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Sreedhar’s CCE CURRENT AFFAIRS CAPSULE- NOVEMBER-2019

NOVEMBER-2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS CAPSULE – NOVEMBER - 2019 BANKING

Government e-Marketplace (GeM) has signed MoU with Indian Bank and Canara Bank.

RBI revises guidelines on how much to pay a private bank CEO and executives in India— including foreign banks.

MSTC Ltd has signed an agreement with Allahabad Bank for the development of a dedicated e-Auction platform.

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Launched Instant Digital Savings and Instant Fixed Deposit Account.

Exim Bank gives $30 million line of credit to Ghana.

Indian Bank sign MoU with Muthoot microfinance to jointly lend MSME customers.

Public sector Indian Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding with Muthoot Microfinance to serve Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME).

Karnataka Gramin Bank initiates ‘mobile ATMs’ in rural areas.

ADB signs $91 million loan agreement with India for comprehensive water management in Karnataka.

Muthoot Finance to acquire IDBI Bank's MF business for Rs 215 crore.

Markets regulator SEBI imposed a total fine of Rs 40.5 lakh on 7 companies for indulging in fraudulent trading in the illiquid stock options segment on the BSE.

IndiaFirst Life Insurance, a leading life insurance company in India has partnered with Spice Money, a tech-led financial services provider, for distribution and marketing of ‘insurance khata’, a micro-insurance plan aims at the informal sector & agricultural labourers with seasonal incomes.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) ,an international development finance institution has approved 2nd tranche of policy based programme loan $150 million (about Rs 1,065 crore) for West Bengal to boost capital investment and infrastructure in the state.

Country’s apex bank Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has revised the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) currency swap arrangement framework for a period of November 14, 2019 to November 13, 2022. The revision has been made for financial stability and economic cooperation within the SAARC region.

Ashok Leyland (ALL), an Indian automobile company has tied-up with Axis Bank, the fifth-largest bank in India for vehicle loans for a period of two years.

RBI Imposes Rs 1.50 crore penalty on Corporation Bank.

RBI excluded Vijaya Bank, Dena bank from 2nd schedule of RBI Act, 1934.

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India has come up with norms for debt exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and index funds, as a part of the government’s efforts to enhance depth in the bond market and draw retail investors to debt products.

DHFL becomes the first financial services firm to be taken to NCLT.


NOVEMBER-2019

AWARDS AND HONOURS

Indian actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has been awarded the prestigious Golden Dragon

Award for his works in Hindi cinema at the Cardiff International Film Festival (CIFF )

2019 held in Wales, United Kingdom. Veteran Hollywood star-actress Dame Judith

Olivia Dench was also honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award at the ceremony

Renowed hindi writer Leeladhar Jagoori was conferred with the 28th Vyas Samman for

the year 2018 in New Delhi. The award was conferred to him by well known author

Govind Mishra, for his 12th anthology (collection of poems or other pieces of writings) of

poetry collection ‘Jitne Log Utne Prem’

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo presented the prestigious Award for Corporate

Excellence to Pepsico India.

The 50th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will honour superstar

Rajinikanth with a special Icon of Golden Jubilee Award and the Life Time Achievement

Award for a Foreign Artiste will be conferred to French Actress Isabelle Huppert.

International acclaimed Sand Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik who belongs to Odisha has been

selected for the prestigious Italian Golden Sand Art Award 2019.

Indian-origin researcher, Dr Neeraj Sharma (35) from the University of New South

Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia has won the ‘Early Career Researcher of the Year 2019

(Physical Sciences)’ by the Australian government.

U.S. based-Indian author Madhuri Vijay’s debut novel, “The Far Field” bagged this

year’s JCB prize for Literature, the most expensive Indian award for writing.

Noted writer Anand has been selected for the 27th Ezhuthachan Puraskaram 2019. This

award is given by Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award and the Government of Kerala.

Venu Srinivasan , Chairman of TVS motor Company and Sundaram Clayton was

conferred with the Deming award ‘Distinguished Service Award for Dissemination and

Promotion Overseas’, at a ceremony held in Tokyo, Japan.

Sweden based company UBI Global has recognised the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM)

as the World’s top Public Business Accelerator.

Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, was conferred the ABLF

Global Asian Award, for “powerful individual whose business footprint and

commitment to excellence have engaged international interest and attention”.


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Ravi Prakash, an Indian scholar from Bangalore won $25,000 (equivalent to Rs. 18 lakh),

BRICS-Young Innovator Prize, 2019. He was awarded during the 4th BRICS-Young

Scientist Forum (YSF), 2019 held from November 6-8,2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Critically acclaimed movie “Bhonsle” has won prestigious awards at the Asian Film

Festival held in Barcelona, Spain. The film has bagged two awards in the ‘Best

Screenplay’ and ‘Best Director’ categories at the festival. The film

is directed by Devashish Makhija.

The veteran actors Sridevi and Rekha were conferred with the Akkineni Nageswara Rao

National Award for 2018 and 2019 respectively.

Renowned Rabindra Sangeet exponent from Bangladesh Rezwana Choudhury

Bannya has conferred the ICCR distinguished alumni award in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

English broadcaster and natural historian, Sir David Frederick Attenborough (93) was

conferred with Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2019

prize for his tireless work to preserve and protect biodiversity.

India’s largest power generation company NTPC ltd (National Thermal Power

Corporation Limited) was bestowed with ‘Golden Peacock Award for Sustainability’

2019 award for its efforts in providing cleaner and green energy, in-order to minimize

environmental impact.

Wheelchair –bound Hridayeshwar Singh Bhati (17) from jaipur was selected for

National award for empowerment of person with Disabilities, 2019 under the

category- Outstanding Creative Child (Male) 2019.

President Ram Nath Kovind and Supreme Commander of Indian Armed Forces

awarded President’s Colour to Indian Naval Academy (INA), Ezhimala at Kochi, Kerala.

Eliud Kipchoge, the first man to run a marathon in less than two hours, and 400 metres

hurdles world champion Dalilah Muhammad won the World Athlete of the Year awards.

