Current Affairs-November 2017-Class 8
1. World Diabetes Day is celebrated globally on 14 November.
2. Mary Kom won the gold medal at Asian Boxing Championship for the 5th time at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
3. Renowned Hindi literateur Krishna Sobti has been chosen for thie year's Jnanpith Award.
4. Aditi Ashok is the first golfer from India to qualify for the LPGA Golf Tour.
5. On 15 November 2017, India's President Ram Kovind inaugurated JOHAR (Jharkhand's Opportunities for Harnessing Rural Growth) scheme which aimed at doubling the income of 2 lakh rural poor.
Jharkhand: Capital - Ranchi
Chief Minister -Raghubar Das
Governor - Draupadi Murmu
6. Scientist Vijay Prasad Dimri has been appointed as the president of the 36th International Geological Congress(IGC), a global platform for advancement of earth science to be held in 2020. India had organised the 22nd session of IGC at New Delhi in 1964.
7. Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan will be honoured with "Personality of the Year" Award at the upcoming International Film Festival of India (IFFI) IN Goa.
8. Veteran actor Mohan Joshi was conferred with the prestigious Vishnudas Bhave Award 2017.
9. Radhika Jones became the first Indian to be elected as the editor-in-chief of the monthly American magazine Vanity Fair.
10. US author George Saunders won the Man Booker Prize for his novel Lincoln in the Bardo.
2. Mary Kom won the gold medal at Asian Boxing Championship for the 5th time at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
3. Renowned Hindi literateur Krishna Sobti has been chosen for thie year's Jnanpith Award.
4. Aditi Ashok is the first golfer from India to qualify for the LPGA Golf Tour.
5. On 15 November 2017, India's President Ram Kovind inaugurated JOHAR (Jharkhand's Opportunities for Harnessing Rural Growth) scheme which aimed at doubling the income of 2 lakh rural poor.
Jharkhand: Capital - Ranchi
Chief Minister -Raghubar Das
Governor - Draupadi Murmu
6. Scientist Vijay Prasad Dimri has been appointed as the president of the 36th International Geological Congress(IGC), a global platform for advancement of earth science to be held in 2020. India had organised the 22nd session of IGC at New Delhi in 1964.
7. Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan will be honoured with "Personality of the Year" Award at the upcoming International Film Festival of India (IFFI) IN Goa.
8. Veteran actor Mohan Joshi was conferred with the prestigious Vishnudas Bhave Award 2017.
9. Radhika Jones became the first Indian to be elected as the editor-in-chief of the monthly American magazine Vanity Fair.
10. US author George Saunders won the Man Booker Prize for his novel Lincoln in the Bardo.
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