Page-18 of Current Affairs - November, 2016
Union Government unveils steps to boost cybersecurity
Union Government has unveiled a slew of measures in an attempt to strengthen cyber security in India. It was announced by the Union Minister for Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad at the Economic Editors’ Conference-2016. The conference was organised ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
High Level Meeting of Interior Ministers of IOR adopts Colombo declaration to Counter Drug Trafficking
The High Level Meeting of Interior Ministers of Indian Ocean Region (IOR) to Counter Drug Trafficking was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It had adopted Colombo declaration. The delegates from 18 littoral states of the IOR have resolved to work ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
City Union Bank launches India’s first banking robot Lakshmi in Chennai
India’s first banking robot named Lakshmi was launched by the Kumbakonam-based City Union Bank (CUB) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Lakshmi will be first on-site huamanoid (robot) in India. Currently, CUB has readied only one version of huamanoid banker and but ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
SAIL wins 2016 Golden Peacock Award for corporate governance
The Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has won the prestigious 2016 Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Governance. The award was received by Ashwini Kumar, CEO of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) on behalf of SAIL during the 16th London Global ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
Professor Raj Bisaria selected for Kalidas Samman
Madhya Pradesh Government has selected renowned theatre personality Prof Raj Bisaria for the prestigious ‘Kalidas Samman’ national award for 2015-16. He will be bestowed with the prestigious award for achievement in theatre in a ceremony to be held in Ujjain. ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
India, Japan ink ten agreements including civil nuclear deal
India and Japan signed have ten agreements to boost the bilateral cooperation between the two nations. The agreements were signed in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in Tokyo, Japan. Agreements signed are Agreement ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
India and Japan Sign Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement
After years of negotiations, India and Japan have signed a bilateral Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement on 11 November, 2016. With this, India has become the first non-NPT country with which Japan has signed a Civil Nuclear Agreement. The civil nuclear ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
China successfully launches pulsar navigation satellite XPNAV-1
China has successfully launched experimental X-ray pulsar navigation satellite XPNAV-1. It is the world’s first pulsar navigation satellite or spacecraft. It was launched on board of Long March 11 solid-fuelled rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China’s northwest. ..