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Yak 11Th November 2017 Of Import Daily Electrical Flow Affairs

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Dear Great Ambitionists, hither are today's (11th Nov 2017) Important Current Affairs updates. Happy Reading :)

Daily Current Affairs of 11th Nov 2017

National Current Affairs
  • Today (11th November) is National Education Day.
    • This twenty-four hours is observed to commemorate the nascency anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first instruction government minister of independent India, who served from xv August 1947 until ii Feb 1958.
    • The Bharat Ratna recipient was non exclusively responsible for streamlining Indian instruction scheme but every bit good foresaw the establishment of the kickoff IIT, IISc, too the University Grants Commission inwards his tenure.
  • The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply too Transport (BEST) launched 4 electrical buses inwards Mumbai, 45 years afterwards electrical buses were kickoff discontinued inwards the city. 
    • The novel buses volition run on lithium-ion batteries too are emission-free.
  • Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today announced World Bank-backed ₹6,000 crore scheme to meliorate the irrigation facilities too H2O accessibility capacity inwards several states including Maharashtra, Karnataka, too Telangana.
    • Gadkari every bit good announced ₹25,000 crore-worth Daman Ganga-Pinjar inter-state river connectivity project, which is expected to resolve the domestic H2O render need of Mumbai.
  • The Union Cabinet today approved the creation of the National Testing Agency (NTA) as an autonomous too self-sustaining testing scheme to bear entrance examinations for higher educational institutions. 
    • The NTA volition initially bear entrance examinations which are currently beingness conducted yesteryear the CBSE too volition eventually accept upwards other examinations 1 time it is fully functional.
International Current Affairs
  • A NASA-funded written report has found that India would before long overtake China every bit the World's Top Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) emitter afterwards its emissions rose yesteryear 50% since 2007, spell the latter's declined yesteryear 75% for the same period. 
    • Note : SO2, mainly produced yesteryear coal-burning ability plants, is an air pollutant that causes acid rain, haze, too many health-related problems.
New Appointments
  • UNESCO fellow member states today appointed quondam French Culture Minister Audrey Azoulay as the new Director-General of the cultural agency. 
    • She volition accept business office on Nov 15.
    • Important Note : Azoulay is the 11th Director-General of UNESCO too the second adult woman to occupy the position.
    • UNESCO  - United Nations Educational, Scientific too Cultural Organization
  • For the kickoff fourth dimension inwards the country's history, Qatar has appointed 4 women to the Shura Council, 1 of its nearly of import consultative bodies.
    • The women volition hold upwards component of the 45-member council responsible for discussing draft laws, full general authorities policy, too the state's draft budget.
    • The council members every bit good receive got the correct to enquiry cabinet members on policy issues.
Banking, Business & Economic Affairs
  • The GST Council chaired yesteryear Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has reduced revenue enhancement charge per unit of measurement on several items. 
    • The GST Council has lowered revenue enhancement rates on 178 majority consumption products similar shampoos, chocolates, chewing gums, deodorants, too beauty products to 18%. 
    • GST on thirteen items including condensed milk, pasta, spectacle frames, too refined saccharide has been reduced from 18% to 12%. 
    • Tax charge per unit of measurement on cattle feed, bangles of lac/shellac, too unbranded frozen/dried fish has been reduced to nil.
  • India's industrial output grew 3.8% year-on-year inwards September.
    • The Index of Industrial Production for mining sector rose 7.9%, spell that for manufacturing grew 3.4% inwards September.
    • The highest increment was registered inwards the coal sector, which posted 10.6% increment year-on-year, followed yesteryear fossil oil refinery at 8% too natural gas at 6.3%.
Deaths
  • Nepal’s quondam Prime Minister Kirti Nidhi Bista (90) passed away.
    • Bista served every bit prime number government minister of Nepal during the Panchayat scheme from 1969 to 1970, 1971 to 1973 too 1977 to 1979.
Sports Current Affairs
  • Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir was named a government nominee inwards the Delhi too District Cricket Association (DDCA) managing committee. 
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