Banking and Financial Awareness
- Paytm has tied up with ICICI Bank to jointly launch 'Paytm-ICICI Bank Postpaid'.
- A Working Group of RBI headed by Chandan Sinha has proposed RBI to hedge commodities in global markets.
- The government of India opens the Bharat-22 Exchange Traded Fund managed by ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
- Governor of Reserve Bank of India Urjit Patel has been appointed to the Financial Stability Institute Advisory Board the Bank of International Settlement (BIS).
- Reliance General Insurance has signed a bancassurance agreement with YES Bank.
- Paytm and ICICI Bank has partnered up to provide short-term digital credit called Paytm- ICICI Postpaid.
- Bank of India provided a loan amounting to Rs.1500 Crore to Air India.
Appointments
- Bombay Stock Exchange has appointed Sethurathnam Ravi, eminent chartered accountant as the Chairman of the Bombay Stock Exchange.
- Urjit Patel, RBI Governor is appointed to Advisory Board of BIS, (Bank of International Settlement).
- Vijay Prasad Dimri, Scientist has been appointed as the president of 36th International Geological Congress.
Obituaries
- Famous Hindi poet and Jnanpith awardee Kunwar Narayan passed away.
- Eminent Hindustani vocalist Jagdish Mohan passed away.
- Kirti Nidhi Bista, Former Prime Minister of Nepal passed away.
- Ashok Kale, veteran Indian cyclist passed away due to traffic collision.
Honour and Awards
- The Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation has bagged an International award from Petroleum Conference in Abu Dhabi
Important Days
- World Pneumonia Day is observed on 12 November every year.
- World Diabetes Day is observed on 14 November 2017 globally.
- National Press Day is celebrated on November 16 in our country annually.
- The Ministry of Women and Child Development would be celebrating the Child Rights Week by hosting ‘Hausala 2017’ festival from 16-20 November 2017.
Books and Authors
- The book ‘Journey of Women Law Reforms and The Law Commission of India – Some Insights’ authored by former Joint Secretary, Law Commission of India, Dr Pavan Sharma was released.
MoUs and Partnerships:
- The state governments of West Bengal and Odisha conducted a joint coastal exercise named "Sagar Kavach".
- The 7th edition of 13-day long India-Bangladesh joint military exercise Sampriti 2017 has concluded in Mizoram.
- Agreements were signed by India and Philippines in Defence Cooperation and Logistics, Agriculture, MSME.
Important News- World
- The 15th edition of Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team Conference was held in New Delhi.
- China has become the first country to introduce a fully electric cargo ship which is capable of travelling 80km with 2000-tonnes cargo after a two-hour charge.
- Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Trade and Industry has declared yoga as a sport.
- After a two-month survey, Australia has legalised same-sex marriage.
- The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the 37th India International Trade Fair (IITF) -2017 in New Delhi.
- 4th India-Canada Annual Ministerial Dialogue (AMD) begun in New Delhi on November 14, 2017.
- For the first time, the nation's financial capital Mumbai will host the 34th annual conference of the Asian Bankers Association (ABA) this week.
- The 10th edition of three-day South Asia Economic Summit (SAES) has begun at Kathmandu.
- Vietnam hosted the two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
- French Culture Minister Audrey Azoulay has been elected as 11th director general of UNESCO at the 39th General Conference.
- Syria signed up the Paris agreement on Climate change, leaving only the US to defy the pact.
- The 31st edition of ASEAN summit was held in Manila, Philippines.
Important News- India
- The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated ‘Aadi Mahotsav’ at Dilli Haat in New Delhi.
- Power Minister R K Singh launched National Power Portal, a centralised platform for collection and distribution of the Indian power sector information.
- The Geographical Indications (GI) Registry has announced that the ‘Rosogolla’ was originated in West Bengal and not Odisha.
- Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has found that the air quality of holy city Varanasi is most polluted among the 42 cities monitored.
- Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge) Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore released the India Youth Development Index and Report 2017.
- India’s Ambani family has topped the list of Asia’s richest families according to Forbes.
- India’s first Cartoon Network-themed park is to be set in Gujarat, which is the third in Asia.
Science and Technology
- On November 15, Google paid tribute to Cornelia Sorabji on her 151st birthday with a doodle.
- Alibaba owned UC Browser has been removed from the Google Play Store.
- Central Government launched phase 2 of the BharatNet project to connect 1.5 lakh gram panchayats with high-speed broadband by March 2019.
- India’s first wave-powered Navigational Buoy, developed by National Institute of Ocean Technology was launched in Chennai.
Important News- States
- The Maharashtra government has banned packaged water bottles in Mantralaya and other government offices.
- The state government of Maharashtra has constituted a seven-member committee to find out the methods to control custodial deaths.
- The Karnataka government's Prevention and Eradication of Inhuman Evil Practices and Black Magic Bill, 2017 was unanimously passed in the Legislative Assembly with some amendments.
- The petroleum ministry has announced that Bharat Stage VI (BS-VI) fuel will be available in Delhi from 1st April 2018.
- India’s first Tribal Entrepreneurship Summit was organized in Dantewada city of Chhattisgarh.
- The Rajasthan High Court has directed the police department to appoint a transgender candidate as a constable.
- Nagaland becomes the first Northeastern state to launch PoS for paying electricity bills.
Sports News
- Indian shooter Shagun Chowdhary bagged a national championship crown by winning women's trap event at the 61st National Shooting Championship.
- Arjuna-awardee gymnast Dipa Karmakar was honoured with a D.Litt. degree from the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Agartala.
- Indian cueist Pankaj Advani clinched his 17th World Billiards Championship title in Doha.
- France is named to host the event of Rugby World Cup to be held in the year 2023.
- Indian Tennis pair Leander Paes and Purav Raja won Knoxville Challenger title.
- Famous Racer Sebastian Vettel wins Brazilian Grand Prix title.