Current Affairs November 2019 - Miscellaneous


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  • Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH Shri Shripad Yesso Naik inaugurated National Research Institute of Unani Medicine for Skin Disorders (NRIUMSD) upgraded from Central Research Institute of Unani Medicine (CRIUM).

  • Pooja Gehlot won India's second silver medal in wrestling in the 53kg category in the United World Wrestling (UWW) Under-23 World Championships in Budapest.

  • Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs has inaugurated a new Guru Nanak Chair by the support of Indian government, at the University of Birmingham to enable research around the teachings of the founder of the Sikh religion.

  • Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said that the state government has launched first of its kind Punjab job helpline number, 76260-76260, for the job seekers.

  • The people over 80 years of age and Persons with Disability can now cast their votes through postal ballot.

  • Former Parliamentarian and veteran CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta passed away.

  • India's Lakshya Sen won the SaarLorLux Open badminton tournament at Saarbrücken in Germany. He defeated Sen Weng Hong Yang of China.

  • The Union Cabinet has approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Maldives on Training and Capacity-Building Programme for Maldivian Judicial Officers in India.

  • The Union Cabinet has given ex-post facto approval for the MoU between India and Bangladesh on withdrawal of 1.82 cusec of water from Feni River by India for drinking water supply scheme for Sabroom town Tripura, India.

  • The Union Cabinet has approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Brazil in the field of Health and Medicine.

  • Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan visited United Arab Emirates to attend the inaugural Ministerial session of Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference.

  • The Sanskrit Bharati Vishwa Sammelan was held in New Delhi.

  • Former Maharashtra minister and senior Congress party leader Babasaheb Dhabekar passed away.

  • The Ministry of external affairs (MEA) announced Anjani Kumar as the next ambassador of India to the Republic of Mali.

  • The Karnataka Gramin Bank (KGB) has launched ‘mobile ATMs’ in Kalaburagi, among several other districts in the Karnataka.

  • Union HRD Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ addressed education ministers/representatives of nearly 190 countries at the 40th UNESCO General Conference in Paris.

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

  • Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari imposed President's rule in the state after a political impasse of 19 days post state state legislative assembly elections.

  • Hollywood veteran and double Oscar winner Robert De Niro will receive the SAG-AFTRA’s highest tribute: the SAG Life Achievement Award.

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

  • The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves the merger of the BNP Paribas (BNPP) Mutual Fund and the Baroda (BOB) Mutual Fund, under Section 31(1) of the Competition Act, 2002.

  • Prakash Javadekar took charge as the Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.

  • Former Peru Football Federation Manuel Burga and Argentinian officials Eduardo Deluca and Jose Luis Meiszner were banned for life in connection with a corruption scandal.

  • The India-ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Business Summit 2019 was held in New Delhi based on theme “Today, Tomorrow, Together” to strengthen trade & investment flows with ASEAN Economies.

  • The 27th Conference of Central and State Statistical Organizations (COCSSO) was held at Kolkata, West Bengal.

  • Union ministry of health and family welfare signed memorandum of cooperation (MoC) with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF).

  • India ASEAN InnoTech Summit 2019, a three-day Technology & Innovation Summit, exhibition, B2B and B2G meetings was held in Davao, Philippines with the theme ‘India ASEAN InnoTech Summit: Accelerating towards innovative development’.

  • India will be the host of Council of Heads of Government (Prime Ministers) of SCO Member States in 2020, which will approve the Draft SCO Roadmap on cooperation between research institutions of SCO Member States for the period 2021-2023.

  • The Survey of India, India’s central engineering agency in charge of mapping and surveying has released an updated map of India with Amaravati as the capital of Andhra Pradesh (AP).

  • The Government of India is planning to launch a new scheme to test defense products manufactured by MSMEs at the cost of Rs 400 crores.

  • Union Government will launch India’s first fixed income Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) comprising debt securities of large central public sector enterprises (PSUs) by mid-December 2019.

  • Floating school project in Bangladesh wins Aga Khan Architecture Award.

  • Haryana's Sangram Dahiya and Varsha Varman of Madhya Pradesh clinched double trap titles, winning gold at the 63rd National Shotgun Shooting Championship in New Delhi.

  • India's Lakshya Sen has won the Scottish Open men's single title, defeating Brazilian Ygor Coelho to seal his fourth title.

  • Ambassador of Japan, Mr Satoshi Suzuki and Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia, DrMarjanCencen, presented their credentials to the President of India, Shri Ram NathKovind.

  • Aditya Birla Finance on Thursday became the first company to list its commercial papers borrowing of Rs 100 crore on the bourses.

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

  • World-renowned rock climber Brad Gobright passed away in Mexico fall.

  • Noted writer from Rajasthan, Manisha Kulshreshtha, was awarded the 28th Bihari Puraskar for 2018 for her novel ‘Swapnapash’.

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

  • The Asian Development Bank has approved the 2nd tranche of USD 150 million (about Rs 1,065 crore) for West Bengal to boost capital investment and infrastructure in the state.

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