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• National Milk Day is celebrated in the memory of Dr. Verghese Kurien who was the architect of the “Operation Flood”, which was launched by National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in year 1970.


• It is the programme which led India to become one of the largest producer of Milk and now India is self sufficient to meet its dairy needs. 26th November is the birthday of father of white revolution Dr. Verghese Kurien.

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• On 26th November 2018, Constitution day which is also known as the Samvidhan Divas was celebrated across the country to mark the day on which the Constitution of India was adopted.


• While the adoption of the Constitution took place on November 26, 1949, it came into effect on January 26, 1950.


• On November 19, 2015 during the year-long celebration of the 125th birth anniversary of Dr. BR Ambedkar, the Union Government declared November 26 as the Constitution Day in a gazette notification.


• Constitution Day is not a public holiday and schools, universities and other cultural and educational institutions are advised to observe the day by disseminating information on the Constitution through quizzes, debates, extempores, etc.


• This year for the first time, the Constitution in Braille will be collectively produced by the Buddhist Association for the blind and the Saavi Foundation and Swagat Thorat for the benefit of those who are visually challenged.


• A rally was also flagged-off from Amaravati as a part of ‘Bharata Rajyanga Gowrava Yatra’, in which 69 vehicles covered 500 kilometres to mark 69th Constitution Day and reached Rajamahendravaram on 26th November evening.

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• On November 20, 2018, world’s first ever underground luxury hotel named - The Inter Continental Shanghai Wonderland - opened in Songjiang district, southwest of Shanghai, China.


• It houses 18 storeys with 16 of them below the ground.

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• On November 24, 2018, the President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind, along with the first Lady Savita Kovind and other dignitaries, concluded his 7-day maiden official visit to ASEAN country of Vietnam and Australia.


• On November 19, 2018, President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the Vietnam-India Business Forum in Hanoi, Vietnam.


• They discussed review of implementation of the Line of Credit of US Dollars 100 million for building high-speed patrol vessels for Vietnamese Border Guards was done.


• After the meeting between the Presidents of the India and Vietnam, 4 agreements were signed in the fields of communications, education and trade and investment.


• The 2 sides reaffirmed mutual support for their respective candidatures as non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council – Viet Nam for the term of 2020 – 2021 and India for the term of 2021 – 2022.


• President also delivered his address at the Australian Financial Review India Business Summit in Sydney.


• In the meeting, President conveyed India’s decision to contribute additional AUD 10 million matching funds over the next 4 years towards Australia India Strategic Research Fund.


• President welcomed Prime Minister Morrison’s proposal of “India Economic Strategy To 2035” to increase the Australian investment from current AUD 10 billion to 100 billion by 2035.


• As part of President Kovind’s visit, 5 agreements have been concluded between India and Australia.

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• On 25th November, 2018 the United Nations selected Noida and Greater Noida, twin cities in Gautam Buddh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh,adjoining New Delhi to participate in its Global Sustainable Cities 2025 initiative in the “University City” category ahead of Mumbai and Bengaluru as the only invitee from India.


• The initiative aims to create 25 model cities across the world in five categories that will be fully compliant with the sustainable development goals by 2025.


• The twin cities have been formally invited to participate in the showcase ‘Race to Sustainability’among 25 global cities which will be competing with elite university cities such as Cambridge, Palo Alto and Heidelberg.


• The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030, also known as the Global Goals, were adopted in September 2015, by the UN General Assembly.


• The UN Global Sustainability Index Institute (UNGSII) is the executing agency for Global Sustainable Cities 2025 initiative.

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• On November 25, 2018, according to the National Health Agency, after 2 months of launch of Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, Gujarat has emerged as the top performer under the scheme.


• As of November 23, Gujarat accounts for 26% of the total number of sanctioned hospital admissions under the scheme.


• Around 76,000 hospital admissions have been cleared in Gujarat since September 23, Tamil Nadu ranked second at 54,273 and Chhattisgarh third at 53,180 sanctioned hospitals.


• One reason behind Gujarat’s success is that it has already been implementing a similar scheme, known as the Mukhyamantri Amrutam ‘MA’ Yojana, since 2012.


• Karnataka and Maharashtra rank 4th and 5th closing off the top 5 ranks under the scheme.


• Although Uttar Pradesh and Bihar accounted for the highest number of beneficiaries, they still rank among the lowest performers so far.


• UP had verified 1.18 crore families as beneficiaries and in Bihar the number is 1.09 crore families.


• Rs 400 crore has been raised under this scheme so far, of which Rs 350 crore has already been given out by the Centre and states.


• And as of November 24, 2018, over 3.4 lakh beneficiaries have been treated under the scheme since its launch in September 23, 2018.

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• On November 26, 2018, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation stone for the construction of the Dera Baba Nanak-Karatarpur Sahibroad corridor in Punjab.


• The corridor will be developed by the National Highways Authority of India and funded by the Government of India.


• Kartarpur Sahib in Narowal district of Pakistan’s Punjab province is located across the Ravi River and is about four km from the Dera Baba Nanakshrine.


• Thus, building of the Kartarpur corridor will connect the India’s border district of Gurdaspur to Kartarpur in Pakistan, through the international border with Pakistan.

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• On November 26, 2018, Telangana Chief Electoral Officer Dr Rajat Kumar inaugurated a five-day exhibition on “Our Vote- Our Future” in Hyderabad.


