Ravi Shankar Prasad launches international version of UMANG App

NATIONAL NEWS

Ravi Shankar Prasad launches international version of UMANG App

• An online conference was organized under the leadership of Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad to facilitate the the occasion of 3 years of UMANG and 2000 plus services milestone.
• Wherein the Minister launched the UMANG’s international version in coordination with Ministry of External Affairs.
• The international version is for selected countries, which includes USA, UK, Canada, Australia, UAE, Netherlands, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.
• The UMANG mobile app -Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance is a Government of India all-in-one unified, secure, multi-lingual, multi-service Mobile App.
• The focus of the app is providing access to high impact services of various Government of India Departments and State Governments.

Odisha Assembly passes ‘Odisha Essential Services (Maintenance) Amendment Bill-2020’

• The state assembly of Odisha passed the Essential Services (Maintenance) Amendment Bill-2020.
• The bill seeks to amend the existing Act of 1988 to prohibit strikes by employees of essential services in the state.
• Expanding the ambit of essential services, the bill includes services like fire service, excise, forest, prison reforms, electronics and Information and Communication departments.

Fact: Chief Minister of Odisha - Naveen Patnaik

          Governor of Odisha - Ganeshi Lal

Country’s first moss garden comes up in Uttarakhand’s Nainital district

• India’s first moss garden inaugurated in at Khurpatal in Uttarakhand’s Nainital district.
• The 10 hectares area garden developed by research wing of state forest department and inaugurated by Ramon Magsaysay awardee and renowned water conservation activist Rajendra Singh.
• The main aim behind developing the garden was to conserve the various species of moss and other bryophytes.
• The garden is with 30 representative moss species and other bryophyte species, including two species listed in IUCN Red List (Hyophila involuta and Brachythecium buchananii ) and a moss trail nearly 1.25 km long.

Fact: Chief Minister of Uttarakhand – Trivendra Singh Rawat

          Governor of Uttarakhand - Baby Rani Maurya

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

NASA-ESA launch sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite to monitor the oceans

• The US space agency NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) successfully launched ‘Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite’, to monitor the rising global sea level.
• The joint US-European satellite lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
• The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite will help to enhance weather forecasts and provide detailed information on large-scale ocean currents to support ship navigation near coastlines.

Fact: Headquarters of NASA - Washington D.C., United States.

          Headquarters of ESA – Paris, France.

BANKING NEWS

NABARD sanctions RS 74.31 crore for Meghalaya roads

• The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs 74.31 crore to government of Meghalaya for construction of 6 new roads and improvement of 24 existing roads.
• The amount sanctioned under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF)-Tranche-XXVI.
• The roads will benefit 131 villages and will facilitate easy access to nearby health centres, marketing centres and educational institutions by the people.

Fact: CM of Meghalaya - Conrad Kongkal Sangma

          Governor of Meghalaya - Satya Pal Malik

IMPORTANT DAYS

Martyrdom Day of Guru Tegh Bahadur being observed today

• Martyrdom Day of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs, is being observed today across the country.
• It was on this day in 1675; Guru Tegh Bahadur sacrificed his life to protect religion, human values, ideals and principles.
• The martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur is remembered as Shaheedi Divas every year.

AAI observes Aviation Safety Awareness Week 2020

• Airports Authority of India (AAI) commenced Aviation Safety Awareness Week 2020 from 23rd November to 27th November 2020.
• The weeklong celebration is being observed at all airports and ANS locations managed by AAI across India.
• The main aim is to raise awareness on Aviation Safety; AAI will undertake various employee engagement programs at the airports and ANS stations like reviewing of documents and facilities, Mock exercises, preventive maintenance etc.