November 2016 Key Points on Current Affairs For CLAT & BBA Entrance

 Union Government notifies rules for Real Estate Act for five UTs

 Sushil Chandra takes charge as CBDT chairman

 10th Indo-Nepal joint military exercise Surya Kiran commences Andhra Pradesh, Telangana top Ease of Doing Business list

 India ranks 133rd in 2016 Global Youth Development Index

 Kerala becomes 3rd Open Defecation Free state

 NHPC commissions 50 mw Wind project in Rajasthan

 Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 comes into force

 Sarabjit Singh Marwah becomes Canada’s first Sikh Senator

 Pratul Joshi wins Bahrain International Challenge badminton tournament Union Government appoints Bindheswar Pathak as brand ambassador of Swachh Rail Mission

 Union Government imposes anti-dumping duty on imports of steel wire rods from China

 PM Narendra Modi inaugurate Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

 Rekha to be awarded DIFF Lifetime Achievement Award

 India’s first titanium project starts test production in Odisha

 Maharashtra becomes first state to launch cyber police stations in all districts

 Paris Agreement on Climate Change enters into force

 GST Council fixes 4-rate structure

 Food Security Act implemented throughout country

 Andhra Pradesh tops World Bank’s energy-saving rankings

 India-Bangladesh joint military exercise SAMPRITI-2016 begins

 Union Government launches Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan

 Indian Women’s hockey team wins 2016 Asian Champions Trophy

 HCC becomes first firm to get debt recast under RBI’s S4A Scheme

 PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate PETROTECH 2016

 India’s Aniruddha Rajput elected to UN’s International Law Commission

 PM Narendra Modi inaugurates first International Agro-biodiversity Congress

 RBI appoints M Rajeshwar Rao as new Executive Director

 India ranks second in global business optimism index: Report

 Coradia iLint: World’s first zero-emissions hydrogen train unveiled in Germany

 COP7 of WHO FCTC begins in Noida  128th birth anniversary of CV Raman observed

 NASA’s MMS mission sets Guinness world record

 Union Government puts ban on NDTV India on hold

 China to block India’s bid for NSG membership

 Rs. 500, Rs. 1,000 notes no longer legal tender

 President Pranab Mukherjee presents Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Awards

 RBI issues new series of Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 currency notes

 India’s first LNG-powered bus rolled out in Kerala

 Union Government extends AFSPA in three districts of Arunachal Pradesh

 Donald Trump elected as 45th President of United States

 Kamala Harris becomes first Indian-American to win US Senator seat

 Guy Ryder re-elected as DG of ILO

 Peru to host 2016 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit

 India to host 2018 International Competition Network annual conference

 Punjab Law Terminating Sutlej-Yamuna Link Agreement unconstitutional: SC

 India and Japan Sign Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement

 Professor Raj Bisaria selected for Kalidas Samman

 SAIL wins 2016 Golden Peacock Award for corporate governance

 Meng Hongwei elected as new INTERPOL President

 Aditi Ashok becomes the first to win women’s Indian Open tournament

 36th India International Trade Fair begins in New Delhi

 CPEC becomes reality as Pakistan inaugurates Gwadar port

 Padmini Rout wins 2016 National Women Premier Chess Championship

 Special Task Force led by SS Mundra formed to recalibrate ATMs

 India, ADB sign $500 million loan to build longest river bridge across Ganges River

 Union Cabinet approves constitution of Special committee for inter-linking of rivers

 Maharashtra becomes first state to adopt Fly Ash Utilization Policy India, China Joint Training Exercise Hand in Hand 2016 begins in Pune

 20 nations sign framework agreement of International Solar Alliance

 India’s combat-capable Rustom-II drone successfully completes maiden test flight

 Russia withdraws from International Criminal Court

 Doctors from Netherlands perform brain implant for the first time in history

 Supreme Court refuses to lift ban on Jallikattu

 China’s Sunway Taihulight wins fastest supercomputer title

 Iran becomes India’s top crude oil supplier

 India and Cyprus ink Revised DTAA

 COP22 adopts Marrakech Action Proclamation

 Income Tax Department to launch Project Insight in May 2017

 PV Sindhu wins 2016 China Open Super Series Premier title

 47th International Film Festival of India begins in Goa

 China launches world’s longest super-secure quantum communication line

 Scientists develop Zika replicon system to develop vaccines

 Thailand’s Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn conferred with first World Sanskrit Award

 RBI proposes Islamic window in conventional banks

 PM Narendra Modi launches Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awas Yojana

 Twin trial of Prithvi-II missile successfully conducted

 Scientists discover Super Earth like exoplanet GJ 536b

 India ranks 20th on 2017 Climate Change Performance Index India’s longest expressway inaugurated in Uttar Pradesh

 Stealth Guided missile destroyer INS Chennai commissioned into Indian Navy

 Radhika Menon becomes first woman to receive IMO’s Exceptional Bravery award at Sea

 Union Government constitutes committee to assess the status of demonetisation drive

 Gaganjeet Bhullar wins Indonesia Open

 Veteran Carnatic Music exponent M Balamuralikrishna passes away

 Pankaj Patel elected as FICCI President for 2017

 Portugal Prime Minister Antonio Costa to be Chief Guest of 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

 Nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile successfully test-fired

 Renowned Scientist MGK Menon passes away

 Malini Subramaniam honoured with International Press Freedom Award

 Indian-American Nikki Haley named as US ambassador to UN

 Airtel launches India’s first Payments Bank service in Rajasthan

 Colombia Government, FARC rebels sign revised Peace Agreement

 India ranks 138 in 2016 ICT Development Index

 Co-creator of MiG-29 Fighter Jet Ivan Mikoyan passes away

 Veteran journalist Dileep Padgaonkar passes away

 Indian Railways to introduce Tri-Netra to check collisions

 Union Government constitutes Amitabh Kant Committee to push cashless transactions

 November 26: Constitution day

 Cuba’s former President Fidel Castro passes away

 26 November: National Milk Day

 Supreme Court bans sale of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR

 RBI introduces incremental CRR to manage excess liquidity in banking system

 India hosts golden jubilee celebrations of UNCITRAL in New Delhi

 WHO settles India, EU medicine dispute issue

 Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu to head CMs Committee on Demonetisation

 Iranian film Daughter wins Golden Peacock award at 47 IFFI

 Akodara becomes India’s first Digital Village

 Asia’s first cycle highway inaugurated in Uttar Pradesh

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