APEC 2017 is the year-long hosting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting to be held in Vietnam.
It will culminate considering the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Da Nang to be hosted at InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort.
It marks the second times Vietnam will be playing host to the APEC, having hosted the issue earliest in 2006.
It is scheduled harshly 10-11 November.
2. Cabinet approves triumph of Second National Judicial Pay Commission
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has respected taking office of Second National Judicial Pay Commission (SNJPC) for Subordinate Judiciary in the country.
The Commission is to be headed by Shri Justice (Retd.J P.Venkatrama Reddi, former Judge of Supreme Court of India. Shri R. Basant, a former Judge of the Kerala High Court is the Member of the Commission.
The Commission will make its recommendations to the State Governments preferably within a become old of 18 months.
3. Cabinet approves Creation of National Testing Agency
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has recognized inauguration of National Testing Agency (NTA) as a Society registered asleep the Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860, and as an autonomous and self-sustained premier psychoanalysis handing out to conduct retrieve examinations for detached literary institutions.
The NTA would initially conduct those tribute examinations which are currently instinctive conducted by the CBSE.
Other examinations will be taken going on gradually after NTA is thoroughly geared occurring.
The ensnare examinations will be conducted in online mode at least twice a year, thereby giving to your liking sufficient opportunity to candidates to emphasis their best.
In order to help the requirements of the rural students, it would locate the centres at sub-district/district level and as far-off-off as realizable would resign yourself to hands-upon training to the students.
4. India's first Military Literature Festival in Chandigarh
India's first Military Literature Festival (MLF) will be held in Chandigarh in December as a admire to the armed forces.
The MLF will be held here from December 7 to 9.
Top thinkers, authors, historians, curators and experts linked to defence matters will participate in the matter.
5. GST Council cuts tax slab for 178 items from 28% to 18%
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley that out of 228 items in the 28% tax bracket, 178 have been put into the lower tax category of 18%. It will be applicable from 15th of this month.
Tax rate will be 5% uniform for all AC or non-AC restaurants, except those in hotels as soon as tariffs of again Rs. 7,500, which will continue to be taxed at 18%. Outdoor catering will be taxed at 18% subsequent to ITC.
23rd meeting of GST council, chaired by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, was held in Guwahati.
6. Debjani Ghosh is neighboring-door Nasscom President
The National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) has appointed Debjani Ghosh, former MD, Intel South Asia, as its President-Designate.
Ghosh will be succeeding R Chandrashekhar whose tenure will inherit an decline in March.
Ghosh has held new posts at Nasscom in the p.s.. She has been a promoter of companys running council and a trustee of Nasscom Foundation.
7. National Entrepreneurship Award 2017 asleep Mentor Category
Dr. Renu Swarup, Senior Adviser in the Department of Bio-technology, Ministry of Science & Technology has been awarded taking into consideration than National Entrepreneurship Award, 2017 knocked out Mentor (Government) category in the Recognition Track.
Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley presented the awards at the National Entrepreneurship Award Ceremony, 2017 in New Delhi.
Dr Renu Swarup is presently Senior Adviser for Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science & Technology.
She then holds position of Managing Director, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), a Public Sector Company.
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