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5th India International Cherry Blossom Festival canceled

November 24, 2020
India International Cherry Blossom Festival
  • The 5th India International Cherry Blossom Festival has been canceled due because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The festival is held annually in Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, to commemorate the unique autumn flowering of the Himalayan cherry blossoms and mark the beginning of India’s version of autumn.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.