Daily Current affairs for 21st Nov 2017 ( English)
1. Nov
21- The World Fisheries day is celebrated every year to highlight
critical importance to human lives, of water and lives it sustains, both in and
out of water. This year’s theme is 2022 Ka Hai Sapna Kisan Ki Aay Ho
Dugna – Sankalp Se Siddhi”. In India, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying
& Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare is celebrating
the day. Fish forms an important part of diets of people around world,
particularly those living near rivers, coasts and other water bodies. Due to
close proximity of living habitats across water bodies, it has led to severe
ocean and coastal pollution from run-off and from domestic and industrial
activities carried out near-by. It has led to depletion of fish stocks in
immediate vicinity, requiring fishermen to fish farther and farther away from
their traditional grounds. The World Fisheries Day helps to highlight these
problems and moves towards finding solutions to increasingly inter-connected
problems and in the longer term, to sustainable means of maintaining fish
stocks.
2. Government has
signed four MoUs under Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) Scheme with
Nagaland and UTs of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Dadra & Nagar Haveli
& Daman & Diu for operational improvements. With this, 27 States and 4
UTs have joined UDAY till date. These MoUs will pave way for improving operational
efficiency of Electricity Departments or DISCOM of these State/UTs. These
State/UTs have joined only for operational improvement and shall not undergo
financial restructuring and issue of bonds under the scheme. The scheme is
optional for the states to join. Under it, state governments were to take over
up to 75% of their respective discoms’ debt by issuing sovereign bonds to pay
back the lenders. Remaining 25% of debt will be issued by discoms in the form
of bonds.
3. The Hyderabad based
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in association with Indian
Institute of Rice Research (IIRR) has developed Improved Samba Masuri (ISM)
variety rice with low Glycemic Index (GI). ISM has lowest GI of 50.99
against the normal 53 to 70 in several rice varieties. It also has shown better
yield and fine grain type, enhancing its market potential and profit for
farmers. It is also resistant to bacteria blight.Rice with low GI is considered
suitable for people with diabetics. Consumption of food with low GI results in
slow release of glucose into the bloodstream reducing the ill-effects of
diabetes. The ISM has been grown in 1.3 lakh hectares in 7 states including
Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
4. India’s nominee to
International Court of Justice (ICJ) Dalveer Bhandari (70) was re-elected to
fifth and the last seat of world court. He was elected after Britain withdrew its candidate from the
election. This is the first time since the ICJ was established in 1945 that
there will be no British judge in ICJ. Bhandari is fourth Indian judge to be
elected to ICJ after B.N. Rau, Nagendra Singh and RS Pathak. Bhandari received
183-193 votes in United Nations General Assembly and secured all 15 votes in UN
Security Council (UNSC).
5. The Union Finance
Ministry has granted Infrastructure Status to Logistics sector. The inclusion
of “Logistics Sector” in the Harmonized Master List of Infrastructure
Sub-sectors was considered in the 14th Institutional Mechanism (IM) Meeting
chaired by Finance Minister. Logistics Infrastructure was included by insertion
of new item in renamed category of ‘Transport and Logistics’The proposal was
mooted by the Commerce Ministry and was approved by finance ministry.
6. The first
India-Myanmar Bilateral Military Exercise 2017 (IMBAX 2017) was held at Joint
Warfare Centre at the Umroi Joint Training Node in Meghalaya. It was conducted
by Army’s RED HORNS DIVISION under aegis of GAJRAJ CORPS. The six-day training
exercise aimed at building and promoting closer relations with armies of the
neighbouring countries. It also aims to train officers of Myanmar Army in
various United Nations Peacekeeping roles and tasks. It is first of its kind
military training exercise between India and Myanmar on United Nations
Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKO).
7. India ranked 51st
among 63 countries on the IMD Talent Rankings in terms of ability to attract,
develop and retain talent. In previous rankings, India was ranked 54th.
The rankings of countries are based on their performance in three main
categories — investment and development, appeal, and readiness. Switzerland
topped list followed by Denmark, Belgium, Austria, Finland,
Netherlands, Norway, Germany, Sweden and Luxembourg in top 10.
8. The Union Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare observed Vasectomy Fortnight to raise awareness
about male sterilisation and to promote the participation of men in family
planning. Under this awareness campaign, all states and union
territories observed Vasectomy Fortnight by providing quality of male
sterilisation services at public health facilities.
9. The National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully tested
supersonic landing parachute that will be deployed in its Mars rover mission
set to launch in 2020.
10. Google Doodle
honored first Indian Women Physician Rukhmabai on her 153rd birth
anniversary.(Nov 22,1864) to practice medicine in colonial India.
11. Forbes on 21st Nov
2017 released the list of World’s highest paid woman in Music 2017. The list is
topped by Singer – Song writer Beyonce Knowles followed by
Britain’s Adele and Pop Star Taylor Swift in Second and third position
respectively.
12. Indian –origin
Quarraisha Abdool Karim was appointed as UNAIDS Special Ambassador for
adolescents and HIV’s. She is one of the World’s leading AIDS researchers.
13. The Ministry of
Defence on 21st Nov,2017 have announced that the widows of
gallantry award winners will continue to get their allowance even after
remarriage. As per the existing condition for grant of monetary allowance to
winners of gallantry awards, the allowance is given to the recipient and on his
death to his widow.
14. According to a
study published in the journal Nature Geoscience, dark features earlier thought
to be evidence of liquid water flowing on mars may actually be granular
flows comprising of sand and dust.
15. The First world
conference on Access to Medical products and International Laws for Trade
and Health in the context of 2030 agenda for sustainable development was
inaugurated in Delhi, India by Union minister of
Health and family welfare J.P.,Nadda
16. The Union
Government has banned the use of LED lights and other artificial lights on
mechanized fishing vessels in an attempt to protect the marine ecology. Besides
this, the duration of fishing ban has increased from 47 to 61
days, with the consent of all the coastal state governments.
17.Nov 21- World
Television Day is celebrated every year across the world since 1996.
Announcement !
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