Nov 19, 2018 - began in Ranchi, Jharkhand on 19 November 2018. ⢠Organised by - Bureau of Police Research & Develo
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Summit / Conference / Meetings Important Points • Tripura will be hosting the 'International Tourism Mart' from 22 November 2018. • The aim is to promote the tourism industry in the Northeastern states of the country.
• Tripura is hosting the 'International Tourism Mart' for the first time. • The event is funded by the Union Ministry of Tourism.
Summit / Conference / Meetings Important Points
• A 2 day Conference, ‘Modernisation of Police Communication and Challenges thereof’, began in New Delhi on 19 November 2018. • Directorate of Coordination Police Wireless (DCPW), a nodal advisory body to the Home ministry for the Police
Telecommunication in the country is organising the conference. • The conference will provide a forum for discussing various issues of communication.
Summit / Conference / Meetings Important Points • The 8th National Conference of Women in Police (NCWP) began in Ranchi, Jharkhand on 19 November 2018.
• Organised by - Bureau of Police Research & Development in collaboration with Jharkhand Police.
Awards & Winners
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• Sarod master, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan was presented the 'Sumitra Charat Ram Award for Lifetime Achievement'. • He was awarded for his immense contribution to the enrichment
and promotion of the Indian classical music. • The award was presented to him by former diplomat Lalit Mansingh. • He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2001.
Awards & Winners
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• Centre for Science and Environment' (CSE) has won Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2018.
• The award is conferred by Indira Gandhi Trust every year on the late Indira Gandhi's birth anniversary celebrated on 19 November • The international jury for the awards was headed by former President Pranab Mukherjee.
Awards & Winners
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• Important point about CSE • Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is a not-for-profit
public interest research and advocacy organisation based in New Delhi, India. • Established in 1980 • The director of the Centre is Sunita Narain. • CSE works as a think tank on environment-development issues in India, poor planning, climate shifts devastating India's Sundarbans and advocates for policy changes and better
implementation of the already existing policies.
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Appointment
• The central government appointed UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey as new Secretary Revenue • He will replace Hasmukh Adhia, who will retire on 30 November
2018. • He will continue to hold additional charge of CEO of UIDAI and also Chairman of GST Network.
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Appointment
• OYO Hotels appointed Aditya Ghosh as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for its India and South Asia operations with effect from
December 1, 2018.
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Appointment
• Stephen Barclay, has been appointed as the new Brexit Secretary by British Prime Minister Theresa May.
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Appointment
• Indian-American Thomas Kurian, former Oracle President of product development and technologist, will become the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Google Cloud in early 2019. • Thomas Kurian will replace Diane Greene.
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Sports
• India's Lakshya Sen settled for a bronze medal in the World Junior Badminton Championship. • He was defeated by Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the men's
singles semifinals. • World Junior Badminton Championship held in Markham, Canada
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Sports
• Tennis player Alexander Zverev won the ATP Finals in London on 19 November 2018. • He defeated Novak Djokovic in the finals.
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Sports
• Dhruv Sachdeva defeated the top seed Siddhant Kishore Sharma in the IOCL All India Tennis Association (AITA) Championship 2018 series junior
tennis tournament held in New Delhi organized by Grand Slam Tennis Foundation.
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Books
• Maharashtra Director General of Police Datta Padsalgikar launched the novel 'The Velvet Gloves' on 17 November 2018. • The novel has been written by former Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Balakrishna Kamath. • The plot of 'The Velvet Gloves' is about the tussle between Indian intelligence agencies and the US law enforcement
agency FBI.
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Books
• The book titled ‘A Great Association-Glimpses into the Life of Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha’ has been authored by Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha. • It was recently released by Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati and Sreedharan.
NATIONAL NEWS
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• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kundli-Manesar section of the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) western peripheral expressway on 19 November 2018. • The expressway will decongest the road traffic from Delhi, especially reducing the number of trucks entering Delhi.
• Besides, the project will also provide high-speed link between northern Haryana and southern districts.
NATIONAL NEWS
Important Points • Important Facts about Western peripheral expressway
Maintained by National Highways Authority of India • Length
135.6 km (84.3 mi)
Major junctions • North end
Kundli
• South end
Palwal
Location States
Haryana
Major cities
• Sonipat, Kharkhoda, Bahadurgarh, Badli, Jhajjar, Manesar, Nuh, Sohna, Hathin, Palwal
NATIONAL NEWS
Important Points
• Hookah bars have been permanently banned in Punjab as President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Bill, 2018 to check use of tobacco. • Punjab is the third state in the country after Gujarat and
Maharashtra where hookah bars or lounges were banned through law. • The Punjab assembly had passed the Bill in March 2018
Portals, Apps, Government Schemes / Important Points Committees • National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) launched a mobile application and web-based platform named 'NSE goBID' 19 November 2018. • The platform will allow retail investors to invest in treasury bills (T-Bills) of 91 days, 182 days and 364 days and various government bonds from one year to almost 40 years. • It will also allow investors to make payments directly from their bank accounts
Portals, Apps, Government Schemes / Important Points Committees Important Fact About National Stock Exchange • Founded
1992
• Headquarter
Mumbai
• Committee
Pherwani Committee
• MD & CEO
Mr. Vikram Limaye
• Chairman
Mr. Ashok Chawla
Portals, Apps, Government Schemes / Important Points Committees • The Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) has rolled out its Online Open Learning training platform named 'KOOL'. • The platform can be used to train teachers, students and the general public. • KOOL has been designed in a MOOC (Massive
Open Online Course) model.
Portals, Apps, Government Schemes / Important Points Committees • Home Ministry set up a tribunal to decide on banning 2 militant groups from Tripura. • The tribunal is headed by Delhi High Court Judge Justice Suresh Kait. • The 2 concerned militant groups are: the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and All Tripura
Tiger Force (ATTF).
Portals, Apps, Government Schemes / Important Points Committees Important Facts About Tripura • Capital:
Agartala
• Governor:
Kaptan Singh Solanki
• Chief minister:
Biplab Kumar Deb
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Obituary
• Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, known as the hero of the Battle of Longewala during the 1971 Indo-Pak war,
died.
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Important Days
• World Toilet Day is observed on 19 November every year.
• The 2018 campaign is based on the following narrative: 'When nature calls, we need a toilet'. • The AYUSH Ministry celebrated its first 'Naturopathy
Day' across the country on 18 November 2018. • November 17th is annually seen as the International Students’ Day all over the world.
• 'Qaumi Ekta Week' (National Integration Week) will be observed all over the country, from 19th to 25th November, 2018.
Business / Finance / Economy
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• Myntra CEO Ananth Narayanan has said all of Jabong's functions will be integrated with the
company and about 10% of the combined workforce would be cut
