Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (08th to 14th November 2018)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 2^nd week of November 2018. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming IBPS PO, Clerk 2018 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

Current Affairs: Important Days

Current Affairs: National

1) Union Cabinet approves opening up of International Solar Alliance membership to all – UN countries

2) The country that has elected as a member of the International Telecommunications Union-ITU Council for another four-year is – India.

3) Supreme Court has upheld presumption that couple who live together as husband and wife are legally married and woman can claim maintenance under – Section 125 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC )

4) India’s unemployment rate jumps to 2-year high of – 6.9% in October.

5) With an aim to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Tricolour hoisting for the first time by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at Port Blair, the central government has announced a release of – Rs 75 coin.

6) Indian mountaineer Satyarup Siddhanta became the first Indian to climb Mt Giluwe, the second highest mountain in – Papua New Guinea.

Current Affairs: International

1) A sculpture in honour of Indian soldiers who fought during World War I was unveiled in – The town of Smethwick in the West Midlands region of England.

2) China unveils most advanced stealth drone called – UAV CH7

3) The country that is roping in India as a niche digital partner in tune with its rise as an internet giant is – China.

4) Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa ended his five-decade-long association with Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and joined newly-formed – Sri Lanka People’s Party (SLPP).

5) World’s largest supercomputer Spiking Neural Network Architecture (SpiNNaker) machine designed to work in same way as human brain was designed by – University of Manchester in UK.

6) US exempt India, China from its sanctions for buying – Iranian oil

7) Twitter removes thousands of automated accounts in – US

Current Affairs: State

1) North East’s first ‘floating water handloom huts’ were inaugurated at – Loktak Lake in Bishnupur district of Manipur

2) Vilnius and which state has signs MoU with the cooperation of urban planning, corporate planning, transport, solid water management and water management – Kochi.

3) High Court for Andhra Pradesh will start functioning from January 1, 2019 in – Amaravathi

4) World Bank and Centre and Andhra govt signed an MOU to $172 million loan to make farming viable in – Andhra Pradesh

5) Election Commission sets up ‘Sangwari’ polling booths in various constituencies of Chhattisgarh to encourage – Women Voters.

6) Tourism Minister inaugurated tourist facilitation counter at – IGI airport

7) India’s largest container port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) is planning to host an edible – Oil Refinery

8) BhubaneswarMe Wi-Fi’ launched in – Orissa

9) Mo bus service launched in – Odisha

10) Tripura government to acquire 26% shares of Palatana thermal project from – IL & FS.

11) The state that has dropped the May Day from the list of holidays is – Tripura.

12) IIT-Madras has developed portable solar-powered cold storage device for – Storing vegetables and fruits

13) SEBI gave nod to Tamil Nadu for launching its State Shelter Fund for attracting investments in – The affordable housing segment.

14) UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath renamed Faizabad as – Ayodhya

15) NMCG and HCL foundation to engage in Afforestation and Public outreach activities through Bal Ganga Mela in – Noida

16) Ahead of India-West Indies T20I match Lucknow stadium renamed after – Atal Bihari Vajpayee stadium.

17) Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation several projects including two National Highways and an Inland Waterways Terminal on River Ganga at – Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.

18) PM inaugurates country’s first multi-modal terminal constructed on river Ganga in – Varanasi.

19) Researchers at IIT, Roorkee, have developed fluorescent carbon Nano dots for simultaneous detection and destruction of – Cancer Cells.

20) The state that has launched GPS mapping of government schools and personnel location system is – Nagaland

21) West Bengal cabinet, headed by CM Mamata Banerjee, decided to set up development boards for – The Matua and Namasudra communities .

Current Affairs: Banking and Finance

1) RBI plans to appoint Ombudsman for digital payments by – March 2019.

2) ADB to provide US $13 million loan to EESL to promote – Efficient Energy usage in India

3) The Reserve Bank of India cancelled the certificate of registrations of as many as 31 Non-Banking 4) Finance Companies (NBFCs) Most of these from – West Bengal.

5) Banks that takes over MCA stadium in Pune over loan payment defaults is – Bank of Maharashtra, Karnataka Bank, Bank of Baroda and Andhra Bank.

Current Affairs: Business

1) State-owned NBCC (India) Limited has signed an agreement with the Health Ministry to acquire – Hospital Services Consultancy Corporation (HSCC).

2) Finnish mobile telecom network maker that joined hands with Indian IT services firm Infosys to work in AI and machine learning driven solutions is – Nokia.

Current Affairs: Appointments

Current Affairs: Resignation

Current Affairs: Awards and Honours

ATP world tour awards 2018

UNESCO Announced Asia-Pacific Awards 2018 for Cultural Heritage Conservation

Current Affairs: MOU

1) Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) has signed MoU with US-based Research Institute for Fragrant Materials (RIFM) for improving the – Quality of fragrant oils.

Current Affairs: Summit and Conference

Current Affairs: Book and Authors

Current Affairs: Ranking

1) India overtook US as the 2nd largest smart phone market after – China

Current Affairs: Mobile App and Portal

1) Ministry of Women and Child Development has launched online portal to promote women farmers and entrepreneurs called – Mahila-E-Haat.

Current Affairs: Defence

1) NASA’s Ralph, a space instrument, will travel with the Lucy mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids in – 2021.

2) The Defence Ministry has enhanced financial powers of vice chiefs of the three services from Rs 100 crore to – Rs 500 crore.

3) Indian Navy – Indonesian Navy Bilateral Exercise ‘Samudra Shakti’ began at – Surabaya, Indonesia.

Current Affairs: Sports

1) Star Indian wrestler who touched a new high in his career by achieving the number one rank in the world in the 65kg category is – Bajrang Punia.

2) The 2018 Men’s Singles title at the Rolex Paris Masters is won by – Karen Khachanov.

3) 34th National Junior Athletics Championships 2018 held in – Jharkhand.

4) The captain of the United States national cricket team is – Saurabh Netravalkar.

5) Lewis Hamilton won the Brazilian Grand Prix, he represents – Mercedes.

Current Affairs: Obituaries

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