An Indian Air Force trainer aircraft ‘Kiran’
crashed on a routine training mission. The aircraft crashed in the local flying
area, pilot ejected safely.
Arvind
Saxena is appointed as Chairman of UPSC
The President of
India, Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Arvind Saxena as Chairman of Union Public
Service Commission and his tenure will be till 7th Aug, 2020 when he
attains the age of 65 years or till further orders whichever is earlier.
Validation
Exercise & Closing Ceremony of ‘Exercise Indra 2018’
Exercise Indra
is a joint military exercise of India & Russia which is culminated on 28th
November 2018 held at Babina military station. This was the 10th
edition of this exercise which was started on 18th Nov. 2018.
A.M
Naik is appointed as Chairman of National Skill Development Corporation
A.M Naik is
appointed as the Chairman of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) by
the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. Naik, currently, is
the group chairman of India’s biggest engineering and construction
conglomerate- Larsen & Toubro Limited.
Sustainable
Blue Economy Conference in Nairobi
Sustainable Blue
Economy Conference is organized at Nairobi, Kenya with Canada & Japan as
co-hosts.
Emergency
Response Support System (ERSS) is launched by the Union Home Minister in
Himachal Pradesh
The Union Home
Minister, Rajnath Singh has launched the Emergency Response Support System, at
Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. Also Himachal Pradesh becomes the first state to
launch pan-India single emergency number ‘112’ under ERSS. The number will
connect to Police, Fire, Health, & other helplines through an Emergency
Response Centre in the state. This is done for the ease of citizens so that
they do not have to remember multiple helpline numbers. For the safety of women,
a SHOUT feature has been introduced in ‘112’.
PM
Narendra Modi to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping
The P.M Narendra
Modi will likely to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sideline of G-20
summit. This will be the 4th meeting of these two leaders in the
past 7 months.
Notably, G-20
(Group of Twenty) is an international forum for the governments of 19 member
countries and the European Union. This was formed on 26 Sep. 1999 and its main
aim is to discuss policy pertaining to the promotion of International Financial Stability. Currently,
the Chairman is Mauricio Macri. The G-20 2018 summit will host by Argentina in
Buenos Aires.
Suicide:
One commits in every 40 seconds
According to the
joint research of Indian Council of
Medical Research and other institutes in collaboration with Ministry of Health
& Family Welfare, suicide is the leading cause of death among people between
15 to 39 age group and also according to World Health Organization one person
dies due to suicide in every 40 seconds.
Restricted
Area Permit may reimpose on North Sentinal Island of Andaman
Due to the
recent killing of one foreigner, John Allen Chau in North Sentinal Island of
Andaman, by the tribes of the Island, RAP Restricted Area Permit may reimpose
on the Island. The move may be taken in lieu that 44 incidents of violations of
rules & regulations occurred in the recent passed.
National
Organ Donation Day
The National
Organ Donation Day is celebrated on 27 November every year.
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