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CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411 Current Affairs for TNPSC Examination November – 2018

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1. TAMIL NADU 03 – 04

2. NATIONAL NEWS 04 – 10

3. INTERNATIONAL NEWS 10 – 13

4. SUMMITS AND MEETINGS 14 – 15

5. DEFENCE IN NEWS 15 – 16

6. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 16 – 18

7. SPORTS 18 – 20

8. REPORTS 21 – 21

9. BOOKS 21 – 21

10. IMPORTANT DAYS IN NEWS 22 – 22

11. NOTABLE THEMES 22 – 22

12. APPOINTMENTS 23 – 24

13. AWARDS 25 - 27

14. GOVERNMENT POLICIES 28 - 28

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CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411 TAMILNADU

 CHENNAI METRO-OTP SYSTEM  BEST STATE IN ORGAN DONATION LAUNCHED  On 27th of November, Tamil Nadu has been  Chennai metro introduced one time adjudged the Best State in Organ Donation password system to avoid diverting of the at the 9th Indian Organ Donation Day in water in meant for residential purposes to New Delhi by the Union Minister of Health commercial establishment. and Family Welfare.  Chennai metro have introduced OTP system  It‘s fourth time in a row, the state has for ―dial for water‖ and ―dial for septic tank received the best-performing state award for clearance‖. organ donation.  Tamil Nadu is also the first State in India to  BIOMETRIC ATTENDANCE FOR have initiated mandatory certification of TEACHERS IN TAMILNADU brain stem death, streamlining organ  Government order has been passed by distribution and setting up green corridors. tamilnadu government.  Apart from this, the State of  Tamilnadu government will introduce the government received an award for being the biometric attendance system soon for best State for promoting awareness on organ government schools and government aided donations. schools.  Pilot project for this project is going in  PERMANENT JUDGES FOR MADRAS porur girls government school. HIGH COURT  Centre appointed three additional judges of  INDIA‟S FIRST OPEN AIR LIBRARY madras high court as permanent IN TRICHY  Namely:  TRICHY city corporation will soon open 1. Teekha raman ―little free library‖, India‘s first open air 2. Sathish kumar library. 3. Seshasayee  AIM: nurturing reading habit and exchange of books among locals.  SEBI APPROVAL TO LAUNCH STATE SHELTER FUND.  GAJA CYCLONE  State shelter fund for attracting investment  Severe Cyclonic Storm Gaja was the fifth in tamilnadu housing board. cyclone in the 2018 North Indian Ocean  In this regard tamilnadu government cyclone season. established tamilnadu infrastructure fund  Forming on November 5 as a low pressure which is category 1 alternative funds. system over the Gulf of Thailand, The system crossed through Southern Thailand and the Malay Peninsula and eventually crossed into the Andaman Sea

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CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411 NATIONAL NEWS  The weak system intensified into a depression over the Bay of Bengal on  “Soura Jalanidhi” scheme November 10 and further intensified to a  Naveen Patnaik, the Chief Minister of cyclonic storm on November 11, being Odisha, has recently launched ‗Soura classified 'Gaja'. Jalanidhi‘ scheme which aims at increasing  After tracking west-southwestward for a use of solar energy for helping farmers in number of days in the Bay of Bengal, Gaja irrigation. made landfall in South India, shifted  ‗Soura Jalanidhi‘ is a dug well based solar through Vedaranyam, Voimedu, Muthupet, pump irrigation system in convergence and Adirampattinam. mode.  The storm survived it's crossing into  Under the scheme, 5,000 solar pumps will the Arabian Sea; however, it dissipated in be provided to farmers at a subsidy of 90 per hostile conditions only a few days later. cent to irrigate 2,500 acres of land. The solar  As of November 22, 63 people were killed pumps will be given to the beneficiary by the storm. farmers at a subsidy of 90%. A total of Rs 27 crore will be spent for the programme.  CENTRAL COMMITTEE-GAJA CYCLONE  India‟s rank in the World Bank‟s Ease of  INTER MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE Doing Business Index 2018 HEAD BY MR.DANIEL RICHARD.  India has been ranked 77th in the World  Central team consist of seven members to Bank‘s Ease of Doing Business Index 2018. check cyclone effect in tamilnadu and  With this,India has jumped 23 places from puducherry. 2017 in which it was ranked at 100th.  In its annual ‗Doing Business‘ 2019 report, World Bank stated that India improved its rank on six out of the 10 parameters relating to starting and doing business in a country.

 BBC‟s 100 best foreign language films list  ‘s epic masterpiece ‗Pather Panchali‘ has been included in BBC‘s 100 best foreign language films list of the 21st century.

 world‟s „tallest statue‟Statue of Unity‟  On October 31, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the ‗Statue of Unity‘ in Narmada district of Gujarat on the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

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CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411  Sardar Patel – who served as the first Home Mizoram‘s Vairengte with a focus on Minister of independent India – is credited strengthening counter-terror cooperation. with uniting all 562 princely states in pre-  The focus of the two-week-long exercise independent India to build the Republic of will be to enhance tactical skills against India. That is why it is called the ‗Statue of global terrorism and increase inter- Unity‘. operability between the two forces.  It is the world‘s tallest statue, with a height  The Japanese contingent is represented by of 182m. 32nd Infantry Battalion, while the Indian  It located around 3.5 km downstream from side by 6/1 Gorkha Rifles. the Sardar Sarovar Dam, on islet Sadhu Bet on the bed of the river Narmada.  Jharsuguda Airport of Odisha  The statue was designed by 93-year-old  On November 1, the Union Cabinet has acclaimed sculptor Ram V. Sutar, who is approved a proposal to rename the Padma Bhushan awardee. Jharsuguda airport of Odisha after eminent freedom fighter Veer Surendra Sai.  India‟s first-ever moored maritime  Renaming of the Jharsuguda airport in his museum-cum-marine adventure centre name will fulfill long-pending demand of  The Maharashtra Cabinet has recently the Odisha Government, which reflects the approved the conversion of decommissioned sentiments of the local public of the aircraft carrier INS Viraat into a floating respective area. museum.  It will be India‘s first-ever moored maritime  Partial Credit Enhancement museum-cum- marine adventure centre. As  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has per primary estimates, the project worth Rs recently permitted banks to grant Partial 852 crore will be implemented through Credit Enhancement (PCE), or a partial Public-Private-Partnership. guarantee, to bonds issued by systematically important non-deposit taking Non-Banking  Krivak III-class stealth frigates Financial Companies (NBFC-ND-SIs)  India has officially signed a $950 million registered with the Reserve Bank of India contract with Russia for the purchase of two and Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) upgraded Krivak III-class stealth frigates for registered with National Housing Bank. the Indian Navy.  The two frigates of the Project 11356 class  Turga Pumped Storage in West Bengal will be bought directly from Russia and a  India and Japan has recently a Loan contract to build two more at an Indian yard Agreement worth Rs. 1817 crore for the is likely to be signed at a later stage. ‗Project for the Construction of Turga Pumped Storage (I)‘ in the State of West  „Dharma Guardian-2018‟ Bengal.  The first-ever Indo-Japan joint military  The purpose of the Project is to strengthen exercise ―Dharma Guardian- 2018‖ has the capability to respond to fluctuation in started at a jungle warfare school in supply and demand of power and to 5

CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411 improve stability of the power supply by  The PCR will also include data from entities constructing the pumped storage facilities, like market regulator SEBI, the Ministry of thereby contributing to the Industrial Corporate Affairs, Goods and Service Tax Development and Living Standard Network (GSTN) and the Insolvency and Improvement in the State of West Bengal. Bankruptcy Board of India to enable the banks and financial institutions to get 360  India-US Dialogue on Intellectual degree profile of existing and prospective Property (IP) borrowers on a real-time basis.  Recently, the first-ever India-US Dialogue on Intellectual Property was launched in  All-India „Unreserved Mobile Ticketing‟ New Delhi to deepen bilateral strategic facility (UTS on Mobile) cooperation on IP policy.  On November 1, the Ministry of Railways  The dialogue was launched by US Chamber has officially rolled out All-India of Commerce‘s Global Innovation Policy Unreserved Mobile Ticketing facility (UTS Center (GIPC) and FICCI in partnership on Mobile) with a view to promote three with the US-India Business Council. C‘s- Cashless transactions (Digital payment), Contact less ticketing (no need to  National Seminar on Entrepreneurship physically visit the point of sale) and and Business Development in Ayurveda Customer convenience and experience.  The 2-day seminar is being organised by  Now, the facility of booking unreserved Ministry of AYUSH in association with tickets, including season tickets and also NITI Aayog with the aim of encouraging platform ticketsis available through the entrepreneurs and Ayurveda stakeholders ‗UTSONMOBILE‘ app available for towards businesses opportunities in the Android, IOS and Windows phones. sector.  The ‗UTS on Mobile‘ application has been  The seminar is expected to develop developed by Centre for Railway awareness among stakeholders about Information Systems (CRIS). business opportunities, encouraging young entrepreneurs to use modern technologies  India‟s first asymmetrical cable-stayed and highlight opportunities at global level. bridge “Signature Bridge” Nearly 800 participants from across the  Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal country were took part in the seminar. across the Yamuna River. The bridge connects Outer Ring Road on the western  Public Credit Registry flank of the Yamuna River with the  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has Wazirabad Road on the east. initiated steps to set up a wide-based digital  It shortens the travel time between north and Public Credit Registry (PCR) to capture northeast Delhi. The 675-metre long bridge, details of all borrowers, including wilful originally conceptualised in 2004, has defaulters and also the pending legal suits in finally available for public use from order to check financial delinquencies. November 5.

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CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411  E-governance project “CCTNS” Andhra Pradesh and it will start functioning  The Ministry of Home Affairs has awarded from 1st January 2019. the Assam Police for ―good practices‖ under  It will be the 25th high court in the country the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and will initially function from a temporary & Systems (CCTNS), an e-governance structure till the permanent building comes project. up in the ambitious Justice City complex in  The award was given for citizen centric the State‘s capital Amaravati. service , in which the state police has automated passport verification and  International Telecommunications Union Permanent Residential Certificate services (ITU) Council using the online CCTNS.  India has been elected as a member of the International Telecommunications Union  India‟s first Letter of Credit (LC) (ITU) Councilfor another four-year term payment via blockchain from 2019 to 2022. The elections to the  HSBC Holdings Plc has executed India‘s Council were held during the ongoing ITU first trade financial transaction using Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 at Dubai. blockchain for a deal involving an export by Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) to US-based  “Global IT Challenge for Youth with Tricon Energy. Disabilities 2018”  The blockchain-enabled Letter of Credit  In New Delhi, the Global IT Challenge for (LC) reduces transaction timeline from 7-10 Youth with Disabilities 2018 is organised by days to less than a day. The Letter of Credit the Department of Empowerment of Persons was issued by ING Bank for Tricon Energy with Disabilities under Ministry of Social USA (importer) with HSBC Justice and Empowerment during 9-11 November, 2018.  Operation Greens  The Ministry of Food Processing Industries  World Customs Organisation has recently approved the operationalisation  The regional meeting of the World Customs strategy for Operation Greens to ensure Organisation has started in Jaipur, Rajasthan availability of Tomato, Onion and Potato with representatives of 33 member countries (TOP) throughout the country round the year of Asia attending it. without price volatility.  The meeting is slated to deliberate upon  Operation Greens was announced in the various issues including the steps required Budget speech of 2018-19 with an outlay of for the capacity building and reforms in Rs. 500 crore to stabilize the supply of TOP customs. crops.  The participants would also discuss and deliberate upon the amended Kyoto  Separate High Court for Andhra protocol, digital customs and e-commerce Pradesh among other issues.  The Supreme Court of India has recently given nod for a separate High Court for 7

CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411  Chief guest at the 2019 Republic Day  The hospital is strategically located near parade of India elephant conservation and care centre.  South African president Cyril Ramaphosa  It is designed to treat injured, sickor geriatric will be chief guest at the 2019 Republic Day elephants and is equipped with a medical parade of India. hoist for lifting elephants, as also an  With this, Ramaphosa would become 2nd elephant restraining device with a dedicated leader from his country to attend the event. indoor treatment enclosure for long duration Former president Nelson Mandela was the medical procedures. chief guest at the 1995 parade.  An anti-apatheid activist and a Mahatma  Ban on two Tripura militant groups Gandhi follower, Ramaphosa became the “NLFT & ATTF”. 5th president of South Africa after the  The has set up a resignation of Jacob Zuma in December tribunal for adjudicating whether or not 2017. there is sufficient cause for declaring the two Tripura-based militant outfits – National  India‟s first interactive credit card with Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and All buttons Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) – as unlawful  Induslnd Bank has recently launched the associations under the law. India‘s first interactive credit card with  The decision has been taken by the Home buttons called the IndusInd Bank Nexxt Ministry exercising the powers conferred Credit Card. under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)  The card provides customers with the Act. flexibility of 3 payment options at a Point of  The tribunal will be headed by Delhi High Sale (POS) terminal – credit, converting Court Judge Justice Suresh Kait. transactions into EMIs with 4 tenure options (6, 12, 18 and 24 months) or using  Sri Vishwakarma Skill Development accumulated reward points, by simply University pushing a button on the card.  In Haryana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi  The card has been created in partnership has recently laid foundation of India's first with Dynamics Inc, which is headquartered Sri Vishwakarma Skill Development in Pittsburgh, USA. University at village Dudhola in Palwal district via remote control.  specialized hospital for elephants  Its‘ campus would be developed over 82.7  Mathura India‘s first specialized hospital acres at a sum of over Rs 1,000 crore. for elephants has opened by NGO Wildlife  PM Modi also inaugurated the Western SOS (WSOS) in Mathura at Farah block‘s Peripheral Expressway (WPE), which is Churmura village. popularly known as Kundali-Manesar-  The first-of-its-kind hospital has unique Palwal (KMP) expressway. facilities including wireless digital X-ray, laser treatment, dental X-ray, thermal imaging, and ultrasonography. 8

CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411  7th edition of International Tourism Mart  The IIT team, led by Prof. Shiv Govind  Tripura will host the 7th edition of Singh, used a process called International Tourism Mart (ITM-2018) in "electrospinning" to produce paper-like Agartala from 22nd November to popularise material made of nanosized nylon fibre, tourist destinations in the northeastern states loaded with a combination of three dyes. of the country. The paper is "halochromic" which changes  The event would be organised with an colour in response to changes in acidity. estimated budget of Rs 2.60 crores, which would be provided by the Ministry of  National Institute of Inter-Faith Studies Tourism.  India‘s first National Institute of Inter-Faith  In the 3-day long tourism fair, at least 60 Studies will be set up by the Government of tour operators from 18 foreign countries India in Punjab to promote brotherhood and including Bangladesh, USA, Canada, diversity as part of the year-long activities to Australia, Japan, China, Thailand, South commemorate the 550th birth anniversary of Africa and Russia would attend the fair. Guru Nanak, for which the state Government will provide land free of cost.  The Cloud seeding project  PM Narendra Modi has constituted a  The Union Ministry of Environment has National Implementation Committee (NIC) recently approved a project led by scientists under the Chairmanship of Union Home at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Minister to roll out events including release Kanpur to induce artificial rain via cloud of commemorative coin & postage stamps. seeding to clear smog in Delhi.  The Cloud seeding project will have an  Kartarpur corridor aircraft fly into the clouds and inject silver  To mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru iodide, which will lead to the formation of Nanak Dev in November 2019, the Union ice crystals that will make the clouds denser, Cabinet has recently approved the building cause them to condense into rain and settle and development of the Kartarpur Corridor atmospheric dust enough to clear the sky. from Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district of Punjab to the international border with  Smartphone-based sensor to detect Pakistan. adulteration in milk  The corridor will facilitate pilgrims from  The researchers at IIT-Hyderabad have India who visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, developed a smartphone-based system to Kartarpur, on the banks of the River in detect adulteration in milk. Pakistan every year, where Shri Guru Nanak  The detector system can measure the level Devji spent 18 years. of acidity in milk using an indicator paper.  The Kartarpur corridor will be implemented The sensor-chip based method measures pH, as an integrated development project with which is an indicator of the acidity and the Government of India funding, to provide colour of the paper indicates different pH smooth and easy passage. levels.

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CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411  „Autism Township‟ address cities‘ challenges and develop  The World-class autism township will come solutions using data and technology. up near Kolkata, where children and adults suffering from the developmental disorder INTERNATIONAL NEWS can receive training, treatment and boarding  World‟s first Sovereign Blue Bond facilities.  The Republic of Seychelles has launched the

 It‘s a oneof-its-kind initiative in India and world‘s first sovereign blue bond – a will be built as a joint effort by private firm financial instrument designed to support ‗Ratnabali Group‘ & the West Bengal sustainable marine and fisheries projects. government.  The bond developed with the assistance of

the World Bank & was placed to 3 investors:  PaiSA portal for processing interest Calvert Impact Capital, Nuveen and subvention on bank loans Prudential.

 On 26th November, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs launched a centralized  WHO Global Conference on Air electronic platform ‗PaiSA‘ for processing Pollution and Health interest subvention on bank loans to  The first Global Conference on Air Pollution beneficiaries under Deendayal Antyodaya and Health was held at World Health Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Organisation (WHO) Headquarters in Mission (DAY-NULM). Geneva on October 30, 2018.  The web platform named ―PAiSA – Portal  The 2-day conference was organized by for Affordable Credit and Interest WHO in collaboration with UN Subvention Access‖, has been designed Environment, World Meteorological and developed by Allahabad Bank which is Organization (WMO), the Secretariat of the the Nodal bank. UNFCCC, the Climate and Clean Air  All 35 states / UTs & all Scheduled Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Commercial Banks, RRBs and Cooperative Pollutants (CCAC) and the United Nations Banks are expected to be on board the Economic Commission for Europe PAiSA portal the year end. (UNECE).

 „DataCity‟ to foster innovation and solve  World Buddhist Forum global challenges  The 5th edition of World Buddhist Forum  The government has launched an (WBF -2018) was recently held in Putian, initiative ‗DataCity‘ in partnership with the southeast Fujian Province of China. France-based utility company Suez and a  Over 1,000 Buddhists, scholars and start-up accelerator Numa to foster representatives from 55 countries and innovation and solve global challenges. regions attended the forum.  DataCity will be an international open  The WBF-2018 was jointly hosted by the innovation programme to bring city Buddhist Association of China and the authorities, corporates and start-ups to China Religious Culture Communication Association. 10

CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411  “SIMBEX-18”  The world's first underground hotel  The 25th edition of bilateral maritime  In China, the world's first underground hotel exercise ―SIMBEX-18‖ has started between ―the InterContinental Shanghai the Navies of the Republic of Singapore and Wonderland‖has opened in Shanghai, which India from 10th to 21st November 2018 off is buried almost 90 metres deep in an old Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal. quarry.  The SIMBEX 2018 will be the largest  The 18-storey luxury hotel encloses 336 edition since 1994 in terms of scale and rooms and suites. The sprawling property is complexity. built by British firm Atkins, who is also  The initial harbour phase will be held at Port responsible for architectural marvels such as Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Burj Al Arab in Dubai. The hotel can Islands from 10 to 12 November followed withstand a magnitude 9 earthquake. The by Sea Phase from 12 to 16 November in the projects seeks to ensure that farming Andaman Sea. continues to remain a financially viable activity.  First nation to ban reef-killing toxic sunscreen  Leadership for Academicians  The Republic of Palau, an archipelago found Programme in the western Pacific Ocean, has become  Minister of State for Human Resource the world‘s first nation to ban the use of Development,launched the Leadership for sunscreens that have been deemed harmful Academicians Programme (LEAP) and to coral reefs and ocean life. Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching  The ban, which will come into force by (ARPIT) for higher education faculty in 2020, has been signed into law by the Palau New Delhi on November 13. govt. These sunscreens are made from ―reef-  ARPIT is a unique initiative of online toxic‖ chemicals such as oxybenzone, professional development of 15 lakh higher octinoxate and triclosan. education faculty using the MOOCs platform SWAYAM. For implementing  „Word of the Year 2018‟ ARPIT, 75 discipline-specific institutions  The Oxford Dictionaries has been chosen have been identified and notified as National ―toxic‖ as its ‗Word of the Year 2018‘. Resource Centres in the first phase. Traditionally, the word ―toxic‖ has been used to describe harmful chemical  India‟s strategic crude oil storage facility. substances e.g. toxic waste and toxic gas.  On November 12, Abu Dhabi National Oil  The dictionary defines ―toxic‖ as Company (ADNOC) signed MoU with the ―poisonous‖ with its roots derived from the Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd Medieval Latin term ―toxicus,‖ meaning (ISPRL) to explore the possibility of storing poisoned or imbued with poison ADNOC crude oil at Padur Underground Facility in Udupi district of Karnataka, which has a 2.5 million tonne (~17 millionbarrels) capacity. 11

CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411  ISPRL has already built 5.33 million tonnes premiums while those belonging to of underground storage capacity at three Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe locations – Visakhapatnam (1.33 million (ST) category would get 70% subsidy on tonnes), Mangalore (1.5 million tonnes) and the premium. Padur (2.5 million tonnes), that can meet  Reservation to Maratha community. around 9.5 days of the country‘s oil needs as  The Maharashtra government has recently per consumption data of last financial year. cleared reservation to the Maratha community under a new category called  E-learning portal „Nipun‟ ‗Socially and Educationally Backward  Delhi Police has recently launched e- Class‘ (SEBC) in educational institutes & learning portal ‗Nipun‘ to impart in-service jobs. training and provide up to date information  Hence, the Marathas will get reservation to police officers. from an independent quota and this will not  The purpose of the e-learning portal is to affect the reservations given to the Other impart online training and information Backward Class (OBC). through specialized courses designed by experts.  open online learning programme „KOOL‟  The Kerala Infrastructure and Technology  The Himalayan State Regional Council for Education (KITE) has rolled out its (HSRC ) Online Open Learning training platform  NITI Aayog has recently constituted the ‗KOOL‘. Himalayan State Regional Council (HSRC).  The platform can be used to train teachers,  The council, which will be chaired by Dr. V students and the general public. K Saraswat, Member of NITI Aayog, and  It is a six week course, which includes many will consist of the Chief Secretaries of the features for learners in the form of animated Himalayan States as well as the Secretaries learning assistants, video tutorials and check of key Central Ministries. lists for practicing the activities.  The Council will also act as the nodal agency for sustainable development in the  Nari Sashaktikaran Sankalp Abhiyan Himalayan region which has 12 States,  In , Nari Sashaktikaran including Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand Sankalp Abhiyan (or Women and Himachal Pradesh. Empowerment campaign) has been launched by Chief Minister Yogi  „Gau Samridhi Plus scheme‟ for dairy Adityanath in Lucknow on November 20, farmers 2018.  Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has  The monthlong campaign is aimed to recently launched the ‗Gau Samridhi Plus empower women in the state through scheme‘ to offer insurance coverage to dairy various programmes. farmers in Kerala.  During the campaign, women officers and  The farmers belonging to the general female staff of the state government will go category will receive 50% subsidy on door-to door in villages of their respective 12

CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411 blocks in every district and inform and peoples to remain virtually untouched by educate women about the schemes being modern civilisation. run by central and state governments for their welfare and security.  Bhasha Sangam  Ministry for Human Resource Development  “Jashne Bachpan 2018” has launched a unique initiative called  The 14th edition of International theatre Bhasha Sangam to introduce school festival for children ―Jashne Bachpan 2018‖ students to all 22 Indian languages of has started in New Delhi from November Schedule VIII of the Constitution. 17. It is being organised by National School  The aim of the programme is to enhance of Drama's (NSD) Theatre in Education linguistic tolerance and respect, and (TIE) Company, which is also known as promote national integration Sanskar Rang Toli.  The 9-day theatre festival for children will  single emergency number „112‟ see 21 productions from India and three  Himachal Pradesh has become the first foreign groups including Sri Lanka Indian state to launch a pan-India single (nonverbal), Switzerland (English) and emergency number '112' where all kinds of Indonesia (Javanese). immediate help can be sought in urgent matters.  „Bhudaar‟ portal  Under this project, an Emergency Response  The Andhra Pradesh government has Centre (ERC) has been established in recently launched web portal ‗Bhuseva and Shimla along with 12 District Command Bhudaar‘ which makes land records Centres (DCCs), covering the entire state. available to people with unique identification numbers just like Aadhar number.  The ―Bhudaar‘‘ is an 11-digit unique identification code assigned to each agriculture land holding and rural and urban

properties in the state.

 Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Protection of Aboriginal Tribes) Regulation was promulgated

 The North Sentinel Island is one of the Andaman Islands, which includes South Sentinel Island,in the Bay of Bengal.

 It is home to the Sentinelese who, often violently, reject any contact with the outside world, and are among the last uncontacted

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CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411 SUMMITS AND MEETING  13th East Asia Summit  The 13th East Asia Summit (EAS -2018)  “Global Cooling Innovation Summit” was held in Central Area, Singapore on  The first-of-its-kind solutions-focused event November 14–15. inaugurated by Union Science &  It was an annual meeting of national Technology Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan in leaders from the East Asian region and th New Delhi on 12 November 2018. adjoining countries.  The Summit will bring together leaders from  Leaders of 18 countries of Asia Pacific around the world to explore concrete means region, which include 10 ASEAN countries and pathways to address the climate threat and India, US, Russia, Australia, South that comes from the growing demand from Korea, China, Japan and New Zealand, took room air conditioners. part in the summit.

 17th ASEAN Economic Community  8th National Conference of Women in (AEC) Council Police  On Nov 12, The 17th ASEAN Economic  On November 19, the 8th National Community (AEC) Council Meeting was Conference of Women in Police has started held in Singapore as part of the 33rd in Ranchi, Jharkhand. ASEAN Summit and Related Summit  The two-day conference is being organised Meetings. by the Bureau of Police Research and  It also reiterated ASEAN‘s commitment to Development in collaboration with free and open trade by deepening the Jharkhand Police. integration of its economies and realising the  It is the only national level platform to AEC Blueprint 2025. address the issues of Women in uniform and create an enabling atmosphere for them to  9th Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2019 maximize and optimize their professional  The 9th edition of the Vibrant Gujarat potential. Global Summit 2019 is scheduled to be held in Gandhinagar from 18th to 20th January  27th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on with theme ‗Shaping of a New India‘. Climate Change 2018  The `Youth Connect Forums‘. The summit  The 27th BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, will provide a forum for discussion on India and China) Ministerial Meeting on global, national and state-level agendas with Climate Change was held in New Delhi, a sharp focus on all round economic India, on 19-20 November 2018. development for a ‗New India‘.  The meeting was chaired by Dr Harsh  United Arab Emirates (UAE) will Vardhan, Minister of Environment, Forest participate in the summit as a partner and Climate Change of India. country for the second consecutive year  The participating countries reaffirmed that the Paris Agreement is a significant step to advance global action against climate

