Current Affairs 30th November 2017

Current Affairs 30th November 2017

NATIONAL

• Election Commission of India teams up with Facebook to encourage youth to vote
• External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj leaves for Russia’s Sochi to participate in SCO meet
• Greece supports India’s bid for UNSC permanent membership
• India among countries where 10% drugs are substandard: WHO
• Petroleum Minister to dedicate to nation Paradip- Raipur- Rachi pipeline in Chhattisgarh’s Korba

INTERNATIONAL

• Bangladesh approves ₹1,800 crore to Bhashan Char islands project for Rohingya
• India, Singapore agrees to enhance security cooperation
• North Korea test-fires ballistic missile, going 4,500 km high

BANKING and ECONOMY

• Finance Minister Arun Jaitley formally launches Paytm Payments Bank
• Muthoot Finance launches loan scheme targeting SMEs
• Amazon makes Aadhaar mandatory for tracking lost packages

APPOINTMENT

• Lok Sabha appoints its first woman Secretary General
• BN Sharma named first Chairman of National Anti-Profiteering Authority
• Shaktikanta Das Appointed India’s Sherpa for G20
• Pradeep Singh Kharola appointed as Air India CMD

AWARDS

• French film on AIDS wins Best Film Award at IFFI 2017

SCIENCE

• MIT technique turns carbon emissions into fuel

SPORTS

• Srikanth, Sindhu win top awards at the Indian Sports Honours
• Ronaldo honoured with new bust at Real Madrid museum

OBITUARY

• Veteran ophthalmologist E.T. Selvam passes away
• Former Kerala minister E Chandrasekharan Nair passes away