Current Affairs -2016 November (Chapter-29)

Current Affairs -2016 November

(Chapter-29)

419.The International Day for Tolerance is observed on?

November 16

420.Which state govt recently launched a programme named “Har Ghar Bijli Lagataar” to provide free electricity connection to about 50 lakh households above the poverty line?

Bihar

421.who won the 2016 National Women Premier Chess Championship?

Padmini Rout

422.Which famous personality has been conferred the 2016 Sumitra Charat Ram Award for lifetime achievement in the field of Indian classical music?

Hari Prasad Chourasia

423.Mehbooba Mufti formally launched the World Bank-funded Jhelum-Tawi flood recovery project. The World Bank had agreed to fund how much amount for the project?

$250 million

424.which Indian former cricketer adopted Puttamrajuvari Kandriga village in Andhra Pradesh?

Sachin Tendulkar

425.Which UN climate change conference has come out with action proclaimation?

Marrakech meet in Morocco

426.Government of India has imposed 5 year ban on Zakir Naik’s NGO. What is the name of the NGO?

Islamic Research Foundation

427.Which Guided Missile Destroyer ship was commissioned into the Indian Navy recently by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar?

INS Chennai

428.who won the Rolex Global Enterprise Award?

Dr Sonam Wangchuk

429.The India’s first e-assembly constituency?

Palampur assembly constituency (Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh)

430.Who won the International Children’s Peace Prize 2016 ?

Kehkashan Basu from the UAE-based Environmentalist

431.All banks have now moved to a new lending rate regime—the marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) starting

1 April 2016

432. Which online home rental solutions provider firm was acquired by Quikr recently?

Grabhouse

433.The Fifth International Tourism Mart that is organized in the North Eastern region of India is to be held between 23-25 November 2016 in which Indian state ?

Manipur