1. Gopi Thonakal
created history by becoming first Indian man to win Asian Marathon Championship. Uzbekistan’s
Andrey Petrov won silver mdeal while Byambalev Tseveenravdan of Mongolia won bronze
medal. Gopi Thonakal achieved the feat in the 16th
edition of the prestigious event held at Dongguan in China. He clocked 2
hours 15 minutes and 48 seconds to clinch gold medal. It is a biennial
international competition in marathon road running for Asian athletes. It is
organised by the Asian Athletics Association. It was established in 1988 after
42.195-kilometre race was dropped from programme of events at Asian Athletics
Championships.
2. To conduct
electromagnetic probes and other experiments, China has designed and
successfully launched remote sensing satellites. These satellites
have successfully entered their preset orbit and they will conduct
electromagnetic probes and other experiments. China earlier had launched three
remote sensing satellites designed to improve observation capability to promote
commercial use for the remote sensing industry. The satellites were carried by
Long March-6 rocket, a new generation of liquid-fuelled carrier rocket
developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). The
launch was the 256th mission of the Long March rocket family. The satellites
whose numbers were not specified yet were launched on board of Long March-2C
rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan province.
3. International Gita
Mahotsav 2017 was inaugurated by President Ramnath Govind in Kurukshetra,
Haryana. The second edition of the event was organised by Haryana
Government. Mauritius was partner country and Uttar Pradesh was partner state
of the event. The objective behind Mahotsav is to spread the message of Gita to
world. Bhagavad Gita is a 700 verse Hindu scripture in Sanskrit that is part of
Hindu epic Mahabharata. It is set in narrative framework of dialogue between
Pandava prince Arjuna and his guide and charioteer Lord Krishna. President also
participated in Gita Yajna and Gita Poojan ceremonies at Brahma Sarovar and
Jyotisar, the birthplace of Bhagvad. He also inaugurated international seminar
on Gita at the Kurukshetra University campus.
4. The rates for
incentives under Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) has doubled from
2% to 4% of value of exports by the Directorate General of Foreign
Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The rates for
incentives under this scheme have been enhanced for two subsectors of textiles
industry — readymade garments and made-ups. Objective of MEIS is to offset
infrastructural inefficiencies and associated costs involved in export of goods
and products, which are produced and ma.nufactured in India. MEIS was launched
under Foreign Trade Policy of India (FTP) 2015-20. Under this scheme, Ministry
of Commerce gives duty benefits to several products. It provides duty benefits
at 2%, 3% and 5% depending upon the product and country.
5. Nov 25 - The
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (IDEVAW) is observed
every year across the world to raise awareness about violence against women and
girls, end violence against women. It also seeks to show that prevention is
possible against violence of women. The theme for the year 2017 is
‘Leave no one behind: end violence against women and girls.’
6. Scientists have
discovered new species of gecko in the Eastern Ghats in northern
Andhra Pradesh which was named Hemidactylus sushilduttai or Dutta’s
Mahendragiri gecko, after eminent herpetologist Sushil Kumar Dutta from Odisha.
It was identified from few areas in northern Mahendragiri range and scattered
coastal hills in northern Andhra Pradesh.
7. The prices of 51
essential medicines, including those used for treatment of cancer, heart
conditions, pain and skin problems has capped by the drug price
regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA). NPPA
through separate notifications notified ceiling prices of 36 medicines and
revised ceiling prices of 15 medicines. The prices were slashed in range of 6
to 53%. NPPA is an independent body under Department of Pharmaceuticals under
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
8. 36th International
Geological Congress (IGC) in 2020 is going to host by India in NCR New Delhi. India had won
the bid in 2012 at 34th IGC Brisbane, Australia to host the Congress in 2020.
The 36th IGC to be held in New Delhi is jointly funded by Ministry of Mines and
Ministry of Earth Sciences with active support of Indian National Science
Academy (INSA) and science academies of India’s neighbouring co-host countries,
Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Recently, delegation of
International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) had visited India to discuss
preparatory aspects of 36th IGC. The first session of IGC was held in
1878 in France and the 35th International Geological Congress was held at Cape
Town, South Africa in 2016.
9. Researchers from
Columbia University Medical Centre (CUMC) in US have converted natural
bacterial immune system into the world’s smallest data recorder. The microscopic
data recorder was created by taking advantage of CRISPR-Cas, an immune system
in many species of bacteria. The researchers modified an ordinary laboratory
strain of ubiquitous human gut microbe (bacteria) Escherichia coli (E Coli)
which enabled it to record their interactions with environment and also
time-stamp events.
