DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 10TH NOV 2016
(Daily News India)
1. INDIA,
JAPAN SIGN LANDMARK NUCLEAR ENERGY DEAL
i. India on
Friday signed a historic civilian nuclear deal with Japan during the annual
bilateral summit held in Tokyo.
ii. India is
the first non-member of the non-proliferation treaty to have signed such a deal
with Japan.
iii. The
nuclear deal which will help India access Japan’s nuclear market, had been
under negotiation for six years
2. WORLD
PNEUMONIA DAY OBSERVED ON 12TH NOVEMBER
i. World
Pneumonia Day is observed across the world on 12 November.
ii. The day
is annually observed to raise awareness about pneumonia, the world’s leading
killer of children under the age of five.
iii. The
main aim is to promote interventions to protect against, prevent and treat
pneumonia; and generate action to combat pneumonia.
iv. This
year theme is, "Keep the Promise, Stop Pneumonia Now".
3. 11-YEAR-OLD
PUNE GIRL WINS ‘DOODLE 4 GOOGLE’ 2016 CONTEST
i. 1 year
old Pune girl Anvita Prashant Telang has been named national winner of the
“Doodle 4 Google” contest.
ii. The
Doodle will be featured on the Google India homepage on November 14 to
celebrate Children’s Day.
Virat
Kohli dismissed hit-wicket in Rajkot
4. VIRAT
KOHLI BECAME THE FIRST INDIAN TEST SKIPPER TO BE OUT HIT WICKET SINCE LALA
AMARNATH IN 1949.
i. He got
hit wicket when his foot disturbed the stumps in the ongoing Rajkot Test
against England.
ii. Batting
on 40, Kohli went well inside the crease to pull a short ball from spinner Adil
Rashid when he dislodged the bails with his foot and got out.
5. INDIAN
WOMEN'S TEAM WINS GOLD AT THE 7TH WORLD CARROM CHAMPIONSHIP
i. Indian
women’s carrom team defeated Sri Lanka to win the gold at the seventh World
carrom championship in Birmingham (UK) on Friday.
ii. India's
S Apoorwa and Kajol Kumari also won gold in the women's doubles event.
iii.
Meanwhile, the men's team lost to Sri Lanka to win the silver medal in the
competition.
