Current Affairs One liner of the Day

The recap of the day covers important current affairs of the day like 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, National Seismic Programme, and NASA’s high-tech electroactive bandage among others. •    He won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature - Bob Dylan •    The First World Tsunami Awareness Day will be celebrated at the Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction 2016 on - 5 November 2016 •    The National Seismic Programme was recently launched on Mahanadi basin in Odisha to - carry out assessment of unappraised areas across the country for potential oil and natural gas reserves •    The National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research recently established a high altitude research station in Himalaya called HIMANSH. It is located in - Spiti, Himachal Pradesh •    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration developed a high-tech electroactive bandage. It is made of - Polyvinylidene Flouride •    The amount to be invested by the Union Government in order to increase the capacity of Panipat Refinery from existing 15 million tonnes to 25 million tonnes is - 15000 crore rupees •    Person appointed as Prime Minister of Morocco recently- Abdelilah Benkirane •    Rank secured by India in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2016- 97th •    Philanthropist and wife of Godrej group chairman Adi Godrej who passed away- Parmeshwar Godrej •    Actor who won the UK Theatre Awards 2016 for his individual contributions to British theatre- Sir Ian McKellen •    Bank that tied-up with Uber for cash-back of up to 25 percent for hailing cabs from the app- Standard Chartered Bank •    Indian off-spinner who reclaimed the number one spot in Test rankings for bowlers is - Ravichandran Ashwin •    The first Indian Cricket Captain under whom India received the ICC Test Championship mace is - Mahendra Singh Dhoni •    He handed the ICC Test Championship mace to Indian Test captain Virat Kohli for leading his team to the top of the Test Team Rankings - Sunil Gavaskar •    City of Jammu and Kashmir in which Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) is located that was attacked by Terrorists in October 2016 is - Pampore •    Theme of International Day for Disaster Reduction that was observed on 13 October 2016 is - Live to Tell: Raising Awareness, Reducing Mortality