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Friday, November 16, 2018
Daily Current Affairs, 16th November 2018
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1) International Day for Tolerance: 16 November
•UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence:
In 1995, to mark the United Nations Year for Tolerance and the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, UNESCO created a prize for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence. The 2018 winners are social entrepreneur and filmmaker Manon Barbeau (Canada) and the Coexist Initiative, a non-profit organization working to end violence against women (Kenya).
2) World Tolerance Summit Inaugurated in Dubai
•The World Tolerance Summit brings together government leaders, key figures from the public and private sectors, peacekeeping ambassadors and change-makers from across the world to discuss the importance of tolerance, peace and equality, and celebrate diversity.
3) India International Cherry Blossom Festival Held in Meghalaya
•The four-day long festival is being organized by the Forest and Environment Department, Govt of Meghalaya, Institute of Bio-resources and Sustainable Development in collaboration with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. It celebrates the unique autumn flowering of the Himalayan Cherry Blossoms with several cultural events.
4) NITI Aayog Organizes South Asian Regional Conference on Urban Infrastructure
•The two-day conference on “Urban Infrastructure: New Approaches to Public & Private Partnerships and Municipal Finance Innovations” was inaugurated by CEO, NITI Aayog, Amitabh Kant.
5) NITI Aayog Constitutes Himalayan State Regional Council
•The Himalayan State Regional Council will be chaired by the Dr. VK Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog and will consist of the Chief Secretaries of the Himalayan States as well as the Secretaries of key Central Ministries, senior officers of NITI Aayog as well as special invitees.
6) UNICEF Appoints Athlete Hima Das As India’s 1st Ever Youth Ambassador
•Recently, Hima clinched a Gold medal in Women’s 4×400 metre relay event at the 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta, Indonesian. She also won Silver in the Women’s 400m Race event with a clock timing of 50.59 seconds.
7) India-Taiwan SME Development Forum Beings in Taipei
•Currently, there are over 63 million MSMEs across various industries that employ more than 111 million persons and produce more than 8,000 products, ranging from traditional to high-tech precision items. MSME is the second largest employment generating sector after agriculture.
8) Veteran Journalist N Ram Received Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award
•Finance Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated National Press Day (16 November) celebrations in New Delhi. The winners of National Awards for Excellence in Journalism were honored on the occasion. Eminent journalist and Chairman of the Hindu Publishing Group, N Ram has been selected under prestigious award category of Raja Ram Mohan Roy award. Ruby Sarkar, Chief Correspondent of Deshbandhu, Bhopal and Rajesh Joshte of Daily Pudhari in Ratnagiri will share the award in category of Rural Journalism.
THE HINDU NEWSPAPER IMPORTANT ARTICLES 16.11.2018
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Thursday, November 15, 2018
Daily Current Affairs, 15th November 2018
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1) PM Modi Attends 13th East Asia Summit in Singapore
•He presented awards to winners of first India-Singapore Hackathon. Mr. Modi attended the second Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Summit with 16 member states. He reiterated India’s commitment to the early conclusion of high quality, comprehensive and balanced Regional Economic Partnership agreement.
2) Agriculture Ministry Launches NCDC’s ‘Yuva Sahakar Scheme’
•The schemes aims for attracting youth to cooperative business ventures. The scheme will be linked to Rs 1000 crore ‘Cooperative Start-up and Innovation Fund (CSIF)’created by the NCDC. The funding for the project will be up to 80% of the project cost for these special categories against 70% for others.
3) India To Top U.S. As 2nd-Largest Carbon Spewer From Power: IEA Report
•Carbon dioxide emissions from India’s power sector are expected to rise nearly 80% by 2040 as power use almost triples, driven in part by air conditioning. China will remain the biggest emitter.
4) Government To Issue Rs 75 Coin To Mark 75th Anniversary of Tricolour Hoisting
•On December 30, 1943, Bose raised the Indian National Army (INA) to fight against the British, had hoisted the Tricolour for the first time at Cellular Jail, Port Blair.
5) HRD Ministry Launches LEAP and ARPIT Programmes For Higher Education faculty
•LEAP is a three weeks flagship leadership development training programme for the second level academic functionaries in higher education institutions and ARPIT is a unique initiative of online professional development of 15 lakh higher education faculty.
6) Odisha Signs MoU With AIFF
•The All India Football Federation (AIFF) and the State government of Odisha signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Kalinga Stadium complex in the presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Odisha will host National team camps while also becoming the home of the I-League side Indian Arrows, according to the MoU.
7) MoU signed on India-UK Cancer Research Initiative
•The India-UK Cancer Research Initiative is a collaborative 5-year bilateral research initiative that will focus on affordable approaches to cancer. Both countries will invest£5m each in this 5-year pilot and seek further investment from other potential funding partners.
8) UNSC Lifts Sanctions Against Eritrea After 9 Years
•Eritrea agreed on a peace deal with Ethiopia following two decades of animosity, while the leader of Eritrea and the UN-backed government in Somalia recently signed a joint cooperation agreement.
9) Women’s World Boxing Championships Begins in Delhi
•The championship is being hosted by India for the first time since 2006 when the country had topped the table with four gold, one silver and three bronze medals.
UPSC Engineering Services Examination 2018 Marks of Recommended Candidates and Cutoff
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Click Here to download UPSC Engineering Services Examination 2018 Marks of Recommended Candidates
Cut-off marks of three stages of ESE-2018 for respective branches are as follows:
