, a woman has been inducted as a pilot in the Indian Navy. Shubhangi
Swaroop, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, will soon be flying Maritime
Reconnaissance aircraft.
ii. Three
other women cadets, Astha Segal from New Delhi, Roopa A from Puducherry and
Sakthi Maya S from Kerala, also created history by becoming the country’s first
women officers at the Naval Armament Inspectorate (NAI) branch of the Navy.
i. The
Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC) based at Indian National Centre for
Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) had conducted “Multi-State Mega Mock
Exercise of Tsunami for East Coast of India”.
ii. Participants
in the drill included State Disaster Management Authorities of West Bengal,
Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. The mock drill was conducted
in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the National
Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
i. The
Sub-Committee of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) has
reviewed the major global and domestic developments which could impinge on the
country’s financial stability.
ii. The
panel, headed by RBI Governor Urjit Patel, also discussed the setting up of the
National Centre for Financial Education (NCFE), operationalisation of
information utilities registered by the IBBI, sharing of data among regulators
and the implementation status of
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI).
i. Defence
of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Exercise (DANX) was conducted under the aegis of
Andaman & Nicobar Command. The five day exercise started on 20 Nov
2017 and culminated on 24 Nov 2017.
ii. From
the planning stage onwards, joint planning and integrated approach was adopted
for synergistic application of forces. Main objective of the exercise was to
practice & validate procedures and drills of all the Command forces aimed
at defending Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
i. After
a long flight of thousands of miles, not often punctuated by breaks, lakhs of
migratory birds have made their way to the Chilika Lake, Asia’s largest
brackish water lagoon.
ii. Major
bird congregations have been spotted in the wetlands of the Nalabana Bird
Sanctuary inside Chilika and Mangalajodi, a major village on the banks of the
lake.
i. President
Ram Nath Kovind has cleared an ordinance amending the Indian Forest Act, 1927.
The ordinance omits bamboo grown in non-forest areas from the definition of
trees, thereby exempting it from requiring permits for felling or
transportation.
ii. Before
the ordinance was issued, the definition of tree in the Act included palm,
bamboo, brushwood and cane. Bamboo grown in forest areas shall continue to be
governed by the
Forest Conservation Act, 1980.
i. Union
Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh has sent a proposal to United Nations
for declaring 2018 as "International Year of Millets" to raise
awareness among consumers, policy makers, industry and research sector.
ii. Promotion
of production and consumption of millets through conscious efforts at global
level is likely to contribute substantially in the fight against targeted
hunger and mitigate the effect of climate change in long run.
i. Foreign
direct investment (FDI) in the country increased by 17 percent to USD 25.35
billion during April-September fiscal (2017-18).
ii. The
department of industrial policy and promotion stated on its 'Make in India'
twitter handle, FDI equity during the current FY 2017–18,up to September surged
by 17 per cent to USD 25.35 billion from USD 21.62 billion in the year-ago
period.
i. Private
sector lender Axis Bank has launched an instant international payment services
using Ripple’s enterprise blockchain technology solution for retail and
corporate customers.
ii. Though
an international offer, the bank is offering the facility only to its retail
customers in the country to receive payments from the UAE-based Rak Bank and
for its corporate customers to receive payments from Standard Chartered,
Singapore.
i. Lionel
Messi drew level with Cristiano Ronaldo’s tally of four European Golden Shoes
after receiving the award at a ceremony in Barcelona, Spain. The FC Barcelona
superstar claimed the prize – handed to Europe’s top goalscorer – for his 37
LaLiga strikes in 2016-17.
ii. It
is the fourth time Messi has taken the honours, after his successes in 2010,
2012 and 2013.
i. Ritu Phogat has clinched the silver medal in Under-23 Senior
World Wrestling Championship at Poland. The 23-year-old, lost against Turkish
Wrestler Demirhan in the gold medal bout of women's 48 kilogram category.
ii. In Semifinal, Ritu defeated Chinese Wrestler Jiang Zhu 4-3
points to reach the finals.
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