National
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1. K9 Vajra And M777 Howitzer Guns Inducted Into Indian Army
i.
Indian Army inducted
new artillery guns and equipment, including K9 Vajra and M777
howitzers, at Deolali artillery centre in Nashik,
Maharashtra. The induction ceremony took place in the presence
of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Army chief General Bipin
Rawat.
ii. Besides, M777 American
Ultra Light Howitzers and the K-9 Vajra, the third gun system inducted is the ‘Composite
Gun Towing Vehicle’ for towing some of the existing guns in service
with the country. The guns have a range of 30 km.
2. 25th Edition of
SIMBEX Begins in Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal
i.
India and Singapore have
started the 25th edition of SIMBEX (Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral
Exercise) off Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.
ii. According to the Defence
Ministry, SIMBEX 2018 will be the “largest since 1994 in terms of scale
and complexity”.
3. Meghalaya Announces Rs 378-cr Investment in Aqua Mission 2.0
i. The
Meghalaya Government announced Rs378
crore investment in the second phase of the State’s flagship aquaculture
mission aimed at cutting down fish imports into the hill State.
ii. The mission — Meghalaya
State Aqua Mission 2.0 — was announced by Fisheries Minister Comingone
Ymbon at the 5th state aqua festival held in Shillong at the U Soso Tham
auditorium premises.
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Meghalaya
CM: Conrad
Sangma, Governor: Tathagata Roy.
4. India's
Unemployment Rate Jumps to 2-Year High of 6.9%: Report
i. Unemployment rate
in the country rose to 6.9% in October, the highest in two years,
according to a report by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy
(CMIE). The estimated number of people employed during October 2018
was 397 million.
ii. This was 2.4% lower
than the rate in October 2017. Around 407 million individuals were
estimated to be employed during the same period in 2017. Only 39.5% of the
adult population was employed in October 2018.
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Santosh
Kumar Gangwar is the present Minister of State of the Ministry of Labour
and Employment.
5. Ayodhya Deepotsav
2018 Enters Guinness Book of World Records
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| Ayodhya Deepostav |
i.
Ayodhya Deepostav 2018, an
event organised to mark Diwali celebrations in Ayodhya town -
has entered Guinness Book of World Records.
ii. A Guinness certificate was
issued to UP government's tourism department and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia (RML)
Avadh University, Faizabad, when over three lakh clay lamps were illuminated at
Ram Ki Paidi on Chhoti Diwali as part of Deepotsava.
iii. Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath had also announced that Faizabad district will
now be known as Ayodhya.
6.
CCEA approves disinvestment of 100% Govt stake in Dredging Corporation of India
i. The Cabinet Committee on
Economic Affairs approved 100% strategic disinvestment of the
government's equity in the Dredging Corporation of India Ltd. Presently,
the government of India holds 73.44% shares in Dredging Corporation of India
Limited.
ii. Union Cabinet gave
its approval to Amendment to the Central Universities Act, 2009 for
setting up of Central Tribal University in Andhra Pradesh.
iii. Cabinet also approved
leasing out six airports, namely Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Guwahati,
Thiruvananthapuram and Mangaluru for operation, management, and development
under Public Private Partnership.
International
News
7. Vice President
Inaugurates Indian War Memorial in France
i.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu is
on a three-day visit to France. He inaugurated Indian War Memorial at
Villers Guislain. Earlier the Vice President attended the Indian
community reception in Paris.
ii. The main ceremony at Arc de
Triomphe monument in Paris was presided over by the French President
Emmanuel Macron. The Vice President also met the Director-General of
UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay.
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France
Capital: Paris, Currency: CFP
franc, President: Emmanuel Macron.
Books and Authors
8. Book On Mouth
Cancer ‘Arivu’ Released
i. November 7 is observed as National
Cancer Awareness Day in India each year.
ii. Dr
Murali Mohan Chuntharu, a
Dental Surgeon and also DK Home Guard Commandant has written a book named “Arivu”, which
explains about Mouth Cancer and prevention of the disease.
Awards
9. Arunima Sinha Gets Honorary Doctorate In The UK
i.
Arunima Sinha, the
Indian mountaineer who became the world's first woman amputee to climb
Mount Everest in 2013, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by a
prestigious UK university for her inspirational achievements.
ii. Ms Sinha, 30, was conferred
with the honorary doctorate by the University of Strathclyde at a graduation
ceremony in Glasgow.
Banking/Business News
10. RBI Plans Ombudsman For
Digital Payments
i. The
Reserve Bank of India is
likely to establish an ombudsman for digital payments by March 2019 to
take the load off the increasing number of complaints currently being handled
by the banking ombudsman.
ii. Given the rapid adoption of
digital payments across the country, RBI in its Annual Report for 2017-18 had
announced that it was considering a plan to establish a separate ombudsman to
handle consumer complaints related to digital transactions.
11. RBI Relaxes ECB Norms
for Infrastructure Companies
i. The
Reserve Bank has
liberalised the norms governing foreign borrowings for infrastructure creation
“in consultation with the Government”. As per the notification, the minimum
average maturity requirement for ECBs (external commercial borrowings)
in the infrastructure space raised by eligible borrowers has been reduced
to three years from earlier five years.
ii. Additionally, the average
maturity requirement for mandatory hedging has been reduced to five years from
earlier ten years.
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RBI Governor: Urjit Patel (24th), Headquarters: Mumbai, Established:
1st April 1935.
12. UN
World Food Programme, Alibaba Group Form Strategic Partnership To Eliminate
Hunger
i.
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba
Group have
formed a strategic partnership to support efforts eliminate hunger
globally by 2030.
ii. Under this agreement,
Alibaba will lend its cutting-edge technology and resources to support digital
transformation of WFP’s operations. It also aims to boost efficiency of
interventions and shorten emergency response times.
Important Days
13.
World Science Day for Peace and Development: 10 November
i.
World Science Day for Peace and Development is celebrated every year on 10
November.
ii. The theme for 2018 is “Science,
a Human Right”.
Sports News
14. Bajrang Punia Becomes
Number 1 In World in 65kg
i.
Star Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia touched a new high in his career by achieving the number
one rank in the world in the 65kg category. The 24-year-old Bajrang
was placed atop the ranking table with 96 points in the UWW list.
ii. It has turned out to
be a remarkable season for Bajrang, who was also the only Indian grappler to be
given a seeding at the Budapest World Championship. Bajrang is comfortably
leading the table and Cuban Alejandro Enrique Vlades Tobier is a distant second
with 66 points.
