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05 Nov 2020

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Chinese President Opens up to more Trade Deals

  • According to Chinese President Xi Jinping, China will import more than $22tn (£17tn) worth of goods over the next decade.
  • He has also called for a more constructive approach to an open global economy, and hit out at "protectionism".
  • Mr Xi said that China would accelerate efforts to reopen its economy after largely bringing Covid-19 under control.
  • China is the only major economy to grow this year.
  • The Chinese economy is steadily picking up, as evidenced by the growth in the first three quarters.

US Formally Exits Paris Climate Deal

  • The US formally exited the Paris Climate Agreement amid election uncertainty, three years after Donald Trump announced his intent to remove the country from participating in the landmark global pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Trump has claimed that the deal could cost the country 2.5 million jobs by 2025. He has also said that it gives other major emitters, like China and India, a free pass.

Biden Wins More Votes than Any Other Presidential Candidate in US History

  • As per reports, Democratic nominee Joe Biden has won more votes than any other presidential candidate in the US history, shattering a record set by former President Barack Obama.
  • As of November 4, 2020 Biden had got over 70.7 million votes, more than anyone who has ever run for President.
  • This count includes 300,000 more votes than what Obama got in 2008, which was the previous record. Biden surpassed the popular vote record of 69,498,516 set by Obama in 2008.
  • Biden, in a tight electoral vote fight to the White House against incumbent President Donald Trump, is 2.7 million votes ahead of the Republican leader in the popular vote. His lead is growing as counting picks pace in key battleground states. 
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

Luhri Stage-I Hydro Power Project Gets CCEA Nod

  • The government approved the 210 MW Luhri Stage-I Hydro Electric Project in Himachal Pradesh with an approved investment of Rs. 1,810.56 crore.
  • The project will be implemented by Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVNL) on the Build-Own-Operate-Maintain (BOOM) basis in next five years.
  • The Luhri Stage-I Hydro Electric Project shall be commissioned within a span of 62 months. The power generated from the project will help in providing grid stability and will improve the power supply position.
  • The construction activities of the project will result in direct and indirect employment to around 2,000 persons and will contribute to overall socio-economic development of the state.

Adani Buys City Gas Licence for Ldh, Jalandhar

  • Adani Gas announced acquisition of city gas licences for Ludhiana and Jalandhar in Punjab and Kutch (East) in Gujarat from Jay Madhok Energy. It, however, did not disclose the name of the city gas licence holder for the three cities and the acquisition price.
  • The deal, which adds high potential towns to Adani's kitty, will make it the nation's largest city gas operator.
  • Jay Madhok Energy has been show-caused by the oil regulator Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) over defaulting on timelines and alleged irregularities in acquisition of the city gas licence.

Indonesia in Recession for First Time in 22 Years

  • Indonesia has fallen into its first recession in 22 years as the coronavirus pandemic continues to take its toll.
  • South East Asia's biggest economy saw growth fall 3.49% in the third quarter of the year, compared to the same period in 2019.
  • Following a fall of 5.32% in the second quarter of 2020, this has pushed Indonesia into a recession.
  • The last time this happened was during the 1998 Asian financial crisis.
  • Authorities in Indonesia have predicted that 3.5m people could lose their jobs due to the coronavirus downturn.
  • Indonesia has the highest infection rate in the region.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Enigmatic Fast Radio Burst Pinned on Magnetised Dead Star

  • Scientists have managed to trace a very short, very bright burst of radio waves to a type of highly magnetised dead star, known as a magnetar.
  • It's the first time a so-called fast radio burst, or FRB, has been pinned on a specific source.
  • FRBs were first detected in 2007, and have been one of the hottest topics in astronomy ever since.
  • The new discovery was made by two independent radio telescope arrays in North America.
  • Co-incident observations by other astronomical facilities - both in space and on the ground - helped characterise the event and strengthen the interpretation.
  • The source magnetar, a known object, has the slightly unwieldy designation of SGR 1935+2154.
  • It's about 30,000 light-years away, which is interesting because all previous FRB detections have come from beyond our Milky Way galaxy.
  • The detected properties, however, are very much same.
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SPORTS

Warner Achieves This Impressive Feat

  • SunRisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner became the first player in history to score 500 or more runs in 6 consecutive seasons of IPL. Warner finished the IPL 2020 league stage with 529 runs from 14 games.
  • Warner scored 692, 641, 848, 562 and 528 runs in his previous five IPL seasons, respectively. It must be noted that Warner was banned from IPL 2018 for his involvement in the ball tampering scandal against South Africa.

Rafael Nadal Earns His 1,000th Win

  • Becoming only the fourth man to reach 1,000 match wins should have drawn deafening cheers and a standing ovation for tennis great Rafael Nadal. Instead, he reached his milestone amid a cathedral-like silence in a 20,000-seater stadium left completely empty because of the coronavirus pandemic. 
  • There was only a fist-bump from, after Nadal defeated Feliciano Lopez 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in a subdued atmosphere.
  • Nadal joined Jimmy Connors (1,274), Roger Federer (1,242) and Ivan Lendl (1,068) as the only men's 1,000-club members since the Open era began in 1968. 
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Union Cabinet Approves MoU between India and Israel on Health and Medicine

  • The Union Cabinet has approved the signing of MoU between India and Israel for cooperation in the field of health and medicine.
  • The MoU covers areas of cooperation such as exchange and training of medical doctors and other health professionals, assistance in development of human resources and setting up of health care facilities and exchange of information regarding regulation of pharmaceutical, medical devices and cosmetics.
  • It also includes sharing expertise for vulnerability assessment for health of citizens against climate risk and public health actions targeted towards mitigation and adaptation, sharing of expertise for facilitating climate resilient infrastructure as well as providing support for development of 'Green Healthcare' (climate resilient hospitals) and promoting mutual research in various relevant areas, besides any other area of cooperation as may be mutually decided upon.

