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Daily Current Affairs of 10th November 2018
International Current Affairs
- Today (10th November) is World Science Day for Peace and Development (WSDPD) / World Science Day.
- This day is annually observed on November 10 to raise awareness of the benefits of science worldwide.
- World Science Day for Peace and Development 2018 Theme : "Science, a Human Right”
- After United States President Donald Trump rejected India's R-Day invite citing scheduling conflicts, India is now planning to invite South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as the Chief Guest for India's Republic Day celebrations 2019.
- Since 1950, India has been hosting head of state or government of another country as the state guest of honour for Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi.
- Some of the guests are :
- Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the Parliament after his party announced that it did not have the majority to secure support for PM Mahinda Rajapaksa.
- Sirisena called for snap parliamentary elections on January 5, nearly two years ahead of schedule.
- Sri Lankan Parliament's Speaker, Karu Jayasuriya, had refused to recognise Rajapaksa as PM until he proved majority.
- For the 1st time in the world, the Scotland government has mandated a curriculum that will teach about LGBTI rights at all public schools.
- Schools will also teach about LGBTI terminology, tackling homophobia and prejudice.
- LGBTI - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex
- For the first time, Bangladesh is going to use Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) on a limited scale in the country's general elections to be held on December 23.
- Nearly 10.4 crore people, including more than 5.1 crore women, are registered as voters in Bangladesh.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, the Maldives' President-elect on November 17.
- Important Note : Maldives is the only South Asian country PM Modi has not visited since assuming office.
- U S Vice President Mike Pence will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week during his 4 nation tour.
- Pence will travel to Japan, Singapore, Australia and Papua New Guinea from November 11 to 18.
- He is scheduled to attend the US-ASEAN Summit, East Asia Summit and Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meet.
Banking, Business & Economic Affairs
- The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for leasing out 6 Airports for operating, managing and developing under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.
- The 6 airports chosen are :
- Lucknow
- Ahmedabad
- Jaipur
- Mangaluru
- Trivandrum
- Guwahati
- The Cabinet has approved a plan to allow foreign oil companies to store oil in the Padur Strategic Petroleum Reserve (Karnataka).
- The Padur strategic reserve has four compartments to hold about 18.5 million barrels of oil.
- Note : India has built emergency storage in underground caverns at Visakhapatnam, Mangaluru and Padur to hold 36.87 million barrels of crude.
- India is going to export 2 million tonnes of raw sugar to China from next year.
- Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) and COFCO, a Chinese state-owned company, have signed an initial deal for 50,000 tonnes of sugar.
- Aim of this move : To reduce $60 billion trade deficit India has with China.
Deaths
- Veteran Marathi actress Lalan Sarang (79) passed away .
- She was known for acting in plays like 'Kamla', 'Sakharam Binder', 'Gidhade' and 'Rathchakra' and films like 'Samna'.
Science & Technology
- Indian Army today inducted three major artillery gun systems and equipments, including the M777 American Ultra-Light Howitzer and the K-9 Vajra at Deolali artillery centre in Maharashtra's Nashik.
- It's the first major induction of such guns since Bofors were inducted around 30 years ago.
- Moreover, 100 K-9 Vajra will be inducted at the cost of ₹4,366 crore by 2020.
- China today disclosed the technical details of its supersonic cruise missile, HD-1, leading military experts to believe that it has the potential to compete with the BrahMos missile jointly developed by India and Russia.
- This missile uses a solid-propellant ramjet that can reach targets 290 kilometres away at a speed of Mach 2.2 to 3.5.
- The missile weighs 2,200 kilograms, can fly as high as 15 kilometres and as low as 5-10 meters when sea skimming.
- The HD-1 can be launched from a land-based Transport Erection and Launch vehicle (TEL).
- American transportation technology company Virgin Hyperloop One today announced it has hired Jay Walder, former CEO of bike-sharing operator Motivate, as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
- Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, chairman and CEO of the United Arab Emirates shipping and logistics company DP World, will replace Richard Branson as the company's new chairman.
- 35 year old Pacer Munaf Patel, who was a part of India's 2011 World Cup winning squad, has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
- Munaf represented India from 2006 to 2011, taking 125 wickets in 86 matches.
- Captain Harmanpreet Kaur became the 1st ever Indian woman to smash a hundred in T20I cricket, achieving the feat against New Zealand in the Women's World T20 2018.
- She scored 103 runs off 51 balls, which included eight sixes and seven fours.
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