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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - November 2019

Nov 2019

Nov 05, 2019

CBI Faids at 169 Places Across the Country in Bank Fraud Cases

CBI is conducting searches at around 169 places across the country in connection with Bank Fraud Cases.
The searches are being conducted at different locations including in Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Uttarakhand.
CBI has registered around 35 Cases related to Bank Frauds involving more than 7000 Crore rupees.
Earlier in July 2019, CBI raided more than 50 locations in 50 different cities across 12 states and UTs in a countrywide action relating to bank cases.

Nov 04, 2019

Ministry Of Shipping Announces First Ever Movement Of Container Cargo On Brahmaputra

In line with Government's focus on improving connectivity to the North Eastern Region (NER), a landmark container cargo consignment sailed on inland waterways from Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) to the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) terminal at Pandu in Guwahati on 4 November, 2019.
Gopal Krishna, Secretary (Shipping) flagged off the inland vessel MV Maheshwari carrying 53 TEUs (containers) of petrochemicals, edible oil and beverage etc. The 12-15 days voyage will be an integrated IWT movement via National Waterway-1 (river Ganga), NW-97 (Sunderbans), Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) route and NW-2 (river Brahmaputra).
This is the first ever containerised cargo movement on this Inland Water Transport (IWT) route. The 1425 km long movement is expected to establish the technical and commercial viability of IWT mode using these multiple waterways even as a series of pilot movements are planned on the stretch.

Nov 03, 2019

Madhya Pradesh BJP MLA Prahlad Lodhi Disqualified Following Conviction

In a setback to the opposition BJP, the Madhya Pradesh assembly secretariat announced disqualification of BJP MLA from Pawai, Prahlad Lodhi, following his conviction in a criminal case.
It also informed the Election Commission that Pawai seat had now fallen vacant. The BJP termed the decision as "undemocratic" and said it would challenge it in the court.

Nov 02, 2019

Now Workers Can Generate UAN From EPFO Portal Directly

Retirement fund body, Employees' Provident Fund Organization, has launched a facility for formal sector workers to obtain universal account number on-line.
Now workers can generate Universal Account Number from the EPFO portal directly.
At present, workers are required to apply through their employers to get the Universal Account Number.
Union Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar launched this facility during the 67th Foundation Day celebrations of the retirement body in New Delhi.
The Minister also launched a facility for its over 65 lakh pensioners to download their pension-related documents like pension payment order on DigiLocker.

TRAI Fixes Mobile Call Ring Time At 30 Seconds; 60 Secs For Landline

Telecom regulator TRAI fixed phone call ring time at 30 seconds for mobiles and 60 seconds for landline phones in case the call is neither answered nor rejected by a subscriber.
The new rules will come into effect after November 15, 2019.
The UN body International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has specifications for international calls or circuits in the range of 1.5 minutes to 3 minutes but there is no prescribed value for the timer for domestic calls.

Nov 01, 2019

Six States Celebrating Its Formation Day

President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have greeted the people on the occasion of formation day of Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Kerala.

Tamil Nadu Day To Be Observed

Five decades after the State was renamed as Tamil Nadu, the government geared up to observe Tamil Nadu Day — it's formation day — on November 1, 2019.
This was the first time that the occasion was observed, after it was announced by Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami in the Assembly.
The Madras State was formed on November 1, 1956 from the erstwhile Madras Presidency. The Madras State was eventually renamed Tamil Nadu in 1969.

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