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Scottish Author Douglas Stuart gets 2020 Booker Prize

November 21, 2020
Douglas Stuart
  • Scottish writer Douglas Stuart has been honored with the 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction.
  • He has been conferred for his debut novel, “Shuggie Bain”. The 44-year-old Stuart is only the second Scot to have won the prestigious literary prize.

North Police Station in Kohima gets ISO certification

November 21, 2020
North Police Station in Kohima gets ISO certification
  • The North Police Station in Kohima was conferred with ISO 9001:2015 certification for Quality Management System.
  • It is the first government agency of the state that has got such recognition.

GoI & NDB ink MoU for USD 500 Million for Public Transport System in NCR

November 21, 2020
New development Bank (NDB)
  • The Government of India and the New Development Bank (NDB) have inked a loan agreement for lending USD 500 million for the ‘Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System Project’.

World Television Day: 21 November

November 21, 2020
World Television Day
  • World Television Day is celebrated on 21 November annually. The day is celebrated to acknowledge the role of broadcast media.

World Fisheries Day: 21 November

November 21, 2020
World Fisheries Day
  • World Fisheries Day is observed on 21 November annually all over the world by the fisherfolk communities.

National Newborn Week 2020

November 21, 2020
Harshvardhan
  • In India, the National Newborn Week 2020 is celebrated annually from 15 to 21 November.
  • Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan has led an event to mark the National Newborn Week 2020.

India to be the 4th nation to get IMO nod for the navigation satellite system

November 22, 2020
satellite
  • The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) has been recognized by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) as a part of the World Wide Radio Navigation System (WWRNS) for operation in the Indian Ocean Region.

2nd Trilateral Maritime Exercise SITMEX-20 conducted in the Andaman Sea

November 22, 2020
30th India-Thai Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT)
  • The 2nd edition of India, Singapore and Thailand Trilateral Maritime Exercise SITMEX-20 was carried out from in the Andaman Sea.
  • The 2020 edition of the exercise is being hosted by the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN).

15th G20 Summit conducted under the chairmanship of Saudi Arabia

November 22, 2020
G20
  • The 15th G20 Summit was conducted under the chairmanship of Saudi Arabia. King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia chaired the Summit through video-conferencing, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The two-day Summit was held under the theme “Realising the Opportunities of the 21st Century for All”.

LIC starts 1st digital app ‘ANANDA’

November 22, 2020
ANANDA
  • Life Insurance Corporation of India has started a digital application for agents for onboarding to get a life insurance policy.
  • The Digital Application is called “ANANDA”, which is an acronym for Atma Nirbhar Agents NewBusiness Digital Application.

NASA-ESA successfully drives Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite

November 22, 2020
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite
  • The US space agency NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) successfully drove ‘Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite’, to observe the rising global sea level.
  • The joint US-European satellite lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Sahitya Academy award winner Shaik Khaja Hussain passes away

November 22, 2020
Shaik Khaja Hussain
  • Noted Telugu poet, journalist, scriptwriter, and Kendra Sahitya Academy award winner Shaik Khaja Hussain, commonly known as Devi Priya, passed away.
  • He was born in Tadikonda in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. He got the Sahitya Akademi Award 2017, for his book Gaali Rangu.

PM Modi laid the foundation stone of rural drinking water supply projects in UP

November 23, 2020
PM Modi
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone of rural drinking water supply plans in the Mirzapur and Sonbhadra districts of the Vindhyachal region in Uttar Pradesh through video conference.
  • The total approximated cost of the projects is around Rs 5,555.38 Crore.

Indian Navy receives 9th P-8I anti-submarine warfare aircraft

November 23, 2020
9th P-8I anti-submarine warfare aircraft
  • Indian Navy has taken its ninth Boeing P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft, part of the nearly $1 billion deal with the US for four additional planes inked in 2016.

Department of Fisheries gives first Fisheries Awards

November 23, 2020
ANANDA
  • Department of Fisheries gives Fisheries Sector Awards for the first time on the occasion of the ‘World Fisheries Day’, to recognize their accomplishments in the field and their participation in the growth of the sector.

Naseeruddin Shah conferred Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar

November 23, 2020
Naseeruddin Shah
  • Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah has been conferred the 2020 Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar at the annual Sangit Kala Kendra Awards.
  • Alongside, two emerging stars, in the firmament of theatrics – Neel Choudhary and Irawati Karnik were conferred the Aditya Vikram Birla Kalakiran Puraskars.

EIU’s Worldwide Cost of Living (WCOL) Index 2020 declared

November 23, 2020
Worldwide Cost of Living
  • The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has published its biannual ‘Worldwide Cost of Living (WCOL)’ report of the World’s Most Expensive Cities in 2020, based on their cost of living.
  • Hong Kong (China), Paris (France) and Zurich (Switzerland) share the top spot as the most expensive cities on the list, which comprises 133 cities.

India’s first ‘Moss Garden’ comes up in the Nainital district

November 23, 2020
Moss Garden
  • The Uttarakhand forest department has committed the newly-built Moss Garden to the people, claiming that it is the country’s first such garden, spread over 10 hectares in Kumaon’s Nainital district.

India to host G-20 Summit in 2023

November 24, 2020
G20
  • India will host the Summit of the G20 Group in 2023. India was earlier slated to host the summit in 2022.
  • India and Indonesia have interchanged their respective hosting year of G20 as Indonesia would also host the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2023.

Ravi Shankar Prasad releases an International version of the UMANG App

November 24, 2020
Ravi Shankar Prasad
  • Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad has released the UMANG mobile app International version in coordination with Ministry of External Affairs for select countries that consist of USA, UK, Canada, Australia, UAE, Netherlands, Singapore and New Zealand.

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