Chhattisgarh 1st state to pass motion supporting note ban
- Chhattisgarh on Wednesday became the first state to pass a motion supporting the demonetisation policy introduced by the BJP-led Central government.
- The motion was introduced in the state assembly by Chhattisgarh CM and BJP leader Raman Singh
- He also announced that e-payment devices have been exempted from Value Added Tax (VAT) to encourage digital transactions.
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China tops fastest supercomputer list 8th time in a row
- Sunway TaihuLight' has topped the Top500 list of the world's fastest computers, making it the eighth time in a row that a Chinese supercomputer has emerged as the fastest in the world.
- The computer is capable of performing 93 thousand trillion operations per second.
- The second position on the list is also occupied by China with the Tianhe-2
Ex-Twitter India head named CEO of Times Global Partners
- Times Internet, the digital arm of The Times of India group appointed former Twitter India head Rishi Jaitly as the CEO of its business division Times Global Partners.
- Earlier in November, Jaitly had announced his departure from Twitter after four years of service.
- He was the Head of Public-Private Partnerships at Google India before joining Twitter.
Air New Zealand named world's best airline for 4th year
- Air New Zealand has been named the best airline in the world for the fourth consecutive year by AirlineRatings.com in its Airline Excellence Awards.
- It was followed by Qantas and Singapore Airlines at the second and third place respectively.
- Cathay Pacific Airways and the Virgin Group airlines have completed the top five, ranking fourth and fifth respectively.
Dwayne Johnson named Sexiest Man Alive by People Magazine
- Actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has been named the Sexiest Man Alive by People Magazine.
- Johnson, who was recently named the highest-paid Hollywood actor for 2015-16, is the first non-white actor to have won the title since Denzel Washington in 1996.
