Current Affairs : 30-11-2019 in English

Important Day

• International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People – 29 November.

Defence

• Joint military exercise between India and Nepal, which will be conducted at Salijhandi, Rupendehi district of Nepal from 03 to 16 December 2019 - ‘SURYA KIRAN – XIV’.

Economy

• This Chinese handset maker will launch its Mi Credit platform for personal loans in India on 3 December 2019 - Xiaomi.

International 

• According to Comscore’s latest report titled ‘Trends in Online News Consumption’, World’s largest online news consuming nation - China (with 617 mn UVs).
• ‘Sperm Positive’, World's first HIV positive online sperm bank is in - New Zealand.
• On 28 November, the Fifth Dialogue of NITI Aayog and Development Research Centre (DRC) of China was held in - Wuhan, China.
• According to the Lowy Institute, country with the most diplomatic posts across the world - China.
• Gulf country that was elected to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee for the first time - Saudi Arabia (for the term 2019-2023).
• On 27 November, The UK-India Business Council has announced the establishment of an - Aerospace and Defence Industry Group.

National

• According to Comscore’s latest report titled ‘Trends in Online News Consumption’, India’s position in the list of largest online news consuming nations in the world - Second (with 282 mn unique visitors).
• According to the Lowy Institute, India’s rank in terms of number of diplomatic posts across the world - 12th.
• Winner of the Golden Peacock Award at the 50th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2019 – Film ‘Particles’ (directed by Blaise Harrison).
• Winner of the ICFT –UNESCO Gandhi Medal at the IFFI 2019 – Italian film ‘Rwanda’ (directed by Riccardo Salvetti).
• The government has earmarked a budget of this much fund for the 'POSHAN Abhiyaan', a three- year nutritional programme for children and women - Rs 9,046 crore.
• These two IITs and the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) have joined hands to develop 'Gandhipedia' - IIT Kharagpur and IIT Gandhinagar.

Persons in News

• New Chief Financial Officer of State-owned SJVN, Himachal Pradesh - Akhileshwar Singh.
• New Chief Financial Officer of Indian Overseas Bank - Bhuwan Chandra (wef December 1).
• Winner of the Best Director Award at the IFFI 2019 - Lijo Jose Pellissery (for ‘Jallikattu’).
• Winner of the Best Actor (Male) Award at the IFFI 2019 - Seu Jorge (Brazil).
• Winner of the Best Actor (Female) Award at the IFFI 2019 - Usha Jadhav (for the Marathi film ‘Mai Ghatt: Crime No. 103/2005).
• Indian who is the ninth richest person in the world, according to 'Forbes’ The Real-Time Billionaires List' - Mukesh Ambani ($60.8 billion).
• Richest person in the world, according to 'Forbes’ The Real-Time Billionaires List' - Jeff Bezos ($113 billion).

Sports

• New Chief Executive Officer of the World Squash Federation (WSF) - William Louis-Marie.

State Current Affairs

• Chief Minister of Maharashtra - Uddhav Thackeray.
• The Punjab government will develop its first Life Sciences Park at - Mohali.

General Knowledge

• Nepal – Capital: Kathmandu; Currency: Nepalese rupee.
• Maharashtra - Founded: 1960 (01 May); Capital: Mumbai.
• NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) - Founded: 2015 (01 January); Headquarters: New Delhi.
• National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) - Formation: 1978 (4 April); Location: Kolkata, West Bengal.
• World Squash Federation (WSF) - Founded: 1967; Headquarters: Hastings, England (UK).