NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
Centre to roll back 3 farm laws: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced
that his government will repeal the three contentious agricultural laws and
requested protesting farmers to go back to their fields and homes. The
announcement came on the Gurupurab/Prakash Utsav festival, when Sikhism founder
Guru Nanak’s birthday is celebrated in the country. The decision comes just
ahead of state polls in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh where the farm protests were
predicted to dent the BJP’s electoral fortunes.
Last year, in September, President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent for
the three bills passed by the Parliament.
What’s ahead: Since the three
farm bills have already been passed into law, the government will have to
formally bring three new bills to repeal them and get them passed in both
Houses.
The three contentious bills are:
(1) The Farmer’s Produce Trade and Commerce
(Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020,
(2) The Farmers (Empowerment and
Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 and
(3) The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce
(Promotion and Facilitation) Bill.
2.
President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates Adarsh Village ‘Sui’ in Haryana: The President of
India, Ram Nath Kovind visited Sui village in the Bhiwani district of Haryana,
to inaugurate various public facilities in the village. This village is being
developed as Adarsh Gram (Model village) by Mahadevi Parameshwaridas Jindal
Charitable Trust under the Swa-Prerit Adarsh Gram Yojana (SPAGY) scheme of the
Haryana Government.
About the Sui village:
(1) The President and his wife Savita Kovind
planted a peepal tree at Sui village.
(2) The Jindal trust has undertaken
developmental works of over Rs 25 crore to transform Sui into an ADARSH
VILLAGE.
(3) It must be noted that Bhiwani is the
first district in India where two Presidents have visited. (4) Prior to this
President APJ Abdul Kalam visited Bhiwani in 2007.
(5) The village is being developed as
‘adarsh gram’ by the Mahadevi Parameshwaridas Jindal Charitable Trust under the
Haryana government’s Swa-Prerit Adarsh Gram Yojana (SPAGY).
3. Uttar
Pradesh’s first Anti-Air Pollution Tower inaugurated in Noida: The Union Minister
of Heavy Industries Mahendra Nath Pandey has inaugurated the first air
pollution control tower of the state of Uttar Pradesh in Noida. The Air
Pollution Control Tower (APCT) prototype has been developed by state-run Bharat
Heavy Electricals Ltd (Bhel). The indigenously developed APCT is set up between
the DND flyway and the slip road to Noida Expressway. The tower will help to
mitigate the rising air pollution problem in the city. The tower will clean the
polluted air around it and release purified air. Equipped with intake and
exhaust fans, the tower will initially run with the help of electricity. The
authority, however, plans to run the tower with the help of solar energy later.
Note: UP Capital: Lucknow; UP Governor:
Anandiben Patel; UP Chief Minister: Yogi Adityanath.
4.
BRO received Guinness World Record for world’s highest motorable road: The Border Roads
Organisation has received the Guinness World Record for constructing &
blacktopping the world highest motorable road passing through the 19,024 feet
0.73 inches (5798.251m) high Umlingla Pass in the Union Territory of Ladakh.
The 52-kilometre long Chisumle to Demchok tarmac road was developed under
Project HIMANK (93RCC/753 BRTF) of BRO. Lieutenant General Rajeev Chaudhry,
Director General Border Roads, received the Guinness World Records certificate.
5. MC
Mary Kom appointed brand ambassador of TRIFED Aadi Mahotsav: The Union Tribal
Affairs Minister Arjun Munda inaugurated TRIFED (Tribal Cooperative Marketing
Development Federation Ltd) Aadi Mahotsav at Dilli Haat in New Delhi, in the
presence of Sukhram Munda, Grandson of Bhagwan Birsa Munda. On the occasion,
Olympic medallist and boxer Padma Vibhushan MC Mary Kom was declared as the
brand ambassador of the TRIFED Aadi Mahotsav. It is a national tribal festival
and a joint initiative of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the TRIFED.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
India re-elected to UNESCO Executive Board for 2021-25 term: India has been
re-elected to the Executive Board of UNESCO for the term 2021-25. India
received 164 votes to get re-elected to a four-year term of office. Apart from
India, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, Cook Islands and China have also been
elected in Group IV Asian and Pacific States category. UNESCO Executive Board
consists of 58 member-states each with a four-year term of office.
About the executive board:
(1) The executive board of the UN’s cultural
and educational organisation is one of three constitutional organs of the UN
agency. The other two are the General Conference and the Secretariat.
(2) The General Conference elects members
of the executive board. The executive board consists of 58 member-states, each
with a four-year term. It examines the programme of work for the organisation
and corresponding budget estimates submitted to it by the director-general,
according to the Unesco website.
