20thNovember 2021

Current Affairs
World Children’s Day

• first established in 1954

• 1959 : the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the
Rights of the Child.
• 1989 :the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the
Rights of the Child.
• 2021 Theme: A Better Future for Every Child
Similar days

• 12 June: World Day Against Child Labour

• 11 October: International Day of the Girl Child
 India Gandhi Jayanti :19th Nov

• Born on November 19, 1917, as Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi,

she was the daughter of the country's first prime minister Dr
Jawahar Lal Nehru

• 104th Birthday
• only female Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who was also
known as 'Iron Lady' of the country.
• In 1959, India Gandhi was elected as president of the INC. She
was appointed as a member of Rajya Sabha after her father
died in 1964 and served as the Union minister of Information
and Broadcasting in Lal Bahadur Shastri's cabinet.
• Indira Gandhi served her first term in the office from 1966 to 1977,
and the second was from 1981 to 1984, until her assassination at the
hands of her own security guards
• After Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi is longest serving prime
minister of the country.
• In 1999, Indira Gandhi was dubbed as “Woman of the Millennium” via
an online BBC poll.
• Most recently (2020) she was named as one of the world’s 100
powerful women who defined the last century by Time magazine.
National Newborn Week 2021: 15-21 November
• Theme :‘Safety, quality and nurturing care – birth right of every
newborn’.
• Purpose: to reinforce the importance of newborn health as a key
priority area of the health sector and reduce the infant mortality rate
by improving healthcare conditions for babies
Que:President Ramnath Kovind recently inaugurated the Model Village
(Adarsh Gram) Sui. In which place is the Sui village located?
प्रश्नः राष्ट्रपति रामनाथ कोव द
िं ने हाल ही में आदर्श ग्राम (आदर्श ग्राम)
सई ु का उद्घाटन ककया। सई ु गािं ककस स्थान पर स्स्थि है ?
Ans:Bhiwani district of Haryana

This village is being developed as Adarsh Gram

(Model village) by Mahadevi Parameshwaridas Jindal
Charitable Trust under Swa-Prerit Adarsh Gram
Yojana (SPAGY) scheme of Haryana Government.
• The Jindal trust has undertaken developmental works of over Rs 25
crore
• It must be noted that Bhiwani is the first district in India where two
Presidents have visited. Prior to this President APJ Abdul Kalam visited
Bhiwani in 2007.
Related news
• Telangana’s Pochampally selected is one of the best tourism villages
• िेलिंगाना पोचमपल्ली चयतनि स श्र श ेष्ट्ठ पयशटन गािं ों में से कक है
• referred to as the silk city of India
• its famous hand-woven Ikat saris, was selected as one of the best
tourism villages by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation
(UNWTO).
• Ikat is a Malaysian, Indonesian word which means “Tie and Dye”.
• The award will be given at the 24th session of the UNWTO general
assembly on December 2, in Madrid.
• Geographical Indicator (GI status) in 2004 and is also known as Bhoodan
Pochampally to commemorate the Bhoodan movement that was launched
by Acharya Vinobha Bhave from this village on April 18, 1951.
• Telangana Governor: Tamilisai Soundararajan
• CM: K. Chandrashekar Rao.
• Headquarters: Madrid, Spain
• Founded: 1 November 1975
Que:Which player has won the 2021 WTA Finals Tennis title?
प्रश्नः ककस खिलाड़ी ने 2021 डब्लल्यट
ू ीक फाइनल टे तनस खििा ी़ीिा है ?
Ans:Garbine Muguruza

Muguruza is also the first Spaniard to win

the WTA Finals.
Related news
• Alexander Zverev (German professional tennis player) won Vienna Tennis
Open 2021
• अलेक्ीेंडर ज् ेरे (ीमशन पेर्े र टे तनस खिलाड़ी) ने व यना टे तनस ओपन
2021 ी़ीिा
Que:The Karnataka government has announced to posthumously confer
the 'Karnataka Ratna' award to which late actor, on 16 November 2021?
प्रश्नः कनाशटक सरकार ने 16 न िं र 2021 को ककस दद िंगि अभिनेिा को
मरणोपरािंि 'कनाशटक रत्न' पुरस्कार दे ने की घोषणा की है ?
Ans:Puneeth Rajkumar

• Puneeth Rajkumar will be the 10th person to

receive this highest civilian honor of the state.
• he last time in the year 2009, Dr. Virendra Hegde
was given this award for social service.
Similar news
• Maharashtra government to appoint Salman Khan as Covid
vaccination ambassador
 • MC Mary Kom appointed brand ambassador of TRIFED Aadi Mahotsav

• Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda

• Aadi Mahotsav at Dilli Haat in New Delhi
• TRIFED (Tribal Cooperative Marketing
Development Federation Ltd)
Que:Which country has once again won the election for the 2021-25
term of the Executive Board of UNESCO
प्रश्न: यूनेस्को के कायशकारी ोडश के 2021-25 के कायशकाल के भलक कक
ार कफर से ककस दे र् ने चनु ा ी़ीिा है ?
Ans:India
• India received 164 votes to get re-elected to four-year
term of office.
• Apart from India, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, Cook
Islands and China have also been elected in Group IV
Asian and Pacific States category.
• UNESCO Executive Board consists of 58 member-
states each with a four-year term of office
• Headquarters: Paris, France
• Head: Director-General; Audrey Azoulay
• Founded: 16 November 1945, London, United Kingdom
• Shombi Sharp appointed as UN Resident Coordinator in India

• He will lead the UN team in India, and work towards

India’s Covid-19 response plans to recover better for
the Sustainable Development Goals.