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CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411 change, recognising the needs and special From India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi circumstances of the developing countries. is expected to highlight problems of oil price volatility which has a direct impact on the  12th World Congress on Mountain Indian economy in the G 20 platform. Medicine  The 12th World Congress on Mountain  Digital revolution and skill India are also Medicine 2018 has started in Kathmandu, among the issues to be discussed during the the capital of Nepal on November 21. summit.  The theme of 4 day congress is ―Mountain DEFENCE IN NEWS Medicine in the Heart of the Himalayas‖.  The biennial event mainly focuses on  M777 Howitzers science and research aspects of high altitude  The new artillery guns and equipment, medicine. It will also include practical including K9 Vajra, M777 howitzers, have workshops related to trekking, expedition recently inducted into the Indian Army at medicine and clinical education. the Deolali artillery centre in Nashik district of Maharashtra.  First-ever Sustainable Blue Economy  The K9 VAJRA-T 155mm/ 52 is a tracked Conference 2018 self-propelled artillery gun, which has its  In Kenya, the first-ever Sustainable Blue roots in the K9 Thunder, the mainstay of the Economy Conference 2018 was held in South Korean Army. The M777 is the Nairobi from November 26 to 28 with 155mm/ 39 Calibre Ultra Light Howitzer theme ‗The Blue Economy and the 2030 (ULH) that have been procured from USA. Agenda for Sustainable Development‘.  The M777s can be easily transported to high  The global conference was organized by altitude areas such as borders with China Kenya, with Canada and Japan as co-hosts. and Pakistan by helicopters. Over 4,000 participants from around the world participated in it.  „Samudra Shakti 2018‟  Blue Economy refers to sustainable use of  The first-ever bilateral naval exercise ocean resources for growth, jobs and ‗Samudra Shakti 2018‘ has started between improved living standards, while preserving Indian & Indonesian Navy at the port of the ecosystem. It encompasses areas like Surabaya in Indonesia from November 12 to maritime transport, fisheries, renewable 18. energy, waste management and tourism.  The aim of the exercise is to strengthen bilateral relations, expand maritime co-  13th G20 summit 2018 operation, enhance interoperability and  The 13th edition of G20 summit 2018 will exchange best practices. be held at Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina on November 30 under the theme  “INDRA 2018” ‗Building Consensus for Fair and  The 10th edition of joint military exercise Sustainable Development‘. between Indian and Russia ―INDRA 2018‖ on combating insurgency has started at 15

CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411 Babina Field Firing Ranges in Babina  The satellite is carrying hydrogen and Military Station, Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh) from rubidium atomic clocks, which will play a 18th November 2018. key role in positioning and timing accuracy.  The purpose of the exercise is to practice  It will be the fourth global satellite joint planning and conduct to enhance navigation system after the United States interoperability of the two Armies in the (US) Global Position System (GPS), peace keeping/ enforcement environment Russia‘s GLONASS and the European under the aegis of the United Nations. Union‘s Galileo.

 India Russia Strategic Economic Dialogue  world‟s first AI news anchor  The first-ever India Russia Strategic  China‘s state news agency Xinhua has Economic Dialogue was held at St. recently launched the world‘s first Artificial Petersburg in Russia on November 25, Intelligence (AI) news anchor at the ongoing 2018. 5th World Internet Conference in Wuzhen.  The two-day forum is also expected to bring  The anchor resembles a male human anchor together key business figures from both with the voice and facial expressions of a countries. real person.  The participants will discuss the  ―He‖ learns from live broadcasting videos development of bilateral ties in trade, by himself and can read texts as naturally as investment, technology and industry. Some a professional human anchor. of the key areas of focus are as follows: transport, agriculture and agro-processing,  portable solar-powered cold storage SME, digital transformation and frontier device . technologies and industrial cooperation  The IIT Madras has recently developed a portable solar-powered cold storage device

with a 500 kg capacity for storing SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY vegetables, and fruits, among other items.  The device will help farmers store their  Global satellite navigation system of produce for sufficient time so that it does not European Union get spoilt before it is sold, thereby  Recently, China has successfully launched preventing wastage of agricultural produce. its first geostationary BeiDou-3 satellite  The first unit of the device, which provides ‗G1Q‘ into high orbit (about 36,000 km storage facility with temperature ranging above the Earth) to boost its home-grown between 4 to 10 degree celsius, was BeiDou global satellite navigation system. deployed at a farm in Madurantakam in  With an advanced satellite-based Kancheepuram district, around 80 km from augmentation system, the satellite can also Chennai, recently. provide low-cost and reliable navigation services to civil aviation clients at home and abroad.

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CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411  pact on cancer research .  It is designed to place a satellite of upto  India and United Kingdom (UK) have 4000 kg in Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit recently signed a pact on India-UK Cancer (GTO). Research Initiative for affordable approaches to Cancer.  Atmosphere & Climate ResearchModelling  It is a British Pounds 10 million (current Observing Systems & Services . value of Rs 93 crore) collaborative research  The Cabinet Committee on Economic programme that will address issues of Affairs has approved continuation of the affordability, prevention and care of cancer nine sub-schemes of the umbrella scheme by bringing together Indian and UK experts ―Atmosphere & Climate Research- across clinical research. Modelling Observing Systems & Services  The five year initiative will be funded by (ACROSS)‖ during 2017-2020 at an India‘s Department of Biotechnology and estimated cost of Rs. 1450 crore. UK‘s Cancer Research UK programme.  It will be implemented by the Ministry of DBT and CRUK will invest equally at UK Earth Sciences through its institutes namely Pounds 5 million each. India Meteorological Department, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, National  GSAT-29 satellite Centre for Medium Range Weather  On November 14, ISRO‘s GSAT-29 Forecasting, and Indian National Centre for telecommunications satellite was Ocean Information Service . successfully launched into Geosynchronous  The scheme will provide improved weather, Transfer Orbit (GTO) by the second climate and ocean forecast and services. developmental flight of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle MarkIII (GSLV  Impact Based Forecasting . MkIII-D2) from the the Satish Dhawan  The India Meteorological Department Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. (IMD) has developed a new technology to  The 3,423kg GSAT-29 is a multiband, assess the rise of water level in rivers and multi-beam communication satellite, reservoirs by rain. The technology, called intended to serve as test bed for several new ‗Impact Based Forecasting Approach‘, and critical technologies. which shows pre-event scenario, can help  Its Ku-band and Ka-band payloads are state governments to minutely monitor the configured to cater to the communication impact of rain and take real-time decisions. requirements of users including those from remote areas especially from Jammu &  „Rarest cyclone‟- report by RIMES Kashmir and North-Eastern regions of India.  The Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early  It is designed for a mission life of 10 years. Warning System for Africa and Asia  The GSLV Mk III is the 5th generation (RIMES) has termed ‗Titli‘, the severe launch vehicle developed by the Indian cyclonic storm that devastated Odisha in Space Research Organisation (ISRO). October 2018, as ‗rarest cyclone‘.  In its latest report, RIMES stated that more than 200 years of cyclone track history in 17

CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411 the Odisha coast reveals that the Titli SPORTS cyclone is the rarest of rare due to the recurvature after its landfall.  ICC Hall of Fame.  Titli retained its destructive potential after  On November 1, former Indian cricket landfall and made a recurvature away from has officially been coastal areas for more than 2 days. inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame for his stupendous achievements in  Internet of things (IoT) with new satellite international cricket. system „Marathon‟  With this, Dravid became only the fifth  Russia's state space corporation player from India to be named in the elite ‗Roscosmos‘ has decided to venture into the list. Internet of things (IoT) with the launch of a  The other four Indians are former skippers new satellite system named ‗Marathon‘. Bishan Singh Bedi, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil  As per reports, the new satellite system will Dev and Anil Kumble. be a part of Russia‘s Sphere satellite  Dravid, also popularly known as ‗the Wall‘ constellation, alongside GLONASS had been a long-standing rock of Indian navigation system, an Earth remote sensing cricket for over 15 years. system, a satellite communication system,  He is currently the head coach of India A and a data relay satellite system. and India U-19 sides.  The Sphere is expected to be fully established by 2026.  Asian Snooker Tour event.  19-times world champion Pankaj Advani  ISRO‟s HysIS satellite has won the second leg of Asian Snooker  PSLV-C43 On November 29, the Indian Tour title by delivering a power-packed Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has performance to outclass China‘s Ju Reti 6-1 successfully launched its earth observation in the final at Jinan,China. satellite ‗Hyper Spectral Imaging Satellite  With this, Advani has become the first (HysIS) into orbit from Satish Dhawan Indian to win an Asian Snooker Tour event. Space Centre (SDSC) at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.  World Corporate Games  Beside HysIS, The rocket ‗PSLV-C43‘  First time in Middle East, Qatar will host the successfully injected 30 small satellites of 8 23rd edition of the World Corporate Games nations into their designated orbits. in Doha in 2019, which will provide an  Its data will be useful in many fields opportunity for corporations around the including agriculture, forestry, soil survey, world to showcase their competitive geology, coastal zone studies, inland water prowess through sports. studies, environmental monitoring and  It will be the first time that the WCG pollution detection from industries. This incorporate eSports and mindsports. mission life is five years  The World Corportate Games aims to bring together, the local, regional and international business sporting community. 18

CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411  The sporting event takes place every one to  Indian wrestler - world No. 1 rank in 65 two years and the 2018 edition was held in Kg category. Houston in the US.  Star Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia has recently touched a new high in his career by  13 world championship gold medals. achieving the World number one rank in the  Simone Biles, an American artistic gymnast, 65kg category. has become the first ever gymnast to win 13  He was placed atop the ranking table with world championship gold medals with 96 points in the United World Wrestling victory in the individual vault competition in (UWW) list. Doha, Qatar on Nov2.  She broke the all-time record set by  First Indian to climb Mt Giluwe in Papua Belarusian male gymnast Vitaly Scherbo in New Guinea. 1996.  Indian mountaineer Satyarup Siddhanta  Men‟s Singles title at the Rolex Paris from Bengal has become the first Indian to Masters. climb Mt Giluwe – the second highest  In Tennis, Karen Khachanov has lifted the mountain in Papua New Guinea. Who of the following lifted the 2018 Men‘s  He reached the summit of the mountain Singles title at the Rolex Paris Masters with which is at an elevation of 4,367m on Nov a stunning win over World No. 2 Novak 11. With this, Satya has scaled 5 of the 7 Djokovic. volcanic summits.  In the title clash,Khachanov defeated  In a few days, he will now set out to summit Djokovic in straight sets by 7-5, 6-4. Mt Wilhelm – the highest mountain of  With the victory, Khachanov has become Papua New Guinea. the first Russian since Nikolay Davydenko  Once successful, Satya will be the first from in 2009 to win a Masters 1000 title. India to scale these 2 mountains.

 Asian Shotgun Championship 2018  Women‟s World Boxing Championships  In the 8th Asian Shotgun Championship  India is hosting the 2018 Women‘s Boxing 2018 in Kuwait, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa has World Championships in New Delhi from won the men‘s skeet gold with a perfect November 15 - 24. score of 60 — a World record — in the final  This 10th edition of the tournament is set to on November 7. be the biggest ever as more than 300 boxers  With this,he became the first Indian skeet from 72 countries will be taking part. shooter to win a continental or world level  This time, the 10-member Indian team, led event. by Mary Kom, is a mix of seasoned and  Angad shot a perfect 60 out of 60 in the final young boxers. round to claim top spot ahead of China‘s Di  Earlier, the tournament was held in India in Jin who shot 58. 2006 and remains the best for the country in terms of performance. India had topped the

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CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411  Lakshya Sen - Badminton  She defeated England's Emily Ruaux 15-12  Lakshya Sen from India has recently won in the final. bronze in men‘s singles at the Li Ning World Junior Badminton Championship  ICC Women's World Twenty-20 2018, after suffering a narrow defeat to top tournament. seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the  The Australian women's national cricket men‘s singles semifinals at Markham in team has lifted the ICC Women's World Canada. Twenty-20 title for the fourth time.  This was India's fifth boys singles bronze  In the title clash played at Antigua in West medal at the BWF World Junior Indies, the Aussies recorded an emphatic 8- Championships. win over England.

 First player to score 11,000 runs in Ranji  Captain of the ICC Women's World T20 Trophy cricket  Harmanpreet Kaur has been named captain  Veteran cricketer has become of the ICC Women's World XI, the highest run-scorer in the history of Ranji which also featured opener Smriti Trophy after scoring 11,056 runs in the Mandhana and leg-spinner Poonam Yadav. competition.  A selection panel of ICC in Dubai picked up  He surpassed Amol Muzumdar. Jaffer, who the team on the basis of the players plays for Vidarbha, achieved the feat in the performances in the 2018 ICC Women's third round of the 2018–19 World Twenty-20 tournament, which against Baroda by scoring 153 off 284 balls concluded recently with Australia winning at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur on the title. November 21.

 Sandeep Michael-Hockey  Sandeep Michael (33), the former international hockey player, has passed away in Bangaluru, Karnataka on 23

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 Senior Commonwealth Fencing Championship 2018

 Bhavani Devi from India has won the gold in the Sabre event in the Senior Commonwealth Fencing Championship 2018 held in Canberra, Australia. 20

CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411  state with highest employability rate  As per 6th edition of India Skills Report REPORTS 2019, Andhra Pradesh has topped the list of states with the highest employability  India‟s most congested city followed by Rajasthan and Haryana.  The US-based National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has recently published the  The survey was conducted jointly by report titled ‗Mobility and Congestion in Wheebox, PeopleStrong, Confederation of Urban India‘. Indian Industry (CII), and supported and backed by All India Council for Technical  In it, Bengaluru has been ranked India‘s Education (AICTE), United Nations most congested city followed by , Development Programme (UNDP) and Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Association of Indian Universities (AIU). Pune.

 UN for Global Sustainable Cities 2025  2018 IMD World Talent Ranking initiative  India has slipped two positions to rank 53rd  The United Nations has officially selected among 63 nations at the 5th edition of the Uttar Pradesh's Noida and Greater Noida to IMD World Talent Ranking 2018, which is participate in its Global Sustainable Cities recently released by IMD Business School, 2025 initiative. Switzerland.  The twin-cities in Gautam Buddh Nagar  The rankings are based on three factors: district have been selected in the ―University  Investment and Development, Appeal, and City‖ category ahead of Mumbai and Readiness Bengaluru as the only invitee from India.  Switzerland has topped the global ranking for the fifth year in a row, it is followed by Denmark, Norway, Austria and the Netherlands in the top-five. BOOKS & AUTHORS  ―The Fire Burns Blue: A History of  India Skills Report 2019 on employment Women‘s Cricket in India‖ -- Karunya  The report takes stock of the talent Keshav landscape by analysing the employability of  ―Notes of a Dream the Authorized youth and the needs and expectations of Biography of A.R.Rahman‖ -- Krishna employers. Trilok  Currently in its 4th edition, it also captures  ‗A Great Association-Glimpses into the Life various initiatives taken by the government of Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha‘ -- and its impact on economic growth. Nirviseshananda Tirtha  The report is a joint initiative by CII, PeopleStrong, Wheebox, UNDP and AICTE.

