14th November 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 14th November 2017

International Current Affairs

Today is World Diabetes Day.
- This day was introduced in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization in response to the alarming rise of diabetes around the world.
- Theme of World Diabetes Day 2017 : "Women and diabetes - our right to a healthy future."
As many as 23 EU nations today signed the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) agreement.
- Aim of this Agreement : To boost defence cooperation among member states.
- This agreement legally binds nations to participate in joint projects as well as to increase defence spending and contribute to rapid deployments.

National Current Affairs

128th birth anniversary of 1st Prime Minister of the country Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru is being observed as Children's Day today.
The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development is going to celebrate Child Rights Week (Hausla 2017) from 16th to 20th November, 2017.
- Note : The period between National Children’s Day (14 November) and International Child Rights Day (20 November) is observed as Child Rights Week.
Andhra Pradesh state government is hosting its first Hot Air Balloon Festival in Araku Valley.
President Ram Nath Kovind today inaugurated the 37th India International Trade Fair at Pragati Maidan in Delhi.
The Indian Railways has launched Project Saksham, India’s largest time-bound “upskilling” exercise for its employees to boost their efficiency.
- Project Saksham aims to upgrade the skillsets of 13 lakh-strong workforce of Indian Railways with a single drive spanning nine months.

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

India will overtake Japan in nominal GDP by 2028 to emerge as the World's Third-largest Economy, according to a report by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the corporate and investment banking division of Bank of America.
Nepal today scrapped the Budhi Gandaki hydropower project with a Chinese firm.
- The 1,200-MW project was cancelled over irregularities and lack of transparency, Thapa added. The project was estimated to cost over ₹16,000 crore.

Science & Technology

India's first wave-powered navigationalBuoy (an anchored float serving as a navigation mark) to guide ships in and out of harbours was launched in Chennai.
- Note : While conventional buoys are solar-powered, this one would harness energy from waves to power its beacon.
Asgardia, the first-ever country planned to be floated into space, has successfully launched its maiden satellite from a NASA site.
- The satellite contains data uploaded by over 1.16 lakh registered "Asgardians", which makes the "space nation" rank 174 in terms of population.
Global carbon emissions will touch a record high of 37 billion tonnes, an analysis by the Global Carbon Project has revealed.

Sports Current Affairs

Two-time Olympic medalist, Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar, is set to make a comeback by taking part in the upcoming National Wrestling Championship.
- Kumar, who will represent Railways, was last seen in action at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, where he finished with a gold medal.
Pakistani cricketer Saeed Ajmal announced that he will retire from all forms of cricket at the end of the ongoing National T20 Cup.
- He made his Test debut at the age of 31 and picked 178 wickets, the second-most for bowlers who made their debut after 30.
- He picked 184 and 85 wickets in 113 ODIs and 64 T20Is respectively.