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    21 Nov 2020

    INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

    Italy Provides Aid for UN's Libyan Political Dialogue Program

    • The UN Development Program (UNDP) announced that Italy has supported the Libyan political dialogue program by providing a financial aid of 450,000 euros ($526,000).
    • According to a statement released by the UNDP, an agreement was signed during the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) held in Tunisia during which Italy provided the aid to the program.
    • The agreement, signed by Deputy General Director/Central Director for the Mediterranean and Middle East countries of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Luca Gori, and UN Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative Gerardo Noto, has raised the total fund from Italy to UNDP programs to 14,500,000 euros targeted to support stability.

    Saudi Arabia Resolve Incorrect Map Issue Ahead of G20 Summit

    • India and Saudi Arabia have resolved the issue of the wrongful depiction of India's territorial boundaries on the 20 Riyal banknote that was introduced to commemorate the Kingdom's presidency of the G20 summit.
    • As per reports, the currency has been withdrawn and the printing of it has been stopped.
    • Saudi Arabia swiftly moved to handle the issue after Indian envoy to Riyadh Ambassador Ausaf Sayeed, in October had lodged a protest against the wrongful depiction of India's external boundaries on the map printed on the 20 Riyal banknote. The map excluded the undivided Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh from India.

    Biden Wins Georgia Recount

    • US President-elect Joe Biden's victory in Georgia has been confirmed by a recount, as legal efforts by Donald Trump's allies to challenge his defeat were dismissed in three states.
    • The Democrat beat his Republican rival in Georgia by 12,284 votes.
    • The Democrat is set to take office in January as the 46th US President.
    • Mr. Biden's victory margin in the public vote overall stands at more than 5.9 million. His victory in the US Electoral College system, which determines who becomes President, is projected to be 306 to 232 — far above the 270 he needs to win.
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    BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

    ABB to Exit Three Divisions with Revenues of $1.75 Billion

    • ABB plans to offload three business units that generate $1.75 billion in sales, equivalent to 6% of its annual revenue.
    • The company is exploring all options to exit turbocharging, mechanical power and power conversion.
    • ABB, whose products range from electric ship motors to factory robots, has been carrying out a review of its operations since Rosengren took over in March. The former Sandvik boss has said ABB has been weighed down by a business model that was too complicated.
    • Earlier this year, ABB completed the sale of its power grids business to Hitachi.

    ABB to Exit Three Divisions with Revenues of $1.75 Billion

    • ABB plans to offload three business units that generate $1.75 billion in sales, equivalent to 6% of its annual revenue.
    • The company is exploring all options to exit turbocharging, mechanical power and power conversion.
    • ABB, whose products range from electric ship motors to factory robots, has been carrying out a review of its operations since Rosengren took over in March. The former Sandvik boss has said ABB has been weighed down by a business model that was too complicated.
    • Earlier this year, ABB completed the sale of its power grids business to Hitachi.

    ICICI Bank Introduces 'Cardless EMI'

    • ICICI Bank announced the launch of a fully digital mode of payment called 'Cardless EMI'. The fully digital mode of payment facility allows its pre-approved customers to buy gadgets and home appliances by using their mobile phone and PAN in lieu of wallet or cards. They can convert the high-value transactions into 'no-cost' monthly installments by inputting their registered mobile number, PAN and OTP (received on mobile number) on the PoS machine at retail outlets.
    • As per reports, the bank has tied up with Pine Labs to offer this facility across pan-India outlets of retailers such as Croma, Reliance Digital, My Jio Stores and Sangeetha Mobiles.
    • The Bank will add many more brands as well as retailers under this facility in near future.
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    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

