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Current Affairs-November COMPLETE COVERAGE OF MONTHLY CURRENT AFFAIRS November 2020 Corp. Office: # 61/3rt, 2nd Floor, SR Nagar, Near Community Hall, Hyderabad, Telangana-500 038. Main Campus: Padmashali Seva Samajam Boys Hostel, Opp: St. Martins Eng. College, Dulapally Road, Kompally, Hyderabad, Telangana-500 014. Phone: 7997992479 OCTOBER 2020 HISTORY AND CULTURE Recusal of Judge 41 All India Trade union congress 4 NyayaBandhu App 41 The Miyas of Assam, and their Char-Chapori Culture 4 Haryana clears Bill on Right to Recall Panchayat Member 42 Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji 5 Pakistan Grants Provisional Provincial Status to 42 Warli Painting 6 Gilgit-Baltistan(GB) 43 Tribute to Birsa Munda 6 Academic Freedom Index 43 On People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration 44 GEOGRAPHY & ENVIRONMENT Validity of Special Courts to Try MPs, MLAs 44 Tx2 Tiger Conservation Awards (TTCA) 8 An Analysis of Victim Compensation Schemes in India 45 Vulture Action Plan 2020-25 9 Guidelines on Television Rating Agencies in India 47 World Wide Fund (WWF) Water Risk Filter 10 Virtual Court and e-Challan Project 47 Luhri Stage-1 Hydro Power Project 11 WELFARE AND SCHEMES Four More Biodiversity Heritage Sites(BHS) for Karnataka 11 India Climate Change Knowledge Portal 12 United Nations (UN) launched the Sanitation and 48 Hygiene Fund (SHF) La Niña Weather Phenomenon 12 Height and BMI Trends of 2019 48 Beaching of Whales 15 Report on the National Nutrition Mission : NITI Aayog 49 Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) 14 Pneumonia and Diarrhea Progress Report 2020: IVAC 50 Blue Tide 14 Global Prevention Coalition(GPC) for HIV Prevention 52 Pink Bloom 15 Guillain Barre Syndrome 52 Refuse Derived Fuel 15 WHO commits to Eliminate Cervical Cancer Globally 53 Vine Snakes 16 Centrally Sponsored Pilot Scheme on Fortification of Rice 54 Willow Warbler 16 e-Sanjeevani 55 Rohanixalus-New genus of the Old World tree frog 17 Grand Challenge for development of “Smart Water 56 Harnessing the Power Of India’s Forests for 17 Supply Measurement and Monitoring System” Climate Change Mitigation Mission COVID Suraksha 57 First Snow Leopard Census 20 October Cyclones 21 ECONOMY World Bank’s Climate Change Knowledge Portal 22 National Investment and Infrastructure Fund & 59 Deemed Forests in India 22 its Infrastructure debt financing platform Tristan da Cunha island 23 Nutraceutical Industry 60 Renewables 2020 - Analysis and forecast to 2025 24 Changes in Bank Licensing Framework 60 The Cost of Clearing the Air 25 Banking License to Large Corporate Houses 61 India’s Deep Ocean Mission 26 Human Resource Management System (HRMS) 63 of Indian railways POLITY & GOVERNANCE Inflation Targeting 63 Supreme Court discourages the use of Article 32 28 Liquidity Trap 65 ED opens inquiry into KIIFB working 29 MSP and Protesting farmers 66 National Agricultural Education Policy 30 Draft Merchant shipping bill 2020 67 Pardoning Powers of the Governor 31 Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme 68 Regulation for Over-The-Top(OTT) Platform 32 SOLAR Power in India 70 Draft Data Centre Policy 2020 33 NSS Report: Time Use in India-2019 73 Amendment in FCRA Rules 34 Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines 2020 74 Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Goa best-governed states 35 Hybrid Renewable Energy 74 in India: PAI Index Model Tenancy Act, 2019 75 Draft Rules under Code on Social Security 35 Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme 77 Kerala Police Act Amendment put on hold 37 State of Food and Agriculture 2020 77 National Portal for Transgender Persons 38 Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development 78 ATAL Academy Faculty Development Programme(FDP) 39 Fund (FIDF) Beneficiaries of Roshni Act move SC 39 Regional Cluster Concept 78 Minor Forest Produce (MFP) 40 Viability Gap Funding VGF Scheme for 79 NOVEMBER 2020 Public Private Partnerships SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DISCOMs 80 Earth Observation Satellite (EOS-01) 119 Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM-FME) Scheme 81 Discovery of Pulsars 119 Bloomberg New Economy Forum 81 Fast Radio Bursts (FRBS) Detected in the Milky Way 120 Moratorium on Lakshmi Vilas Bank 82 One Health Global Leaders Group on 121 Unified Single Window Clearance System for FDI 83 Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) RE-Invest 2020 83 Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) 124 SDG Investor Map for India 84 Chapare virus 124 A Secure Future for Platform Workers 85 Hepatitis-C drugs shown to Inhibit Coronavirus Enzyme 125 Virtual Global Investor Roundtable (VGIR) 86 First ever Vaccine listed under 126 WHO Emergency Use Listing (EUL) Single Window Approval for FDI 86 Kala-Azar or Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) 126 Floating Rate Bonds 87 Global Center for Traditional Medicine 127 Department of Investment & Public Asset Management 87 (DIPAM) India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2020 127 Measures on Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 88 Thirty Meter Telescope Project 128 Insider Trading 90 Physics Nobel Prize 2020 128 World Economic Forum to Pioneer Roadmap 90 Smart Screens from discarded Groundnut