WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 15-21ST NOVEMBER

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR 15-21^ST NOVEMBER

IMPORTANT NEWS-INDIA

1)BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT WILL BE THE CHIEF GUEST AT THE REPUBLIC DAY PARADE 2020-JAIR BOLSONARO

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THE YEAR 2018 WAS HISTORIC WHEN LEADERS FROM THE 10 ASEAN NATIONS-THAILAND,VIETNAM,INDONESIA,MALAYSIA,THE PHILLIPINES,SINGAPORE,MYANMAR,CAMBODIA,LAOS AND BRUNEI-WERE THE CHIEF GUESTS AT THE REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATION.
ON 26^TH JANUARY 2020, INDIA WILL CELEBRATE ITS 71^ST REPUBLIC DAY.

2) INDIA GETS HOW MANY MILLION FROM GREEN CLIMATE FUND TO BOOST CLIMATE RESILIENCE-USD 43 MILLION

INDIA KICKED OFF A USD 43 MILLION PROJECT TO BOOST CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN THREE COASTAL STATES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
THE PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE GREEN CLIMATE FUND,ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK OF THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE(UNFCCC) TO ASSIST DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

3) WHO IS THE FIRST WOMAN SCIENTIST TO SPEND 403 DAYS IN ANTARCTICA-MANGALA MANI

MANI WAS PART OF AN EXPEDITION TEAM THAT WENT TO BHARATI-INDIA’S RESEARCH STATION IN ANTARCTICA-IN NOVEMBER 2016
SHE WAS THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE 23 MEMBER TEAM THAT WENT TO THE FREEZING CONTINENT THIS TIME

4)THE UNION WATER RESOURCES MINISTRY HAS SET UP A COMMITTEE TO DRAFT A NEW NATIONAL WATER POLICY(NWP).THE COMMITTEE WILL BE CHAIRED BY-MIHIR SHAH

THE COMMITTEE HAS 10 PRINCIPAL MEMBERS,INCLUDING SHASHI SEKHAR, A FORMER SECRETARY OF WATER RESOURCES, AND A.B PANDYA,FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD.
THE NWP CURRENTLY IN FORCE WAS DRAFTED IN 2012 AND IS THE THIRD SUCH POLICY SINCE 1987.

5) THE SUPREME COURT HAS HELD THAT THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA(CJI) IS A PUBLIC AUTHORITY UNDER THE RIGHT TO INFORMATIO(RTI) ACT 2005.

THE JUDGMENT ON THIS REGARD WAS MADE BY A FIVE-JUDGE CONSTITUTION BENCH HEADED BY CJI RANJAN GOGOI ON NOVEMBER13, 2019.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BENCH APART FROM RANJAN GOGOI WERE JUSTICES NUTHALAPATI VENKATA RAMANA, DHANANJAY YESHWANT CHANDRACHUD,DEEPAK GUPTA AND SANJIV KHANNA.

6) THE INDIAN HAS SELECTED LT. COMMANDER KARABI GOGOI AS THE ASSISTANT NAVAL ATTACHE AT THE-MOSCOW EMBASSY.

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SHE WILL BE THE FIRST WOMAN ASSISTANT NAVAL ATTACHE AND SECOND WOMAN DEFENCE PERSONNEL TO BE APPOINTED FOR A DIMLOMATIC ASSIGNMENT IN RUSSIA.
CURRENTLY POSTED AS A NAVAL ENGINEER AT THE KARWAR BASE OF THE NAVY,THE OFFICER IS ALSO LEARNING RUSSIAN AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE UP HER NEW ASSIGNMENT IN MOSCOW NEXT MONTH.

7) THE SIXTH WORLD CONGRESS ON RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL FINANCE WAS HELD IN-NEW DELHI

IT WAS JOINTLY HOSTED BY THE ASIA-PACIFIC RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL CREDIT ASSOCIATION(APRACA),NATIONAL BANK FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT(NABARD) AND MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

8) INDIA-U.S TRI SERVICES AMPHIBIOUS EXERCISE TIGER TRIUMPH HAS BEGUN AT-VISHAKHAPATNAM.

THE TRAINING EVENTS WILL ENHANCE U.S-INDIA MILITARY-TO-MILITARY RELATIONS AND HONE INDIVIDUAL AND SMALL-UNIT SKILLS IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND DISASTER RESPONSE.
THE EXERCISE WILL INCLUDE STAFF-PLANNING EVENTS AS WELL AS FIELD TRAINING THAT SIMULATES MOVING A HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE/DISASTER RELIEF FORCE FROM SHIP TO SHORE.

9) WRITER AND COLUMNIST, HARISH BHAT’S NEW NOVEL WAS LAUNCHED IN MUMBAI-AN EXTREME LOVE OF COFFEE.

THE NOVEL IS PUBLISHED BY PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE INDIA WITH THE COLLABORATION OF TATA STARBUCKS.
THIS IS HIS THIRD BOOK BUT THE FIRST FICTION AND IT TOOK BHAT ABOUT 8 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
THE BOOK IS A STORY ABOUT TWO YOUNG PEOPLE,RAHUL,AND NEHA WHO FOLLOW THEIR PASSION FOR COFFEE.

10) WHO HAS SIGNED A MoU WITH THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY(IIT) BOMBAY TO PROMOTE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH-CSIR-IMTECH, CHANDIGARH

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS COLLABORATION IS TO CARRY OUT STATE OF THE ART RESERCH IN AREAS OF HEALTHCARE ESPECIALLY IN PROJECTS AND MISSIONS WHERE BOTH THE INSTITUTES CAN SIGNIFICANTLY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER.

11) REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON “REPLICATION OF GOOD GOVERNANCE PRACTICES IN UNION TERRITORIES OF J&K AND LADAKH” HELD AT-JAMMU.

A TWO DAY REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE THEME:’REPLICATION OF GOOD GOVERNANCE PRACTICES IN UNION TERRITORIES OF J&K AND LADAKH.

12) NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR SCHOOL HEADS’ AND TEACHERS HOLISTIC ADVANCEMENT(NISHTHA) WAS LAUNCHED IN-JAMMU AND KASHMIR

THE EVENT WAS ATTENDED BY AROUND 300 TEACHERS, KEY RESOURCE PERSONS(KRPs) AND CHIEF EDUCATION OFFICERS, DIET PRINCIPALS AND EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATORS.

13) WHO HAS SET UP AN ONLINE CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION PREVENTION(OSCAE) PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION UNIT AT ITS HEADQUARTER LOCATED IN NEW DELHI-CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

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