Current Affairs- Weekly Oneliners -12 November to 18 November
• He, the President of Slovenia won a second term in office on 12 November 2017 - Borut Pahor
• An over 2000 year-old-mural, the oldest archaeological site of this country was destroyed by fire - Peru
• The Sainik Sankshema Sabha was organised in all the districts of these two states - Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
• The India Youth Development Index and Report 2017 has been developed by an institute situated in this state - Tamil Nadu
• The National Green Tribunal has put a cap of 50,000 visitors of which pilgrimage site - Vaishno Devi
• The annual ministerial dialogue between India and this nation began in Delhi on 13 November - Canada
• Researchers from this nation have developed a new material that generates electricity when stretched - Switzerland
• This minister released the India Youth Development Index and Report 2017 - Rajyavardhan Rathore
• This Union Ministry would be hosting ‘Hausala 2017’ festival from 16-20 November 2017 - Minister of Women and Child Development
• Urdu has been declared as the second official language of which state - Telangana
• World Pneumonia Day was observed on this day – 12 November
• He has won the IBSF World Billiards Championship - Pankaj Advani
• India’s first cartoon network theme park “Amaazia” will come up in this city – Surat
• This country is becoming world’s top sulphur dioxide emitter according to the research at the University of Maryland in the US - India
• India’s first-ever air dispensary would be set up in this region - Northeast
• The 10th South Asia Economic Summit is being hosted by this nation - Nepal
• This country is the partner country at the 37th India International Trade Fair in New Delhi - Vietnam
• The 7th Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan began in this nation -Turkmenistan
• This nation has failed to qualify for FIFA World cup for the first time since 1958 - Italy
• According to this report, India is likely to overtake Japan as the world’s third largest economy in nominal GDP by 2028 - ‘India 2028’
• India’s 1st Tribal Entrepreneurship Summit was organised in this state – Chhattisgarh
• Audrey Azoulay was recently appointed as the Director General of - UNESCO
• The Indian delegation in the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit 2017 (ABIS 2017) was led by - PM Narendra Modi
• This day is observed on 14 November across the world - World Diabetes Day
• India recently signed four agreements in various fields including defence with - Philippines
• World Pneumonia Day is observed every year on - 12 November
• Person who won the second term as President of Slovenia - Borut Pahor
• Former Nepal Prime Minister who passed away recently - Kirti Nidhi Bista
• First fauna survey commenced in this Sanctuary - Krishna Sanctuary
• Indian Railways launched this project to upgrade the skill-sets of its workforce - Project Saksham
• India hosted Tribal Entrepreneurship Summit at - Dantewada
• Theme of the 2017 World Diabetes Day - Women and diabetes – our right to a healthy future
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited this institute of Los Banos, the Philippines - International Rice Research Institute
• This ministry launched National Power Portal recently - Union Ministry of Power
• Satellite launched by the Virtual Nation on the Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft - Asgardia-1
• This country launched world's first fully electric cargo ship - China
• Noted Hindustani vocalist of Kirana Gharana who died recently - Jagdish Mohan
• This nation is going to relax its visa rules for Indians – Japan
• The first phase of polls of this state would be beginning on 9 December 2017 - Gujarat
• The 15th Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team Conference was held in this Indian city - New Delhi
• This child achiever received a gold medal from the President during the conferral of National Child Awards for Exceptional Achievement - Akash Manoj
• The National Child Awards 2017 were held on this day - 14 November 2017
• This country is the focus country at the 37th India International Trade Fair in New Delhi - Kyrgyzstan
• A proposal has been put forward to rename this Indian city - Indore
• The National Green Tribunal has directed this state’s government to seize 10-year-old diesel taxis with immediate effect – Delhi
• The target of installing bio-toilets in all railway coaches has been advanced till - December 2018
• This Indian economist has been appointed to the Financial Stability Institute Advisory Board of the Bank of International Settlement - Urjit Patel
• This actor will be honoured with Personality of the Year Award at IFFI 2017 - Amitabh Bachchan
• Ganga Kumari will be the first transgender police constable of this state - Rajasthan
• Scientists have discovered oldest evidence of life on earth in this continent - Australia
• The International Day for Tolerance was observed on – 16 November
• The Supreme Court has put a stay on this state high court’s interim order restraining the state government from notifying the law giving quota to minor communities under OBC category - Rajasthan
• President Ramnath Kovind recently launched JOHAR scheme to double income of rural poor in - Jharkhand
• India’s first offshore desalination plant will be set up by NIOT in - Tamil Nadu
• The Joint Training Doctrine Indian Armed Forces 2017 was released by - Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba
• This country recently announced to simplify its visa rules for Indians from January 2018 - Japan
• This country cancelled a major deal with Chinese company to develop a 1200 MW hydroelectric plant - Nepal
• Union Government sanctioned Rs 10000 crores for irrigation purposes for - Maharashtra
• This country recognized teaching of Yoga as a Sports activity - Saudi Arabia
• This Union Minister launched Saubhagya Web-Portal - RK Singh
• Person appointed as the chairman of the BSE - Sethurathnam Ravi
• Indian Businessman that topped Forbes List of Asia's Richest Families recently - Mukesh Ambani
• This state hosted its first ever hot-air balloon festival - Andhra Pradesh
• This country will host the Global Conference on Cyber Space 2017 for first time ever - India
• Moody upgraded India's Sovereign Rating to Baa2 after - 14 years
• This state bagged an international award from Abu Dhabi recently - Andhra Pradesh
• Kunwar Narayan, who passed away recently, was a renowned - poet
• Former MP Abdul Mannan Hossain, who passed away recently, belonged to - West Bengal
• India’s longest expressway that will soon provide free Wi-Fi services along its length - Agra to Lucknow Expressway
• Union Government decided to introduce BS -VI grade auto fuels in NCT Delhi from - April 2018
• Aadi Mahotsav Tribal Festival was held in - Delhi
• This country organised 4th Global Conference on Sustained Eradication of Child Labour - Argentina
• This country recently voted to legalise same-sex marriage - Australia