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IMPORTANT DAYS IN NEWS NOTABLE THEMES

 2018 World Tsunami Awareness Day is  Theme of United Nations for 2018 World observed on -- November 5 Cities Day-- Building Sustainable and  2018 National Ayurveda Day is celebrated Resilient Cities on-- November 5  Theme of 2018 National Ayurveda Day --  National Cancer Awareness Day was ―Ayurveda for Public Health‖ observed in India -- November 7  Theme of the 2018 World Science Day for  The World Diabetes Day is observed -- Peace and Development -- Science, a November 14 Human Right  2018 National Press Day was celebrated in  Theme of the 2018 campaign of World India -- November 16 Diabetes Day -- The Family and Diabetes  2018 International Day for Tolerance was  Theme of the 2018 World Pneumonia Day -- observed on -- November 16 Stop Pneumonia: Invest in Child Health  Naturopathy Day has recently celebrated in  National Education Day in India -- The birth India -- November 18 . anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad  World Fisheries Day is observed on which  Theme of the 26th Conference of Central date -- November 21 and State Organizations (COCSSO) --  The National Law Day is celebrated on Quality Assurance in Official Statistics India -- November  Theme of the 2018 Universal Children‘s  The National Milk Day is celebrated on Day -- Children are taking over and turning India -- November 26 to mark the birth the world blue anniversary of Dr. Verghese Kurien, the  Theme 2018 World COPD (Chronic father of India‘s White Revolution. Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) Day --  The Indian Organ Donation Day is Never too early, never too late observed on -- November 27  Theme of the 2018 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women -- Orange the World: #HearMeToo  Theme of the 2018 World Toilet Day --

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CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411 APPOINTMENTS  The committee is chaired by Namrita Mahindro, Senior General Manager of  New Director General (DG) of Indo-Tibetan digital transformation in Mahindra Group Border Police and co-chaired by Satyajeet Singh, Head –  S S Deswal, a 1984 batch IPS officer of Strategic Product Partnership, India and Haryana cadre, has been appointed as the South Asia, Facebook. new Director General (DG) of Indo-Tibetan  The committee is a step in IAMAI‘s efforts Border Police (ITBP) for a period up to his to evangelise the nascent technology‘s superannuation on August 31, 2021. ability to drive economic growth, job  He succeeded R K Pachnanda. Prior to this creation, and skill development in the post, Deswal was the DG of the Sashastra country. Seema Bal (SSB).  New Secretary General of Lok Sabha.  New chief justice of the Calcutta High  The tenure of the Lok Sabha Secretary Court. General, Snehlata Shrivastava, has been  Justice Debasish Kar Gupta has recently extended by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan for been sworn-in as the new chief justice of the one year. Calcutta High Court.  Snehlata, who is 1982-batch retired IAS  It is the oldest High Court in India and has officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, was jurisdiction over the state of West Bengal appointed last year in rank and status of a and the Union Territory of the Andaman Cabinet Secretary. and Nicobar Islands.  chairperson of Competition Commission  Brand Ambassador of 2018 Women‟s of India World Boxing Championships  Gupta, a 1981 Tamil Nadu  Mary Kom, a five-time World Champion, cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as has been named the Brand Ambassador of new chairperson of Competition the 10th edition of theWomen‘s World Commission of India (CCI). Boxing Championships.  His tenure as the CCI Chairman will be till  The World Championships is scheduled to October 25, 2022, i.e. when attains the age be held at the IG Stadium‘s K.D. Jhadav of 65 years, or until further orders, Hall in New Delhi from November 15 and whichever is earlier. 24.  UNICEF India‟s first-ever Youth  AR / VR Committee to promote the Ambassador technologies in India.  On November 14, the United Nations  The Internet and Mobile Association of Children‘s Fund — India (UNICEF-India) India (IAMAI) has formed a new industry has appointed Asian Games gold-medalist expert committee to develop and promote an sprinter Hima Das as the country‘s first ever augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) youth ambassador as part of 2018 World ecosystem in India. Children‘s Day celebration. 23

CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411  She will work towards supporting various  He succeeded Meng Hongwei of China. The initiatives by UNICEF. Hailing from decision was taken at the 87th General Nagaon district of Assam, Das clinched a Assembly of the Agency in Dubai, UAE. gold in Women‘s 4×400 metre relay event and silver in the 400 meters sprint at the 2018 Asian Games.  Youngest-ever UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador  New Secretary of Revenue  British actress Millie Bobby Brown (14) has  The Government of India has appointed been named the youngest-ever UNICEF UIDAI CEO & GSTN Chairman Ajay Goodwill Ambassador. Bhushan Pandey as new Secretary of  She has been tasked by the UN to help raise Revenue in place of Hasmukh Adhia, who is awareness around children‘s rights and set to superannuate on November 30. issues including poverty, bullying,  Pandey will continue to hold additional education and violence. charge of CEO of UIDAI and also Chairman of GSTN. Government of India also  Chairperson of the Atomic Energy appointed Sanjay Kumar Mishra, a 1984 Regulatory Board (AERB) batch IRS Officer, as Director of  Renowned scientist Nageshwara Rao Guntur Enforcement Directorate for two years. appointed as Chairperson of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) for the  Chairman of the Inland Waterways period of 3 years. Authority of India  Guntur is the chairman at Project Design  Jalaj Srivastava, a 1984 batch Indian Safety Committee, Prototype Fast Breeder Administrative Service (IAS) officer, has Reactor and former distinguished scientist been appointed the new chairman of the Nuclear PoweR Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI).  Prior to this post, he was working as Additional Secretary in Ministry of Agriculture. He is known for launching the "Shakti Cab" project and "URJA" project for

women when he was with the Delhi government as chairman of New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) and Principal Secretary in Department of VAT.

 New President of Interpol.  Kim Jong Yang, a South Korean police officer, has been elected the new President

of Interpol for a two-year term.

