Banking & SSC 15th November National Current Affairs
- Defence Minister inaugurates 200-m long Sisseri River bridge at Lower Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh (AP)
- AYUSH Ministry organising International Conference on Yoga in Mysuru on Nov 15-16; theme: ‘Yoga for Heart Care’
- Delhi govt. signs MoU with J-PAL (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab), co-founded by 2019 Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee, to conduct real-time monitoring of its public services
- Punjab govt. gives Rs 2,500 per acre as compensation to small and marginal farmers for not burning paddy straw
- India ranks second in govt requests for user data from fb in first half of 2019; US tops
- Govt asks airlines to have Swachh Bharat-themed cover page for in-flight magazines
- home Ministry and UN Women launch awareness campaign to end violence against women
- Ramesh Hospitals Vijayawada sets Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of cardiac surgery patients at one place
- Agriculture Ministry to hold International Conference on Agricultural Statistics in New Delhi on Nov 18-21
Banking & SSC 15th November International Current Affairs
- India pledges to contribute $13.5 mn for UN development activities for 2020
- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is 2020 Republic Day chief guest
- BRICS Summit held in Brasilia on November 13-14; theme ‘BRICS: Economic growth for an innovative future’
- Swedish PEN’s Tucholsky Prize awarded to detained chinese-Swedish book publisher Gui Minhai
- Branko Lustig, producer of ‘Schindler’s List’ and ‘Gladiator’, dies art 87
Banking & SSC15th November Economy & Business Current Affairs
- Foreign exchange reserves touch a new high of USD 447.81 billion in the week to November 8
- Govt won’t release Consumer Expenditure Survey results of 2017-2018 due to data quality issues
- DPIIT (department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) establishes Development Council for Bicycle
- ‘Titan’s watch brand Sonata launches smartwatches – Stride and Stride Pro from Rs. 2995
- Mahindra Group subsidiary Classic Legends launches Jawa Perak bike at Rs 1.94 lakh
- Vodafone Idea reports a loss of Rs 50,921 crore for July-September quarter, highest ever for any Indian company
Banking & SSC 15th November Sports Current Affairs
- Sharad kumar and mariyappan Thangavelu win silver and bronze respectively in high-jump at World Para-Athletics