28th November 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

Daily Current Affairs of 28th November 2017

International Current Affairs

Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's birthday (February 21st) has been declared as a Public Holiday after the government gazetted it as Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day.
- Note : Mugabe recently resigned as President after 37 years in power.

National Current Affairs

PM Narendra Modi today inaugurated the 30-km-long 1st phase of Hyderabad Metro Rail.
- Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao and Governor ESL Narasimhan accompanied PM Modi for the inaugural run.
- Note : The metro line will have 24 stations, with fares ranging from ₹10 to ₹60.

Awards & Honors

Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad has secured 49th position in the QS Global MBA Rankings 2018.
- Harvard Business School (US) topped the list, followed by INSEAD and HEC Paris.
- Note : IIM Bangalore and Indian School of Business were the other Indian institutes named among top 100, being ranked 58 and 93, respectively.

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

India's 3rd largest private sector lender Axis Bank has started cross-border payments over the blockchain using fintech company Ripple’s technology.
- Currently, its retail customers in India can receive payments from RakBank in UAE and corporate customers can receive payments from Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore.
- The bank's technology can reduce the time for international money transfer to 5-10 seconds from existing 3-5 days.

New Appointments

Karen Pierce has been appointed UK's ambassador to the United Nations.
- With this Karen became the first woman to be given the post in the British diplomatic service since the UN's formation in 1945.

Sports Current Affairs

India's 24-year-old table tennis player G Sathiyan clinched the Gold medal after defeating Japan's Kazuhiro Yoshimura 4-2 in the Men's singles final of the 2017 ITTF Challenge Spanish Open in Almeria.
- This is Sathiyan's second major title in addition to the gold he had won last year at the ITTF World Tour Belgium Open.
Indian cueist Pankaj Advani defeated Amir Sarkhosh of Iran to win his 18th international title in the form of the 15-frame IBSF World Snooker Championship in Doha today.
The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has announced that the nation will host a World XI side in January 2018.
A new mixed gender team competition is set to be introduced at the European Games in 2019 in Minsk.
- The new event, called Dynamic New Athletics (DNA), will feature Europe's top 30 countries competing across 10 events in two hours, culminating in a staggered pursuit relay called the 'Hunt'.
- Each team will feature nine women, eight men, and six reserves.

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