• United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres

Que:Who delivered keynote address from India at the 2021 The Sydney
Dialogue?
प्रश्न: 2021 भसडऩी डायलॉग में िारि की ओर से मुख्य िाषण ककसने
ददया?
Ans:Narendra Modi

• theme ‘India’s technology evolution and revolution’.

• The Sydney Dialogue has been organised from
November 17-19, 2021 by the Australian Strategic
Policy Institute.
 Que:The first Air Pollution Control Tower (APCT) of Uttar Pradesh has
been launched in which city recently?
प्रश्नः उत्तर प्रदे र् का पहला ायु प्रदष
ू ण तनयिंत्रण टा र (कप़ीस़ीटी) हाल
ही में ककस र्हर में र्रू ु ककया गया है ?
Ans:Noida

• Union Minister of Heavy Industries Mahendra Nath Pandey

• The Air Pollution Control Tower (APCT) prototype has been

developed by state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Bhel).
• UP Governor: Anandiben Patel
• CM: Yogi Adityanath.
Que:Novy Kapadia who has passed away recently was a well known
sports commentator of which sports?
प्रश्नः नो ़ी कपाडडया स्ीनका हाल ही में तनधन हो गया, ककस िेल के
प्रभसद्ध िेल कमें टेटर थे?
Ans:Football

• ‘the voice of Indian football’

• nine FIFA World Cups, as well as Olympics, Asian Games
and Commonwealth Games.
• written books like Barefoot To Boots, The Many Lives Of
Indian Football among others..
Que:Which financial body has approved USD 150 million loan for
Sustainable Urban services program for Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA)?
प्रश्नः ककस व त्त़ीय तनकाय ने चेन्नई मेरोपॉभलटन कररया (स़ीकमक) के भलक
सिि र्हरी से ा कायशक्रम के भलक 150 भमभलयन अमरीकी डालर के ऋण
को मिंीरू ी दी है ?
Ans:Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

• water resource management, water supply and sewerage,

urban mobility, solid waste management, and public health.
• India is the largest beneficiary of AIIB receiving loan of around
USD 6.8 billion for 29 projects.
• The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is a multilateral
development bank that aims to improve economic and social
outcomes in Asia.
• Headquarters: Beijing, China
• Membership: 104 Members
• Formation: 16 January 2016
TRACE global Bribery Risk Ranking 2021
• Released by:TRACE International
• India’s Rank :82
• In 2020, India ranked 77 with a score of 45
• 1st : Denmark
• Last (194th ): North Korea
Union Minister Smriti Irani becomes author,
debut novel ‘Lal Salaam’
• The novel is based on the tragic killings of 76 Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF) personnel at Dantewada in Chhattisgarh in April 2010.
US remains India’s biggest trading partner
• trade increasing from approximately $20 billion in 2001 to $145
billion in 2019, said the US Consul General in Chennai Judith Ravin
while addressing the United States India Business Council

• US Trade representative Katherine Tai will be in New Delhi on

November 22, 2021 to hold talks with Union Minister for Commerce
and Industry Piyush Goyal on expanding bilateral trade.
Indian Film Personality Award for the year 2021
IT minister to felicitate Cyber Security
Grand Challenge winners
• Union minister for electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw
• SecurelyShare Software Private Limited
• Prakash Baskaran, Founder and CEO of SecurelyShare
• “The winner of the Cyber Security Grand Challenge is entitled for a
prize money of INR one crore while the 1st runner-up and 2nd
runner-up will win INR 60 lakh and INR 40 lakh respectively.
• The Cyber Security Grand Challenge was collectively launched by the
Data Security Council of India and the MeitY in January 2020 as a way
to promote innovation and to motivate the growth and expansion of
Indian cyber security products.
Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank:ASSOCHAM
award for Best Digital Financial Services
• Around 40 villages in Karnataka are converted into 100% digital
villages by the KVGB bank. These efforts are encouraging villagers to
use digital mode for transactions.
• Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank Founded: 2005
• Headquarters: Karnataka
• Chairman: P. Gopikrishna.
• President: Vineet Agarwal
• Headquarters location: New Delhi
• Founded: 1920
• Secretary General: Deepak Sood
Revision Time
Ans:A
India’s first Food Museum has recently been inaugurated at which
place?
A) Thanjavur
B) Pune
C) Kochi
D) Visakhapatnam
Ans:C
Name the incumbent Director of Enforcement Directorate (ED) whose
tenure has been extended by the Finance Ministry for one year till
November 2022?
A) Anup Kumar Dubey
B) Rahul Navin
C) Sanjay Kumar Mishra
D) Vivek R. Wadekar
Ans:A
What is the theme of 2021 World Toilet Day?
A) Valuing toilets
B) Sustainable sanitation and climate change
C) When nature calls
D) Wastewater
Ans:B
Mannu Bhandari, who passed away recently, was associated with which
field?
[A] Sports
[B] Literature
[C] Politics
[D] Business
Ans:a
As per UBS Securities, what is the projected GDP growth rate projection
of India in 2021-22?
(a) 9.5%
(b) 8.5%
(c) 10.5%
(d) 11.5%
Ans:a
India’s first dedicated fisheries business incubator has been
inaugurated in which place?
(a) Gurugram
(b) Dehradun
(c) Kochi
(d) Pune
Ans:b
How many athletes and coaches have been conferred with the first
ever SAI Institutional Awards?
(a) 124
(b) 246
(c) 211
(d) 86
Question of the day
Which state’s ‘Ration Aapke Gram’ scheme & ‘Sickle Cell Mission’ has
been launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Madhya Pradesh
India has been re-elected to the Executive Board of UNESCO for 2021-
25. How many members are there on the Board?
A) 164
B) 58
C) 192
D) 76
Thank You