Floating school project of Bangladesh wins Aga Khan Architecture Award. Bangladesh is

a land of water. A large part of its landscape remains submerged underwater during the

monsoon months.

Satheesh Reddy, Secretary Department of Defence Research and Development (R&D),

and Chairman of DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) has been

awarded the Honorary Fellowship of the Society 2019 by Royal Aeronautical Society


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(RAeS). With this, he became the first Indian recipient of this prestigious award in over

100 years.

2019 Gold-Medalist from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT-R) & founder of

International Changemaker Olympiad Rahul Adhikari, was conferred with 2019

Karmaveer Chakra Award REX Karmaveer Global Fellowship at the REX CONCLiVE held

in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

The 50th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was held in Goa from

November 20-28, 2019. Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and Kollywood actor

Rajinikanth together announced the 50th edition of the IFFI open, in presence of Union

Minister for Information & Broadcasting (MoIB) Shri Prakash Javadekar and other

officials. The festival opened with the Italian film ‘Despite the Fog’ directed by Goran

Paskaljevic.

Awards: Various awards were given during the festival. They are as follows,

Award name Name of the film Awardee

Best Actor (Male) Marighella Actor: Seu Jorge.

Best Actor (Female) Mai Ghatt: Crime

No, 103/2005 Actor: Usha Jadhav for the portrayal role ‘Prabha

Mai’

Best Director award Jallikattu Director: Lijo Jose Pellissery

Best Film Particles Director: Blaise Harrison

Best Debut Feature Film of a Director

Abou Leila

&

Marius Olteanu

Directors: Amin Sidi Boumediene for ‘Abou Leila’ &

Marius Olteanu for ‘Monsters’.

Special Jury Award Balloon Director: Pema Tseden

ICFT –UNESCO Gandhi Medal

Rwanda Director: Riccardo Salvett

Special mention under ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi

medal category Bahattar Hoorain Director: Sanjay P. Singh Chauhan

Special mention Hellaro Director: Abhishek Shah

Icon of Golden Jubilee Award

– Actor: Rajinikanth.

Lifetime achievement Award

– French actress: Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert


NOVEMBER-2019

PLACES IN NEWS

The 25th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) held in kolkata. Germany is the Focus Country of this year’s festival. In all, 214 Feature Films and 152 Short and Documentary Films from 76 countries will be screened at 17 venues.

Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Minister of Science & Technology and Minister of Earth Science has inaugurated India’s 1st -ever multi-venue Mega science exhibition, ‘Vigyan Samagam 2019’, at the iconic Science City in Kolkata, West Bengal.

Six herpetologies from Assam , West Bengal and Malaysia have discovered a new frog species called Polypedates bengalensis (also known as the Brown Blotched Bengal Tree Frog) in 2 places in West Bengal – Badu, North 24 Parganas District and khordanahala, South 24 Parganas District.

The 5th edition of India International Science Festival (IISF) 2019 with the theme “RISEN India – Research, Innovation, and Science Empowering the Nation” has been held at at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal from Nov 5 – 8, 2019.

On November 9, 2019, Cyclone Bulbul, which rose in the Bay of Bengal, hit the coast in the sagar Island in West Bengal, Bhadrak in Odisha and Khepupara in Bangladesh.

Suranga Bawadi in Bijapur, Karnataka was selected as the World Monument Watch List for 2020, by the New York-based non-governmental organisation. Suranga Bawadi was selected under the category of “Ancient Water System of the Deccan Plateau” along with 24 monuments across the world.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the National Tribal Festival “Aadi Mahotsav” in New Delhi. The theme of the 15-day Mahotsav is celebration of the Spirit of Tribal Culture, Craft, Cuisine and Commerce.

In Madhya Pradesh, the 4-day Aalmi Tablighi Ijtima, world’s biggest Islamic Congregation began in Bhopal.

Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping & Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has inaugurated the 11th edition of Agrovision 2019 , an Agricultural exhibition based on the theme “Smart Technologies for Sustainable Development” held at Reshimbagh Ground, Nagpur, Maharashtra.

Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the National Tribal Craft Mela – 2019 in Bhubaneswar.

Indian Women’s Association (IWA) has donated two electric vehicles to Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) in Nepal. President of IWA, Namrita Puri handed over vehicles to Dr Pradip Dhakal, Member-Secretary of PADT in Kathmandu.

The Indian Navy (IN) has commissioned its sixth Dornier aircraft squadron in Porbandar, Gujarat, to enhance coastal security near the sea border with Pakistan. Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (DCNS) Vice Admiral MS Pawar was the chief guest on this occasion.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Russia’s Knyaz Vladimir submarine of Borei-class vessel, test-fired its most advanced nuclear-powered missile named, Bulavaintercontinental ballistic missile which precisely hit the target range of 1000 km away in the Russian region of Kamchatka.

IIT Delhi to set up space technology cell in collaboration with ISRO at its campus.


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Shri Santosh Gangwar Launches 3 Apps: Uan Registration, E-Inspection and DIGI Locker to Benefit EPF Subscribers and Stakeholders.

Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) on delivered 'Annie Besant', second in the series of five fast patrol vessels (FPV) to the Indian Coast Guard.

IIT-Madras launches affordable standing wheelchair.

Sudan has launched its first-ever satellite in cooperation with China, in a move that highlights the strengthening ties between the two nations.

Alzheimer’s drug Oligomannate gets conditional approval in China.

A research group at the medical-device and health care giant Abbott has discovered a new strain of human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV—the first to be identified in 19 years.

Indian Railways launched three applications namely “CRS Sanction Management System”, “Rail-road crossing GAD approval system” and “TMS for construction” for India to strengthen IT enablement of railways.

The defence ministry is organising Def-Connect in New Delhi to showcase the accomplishments of the Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) initiative.

Union Minister of State(MoS) for Human Resource and Development(HRD) Shri Sanjay Dhotre launched the Shaala Darpan portal, an E-Governance school automation and management system for Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) in New Delhi.

NASA has detected a massive thermonuclear explosion coming from outer space, caused by a massive thermonuclear flash on the surface of a pulsar.

Uttar Pradesh government has launched a dedicated web portal and a mobile application, e-Ganna App, for sugarcane farmers of the state.

The Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully carried out a night-time 'arrested landing' of the naval variant of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas. LCA Tejas is an indigenously-developed aircraft.

The Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights launched a mobile app Sishu Suraksha on the occasion of Children’s Day.

Indigenously developed nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Prithvi-2 missile has been successfully test-fired in night from complex-3 of Interim Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Odisha.

Modern railway coach factory to use humanoid robot 'Sona 1.5’.

IIT Kharagpur researchers find archaeological evidence of Iron Age settlement in Gujarat.

NVIDIA has announced a new kind of GPU-accelerated supercomputer in the cloud on Microsoft Azure.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s researches have recently discovered a new “Warm Jupiter” exoplanet. It has been named as TOI-677 b.

Central government has launched Sameer application, which calculates AQI (Air Quality Index), published by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).

ISRO has transferred its indigenous technology to produce space-grade Li-Ion cells to Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL).

Indian Navy successfully test-fired Brahmos supersonic cruise missile from INS Kochi.


NOVEMBER-2019

SEMINARS AND MEETINGS

SEMINARS AND MEETINGS PLACE THEME/TAGLINE

7th of India-US economic and financial partnership dialogue 2019

New Delhi

8th meeting of the Indo-German Energy Forum (IGEF)

New Delhi

SCO Joint Urban Earthquake Search & Rescue Exercise (SCOJtEX)-2019

New Delhi

48th Meeting of Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC)

New Delhi

10th Asian Conference of Emergency Medicine

New Delhi

10th meeting of Heads of authorities of SCO member states on emergency situations 2019

New Delhi

Sanskrit Bharati Vishwa Sammelan

New Delhi

Defence innovations conference to showcase accomplishments of iDEX

New Delhi

National Capital Region -2041 New Delhi “Planning for Tomorrow’s Greatest Capital Region”

39th India International Trade Fair 2019

New Delhi ‘Ease of Doing Business’

India-ASEAN Business Summit 2019

New Delhi “Today, Tomorrow, Together”

8th edition of the international conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS-VIII)

New Delhi

21st Annual Conference of International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM)

New Delhi

2nd edition of South Asia Safety Summit 2019 held in New Delhi

New Delhi

3-day long World Conference on Access to Medical Products 2019

New Delhi “Achieving the SDGs (sustainable development goals) 2030”

National Investigation Agency (NIA) will host the first-ever counter-terrorism (CT) exercise for the Quad

New Delhi


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countries

Global Bio-India Summit 2019 New Delhi

The “5th India-Europe 29 Business Forum: Speeding regional Economic Connectivity”

New Delhi

2-day Accountants General and Deputy Accountants General Conclave 2019

New Delhi ‘Transforming Audit and Assurance in a Digital World’.

DEFCOM India 2019 ,

New Delhi “Communications: A Decisive Catalyst for Jointness”

1st International Conference on “Landslides Risk Reduction and Resilience”

New Delhi.

Republic Summit 2019 India’s moment – Nation First

New Delhi “India’s Moment Nation First”

3rd Global Ayurveda Summit 2019

Kerala “Mainstreaming Ayurveda through Startups, Innovation and Branding”.

35th ASEAN Summit Bangkok, Thailand “Advancing Partnership for Sustainability”

UN Climate Change Conference (COP 25)

Madrid, Spain

India-Uzbekistan 1st-ever joint military exercise Dustlik-2019

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

50th World Economic Forum Switzerland ‘Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World.’

16th edition of ASEAN- India summit

Bangkok

The 2nd phase of the biggest US- Bangladesh Navy exercise named ‘Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)- 2019’

Chattogram, Bangladesh.

6th parliamentary summit of G20 countries

Tokyo, Japan trade, technology and sustainable development

The biennial Commonwealth Law Ministers’ Conference

Colombo, Sri Lanka Equal Access to Justice and the Rule of Law.

Two-day Himachal Pradesh Global investors’ meet – ‘Rising Himachal’

Dharamshala

2nd ‘No Money for terror conference 2019’

Melbourne, Australia

Indian Navy, Indonesian Navy bilateral maritime exercise ‘Samudra Shakti

Bay of Bengal

Indian Coast Guard conducted Goa


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Regional Level Search and Rescue Workshop and Exercise 2019 (ReSAREX- 19)

Eastern Naval Command (ENC) to host first mainland MILAN Multi-lateral Naval Exercise

Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

1st ever ‘BIMSTEC Ports’ Conclave

Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

1st Indo-Russian joint tri-service exercise named “INDRA 2019”

India

19th IORA Council of Ministers Meeting

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

58th Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine (ISAM) Annual Conference.

Bangalore ‘Changing Paradigms in Aerospace Healthcare’

19th council of heads of government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)2020

India

27th Conference of Central and State Statistical Organizations (COCSSO)

Kolkata, West Bengal “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”

International Conference on Yoga

Mysuru, Karnataka. ‘Yoga for Heart Care’.

35th edition of Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC) 2019

Abu Dhabi, UAE “Oil and Gas 4.0”

India-U.S. tri-services exercise Tiger Triumph

Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

11th annual BRICS summit

Brasilia, Brazil “Economic growth for an innovative future.”

“Replication of Good Governance Practices in Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh”

Jammu

9th BRICS trade ministers meet

Brasilia, Brazil

Sudarshan-VII exercise Jaisalmer-Barmer deserts of Rajasthan

The 6th edition of the ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus)

Bangkok, Thailand “Sustainable Security”

1st joint maritime exercise Za’ir-Al-Bahr 2019 by Qatar & Indian Navy

Doha, Qatar


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29th World Customs Organization (WCO) Asia Pacific Regional Contact Points (RCP) meeting

Chennai Customs Zone at Puducherry

“5th Meeting of SCO Member States’ Heads of Ministries and Departments of Science and Technology(S&T) and Permanent Working Group on S&T Cooperation”.

Moscow, Russia

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) forum of Young Scientists and Innovators for the year 2020.

