Current Affairs - November 22, 2019 Current Affairs

India hosted the 29th World Customs Organization (WCO) Asia Pacific Regional Contact Points (RCP) that was held for 3 three days in Puducherry (from Nov 18 to 20, 2019).

Newly elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on November 20 named his brother Mahinda as Prime Minister, cementing the grip on power of a clan credited with crushing the Tamil Tigers a decade ago.

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on November 20 launched the first Hindi daily of the state in a simple ceremony here. Titled 'Arun Bhoomi', the daily will be published and edited by Takam Sonia, who also heads the Arunachal Hindi Sanstha, an organization working for promotion and propagation of Hindi language in the state.

The WHO (World Health Organization) and Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) organizes World COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) Day on the third Wednesday of November every year. It was first launched in 1997 by WHO, GOLD and other institutes in the US. Theme: All Together to End COPD.

Tamil Nadu State government appointed senior bureaucrat and additional chief secretary to the governor, R Rajagopal, as the next Chief information commissioner (CIC) of the state.

A three-day India ASEAN InnoTech Summit is to being held in Davao, Philippines. The Summit is organized between 20 November, 2019 and 22 November, 2019.

India successfully testfired on November 20night its indigenously developed nuclear capable surface-to-surface Prithvi-2 missile as part of a user trial by the Army from a test range off Odisha coast, from the Interim Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur.

The Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed by the Lok Sabha on November 20, 2019. The Bill raises the monetary limits for chit funds by three times. The maximum chit amount raised from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 3 lakh for those managed by individuals or less than four partners, and from Rs 6 lakh to Rs 18 lakh for firms with four or more partners. The maximum commission for the person managing the fund raised to 7% from the current 5%.

The International Principal's Education Conference (IPEC) held at Nagpur on 19 November 2019. The IPEC conference will be held on 19-21 November.

Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian has been appointed to the Athletes Commission of World Athletics, formerly known as the International Association of Athletics Federations.

In a bid towards upholding state's public health the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has installed first of its kind high-end Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Machines in India for quick detection of diseases such as dengue, tuberculosis (TB) and swine flu.

The Assam cabinet has made sanitary napkins mandatory for all the industries and factories of Assam for their women staff. The decision was made by the Assam cabinet. The aim of the move by the State cabinet is to promote hygiene among women. The State government also aims to ensure women's welfare among the working women in the State.

The Government is to implement the National Food Security Mission (NFSM)-Oilseeds and Oil Palm (OS&OP) in six more States, namely Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh.

Uzbekistan's Internal Affairs Minister Pulat Bobojonov on November 20 felicitated Home Minister Amit Shah here by presenting him traditional dress of the Central Asian nation.

The Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) has estimated the cost for the Census 2021 to be around Rs.8,754 crore. The nationwide exercise will be conducted in 16 languages. Upon the suggestions of the Technical Advisory Committee, certain changes have been made in the questionnaire. The reference date for the census will be on 1 March 2021.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) became the first Indian firm to cross the Rs.9.5 lakh crore market capitalization mark. Reliance Industries share price rose up to 3.66% to Rs.1,511.9 compared to the previous close of Rs.1,458.50 on BSE.

President Ram Nath Kovind awarded the President's Colour to Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala, Kerala, on 20 November.

The International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) is organising the summit at Manesar from November 27-29, 2019.

India and Singapore on November 20 exchanged a Letter of Intent that could pave the way for the city-state to conduct live firing of missiles like the Spyder air defence system at the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha. It is perhaps for the first time that India will open Chandipur Integrated Test Range for any foreign country.

Visiting the Kranji War Memorial in Singapore, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is on a two-day visit to the island city, paid tributes to those who sacrificed their lives during the World War-II.