Current Affairs 26th November 2016

Current Affairs 26th November 2016

National News:

• Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs  approves new 62 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
• Union Government announces major changes in the demonetisation plan
• FASSAI sets new rules to check health supplement mis-labelling
• India’s first underwater festival to be held in Pune
• Andhra govt may give free mobiles for digital transactions
• 5th International Tourism Mart begins in Imphal, Manipur

International News:

• Scotland to build its first ‘homeless village’ in Edinburgh

New Appointments:

• Rajiv Kenue to take charge as Kenstar’s new CEO

Banking:

• SBI Slashes Bulk Deposit Rates By Up To 1.9%
• SBI to raise Rs 5,681 crore from preferential issue to govt
• SBI Enters Unified Payments Interface Arena With SBI Pay
• DBI Bank launches CASH@POS service at Mumbai Airport
• YES Bank, Gujarat Roadways join hands to digitise bus travel payments

Awards:

• Manoj Bajpayee wins 10th Asia Pacific Screen Award in Best Actor Category

Science & tech:

• Telegram launches anonymous blogging platform

Sports:

• Australia’s former women team’s captain Karen Rolton inducted into the ICC’s Hall of Fame
• P V Sindhu becomes highest-ranked Indian shuttler for 1st time
• Maha Haddioui is the first Arab female professional golfer

Obituary:

• Veteran journalist Dileep Padgaonkar dead