VisionIAS
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1) Africa Industrialization Day: 20 November
•2019 Theme: “Positioning African Industry to Supply the AfCFTA Market” will raise awareness in the international community on the challenges and opportunities for Africa’s industrialization within the framework of the newly created African Continental Free Trade Area.
2) Home Ministry launches campaign to End Violence Against Women
•The 112 helpline services, available in 27 States/UTs(Union Territories), can be reached through voice call, 112 India App, SMS (Short message service), email, respective state’s 112 websites, and the panic button on mobile phones.
3) Assam Govt approves 1 Tola Gold to Brides free of cost under Arundhati scheme
•With the aim to reduce child marriage under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act that a girl in India cant get married before the age of 18, and a boy cant get married before 21 years of age, this scheme can be availed by formal registration of the marriage under the Special Marriage (Assam) Rules, 1954 at the time of marriage. This is only limited to the weaker section of the society whose annual income is below Rs 5 lakh irrespective of caste, creed, religion etc.
4) Meghalaya-based insurgent group HNLC banned by government
•The group continues to intimidate and bully civilians to extort funds, maintains links with other insurgent groups of the Northeast to carry out acts of extortion and intimidation, and maintains camps in Bangladesh to give sanctuary and training to its cadre. The central government is also of the opinion that HNLC’s activities are detrimental to the sovereignty and integrity of India.
5) Amit Shah launches special winter-grade diesel for Ladakh
6) India ranks 59th on IMD World Talent Ranking Report
7) Uttarakhand CM launches virtual classes project
•Virtual classes are attended through video conferences where students can meet the teacher on a real-time basis and ask questions. An estimated 1.90 lakh students of 500 government-run secondary schools in the state will benefit from the project.
8) DSEJ launches special enrollment drive under ‘Aao School Chalein’
•As per the Directorate of School Education, the special enrollment drive would be conducted across all the villages and catchment areas of the government schools, under the supervision of chief education officers of all the districts of Jammu Division. Apart from increasing the enrollment in the Government schools, the prime focus of the drive is on the strengthening of pre-schooling of children in the age group of 3 to 5 years.
9) Delhi Metro wins 2 awards at Urban Mobility India Conference
10) Lt Col Jyoti Sharma appointed as Army’s first female JAG officer
11) Sudhir Mital elected president of Gymnastics Federation of India
•Sudhir Mital is a retired IAS officer of Punjab cadre, was also a former president and worked as GFI chief from 2003 to 2007. He served as chairman of Competition Commission of India (CCI) in 2018 after joining the organization in 2014 as a member. Shantikumar was a former national level gymnast from Manipur, had served as GFI treasurer from 2011 to 2015 and then got elected as secretary in the 2015 elections.
12) UNICEF releases a booklet named ‘From Uttapam to Sprouted Dal Parantha’
13) NCAER forecasts India’s GDP growth at 4.9% for FY20
14) Bajrang Punia, Mahant Gaurav Sharma honoured in Dubai