DAILY GK 20,21 NOV
1. INDIA’S NATIONAL MUSEUM SIGNS MOU WITH DENMARK’S MUSEUM KOLDING
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India’s National Museum in New
Delhi (Delhi) and the Museum Kolding in Denmark have signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) to host the joint exhibition “Silver Treasures from
Denmark and India” in March 2023.
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DenmarkPrime Minister Mette
Frederiksen,Capital-Copenhagen,Currency- Danish Krone (DKK)
2.
INDIA WINS EXCELL AWARDS-2022 FOR
LEADERSHIP IN FAMILY PLANNING
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India became
the only country to
receive the Excellence in Leadership in Family Planning (EXCELL) Awards 2022 in
the “country category”, at the International Conference on
Family Planning in Pattaya, Thailand.
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According to NFHS-5 data, the
overall Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) in India has
improved dramatically from 54% to 67% since NFHS-4.
3.
HARPERCOLLINS INDIA WINS
PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR 2022
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HarperCollins Publishers India
won Publisher of the Year 2022 at
the Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest was held at Tata Theatre, National
Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai, Maharashtra.
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The Book “The Map and the
Scissors” by Amit Majmudar – Published by HarperCollins Publishers won Tata
Literature Live! Book of the Year(Fiction) 2022.
4.
GOI EXTENDS TENURE OF ED CHIEF
SANJAY KUMAR MISHRA FOR ONE YEAR
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The Government of India (GoI) extended the tenure of
Enforcement Directorate (ED) chief
Sanjay Kumar Mishra by a year till 18th November 2023.
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This will be Sanjay Kumar
Mishra’s fifth year as the ED chief, India’s leading financial probe agency.
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In 2021 GoI brought an ordinance
and later Parliament passed bills to extend the tenure of the director of the
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and ED to a maximum of 5 years from 2
years.
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The ED is a central investigative
agency, functioning under the Ministry of Finance (MoF) that enforces the
Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act
and the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).
5.
WORLD TOILET DAY 2022 – NOVEMBER
19
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The United Nations (UN) World Toilet Day is observed
annually on November 19 to raise awareness of the 3.6 billion people who lack
access to safe sanitation.
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The theme for
World Toilet Day 2022 is “Making the Invisible Visible.”
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Currently, the world is far from
meeting the objective of SDG 6.2: to ensure safe toilets for all by
2030.
6.
NATIONAL INTEGRATION DAY 2022 –
NOVEMBER 19
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National
Integration Day, also known as QuamiEkta Divas, is observed annually on November 19 across India
to mark the birth anniversary of India’s First Female Prime Minister (PM),
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi, popularly known as Indira Gandhi.
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Indira Gandhi (Indira
Priyadarshini Gandhi) was born on November 19, 1917, in Allahabad (officially
Prayagraj) Uttar Pradesh, India.
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She was born to India’s first PM, Jawaharlal Nehru,
and his wife, Kamala Nehru.
