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• On November 22, 2018, the Embassy of India in Nepal celebrated Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Day and 130th birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, dubbed as Maulana Azad Day, in Kathmandu, Nepal.


• The Event was inaugurated by Minister for Education, Science and Technology of Nepal Giriraj Mani Pokharel.


• It would help in promoting human resources development in Nepal by training senior officers and officials from various Ministries and Departments of the Government of Nepal in India’s most premier institutions.

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• The ‘Oscars of sports’, the Laureus World Sports Awards 2019 will be held in Monaco on February 18 next year.


• Sport’s premier global awards ceremony will celebrate the best of 2018 across eight individual and team categories, with the winners collecting a prized Laureus Statuette.


• Sports fans around the world will also get to play their part by voting for the Laureus Sporting Moment of the Year Award. Former India cricket captains Kapil Dev, Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar are members of the Laureus Academy.

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• Union Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu announced government’s intention to set up a domestic Gold Council in India for the growth in the jewellery sector.


• This was announced on the inauguration of the 2nd Edition of India Gold and Jewellery Summit in New Delhi.


• It will have representations from all stakeholders including artisans, traders, miners, and purifiers.


• This will help make sure that gems and jewellery business does not suffer from financial issues and would also extend domestic support to the exports.

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• On November 22, 2018, the Ministry of Women and Child Development linked the workplace sexual harassment complaint portal, SHe-Box,to all the Central Ministries, Departments and 653 districts across 33 States/Union Territories, for speedy disposal of cases.


• The cases would be directed to the concerned the central/ state authority having the jurisdiction to take the rightful action.


• The complaints would be monitored by the complainants and Ministry WCD ensuring prompt disposal of cases.


• The Ministry also published a Handbook and Training Module on the SH Act to provide information about the provisions of the Act.

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• On November 22, 2018, Maharashtra government passed the bill to amend the anti-adulteration law.


• According to the amendments, life imprisonment and heavy penalty will be awarded to curb food and milk adulteration.


• Also, the adulteration offence will be cognizable and non-bailable.

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• On November 24, 2018, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) cancelled the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) licence of low-cost carrier Air Odisha for seven airports for poor and irregular services.


• The 7 airports are — Jharsuguda, Raipur, Raigarh, Bilaspur, Ambikapur, Jagdalpur and Visakhapatnam.


• The flight services to the eastern regions, including Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand, by this carrier have also been suspended.


• The reason behind the suspension being their failure to operate minimum 70 percent of the scheduled flights from these airports within a period of three months.

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• On 21st November 2018, Bhadohi district of Uttar Pradesh, which is known for its hand-woven carpets around the world, was granted the export ‘excellence tag’ for the product category ‘Carpets and other floor Coverings’ by the the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under the commerce ministry.


• The carpet makers of the city will now get financial assistance from the central government to procure modern machines, improve export infrastructure, and organize fairs and exhibitions in different parts of the world to attract global buyers under the ‘Towns of Export Excellence’ tag.


• The towns which produces goods worth Rs 750 crore or more gets this tag based on potential for growth in exports, whereas the towns producing items in hand-loom, handicraft, agriculture and fisheries sector, can obtain this tag if their produce limit crosses Rs 150 crore.

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• On 21st November 2018 the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) released its Economic Outlook 2018 report and said growth in India will hold up relatively well, and predicted GDP at market prices to decline marginally to 7.3% in 2019 and 7.4% in 2020 from 7.5% in 2018.


• The tendency to retard in growth will arise from tighter financial conditions, higher oil prices, adverse terms of trade, lower growth in partner countries, and rising political uncertainties in India and abroad.


• OECD noted that India’s exports, particularly in the textile sector would be benefited with the hike in US tariffs on Chinese imports.

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• On 23rd November 2018, The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that it has renamed the ICC World T20 as the ICC T20 World Cup. The changes will be applicable to both men’s and women’s cricket.


• The next edition of the events in 2020 in Australia will be known as the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 and the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2020.


• ICC will launch ‘Global Cricket Strategy’ in early 2019 in which the shortest format will be used as the vehicle to globalize the game and the profile of T20 cricket will be enhanced to make its status at par with the pinnacle events of the other two formats.

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• On 22nd November 2018, 47 years old Indian Cricketer Pravin Tambe became the first player to pick up a hat-trick in the history of cricket’s newest format T-10 League. Playing for Sindhis.


• He picked 5 wickets in his two-over spell by giving just 15 runs against Kerala Knights. His performance helped Sindhis beat Kerala Knights by nine wickets.


• He had played for Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) under the captainship of veteran player Rahul Dravid.


• The tournament began on 21st November 2018 in United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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• On November 24, 2018, senior artist Mr. A. N. Patil was announced to be the recipient of the Kuncha Kala Tapasvi Award.


• The category of Lifetime Achievement, instituted by the Chitrakala Shilpi D.V. Halbhavi National Memorial Trust in Dharwad, Karnataka.

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• On November 24, 2018, Food Delivery Platform Uber Eats announced the appointment of actress Alia Bhatt as its brand ambassador.


• India will be the first country where the global company appointed an ambassador.


• In India, Uber Eats was first launched in Mumbai in May 2017 and is currently present in 37 cities across the country.

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• On 22nd November 2018, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) launched two fast patrol vessels (FPV)
  
• ICGS Amrit Kaur and ICGS Kamla Devi, (named after freedom fighters) in the river Hooghly in Kolkata. The ships were launched by Veena Naravane, wife of Lt General Manoj Mukund Naravane, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, of the Army’s Eastern Command.

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• On 24th November 2018,A new technology to assess the rise of water level in rivers and reservoirs by rain,which can help state governments to minutely monitor the impact of rainfall,has been developed by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).


• The technology is based on ‘Impact Based Forecasting Approach’ that can help authorities in taking real-time decisions in the pre-event scenario.


• The technology was developed in the aftermath of Kerala floods and landslides that killed approximately 500 people and destroyed properties and businesses over Rs 40,000 crore.

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• On November 23, 2018, as per a study published in ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering Journal, for the first time, scientists have developed enzymes using radio frequency radiation in Washington, USA.


• This was made by making a special complex consisting of enzymes and magnetic nanoparticles.


• After absorption of radio emission, it was converted to heat and enzymatic processes increased by more than four times.


• Thus, by using the radio frequency field, one can control the activity of enzymes in the body and adjust cell metabolism.

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• Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley released a curated coffee table book titled ‘The Illustrated History of Indian Hockey: A Saga of Triumph, Pain and Dreams’.


• It was launched in the run-up to the Hockey World Cup 2018 that would begin in Kalinga Stadium Bhubaneswar on November 28- December 16 2018.


• The book documents the journey of the game from the beginning since India’s participation in the 1928 Olympics and in-depth information including the World Cups, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.

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• On 23rd November 2018, 33 years old Former Indian Hockey player Sandeep Michael who captained Indian Junior hockey team to Asia cup gold in 2003 died due to an unspecified neurological problem. He was also a part of Indian development teams that won gold and bronze respectively in Akbar-el-Yom Cup competition in 2002 and 2003.


• He made his debut as a junior in Under-18 Asia Cup at Ipoh, Malaysia under the leadership of Jugraj Singh.


• He was admitted to hospital on 18th November following a brain problem and slipped into coma.