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Switzerland) Based Inter Parliamentary Union Current Affairs - November 2020 Month Nov 2020 Type All 347 Current Affairs were found in Month - Nov 2020 for Type - All Appointments 1. Duarte Pacheco (Portugal) has been elected as President of Geneva (Switzerland) based Inter Parliamentary Union. 2. Gyanendra Ningombam from Manipur has been elected as President of Hockey India. He is First Hockey India Chief from Northeast region. 3. Joe Biden won US Presidential elections 2020, defeating Donald Trump. His Oath of Office as 46th President of US will be administered on January 20, 2021. Also, Indian Origin Person Kamala Harris became first woman vice president of US. Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan arrived in US from Tamil Nadu, in 1958. 4. M.M. Kutty (Former Chief Secretary of Delhi) has been appointed as 1st Chairperson of newly formed Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM). 5. Priyanca Radhakrishnan became New Zealand’s first-ever Indian-origin minister, as Minister for Community and Voluntary Sector. 6. Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa has been named as Prime Miniser of Bahrain. He was named after earling serving PM Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa passed away. 7. Artem Novikov has been named Acting Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan. 8. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi have been appointed as Deputy chief ministers of Bihar. This came after JDU's Nitish Kumar was recently re-appointed as Chief Minister of Bihar, for his 7th Term. Also, Renu Devi is first Female Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar. 9. Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India Girish Chandra Murmu has been elected as External Auditor of Geneva based Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU), for 3 year term. Duarte Pacheco (Portugal) was recently elected as President of Geneva (Switzerland) based Inter Parliamentary Union. 10. Former Infosys Chief Kris Gopalakrishnan has been appointed as first Chairperson of Reserve Bank Innovation Hub, which has been set up to promote innovation across financial sector. 11. Francisco Sagasti has been appointed Interim President of Peru, until 2021 General Elections in April. 12. Harpal Singh has appointed new Engineer-in-Chief of Indian Army. 13. Heeralal Samariya, Saroj Punhani and Uday Mahurkar have been appointed as Information Commissioners of India. Y.K. Sinha was recently appointed as Chief Information Commissioner. Now, number of Information Commissioners (apart from Chief Information Commissioner) has risen to 7. Central Information commission includes 1 chief information commissioner and not more than 10 information commissioners. 14. Indian diplomat Vidisha Maitra has been elected to the UN’s Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ). 15. Japan formally proclaimed Crown Prince Akishino to the throne, after his elder brother Emperor Naruhito, became monarch last year following their father’s abdication. 16. Jishnu Baruah has been appointed as new chief secretary of Assam. 17. Maia Sandu has been appointed as First-Ever Female President of Moldova (Eastern Europe). 18. Misc. Appointments (November 2020) Rajiv Jalota has been appointed as chairman of Mumbai Port Trust. Housing and Urban Affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri and 9 others elected to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. Electronics Sector Skill Council of India (ESSCI) appointed PVG Menon as CEO. President appointed Sanjay Kumar Medhi , Nani Tagia, and Manish Choudhury as Judges of Gauhati High Court. National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) Chairman Dilip Rath has been elected to board of global dairy body International Dairy Federation (IDF). AK Gupta is appointed as MD and CEO of PSU ONGC Videsh. Former West Indies Cricketer Michael Holding has been appointed as new patron of England's Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) Foundation. Enforcement Directorate chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra received 1 year extension for his post. US President-Elect Joe Biden named Indian-American Mala Adiga as policy director of Jill Biden, who will soon be US first lady. Roch Marc Christian Kaboré has been re-elected as President of Burkina Faso (West Africa), for his 2nd term. 19. New US President-elect Joe Biden announced Task Force to deal with COVID-19 in US, to be led by Indian Origin Person Vivek Murthy, former Surgeon General of US. Also, Indian-American Kash Patel is named as Chief of Staff to the Acting US Defence Secretary Chris Miller. 20. New Zealand’s Greg Barclay has been appointed as new Chairman of International Cricket Council (ICC), replacing India's Shashank Manohar who had stepped down earlier. 21. Noted Indian Comic hero Chacha Chaudhary has now been named as Brand Ambassador of Namami Gange Programme. Diamond Toons will conceptualize and publish new Talking Comics with Chacha Chaudhary spreading awareness on cultural and spiritual significance of Ganga. 