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Current Affairs Today - 2nd November 2019

IMPORTANT DAYS AND THEMES

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists

  • The International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists is a UN-recognized day observed annually on 2 November. 
  • The day draws attention to the low global conviction rate for violent crimes against journalists and media workers, estimated at only one in every ten cases. 
  • This year’s International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, is focused on local journalists.
Extra Shots: United Nations: It is an International Organization. Its Objective of UN is to not only maintain International Peace and Security but also to develop Friendly relations among nations.
  • Founded – 24th October, 1945
  • Headquarter- New York,United States
  • Secretary General- Antonio Guterres (9th SG OF UN) 
  • He is from PORTUGAL 
  • Portugal (Capital/Currency) - Lisbon/ Euro
  • United States (Capital/Currency) - Washington, D.C/ US Dollar

NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS

Health Minister launched Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0 portal

  • Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare launched Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 2.0 portal in New Delhi. 
  • This portal start from December 2019-March 2020. 
  • The IMI2.0 is a rechristened version of mission Indhradanush Universal Immunization Programme(UIP) that aims to achieve 100% immunization.
  • The portal was launched during the celebration of the silver jubilee of the Pulse Polio Programme. 
  • The health minister also launched Operational guidelines for ‘Strengthening immunization systems to reach every child’ and ‘Operational guidelines for Strengthening Td10 and Td16 vaccine implementation.
Extra Shots:
  • Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare: Harsh Vardhan

Vice President inaugurates 21st North East Book Fair in Guwahati

  • Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the 21st North East Book Fair in Guwahati, Assam. 
  • Vice President laid stress on the use of the mother tongue and the relevance of books to stir one’s creativity and stimulate innovative and inventive ideas. 
  • This book fair organized by the All Assam Publishers and Booksellers Association (AAPBA). There are as many as 217 bookstalls including one from Bangladesh.

STATE CURRENT AFFAIRS

Kolkata International Film Festival to start on Nov 8

  • The 25th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) will start on November 8. Germany is the Focus Country of this year’s festival.
  • In all, 214 Feature Films and 152 Short and Documentary Films from 76 countries will be screened at 17 venues.
  • The important segment of the festival includes Homage, Centenary Tribute, Retrospective, Contemporary World Cinema.
  • Satyajit Ray Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Noted Film Personality Kumar Sahani.

Punjab Cabinet passes resolution to institute Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Award

  • Punjab State Cabinet passed a unanimous resolution to institute Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Award for Promotion of Peace and Interfaith Understanding, in commemoration of the 550th Prakash Purb of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
  • The award would carry a citation and a cash prize of 11 lakh rupees. 
  • This coveted award would be given each year and would be adjudicated by a jury to be notified by the State Government.
Extra Shots: Punjab:
  • Capital: Chandigarh
  • Chief Minister: Captain Amarinder Singh
  • Governor: V.P. Singh Badnore

INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS

UNESCO designates Mumbai and Hyderabad as member of UCCN

  • UNESCO has designated Mumbai as a member of UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) in the field of FILM and Hyderabad in the field of GASTRONOMY. 
  • The 7 categories for recognition under UCCN are Crafts and Folk Arts, Design, Film, Gastronomy, Music, Media Arts and Literature.
Extra Shots: UNESCO: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations based in Paris, France.
  • Headquarters: Paris, France
  • Head: Audrey Azoulay
  • Founded: 16 November 1945, London, United Kingdom
  • Formation: 4 November 1946; 72 years ago

Spanish capital Madrid to host COP 25

  • The Spanish capital city of Madrid will host the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 25) from 2 to 13 December. 
  • The decision was taken following Chile’s stepping down as host for the event due to the ongoing street protests in the South American country. 
  • The annual Conference of the Parties (COP) summit is a key event which allows representatives from around 200 nations to monitor and discuss the current situation of the world’s warming climate.
Extra Shots: Spain (Capital/Currency): Madrid/Euro
  • Prime Minister: Pedro Sánchez

AGREEMENTS AND MOU SIGNED

GeM signs MoU with Indian Bank and Canara Bank for payment related services

  • Government e-Marketplace (GeM) has signed MoU with Indian Bank and Canara Bank. 
  • The MoU will facilitate a cashless, paperless and transparent payment system on the portal and would create an efficient procurement system for government entities.
  • Through this partnership, both the banks will be able to offer an array of services including transfer of funds through GeM Pool Accounts (GPA), advising of Performance Bank Guarantees (e-PBG), Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) and Payment Gateway to the registered users on the portal.
Indian Bank: Indian Bank is an Indian state-owned financial services company .It has 20,924 employees, 2900 branches with 2861 ATMs and 1014 cash deposit machines and is one of the top performing public sector banks in India.
  • Established: 1907
  • Headquarters: Chennai
  • Tagline: Your Own Bank
  • CEO: Padmaja Chunduru
Canara Bank: Canara Bank is one of the largest public sector banks owned by the Government of India. It is headquartered in Bengaluru. It was established at Mangalore in 1906 by Ammembal Subba Rao Pai. It is one of the oldest public sector banks in the country.
  • Headquarters: Bengaluru
  • Founder: Ammembal Subba Rao Pai
  • MD & CEO : R A Sankara Narayanan.

