Daily Current Affairs of 20 Novemebr 2017


  1. Yuki Bhambri, India’s tennis star clinched his first title of the 2017 season on the ATP Challenger Tour.
  2. Grigor Dimitrov has won the ATP Finals Title in London, UK.
  3. World Congress of the International Committee of Military Medicine organised by the AFMS under the aegis of the Ministry of Defence began in New Delhi.
  4. International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was inaugurated in Goa.
  5. The Centre has raised import duty on crude palm oil to 30% from 15% and on refined oil to 40% from 20%.
  6.  has successfully launched for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the first in a series of four highly advanced polar-orbiting satellitesJPSS-1 lifted off on a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Satellite will provide meteorologists with observations of atmospheric temperature and moisture, clouds, sea-surface temperature.
  7.  and Almaz Ayana won the Delhi Half Marathon, 2017. In the Men’s section, Legese clocked 59 minutes 46 seconds to claim the first spot. India’s Nitendra Rawat finished 10th. In the Women’s section, it was a clean sweep for Ethiopia, with world recorded holder Almaz Ayana finishing at the top of the podium. She clocked one hour, seven minutes and 11 seconds.
  8.  begins in Guwahati, Assam. AIBA Youth Women’s World Boxing Championship’s Mascot is one-horned rhino ‘Guppy’. Its Official Anthem is ‘Make Some Noise’ and it’s ambassador is Mary Kom.
  9. Based on the per capita income of its people, Qatar has been named the world’s richest country as per the recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) report.


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SSC CHSL (10+2) 2017
28th December
2
RBI Office Attendant
7th December
3
UPSC CDSE I 2018
4th December
4
IBPS SO 2017
27th November

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