NATIONAL
UPDATES:
1. President Kovind to inaugurate ‘CII Agro
Tech’ fair : President
Ram Nath Kovind will inaugurate the ‘CII Agro Tech 2018’ in Chandigarh on 1
December 2018.CII Agro Tech 2018 is a biennial four-daagro-technologygy and
business fair.It is organised by Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII).The theme for the 2018 is ‘Technology in Agriculture: Increasing
Farmer’s Income’
2. Kerala Introduces New Open Online
Learning Programme: ‘KOOL’ : The Kerala Infrastructure and Technology
for Education (KITE) has rolled out– KOOL, its Online Open Learning training platform.
The platform can be used to train teachers, students and the general public.
With the state’s schools going Hi-Tech, requiring teachers and students to be
trained on different domains simultaneously, it was decided to launch KOOL.
KOOL has been designed in a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course)
model.
3. Jalaj Srivastava Appointed New IWAI Chairman : Jalaj Srivastava, a 1984
batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, has been appointed
the chairman of the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI). The
IWAI comes under the Union Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways,
currently headed by Nitin Gadkari. Srivastava is presently working as
Additional Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture.
4. UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey
Appointed New Revenue Secretary : The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet appointed Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) CEO Ajay
Bhushan Pandey as the new revenue
secretary. He will succeed current Finance and Revenue
Secretary Hasmukh Adhia. Mr Adhia is retiring on November 30. Mr Pandey
will continue to hold the charge as the CEO of UIDAI and GSTN Chairman until
further orders.
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
1. WDoR is observed on 18 November :The World Day of Remembrance
for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR) is observed on the third Sunday of November
each year.The slogan for 2018 is ‘Roads have Stories’.The
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims was started by RoadPeace in
1993.On 26 October 2005, the United Nations endorsed it as a global day to be
observed every third Sunday in November each year.
2. INDO-Russian Joint Exercise INDRA 2018 Held in Jhansi :
The joint military exercise between India and Russia EXERCISE
INDRA 2018 on combating insurgency under the aegis of United Nations
(UN) was conducted at Babina Military Station in Jhansi, Uttar
Pradesh. The aim of the exercise is to practice joint planning and conduct
to enhance interoperability of the two Armies in the peacekeeping /enforcement environment under the aegis of the UN. This is
the tenth series of Exercise INDRA.
OTHER
UPDATES:
BANKING/FINANCE:
1. Karnataka Bank launches CASA campaign
'KBL SB - TASC' : Karnataka Bank has
launched a special campaign for opening current account and savings accounts (CASA). The campaign will remain in force for a
period of three-and-a-half months from November
15 to February 28. It has been introduced as introduced as a new SB
scheme 'KBL SB - TASC' a
specialized product for Trusts/Associates/Societies/Clubs . Bank
intends to open more than 4.18 lakh Current & Savings accounts by the
active involvement of its 8000 plus workforce in all the 823
branches across India.
SPORTS:
1. Alexander Zverev Won ATP World Tour
Finals in London : Alexander Zverev has won ATP World Tour
finals in London. Alexander Zverev defeated world number one Novak
Djokovic in straight sets to claim the season-ending ATP Finals and earn the
biggest victory of his career. Zverev also became the first player to beat
both Djokovic and Federer in the same ATP Finals.The 21-year-old Zverev became
the youngest champion of the season-ending event since Djokovic claimed the
first of his five titles a decade ago and the first from Germany since
1995.
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