Monthly Current Affair of November, 2020 in English
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Monthly Current Affair of November, 2020 in English 01-11-2020 As a tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel, a biographical documentary, Iron Man - Sardar Patel screened on Films Division website and YouTube channel on his birth anniversary. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Arogya Van, Arogya Kutir, Ekta Mall, and Children Nutrition Park in Gujarat. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated dynamic lighting for the Sardar Sarovar Dam. Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has launched a Limited Edition of two-layered "Happy Diwali" printed face masks made of pure Muslin fabric. The Indian Railways has started Meri Saheli initiatives for the safety of women passengers. The Confederation of All India Traders (CAT) has launched the logo of its much-awaited and multi-faceted e-commerce portal ‘Bharat e Market’. Chris Gayle became the first batsman to get to 1,000 sixes in T20 cricket history. Mumbai City FC confirmed the signing of defender Amey Ranawade and midfielder PC Rohlupuia ahead of the Indian Super League (ISL) season. www.onlineaavedan.com Page 1 Monthly Current Affair of November, 2020 in English Former CEO Haroon Lorgat was named in a nine-member interim board to run crisis-ridden Cricket South Africa (CSA). Prabhakar Kelkar, a senior pracharak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and national vice-president of the All India Kisan Sangh, died in Bhopal. He was 71. www.onlineaavedan.com Page 2 Monthly Current Affair of November, 2020 in English 02-11-2020 The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) will be establishing incubation centres at its units in the financial capital, Indore and Kalpakkam near Chennai, to help entrepreneurs develop nuclear products for the society based on nuclear technologies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India's first seaplane service in Gujarat on October 31, the 146th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The Indian Air Force successfully test-fired an air launched version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a Sukhoi MKI-30 aircraft in the Bay of Bengal. In the midst of its bitter border standoff with China in eastern Ladakh, India will hold the first phase of the Malabar naval exercise with navies of the US, Japan and Australia from November 3 to 6 in the Bay of Bengal off Visakhapatnam coast. CPVC compound manufacturers Lubrizol Advanced Materials and Aditya Birla Group''s flagship firm Grasim Industries have entered into a definitive agreement for setting up a plant to manufacture and supply CPVC resin in India. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has so far extended USD 4 billion to private sector businesses in the poorest countries to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. Indian wrestler-turned-Mixed Martial Arts fighter Ritu Phogat won her third consecutive MMA championship title in Singapore. www.onlineaavedan.com Page 3 Monthly Current Affair of November, 2020 in English K K Sharma, an advisor to Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, resigned from his post and was appointed the State Election Commissioner. A five-member team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee have developed the world’s first specific reliable bacterial biosensor to detect the presence of common environmental pollutant- Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate /Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SDS). The Electronics Sector Skill Council of India (ESSCI) announced appointment of PVG Menon as its chief executive officer. www.onlineaavedan.com Page 4 Monthly Current Affair of November, 2020 in English 03-11-2020 The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Research and Development Centre of Indian Oil Corporation Limited have signed an MoU to develop and demonstrate biomass gasification- based hydrogen generation technology for producing fuel cell-grade hydrogen. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) handed over the Mangaluru airport to the Adani group on lease for a period of 50 years. The Telangana government has banned CPI (Maoist) and its front organisations for another year. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh launched a post-matric scholarship scheme for students belonging to the Scheduled Castes category. Fifteen officers of the Delhi Police Special Cell have been awarded Union Home Minister''s Special Operation Medal on the occasion of birth anniversary of India''s first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. General Motors announced that it has appointed Paul Jacobson as new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective Dec. 1. Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister R. Duraikannu passed away in Chennai. He was 72. www.onlineaavedan.com Page 5 Monthly Current Affair of November, 2020 in English West Bengal law secretary Sandip Kumar Ray Chaudhuri paased away. He was 56. Shri Sant Ramraoji Maharaj, a spiritual leader of the Banjara community, died in Mumbai. He was 88. Legendary James Bond actor Sean Connery has died at 90. www.onlineaavedan.com Page 6 Monthly Current Affair of November, 2020 in English 04-11-2020 Union Minister for Science & Technology, Health & Family Welfare and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan and Minister of State for Posts, Education and Electronics & IT, Sanjay Dhotre released the Special Cover of Department of Posts for commemorating the Golden Jubilee of Department of Science &Technology (DST) at a function in New Delhi. Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju virtually inaugurated Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) new Regional Centre in Zirakpur, Punjab which will now act as one of the main SAI centres for the northern belt of India. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Ambassador of Israel to India, Ron Malka laid the foundation stone of the Indo-Israel Centre of Excellence for Vegetables Protected Cultivation at Khetri on the outskirts of Guwahati. 100 additional products in the Forest Fresh Naturals and Organics range were unveiled online in Tribes India Product Range. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of general insurance business of Bharti AXA by ICICI Lombard. Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India setting key targets for the year 2020-21. www.onlineaavedan.com Page 7 Monthly Current Affair of November, 2020 in English Infrastructure giant Larsen & Toubro has emerged as the lowest bidder for the design and construction of an 88-km stretch of viaduct for the 508-km Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project. Skylo, the worlds first and most affordable end-to-end solution connecting machine and sensor data via satellite, announced that Neelam Dhawan has joined the company's board of directors. The Jindal Global Law Review (JGLR) becomes India's First and Only Law School's Law Journal to get indexed in SCOPUS, the abstract and citation database of Elsevier, which is widely used all over the world for research, citations, rankings and benchmarking. Veteran Odia filmmaker Raj Gopal Mishra died. He was 72. www.onlineaavedan.com Page 8 Monthly Current Affair of November, 2020 in English 05-11-2020 The Ladakh administration will be setting up a snow ski institute along with other adventure sports facilities in Kargil district similar to Gulmarg's Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering (IISM) to promote winter sports in the Union Territory. The eighth meeting of the India-UAE High-Level Joint Task Force on Investments was hosted by India, in virtual format. India and the GCC Troika held their annual Political Dialogue in virtual mode. Senior bureaucrat Sanjay Malhotra was appointed the Chairman and Managing Director of REC Ltd. Mr. Duarte Pacheco of Portugal has been elected the new President of Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) for the period 2020-2023. Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has said that the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh has now been declared a UNESCO biosphere reserve. Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said the state government has decided to give exemption in electricity duty for 20 years under the Haryana Enterprises and Employment Policy 2020 (HEEP) to attract more industries in the state. www.onlineaavedan.com Page 9 Monthly Current Affair of November, 2020 in English Kerala government to set up own milk powder factory with the support of NABARD. Veteran director Hariharan has been honoured with the prestigious JC Daniel Award for his "outstanding contribution to Malayalam cinema. The legendary violinist T.N. Krishnan passed away in Chennai. He was 92. www.onlineaavedan.com Page 10 Monthly Current Affair of November, 2020 in English 06-11-2020 To recognize the significant contributions towards defining the survival tactics of Leishmania donovani, Society of Biological Chemists (India) has chosen Dr Susanta Kar, Senior Scientist, Molecular Parasitology and Immunology, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow for this year's Prof. A. N. Bhaduri Memorial Lecture Award. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaird the Virtual Global Investor Roundtable (VGIR) on 5th November, 2020. Enhanced PINAKA rocket, developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has been successfully flight tested from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. Union minister Harsh Vardhan inaugurated a 10-bed makeshift COVID-19 hospital and isolation centre at the 4th Battalion Centre of the National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) in Chennai. Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment inaugurated a camp for free distribution of assistive aids and devices