India

3-day long 2nd India ASEAN InnoTech Summit 2019

Davao, Philippines. “Accelerating towards innovative development”

DRDO Industry Synergy Summit 2019

Hyderabad, Telangana

The Indian Navy will host military drill ‘Milan 2020’

India

1st time, India & Japan holds Mine Countermeasure Exercise(MINEX) 2019

Kochi, Kerala

8th WATEC conference 2019 Tel Aviv, Israel. “Water Stewardship and Innovation – driving global leadership in the responsible planning management, and protection of water”

47th All India Police Science Congress (AIPSC)

Lucknow

NuGen Mobility Summit, 2019 Gurugram, Haryana.

40th UNESCO General Conference

Paris, France

‘SURYA KIRAN – XIV’ Joint military exercise between India and Nepal

Salijhandi, Nepal

10th JMT between air forces of Singapore and India

West Bengal


NOVEMBER-2019

SPECIAL DAYS

DATE SPECIAL DAY THEME

November 1 World Vegan Day

1st Tamil Nadu State formation Day

November 2 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists

November 5 World Tsunami Awareness Day “Sendai Seven Campaign,”

November 6 International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

November 7 National Cancer Awareness Day

November 8 International day of Radiology (IDOR)

‘Sports imaging’

November 9 National Legal Service Day

November 10 World Science Day for Peace and Development

“Open science, leaving no one behind”

November 11 National Education Day

November 12 Public Service Broadcasting Day

World Pneumonia day “Healthy lungs for all”

November 12 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev

November 13 World Kindness Day Empathy, encouraging people across the globe to better understand “the pains of others” and touch their lives “positively”

November 14 World Diabetes Day “Family and Diabetes”

Children’s Day

November 16 International Day for Tolerance

National Press Day

November 17 National Epilepsy Day

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

“Life is not a car part”

November 18 National Naturopathy day

November 19 World Toilet Day Leaving No One Behind

World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse

Women’s Entrepreneurship day (WED)

International Men’s Day (IMD) “Making a difference for men and boys”


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National Integration Day (Also known as Quami Ekta divas)

“Secularism, anti-Communalism and Non-Voilence”

November 18-24 World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW)

“Antibiotic: handle with care”

November 19-25 The World Heritage Week

November 20 World Chronic Obstructive pulmonary Disease (COPD) day (3rd Wednesday of November)

“All Together to End COPD”

World Children’s Day

Africa Industrialization Day “Positioning African Industry to Supply the AfCFTA Market”

November 21 World Television Day

World Philosophy Day (Third Thursday of November every year)

world fisheries day

November 24 NCC celebrates its 71st Raising Day

November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

“Orange the World: Generation Equality Stands Against Rape”

November 26 Constitution Day or Samvidhan Divas

National Milk Day

November 29 International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

SPORTS

South Africa defeated England’s team by 32-12 scores in the final of the 9th edition of Rugby World Cup 2019 held at International Stadium, Yokohama,, Japan. This was the 3rd time the South African (SA) team reached the final of the World Cup and won the tournament.

India’s Maisnam Meiraba Luwang clinched the boys’ singles U-19 title at the Woncheon Yonex Korea Junior Open Badminton International Challenge 2019 in Miryang, Korea.

Novak Djokovic won the Paris Masters 2019 title. He won the title for the fifth time.

India’s Lakshya Sen has won the SaarLorLux Open badminton tournament at Saarbrücken in Germany.

3rd edition of world U-23 Wrestling Championship held in Budapest, Hungary. Indian wrestler Ravinder obtained a silver medal in the final of Men’s freestyle event in 61 kg category. In the 53 kg women’s wrestling category, Pooja Gehlot won the silver medal

The 35th edition of National Junior Athletics Championship 2019 held in Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

India will host the 2023 Men’s Hockey World Cup from 13th to 29th of January. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) India will play host to the men’s tournament while


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Spain and the Netherlands have been named as the co-hosts of the 2022 Women’s World Cup scheduled to be held from 1st to 22nd of July.

Indian cricketer Smriti Mandhana became the second fastest Indian to have scored 2000 runs in the 50 over cricket format after cricketer Shikar Dhawan.

Saurabh Chaudhary claimed the silver medal in men’s 10m air pistol event to continue India’s surge at the 14th Asian Championship in Doha, Qatar.

Javelin thrower Sundar Singh Gurjar has won India’s second gold and defending his World Para Athletics Championships title in the men’s F46 javelin throw event in Dubai.

As per the Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) men’s singles rankings 2019 released on November 11, 2019, Indian tennis player, Sumit Nagal (22) moved two place up & achieved his career-best 127th spot with 433 points. Spanish professional tennis player , Rafael Nadal (33) has retained his number one title with 9585 points .

As per the ICC (International Cricket Council) T20 (Twenty 20) Rankings released on November 10, 2019, Indian fast bowler ,Deepak Chahar (27) , who set a world record with six wickets for 7 runs against Bangladesh, has jumped 88 places to 42nd position in the bowlers list with the rating of 517.

The 2019 Fuzhou China Open, organized by Chinese badminton association, was held from November 5-10 2019 at the Haixia Olympic Sports Center in Fuzhou, China.

Category Winners

Men’s Singles Kento Momota (Japan)

Women’s Singles Chen Yu Fei (China)

Men’s Doubles Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamljo (Indonesia)

Women’s Doubles

Sayaka Hirota & Yuki Fukushima (Japan)

Mixed Doubles Huang Dongping & wang Yilu (China)

Sri Lanka has become the first South Asian nation to bring match-fixing cases to the category of crime as its parliament passed a bill related to ‘Prevention of Offences Related to Sports’.

India is set to host the Kabaddi world Cup, which is to be held on December 1-9, 2019 at Punjab. It was announced by Punjab states Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi. The tournament is to dedicate the 550th birthanniversary of sikh guru, Guru Nanak Dev.

India’s ace sprinter Dutee Chand included in ‘Time 100 Next’ list

France won 57th edition of BNP Paribas’s Fed Cup title 2019 in Perth, Australia

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has officially changed its name and will now be known as “World Athletics”.

Indian paddler Harmeet Desai wins men’s singles title at International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Challenge Indonesia Open 2019 Table Tennis tournament held at Batam, Indonesia.

Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric became the 17th winner of the Golden Foot award in Monaco. He is the first Croatian to win the award


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Reigning Commonwealth Games champion Shreyasi Singh won the women’s Trap Gold at the ongoing 63rd National Shooting Championship for shotgun events in New Delhi.

India’s Manu Bhaker created history at World Cup Finals in Women’s 10m Air Pistol event. She bagged India’s first gold medal in the tournament this year.

Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Panwar clinching gold medals in their events to give the country its best ever single-day show in the ISSF World Cup Finals in Putian, China.

India’s Lakshya Sen has won the Scottish Open badminton men’s singles title, defeating Brazilian Ygor Coelho to seal his fourth title in 3 months.

Rafael Nadal has clinched 6th Davis Cup title for Spain after beating Denis Shapovalov of Canada in front of a jubilant home crowd in Madrid.

World Athletics Council declared Belgrade, Serbia to host its first-ever World Athletics Indoor Championships 2022 and Yangzhou, China was confirmed as the host city of the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships 2022.

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal (33 years) led Spain to clinch its sixth Davis Cup title 2019 by defeating Denis Shapovalov of Canada in men’s singles.

The U-15 Asian Wrestling Championships was held in Taichun, China from November 22-24, 2019. India topped the medal ranking with 28 medals which included 13 gold, 14 silver and 1 bronze medal. Kazakhstan and japan secured the second and third place respectively.

Sangram Dahiya and Varsha Varman clinched double trap titles, winning gold at the 63rd National Shotgun Shooting Championship in New Delhi.

Indian archers Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das won a bronze medal in the recurve and compound mixed event at the Asian Archery Championships in Kolkata.

India defeated Bangladesh by an innings and 46 runs in their first ever day-night Test match and first match played with a SG pink ball the match was held at Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata, West Bengal.

Virat Kohli became the third batsman after former cricket players Sachin Tendulkar(India) and Ricky Thomas Ponting (Australia) to score 70 international centuries.

Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Surekha Vennam claimed the gold in compound mixed pair event at the 21st Asian Archery Championships, which ended in Bangkok, Thailand.

Belgium holds its top spot in the FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) rankings 2019 after winning all ten games. India takes the 108th place losing four places in accordance with the September 2019 rankings.

STATE

Odisha government signs an MOU with nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee's organisation for anti-poverty programmes.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, launched e-office facility for facilitating seamless movement of government files.

Chhattisgarh's new industrial policy focuses on setting up industries in Naxal-hit areas.

Punjab Government launched a unique Job Helpline for the unemployed job seekers of the state.

Bihar bans use of 15-year-old government and commercial vehicles to curb rising pollution in state.

Odisha government signs pact with Tata Strive, Tech Mahindra for skill upgradation.


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The Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights is going to launch a mobile app Sishu Suraksha on the occasion of Children’s Day.

The festival ‘Bali Yatra’ which is organised every year in memory of the rich maritime history of the state, was inaugurated in Cuttack, Odisha.

Andhra Pradesh government has launched the ‘Nadu-Nedu’ programme.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched Mukhyamantri Septic Tank Safai Yojana.

Uttarakhand cabinet approves formation of integrated safety scheme to deal with natural calamities.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has inaugurated North India's first sugar mill which will produce ethanol from sugarcane.

National Health Mission Jammu & Kashmir, has launched the Bio-Medical Equipment Waste Management Programme (BMEWMP) in the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

Rythu Mitra mobile app was launched to serve farmers.

Assam Government approves Arundhati scheme to provide 1 Tola Gold to Brides free of cost.

Kolkata becomes first city to install ‘Third Umpire’ RT-PCR Machines.

Assam government to start Arundhati gold scheme by January 2020.

Assam government releases the new Land Policy 2019 after 30 years. Jammu & Kashmir achieves highest road length under PMGSY in 2019.

Union Minister for Jal Shakti released a short documentary film on Water Conservation named ‘SHIKHAR SE PUKAR’ in New Delhi.

Amaravati, touted as the dream capital of Andhras, has finally found its place in the map.

Every year the State of Manipur celebrates the “Manipur Sangai Festival” from 21st to 30th November.

The Uttar Pradesh (UP) Government launched an immunization campaign to eradicate Filariasis or Filaria in UP.

The Etawah Lion Safari, formally known as Etawah Safari Park was thrown open for public in Uttar Pradesh without the lion segment.

The centre has extended the ban of Assam based National Democratic Front of Bodoland(NDFB) for another 5 years.

In a bid to conserve the population of endangered vultures, the state Government of Uttar Pradesh (UP) has decided to set up its 1st ‘vulture conservation and breeding centre’ in Pharenda area of Maharajganj district in the state.

SURVEYS

According to a new UNICEF report, Over 80 per cent adolescents in India suffer from "hidden hunger", a form of undernutrition, and less than 10 per cent of boys and girls consume fruits and eggs daily.

According to the new UNESCO report 2019 (covers the period 2014-2018), “ Intensified Attacks, New Defences; Developments in the Fight to Protect Journalists and End Impunity”, almost 90 % of those responsible for the killing of 1,109 journalists around the world between 2006 and 2018 have not been convicted.

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), India’s gross domestic product (GDP) could grow 6.6% in 2020-24, lower than its 2013-17 average of 7.4%.


NOVEMBER-2019

India ranks 133 out of 167 countries in Women, Peace and Security Index.

According to the SRS Bulletin, India registers 26.9 per cent decline in Maternal Mortality Rate since 2013.

Bangladesh has topped the business bribery risk in South Asia according to the Trace Bribery Matrix.

Microsoft’s India-born Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella has occupied the top spot in Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year 2019 list.

India Ranks 44th In 2019 Nomuras Food Vulnerability Index.

Avian botulism killed over 18,000 birds in and around Rajasthan’s Sambhar lake.

National Statistical Office (NSO) survey recorded 77.7% literacy rate among above 7 years of age between 2017 and 2018.

UNEP report warns world to cut emission by 7.6% to achieve 1.5°C Paris target by 2030.

ECONOMY

According to International Monetary Fund (IMF), Guyana’s GDP is expected to grow at 86% in 2020 after expanding 4.4% in 2019.

