Monthly Current Affairs – November 2019

Sports:

• Japan has hosted Rugby World Cup 2019.
• South Africa won the Rugby World Cup 2019.
• India B won the Deodhar Trophy 2019.
• 2023 Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup will be held on Bhubaneshwar India.
• Rafael Nadal(Spain) won the Davis Cup 2019.

Events:

• The 35th ASEAN summit was organized in Bangkok(Thailand).
• There are 10 permanent members of ASEAN.
• Headquarter of ASEAN is in Jakarta (Indonesia).
• Member countries of ASEAN
  • Brunei
  • Cambodia
  • Indonesia
  • Laos
  • Malaysia
  • Myanmar
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • Thailand
  • Vietnam
• Full-Form of RCEP (Trade Agreement): Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
• UN climate conference, COP25 was held in Madrid(Capital of Spain).
• The 5th India International Science Festival(IISF) was held in Kolkata.
• The theme of the 5th India International Science Festival(IISF) was “RISEN”- Research, Innovation and Science Empowering the Nation.
• Brasília(Brazil) hosted the 11th BRICS summit.
• Member countries of BRICS:
  • Brazil
  • Russia
  • India
  • China
  • South Africa
• The theme of 11th BRICS Summit: ‘BRICS: Economic Growth for an Innovative Future’.
• The 8th International Tourism Mart 2019 for North East Region at Imphal, Manipur.
• The four-day-long International Lavi fair is being organised in Rampur district of Shimla, Himanchal Pradesh from 11 to 14 November 2019.
• ‘Operation Ma‘ by Indian Army helps Kashmiri youths to abandon terrorism and return to normal lives.
• International Film Festival of India 2019 was held in Goa.
• Indian Army conducts test firing of “Spike” LR anti-tank missiles.
• Russia to be partner country at International Film Festival of India

Important Persons:

• Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the current president of UAE(United Arab Emirates).
• T. N. Seshan was the former Chief Election Commissioner.
• Gotabaya Rajapaksa sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new president.
• Sharad Arvind Bobde is the 47th Chief Justice of India.
• Sharad Arvind Bobde is a former Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court.
• Famous mathematician Vashishth Narayan Singh passed away on 14th of November.
• International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA) Board Appoints Rafael Grossi as Director General.
• Uddhav Thackeray sworn in as the 18th chief minister of Maharashtra.
• Pravind Kumar Jugnauth (born 25 December 1961) is a Mauritian politician who is the current Prime Minister of Mauritius.
• Satya Pal Malik is the 18th and current Governor of Goa.

Important Days:

• National Press Day of India is celebrated on 16 November.
• World Science Day is celebrated on 10th of November.
• National Milk Day of India is celebrated on 26 November.
• Constitution Day (National Law Day), also known as Samvidhan Divas, is celebrated in India on 26 November.
• World Pneumonia Day is celebrated on 12 November.
• The theme of World Pneumonia Day was “Healthy Lungs For All”.
• World Toilet Day is celebrated on 19 November.
• National Education Day is celebrated on 11 November on the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first education minister of independent India.
• Foundation Days of these states are celebrated on 1 November:
• Madhya Pradesh,
• Karnataka,
• Kerala and
• Andhra Pradesh

Awards:

• Madhuri Vijay has been awarded with the JCB Award for Literature 2019 for her debut novel, The Far Field.
• Hyderabad Bags the UNESCO Title of ‘Creative City of Gastronomy’.
• Serbia’s Sara Damnjanovic has been crowned “Miss Asia Global 2019”.
• Miss Asia Global 2020 will be held in Malaysia.
• Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award 2019 for excellence in journalism.
• The chairman of Rajasthan Patrika Gulab Kothari has been awarded Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award for excellence in journalism.
• Tobacco Board of India was awarded the Golden Leaf Award in the Most Impressive Public Service Initiative category for the year 2019.
• Chitharesh Natesan was crowned Mr. Universe 2019
• PETA India’s 2019 Person of the Year: Virat Kohli.

• David Attenborough gets the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2019.
• Rajinikanth was awarded with Golden Jubilee Icon award at International Film Festival of India.
• Best Film: Golden Peacock Award at International Film Festival of India : “Particles” by Blaise Harrison.
• Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri(Malayalam Poet) was awarded with the 55^th Jnanpith Award(Gyanpith Award)
• Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik was awared with Italian Golden Sand Art Award 2019
• Neha Dixit gets 2019 International Press Freedom Award

Military Exercises:

• Joint Military Exercise “SHAKTI-2019” between India and France was held in Rajasthan.
• Joint military Exercise “Dustlik-2019” between India and Uzbekistan was held in Tashkent.
• Joint Naval Exercise “Samudra Shakti 2019” between India and Indonesia held in the Bay of Bengal.
• “Roar of the Sea”( Za’ir-Al-Bahr ) is the joint Naval Exercise between India-Qatar that took place in Doha, Qatar in 2019.
• Tiger Triumph is Joint Military Exercise between US and India. It was scheduled in Andhra Pradesh .

Economy:

• RIL becomes first Indian company to hit Rs 10 lakh crore market cap.

Science and Technology:

• Alzheimer’s disease is caused by brain cell death.
• Amazon has launched “Project Zero” to Empower brands against counterfeits.
• ISRO launched advanced earth imaging and mapping satellite CARTOSAT-3 and 13 other nano-satellites from Sriharikota on 27 November 2019 using PSLV-47.
• Microsoft launches K-12 Education Transformation Framework.

Books and Authors:

• Jui Karkare Navare is the author of the book Hemant Karkare: A Daughter’s Memoir.
• Author of the book “Finding the Gaps: Transferable Skills to Be the Best You Can Be” is Simon Taufel
• The Oxford Word of the Year 2019 is “Climate Emergency”.
• Author of the book “R.N. Kao: Gentleman Spymaster” is Nitin A Gokhale.

First:

• Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu launches the first Hindi daily newspaper of the state, ‘Arun Bhoomi’.
• Sub Lieutenant Shivangi is India’s first woman navy pilot.
• India’s first day-night Test match was played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
• Kolkata becomes first city to install RT–PCR machines in India.
• Bangladesh is set to become the first country to approve golden rice.

Others:

• Chief Guest of Republic Day Parade of 2020 will be President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro.
• The Union Territories of Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli became a single union territory.
• The current number of Union Territories of India is 8.
• President’s rule is the suspension of state government and imposition of direct central government rule in a state. Under Article 356 of the Constitution of India.
• The government has given its approval for setting up four medical device parks with a view to support the ‘Make in India’ initiative in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.
• India’s rank in 2019 Global Terrorism Index
• UP govt launches e-Ganna app
• The Kartarpur Corridor is a visa-free border crossing and secure corridor, connecting the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan to the border with India.
• Indian Oil launches special winter-grade diesel for UT of Ladakh.
• Bihar is proposing to ban all state-owned vehicles that are older than 15 years
• The slogan/motto for the office of Lokpal is thus-“मा गृधः कस्यस्विद्धनम्”