NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
The human cost of weather related disasters report released by UNISDR
The
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction released the report titled
The Human Cost of Weather Related Disasters. The report stated that the 5
countries United States, China, India, Philippines and Indonesia are mostly hit
by Disasters.
2. Asia to power global trade by 2050
Asia is poised to drive global trade to around $68.5 trillion by
2050 and growth of merchandise export
from India is set up to china. According to new forecast in HSBC India is
expected to average 6% a year in 2025-2050 compared with just 5% a year for
china.
3. Megacity security conference
taken place :
It was organized in Mumbai by the US Consulate
General, Mumbai in collaboration with the South Asian Centre of Atlantic
Council, Washington DC and India foundation.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1. Michael Keating
appointed as Special Representative for Somalia and Head of UNSOM
The
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 23 November 2015 announced the appointment of
Michael Keating of United Kingdom as Special Representative for Somalia and
Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).Keating will succeed
Nicholas Kay, who will complete his assignment in December 2015. Kay was
associated with UNSOM for over the past two and a half years.
Other UPDATES:
AWARDS:
1. Marathi actor Prashant Damle selected
for Dinanath Mangashekar Award
Noted
Marathi actor Prashant Damle was on 23 November 2015 selected for the Master
Dinanath Mangeshkar Award. He was chosen for the award for his outstanding
contribution in the field of theatre, film and music.
SPORTS:
2. Dutchman Roger Van Gent was appointed as
the strategic coach for the Indian men’s Hockey.
3. Indian cueist Pankaj Advani on
21 November 2015 won the IBSF World Snooker Championship:
It was held at Sunrise Crystal
Bay resort in Hurghada, Egypt. In the best-of-15 final, he defeated Zhua
Xintong of China 8-6. Earlier, in September 2015 in Adelaide, he had won his
14th World title in the form of IBSF World Billiards Championship.Advani is
also the first person in history to take the short (6-Red) and the long snooker
(15-Red) format in the same calendar year.
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
4.
SEBI
inked MoU with Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) signed Memorandum
of Understanding with the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on
bilateral cooperation and technical assistance. It will provide training and
technical assistance program between the two jurisdictions.
OBITUARIES:
5. Well-known
neurosurgeon and Secretary General of Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) Dr. Satya
Paul Agarwal passed away in New Delhi.
He
was 70. Dr. Agarwal was a well-known public health administrator. He had played
pivotal role in execution of various disaster and emergency relief operations
and control of disease and epidemics outbreak in the country. He was serving as
Secretary General of Indian Red Cross Society since 2005.
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