Fitch solutions has increased India’s fiscal deficit forecast to 3.6% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) FY2020.

Documentation Identification Number (DIN) system created by CBIC to bring transparency and accountability in indirect tax administration.

Japanese brokerage firm Nomura revised the GDP forecast of India to 4.9% from 5.7% for FY20. For 2020-2021 (FY21) Nomura has predicted India’s GDP Growth rate at 6.1%.

Moody’s Investors Service has slashed India’s economic growth forecast to 5.6% for the fiscal year 2019.

National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) forecast India’s GDP growth for 2019 (or Fiscal year (FY)-20) at 4.9 % as against 6.8 % in 2018 (or FY -19).

According to the latest Economic Outlook 2019 released by OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) on November 21, 2019, World GDP growth is expected to be at 2.9% in 2020.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is the first Indian company to cross Rs.9.5 lakh in market capitalization (m-cap).

Fitch group’s firm India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has downgraded India’s Gross Domestic Product(GDP) forecast FY20 (Financial year 20) to 5.6% from 6.1%

Global rating agency Moody’s expects the Centre’s fiscal deficit to touch 3.7% of the GDP.

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) became the 1st Indian Firm to hit Rs 10 Lakh crore Market-Capitalization.

Credit Access Grameen Limited (CAGL) has decided to acquire 100 % stake in Madura Micro Finance Limited (MMFL) for Rs 876 crore.

As per the National Statistical Office (NSO), India’s second quarter (Q2: July-September) GDP slipped down to 4.5% from 5% in June quarter (Q: April-June).

Non-bank lender Aditya Birla Finance became the first company to list its commercial papers borrowing of Rs 100 crore on the bourses.

According to Controller General of Accounts (CGA), India’s fiscal deficit for April-October, 2019 hit at 102.4%.


NOVEMBER-2019

PERSONS IN NEWS

Private sector lender Dhanlaxmi Bank MD and CEO T. Latha has resigned.

Serbia’s Sara Dawnjanovic wins 5th edition of ‘Miss Asia Global 2019’ title held in Kochi, Kerala.

Ireland Women’s cricketer Amy Kenealy announced retirement from International cricket.

British Double Olympic boxing champion Nicola Adams (37 years) announced her retirement from the sport on medical advice due to the vulnerability of losing eyesight.

Rohit Sharma became the first Indian man and second in world cricket to complete 100 T-20 Internationals.

BJP leader and Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis resigned from his duty.

Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz, the lingest- serving British MP of GOA- origin, announced his retirement from parliament after 32 years.

Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises-Arvind Sawant resigned his post.

Chairperson of the Reliance Foundation, Nita Ambani has been named an honorary trustee of “The Metropolitan Museum of Art”.

Jeanine Anez, declared herself as the interim president for South American country, Bolivia.

Lt-Commander, Karabi Gogoi from Guwahati, Assam has become the first woman officer from the Navy to be posted as Assistant Naval Attache at the Indian embassy in Russia.

Spanish professional footballer, David Villa Sanchez, who scored the most goals for Spain, has announced his retirement.

Laishram Sarita Devi ,an Indian boxer from Manipur has been elected to the first International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) athletes commission member.

Anil Dhirubbai Ambani has resigned as the Director of Reliance Communication because of the consolidated loss stood at Rs. 30,142 crores in the second quarter of 2019-2020.

Indian cricket player Virat Kohli named as the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India’s ‘Person of the Year for 2019’.

Chitahresh Natesan 33yr old former hockey player turned bodybuilder also known as the ‘Indian Monster’ by bodybuilding circles became the first Indian to win ‘Mr. Universe (Pro) 2019’ in 90kg category.

Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis (BJP) announced his resignation after serving only 80 hours as Chief Minister & created a new record of shortest tenured Chief Minister in Maharashtra.

Ireland’s Cricketer “Tim James Murtagh” has announced his retirement from International Cricket

APPOINTMENTS

Name of the Person Name of the Organization

Sanjeev Nandan Sahai Secretary of the Ministry of Power

Amreshwar Pratap Sahi Chief Justice of Madras HC

Pavan Kapoor India’s Ambassador to UAE

Sumant Kathpalia New MD and CEO of Indusind Bank

Aditya Mishra Chairman of the Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI)

Arun Alagappan Managing Director of Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Ltd (CIFCL)


NOVEMBER-2019

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

4th President of UAE

Vinaya Shetty General Vice President (GVP) of the International Organization Development Association (IODA)

Sanjay Gupta New country manager and vice-president of sales and operations for India

Pravid Jugnauth Prime Minister of Mauritius

Anjani Kumar Next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Mali

Justice Sanjay Karol Chief Justice of Patna High Court

Thomas Dennerby Indian head coach of the Women’s U-17 football team

Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi

Chief Justice of Madras High Court

Mohammad Imran High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India

Prakash Javadekar Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.

G Kamala Vardhan Rao New Chairman and Managing Director of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC)

Nils Andersen New Chairman of Unilever

Justice Muhammad Raffiq Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court

Arsene Wenger FIFA’s Chief of global football development

Nilam Sawhney First woman Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh

Sangita Shingra Member of Competition Commission of India (CCI)

Justice Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi

5th Chief Justice (CJ) of the Tripura High Court

Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan 13th Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court

Gotabaya Rajapaksa President of Sri Lanka

Shafqat Mehmood President of UNESCO's Education Commission in Paris, France

Lieutenant Colonel Jyoti Sharma

Indian Army's first female Judge Advocate General officer

Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde

47th Chief Justice of India

Sudhir Mital President of Gymnastics Federation of India (GFI)

Shantikumar Singh General secretary of Gymnastics Federation of India (GFI)

Mahinda Rajapaksa 23rd Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

Rajat Bhargava Head panel on petrochemical investment

Lieutenant Shivangi First Indian women pilot of Indian Navy

Devendra Fadnavis Chief Minister of Maharashtra

Ajit Pawar Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra

Anita Anand Cabinet minister of Canada

P.S Rajan Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kerala Bank

Suman Billa Director of United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Sahir Shamshad Mirza New Chief of Joint Staff of Pakistan Army


NOVEMBER-2019

General Bipin Rawat First Chief of Defence Staff

Amur S Lakshminarayanan MD and CEO of TATA Communications

Uddhav Thackeray 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra

Harun Rashid Khan 1st chairman of Steering committee of Code for Responsible Lending (CRL) in micro-credit

INTERNATIONAL

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the 18th meeting of the council of Heads of Government (CHG) of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) at Tashkent in Uzbekistan.

