1. Today Kartik Purnima,
Greetings all readers of on Gurpurab, tribute to the founder of Sikhism Guru Nanak Dev on his 552nd birth anniversary. May his thoughts keep motivating us to serve society and ensure a better planet.
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President Ram Nath Kovind has greeted people on the eve of auspicious occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Extending his warm greetings to all Indians especially of the Sikh community.
2. Lunar Eclipse , which will be witnessed on November 19, 2021 will not only be the last such eclipse seen for the year, but also holds special significance since it will be the longest one to be seen in over 500 years! The last time such an eclipse was seen was in the year 1440. Lunar Eclipse is a celestial event wherein the Earth comes between the Moon and the Sun, forming a near-perfect lineup in space, also known as syzygy .
3. Lunar eclipse 2021 : The duration of the eclipse will be 3 hours 28 minutes and 24 seconds, making it the longest in 580 years. Today it will start at 12.48 pm and end at 4.17 pm.
4. India’s COVID vaccination coverage has crossed 115 crore landmark. Out of the total vaccination, more than 75 crore 99 lakh vaccine doses have been given as first dose while over 39 crore 15 lakh doses have been administered as second dose.
5. PM Modi will attend the 56th Conference of Director Generals of Police (DGP) and Inspector Generals of Police (IGP) at Police Headquarters, Lucknow. The two-day conference starting on Saturday will be held in hybrid format.
6. DGP of States and UTs and Heads of Central Armed Police Forces and Central Police Organizations will attend the conference physically at the venue in Lucknow
7. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai inaugurated the family housing complex of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at Dwarka, Delhi on 18 Nov. 768 new houses with major facilities have been constructed in the family residential complex for the members of CISF.
8. Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Giriraj Singh has called upon the states for effective implementation of the Provisions of the Panchayats (extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, PESA, 1996. PESA is an important and key legislation to empower the tribal communities.
9. Union Minister for Electronics & IT, Communications and Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw felicitated the winners of the Cyber Security Grand Challenge. The winners awarded with a trophy each and cash prize money of One Crore rupees to the winner, 60 lakh rupees to the first runner-up and 40 lakh rupees to the second runner-up.
10. The Supreme Court set aside a controversial Bombay High Court judgment which had held that the ‘skin-to-skin’ contact was necessary to be taken as ‘sexual assault’ under Section 7 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
11. DELHI: India International Trade Fair which is underway at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi will be opened for the general public from today. It will continue till 27th of this month.
12. Traffic police bans entry of trucks in Delhi till November 21. The Delhi This comes after the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) issued guidelines to combat deteriorating air quality in Delhi-NCR.
13. GUJARAT CM Bhupendra Patel launched ‘Aatmanirbhar Gram Yatra’ from Mahemdabad near Ahmedabad to reach out to the villages in the state on 18 Nov. During the three-day Yatra, 100 Raths will run on 993 routes to cover 10,605 villages. During the Aatmanirbhar Gram Yatra, the programmes and projects worth of 1,577 crore rupees will be launched or dedicated in the rural areas.
14. J&K Police apprehends three youth in Kashmir Valley, Kupwara, trying to cross LoC for arms training to join terrorism back in Kashmir.
15. Bodies of 2 Srinagar residents killed in encounter exhumed, to be returned to families in Hyderpora. The two residents were Mohammad Altaf Bhat and Mudasir Gul. A controversy erupted over Monday’s encounter as the two deceased’s family members contested police’s charge that they were terror associates.
16. MAHARASHTRA : The Bombay High Court took on record additional documents submitted by NCP leader Nawab Malik to support his claim that Narcotics Control Bureau’s Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede is a Muslim. Mr. Malik filed the school admission form and school leaving certificate mentioning that Wankhede was born a Muslim. On the other hand, Sameer Wankhede’s father, Mr. Dnyandev submitted a set of counter documents that included his son’s birth certificate and caste certificate allegedly showing that he indeed belongs to a Scheduled Caste.
17. PUNJAB : A fresh tussle erupted in Punjab Congress following the exclusion of State Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu from Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi-led delegation comprising of state cabinet ministers that is scheduled to visit the Kartarpur Sahib on Thursday (November18). Some Congress MLAs and officials are also likely to be a part of the ‘jatha’ (group) led by Channi.
18. Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi, along with some of his cabinet ministers, reached Pakistan through the Kartarpur Corridor on Thursday and paid obeisance at the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib. The CM said he was feeling extremely blessed to get an opportunity to offer prayers at the shrine. Gurdwara Darbar Sahib is the final resting place of Guru Nanak Dev.
19. Former Union Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal won’t contest the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections, party President Sukhbir Singh Badal said.
20. TAMIL NADU: The India Meteorological Department has forecast that the deep depression over Bay of Bengal is expected to cross Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts, with a wind speed of 45 to 55 kmph guesting upto 65 kmph.
21. Telangana ’s Director General of Police M. Mahender Reddy issued orders temporarily attaching seven IPS officers of the 2017 and 2018 batch as Additional SP (Admin) in various districts. The development came two days after a report ‘No clarity on postings for new IPS officers of Telangana cadre’ explaining the concerns of the young officers were about not being given postings even after joining the service of the State a year ago.
22. Telangana village selected as one of best tourism villages by UN. Telangana’s Pochampally village, popular for Ikat sarees, has been selected as one of the best tourism villages by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). The award will be given on the occasion of the 24th session of the UNWTO General Assembly on December 2. Pochampally Ikat received Geographical Indication (GI) status in 2004.
23. UTTAR PRADESH : Twenty-one years after Uttarakhand was carved out of UP, both states have decided to withdraw cases filed against each other. Mostly cases were linked to the division of properties and assets.
24. PM Modi said that his govt is using all channels to compel high-profile economic offenders to return to India. “In our attempt to bring back fugitives…we relied on policies and law…The message is very clear — return to your country,” he said. India has been making efforts to extradite economic offenders like Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi.
25. Bollywood actors Nana Patekar and Prem Chopra will receive the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar awards for their contribution to theatre and cinema. The veteran actors will be honoured by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray at Deenanath Mangeshkar Natyagriha on November 24.
26. Sushant Singh Rajput’s aide Siddharth Pithani, who was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in May this year, will now apply for bail after the charge sheet is filed in his case.
27. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh dedicated to the Nation renovated Rezang La Memorial at a solemn ceremony at Chushul in Ladakh on November 18, 2021.
The Memorial was constructed in 1963 in the Chushul plains, at an altitude of over 15,000 feet, right at the India-China border to honour the troops of Charlie Company of 13 KUMAON Regiment, who on November 18, 1962, had defended Rezang La and the surrounding areas located at over 16,500 feet on the Kailash Ranges in Eastern Ladakh. The decision to renovate the Memorial was taken by Shri Rajnath Singh when he had visited Leh in June 2021.
28. Govt signs a contract for procurement of two Fixed Base Full Mission Simulators (FBFMS) for Jaguar Aircraft from HAL for IAF with 5years Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract at a cost of Rs.357 crores. These simulators would be installed at Jamnagar and Gorakhpur.
29. PM Modi will launch and dedicate to the nation multiple initiatives of the Defence sector at Rashtra Raksha Samarpan Parv at Jhansi Uttar Pradesh today (19 Nov) which also is the Birth Anniversary of Rani Lakshmi Bai.The three day long parv was inaugurated by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh as part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahaotsav’ on 18 Nov.
30. PM will lay the foundation stone of the 400 crore rupees project at Jhansi node of UP Defence Industrial Corridor. The project is being executed by Bharat Dynamics Ltd for setting up a plant to produce propulsion systems for Anti-Tank Guided Missiles.
31. PM will also launch the NCC Alumni Association with the objective to provide a formal platform to enable NCC Alumni to reconnect with NCC.
32. PM will also lay the foundation stone of 600 MW Ultramega Solar Power Park at Garautha in Jhansi. He will also inaugurate Atal Ekta Park in Jhansi.
33. Army General Naravane, who is on a five-day maiden visit to Israel, Lays Wreath At Indian Soldiers War Memorial In Memorial in Jerusalem, Israel on Thursday.
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Month: Kartika 30 (Purnimata)
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Titi: Purnima (up to 2:27 pm) Pratipada
Vikram Samvat – 2078
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