22. President of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara won his third 5-year term, in an electoral victory. 23. Tanzanian President John Magufuli has been re-elected for his second term, with electoral victory. Top Awards 1. Indian film Natkhat won top prize at 3rd edition of Best Of India Short Film Festival 2020, which makes it eligible for 2021 Oscar qualification. The film has been directed by Shaan Vyas and has Vidya Balan in lead role. Best of India Festival was established by ShortsTV in 2018, to honour exceptional work in Indian cinema. 2. 2020 Booker Prize has been awarded to Douglas Stuart for his debut novel Shuggie Bain, receiving £50,000. Stuart is second Scottish author to win Booker Prize, after James Kelman in 1994. Earlier, the prize was called Booker–McConnell Prize (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019). It is a literary prize awarded each year for best novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. 3. 21 scientists associated with innovative research ideas in several areas have been selected for Swarna Jayanti fellowships 2020. Swarna Jayanti Fellowships was instituted by Govt. to commemorate India's 50th year of Independence, which provides special assistance to selected young scientists, to enable them to pursue basic research in frontier areas of science and technology. Under this, awardees are given support, which will cover all requirements for performing research and will include a fellowship of 25000 per month for 5 years. Also, research grant of 5 lakh Rupees for 5 years is provided. 4. 2nd National Water Awards Conferred by Ministry of Jal Shakti, honoring commendable work in field of water resources conservation and management. Jury Committee, headed by Shashi Shekhar, selected 98 winners in 16 different categories. Tamil Nadu Stayed at top, followed by Maharashtra and Rajasthan. 5. Actor Naseeruddin Shah has been honoured with 2020 Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar, at Sangit Kala Kendra Awards. Alongside, Neel Choudhary and Irawati Karnik were awarded Aditya Vikram Birla Kalakiran Puraskars. These awards were instituted in 1996 by Sangeet Kala Kendra (SKK), which was founded in 1973 by Aditya Vikram Birla. 6. Bangladeshi teen Sadat Rahman has been awarded International Children’s Peace Prize by international children’s rights organization KidsRights, for creating anti-cyber bullying app Cyber Teens, to help teenagers who are sufferers of cyber bullying. 7. Bhutan’s Queen Mother Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck has been awarded United Nations Population Award in individual category for 2020, for her work on sexual health and ending gender violence. Also, HelpAge India won the award in organisational category, for its work on elder care. 2 Indians have been honored by this award since its establishment in 1981 - former PM Indira Gandhi in 1983 and industrialist J.R.D.Tata in 1992. 8. Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has been conferred with Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award for his literary works, given by Vatayan-UK organization in London. 9. Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank launched Lilavati Award 2020, as AICTE's Innovative education program to empower women. With women empowerment as theme, it aims to create awareness about women's persisting issues. 10. Emmett Leahy award 2020 conferred on Dinesh Katre from Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Pune. He is first Indian to bag this US award, which recognises contributions in field of records and information management. 11. India's Victor Banerjee won best actor in a secondary role award for Josef: Born in Grace at Canada's Ontario International Film Festival. 12. Indian web series Delhi Crime on Netflix has won best drama series award at 48th International Emmy Awards 2020. Event was held virtually for the first time in the history of International Emmy Awards due to the pandemic. 13. Industrial Awards (November 2020) - Society of Biological Chemists (India) chosen Susanta Kar (CSIR-CDRI), for this year's A N Bhaduri Memorial Lecture Award, for his contributions towards defining survival tactics of Leishmania donovani. Health Minister Harsh Vardhan conferred away Students Innovations for Advancement of Research Explorations - Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (SITARE-GYTI) and Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technological Innovations-Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (SRISTI-GYTI) awards, with 14 awards under SITARE-GYTI and 7 under SRISTI-GYTI. Kerala’s Responsible Tourism (RT) Mission has been awrded coveted ‘Highly Commended’ Award by World Travel Mart London, in category of ‘Meaningful Connections’. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University’s K S Subramanian won Fertiliser Association
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