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Daily Current Affairs of 16th November 2018
International Current Affairs
- English word 'Toxic' has been chosen as the 'Word of the Year 2018' by Oxford Dictionaries.
- Meaning of Toxic - Poisonous
- The 9th Annual Defence and Security Dialogue between India and China recently held in Beijing.
- India's defence delegation was headed by : Sanjay Mitra (Defence secretary)
National Current Affairs
- Nearly 5 years after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, the state has finalised its new emblem for official use.
- This emblem consists of "Dhamma Chakka (The Wheel of Law)" embllished with a ring of Triratnas alternating with pinnate leaves and precious stones.
- Further, the national emblem is placed at the bottom of the Andhra emblem.
- The state emblem was inspired by the Amaravati School of Art.
- Important Details about Andhra Pradesh
- Capital : Amaravati, Hyderabad
- Total Districts : 13
- Governor : E. S. L. Narasimhan (Joint Governor for Telangana & AP)
- Chief Minister : N. Chandrababu Naidu
- Official language : Telugu
- Emblem : Poorna Kumbham
- Dance : Kuchipudi
- Song : Maa Telugu Talliki
- State Bird : Rose-ringered Parakeet
- State Flower : Jasmine
- State Tree : Neem
- State Animal : Black Buck
- Union Ministry of Tourism has inaugurated 2 important projects as part of Development of North East Circuit under Swadesh Darshan Scheme in Arunachal Pradesh. They are :
- Bhalukpong- Bomdila – Tawang Project
- Nafra- Seppa- Pappu, Pasa, Pakke Valleys- Sangdupota- New Sagalee- Ziro- Yomcha Project
- These projects were jointly inaugurated by the Union Minister of State (IC) Tourism, Shri K.J. Alphons; Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Pema Khandu and Minister for Tourism, Government of Arunachal Pradesh, Jarkar Gamlin.
- The 2 day South Asian Regional Conference on Urban Infrastructure : New Approaches to Public and Private Partnerships (PPPs) and Municipal Finance Innovations was recently held in New Delhi.
- This conference was organized by NITI Aayog in partnership with United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP) and Asian Development Bank (ADB).
- Objective : To discuss the key issues, perspectives and way forward in the Urban Infrastructure.
Science & Technology
- Elon Musk-led space exploration startup SpaceX has launched Qatar's Es’hail-2 telecommunications satellite aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.
- The satellite was deployed to a geostationary transfer orbit about 32 minutes after liftoff.
- This is the startup's 18th launch of the year.
- Chinese Scientists today announced that their Nuclear fusion reactor (famously known as Artificial Sun) reached 100 million°C, the temperature required to carry out fusion on Earth.
- This record-high temperature is 6 times the temperature of Sun's core (15 million°C).
- Note : The reactor is designed to mimic processes occurring at the Sun to turn hydrogen into cost-effective clean energy.
- Facebook Messenger has started rolling out its unsend feature.
- This new feature lets users delete messages from chat within 10 minutes of sending.
- The feature, which will be released globally soon, has been released on Android and iOS in Poland, Bolivia, Colombia and Lithuania.
- Indian Navy has successfully completed refitted Maldivian Coast Guard Ship (MCGS) Huravee at Naval Dockyard Visakhapatnam and was formally handed over.
- The ship was refitted in four-months as part of Indian Navy initiative undertaken in furtherance of its diplomatic outreach to friendly foreign navies in Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
Recent Committees in News
- To ensure sustainable development of Indian Himalayan region, NITI Aayog has constituted Himalayan State Regional Council.
- The Council has been constituted to review and implement identified action points based on Reports of five Working Groups, which were established along thematic areas to prepare a roadmap for action.
- It will be nodal agency for Sustainable development in Himalayan Region which consists of 12 States namely Jammu &Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, two districts of Assam namely Dima Hasao and KarbiAnglong and Darjeeling and Kalimpong in West Bengal.
- Head of this Council : Dr VK Saraswat (Member, NITI Aayog)
- This council will also consists Chief Secretaries of Himalayan States as well as Secretaries of key Central Ministries, senior officers of NITI Aayog as well as special invitees.
Banking, Business & Economic Affairs
- American payments processor Visa today announced that it is taking a minority stake in Indian payment gateway BillDesk.
- Mumbai-based BillDesk processes digital payments worth over $60 billion a year and provides customers with payment options like cards and e-wallets.
- Fitch Ratings today retained India's sovereign rating at the lowest investment grade of 'BBB-' with a stable outlook, same as that of Standard and Poor's.
- Fitch last upgraded India's rating from BB+ to BBB- with a stable outlook in 2006.
- Note : Fitch Ratings Inc. is one of the "Big Three credit rating agencies", the other two are Moody's and Standard & Poor's.
New Appointments
- India's second largest IT services firm Infosys today named Jayesh Sanghrajka as its interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
- He has spent 13 years in Infosys over two stints and is currently working as Executive Vice President and Deputy Chief Financial Officer.
- He is going to replace Ranganath who has stepped down yesterday.
Sports Current Affairs
- The Pakistan Cricket Board is going to conduct a 3 match test series trophy titled 'Oye Hoye Cup 2018' between Pakistan and New Zealand.
- This trophy was named after Pakistani potato chips brand Oye Hoye chips.
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