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\u00a01.NITI Aayog\u00a0has released a review report on Poshan 2. China sold negative-yield debt for the first time. These 3. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology 4. The Uttar Pradesh government has extended\u00a0the 5. Mega Food Park inaugurated in Punjab. Ministry of Food 6. France is keen on joining the India-Australia bilateral 7. Constitution day which is also known as\u00a0the 8. PM recently again pitched for\u00a0\u2018One Nation, One 9. 3rd Global Renewable Energy Investment Meeting and Expo 10. India\u2019s first Member of Parliament to have been 11. Vietnam has invited India for\u00a0ASEAN Defence 12. The Union Government\u2019s fiscal deficit further widened to 13. National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), The 14. Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR)\u00a0in Uttar Pradesh has 15. India set to build\u00a0Shahtoot Dam in Afghanistan,\u00a0provide \n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n
\nAbhiyaan. The programme seeks to improve nutritional outcomes for\u00a0children,
\npregnant women and lactating mothers. Launched in 2018 with specific targets to
\nbe achieved by 2022. The target of the mission\u00a0is to bring down stunting
\namong children in the age group 0-6 years from 38.4% to 25% by 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nare\u00a0debt instruments that offer to pay the investor a maturity amount
\nlower than the purchase price of the bond. Can be issued by central banks or
\ngovernments.Here,\u00a0investors pay interest to the borrower to keep their
\nmoney with them.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n(MeitY) issued an order under\u00a0Section 69A of the Information Technology
\nAct\u00a0blocking access to 43 mobile apps.Section 69A of the IT Act,\u00a0empowers
\nthe Central Government to order that access to certain websites and computer
\nresources be blocked in the interest of the defense of the country, its
\nsovereignty and integrity, the security of the State, friendly relations with
\nforeign States, public order or for preventing incitement to the commission of
\nan offence.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nEssential Services Maintenance Act\u00a0in the State, banning strikes in all
\ndepartments and corporations under it for a period of another six months. It
\nwas established to ensure the delivery of certain services, which if obstructed
\nwould affect the normal life of the people.These include\u00a0services like
\npublic transport (bus services), health services (doctors and hospitals).<\/span><\/p>\n
\nProcessing Industries\u00a0is implementing Mega Food Park Scheme in the country
\nsince 2008.It aims at providing\u00a0a mechanism to link agricultural
\nproduction to the market\u00a0by bringing together farmers, processors and
\nretailers.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nnaval exercise AUSINDEX. AUSINDEX (Australia India Exercise)\u00a0is a
\nbilateral maritime exercise between Indian Navy and Royal Australian Navy.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nSamvidhan Divas\u00a0is celebrated every year on\u00a0November 26 to mark the
\nday on which the Constitution of India was adopted.\u00a0While the\u00a0adoption
\nof the Constitution took place on November 26, 1949, it came into effect on
\nJanuary 26, 1950.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nElection\u2019, saying it is the need of the country as\u00a0elections taking place
\nevery few months hamper development works. It refers to holding elections to
\nLok Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies, Panchayats and Urban local bodies
\nsimultaneously, once in five year. <\/span><\/p>\n
\n(RE-Invest 2020)\u00a0was inaugurated recently.The summit is\u00a0organised by
\nthe Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. The theme for 2020 is\u00a0\u2018Innovations
\nfor Sustainable Energy Transition\u2019. India\u2019s renewable power capacity is the 4th
\nlargest in the world\u00a0and is growing at the fastest speed among all major
\ncountries. <\/span><\/p>\n
\ndisqualified from the Lok Sabha has now been disqualified as an MLA in Mizoram.Its
\na part of Anti defection law, The\u00a0Tenth Schedule (Anti defection law)\u00a0was
\ninserted in the Constitution in 1985 by\u00a0the 52nd Amendment Act. It lays
\ndown\u00a0the process by which legislators may be disqualified on grounds of
\ndefection by the Presiding Officer\u00a0of a legislature based on a petition by
\nany other member of the House. The law\u00a0applies to both Parliament and
\nstate assemblies. Decisions under the Tenth Schedule should be made by the
\nPresident\/ Governor on the binding advice of the Election Commission.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nMinisters\u2019 Meeting-Plus (ADMM Plus)\u00a0being\u00a0hosted by Vietnam in
\nDecember 2020. The\u00a0ADMM-Plus is a platform for ASEAN and its eight
\nDialogue Partners\u00a0to strengthen security and defence cooperation for
\npeace, stability, and development in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\u20b99.53 lakh crore, or close to\u00a0120% of the annual budget estimate,\u00a0at
\nthe end of October of the current fiscal. Fiscal deficit,It is\u00a0the
\ndifference between the Revenue Receipts plus Non-debt Capital Receipts (NDCR)
\nand the total expenditure. In other words, fiscal deficit is\u00a0\u201creflective
\nof the total borrowing requirements of Government\u201d. If the fiscal deficit ratio
\nis too high,\u00a0it implies that there is a lesser amount of money left in the
\nmarket for private entrepreneurs and businesses to borrow.<\/span><\/p>\n
\ngovernment had set up the\u00a0\u20b940,000 crore NIIF in 2015 as an investment
\nvehicle for funding commercially viable greenfield, brownfield and stalled
\ninfrastructure projects. The\u00a0Indian government is investing 49%\u00a0and
\nthe rest of the corpus is to be raised from third-party investors such as
\nsovereign wealth funds, insurance and pension funds, endowments, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nbagged\u00a0the first international award, TX2,\u00a0among the 13 tiger ranging
\ncountries\u00a0for having doubled the number of tigers in less than the
\nstipulated time. TX2, It is\u00a0the global award which was set up in 2010 in
\nSt. Petersburg, Russia\u00a0by international organizations working for tiger
\nconservation like WWF, UNDP, IUCN, Global Tiger Fund (GTF), CATS and The Lion\u2019s
\nShare.<\/span><\/p>\n
\ndrinking water for 2 million residents of Kabul. The dam would\u00a0come upon
\nthe Maidan river tributary of Kabul river.<\/span><\/p>\n