• This exhibition was organized by the Regional Outreach Bureau of Information and Broadcasting Ministry.


• It aimes to increase the polling percentage at least 10 per cent.


• 46 panels of photos were displayed depicting election process to prepare Telangana for polling which is going to be held on 7th December 2018.

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• On November 26, 2018, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath unveiled the finalized details for the construction of a 221-metre long statue of Lord Ram in Ayodhya.


• The height of the Ram statue would be 151 metres, its overhead umbrella would be 20 metres while the pedestal would be 50 metres.


• The combined height of the structure would thus be 221 metres, making it the world’s tallest statue.


• The statue will be made of bronze and will house a “modern museum” which will have history of Ayodhya and the entire “Ikshvaku Vansh”.

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• On November 25, 2018, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar unveiled a 70-feet tall statue of Lord Buddha at Rajgir in Nalanda district, Bihar.


• He also inaugurated a three-day Rajgir Mahotsava.


• This is the second tallest statue of Buddha in the country.


• The statue is made of pink sandstone and has been installed above a 16-metre radius pedestal in the middle of Lake Ghora Katora.


• Also approving the Sikh community’s desire, clearances for construction of “Gurudwara” near “Guru Nanak Shital Kund”.

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• On November 26, 2018, according to Centre for Digital Financial Inclusion (CDFI), the government had transferred over Rs 1,600 crore to 48.5 lakh mothers under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana through direct benefit transfer.


• The exact figure is Rs 16,04,66,63,000 and the process have been conceptualized, designed and implemented by CDFI through the PMMVY-CAS (Common Application Software) System.


• According to the scheme, which became active from January 1, 2017, Rs 5,000 would be given in three installments to pregnant women and lactating mothers for the first child through Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT).

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• On November 25th 2018, five-time world champion, Lewis Hamilton signed off the season in style and kept the Mercedes dominance by winning at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix — the 21st and final race of the 2018 F1 calendar at the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi.


• The title is his 11th win of this year’s campaign and overall 73rd career win and is now 18 wins away from Michael Schumacher’s all-time record.


• The Briton became the first driver to score more than 400 points in a season with a final tally of 408.
  
• Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari and Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer were at 2nd and 3rd postion in the race.


• Other wins of Lewis Hamilton in 2018 are: Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Spanish Grand Prix, French Grand Prix, German Grand Prix, Hungarian Grand Prix, Italian Grand Prix, Singapore Grand Prix, Russian Grand Prix, Japanese Grand Prix and Brazilian Grand Prix.

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• On 23rd November 2018, International Cricket Council (ICC) banned West Indies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel for the second test match against Bangladesh when he was found guilty of shoulder barging against Bangladesh’s Imrul Kayes.


• Shannon Gabriel got 2 demerit points after the incident which takes place in the eighth over of Test match against Bangladesh. He had accumulated five demerit points within the 24-month period.

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• On November 24, 2018, Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) won the CII-Exim Bank Business Excellence Award, for being a role-model organization, at the Quality Summit in Bengaluru.


• The Summit was organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).


• The company’s Bengaluru complex is the first state-run undertaking to be recognized as a role-model organization by the CII.


• 3 other BEL units at Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, Chennai in Tamil Nadu and Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh received Platinum recognition for business excellence.


• These 4 units account for 80 per cent of the company’s business and employees.

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• On 25th November, 2018 bollywood actor and fitness enthusiast Shilpa Shetty Kundra led India to achieve a new title on the Guinness World Records as 2,353 people held the abdominal plank position for 60 seconds simultaneously at the Armed Forces Medical College ground in Pune. The record was made under the ‘Bajaj Allianz Life Plankathon’ event which was organised by Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company for promoting good health.


• The participants set a new Guinness World Records feat for ‘Most people holding the abdominal plank position’ together for one minute by breaking the earlier record created by China where 1,779 people held a plank for one minute.


• The record breaking Bajaj Allianz Life Plankathon was the finale event to the company’s very successful ‘#36SecPlankChallenge’ campaign in which individuals challenged their friends, family, and colleagues on social media to hold a plank for 36 seconds.

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• On 23rd November 2018, The Vice President of India Shri M Venkaiah Naidu, presented the 3rd Sri Sathya Sai Award for Human Excellence that recognizes individuals, who are doing tremendous work to uplift the society in various parts of the world, at a gathering at World Youth Meet in Bangalore.


• The awards are presented under under seven categories – health, education, women and child welfare, environment, music and fine arts, unity of religion and sports.


• The award is instituted by Prashanthi Balamandira Trust and the jury consisted of 14 eminent personalities from across various fields.

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• The feature phone maker Easyfone launched “Easyfone Star”, India’s first mobile phone for kids to help them be safer and connected to parents at Rs. 3490.


• eNovus enterprises is the maker of the Easy fone brand. The Phone comes with a lot of safety features which is never seen in India before.


• Some of the feature of the phone includes restricting calls to only pre-configured numbers, GPS which allows parents to track their child and SOS key which allows children to get quick help in emergency.

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• On 24th November 2018, Veteran Actor and Politician MH Ambareesh who was popularly known as “Rebel Star” died following lung and Kidney infection at the age of 66 in Bangalore.


• MH Ambareesh made his big screen debut in 1972 with the cut film “Naagarahaavu”. Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy paid tribute to the veteran actor and politician.