Current Affairs 19th November 2016

Current Affairs 19th November 2016

National News:

• Union Government announces new set of measures to ease demonetisation policy
• PM Modi to address inaugural session of Rail Vikas Shivir
• Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius Anirood Jugnauth inaugurated AYUR Herbarium project in North Goa, an initiative by the pharmaceutical major in association with Union AYUSH Ministry
• Govt sets up inter-ministerial panel to look into concerns of foreign tourists & NRIs over demonetisation
• Amul to set up centralised milk processing unit in Bengal

International News:

• Sweden may be first to have national digital currency
• Thailand recently celebrated the festival of lights called LoiKrathong, which is celebrated to pay homage to Lord Buddha

New Appointment:

• Times Internet names former Twitter India Head Rishi Jaitly as CEO of Times Global Partners

Banking:

• Mastercard Launches Masterpass QR Payment Solutions
• RBI Allows Foreign Investors To Buy Securitised Debt
• India-US resolve 100 tax dispute cases worth Rs 5,000 crore

Awards:

• Priyanka nominated for People’s Choice Awards for 2nd time
• Ladakh-based engineer, SonamWangchuk, on whom Aamir Khan’s character ‘PhunsukhWangdu’ was based in the film ‘3 Idiots’, was awarded the ‘Rolex Awards for Enterprise 2016’ for his ‘Ice Stupas’ project

Obituary:

• Former J&K Governor Lt Gen S K Sinha passes away

Science & tech: 

• India’s total solar capacity crosses 10 GW-mark: Bridge to India

Sports: 

• Dharam Pal Singh, an Indian cow herder who claims to be 119 years old, is set to compete at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Perth, Australia
• Sprinter Dharambir handed eight-year ban
• Tamil refugee team wins national T20 tournament in Australia