    Physicists build an 'Anti-laser' to Charge Your Phone

    • Scientists have figured out a way to perfectly beam energy across any room, thanks to a sci-fi like device they call an "anti-laser."
    • The idea is simple: Just like a laser emits light particles, or photons, one after another in a neat and orderly row, an anti-laser sucks up photons one after another in reverse order. Researchers have long speculated that a device like this might make wires and charging cables a thing of the past, allowing people to beam energy invisibly across a room to a laptop or phone and power it without plugging it in.
    • But though basic anti-lasers have been tested before, the real world is not as neat and orderly as a laser pointed at a fixed receiver in a laboratory. Electronics move around, objects get in the way, walls reflect energy in unexpected ways. The new anti-laser demonstrated in this experiment accounts for all that, and it receives scattered energy beamed around a space in an unpredictable pattern — still receiving 99.996% of the sent power.
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    SPORTS

    ICC Test Championship

    • Australian cricket team has pushed India to the second spot in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) points table after the International Cricket Council (ICC) affected changes to the WTC rules. The changes in ICC WTC points system have be made as several bilateral series could not be played due to Covid-19 pandemic.
    • Changes to the rules were made to determine the nine teams' standings on the points table.
    • Although India (360 points) still has 64 more points than Australia (296) and more series wins, the Aussies have gone atop after the ICC Board approved that the matches played and the matches lost won't be treated as drawn and points would be split. Australia now has 0.822 percentage points (82.2 per cent), which propelled them to the No.1 spot, while India has 0.750 (75 per cent).
    • The changes were recommended by the Anil Kumble-headed ICC Cricket Committee.

    Sanjay Manjrekar Returns to Commentary Panel

    • Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar is set to return to the commentary panel for India's tour of Australia, starting November 27. The veteran was dropped by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from the commentary team of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020.
    • It has been speculated that Manjrekar was removed from the panel as a result of his comment calling Ravindra Jadeja a "bits-and-pieces player" during last year's ODI World Cup and the subsequent reactions from fans and the player himself were an important trigger in him losing his job.
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    NATIONAL AFFAIRS

    Congress Forms Panels on Economic, Foreign Affairs and National Security

    • Congress president Sonia Gandhi has set up three separate committees for discussing policy issues related to economic affairs, foreign affairs and national security, with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh part of all the three panels.
    • While former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, and party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Digvijaya Singh will be part of the economic affairs committee, Jairam Ramesh will be its convener.
    • The committee on foreign affairs will have Anand Sharma, Shashi Tharoor, Salman Khurshid and Saptagiri Ulaka. Khurshid will be the convener of the panel. The committee on national security will have leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, party leaders Veerappa Moily, Vincent H Pala and V Vaithilingam, with Pala as its convener.

    Punjab Congress Chief Jakhar Moots Early Elections

    • Amid the standoff between the Punjab farmers and the Centre over the resumption of goods trains, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Sunil Jakhar advocated early polls in Punjab which as per him would be a referendum on the three central farm laws. He described these laws as nothing but slow poisoning.
    • Jakhar said that the election outcome will come as a shock to the BJP which will be outrightly rejected by the people of Punjab. The way the Centre has been treating Punjab is regrettable. The state is being held to ransom by holding back GST and Rural Development Fund and suspending goods trains.
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    DEFENCE

    30th Indo-Thai CORPAT

    • The 30th Indo-Thai CORPAT between Indian Navy and Royal Thai Navy concluded on November 20, 2020.
    • INS Karmuk, HTMS Kraburi along with the Dornier maritime aircraft participated in the CORPAT. The countries have been holding CORPAT along the International Maritime Boundary Line twice a year since 2005.
    • CORPAT builds up interoperability between the participating navies. It facilitates the reduction of Illegal Unreported Unregulated fishing, maritime terrorism, drug trafficking, piracy and armed robbery. It also enhances operational synergy.
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    DAYS AND EVENTS