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CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411 AWARDS IN NEWS Glasgow for her inspirational achievements in mountaineering.  2018 Ezhuthachan Puraskaram  The award also recognises Ms Sinha‘s  Malayalam writer M Mukundan has been charitable work through the Arunima selected for 2018 Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, Foundation. thehighest literacy prize of the Kerala government.  2018 London Press Freedom Award for Courage  „Distinguished Fellow Award‟ by  Swati Chaturvedi, an Indian freelance IndiaGlobal in Boston journalist, has won the 2018 London Press  veteran actor has recently Freedom Award for Courage for her work in been honoured with ‗Distinguished Fellow exposing the ―IT cell‖ within the ruling Award‘ by IndiaGlobal. He was given a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for keeping an fellowship at the 3rd IndiaGlobal Summit army of angry trolls. 2018.  The event was held at the prestigious MIT  2018 UNESCO Asia-Pacific award for Sloan School of Management in Boston, and conservation in Award of Distinction was facilitated by MIT Sloan India Business category Club.  The restoration of an aristocratic house from a state of partial ruin in Ladakh undertaken  “Knight of the Legion of Honour” by the Jammu and Kashmir‘s LAMO  Jawahar Lal Sarin, the president of the (Ladakh Arts and Media Organisation) Alliance Francaise de Delhi‘s governing center has won the 2018 UNESCO Asia- body, has been bestowed with France‘s Pacific award for conservation in the highest civilian honour ―Knight of the category of Award of Distinction. Legion of Honour‖.  The award was presented to Sarin by  2018 Munin Barkotoki Literary Award Ambassador of France Alexandre Ziegler in  Young writer-critic Dr Debabhuson Borah recognition of his outstanding contribution has been honoured with the prestigious to enhancing Indo-French cultural Munin Barkotoki Literary Award 2018 in cooperation and promoting the French Assam for his book on literary criticism language. titled ‗Nirbochon‘.  The annual award, which carries a cash prize  Honorary doctorate by a prestigious of Rs 50,000 along with a citation and a University of Strathclyde plaque, was instituted in the memory of  Arunima Sinha, the Indian mountaineer who renowned writer, critic and journalist Munin became the world‘s first woman amputee to Barkotoki to encourage young and climbMount Everest in 2013, has been promising authors writing in Assamese. recently awarded an honorary doctorate by a prestigious UKuniversity ‗University of Strathclyde‘ at a graduation ceremony in

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CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411  Lifetime Achievement Award water management, climate change and so  Dr. Martha Farrell has been honoured with on. the ―Lifetime Achievement Award‖ at the 6th Indian Social Work Congress in New  2018 Sumitra Charat Ram Award for Delhi. Lifetime Achievement Award  Dr. Farrell is being recognized for her  has been honoured with lifelong work towards gender equality, the 2018 Sumitra Charat Ram Award for women‘s empowerment and prevention of Lifetime Achievement Award in the field of sexual harassment at workplace. Indian Classical Music at the Kamani  She was among 14 people killed in a Auditorium in New Delhi. terrorist attack on a guest house in Kabul,  He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan Afghanistan on May 13, 2015. (2001), and is among the tallest Indian classical musicians  Global Education Leaders Award 2018  Dr. Saroj Suman Gulati, Director of Blue  “Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle” Bells Group of Schools, has been conferred  Professor Shyama Prasad Ganguly from with the coveted Global Education Leaders India has been awarded the Mexican Order Award 2018 for her ‗exemplary of the Aztec Eagle, the highest civilian contribution to K-12 education & promotion honour given to a foreigner by Mexico. of Art & Culture‘ during the 2nd India-UAE  He was decorated with the striking gold- Partnership Summit-2018 at The Atlantis, yellow insignia by Mexican Ambassador Dubai. Melba Pria at a ceremony in the India International Center (IIC) on November 19.  Best Film award at the 24th Kolkata International Film Festival  2018 Asia Environment Enforcement  ‗The Third Wife‘, directed by Vietnamese Awards director Ash Mayfair, movies has won the  The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau Best Film award at the 24th Kolkata (WCCB) of India and its enforcement International Film Festival (KIFF-2018). officer RS Sharath has won the Asia Environment Enforcement Awards under  2018 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, the organization and individual categories Disarmament and Development respectively for their outstanding  Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), contributions in combating the trans- the New Delhi (India)-based independent boundary environmental crimes. research and advocacy think tank, has won  WCCB is a statutory multi-disciplinary the prestigious 2018 Indira Gandhi Prize for body established by the Government of Peace, Disarmament and Development. India (GoI) under the Environment  The CSE has been awarded for its Ministry to combat organized wildlife pioneering pioneering work over almost crime in the country. The Bureau has its‘ four decades on various burning issues from headquarter in New Delhi. air and water pollution, food safety, waste 26

CHENNAI IAS ACADEMY – 9043 211 311 / 411  European Tour „Rookie of the Year‟  FICA Emerging Artist Award 2018 Award  Delhi-based artist Anupam Roy has won the  Golfer Shubhankar Sharma from FICA Emerging Artist Award 2018, which Chandigarh has become the first Indian to is granted by Foundation for Indian win European Tour ‗Sir Henry Cotton Contemporary Art (FICA) for his large- Rookie of the Year‘ award. He achieved the scale drawings and paintings speak about feat at 2018 World Tour Championship systemic violence and injustice. event in Dubai.  prestigious Swarnajayanti Fellowship  Sayaji Ratna Award 2018  Prof Punyasloke Bhaduri was awarded the  Actor has been honoured prestigious Swarnajayanti Fellowship by the with the third Sayaji Ratna Award 2018 at central government for 2017-18 in the Vadodara for his social contribution to pay discipline of Earth and Atmospheric off the loans of several farmers from Uttar Sciences. Pradesh and Maharashtra.  Under this scheme, scientists are provided  He had helped 1,398 farmers from Uttar with generous support to pursue research in Pradesh and 350 from Maharashtra through the frontier areas of science and technology. his contribution. The award was established It is awarded for a period of 5 years. in 2013 to mark the 151st birth anniversary of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the  Golden Peacock Award erstwhile ruler of Baroda. This award is  Ukrainian film ‗Donbass‘, directed by given annually to living legends of India. Sergei Loznitsa, has won the coveted Golden Peacock Award at the 49th  12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) International Film Festival of India (IFFI- 2018 2018) in Goa on November 28. The award  Filmmaker Nandita Das will be honoured carries a cash prize of Rs 40 lakhs, a trophy with the International Federation of Film and a citation. Producers Associations (FIAPF) Award 2018 at the 12th Asia Pacific Screen  Best Director Award at IFFI 2018 Awards (APSA) in Brisbane on the 29th of  Lijo Jose Pellissery has been conferred the November. Best Director Award for his 2018 film ‗Ee.Ma.Yau‘. The film is a stunning satire  49th International Film Festival of India on death and how it affects human lives. (IFFI) 2018  The Best Director gets the Silver Peacock  Israeli filmmaker Dan Wolman has been Award and a cash prize of Rs 1.5 million honoured with the Lifetime Achievement (Rs 15 lakhs). Award at the 49th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2018 in Panaji, Goa on November 20.

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 Technology-driven & citizen-friendly „Mo Bus‟ service.

 In Bhubaneswar, the Odisha government has recently rolled out the technology-driven and citizen-friendly ‗Mo bus‘ service

featuring free wi-fi, CCTV surveillance, public information display system and on board announcements in the city.  The service was launched as a part of state government- owned Capital Region Urban Transport‘s ‗City Bus Modernisation‘ programme.

 $172 million loan pact to make farming viable in Andhra Pradesh  The Central and Andhra Pradesh governments and the World Bank have signed the loan agreement for a $172.20 million project to enhance agricultural productivity, profitability, and climate resilience of poor and marginalised farmers

in Andhra Pradesh.

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