1. South
Africa’s Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters (22) was crowned Miss Universe at pageant held
at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
With this she becomes, second South African to win this crown after Margaret
Gardiner who had won Miss Universe 1978. Contestants from 92 countries had
participated in the Miss Universe 2017. This year’s edition had the most
contestants ever, including the first ever. Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters was born on
28 June 1995 in Sedgefield, Western Cape. She received a degree in business
management from North-West University. She is fluent in both English and
Afrikaans. The runner-up of Miss Universe 2017 was Miss Colombia Laura
Gonzalez, while second runner-up was Miss Jamaica Davina Bennett.
2. Professor
Hiroshi Marui of Japan was conferred with the third Indian Council for Cultural
Relations (ICCR) Distinguished Indologist Award for the year 2017.
Indology is academic study of history, cultures, languages and literature of
India and is a subset of Asian studies. He was presented with this award by
President Ram Nath Kovind at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
Professor Marui has spent over 40 years working on Indian philosophy and
Buddhist Studies. He is President of Japanese Association of Indian and
Buddhist Studies and has made significant contribution to Indology in Japan.
The first award was given to Prof. Heinrich Freiherr Von Stietencron of Germany
in 2015. Prof. Yu Long Yu of China was awarded in 2016. ICCR
Distinguished Indologist Award is an annual award instituted by ICCR. It
carries prize amount of US$ 20000.
3. Former
Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Shaktikanta Das, was
appointed as India’s G 20 Sherpa till December 31, 2018 for Development Track
of G20 by the Union Ministry of Finance. There are two tracks in G
20-Development Track and Finance Track. Finance Track is managed by Secretary
(Economic Affairs) as India’s Deputy to G-20 and Development Track is
coordinated by Sherpa. The DEA, Ministry of Finance provides necessary support
to the Sherpa. Sherpa is personal representative of leaders participating at
G-20 summit and are responsible for thrashing out details before meeting of the
leaders.
4. NK
Singh, former bureaucrat and ex-Member of Parliament will be Chairman of 15th
Finance Commission. The Union Government with the approval President of India has
constituted 15th Finance Commission which will make recommendations for
the five years commencing 1 April 2020 till 31 March 2025. Its other
members are Shaktikanta Das, Former Secretary Economic Affairs; Dr Anoop Singh,
Adjunct Professor of Georgetown University. Besides, Dr Ashok Lahiri, Chairman
of Bandhan Bank and Dr Ramesh Chand, NITI Aayog Member will be the Part-time
its members. Arvind Mehta will be Secretary to the Commission. The commission
will recommend devolution of shareable central taxes to States. It will also
review several important aspects of federal fiscal finance. It will make its
report available by 30th October 2019. While making its recommendations, it
will look at resources of Central Government and State Governments for five
years commencing on 1st April 2020 on basis of levels of tax and non-tax
revenues likely to be reached by 2024-25.
5. As
part of Asian Development Bank’s (ADB’s) Country Partnership Strategy 2018-22,
the multi-lateral funding agency will provide loans up to $4 billion on annual
basis including non-sovereign or private debt during 2018-22 to accelerate
inclusive economic transformation. Cumulatively, India which
is the largest recipient of ADB will get about $20 billion over a period of 5
years. Under this strategy, ADB’s annual sovereign funding to India will
increase from $2 billion to $3 billion while private sector funding will be
doubled to $1 billion. The other priority pillars of strategy also include
increasing annual funding to low income states and climate change.
6. Eminent
exponent of Gwalior gharana of Hindustani classical music, Pandit Narayanrao
Bodas (84), passed away in Pune, Maharashtra after a brief
illness...
7. Karan
Pierce was appointed as Britain’s ambassador to UN.
With this, She become the first woman to be appointed to this
role.She served as Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva.
8. US
Media company Meredith Corporation on 27th Nov,2017 announced
to acquire Time Inc., the publisher of Sports Illustrated and Fortune
Magazines, for USD 2.8 billion in all-cash deal. The
deal has been unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of Meredith and
Time Inc. The deal is expected to close during the first quarter of year 2018.
9. Ajeya
Warrior , a joint military exercise will be held in Rajasthan from
Dec 2017 ( 1-14) between India and United Kingdom at the Mahajan
Field Firing Range. It will be third joint exercise between two countries. The
first exercise was conducted in 2013 at Belgaum , Karnataka whereas for the
second exercise in 2015, an Indian Army contingent has visited the United
Kingdom.
10. Acclaimed
Writer Nayantara Sahgal was awarded with the Life time Achievement Award at
Times Lit Fest 2017 in New Delhi. She is an Indian writer who writes in
English.She was presented with this award for “the rich corpus of work makes
her life” and ” for serving as a constant reminder for what the duties of a
writer are “. She belongs to the Nehru-Gandhi family.
11. The
Mt Agung Volcano ( Bali’s highest mount volcano ) recently erupted and led to the
closure of airport of Indonesia.
12. The
State Government of Madhya Pradesh has recently announced the death
sentence for raping 12 years old and below.
13. The
Union Minister Menaka Gandhi has launched an intensive program to
train elected women representatives ( EWRs) of Panchayat Raj Institutions.
14. Jeff
Bezos ( Founder and CEO of Amazon.com ) became the first billionaire
since 1999 to have net worth over USD 100 billion after
Amazon’s shares climbed on Black Friday.
15. Mumbai will
host the 15th MIFF for Documentary, Short, Animation film.
16. Axis
Bank has launched the Block chain- based International Payment
Service.
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