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Current Affairs 13 November 2019
Arvind Sawant Quits as Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises; Prakash Javadekar gets Additional charge
- Arvind Ganpat Sawant who till now held the portfolio of the Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises has resigned.
- His resignation was accepted by the President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, with immediate effect under clause (2) of Article 75 of the Constitution.
- President Ramnath Kovind has now assigned the portfolio of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises to Union Minister Prakash Javadekar.
- Javadekar is already in charge of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
India wins first position at BRICS Young Scientist forum
- India has received the first prize at BRICS Young Scientist forum’s conclave in Brazil from 6- 8 November.
- Ravi Prakash, who is a PhD scholar from Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Dairy Research Institute, has bagged the first position for inventing an affordable indigenously designed milk chilling unit for small to marginal rural dairy farmers.
14-days long 39th India International Trade Fair to begin in New Delhi on Nov 14
- The Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Nitin Gadkari, will inaugurate the 39th India International Trade Fair 2019 (IITF 2019) in New Delhi’s Pragati Maidan on November 14, 2019.
- Theme- The theme of the 14-day fair (November 14-27, 2019) is ‘Ease of Doing Business’.
- Partner Country – The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Focus Country – The Republic of Korea
- Focus States – Bihar and Jharkhand
6th World Congress on Rural and Agricultural Finance held in New Delhi
- The 6th World Congress on Rural and Agricultural Finance was held in New Delhi on November 12 and 13, 2019.
- The Congress was jointly hosted by Asia-Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA), National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and Ministry of Agriculture Farmers Welfare and Cooperation.
- APRACA Headquarters- Manila, Philippines
Govt Gives Nod for Four Medical Device Parks For Affordable Treatment
- The Central government has approved setting up of four medical device parks in the country to support Make in India initiative and provide world-class treatment at affordable prices.
- The medical parks will be established in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
- Benefits:
- Provide necessary infrastructure, where companies can easily plug and play
- Cut import bill
- Help in easy access to standard testing facilities
- Reduce cost of production.
- India is largely an importer of medical devices, with domestic industry accounting for about 2 percent (USD 5.2 bn) of the global industry which stands at USD 250 billion.
- Uttarakhand and Gujarat have also approached the centre for such parks.
2019 World Kabaddi Cup to be held from December 1 to 9 in Punjab
- Punjab government will organise the 2019 World Kabaddi Cup from December 1 to 9, 2019.
- The tournament would be dedicated to the 550th birth anniversary of Sikh guru, Guru Nanak Dev ji.
- Nine teams – India, USA, Australia, England, Sri Lanka, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan and Canada — are expected to take part in the tournament. However, Pakistan and Canada are yet to get clearance from the Indian government.
India Finishes Fourth in Medal Tally with 26 Medals in 2019 Asian Shooting Championships at Doha
- The 14th edition of the Asian Shooting Championships, 2019 was held from 5 to 13 November 2019 in Doha, Qatar.
- India won total 26 medals (5G-10S-11B) to be placed at fourth spot in the medal table.
- China stood first with highest number of medals (45), followed by South Korea (21) and North Korea (11).
- Host nation Qatar won 3 medals to be placed at 8 spot among 16 nations that participated in the Championship.
- Click Here to see the winners
Luka Modric Wins The 2019 Golden Foot Award
- Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric has been announced as the winner of the 2019 Golden Foot Award.
- The Croatian, Luka is the 17th winner of the prestigious award which is exclusively ‘dedicated to the best footballers ever.’
- The Golden Foot Award is an international football award given to active players of at least 28 years of age for their outstanding on-field achievements, both as an individual and a team player and for their personality.
- The award can only be won once.
World Kindness Day: November 13
- World Kindness Day is held globally on 13 November to highlight good deeds in the community focusing on the positive power and the common thread of kindness which binds us.
- The theme for 2019 World Kindness day is empathy, encouraging people across the globe to better understand “the pains of others” and touch their lives “positively”.