India, US committed to combat money laundering cases

  • India and the US committed to enhancing cooperation to tackle economic money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism. 
  • The decision comes after the seventh Meeting of the Economic and Financial Partnership held in New Delhi on 1 November. 
  • The meet was co-chaired by Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance and Steven Mnuchin, the US Secretary of the Treasury.
Extra Shots: USA (Capital/Currency): Washington, D.C./ United States Dollar
  • President: Donald Trump

APPOINTMENT

Dhanlaxmi Bank MD, CEO T. Latha resigns

  • Private sector lender Dhanlaxmi Bank managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) T. Latha has resigned. 
  • The bank’s board has accepted the resignation. She was appointed as MD and CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank for three years due to the retirement of former MD and CEO G Sreeram.
Extra Shots:
  • Chairman of Dhanlaxmi Bank: Sanjeev Krishnan
  • Founded:1927
  • Headquarters: Thrissur, Kerala

Lt Gen Anup Banerji took charge as Director General of DG AFMS

  • Lt Gen Anup Banerji took charge as Director General, Armed Forces Medical Services (DG AFMS), on 1 November 2019. 
  • He will replace Lt Gen Manoj Kumar Unni. Unni was appointed in the year 2018.
Extra Shots: The Indian Army Medical Corps is a specialist corps in the Indian Army which primarily provides medical services to all Army personnel, serving and veterans, along with their families. 
  • Motto: सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः SARVE SANTU NIRAMAYA

Air Marshal Amit Dev took charge as Air Officer in Charge Personnel

  • Air Marshal Amit Dev, AVSMVSM, took charge as Air Officer In Charge Personnel, Air Headquarters Vayu Bhawan, New Delhi, on 1 November 2019.  
  • Previously, he served as the Director-General Air (Operations) at Air HQ, where he was responsible for various operations of the IAF.

AWARDS

Pepsico India wins US award for saving water

  • US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo presented the prestigious Award for Corporate Excellence to Pepsico India. 
  • This award is given for its efforts to save more than 17 billion of litres of water by conducting various community programs and replenished over 5 billion litres of water, by impacting 60,000 community members. 
  • This award is given by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs.

Rajinikanth to be honoured special Icon award at IFFI

  • The 50th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will honour superstar Rajinikanth with a special Icon of Golden Jubilee Award and the Life Time Achievement Award for a Foreign Artiste will be conferred to French Actress Isabelle Huppert. 
  • The festival will be held in Goa from November 20 to 28.
  • Russia will be the partner country at the festival this year.
Extra Shots: Goa:
  • Capital: Panji
  • Chief Minister: Pramod Sawant
  • Governor: Satya Pal Malik
IFFI: The International Film Festival of India, founded in 1952, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia.
  • Location: Goa, India
  • First awarded: 1965
  • Last awarded: 2018
  • Awarded for: Excellence in cinematic achievements
  • Presented by: Directorate of Film Festivals

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

IIT Delhi to set up space technology cell in collaboration with ISRO

  • The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) will set up a space technology cell (STC) in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). 
  • This collaboration is to contribute to the space technology research areas such as AI (Artificial Intelligence), nanotechnology, functional textiles, smart manufacturing at its campus. 
  • It is also proposed that IIT, Delhi as an Institute becomes an academic partner of ISRO.
Extra Shots:
  • IIT Delhi Director: V Ramgopal Rao
ISRO: The Indian Space Research Organisation is the space agency of the Government of India.
  • Founded: 15 August 1969
  • Headquarters: Bengaluru
  • Founder: Vikram Sarabhai
  • Director: Kailasavadivoo Sivan
  • Subsidiary: Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre

OBITUARIES

Film producer Champak Jain passes away

  • Film producer Champak Jain passed away. 
  • He was one of the owners of Venus Records and Tapes which produced hit films like the 1994 blockbuster Main Khiladi Tu Anari starring Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Kumar.

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