Current Affairs - November 7, 2019 Current Affairs

P.S. Sreedharan Pillai was sworn in as the new Governor of Mizoram on 5th November 2019. The oath-taking office was administered by Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court Justice Ajai Lamba at the Raj Bhavan, Mizoram.

The first ever tri-services India-U.S.A. amphibious exercise titled 'Tiger Triumph' is scheduled to be conducted from November 13 to 21. The exercise will be conducted off Visakhapatnam and Kakinada coasts in Andhra Pradesh.

Coimbatore Railway Station has now become visually-challenged friendly. It became the fourth station to have such a facility after Mysuru, Bengaluru, and Borivali station in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Nasa's Voyager 2 has entered the interstellar medium (ISM), the region of space outside the bubble-shaped boundary produced by wind streaming outward from the Sun. This makes Voyager 2 the second human-made object to journey out of the Sun's influence.

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), in coordination with the Jal Shakti Ministry, organised 'Ganga Utsav' in the Major Dhyanchand stadium in the national capital to mark the 11th anniversary of Ganga being declared as the national river.

Government vehicles, which are over 15-years-old have been banned across Bihar, while commercial vehicles of the same age will be stopped from plying in Patna and adjacent regions.

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras launched the country's "first indigenously" designed standing wheelchair, which will enable a differently abled person shift from sitting to standing position.

The United States has formally notified the United Nations of its withdrawal from the Paris climate accord. Although Trump had announced his decision to withdraw from the historic Paris Agreement on climate change on June 1, 2017, the process began on November 5 with the formal notification and the US will be out of the pact on November 4, 2020.

Ravi had emerged victorious in the repechage bout when he edged Uzur Dzhuzupbekov of Kyrgyzstan.With this, India's campaign at the tournament came to an end with Ravinder (61kg) and Pooja Gehlot (53kg) returning with silver medals.

The players' auction for the next Indian Premier League (IPL) will be held on December 19 in Kolkata.The auction is being conducted in Kolkata for the first time. While the franchises were allotted Rs. 82 crore each for IPL 2019, Rs. 85 crore per team has been earmarked for the 2020 season.

Flipkart has launched a streaming stick under its private brand 'MarQ' by Flipkart, foraying into a segment that is rapidly gaining traction with Indian consumers, starting at Rs. 3,499.

Telangana topped in paddy procurement in the country. It was announced by Panchayat Raj Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao while launching paddy procurement at Ramavaram village in Kodakandla mandal.

Asian Games silver medalist Deepak Kumar clinched India's tenth Olympic quota in shooting for Tokyo 2020, with a bronze medal in men's air rifle.

Sudan's first ever satellite for conducting research in military, economic and space technology has been launched by China. The satellite was launched from north China's Shanxi Province.

Shanta Gokhale has been honoured with the Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement award 2019, while poet K Satchidanandan has received the Poet Laureate award for their work which has made a significant impact in the Indian literary field.

The Madurai City (Traffic) Police have planned to install audio signals in at least 20 locations, to enable the visually challenged persons to cross intersections without any difficulty.

The Union Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the Mission Innovation (MI) Face to Face meeting of Innovation Challenges. The objective of the meeting is to identify major gap areas in Clean Energy Innovation and how to address these beyond 2020 to make MI more impactful.

The Central Crime Branch of the city police on 5th November announced the formation of a new Anti-Terrorist Cell for Bengaluru. It has also formed a new unit for the protection of women, which until now was clubbed with the narcotics wing.

Weaves textile fair, will be held from November 27-30 at Texvalley, the largest wholesale textile market in Erode. The four-day event is being jointly organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Texvalley.