DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 16TH NOV 2016
(Daily News India)
1.
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR TOLERANCE 2016 OBSERVED ACROSS THE WORLD
i. The
International Day for Tolerance is observed globally on 16 November every year.
ii. The Day
aims at educating masses about the need for tolerance in society and helping
them understand the negative effects of intolerance.
2. UNION
BUDGET TO BE PRESENTED ON FEBRUARY 1
i. The
government has announced that it will present the Union Budget for 2017-18 on
February 1 and the budget session may begin in January.
ii. The
government had approved the scrapping of the 92-year old practice of presenting
a separate Railway Budget and merged it with the Union Budget.
3. INDIA,
ADB SIGN $500 MILLION LOAN PACT TO BUILD 9.8-KM GANGA BRIDGE IN BIHAR
i. The Asian
Development Bank and the Government of India on 15 November 2016 signed a 500
million US dollar loan to build a 9.8 km long road bridge across the Ganges
River.
ii. This
will be India’s longest river bridge.
4.
PADMINI ROUT WINS NATIONAL WOMEN PREMIER CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THIRD TIME
i.
International Chess Master Padmini Rout won the National Women Premier Chess
Championship for the third time.
ii. The Rout
played out a draw with her Petroleum Sports Promotion Board teammate Eesha
Karavade that made her achieve the hat-trick of title wins.
iii. S
Vijayalakshmi of Air India won the silver medal while Karavade grabbed the
bronze.
5. CHINA’S
SUMWAY TAIHULIGHT WINS FASTEST SUPERCOMPUTER TITLE
i.China’s
‘Sumway Taihulight’ has won the fastest supercomputer title in the 48th
edition of Top500 list of supercomputers.
ii. Chinese
supercomputer has retained the top spot in the list of the world’s fastest
supercomputers for the eighth consecutive year
iii.
TaihuLight supercomputer TaihuLight is built entirely using processors designed
and made in China.