10. National Foundation
for Communal Harmony (NFCH). have observed the Communal Harmony Campaign Week
was observed from November 19-25, 2017. The observation highlighted inherent strength and resilience
of our nation to withstand actual and potential threats to eclectic and secular
fabric of the country and nurture a spirit of communal harmony in its widest
sense.
11. In line with Prime
Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to create a “New India” over the next five
years the Union Government has selected 115 backward districts for rapid
transformation by 2022. For each of these backward districts, government has
nominated senior official in rank of Additional secretary and Joint secretary
as Prabhari officer. The First meeting of the Prabhari Officers was recently
held in New Delhi under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary. It was attended
by Secretaries of the important central Ministries. These 115 backward
districts include 35 districts affected by Left Wing Extremists (LWE) violence,
55 districts just affected by LWE and another 15 in Jammu and Kashmir and northeast
affected by terrorism. Prabhari officers will assist District administration in
sharing GOI’s vision for 2022 by ensuring convergence of efforts of central and
state government and set up robust mechanism to monitor improvements in key
outcomes in these backward districts.
12. The 12th meeting of
Standing Committee of Inter-State Council was held in New Delhi. The purpose of
the meeting was to discuss the recommendations of the Punchhi Commission on
Centre-state relations. The meeting was chaired by Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh. The Standing Committee in 12th meeting discussed 118
recommendations contained in Volumes-III, IV and V and finalised its
recommendations. This includes Subjects related to centre-state relations like
GST, financial transfers from the centre to the states, Police reforms,
migration etc. Volumes-I & II were discussed during the eleventh meeting of
the Standing Committee which was held in the month of April 2017, and
Volumes-VI and VII will be discussed during the next meeting of the Standing
Committee. Finally, all the recommendations of the standing committee on
Punchhi Commission’s report will then be placed before the Inter-State Council,
headed by the Prime Minister.
13. India’s Ritu Phogat
has won Silver medal in Under-23 Senior World Wrestling held in Poland. She won
silver medal in 48 kg category. Ritu Phogat is an Indian female wrestler from
the state of Haryana. She is one the three Phogat sisters from Haryana. Her
sisters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari, as well as cousin Vinesh Phogat, have
established themselves as world-class wrestlers. Previously, Ritu Phogat won
gold medal at the Commonwealth Wrestling in Singapore in the 48 kg category,
bronze medal at the Asian Championships. She also won National championship,
which was held Indore.
14. Since the launch of
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) Scheme in June 2015, 30.76 lakh houses for
the urban poor have been sanctioned so far as announced by the Union Ministry
of Housing & Urban Affairs. Currently, 15.65 lakh houses are at various stages of
construction and about 4.13 lakh houses have been constructed since launch of
PMAY (Urban). PMAY(U) provide houses to all poor in urban areas by 2022. It is
new version of Prime Minister’s Housing For All by 2022 vision. Its
objective is to construct two crore houses across nation. It covers entire
urban area consisting of 4041 statutory towns with initial focus on 500 Class I
cities.. Intended beneficiaries of scheme are Poor people (BPL) and People living
under Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and LIG (Low income Group) categories
in urban establishments of country. It also targets people living under MIG
(middle income Group). Government will provide subsidy ranging between 1 lakh
to 2.30 lakh to people from above categories in order to make them secure.
15. DANX-17, the
Defence of Andaman & Nicobar Islands Exercise 2017 was conducted under the
aegis of Andaman & Nicobar Command from 20 Nov – 24 Nov 2017. The exercise was
crucial as at present, Indian Ocean Ridge ( IOR) witnesses the increased
Chinese foot print . China has been participating actively in anti-piracy
operations in the region. It claims that Indian Ocean is not India’s Ocean.
16. N. Sambasiva Rao
was appointed as the Director-General of Police (DGP) of Andhra
Pradesh.
17.State Bank of
India on 24th November 2017 launched country’s first integrated
lifestyle and banking digital service application named YONO or ‘ You Only Need
Once ‘. YONO will be the first digital banking platform that will
allow customers to meet their lifestyle needs including booking and renting
cabs , entertainment, dining experience, travel and stay, etc . All the
financial services product from SBI and its subsidiaries SBI Life, SBI General,
SBI Mutual Fund, SBI Caps and SBI cards will be integrated on the app.
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