Current affairs notes on November-2020, Part 1
1.Rashtriya Ekta Diwas: Observed on 31st October across
the nation. Observed on 31st October across the nation. It marks the
occasion of the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The
government, in 2014, decided to observe Sardar Patel Jayanti Day as Ekta
Diwas.
2. Typhoon Rolly or Goni has hit Philippines. In the North
Atlantic Ocean and Northeast Pacific, they are called hurricanes. But if
the same type of disturbance takes place in the Northwest Pacific
Ocean, it is known as a typhoon. And in the South Pacific and Indian
Ocean, cyclone is the correct term.
2. Himachal Pradesh is vying for the allotment of a
bulk drug park under a central government scheme. The Central Government
is planning to setup three such parks across the country. A bulk drug is
also called an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). It is the key
ingredient of a drug or medicine, which lends it the desired
therapeutic effect or produces the intended pharmacological activity.
3. The Union Home Ministry has written to all
States to examine and register FIRs based on the complaints received on
the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal, www.cybercrime.gov.in. Cyber Swachhta
Kendra (Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre) has been launched for
providing detection of malicious programmes and free tools to remove such
programmes.
4. Army Aviation Corps (AAC) celebrated its 35th
Corps Day on November. It is the youngest Corps of the Indian Army.
5. Writer Paul Zacharia has been selected for the 28th
Ezhuthachan Puraskaram. Instituted in 1993, it is the highest literary
honour of the Kerala government. Given by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi.
6. Kaziranga is crisscrossed by four main rivers — Brahmaputra,
Diphlu, Mora Diphlu and Mora Dhansiri. Kaziranga is crisscrossed by four
main rivers — Brahmaputra, Diphlu, Mora Diphlu and Mora Dhansiri. Much of
the focus of conservation efforts in Kaziranga are focused on the ‘big
four’ species— Rhino, Elephant, Royal Bengal tiger and Asiatic water
buffalo. It hosts two-thirds of the world’s great one-horned rhinoceroses.
7. ‘16 psyche’- It is an asteroid which orbits between
Mars and Jupiter.
8. PM Modi recently inaugurated 17 tourism projects
around the Statue of Unity (SoU), now called the ‘Kevadia
Tourism Circuit’. Kevadia is a village in the tribal Narmada district. It
is home to the Sardar Sarovar Dam reservoir on the Narmada river.
9. The Vaishwik Bharatiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Summit
is a global virtual summit of overseas and resident Indian researchers and
Academicians.
10. Mansar Lake is situated 62 km from Jammu. Surinsar-Mansar
Lakes are designated as Ramsar Convention in November 2005.
11. As part of Mission Sagar-II, Indian Naval Ship Airavat
will deliver food aid to Sudan, South Sudan, Djibouti and Eritrea. Mission
Sagar-II, follows the first ‘Mission Sagar’ undertaken in May-June 2020,
wherein India reached out to Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar and
Comoros, and provided food aid and medicines.
12. The United States has formally left the Paris
Agreement. It is a historic international accord that brings almost 200
countries together in setting a common target to reduce global greenhouse
emissions in an effort to fight climate change. The pact seeks to keep
global temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels,
and to try and limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees
Celsius.
13. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has
approved funding to the tune of ₹1,810.56 crore for the 210 megawatt (MW) Luhri
hydropower project on the Satluj river in Himachal Pradesh.
14. Data Maturity Assessment Framework (DMAF):
Launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. It is
a framework to evaluate the data ecosystems of cities.This will support cities
in the creation of a ‘culture of data’ under the DataSmart Cities initiative of
the Smart Cities Mission.
15. NPCI has given its nod to WhatsApp to offer payments
services via the Unified Payments Interface. Unified Payments Interface or
UPI is an immediate real-time payment system developed by the
National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI). It was introduced in April
2016 as a pilot project and is regulated by the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI).
16. EOS-01 launch. This will be ISRO’s first mission
since the launch of RISAT-2BR1, on December 11 last year. It is an earth
observation satellite.
17. The Fifteenth Finance Commission led by Chairman
N K Singh, submitted its Report to the President of India. The
Finance Commission is a constitutionally mandated body that is at the
centre of fiscal federalism. Set up under Article 280 of the Constitution.
18. Opec+ refers to the alliance of crude producers,
who have been undertaking corrections in supply in the oil markets since 2017. OPEC
plus countries include Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brunei, Kazakhstan, Malaysia,
Mexico, Oman, Russia, South Sudan and Sudan.
19. The Greater Male Connectivity Project (GMCP) between
India and Maldives.
20. The annual Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference and
Expo is a flagship event held under the aegis of the Ministry of Housing
and Urban Affairs, Government of India. Theme for 2020: “Emerging Trends
in Urban Mobility”.
Thank You.