Daily Current Affairs of 5 November 2017

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  1. Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister of Communications launched a Pan India scholarship program for school children called Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana. SPARSH stands for Scholarship for Promotion of Aptitude & Research in Stamps as a Hobby. It is proposed to award annual scholarships to children of Standard VI to IX having good academic record and also pursuing Philately as a hobby.
  2. India Posts Payments Bank will have nationwide presence by April 2018. Currently IPPB’s Raipur & Ranchi branches are operational. It can accept deposits of up to Rs 1 lakh per account from individuals & small businesses.
  3. 5th November is celebrated as World Tsunami Awareness Day. Theme for 2017 WTAD is 'Reduce the Number of Affected People'.
  4. The Indian Army launched an independent and fully-integrated Joint Training Node (JTN) at Umroi cantonment in Shillong, Meghalaya.
  5. Reliance Communications will shut down voice call service from 1st December 2017 and its customers can move to other networks by the end of 2017.
  6. Digital payments provider Paytm unveiled its own messaging platform with an option of making in-chat payments. The service will allow users to chat with friends and family, and send and request money at the same time. The platform is encrypted end-to-end, and users can initiate private conversations and create group chats. They can also send photos and videos instantly, share live location.
  7. Insurance firm Bajaj Allianz has come up with India’s first ever insurance cover for individual victims of cyber crime. Under this policy, insurance cover will be provided against online fraud, identity theft, cyber-stalking and extortion, phishing and malware attack. Sum insured for this policy is in the range of Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1 crore.
  8. Sonepur mela is one of the biggest cattle fair in Asia that takes place in Bihar. The month-long fair is organised annually in November.
  9. Kerala has decided to formulate a trauma-care scheme in the State wherein all emergency care and treatment will be provided to accident victims free-of-cost for the first 48 hours.
  10. Srirangam temple of Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu has won the UNESCO Asia Pacific Award of Merit 2017 for cultural heritage conservation.
  11. China unveiled Asia's largest artificial island-building ship. The 140-metre-long vessel, which has been dubbed as "magic island maker", is capable of digging 6,000 cubic metres an hour, which is equivalent to three standard swimming pools.
  12. MC Mary Kom has been named as the ambassador of the upcoming AIBA Women's Youth World Championships.
  13. Shamika Ravi, would be appointed as part-time member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister.
  14. Saad al-Hariri, Lebanese Prime Ministerresigned from his post.Beirutis the capital and Lebanese pound is the currency of the Lebanon.
  15. Air New Zealand has been named Airline of the Year for 2018.

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