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India uplift four spots to 104th in the latest FIFA rankings

November 28, 2020
FIFA
  • The Indian national team has climbed up a spot to 104 in the latest FIFA Rankings. The Indian team was ranked 108th in the October 2020 rankings.
  • In two months, India has escalated 5 spots after being 109th in September.

Indian Army begins cycling expedition in Gujarat & Rajasthan

November 28, 2020
Indian Army launches cycling expedition in Gujarat & Rajasthan
  • Konark Corps of Indian Army has started 1971 kilometres cycling expedition in Gujarat and Rajasthan to celebrate the commencement of the Golden Jubilee Victory Celebrations of Indian Armed Forces in the Indo-Pak War of 1971.

India’s GDP contracts 7.5% in September Quarter

November 28, 2020
GDP
  • The National Statistical Office (NSO) has published the estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter (July-September) Q2 of 2020-21.
  • The GDP at Constant (2011-12) Prices in Q2 of 2020-21 is approximated at Rs 33.14 lakh crore, as against Rs 35.84 lakh crore in Q2 of 2019-20, showing a contraction of 7.5% as compared to 4.4% growth in Q2 2019-20.

‘Quarantine’ named Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2020

November 28, 2020
Cambridge Dictionary
  • Cambridge Dictionary has named ‘quarantine’ as Word of the Year 2020. The word has been named the word of the year based on data that showed that it was one of the most highly searched words on the Cambridge Dictionary this year.

Russia test-fired Tsirkon hypersonic missile in the Arctic

November 28, 2020
Tsirkon hypersonic missile
  • Russia successfully test-fired a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile in the Arctic. the frigate Admiral Gorshkov in the White Sea fired a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile, hitting a naval target 450 km away in the Barents Sea at a speed of over Mach 8.

Nitin Gadkari introduces Highway projects in Uttar Pradesh

November 28, 2020
nitin gadkari
  • Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has introduced and placed the foundation stones of 16 National Highway projects in Uttar Pradesh.
  • The construction cost of these infra projects is approximated to be around Rs 7477 crore.

Prakash Javadeker starts India Climate Change Knowledge Portal

November 28, 2020
prakash javadekar
  • Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar has started the “India Climate Change Knowledge Portal”.
  • The portal will have all the main steps the Government is taking at both national and international levels to address the climate change issues.

Malayalam film ‘Jallikattu’ is India’s official entry for the Oscars

November 27, 2020
Jallikattu
  • Malayalam film “Jallikattu”, directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery, has been chosen as India’s official entry for the Best International Feature Film category for the 93rd Academy Awards.
  • Jallikattu is the third Malayalam film after Guru (1997) and Adaminte Makan Abu (2011) to be selected as the country’s official entry for the Oscars.

Former World Bank President James Wolfensohn passes away

November 27, 2020
James Wolfensohn
  • Australian-American lawyer, investment banker, and economist James Wolfensohn, who worked as the President of the World Bank for 10 years, passed away.
  • He had worked as the ninth president of the World Bank Group from 1995 to 2005.

Father of Indian IT industry FC Kohli passes away

November 27, 2020
FC Kohli tcs
  • Founder of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Faqir Chand Kohli, famously known as the Father of the Indian IT industry, passed away.
  • Besides being the founder, he was also the first CEO of TCS.