Current Affairs - November 17, 2019 Current Affairs

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced their intention to send a second mission to soft-land on the Moon planned for November 2020 dubbed as Chandrayaan 3 mission.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati researchers have developed a paper-based sensor that can make an assessment of the freshness of milk by a simple and instantaneous method.

Tobacco Board of India, Guntur, has been awarded the Golden Leaf Award at Tab Expo 2019 event in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Executive Director of Tobacco Board, K. Sunitha, was presented the award.

Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises organized an International Symposium on Lighting (iSoL) at International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT), Manesar in Gurugram, Haryana on 14 November 2019.

World Heritage Week is celebrated by UNESCO between November 19, 2019 and November 25, 2019. The Objective of celebrating World Heritage Week is to increase awareness among people about safety and preservation of cultural heritages and monuments.

Ministry of Agriculture is to organize the 8th International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS-VIII) in New Delhi from 18-21 November 2019. The Chief Guest of the ICAS conference will be Bill Gates. The theme of 2019 ICAS-VIII is Statistics for the Transformation of Agriculture to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Defence Minister of India inaugurated Sisseri River Bridge at Lower Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh. Sisseri River Bridge is a 200-metre long bridge between Jonai-Pasighat-Ranaghat-Roing road.

India came in second after the US in terms of nations asking Facebook to divulge information related to user accounts, with such requests increasing by more than 9 per cent to 22,684 in the first half of 2019, according to a report by the social networking giant.

NITI Aayog is to release Health System for a New India: Building Blocks-Potential Pathways to Reform Report on 18 November 2019. The report was initiated at the national-level workshop Development Dialogue held in 2018.

The first-ever international buyer-seller meet on Agriculture & Horticulture produce was held in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, on 14-15 November 2019. The aim of the meet is to promote the export of agricultural products.

India is to host the 2019 World Kabaddi Cup from 1-9 December 2019. It will be organized by the Punjab State government.

Jharkhand celebrates the 19th State Formation day on 15 November 2019. Jharkhand, the land of forests, was formed on 15 November 2000. It is celebrating its 19th year of constitution in the year 2019. It was previously the southern half of Bihar.

Tony Mann, the leg-spinning all-rounder from Australia who was only the second night watchman to score a Test century, passed away in Perth at the age of 74 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

India ranked 78th in the Global Bribery Risk Index out of 178 countries. The index was released by Trace Bribery Risk Matrix. India scored with a total risk score of 48.

Sweden culture minister on November 15 awarded the annual Tucholsky literary prize to a Chinese author despite a threat from the Chinese ambassador to ban her from entering the country.

The United Nations' (UN) International Day for Tolerance is annually observed on November 16 to educate people about the need for tolerance in society and to help them understand the negative effects of intolerance.

IBM is to launch IBM GRAF, the Global High-Resolution Atmospheric Forecasting System, which will be able to predict conditions up to 12 hours in advance. Such kind of precise forecasting system has been available in the United States, Japan, and some west European countries.

Ramesh Hospitals Vijayawada, a group hospital of Aster DM Healthcare, one of the largest integrated healthcare service networks in the GCC and the third largest healthcare company in India, achieved a milestone by setting a Guinness World Record for holding the 'largest gathering of cardiac surgery patients at one place'.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on November 15 launched 'Mukhyamantri Septic Tank Safai Yojana', a scheme aimed at helping people in waste management and ensuring the safety of sanitation workers.

The 8th International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS-VIII) will be organized by the Ministry of Agriculture in New Delhi from 18th to 21st November 2019. The theme of this year's ICAS is 'Statistics for Transformation of Agriculture to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)'.