Current Affairs: Daily GK Update 07th November 2017

• COP 22 was held in Marrakesh, Morocco.

ii. The iconic bridge will soar 359 metres above the bed of the River Chenab and will be 30 metres higher than the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris.

• Piyush Goyal is the Present Minister of Railways.
• The 1.3-km-long bridge is being constructed at a cost of Rs 1,250 crore.

ii. The contribution would be in addition to India’s contribution of 10.582 million US dollar to various other UN program. A total of USD 398.98 million was pledged by about 20 countries during the conference session.

• Antonio Guterres is the Secretary general of United Nations.
• UN Headquarters in New York, United Nations.

ii. This was the fifth experimental test of the homegrown missile system. The test fire was carried out by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

• S. Christopher is the present Chairman of DRDO.

ii. The 13-day exercise will be conducted at India’s Jungle Warfare School at Vairengte in Mizoram and at the Joint Training Node at Umroi in Meghalaya.

• The joint exercise was first held in Assam in 2011 and since then both the countries have been hosting the exercise alternatively.
• In 2016, the training exercise was conducted in at Bangabandhu Cantonment in Ghatail of Bangladesh.

ii. Indian shooters won a total of six gold, seven silver and seven bronze medals in the competition. On the competition’s final day, Satyendra Singh and Sanjeev Rajput won a gold and a silver respectively in the men’s 50m rifle three positions.

• The Championship was held in Brisbane, Australia.

ii. 714 Indians reportedly appear in the tally. Further, the Government has directed that investigations in cases of Paradise Papers will be monitored through a reconstituted Multi Agency Group, headed by the Chairman, CBDT Sushil Chandra.

ii. It is second Asian Tour title of the season for Kapur, who fired five birdies against one bogey to stay three strokes clear off a pack of fellow Indians. 

ii. It is first temple from Tamil Nadu to win the prize from the UN body. The two key parameters that made the temple most eligible to win the award are its traditional method of renovating temple premises.

• Irina Bokova is the Present Director-General of UNESCO.
• UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France.

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