1. India’s COVID vaccination coverage has crossed 114 crore 37 lakh mark
2. PM Modi proposes ‘One Nation One Legislative Platform’: Ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament, PM Modi on Wednesday proposed ‘One Nation One Legislative Platform’. “This portal (would) not only give the necessary technological boost to our parliamentary system but (would) also work to connect all the democratic units of the country,” he said. He also suggested separate slots for quality debate in the Parliament.
3. Cabinet approves 4G mobile services for over 7,000 villages in Maoist affected areas of five states: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, and Odisha. I&B Minister Anurag Thakur said.
4. PM inaugurates All India Presiding Officers’ Conference in Shimla; says democracy is ingrained in our nature & part of our life. Addressing the inaugural session of 82nd All India Presiding Officers’ Conference in Shimla via video conferencing, the PM stressed that we have to take the country to newer heights, achieve extraordinary goals in the years to come. These resolutions will be fulfilled only by ‘Sabka Prayas’.
5. Jal Shakti Ministry will launch Water Heroes Share Your Stories contest from the 1st December of next month. This contest is aimed to encourage and collect best practices in water conservation and management from across the nation. It also aims to encourage such efforts across India to boost transformational action in the water sector.
6. Andhra Pradesh : The low pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal moved further westwards and is likely to reach the coast off south Andhra Pradesh and adjoining north Tamil Nadu by November 18.
7. DELHI: Delhi-NCR recorded its air quality in the very poor category on Wednesday morning and no major improvement is likely until Sunday. The minimum temperature in the capital dropped to 9.6 degrees Celsius, The maximum is likely to settle around 27 degrees Celsius.
8. Delhi govt to hire 1,000 pvt CNG buses as a measure to curb pollution. Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said the hiring process of the buses will start on Thursday.
9. HARYANA schools to reopen with 100% capacity from December 1:: Haryana’s Education Minister Kanwar Pal on Wednesday announced during a media interaction that all schools will reopen from December 1 with 100% capacity. Further, he said mid-day meals will be served in schools from January 1, 2022. The portal for admission in colleges will be reopened from November 16-22 and students who weren’t able to take admissions can apply.
10. J&K : The families of two civilians killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Hyderpora held a protest at Press Enclave in Srinagar on Wednesday, demanding that their bodies be returned as they were not terrorists or over ground workers. Police have claimed that the civilians were terror associates. Police had said that the bodies were buried in the Handwara area.
11. Ex-J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti placed under house arrest till further orders
Former Jammu and Kashmir CM and PDP President Mehbooba Mufti was placed under house arrest till further orders on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, she had led a protest against the killing of two civilians in an encounter in Srinagar’s Hyderpora and demanded that their bodies be returned to their families. Police had said the civilians were terror associates.
12. KERALA : Reported quake or seismic-like event: 22 km east of Kottayam, Kerala, India, Nov 17, 2021 12:02 pm (GMT +5:30). A mild tremor measuring 1.9 on the Richter scale was recorded on Wednesday in a network of seismographs maintained by the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) in Idukki district.
13. Hotel owner arrested for destroying CCTV video in former Miss Kerala winners death case. A hotel owner named Roy and five others have been arrested for destroying hotel CCTV footage allegedly containing crucial visuals in the case of car accident that killed Miss Kerala 2019 Ansi Kabeer and runner-up Anjana Shajan. Police reportedly found CCTV visuals showing an Audi following the victims’ car and Roy stepping out of the Audi after the accident.
14. MAHARASHTRA: Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh was on Wednesday declared proclaimed offender over an extortion case. “If he (former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh) doesn’t come before the law within 30 days, Mumbai Police will initiate the process for attachment of his properties,” said Special Public Prosecutor Shekhar Jagtap. Two others were also declared proclaimed offenders.
15. The Punjab govt will cancel all police cases against farmers who burn stubble, or agricultural waste, Chief Minister Charanjit Channi said Wednesday, as nearby Delhi and the national capital region lie smothered under a toxic and poisonous haze that has been partially linked to these fires.
16.TRIPURA :Maharashtra Cyber, a nodal agency for cyber security and investigation for the state, has asked different social media platforms to delete at least 36 “offensive” posts found circulating in the wake of alleged communal incidents in Tripura.
17.The Finance Ministry on Wednesday extended the tenure of Enforcement Directorate Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra by one more year till November 18, 2022. A 1984-batch IRS officer of Income Tax cadre, Mishra was appointed as ED Director on November 19, 2018. Later, on November 13, 2020, his appointment letter was modified retrospectively, replacing his two-year term with three years.
18. AAP Mumbai Joint Secretary Kashinath Kalmandarga has sent a defamation notice to Kangana Ranaut for her ‘India got bheekh in 1947’ remark. Kashinath is reportedly the son of freedom fighter Vitthalrao Kalmandarga. “AAP has sent a letter to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra…to apply to the Central Government for the withdrawal of her [Padma Shri],”
19. Tamil actor Suriya has been provided armed police protection at his residence in Chennai’s T Nagar after his film ‘Jai Bhim’ was accused of ‘defaming’ the Vanniyar community. Pattali Makkal Katchi leader Panneerselvam had also announced a reward of ₹1 lakh to anyone who attacks the actor when he visits Mayiladuthurai district. Suriya portrays real-life lawyer Chandru in ‘Jai Bhim’.
20. Indian Navy to commission first of four Visakhapatnam class destroyers on Nov 21 :
The destroyer has been indigenously designed by the Indian Navy’s in-house organisation, the Directorate of Naval Design and constructed by Mazagon Dock Limited. The destroyer has been indigenously designed by the Indian Navy’s in-house organisation, the Directorate of Naval Design and constructed by Mazagon Dock Limited.
21. Visakhapatnam, a P15B stealth guided-missile destroyer will be commissioned into the Indian Navy in the presence of Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai on November 21.
22. The ship measures 163 metres in length, 17 metres in breadth with a displacement of 7,400 tonnes and can be regarded as one of the most potent warships to have been constructed in India. The ship is propelled by four powerful gas turbines, in a Combined Gas and Gas (COGAG) configuration, which is capable of achieving speeds in excess of 30 knots. The ship has enhanced stealth features resulting in a reduced Radar Cross Section (RCS) achieved through efficient shaping of its hull, full beam superstructure design, plated masts and use of radar transparent materials on exposed decks.
23. India & France : The Indian Air Force has placed orders for HAMMER missiles from France which would allow it to take out any hardened bunkers or ground targets at stand-off ranges of more than 70 kilometres.
24. India & US: expected To Sign $3 billion MQ-9B Predator Drone Deal In Current Financial Year
In a big development, the Indian Defence Ministry is expected to take up the case for the acquisition of 30 multi-mission armed Predator drones for the three defence forces at a high-level meeting scheduled for the upcoming week.
25. PM Modi will hand over made-in-India combat helicopters, drones and advanced electronic warfare suites to armed services chiefs during the Rashtra Raksha Samarpan Parv at Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi on 19 Nov (Friday).
26. On this day on 18-Nov-199 4: 17 Chief of Army, General, Bipinchandra Joshi,(54 yr) passed. He was due to retire in 1995. He is the only Chief of Indian Army who died in harness.
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