Important Current Affairs 30th November 2017

Important Current Affairs 30th November 2017

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Current Affairs 30th November 2017: NATIONAL NEWS

Cabinet approves MoU between India and Italy for cooperation in Agriculture and Phytosanitary issues 

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Italy for cooperation in Agriculture and Phytosanitary issues. 
●    It replaces the earlier MoU signed in January, 2008 which is going to expire in January, 2018. 
●    The MoU provides for cooperation in the fields of Phytosanitary issues, agricultural production and a wide range of other sectors including animal husbandry, agricultural research, food processing and other additional fields as may be mutually decided by both the sides.
●    The MoU has provision for exchange of information on the situation of agriculture and rural development, strengthening of technical exchange and production cooperation in respect of agricultural mechanization/farm machinery and agro-industrial infrastructures, removal of technical barriers and exchange experiences in animal husbandry sector including modern scientific researches and technologies etc.
●    The MoU provides for setting up of a Joint Working Group in order to promote bilateral exchanges in the field of agriculture, consider long-term initiatives for agricultural cooperation, and promote cooperation in order to reduce phytosanitary risks in exported goods also through the definition of specific joint procedures.
 

Cabinet approves transfer of landed assets owned by Hindustan Vegetable Oils Corporation Ltd. to Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs 

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for transfer of all land assets owned by Hindustan Vegetable Oils Corporation Ltd (HVOC) to Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) or its authorized agency for appropriate utilization/ disposal.
●    In lieu of the transfer of the land assets of HVOC, complete liabilities of HVOC towards loans taken from the Government including interest would be written off. 
●    The Government shall also take care of all contingent liabilities of HVOC that may arise in future due to pending cases in various courts/tribunals/authorities.
●    The land located in seven cities are lying unutilized for many years. 
●    The transfer of the properties to MoHUA would enable use of the land for public purpose. 
●    This will facilitate early winding up of HVOC, which is a sick PSU under liquidation.

MoS Home Kiren Rijiju to inaugurate three-day Kathakar: International Storytellers Festival

The Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Kiren Rijiju will inaugurate 7th edition of three day ‘Kathakar: International Storytellers Festival’ tomorrow at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts ( IGNCA), New Delhi. 
●    Member of Parliament, Shri Manoj Tiwari, Filmmaker and composer Shri Vishal Bhardwaj, singer and musician Shri Mohit Chauhan, Australian High Commissioner to India Mr Harinder Sidhu and Member Secretary, IGNCA, Dr Sachchidanand Joshi will also participate in the event tomorrow.
●    Kathakar is the only oral storytelling festival in India and is a part of Ghumakkad Narain- the Travelling Literature Festival which was started under the aegis of UNESCO in 2010. 
●    Kathakar is an attempt to not just preserve the art form but also create new audiences for the same.
●    Another highlight of the inaugural session is the launch of the book 'Curious Tales from the Himalayas' co-authored by Shaguna Gahilote and Prarthna Gahilote. 
●    For the first time, the festival in Delhi will also have a circus Act performed by children from the slums trained by Swedish Circus master Andreo. 

6th International Tourism Mart being organized in Guwahati, Assam from 5-7 December 2017

The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, in association with the North Eastern States is organising the “International Tourism Mart” (ITM) in Guwahati, Assam from 5-7 December, 2017. 
●    The event will be held in Taj Vivanta, and will be inaugurated on 5th December by His Excellency, Shri Jagdish Mukhi, Governor of Assam in the presence of Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Chief Minister Assam and Shri K.J Alphons MoS (IC), Ministry of Tourism & MoS, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Union Secretary Smt. Rashmi Verma and other dignitaries from Central Ministries and North Eastern States.
●    The 6th International Tourism Mart, will put the spotlight on India’s “Act East Policy”, blossoming ties with ASEAN and the larger East Asia region, home to the world’s rapidly growing economies and India’s emerging tourism markets. 
●    Besides deliberations on promotion of tourism in the Northeast Region in general, keeping the objectives of the ''Act East Policy” in view, the panel discussions will also focus on promoting cultural ties, people-to-people contact with countries in the ASEAN region providing enhanced connectivity to the States of North Eastern Region with other countries in our neighbourhood, thereby developing inter-regional tourism between the ASEAN and North East Region of India. 
●    The ITM 2017 will also see an active participation by the Ministry of DONER to synergize the process of development of tourism of the North East Region.

Current Affairs 30th November 2017: INTERNATIONAL RELATION

Cabinet approves investment cooperation and facilitation treaty between India and Brazil 

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing and ratification of the Investment Cooperation and Facilitation Treaty (ICFT) between India and Brazil.
●    The Treaty will result in increase of investment flows between the two countries.
●    The ICFT between India and Brazil will provide appropriate facilitation to Brazilian investors in India and Indian investors in the Brazil. 
●    It is likely to increase the comfort level and boost the confidence of investors by assuring a level playing field and non-discrimination in all investment facilitation matters, thus providing conducive investment climate to investors. 
●    It would help project India as a preferred Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) destination to all Brazilian investors.

Current Affairs 30th November 2017: ECONOMY

Anil Ambani to file a defamation case against Singhvi for Rs 5,000 crore

Reliance Group, led by Anil Ambani, said today that he will register a case of defamation of Rs 5,000 crore against Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi for giving false and defamatory statements.
●    The Reliance Group spokesman said, Abhishek Singhvi has given a hoax, abusive and malicious statement against the group.
●    We will file a lawsuit of Rs 5,000 crore against Singhvi for such false and insulting statements.
●    Earlier, in the day, Singhvi did not waive any debt of industrialists regarding this statement of V. Minister Arun Jaitley, accusing them of fooling people.
●    Singhvi claimed that the government deliberately put a debt of Rs 1.88 lakh crore to those who did not return the debt.
●    Singhvi said, one of them publicly declared last month that he will close his telecom business, which is owed to the banks of Rs 45,000 crore.

Current Affairs 30th November 2017: GLOBAL NEWS

Google's new App Daytally

Google, a leading technology company, introduced a new app, daytally today, which will help users to monitor mobile data usage and save data.
●    According to the company's official blog, mobile users can track their data usage accurately through the data-line.
●    This app will recommend saving data and information about public WiFi availability nearby.
●    According to this, this app will run only on Android 5.0 and above.
●    It can be downloaded from the Google Play Store.
●    Vice President Next billion user in Google, Cesar Sengupta has said in this blog that mobile data is expensive for many people in the world.
●    The biggest problem is that people do not know where the data expense is going on, so Google has prepared this app.

Current Affairs 30th November 2017: DAYS AND DATES

One rupee note turns 100 years today

One rupee note has become 100 years old today.
●    The history of coining silver coins in place of silver coins on November 30, 1917 goes to the era of World War I.
●    During World War I used to run a coin of silver which used to be silver, but due to the war the government was unable to make a silver coin, and for the first time on November 30, 1917, a rupee note came to the public.
●    It replaced the silver coin.
●    On the note of this first one rupee printed on hand-made paper, a picture of King George V of the UK was printed on the left.
●    It was also signed by three Finance Secretary MMS Gabbay, AC McWaters and H. Denning.
●    Later, the printing of this note was started again in 2015.
●    The most notable thing about this note is that it does not issue the Reserve Bank of India like other Indian notes, but the Government of India itself prints it.
●    It is not the Governor of the Reserve Bank but the signature of the Secretary of the country.