United Nations has formally submitted a declaration to withdraw from the historic Paris Agreement, saying the deal puts an “unfair economic burden” to the United Nations.

Rajnath Singh’s invitation the Russian defence minister Sergey accepted to participate in the DefExpo 2020 (defence expo 2020) which is going to be held in Lucknow, UP.

The union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh co-chaired the 19th Inter-Governmental Commission on Military and Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-M&MTC) in Moscow, Russia.

Nepal formally protested over the inclusion of the region of Kalapani in the new political map of India.

Bangladesh has partnered with China to build its first smart city and the biggest planned township on the outskirts of Dhaka.

PM Narendra Modi is to embark on a two-day visit to Brasilia, Brazil, on 13-14 November 2019 to attend the 11th BRICS summit.

Air India E unveiled an all-electric racing aircraft at the 2019 Dubai Air show.

The Defence Minister Rajnath Singh paid a 2–day official bilateral visit to Singapore to attend 4th edition of annual India-Singapore Defence Minister’s Dialogue 2019.

International Film Festival of India 2019, IFFI features a Country of Focus that brings out the cinematic excellence and contributions of that particular country every year and this year, the country of focus is Russia.

United States of America (USA) has given its approval regarding sale of 13 MK45 5 inch/62 caliber (MOD 4) Naval guns to India at an estimated cost of $1 billion.

Russia unveiled a new suburban network worth $3 billion to provide a more convenient and cheaper service in November 2019.

The Ocean Dance Festival 2019 kicked off in Cox Bazar of Bangladesh. The theme of this year’s festival is ‘Bridging the distance’ or ‘Durotter Shetubandhan’.

Singapore has signed a MOU with South Korea to enhance cooperation and information-sharing on cyber-security.

India and Uzbekistan have signed a pact for further strengthening of cooperation in the fields of counter-terrorism and organized crime.

External Affairs Minister (EAM) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has attended the 2-day G20 foreign ministers meeting 2019 held in Nagoya, Japan.

Saudi Arabia was elected to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee for the first time on 27 Nov 2019.

India has announced India a line of credit (Loc) of approx Rs. 3230 crore as financial assistance to Sri Lanka.


NOVEMBER-2019

NATIONAL

National Carrier Air India has painted ‘Ek Onkar’ symbol on its Boeing 787 Dream liner aircraft’s tail to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.

Union Health Minister Shri Harsh Vardhan released the 14th edition of the National Health Profile (NHP) 2019 in New Delhi.

Union Health minister Harsh Vardhan launched Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 2.0 portal in New Delhi to achieve 100% immunization.

UNESCO has designated Mumbai as a member of UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) in the field of FILM and Hyderabad in the field of GASTRONOMY.

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the 21st North East Book Fair in Guwahati, Assam.

The Government of India released the maps of newly created union territories of Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh and the map of India depicting these union territories.

The first-ever containerized cargo movement via Indo-Bangladesh protocol route and Brahmaputra River will start from West Bengal’s Haldia.

The Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) launched the SkillsBuild platform in collaboration with IBM.

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar released the 5th edition of Wastelands Atlas 2019. The Atlas, published by Department of Land Resources and National Remote Sensing Centre.

IT major Tech Mahindra Ltd has acquires US-based Born group pte. Ltd (Formaly known as Group FMG) for $95 million.

PM Narendra Modi inaugurates 5th India International Science Festival (IISF) at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata through video conferencing. With the theme of the festival is “RISEN: Research, Innovation and Science Empowering the Nation”.

The FSSAI has proposed a draft regulation titled “Food Safety and Standards (Safe Food and healthy diets for School Children) Regulations, 2019”.

The Union Coal Minister Prahlad Joshi announced for a 300% hike in the ex-gratia amount Rs15 lakhs from 5 lakhs for fatal accidents in coal mining.

The Golden Jubilee of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2019 held in Goa. This unique film section will witness the screening of three films, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story in Hindi, and Konkani- Questao De Confusao in Konkani.

The centre has formed a 7member panel constructed by Atul Karwal to implement 100 days homestay of the CAPF (Central Armed Police Forces) Jawans.

Skill India certifies 500 skilled candidates formally under Recognition of Prior Learning in Agra, Utter Pradesh.

The 5th edition of Global Exhibition on Services, GES 2019 is being held from November 26 to 28 at Bengaluru, Karnataka.

The Ministry of Environment has granted clearance to the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) to set up a ₹ 766-crore 2G ethanol plant in Haryana’s Panipat district.

The PM Modi inaugurated Integrated Check Post (ICP) and flagged off the 1st batch of pilgrims at Kartarpur Sahib corridor at Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur city of Punjab.

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated the India Pavilion at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC).


NOVEMBER-2019

The Jammu and Kashmir government has set up a 10-member committee to declare Srinagar’s famous Dal Lake and its surrounding areas as an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ), following concerns over its shrinking size.

Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is undertaking a mass cleanliness-cum-awareness drive in 50 identified beaches under the programme called ‘Swachh- Nirmal Tat Abhiyaan’, from 11 -17 November 2019.

Union Minister Harsh Vardhan inaugurated an exhibition of Technologies in Food Processing developed by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in New Delhi.

India-based conservation charity, unveiled India's first elephant memorial in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.

The union ministry of water resources has announced a 10 members committee and will be headed by Mihir Shah to draft a new National Water Policy (NWP).

Union Minister of MSME and Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the Khadi Pavilion at the India International Trade Fair (IITF) in New Delhi.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will be the chief guest at Republic Day 2020 celebrations.

India will contribute USD 13.5 million for various operational activities of development across the UN agencies for the year 2020.

The central govt. has banned Meghalaya based insurgent group “Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council” due to its increased activities of violence and other subversive acts.

