Weekly Current Affairs November 2018: 1st week

Banking and Financial Awareness:

Kirloskar group received licence from the Reserve Bank to launch a non-banking finance company (NBFC), Kirloskar Capital.
for establishing a card acceptance and digital payment platform, State Bank of India (SBI) and payments solution provider Hitachi Payment Services India has entered into an agreement to form a joint venture.

HDFC Bank had announced that the RBI had approved the re-appointment of Aditya Puri as MD and CEO of the bank for another two years.
Jair Bolsonaro has won Brazil’s presidential election.

Indian Air Force has organised a two-day seminar on ‘Emerging Trends in Aviation Engineering and Logistics’ (AVIAMAT-2018) at Air Force Auditorium, Subroto Park, New Delhi.
Harvard University Honoured Malala Yousafzai by Gleitsman Award .
Miss Grand International 2018 title 6th edition won by Miss Paraguay Clara Sosa as the beauty pageant in Yangon, Myanmar.
Simona Halep placed her name as first recipient of the Chris Evert Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) World No.1 Trophy by winning the match.
India jumped 23 positions in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index 2019, now ranked 77 out of 190 countries in 2018.

National Unity Day - 31st October.
The Vigilance Awareness Week - from 29th October to 3 November, theme ‘Eradicate Corruption – Build A New India’.

First WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health took place at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
2-day seminar on ‘Emerging Trends in Aviation Engineering and Logistics’ (AVIAMAT-2018) organised by Indian Air Forceat Air Force Auditorium, Subroto Park, New Delhi.
To deepen bilateral strategic cooperation on IP policy, first ever India-US Dialogue on Intellectual Property has been launched in Delhi
Netherlands has been added as the new Partner Country 25th DST – CII Technology Summit to be organized in 2019.
PM Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe attended the 13th Annual Summit between India and Japan in Tokyo .

To support sustainable marine and fisheries projects, Seychelles launched the world’s first Sovereign Blue Bond.
Istanbul has officially opened the world’s largest airport terminal “under one roof” with a capacity to serve 90 million passengers .

Railway Board Chairman AshwaniLohaniunveiled India’s first engine-less train, “Train 18”, developed by the Integral Coach Factory (ICF).
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated SardarVallabhbhai Patel’s memorial, called the Statue of Unity on the leader’s 143rd birth anniversary in Gujarat’s Narmada district.
Cochin Shipyard in Kerala has become the India’s largest Dry Dock .
Assam has begun the 5th National Summit on Good and Replicable Practices and Innovations in Public Health Care Systems at Kaziranga .
According to global airlines’ body International Air Transport Association (IATA), India will become the world’s third largest aviation market around 2024 surpassing the UK.
No Bharat Stage-IV vehicle shall be sold across the country with effect from April 1, 2020 by Supreme court latest amendment.
To strengthen educational and cultural cooperation, and to support the knowledge ambitions and economic growth of the state, Arunachal Pradesh signed an MoU with the British Council.
Four MoUs have been signed between Israeli institutions and Punjab government to address issues of farmers and depleting groundwater level in the state.
India and Bangladesh jointly signed agreements for enhancing inland and coastal waterways connectivity between the two countries for trade and cruise movements.

India and Japan began their first-ever joint military exercise ‘Dharma Guardian- 2018’ at a jungle warfare school in Mizoram’s Vairengte with a focus on strengthening counter-terror cooperation.
India has signed a $950 million contract with Russia for two upgraded Krivak III-class stealth frigates.

MC Mary Kom has been named as the brand ambassador of the 10th edition of the Women’s World Championship in New Delhi.
Qatar will host the 23rd edition of the World Corporate Games 2019.
Tata Steel was announced as an official partner of the men’s hockey World Cup 2018.
Roger Federer won his 99th career title by winning the Basel Open for the ninth time in his career.
19-time world champion Pankaj Advani has won the second leg of the Asian Snooker Tour in Jinan, China.
Ayhika Mukherjee, an Indian table tennis player has won a silver medal in the under-21 women’s singles category of the ITTF Challenge Belgium Open.
Indian golfer Khalin Joshi clinched the Panasonic Open India title at the Delhi Golf Club, with this win, he became the seventh Indian to win the Panasonic Open India title.
India and Pakistan were declared joint winners of the Asian Champions Trophyin Men’s Hockey at Muscat in Oman.
Sourav Kothari Clinches 2018 WBL World Billiards Championship.
In women’s freestyle 57kg weight class, Pooja Dhanda won a bronze medal in Budapest, Hungary.