NATIONAL NEWS

Vigilance Awareness Week 2024

• The President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu graced the Vigilance Awareness Week 2024 organised by Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).
• This year’s theme of CVC was ‘Culture of Integrity for Nation's Prosperity’.

Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)

Sports in the CAG Institution

• Comptroller and Auditor General Girish Chandra Murmu inaugurated a dedicated sports complex at Ranchi today to promote sports in the CAG Institution and in country.
• The sports complex has been constructed for CAG’s cricket, football and hockey teams.

STATE SPECIAL

Uttarakhand Foundation Day

• Uttarakhand Foundation Day, also known as Uttarakhand Diwas, is celebrated every year on November 9. 
• It's celebrated on the day Uttarakhand became the 27th state of India after being carved out of Uttar Pradesh in 2000.

Uttarakhand

IMCs in Uttar Pradesh

• National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (NICDC) and Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA) signed agreements to develop Integrated Manufacturing Clusters (IMCs) in Agra and Prayagraj.

Uttar Pradesh

Napier grass based Bio-CNG plant

• Mushroom World Group launched Madhya Pradesh's first Napier grass based Bio-CNG plant.

Madhya Pradesh

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Asia Smart Cities Conference 2024

• Asia Smart Cities Conference 2024 was held in Yokohama City on the theme "Decarbonization of Cities".

 ECONOMY & BANKING

PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan

• In line with PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan’s goals of improving logistics infrastructure, and efficiency, and promoting sustainable development Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has introduced key relaxations for Customs Cargo Service Providers (CCSPs).

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)

Scheme for Strengthening the Medical Device Industry

• Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Health & Family Welfare, Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda, launched the Scheme for Strengthening the Medical Device Industry with an total outlay of 500 Crores.
• This Scheme will boost Medical device industry in Country as from diagnostic machines to surgical instruments, and from stents to prosthetics, medical devices are critical for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases.

World's first CO2 capture and CO2 to methanol conversion plan

• NTPC, India's largest power producer, inaugurated the world's first CO2 capture and CO2 to methanol conversion plant at its Vindhyachal plant on its 50th foundation day. 
• It has also developed and tested the 'first Indigenous catalyst' for methanol synthesis.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT 

ICAR-NRC Equine in Hisar Haryana

• Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD) under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying  has facilitated the designation of Indian Council of Agricultural Research-National Research Centre on Equines, Hisar (ICAR-NRC Equine) as a World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) Reference Laboratory for Equine Piroplasmosis.

Equine piroplasmosis (EP)

Agreement on SCLCIA

• The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the premier Telecom R&D centre of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India has signed an agreement with the C R Rao AIMSCS for the development of " Side Channel Leakage Capture Infrastructure and Analysis (SCLCIA) Solution ".
• C. R. Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science (AIMSCS) is the first of its kind in the country which is solely focussed on advanced research and applications in the areas of cryptography and information security.

C-DOT

Global temperature

• According to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), 2024 will be the hottest year on record and the first year to exceed 1.5°C above the pre-industrial annual average temperature.

WMO

DEFENCE

2nd Indian Military Heritage Festival

• 2nd edition of the annual Indian Military Heritage Festival was inaugurated by Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan in New Delhi.
• General Chauhan also launched Project Shaurya Gatha, which aims to conserve and promote India’s military heritage through education and tourism.

Indian Armed Forces

Quantum and Electronic Warfare

• Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS), in collaboration with the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies, conducted the inaugural Annual Niche Technology Nexus (NTN-2024) Seminar titled ‘Innovating Tomorrow’s Battlefront with Quantum and Electronic Mastery, in New Delhi.

PERSON IN NEWS 

Susie Wiles

• U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has named Susie Wiles, the manager of his victorious campaign, as his White House chief of staff, the first woman to hold the influential role.

SPORTS

World University Shooting Championship

• The World University Shooting Championship kicked off at the Dr Karni Singh Range in New Delhi.

India defeated South Africa T20

• In Cricket, India defeated South Africa by 61 runs in the first T20 International of a four-match series at the Kingsmead Cricket Stadium in Durban.
• Sanju Samson was awarded Player of the Match for his second T20I century.