NITI Aayog released a report on ‘Health Systems for a New India: Building Blocks Potential Pathways to Reforms’.

American Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates paid a 3-day visit to India from November 16-18, 2019 to review the work of his foundation in the country.

Parliament has passed the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The Bill seeks to amend the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act, 1951.

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the establishment of the National Institute for Sowa-Rigpa in Leh, Ladakh.

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed that Census 2021 will be conducted in 16 languages.

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Dr Jitendra Singh will inaugurate the ‘Destination North East’ Festival in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on 23rd November 2019.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurating the 11th edition of Agro Vision-2019, an Agricultural exhibition at Reshimbag Ground of Nagpur, Maharashtra.

The Plenary meeting of Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) is to be hosted by India between November 18, 2019 and November 22, 2019.

Narendra Modi launched the Fit India school grading system in schools across the country and also announced the ‘Fit India week’ to be celebrated by the students and teachers in the first week of December.

Lokpal’s chairman Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose launched logo of Lokpal in New Delhi.

The Indore-based Devi Ahilya University becoming Madhya Pradesh’s first varsity to be accorded A-plus grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).

Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister launched the kartavya.ugc.ac.in portal for holding monthly essay competitions for students.


NOVEMBER-2019

The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has approved construction of nearly 331,000 new houses under Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana (Urban) to 9.6 million houses.

The Ministry for Youth Affairs and Sports has decided to establish a 13-member expert committee chaired by Retired SC Justice Mukundakam Sharma to review the draft of the National Code for Good Governance in Sports, 2017.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the 3-day-long Military Literature Festival (MLF) on 13 December 2019 at Chandigarh.

The 10th edition of the Commonwealth Youth Parliament (#CYP10) was held in New Delhi for the first time in India from November 25-27, 2019.

List of important MoU’s and agreements

Signed Between Purpose of MOU and Agreements

‘Siemens Limited’ and ‘NTPC Limited’ To identify, evaluate and set up reference use cases of hydrogen sector-coupling for various upstream and downstream applications

‘Siemens Limited’ and ‘TERI’ To collaboration on technologies to support the energy transition in India including sector-coupling

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research(CSIR)-Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Chandigarh and ‘IIT Bombay’

The objective of this collaboration is to carry out state of the art research in areas of healthcare especially in projects and mission where both the institutes can significantly complement each other

‘Karnataka State Tourism Development Corp (KSTDC)’ and ‘Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)’

To market and operate the Golden Chariot train. The luxurious Golden Chariot train will start plying from March 2020

Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) under Ministry of AYUSH has signed a MoU with JawaharLal Nehru University (JNU) and Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS)

For the purpose of cooperation in the field of Research & Development (R&D) and Training in Ayurveda & Traditional Medicine

All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) and Western Sydney University, Australia

To promote collaboration in research and developing guidelines for integrating Ayurveda principles with modern medicine

Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) and ‘Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI)’

to assist women entrepreneurs engaged in organic farmars


NOVEMBER-2019

BOOKS AND AUTHORS

Name of the Book Author Speaks About

The First Sikh: The Life and Legacy of Guru

Nanak

Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh

The book speaks about "unites rigorous scholarship with a deep love for the subject, offering fascinating insights into the Guru's life and times even as it explores key facets of Sikhism".

Kashmir Chitralekha Zutshi

Comprising of only seven chapters, according to the publishers, the intention behind this short book is to untangle the 'complex issue of Kashmir'.

Accidental Magic Keshava guha

An Extreme Love for Coffee

Harish Bhat

The book is a story about two young people, Rahul and Neha who follow their passion for coffee. The adventure starts in a Starbucks cafe and from there it goes to the plantations of Coorg and from there the story then goes to the graveyards of Japan and other parts of the world.

The Third Pillar Raghuram Rajan

The economist describes an ongoing struggle for balance between the three building blocks of a good society: market, state and community.

Finding the gaps – Transferable skills to be

the best you can be

Simon James Arthur Taufel

This book speaks about how Taufel recalls & how he survived 2009 Lahore attack. Taufel, who was earlier a member of the ICC Elite umpire panel, won five consecutive ICC Umpire of the Year awards between 2004 and 2008, and was considered the best umpire in the world during his time.

Hemant Karkare -A Daughter’s Memoir

Jui Navare

The book portrays former Anti Terrorism Squad(ATS) chief Hemant Karkare’s life as a father to Jui Navare. The book has been published by Crossword.

RN Kao: Gentleman Spymaster

Nitin Anant Gokhale The book is based on the anecdotes of RN Kao’s life.


NOVEMBER-2019

OBITUARIES

Name of the Person Field/Importance

Champak Jain Film Producer

Vaijanath Patil Former Karnataka Minister

Krishnan Kumar Modi

Former President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Chairman of Modi Enterprises

Yvette Lundy A well-known member of the French Resistance and a Nazi concentration camp survivor.

N.V. Balasubramanian Retired judge of Madras High Court

Jacques Dupont 1948 Olympics cycling champion

Ernest Gaines Acclaimed novelist

Girija Kiir Marathi author

Babasaheb Dhabekar Former Maharashtra minister

Nabaneeta Dev Sen Renowned Bengali Author and Padma Shri Awardee

Anjan Mitra Former Mohun Bagan General Secretary

Ramakant Gundecha Dhrupad maestro

T.N Seshan Former chief election commissioner

PS Krishnan Former Union Secretary

Dwight Ritchie Australian boxer

Vashishtha Narayan Singh Famous mathematician

Cochin Azad Noted singer

Abdul Jabbar 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy activist

Tony Mann Former Australia leg-spinner

Shaukat Kaifi Veteran actor

Nilkanth Khadilkar Senior journalist

Kailash Joshi Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister

Kshiti Goswami The General Secretary of the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) and former West Bengal Minister

Sushil Kumar Former Navy Chief Admiral

Goar Vartanyan Russian Spy

Sudhir Dar Legendary Cartoonist

Bala Singh Tamil actor & theatre artist

Brad Gobright World-renowned rock climber

Yasuhiro Nakasone Former Prime Minister of Japan

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