Current Affairs 20th November 2017

Current Affairs 20th November 2017

NATIONAL      

• President Kovind begins his tour to 3 northeastern states
• Moody’s Investors Service upgrades ratings of nine PSUs
• Global Entrepreneurship Summit- 2017 to be held at Hyderabad from November 28
• India has maximum number of people without toilets
• Government to link 1 billion Aadhaars to 1 billion accounts, 1 billion mobiles
• Gujarat has recorded most deaths due to malnutrition in 2016
• Telangana government announces waiver of all pending electricity dues of STs
• Delhi government says will roll out 2,000 new CNG buses within a year

INTERNATIONAL

• Egypt to boost economic cooperation with India
• 114 nations launch urgent action to end TB by 2030
• Swiss parliament panel allows information exchange with India
• India, China, US agree to cooperate more on cyberspace security
• Canada opens its first highway to the Arctic

BANKING AND ECONOMY

• Centre hikes import duty on edible oils to help farmers
• RBL Bank opens all women branch in Chennai
• India moves up one notch to 126 in GDP per capita terms
• Reliance General Insurance enters into bancassurance pact with YES Bank
• Government sets Rs 10,000 minimum balance in bank accounts as rural poverty measure
• United Bank of India plans to raise Rs 500 crore via Basel III compliant bonds
• Banks allowed to hire machines, staffers for Aadhaar enrolment

AWARDS

• India’s Manushi Chhillar crowned Miss World
• Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh awarded the Indira Gandhi Piece Prize

SCIENCE

• New 3D printed fabric cools 55% more than cotton

SPORTS

• Pollard becomes 2nd batsman to hit 500 sixes in T20 cricket
• Yuki Bhambri beats Ramkumar Ramanathan to win ATP Challenger
• Amit Dhankar, Mausam Khatri bag gold medal in National Wrestling championship
• Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan win bronze in Sweden Open
• Afghanistan beat Pakistan by 185 runs to lift Under 19 Asia Cup title