Weekly Current Affairs November: Week III

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.

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.

The Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation has bagged an International award from Petroleum Conference in Abu Dhabi

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.