Shells 128 for Smart Cities Geo-Polymer Aggregate 129 15th Finance Commission Report 90 Geoinformatics 129 The Saffron Bowl of India Reaches Out 91 AIM–Sirius Innovation Programme 3.0 130 towards the North East Immunoglobulins 130 Cotton and Sugar Exports from India 91 India’s AI supercomputer Param Siddhi 131 PM Inaugurates Ro-Pax Terminal at Hazira 92 M Dwarf Stars 132 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Asteroid 16 Psyche 133 Sentinel-6 Satellite: Jason-CS Mission 133 Nurturing Neighborhoods Challenge 93 Ariel Space Mission 134 Executive Board of WHO 93 Hyperloop Technology 134 15th East-Asia Summit 93 Satellites to detect Drug Cultivation 136 17TH ASEAN-India Summit 94 BRICS 96 DEFENCE & SECURITY Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action 99 QRSAM Missile System 139 United Nations Population Award 100 PINAKA Rocket System 139 G20 Virtual Summit 101 A-Sat Missile Model 140 India-Japan 5G Pact 103 Scorpene Class Submarine Vagir 140 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) 104 Tackling Cyber Crimes 141 Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC) 106 Fire Detection and Suppression System 142 India and Nuclear Disarmament 108 India’s Development Efforts in Afghanistan 109 AWARDS Ethiopia Civil War 110 AICTE Lilavati Award-2020 143 Peace Deal between Armenia & Azerbaijan 111 Tx2 Awards 144 Mission Sagar – II 112 Assam wins Best State Award 144 1st BRICS Finance Ministers and Central Bank 113 Governors Meeting National Water Award 145 Indo-Thai Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) 113 UAE High Level Joint Task Force on Investments 114 New Chinese Village in Bhutan 114 India, Maldives sign four MoUs to boost ties 115 Chabahar Project 116 China's Railway Near Arunachal Pradesh border 117 India and Finland signed a MOU 117 Food Coalition: FAO 118 Corp. Office: # 61/3rt, 2nd Floor, SR Nagar, Near Community Hall, Hyderabad, Telangana-500 038. Main Campus: Padmashali Seva Samajam Boys Hostel, Opp: St. Martins Eng. College, Dulapally Road, Kompally, Hyderabad, Telangana-500 014. Phone: 7997992479 Page 4 All India Trade union congress History and Culture Why in the news? All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), the first Central Trade Union of India founded on October 31, 1920, has completed hundred years of its formation recently. About AITUC: It is the oldest trade union federations in India. Until 1945 when unions became organised on party lines, it was the primary trade union organisation in India. Since then, it has been associated with the Communist Party of India. In the aftermath of the second World War the AITUC played a significant role in the foundation of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU). In the last 10 decades since its founding, the AITUC has been at the forefront of all struggles for bringing about changes in favour of the working class. Formation of AITUC Convention in Bombay: It was in this background that the preparations began and a convention was held in Bombay which decided to hold All India Trade Union Congress in Bombay. Founding conference (or the first session): a. Began on October 31, 1920, in Empire Theatre Bombay with Lala Lajpat Rai as the founding President. b. Other leaders participated: Political leaders of various shades of opinions such as Moti Lal Nehru, Mohd. Ali Jinnah, Annie Basant, V J Patel, B.P. Wadia, J. Baptista, Lalubhai Samaldas, Jamnadas, Dwarka Das, B W Wadia R R Karandikar, Col. J.C. Wedgwood. Factors that led to formation of Trade Unions Influenced by world labour movements: Russian Revolution in 1917 was a great impetus for Indian labour movement as the working class along with peasantry captured power for the first time. a. Industrial unrest: Strikes in Bombay against extension of working hours and protest against imprisonment of Tilak etc. led to the working class to wage a mass struggle. b. Oppression and exploitation under British rule: The self-sufficient Village economy was shattered with no new structures in place, creating impoverished peasantry and landless labour force. c. National freedom movement: In the beginning of 20th century, participation of laborers in the freedom movement increased and formation of unions also increased. Mahatma Gandhi linked the freedom movement directly with the labor welfare. The Miyas of Assam, and their Char-chapori Culture History and Culture Why in the news? Months ahead of the Assembly elections, a proposed "Miya museum" reflecting the "culture and heritage of the people living in char-chapouris" has stirred up a controversy in Assam. Who are the Miyas? The 'Miya' community comprises descendants of Muslim migrants from East Bengal (now Bangladesh) to Assam. They came to be referred to as 'Miyas', often in a derogatory manner. The community migrated in several waves — starting with the British annexation of Assam in 1826, and continuing into Partition and the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War — and have resulted in changes in demographic composition of the region. Years of discontent among the indigenous people led to the six-year-long (1979-85) anti- foreigner Assam Agitation to weed out the "illegal immigrant", who was perceived as trying to take over jobs, language and culture of the indigenous population.
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