Page-16 of Current Affairs - November, 2016
272 products registered as geographical indication so far
As many as 272 products have been registered as geographical indications since September 2003, according to data of Office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks. During this fiscal (2016-17), 11 products have been registered so far as ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
2016 will be hottest year on record
According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the year 2016 was the warmest year on record globally. It was mentioned in the WMO’s preliminary assessment provided in its ‘Status of the Global Climate in 2016’ report. WMO is the United ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
Facebook sets wireless world record by transmitting data at 20 Gbps
Facebook’s Connectivity Lab has set a world record transmitting at nearly 20 Gbps for 13.2 kilometers using Milli Meter Wave (MMW) technology. The Connectivity Lab achieved a data rate of nearly 20 Gbps in a point-to-point land-based test from a ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
Special Task Force led by SS Mundra formed to recalibrate ATMs
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has formed Special Task Force to speed up the process of recalibration of automated teller machines (ATM) to dispense the new denomination notes. The Special Task Force will be headed by S.S Mundra, Deputy ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
Biggest and brightest Supermoon observed
The Supermoon was observed after the moon was closest to the Earth at 356,509 km. This is for the first time moon came closest to Earth since 1948. Last time, the moon came closer to earth on 26 January 1948. ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
Padmini Rout wins 2016 National Women Premier Chess Championship
International Master Padmini Rout has won the 2016 National Women Premier Chess Championship. With this win, she has scored a hat-trick in the National Women Premier Chess Championship. Earlier she had won the championship in 2014 and 2015. She was ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
CPEC becomes reality as Pakistan inaugurates Gwadar port
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the operational activities of the revamped strategic Gwadar port in the south-western Balochistan Province. With the operationalisation of the deep sea port, the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), linking western China to the ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
Termination clause in N-deal with Japan not binding on India: Government
The Union Government has said that the “termination” clause in the recently signed historic civil nuclear deal with Japan will be not binding on India. But the “termination” clause merely records the “views” of the Japanese side considering its “special ..