CURRENT AFFAIRS FROM 18-24 NOVEMBER

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS FROM 18^TH TO 24^TH NOVEMBER

JUSTICE SHARAD ARVIND BOBDE SWORN IN AS 47^TH CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

JUSTICE SHARAD ARVIND BOBDE WAS SWORN IN AS 47^TH CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT OF INDIA AFTER RETIREMENT OF RANJAN GOGOI.PRESIDENT RAMNATH KOVIND ADMINISTERED HIM THE OATH OF OFICE AT RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN.JUSTICE BOBDE SUCCEDED RANJAN GOGOI WHO RETIRED ON 17^TH NOVEMBER.

HOME MINISTRY LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

THE HOME MINISTRY IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UN WOMEN FLAGGED OFF AN AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FROM SULTANPUR METRO STATION IN DELHI.

THE INITATIVE IS PART OF THE #ORANGE THE WORLD GLOBAL CAMPAIGN.

AS PART OF THE CAMPAIGN, PEOPLE WOULD BE MADE AWARE ABOUT INDIA’S SINGLE EMERGENCY 112, AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED EMERGENCY NUMBER USED IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES.

UNDER THE CAMPAIGN,PEOPLE WOULD BE MADE AWARE OF INDIA’S SINGLE EMERGENCY RESPONSE SUPPORT SYSTEM HELPLINE 112 .THIS NUMBER CAN BE CONTACTED WITH VOICE CALL,112 INDIA APP,SMS AND THE PANIC BUTTON OF THE MOBILE PHONE.

PARLIAMENT PASSES JALLIANWALABAGH NATIONAL MEMORIAL (AMENDMENT BILL) 2019

THIS BILL AMENDS THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL ACT, 1951. IT HAS THE PROVISION TO REMOVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS PARTY AS A TRUSTEE AND CLARIFIES THAT WHEN THERE IS NO LEADER OF OPPOSITION IN THE LOK SABHA, THE LEADER OF THE SINGLE LARGEST OPPOSITION PARTY WILL BE THE LEADER.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

THE UNION MINISTER FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT,PANCHAYATI RAJ AND AGRICULTURE INAUGARATED THE SARAS INDIA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR(IITF) MELA 2019 AT PRAGATI MAIDAN,NEW DELHI.
UNION MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE LAUNCHED ‘SAANS’ CAMPAIGN IN GUJARAT DURING THE INAUGARATION OF 6^TH NATIONAL SUMMIT ON GOOD, REPLICABLE PRACTICE AND INNOVATION.
MEGHALAYA BASED INSURGENT GROUP, HYNNIEWTREP NATIONAL LIBERATION COUNCIL (HNLC) HAS BEEN BANNED BY THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT FOR ITS INCREASED ACTIVITIES OF VIOLENCE AND OTHER SUBVERSIVE ACTS.
THE UNION CABINET CHAIRED BY PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI APPROVED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SOWA RIGPA IN LEH, LADAKH.
UNION MINISTER OF STATE FOR HOME AFFAIRS NITYANAND RAI INFORMED THAT CENSUS 2021 WILL BE CONDUCTED IN 16 LANGUAGES.
UNION MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION(DONER) DR JITENDRA SINGH WILL INAUGARATE THE ‘DESTINATION NORTH EAST’ FESTIVAL IN VARANASI, UTTAR PRADESH ON 23^RD NOVEMBER, 2019.
UNION MINISTER NITIN GADKARI INAUGARATING THE 11^TH EDITION OF AGRO-VISION 2019, AN AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION AT RESIMBAG GROUND OF NAGPUR, MAHARASHTRA.
AS A MARK OF TRIBUTE TO ONE OF THE MOST DECORATED SOLDIERS OF INDIAN ARMY LATE NAIB SUBEDAR CHUNI LAL, AN ARMY GOODWILL PARK WAS DEDICATED AT HIS NATIVE VILLAGE BHARA IN DODA,JAMMU AND KASHMIR.

STATES IN NEWS

UTTAR PRADESH CHIEF MINISTER YOGI ADITYANATH HAS INAUGARATED NORTH INDIA’S FIRST SUGAR MILL WHICH WILL PRODUCE ETHANOL DIRECT FROM THE SUGARCANE.THE SUGAR MILL WAS OPENED IN PIPRAICH AREA OF GORAKHPUR.
DEFENCE MINISTER RAJNATH SINGH INAUGARATED SISSERI BRIDGE,BUILT BY THE BORDER ROAD ORGANIZATION(BRO) ON PASIGHAT-BOMJIR HIGHWAY,ARUNACHAL PRADESH.
NATIONAL HEALTH MISSION JAMMU AND KASHMIR, HAS LAUNCHED THE BIO MEDICAL EQUIPMENT WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME (BMEWMP) IN THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH.
MEGHALAYA CHIEF MINISTER HAS INAUGARATED THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL 2019 HELD IN SHILLONG, MEGHALAYA.
THE GREEN TEA AND WHITE TEA OF DARJEELING HAVE BEEN REGISTERED AS A GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION PRODUCT IN THE COUNTRY.
ASSAM GOVERNMENT APPROVES ARUNDHATI SCHEME TO PROVIDE 1 TOLA GOLD TO BRIDES FREE OF COST.
IN JAMMU THE DIRECTORATE OF SCHOOL EDUCATION (DSEJ) HAS LAUNCHED A SPECIAL ENROLMENT DRIVE UNDER THE BANNER ‘AAO SCHOOL CHALEIN’ FOR INCREASING THE ENROLLMENT IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.
UTTARAKHAND CHIEF MINISTER TRIVENDRA SINGH RAWAT LAUNCHED A PROJECT THAT WILL CONNECT 500 SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO VIRTUAL CLASS ROOMS AND SCHOOLS IN THE STATE FACING A SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS WILL BENEFIT FROM THE NEW TECHNOLOGY.
THE KOLKATA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION(KMC) HAS INSTALLED FIRST OF ITS KIND HIGH-END REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION(RT-PCR) MACHINES IN INDIA FOR QUICK DETECTION OF DISEASE LIKE DENGUE,TUBERCULOSIS AND SWINE FLU.
ASSAM CHIEF MINISTER SARBANANDA SONOWAL RELEASED THE NEW LAND POLICY 2019 PREPARED BY REVENUE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.THE LAND POLICY WAS APPROVED BY CABINET ON 21^ST OCTOBER AND IT HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE REVENUE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AFTER 30 YEARS.

JAMMU AND KASHMIR HAVE ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST ROAD LENGTH IN THE COUNTRY THIS YEAR SO FAR UNDER A CENTRE’S RURAL ROADS’ PROGRAMME WITH THE COMPLETION OF AROUND 11,400 KM COVERING 1838 HABITATIONS.

THE FIRST FLIGHT FROM KALBURGI TO KEMPEGOWDA AIRPORT TOOK OFF AFTER THE INAUGARATION OF KALABURGI AIRPORT BY CHIEF MINISTER OF KARNATAKA.THE AIRPORT HAS BEEN BUILT UNDER THE UDAN-RCS SCHEME OF GOVERNMENT.

THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HAS ISSUED FRESH RULES UNDER THE INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY CODE (IBC) TO GOVERN THE RESCUE OF NON-BANK LENDERS.RESERVE BANK OF INDIA HAS BEEN GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE WHICH COMPANIES WILL BE TAKEN UP TO A BANKRUPTCY TRIBUNAL UNDER THESE RULES.