Current Affairs 15th November 2016

Current Affairs 15th November 2016 - Important Points

• Which year will be hottest year on record – 2016
• Special Task Force led by SS Mundra formed to recalibrate - ATMs 
• Honorary Oscar at 8th Annual Governors Awards received by - Jackie Chan
• Biggest and brightest Supermoon observed at - 356,509 KM 

Current Affairs 15th November 2016 - Details

Which year will be hottest year on record – 2016

Among Important International Current Affairs, According to the WMO which is World Meteorological Organization, the year 2016 was the warmest year on record globally. 

However, it was mentioned in the WMO’s preliminary assessment provided in its ‘Status of the Global Climate in 2016’ report. 

Do You Know – 

• WMO is known to be the United Nations’s authoritative voice on Weather, Climate and Water.

Special Task Force led by SS Mundra formed to recalibrate - ATMs 

Among Important National Current Affairs, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has formed Special Task Force to speed up the process of recalibration of automated teller machines (ATM) to dispense the new denomination notes. 

However, the Special Task Force will be headed by S.S Mundra, Deputy Governor, RBI. 

Also, representatives from the Union Finance and Home ministries, RBI, State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) will be its members.

Honorary Oscar at 8th Annual Governors Awards received by - Jackie Chan

Among Important Entertainment Current Affairs, on 12th November 2016 action movie star, writer, director and martial artist Jackie Chan was awarded the honorary Academy (Oscar) Award for his extraordinary achievements in the movies.

With this award, now Chan became the first Chinese actor in history to receive the prestigious honour.

However in September 2016, the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science voted to present the award to Jackie Chan, Anne V Coates, Lynn Stalmaster and Frederick Wiseman.  Coates is a British editor; Stalmaster is a Casting Director and Wiseman is a Documentary Maker.

Biggest and brightest Supermoon observed at - 356,509 KM

Among Important National Current Affairs, the Supermoon was observed after the moon was closest to the Earth at 356,509 km. 

However, this is for the first time that moon came closest to Earth since 1948. 

Last time, the moon came closer to earth on 26 January 1948. 

Now next time the Supermoon will be observed on 25 November 2034. During this time moon will be even closer than this year.