Current Affairs - November 8, 2021 Current Affairs

Manu Bhaker, Indian woman pistol ace and Iran's reigning Olympic champion Javad Foroughi won the 10m air pistol mixed team gold at the inaugural ISSF President's Cup.

The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $251 million loan for integrated urban flood protection and management in the Chennai-Kosasthalaiyar basin.

The International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict is an international day observed annually on November 6.

Capital, asset quality and leverage will be the key areas for monitoring in the revised framework, the RBI said. "Indicators to be tracked for capital, asset quality and leverage would be CRAR/ common equity tier I ratio, net NPA ratio and tier I leverage ratio, respectively", as per the revised framework.

The Meghalaya Cabinet has given its approval to create a new district named Eastern West Khasi Hills District.

Public Affairs Centre (PAC), a Bengaluru-based non-profit think tank releases the Public Affairs Index every year. In this year's Public Affairs Index (PAI 2021), Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana have taken the top three positions.

Punjab's Excise Department launched 'Operation Red Rose' in 2020, to curb illicit liquor trading and nail excise-related crimes.

Decorated cricket coach Tarak Sinha has passed away at the age of 71 in New Delhi. Tarak Sinha has worked with generations of Indian cricketers.

Department of Financial Services (DFS), under the finance ministry, has issued guidelines to be adopted by all public sector banks (PSBs) on Staff Accountability Framework for NPA Accounts up to Rs. 50 crore'.

The tech major Google has partnered with MeitY Startup Hub, to launch "Appscale Academy", which aims to help Indian start-ups to create high-quality apps.

The Reserve Bank of India has issued revised Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) Framework for Scheduled Commercial Banks and it will be effective from January 1, 2022.

National Cancer Awareness Day is observed on 7th November to create awareness about the second leading cause of death globally, Cancer.

From India, the Indian Air Force Mirage 2000s were deployed at the exercise.

Google's parent company Alphabet has launched an AI-driven drug discovery start-up.