Current affairs : 11-11-2020 in English

Important Day

• National Education Day - 11 November.

Economy

• This stock exchange will launch its first agricultural commodity futures contract for crude degummed soybean oil on December 1 - National Stock Exchange (NSE).

International

• On 9 November 2020, the 1st BRICS Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting was held under the chairmanship of - Russia.
• This gulf country announced a major overhaul of its Islamic personal laws, allowing unmarried couples to cohabitate, easing alcohol restrictions and criminalising of 'honour killings' - United Arab Emirates (UAE).
• Person who became the first Indian-American to be elected to the Ohio state Senate and was becoming one of the youngest state lawmakers in the U.S at the age of 23 - Niraj Antani.

National

• Theme of the fourth edition of the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2020 which is scheduled for 8th -10th December - "Inclusive Innovation - Smart | Secure | Sustainable".
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Office-Cum-Residential Complex of - Cuttack Bench, Odisha.
• School that have bagged the top all-India ranks among government schools at the 14th annual EducationWorld India School Rankings (EWISR) 2020-21 - Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
• Out of the 13 institutions figuring in ‘RUR 2020 Life Sciences World University Ranking’ from India, this institute has secured top position in India - IISc Bangalore.
• This institute has entered the Asia Book of Records for its largest open-air Scrap Sculpture Park, named “The Mind Heart and Hand Show” - Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Behrampur.

Persons in News

• Present President of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal - Justice P. P. Bhatt.
• Person who has been the most generous philanthropist in India for 2020 with a donation of Rs 7,904 crore, as per EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2020 - Azim Premji (former chairman of Wipro).

General Knowledge

• Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) was the first Tribunal to be created on - 25 January 1941.
• Hemis National Park, the largest National park in India, is situated in - Ladakh.
• Inderkilla National Park is situated in - Himachal Pradesh.
• Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park is situated in - Tamil Nadu.
• Indravati National Park is situated in - Chhattisgarh.
• Jaldapara National Park is situated in - West Bengal.