Gujarat Assembly By-polls

  • According to the state Election Commission, a total of 60.75 per cent voter turnout was recorded in by-elections to eight Assembly seats in Gujarat.
  • The eight seats where by-elections were held are -- Abdasa, Karjan, Morbi, Gadhada, Dhari, Limbdi, Kaprada and Dang.
  • As many as 11,39,163 out of 18,75,032 registered voters exercised their franchise.
  • Kaprada constituency in Valsad district registered the highest turnout at 77.50 per cent, followed by Dang at 75.01 per cent and Karjan at 70.01 per cent.
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DEFENCE

Successful Test-fire of Enhanced Version of Pinaka Rocket System

  • An enhanced version of Pinaka rocket system was successfully test fired from the Integrated Test Range in Odisha's Balasore district.
  • As per reports, six rockets were launched in quick succession and the test met complete mission objectives.
  • This enhanced version would replace the existing Pinaka Mk1 rockets that are currently under production.
  • The rocket has a state-of-the-art guidance navigation and control system with which it has become efficient to identify its target and hit it.
  • Development of the enhanced Pinaka system was taken up to achieve longer range performance compared to the earlier designs with reduced length. 

Joint Naval Exercise CARAT

  • Bangladesh and United States held a joint Naval Exercise CARAT. CARAT is Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training. The exercise was held at Chittagong.
  • Historically, the exercise involves people-to-people interactions, variety of professional exchanges, community relations project, Subject Matter Expert exchanges and social events. Due to COVID-19, the exercise was held virtually.
  • CARAT is a series of annual bilateral military exercise conducted by the US Pacific fleet with countries such as Bangladesh, Cambodia, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Thailand. The focus of the exercise is mainly on ASEAN. However, it is also held with non-ASEAN members such as Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
  • This year, Bangladesh was the second to hold the exercise after Brunei. CARAT Brunei was held in South China Sea between October 5 and October 9, 2020.
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PERSONS IN NEWS

Actor Faraaz Khan Passes Away

  • Actor Faraaz Khan, known for starring in movies such as "Fareb" and "Mehndi" in the 1990s, passed away in Bengaluru. He was 46.
  • The news of his demise was shared by actor-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt on social media.
  • Khan had marked his debut in Bollywood in 1996 with Vikram Bhatt-directed Fareb.
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DAYS AND EVENTS

World Tsunami Awareness Day

  • In December 2015, the UN General Assembly designated 5th November as World Tsunami Awareness Day, calling on countries, international bodies and civil society to raise tsunami awareness and share innovative approaches to risk reduction.
  • World Tsunami Awareness Day was the brainchild of Japan, which due to its repeated, bitter experience has over the years built up major expertise in areas such as tsunami early warning, public action and building back better after a disaster to reduce future impacts.
  • UN Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) facilitates the observance of World Tsunami Awareness Day in collaboration with the rest of the United Nations system.
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AWARDS AND HONOURS

Startups Led by Women Win COVID-19 Shri Shakti Challenge

  • Startups led by 6 women have won COVID-19 Shri Shakti Challenge launched in April 2020, organised by MyGov in collaboration with UN Women.
  • The main objective is to support, encourage and involve women-led startups to come up with innovative solutions which can help in the fight against COVID19 or solve problems that impact a large number of women.
  • The jury selected the top 3 winners, and in view of the high quality of solutions presented decided 3 additional entries as promising solutions.
  • They announced reward of Rs. 5 lakh for the top 3 winners, UN Women was generous enough to agree to reward Rs. 2 lakh each to the 3 startups chosen for their promising solutions. 
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TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS

Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurates Tourist Facilitation Centre at Guruvayur

  • The Union Minister of State (IC) for Tourism and Culture Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurated the "Tourist Facilitation Centre" at Guruvayur, Kerala. The centre was constructed under the PRASAD Scheme of Ministry of Tourism.
  • The centre was constructed at a cost of Rs. 11.57 crore. The centre was constructed under the "Development of Guruvayur" project of PRASAD scheme. Around Rs. 45.36 crore were allocated for the project under the scheme. Under the project, the components such as CCTV Network infrastructure, multi-level car parking and tourist amenities centre were constructed.
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ART AND CULTURE

British-era Cannonball Found in Farmer's Field

  • A cannonball, which is said to be of the British period, was found in an agricultural field of Harinagar village of Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh.
  • The shell was found in the field of a farmer when he was digging the field.
  • Police have seized the explosive projectile and contacted the Archaeological Department in Agra for ascertaining the period to which it belongs as it is suspected to be of British days.
  • Singh said that a canon too was found in the area last year.
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