    World Fisheries Day

    • Every year, the World Fisheries Day is celebrated on November 21.
    • According to the United Nations, more than two-thirds of the world fisheries are overfished. Therefore, it is important to celebrate the day to create awareness about sustainable fishing.
    • The World Fisheries Day is to be celebrated under a theme every year and the theme for 2020 is 'Social Responsibility in the fisheries value chain'.
    • Small scale fisheries employ more than 90% of people employed in fisheries. Around 65% of fish caught from inland fisheries are from low-income food deficit countries. More than 25% of world dietary protein is provided by the fish. The total fish consumption in the world is 100 million tonnes. Therefore, it is important to focus on changing the way the world manages global fisheries in order to ensure sustainable fish stocks.
    • For the first time, the Department of Fisheries operating under the Ministry of Fisheries is celebrating World Fisheries Day. The Department is to confer best performing states in Fisheries award on World Fisheries Day. Assam has won the award among Hilly and North East States. The best performing state award among inland states is to be provided to Uttar Pradesh and Odisha.
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    AWARDS AND HONOURS

    Douglas Stuart Wins Booker Prize 2020

    • The Booker Prize of the year 2020 was won by Douglas Stuart for his debut novel "Shuggie Bain". The shortlist of Booker Prize consisted of five more titles such as Burnt Sugar. The Burnt Sugar was published in India as "Girl in White Cotton". It also included "The New Wilderness" by Diane Cook, "The Shadow King" by Maaza Mengiste, "This Mournable Body" by Tsitsi Dangarembga, "Real Life" by Brandon Taylor and "The Shadow King" by Maaza Mengiste.
    • Apart from these authors, the event also witnessed the participation of former US President Barack Obama. He recently published the first volume of his book "A Promised Land". 
    • The Booker Prize is a literary prize awarded annually for the best novel. The prize is awarded to novels written in English and published in Ireland or UK. It was formerly known as "Booker-McConnell Prize" (1969-2001) and Man Booker Prize (2002-2019). In 1997, Arundati Roy of India won the Booker Prize for her Novel "The God of Small Things".
    • The Booker Prize carries 50,000 pounds of cash money.
    • Douglas Stuart who won the 2020 Booker Prize was the only British author on the US-dominated shortlist.
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    GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES

    Labour Ministry Proposes 12 Working Hours

    • The Labour Ministry has proposed maximum 12 working hours in a day, including intervals under the draft rules on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH) Code 2020 passed earlier this year by Parliament.
    • However, the weekly working hours limit has been fixed at 48 hours (six days X eight hours, with one weekly off) under the draft rules notified on November 19, 2020.
    • This has drawn flak from many corners because the OSH Code passed by Parliament provides for maximum eight working hours in a day.
    • The necessary provision in the draft rules so that all workers working beyond eight hours get overtime.  
    •  As per draft rules on OSH Code, in calculating overtime on any day, a fraction of an hour between 15-30 minutes shall be counted as 30 minutes.
    • At present, less than 30 minutes is not counted as overtime in the existing legal framework.
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    GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION

    India Successfully Met 2017 Target of Newborn Mortality Rate

    • Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that India has successfully met the 2017 target of newborn mortality rate of 24 per 1,000 live births and is making strides to fulfil the target of stillbirth rate of 19 per 1,000 total births by this year.
    • Vardhan, during an event to mark the National Newborn Week-2020, also released a detailed progress card on India Newborn Action Plan (INAP) targets.
    • The theme of this National Newborn Week is 'Quality, equity, dignity for every newborn at every health facility and everywhere' and it is being observed from November 15 to November 21.
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    ART AND CULTURE

    Canada to Return 18th Century Annapurna Statue to India

    • A stone statue of goddess Annapurna, which may have been stolen and transported to Canada over a century back, will be returned to India.
    • The statue, dating back to the 18th century, was handed over by interim president and vice-chancellor of the University of Regina, Thomas Chase, to India's High Commissioner to Ottawa, Ajay Bisaria.
    • The statue is believed to be originally from Varanasi and was part of the university's collection in its MacKenzie Art Gallery.
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