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
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