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World Toilet Day: 19 November

November 19, 2020
World Toilet Day
  • World Toilet Day (WTD) is celebrated all over the world on 19 November to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis.
  • This year the theme remarks on the value of “Sustainable sanitation and climate change”.

World Philosophy Day: 19 November

November 19, 2020
World Philosophy Day
  • World Philosophy Day is celebrated on the third Thursday of November annually.
  • This year World Philosophy Day happens on 19 November 2020.

FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup 2021 canceled

November 19, 2020
FIFA U-17 Women’s Football World Cup 2020
  • The 2021 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, which was scheduled to be held in India, has been canceled because of the Coronavirus pandemic.
  • It has also been decided that India will host the 2022 edition of the World Cup.

DIPAM signs agreement with World Bank

November 19, 2020
World Bank
  • Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) has inked an agreement with the World Bank, to give advisory services to DIPAM for asset monetization.
  • DIPAM has a framework for monetizing non-core assets.

India’s Param Siddhi is placed at 63rd rank in the most powerful supercomputers

November 19, 2020
Param Siddhi
  • According to the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Indian supercomputer, Param Siddhi has attained 63rd rank in the list of 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world.

Karnataka Bank starts CASA campaign

November 19, 2020
Karnataka Bank
  • Karnataka Bank started CASA (current account, savings account) mobilization campaign which will begin from November 17 to March 4, 2021.
  • The bank declared that it intends to mobilise over 4.10 lakh current and savings accounts with an accretion of 650 crores of business.

Maia Sandu wins the Moldova Presidential Election

November 19, 2020
Maia Sandu
  • Maia Sandu has won Moldova’s presidential election after a run-off vote against the incumbent Igor Dodon.
  • Ms. Sandu has won 57.7% of the vote compared to Mr. Dodon’s 42.2%. Sandu is a retired World Bank economist who favours closer ties with the European Union. Mr. Dodon, meanwhile, is fully backed by Russia.

Japan and Australia ink defence deal to counter China

November 19, 2020
Japan and Australia
  • Japan and Australia have inked a ‘landmark’ defence agreement in a bid to counter China’s growing influence in the South China Sea and over the Pacific island nations.
  • The deal named Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) was inked between Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison.

PM Modi uncovers ‘Statue of Peace’ in Rajasthan

November 18, 2020
Statue of Peace
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has virtually uncovered the ‘Statue of Peace’ committed to Jain Monk Acharya Shree Vijay Vallabh Surishwarji Maharaj.
  • The 151-inch (12.6 ft) tall statue was introduced by PM Modi on the occasion of the 151st birth anniversary of Acharya Shree Vijay Vallabhsuri, at Vijay Vallabh Sadhana Kendra, Jetpura, in Pali, Rajasthan.

Rajasthan Minister Bhanwarlal Meghwal passes away

November 18, 2020
Bhanwarlal Meghwal
  • Rajasthan Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Bhanwarlal Meghwal passed away.
  • The five-time MLA served the Sujangarh assembly constituency of Churu district of the state.