AFCAT CDS NDA TA Exam Current Affair of November 2016

Being strong with Current Affairs and General Knowledge is an added advantage in Defence Exams and SSB Interview, though this is not the only deciding factor, but this is an important factor because it shows how much aware you are of your surroundings, your country and international affairs. In this Article we will See important AFCAT CDS NDA TA Exam Current Affair of November 2016 which could prove helpful in preparation of competitive written exams or interviews.

AFCAT CDS NDA TA Exam Current Affair of November 2016

• S Nihal Singh To Get 2016 Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award
• Lieutenant General J S Sandhu takes charge as GoC of Chinar Corps
• India won all five bilateral ODI series against New Zealand
• China unveiled J – 20 Stealth jet fighters.
• PM gives away Ramnath Goenka Awards for Excellence in Journalism 2016
• Lt Gen Satish Dua takes over as Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC)
• Kim Byong-Joon is the new Prime Minister of South Korea
• Indian women’s hockey team won its maiden Asian Champions Trophy Hockey title by defeating
• Five hundred and 1,000 rupee notes were ceased as legal tender
• The Goods and Service Tax Network (GSTN) was released on 8 November 2016 with the start of the enrolment process of VAT assessees to the GST portal.
• Donald J. Trump (Republican Party) created history by defeating the favourite Hillary Clinton of Democratic Party in the 2016 American Presidential elections that were held on 8 November 2016.
• India and Japan signed a landmark civil nuclear agreement in Tokyo on 11 November 2016
• Ousted Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry was on 10 November 2016 also removed as the chairman of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), with immediate effect
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 13 November 2016 laid the foundation of Mopa greenfield airport.
• Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes team won the penultimate F1 Grand Prix title of the year when he finished first in the Brazilian F1 Grand Prix on 13 November 2016.
• During November 2016 Meng Hongwei became the first-ever Chinese to be elected as the head of Interpol, the global police co-operation agency
• Union Government on 16 November 2016 launched the revamped Toll-Free number of Aadhaar to bring innumerable benefits to Aadhaar holders.
• Sixth edition of India-China Joint Military Training Exercise titled “Hand-in-Hand” started from 16 November 2016 at pune place in India
• DRDO successfully carried out the maiden flight of TAPAS 201, a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
• Olympic silver medalist P.V. Sindhu clinched the first-ever Super Series Premier Badminton title of her career
• India’s longest expressway comprising of 6-lane 306 kilometer state-of-the-art road stretch was inaugurated on 21 November 2016.
• ‘INS Chennai’, one of the largest destroyers in the Indian Navy’s fleet, was commissioned on 21 November 2016 by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. It will be assigned to the western fleet after completion of some additional trials of systems deployed on it.
• Gaganjeet Bhullar won the $3,00,000 Indonesia Open Golf tournament for the second time at Pondok Indah Golf Course in Jakarta on 21 November 2016.
• India and Switzerland on 22 November 2016 signed a historic agreement for automatic sharing of information of Swiss bank accounts of Indians in a big move towards fighting black money stashed overseas.
• Captain Radhika Menon created history as she received International Maritime Organisation (IMO’s) Certificate of Commendation for Exceptional Bravery at Sea
• 7 army personnel, including 2 officers, were killed in a major terrorist attack on a military camp in Jammu & Kashmir on 29 November 2016.
• Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa took over as the 16th Chief of the Pakistan Army by replacing Gen. Raheel Sharif on 29 November 2016
• ‘Daughter’ (Iran) film won the coveted Golden Peacock award at the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which concluded in Goa on 28 November 2016