Daily Current Affairs of 8 November 2017

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  1. Indian short film ‘The School Bag’ has won the 'Best Short Film Award' at the South Asian Film Festival of Montreal (SAFFM). It tells a story based in Pakistan.
  2. Hasmukh Adhia has been designated as the new Finance Secretary.
  3. Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Railways & Coal has launched ‘Grahak Sadak Koyla Vitaran App’ benefitting customers of Coal India Limited (CIL) lifting coal through road mode.
  4. HDFC Bank Ltd has made online transactions through RTGS and NEFT free of cost from 1st November 2017, with an aim to promote a digital economy.
  5. A Financing Agreement for IBRD loan of US$ 119 million for the “Odisha Higher Education Programme for Excellence & Equity Project” was signed with the World Bank.
  6. Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales arrived in New Delhi on a 2-day visit to India.
  7. M.C. Mary Kom wins her fifth gold medal at the Asian Women’s Boxing Championships in Vietnam.
  8. Chennai is the third Indian city on the list of UNESCO Creative Cities list after Jaipur and Varanasi.  UNESCO- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.  Director-General- Irina Bokova, Headquarters- Paris, France.
  9. Assam's famed one-horned rhino was unveiled as the official mascot of the 2017 AIBA Youth Women's World Boxing Championship in Guwahati, Assam.
  10. Twitter has officially increased the number of characters in tweets from 140 to 280 for the majority of users. Twitter CEO- Jack Dorsey, Headquarters- California, USA.
  11. Ola announced its strategic partnership with Microsoft company and thereby choose the Microsoft as its preferred cloud provider.
  12. Guinea becomes new member of ISA. ISA stands for International Solar Alliance.
  13. Digital payment platform Paytm introduced payments using BHIM UPI on its platform, using which users can create their own Paytm BHIM UPI ID on the app, which will be issued by Paytm Payments Bank.



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