Current affairs : November 13, 2016 for all competitive exams
India, Bhutan signs agreement on trade for better bilateral relations
Commerce and Industry
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Bhutan's Economic Affairs Minister Tengye
Lyonpo Lekey Dorji signed the agreement in New Delhi.
India will preside the
eighth edition of the Conference of Parties (COP) to WHO Framework Convention
on Tobacco Control (FCTC) which will be held in Switzerland's Geneva in 2018.
- Health Secretary CK Mishra has been
chosen as the President of the COP Bureau, for the next two years, after a
unanimous decision by the COP7 Plenary session.
The India-China Joint
Training Exercise "Hand in Hand 2016" is scheduled to be held in Pune
from November 15-27.
- This would mark the 6th annual
joint training exercise between the Indian Army and the People's
Liberation Army of China.
- It is aimed at honing military skills of the two armies by sharing expertise in drills while tackling insurgency and terrorism.
The International Monetary
Fund (IMF) has approved a three-year $12 billion loan program for Egypt, the
largest such package to a Middle East nation.
- The loan will help in boosting
Egypt’s foreign currency inflows, which have dwindled since the 2011 Arab
Spring uprising, and revive the African nation's economy.
- Egypt will receive an immediate disbursement of $2.75 billion.
Narinder Batra has become
the first Indian to be elected the President of the International Hockey Federation.
- He was voted to the top post by an
overwhelming margin during the penultimate day of the 45th FIH Congress in
Dubai.
- Batra, who is the president of Hockey India, defeated David Balbirnie of Ireland and Australia's Ken Read to become the 12th FIH President and also the first Asian to grab the post.
Australia will host the 2018
Invictus Games for wounded military personnel, Britain's Prince Harry
announced.
- More than 500 serving and former
personnel from 17 nations will compete in the multi-sports competition in
Sydney.
- The games have been held in London and Orlando, and are due to be held in Toronto next year.
Forward Vandana Katariya
will captain Indian senior women's hockey team in the Test Series against
Australia to be played at Melbourne from November 23 to November 30.
- Defender Sunita Lakra will be the vice-captain of the 18-member squad.
