Latest Current Affairs of November 2016 for UPSC IAS Prelims Examination

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Latest GK and Current Affairs are very important for UPSC IAS Exam. Here we are giving the important current affairs of November 2016 which is essential for UPSC Prelims Examination.

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1st International Agro-biodiversity Congress

  • Held in New Delhi

3rd World Internet Conference

  • Wuzhen, China

COP7 to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

  • Held in Noida, Uttar Pradesh

Chhattisgarh

  • First state in the India to accept a resolution on demonetization of Rs. 1000 notes and Rs. 500

Committee to push cashless economy

  • Headed by Amitabh Kant (Niti Aayog CEO)
  • Aim: To form a strategy to expedite the process of transforming India into a cashless economy

Exercise Sampriti

  • India and Bangladesh: Joint military exercise
  • Location: Tangail, Dhaka

Fidel Castro

  • Prime Minister of Cuba(1959 to 1976)
  • President of Cuba (1976 to 2006)
  • Passed away on 25 Nov 2016

GOES-R (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R)

  • Geostationary weather satellite

Healthy India Initiative/Swastha Bharat-ek pehal Magazine

  • Quarterly magazine
  • Launched by Government of India
  • To provide health-related information and promote awareness about healthy living

India’s first payments bank

  • Rajasthan
  • Launched by: Airtel
    It offers 7.25% interest on savings bank accounts

India’s first LNG fuelled bus

  • Thiruvananthapuram
  • Launched by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
  • The initiative is a joint effort of Petronet LNG Limited (PLL), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. and Tata Motors Ltd.

INS Chennai

  • Last of the ships in the Project 15A( stealth guided missile destroyers)
  • Commissioned into the Indian Navy

Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea by International Maritime Organisation

  • Winner: Radhika Menon
  • First female captain of Indian Merchant Navy
  • First woman in the world to be conferred International Maritime Organisation Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea

International Press Freedom Award

  • Malini Subramaniam
  • For reporting from the Naxal-infested Bastar area

Kerala

  • The largest state so far to be acknowledged Open Defecation Free (ODF) under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) (Gramin)

Russia

  • The country which has decided to pull out from the membership of the International Criminal Court

Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2016

  • Akshaya Mukul
  • Award-winning books: Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India

Sushil Chandra

  • Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)

TAPAS 201 (RUSTOM-II)

  • Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAV

Task Force to recalibrate ATMs

  • Headed by: SS Mundra
  • Purpose: To speed up the process of recalibration of ATMs to dispense the new denomination notes

The founder of Sulabh International

  • Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak
  • Brand Ambassador: Swachh Rail Mission

Hand in Hand 2016

  • India- China
  • Joint Training Exercise
  • Location: Pune

The toll-free Aadhaar helpline

  • 1947
  • Number was launched by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

Word of the year by Oxford Dictionary

  • Post-truth
  • Meaning: Relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief

World Robot Olympiad

  • Theme: Rap the Scrap
  • It was held for the first time in India

World Sanskrit Award

  • Winner: Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
  • Princess of Thailand
    For the promotion of Language

XPNAV-1

  • X-ray pulsar navigation satellite
  • Launched by China
  • To conduct in-orbit experiments using pulsar detector

 

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