Current Affairs - November 18, 2017 Current Affairs

Karnataka Legislative Assembly unanimously passed 'Karnataka Prevention and Eradication of Inhuman Evil Practices and Black Magic Bill, 2017'. This anti-superstition bill is aimed at preventing and eradicating inhuman evil practices propagated and performed in the name of black magic by conman to exploit the common people.

Gopinath R., the famous Child Care activist from Bengaluru, has been chosen for Prof. Yashwantrao Kelkar Youth Award 2017 in appreciation of his work for "Child care, protection and development. The award will be given to him at the 63rd National Conference of ABVP at Ranchi, Jharkhand on December 2.

Major travel publication Travel+Leisure has named Canada 'the destination of the year' in their recent feature. The selection was based on data from polls conducted on travel agents, arrival statistics and cultural relevancefor the year 2017.

France will host the 2023 Rugby World Cup, according to the global governing body "World Rugby". The country beat strong bids by South Africa and Ireland. Interestingly, the 2023 World Cup will take place in the year of the 200th anniversary of the legendary 'invention' of the sport by William Webb Ellis. The Rugby World Cup is a men's rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams. Japan will host the 2019 World Cup, which is scheduled to be held from September 20 to November.

R.K. Singh, Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana - 'Saubhagya' Web Portal on November 17, 2017.

Two-time Olympic-medallist Sushil Kumar, India's lone woman Olympic medal winner Sakshi Malik and Geeta Phogat won gold medal in their respective categories in the National Wrestling championship in Indore on November 17, 2017. Sushil Kumar took less than three minutes to bag a gold medal as three of his rivals gave him a walkover in men's 74kg freestyle competition.

Chakravarthi AVPS, Hyderabad-based packaging professional, has been appointed as Ambassador of World Packaging Organisation (WPO) at the 99th board meeting of WPO in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

As per Ek Bharat-Shreshtha Bharat scheme, the Madhya Pradesh Government has partnered with Nagaland and Manipur to strengthen cultural relations between them.

The Telangana government has signed a MoU with the Patanjali group with an aim to set up 'Food Park'. The Patanjali Group will set up a large food park in Telangana with units for processing edible oil, fruit pulp and spices.

Miss World 2017 was the 67th edition of the Miss World pageant was held on 18 November 2017 at the Sanya City Arena in Sanya, China. 118 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. Stephanie Del Valle of Puerto Rico crowned her successor Manushi Chhillar of India at the end of the event. This is the sixth time that India has won the Miss World.

The first-ever Namami Barak festival has started at Police Parade ground in Silchar, Assam on November 18, 2017.

Cabinet approves the establishment of the National Anti-profiteering Authority under GST. Cabinet approves agreement between India and Belarus on Scientific and Technological Cooperation. Cabinet approves MoU between India and Poland for the promotion of Civil Aviation Cooperation.