Daily GK Updates - 15th November, 2015

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1. Smriti Irani inaugurates National Children Assembly: Union Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani inaugurated the National Children Assembly at BalBhawan.

2. Naval ship Vishwakarma commissioned: INS Vishwakarma, the erstwhile Shipwright School (SWS) and a premier training establishment. It was commissioned by Admiral R K Dhowan, Chief of the Naval Staff at a formal ceremony held at Vishakhapatnam.

3. 21^st Kolkata International Film Festival began in Kolkata on 14^th November 2015.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1. PM Modi inaugurates Ambedkar memorial in London: He inaugurated the recently acquired Ambedkar memorial by Maharashtra Government at King Henry’s Road in London, UK.

2. 2017 announced as the UK-India Year of Culture: Britain announced 2017 as the UK-India Year of Culture to mark the 70^th Anniversary of Indian Independence. To mark the occasion, UK Institute will partner with Indian Institutes for the program and the British Library will digitize 2,00,000 pages from its South Asian Archives.

3. World Pneumonia Day observed with the theme ‘Every breath counts; stop pneumonia now’: It was observed across the world on 12^th November 2015.

OTHER UPDATES:

AWARDS:

1. Abraham M Keita from Liberia won the 2015 International Children’s Peace Prize: Liberian teenager Abraham M Keita was awarded with the prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize 2015. He was awarded for his extraordinary and peaceful fight for justice for child victims of physical and sexual violence, and for successfully campaigning for the Liberian parliament to adopt the Children’s Law.