Important Day
- Theme for World Toilet Day 2020 (19 November) - Sustainable sanitation and climate change.
- World Philosophy Day (third Thursday of November) - 19 November 2020.
- Theme for International Men's Day 2020 (19 November) - Better health for men and boys.
- Women's Entrepreneurship Day - 19 November.
- In India, National Integration Day - 19 November.
International
- On 19-20 November, 19th International Encounters on New Philosophical Practices: “The time to think; the time of thought” is going to organise by - UNESCO, Paris.
- India’s supercomputer which has achieved 63rd rank in the list of 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world - Param Siddhi-AI.
National
- New subsidiary of EESL Limited that to focus on clean energy solutions in the rural areas and for the agriculture sector - ‘Convergence’.
- This PSU company and Department of New & Renewable Energy (DNRE), Goa, have signed a memorandum of understanding to discuss rolling out of India’s first Convergence Project in the State - Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL).
- This Indian institute has inked a MoU with the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) to work in the areas of diplomacy, culture, economy and trade, education, international relations, sciences, social sciences, communications and the media - Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.
Persons in News
- Head of Convergence, a subsidiary of EESL Limited - Mahua Acharya.
- Winner of Export-Import Bank of India’s (India Exim Bank’s) BRICS Economic Research Award 2020 - Dr. Adam Yao Liu.
State Current Affairs
- This state government has decided to set up a Gau Cabinet for the protection and promotion of cows in the state - Madhya Pradesh.
- This state government will develop residential colonies for the poor and middle class in rural areas of the state - Haryana.
- Recipient of Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar Award 2020, given by Government of Maharashtra for contribution to Indian cinema - Richa Chadha.
Science & Technology
- New mineral discovered by the scientists from St Petersburg University that occurs as blue globular aggregates of tabular crystals with gaseous inclusions and consists of oxygen atoms, sodium sulphur and copper, which form a porous framework - Petrovite, Na10CaCu2(SO4)8.
- China’s new moon mission - Chang’e 5 mission.
General Knowledge
- India’s first cow sanctuary - Kamdhenu Gau Abhyaranya in Agar Malwa, Madhya Pradesh.
- Pambadum Shola National Park is situated in - Kerala.
- Panna National Park is situated in - Madhya Pradesh.
- Papikonda National Park is situated in - Andhra Pradesh.
- Pench National Park is situated in - Madhya Pradesh.
- Periyar National Park is situated in - Kerala.
