Current Affairs - November 24, 2019 Current Affairs

The World Conference on Access to Medical Products Achieving the SDGs 2030 for the year 2019 was held in New Delhi, India. The Conference is a follow on from the 2017 and 2018 World Conference on Access to Medical Products organized in November 2017 and October 2018 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Nilkanth Khadilkar, 85, was the editor of Marathi newspaper Navakal, died at a private hospital in suburban Bandra. He was the editor of the newspaper for 27 years and had gained popularity for his hard-hitting editorials which became the daily's popular feature.

World Television Day is observed on 21 November to highlight the daily value of television that it plays in communication and globalization.

Jammu and Kashmir has achieved the highest road length in the country this year so far under a Centre's rural roads' programme with the completion of around 11,400 kilometres covering 1,838 habitations.

The first all-electric configuration of NASA's X-57 Maxwell now is at the agency's Armstrong Flight Research Centre in Edwards, California.

Azim Premji was conferred the 19th edition of Madras Management Association's Amalgamations Business Leadership Award .

India will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Forum of Young Scientists and Innovators in 2020.The 5th Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Member States Heads of Ministries and Departments of Science and Technology and Permanent Working Group on S&T Cooperation concluded in Moscow, Russia.

The patent offices of India and Japan have inked an agreement for expeditious grant of patents to Indian entities and individuals. The Union Cabinet approved a proposal for Bilateral Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programme between the Indian Patent Office and patent offices of other interested countries.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) constituted a three-member panel to advise the Administrator of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited, DHFL, ahead of formally moving for resolution of the troubled mortgage lender under the insolvency law.

Tourism Ministry would organise the eighth edition of "International Tourism Mart" in Imphal with the aim to highlight the tourism potential of the north-eastern region in the domestic and international markets.

SNRR account means a Special Non-Resident Rupee account. Deposits held in rupee accounts maintained by foreign diplomatic missions and diplomatic personnel and their family members in India with an authorized dealer.

Wriddhiman Saha on Friday became the fifth Indian wicket-keeper to affect 100 dismissals in the longest format of the game. The 35-year-old Saha affected his 100th dismissal when Umesh Yadav had Shadman Islam (29) caught at the hands of the wicket-keeper.

The current Chairperson of CBDT is Pramod Chandra Mody. Mody, a 1982-batch IRS officer, succeeds Sushil Chandra.

The 5th Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States' Heads of Ministries and Departments of Science and Technology and Permanent Working Group on S&T Cooperation concluded in Moscow, Russia. Secretary, DSIR & DG, CSIR, Dr. Shekhar C. Mande, led the Indian delegation.

Muthoot Finance will acquire IDBI Asset Management for Rs.215 crore to enter mutual fund space. The deal, which is subject to necessary regulatory approvals including markets regulator SEBI, is expected to be completed by February-end 2020.

Manoj Bajpayee won the award for Best Actor for his role in 'Bhonsle' directed by Devashish Makhija.

India's forex reserves rose by USD 441 million to a fresh lifetime high of USD 448.249 billion in the week to November 15 on an increase in core currency assets. The overall foreign exchange reserves, which have been on an upward trend for many weeks now, had swelled by USD 1.71 billion to USD 448.249 billion.

The Karnataka government issued a notification allowing women to work in night shifts (7 pm to 6 am) in all factories registered under the factories act.

Software giant Microsoft has launched its "K-12 Education Transformation Framework" to facilitate comprehensive digital transformation of schools in India.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the newly established Munderwa Sugar Mill of Uttar Pradesh State Sugar Corporation Limited in Basti district.