(3) The board represents exercises the
power delegated to it by the General Conference and deals with the questions
with which it is entrusted.
2.
World Fisheries Day: 21st November: World Fisheries Day is celebrated on 21
November every year by fishing communities across the world. It highlights the importance
of healthy oceans ecosystems and ensuring sustainable stocks of fisheries in
the world. 2021 is the fifth World Fisheries Day. The first World Fisheries Day
was celebrated on November 21, 2015. On the same day, it was the grand opening
of the International Fisherman’s organization was held in New Delhi.
History of Fisheries Day: A forum for the
World Fisheries consortium was established around 1997 and was famously called
WFF (World Fisheries Forum). Under this forum, several participants across the
world actively took part in it. Around 18 countries signed a global consensus
document that marked the standardization of practices. The memories of WFF in
1997 lay etched in the pages of history because it wrote a new form of working
pattern of the fisherfolk community.
3.
World Television Day: 21st November: 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. Television
has played a significant role in the lives of people for years. It is a medium
that provides entertainment, education, news, politics, gossip, etc. and helps
in transmitting moving images in two or three dimensions and sound.
History of World Television Day: On 21 November
and 22 November 1996, the U.N. held the first World Television Forum. This day
provides a platform and allowed the media to discuss the importance of TV in
delivering information and also how it participates in the changing world. It
is the single largest source of video consumption.
4.
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2021: World Day of
Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims is marked every year on Third Sunday in
the month of November. In 2021, the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic
Victims falls on 21 November 2021. World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic
Victims 2021 theme is “ACT for LOW SPEEDS /ACT for LOW-SPEED STREETS”. The
purpose of the day is to remember those killed and injured on the roads, together
with their families, friends, and others affected. The day was started by the
British road crash victim charity, RoadPeace, in 1993 and was adopted by the
United Nations General Assembly in 2005.
OTHER UPDATES:
SPORTS
1.
Spain’s Garbine Muguruza wins 2021 WTA Finals: In tennis, Garbine
Muguruza of Spain beat Anett Kontaveit of Estonia, 6-3, 7-5 in the final to
claim her first WTA Final title. Muguruza is also the first Spaniard to win the
WTA Finals. Muguruza battled back from a breakdown in the second set, winning
the last four games of the match to seal her 10th career title. In doubles,
Czech’s Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková defeated Hsieh Su-wei
(Chinese Taipei) and Elise Mertens (Belgium) 6–3, 6–4.
2.
Alexander Zverev won Vienna Tennis Open 2021: Alexander “Sascha”
Zverev, a German professional tennis player, won the fifth ATP title of the
season (2021) and 18th overall at the Vienna Open 2021 or Erste Bank Open 2021
defeating Frances Tiafoe of the United States of America (USA). At present,
Alexander Zverev is ranked 3rd in the ATP World Ranking.
Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal of
Colombia have won the doubles competition at Erste Bank Open 2021 defeating Joe
Salisbury of the United Kingdom (UK) and Rajeev Ram of the USA.
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
1.
SBI signed agreement with Jamshedpur Football Club to promote football: The State Bank of
India has signed a strategic agreement with Jamshedpur Football Club, a fully
owned subsidiary of Tata Steel, to promote and support football in India. This
is the first of its kind of agreement by SBI in the game of football. Through
this agreement, the SBI will become one of the principal sponsors of the JFC,
thereby having the SBI logo on Jersey.
The JRD Tata Sports Complex was set up in
Jharkhand by Tata Steels, to conduct ISL (Indian Super League) and promote the
sport of Football in India. The two brands will also actively engage with fans
via the first team and also during the broadcast of the Indian Super League
(ISL). The interaction with fans will continue on the digital platforms of SBI
and JFC as well.
Note: SBI Founded: 1 July 1955; SBI
Headquarters: Mumbai; SBI Chairman: Dinesh Kumar Khara.
AWARDS AND HONOURS
1.
Hema Malini, Prasoon Joshi to be awarded Film Personalities of the Year at
IFFI: Actor
and BJP leader Hema Malini, and lyricist and former CBFC chief Prasoon Joshi
will be facilitated with the Indian Film Personality of the Year award at the
International Film Festival of India 2021. Their contributions to the field of
Indian cinema spread over decades and their body of work has enthralled
audiences across generations.
Malini is a two-time Member of Parliament from Mathura, and Joshi was appointed by the government as the chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) in 2017. Joshi has previously written a campaign song for Prime Minister Narendra Modi when the BJP leader was announced the party’s PM candidate ahead of the 2014 general elections.
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