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Current Affairs 21 November 2020
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National
PM Modi & Bhutanese PM Jointly launch RuPay Card Phase-II
- Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi and Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering virtually launched RuPay card Phase-II on 20 November 2020, to allow Bhutanese card holders to access RuPay network in India.
- In August 2019, PM Modi and his Bhutanese counterpart jointly launched Phase-I of the project.
- The implementation of Phase-I of RuPay cards in Bhutan has enabled the visitors from India to access ATMs and Point of Sale (PoS) terminals across Bhutan.
- Phase-II will now allow Bhutanese card holders to access RuPay network in India.
Defence Exercise
30th India-Thai Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT)
- The 30th edition of India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT) was held between the Indian Navy and the Royal Thai Navy from 18 to 20 November 2020.
- The Indian Naval Ship (INS) Karmuk, an indigenously built Missile Corvette and Thailand Ship (HTMS) Kraburi, a Chao Phraya Class Frigate along with Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft from both the navies participated in the CORPAT.
- The two navies have been carrying out CORPAT along their International Maritime Boundary Line twice a year since 2005 to enhance bilateral ties and maritime cooperation.
Agreements & Partnership
World Bank Signs $120 Million Project to Improve Connectivity in Meghalaya
- The World Bank has inked USD 120 million project with the Government of India and the Government of Meghalaya on 19 November 2020, which will help to improve and modernize the transport sector of Meghalaya.
- The loan has been sanctioned for the Meghalaya Integrated Transport Project (MITP).
- This will improve about 300 km of strategic road segments and stand-alone bridges by using innovative, climate resilient, and nature-based solutions and eventually help Meghalaya to harness its vast growth potential for high-value agriculture and tourism.
Mastercard & USAID Partners to launch Project Kirana to empower women through financial inclusion
- Mastercard and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have collaborated under Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (W-GDP) to launch ‘Project Kirana’, to help women entrepreneurs grow and thrive.
- Project Kirana is a two year programme, and initially it will be rolled out in select cities of Uttar Pradesh, including Lucknow, Kanpur and Varanasi.
- The programme will be implemented by DAI Digital Frontiers and ACCESS Development Services.
- Objective:
- Build financial and digital literacy skills;
- improve basic business management skills including inventory management, accounting, budget management and customer loyalty;
- addressing cultural and other barriers to women becoming successful kirana entrepreneurs;
- It will work to increase revenue streams, expand financial inclusion and digital payments adoption of kirana shops that are owned or operated by women.
Books
Rajnath Sing &, Prakash Javadekar Launches Two Books on President Kovind’s Select Speeches
- Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh has unveiled two books titled ‘The Republican Ethic Volume III’ and ‘Loktantra Ke Swar’
- These books are collection of selected speeches of President Ram Nath Kovind during the third year of his presidency.
- Additionally, Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar has unveiled the e-book versions of the two books.
- These books are the comprehensive picture of his work, personality and values and comprises speeches on the country’s efforts to fight COVID19, bravely defending its borders, his concern towards issues such as girls education, empowerment of women, and welfare of the weaker sections among other important aspects.
Awards
Scottish Author Douglas Stuart wins 2020 Booker Prize
- Scottish writer Douglas Stuart has won the 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction on 19 November 2020.
- He has been awarded for his debut novel, “Shuggie Bain.”
- The 44-year-old Stuart is only the second Scot to have won the prestigious literary prize.
- The Booker Prize for Fiction, (formerly known as the Booker–McConnell Prize (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019)), is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel written in the English language and published in the United Kingdom. It carries £50,000 prize ($66,000).
Days
National Newborn Week 2020: 15-21 November
- In India, the National Newborn Week 2020 is observed every year from 15 to 21 November.
- Purpose: to reinforce the importance of newborn health as a key priority area of the health sector and reduce the infant mortality rate by improving healthcare conditions for babies in the neonatal period.
- The theme of National Newborn Week 2020 is ‘Quality, Equity, Dignity for every newborn at every health facility and everywhere’.
World Children’s Day : 20 November
- The Universal/World Children’s Day is celebrated on 20 November annually to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children’s welfare.
- The day also marks the anniversary of adoption of Declaration and Convention of the Rights of the Child.
- In 1959, UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child
- In 1989 UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
- 2020 marks the 31st anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
World Fisheries Day: 21 November
- World Fisheries Day is celebrated on 21 November every year throughout the world by fishing communities.
- It highlights the importance of healthy oceans ecosystems and to ensure sustainable stocks of fisheries in the world.
- 2020 is the fourth World Fisheries Day.
World Television Day: 21 November
- The World Television Day is commemorated on 21 November every year.
- The day is a reminder of the power of visual media and how it helps in shaping public opinion and influencing world politics.
- The 21 November was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1996, because the first World Television Forum was held in 1996.
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