Current Affairs - November 4, 2019 Current Affairs

Carrie Lam is a Hongkong Leader. He has decided to make it easier for people in the Chinese-ruled city, rocked by violent anti-China protests overnight, to live and work on the mainland. He is serving as the 4th and current Chief Executive of Hong Kong since 2017.

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has agreed that the initial public offering of state oil giant Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) will be announced on 3rd November.

Eight-time winners India qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after thrashing Russia 7-1 (11-3 on aggregate) in the second game of the two-legged FIH Qualifiers for men. The men's team booked their tickets after the women defeated USA 6-5 on aggregate to qualify for the sporting extravaganza.

India ranks 133rd among 167 countries in 2019 Women, Peace, and Security Index. The index was compiled by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security and National Geographic. Norway, Switzerland and Finland are the top 3 ranked countries. Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen are the bottom 3 ranked countries.

The first and second IISF were held in New Delhi. The third edition was held in Chennai, and the fourth IISF was held in Lucknow. The 5th India International Science Festival (IISF) will begin in Kolkata on 5 November 2019.The festival is being organized jointly by Science & Technology -related Ministries and Departments of the Government of India and Vijnana Bharati (Vibha).

Centre is to set up Women Help Desks (WHDs) in ten thousand police stations and for Anti-Human-Trafficking-Units (AHTUs) in the remaining districts of India. The Ministry of Women and Child Development had asked the MHA to sanction Rs 100 crore each for setting up help desks at 10,000 police stations and for expanding AHTUs in the remaining districts of India.The funding out will be of the Nirbhaya Fund.

Satya Pal Malik on 3rd November sworn in as the Governor of Goa.Mr. Malik had earlier served as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, which has been bifurcated into two Union Territories.

Rajinikanth is going to get a big honour 'Icon of Golden Jubilee' at the 50th International Film Festival of India to be held in Goa.

French actress Isabelle Huppert will receive the lifetime achievement award for foreign artiste at the 50th edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI).

India and Uzbekistan are planning signed two memorandum of understanding (MOUs) concerning military medicine and military education.

The 8th meeting of the Indo-German Energy Forum (IGEF) was concluded in New Delhi.

Six more desalination plants will be developed by National Institute of Ocean Technology and will be set up at Lakshadweep.

West Bengal will soon implement a social security scheme to provide financial assistance to media personnel. The announcement was made on the 'International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists' which was observed on 2nd November, 2019.

Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won Italian Golden Sand Art Award 2019 Pattnaik will get the award at the International Scorrana Sand Nativity in Italy being held from November 13 to 18, 2019.

Sumant Kathpalia to replace Romesh Sobti as IndusInd Bank MD & CEO. Sobti, who has been at the helm for over a decade, will be retiring in March 2020 after hitting 70. Based in New Delhi at present, Kathpalia used to head the consumer loans vertical at ABN Amro Bank.

Justice A.K. Mittal was on 3rd November sworn in as the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court. He was earlier Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court.

The state of Madhya Pradesh will open first time bank of India. The bank will provide voluntary services as per the customer wish and if not, the same number of hours will be credited to customer's account

The political maps of newly-formed Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh, released by the Survey General of India, depict UT of J&K as comprising 22 districts including Muzaffarabad and Mirpur in PoK.

The robotic surgery facility has been inaugurated in the Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi.

Indian Wrestler Pooja Gehlot has won the silver Medal in the 53-kg category of the Under-23 World Wrestling Championship. With this victory, India has won 2 medals