Important Daily Current Affairs of 28th November 2021
In this article, we will discuss all the important current affairs of 28th November 2021 in detail.
National
1. According to the NITI Aayog’s Multi-dimensional Poverty Index, Bihar has the highest level of multidimensional poverty, while Kerala has the lowest.
- Niti Aayog, a government think tank, has released the first-ever Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI), which measures poverty at the national, state/UT, and district levels.
- Bihar has been named the state with the highest levy in the inaugural index.
2. The state of Madhya Pradesh has announced the establishment of India’s first Cyber Tehsil.
- The proposal to develop Cyber Tehsils was approved by the Madhya Pradesh Cabinet.
- Madhya Pradesh will be India’s first state to establish a Cyber Tehsil.
3. According to the report, India ranks third in the world in terms of organ donation and transplantation.
- According to Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) Mansukh Mandaviya, India now ranks third in the world in terms of organ donation and transplantation, with a total number of organ transplants performed every year of 12,746 in 2019.
- Mandaviya was referring to a study published by the Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation (GODT).
4. Madhya Pradesh would be the first Indian state to establish cyber tehsils, according to Narottam Mishra.
- Home Minister Narottam Mishra informed the Madhya Pradesh Cabinet that the proposal to construct cyber tehsils had been approved, and that the state would be the first in the country to do so.
- He further stated that Cyber Tehsil will make the mutation process simple and that people from all around the state will be able to profit from it.
International News
5. India has made no progress in the fight against anaemia and childhood wasting, according to the Global Nutrition Report.
- According to the newly issued 2021 Global Nutrition Report (GNR, 2021), India has made little improvement on anaemia and childhood wasting.
- The country was listed among the 161 countries in the report that had made no progress or were worsening in their efforts to reduce anaemia.
Banking & Finance News
6. MakeMyTrip will collaborate with the Ministry of Civil Aviation to boost regional air connectivity.
- MakeMyTrip, an online travel agency, has announced a partnership with the Ministry of Civil Aviation to boost regional air connectivity through the UDAN scheme.
- MakeMyTrip will now power UDAN flights on the AirSewa site and market them on its platform to increase its visibility and product discovery to give air connectivity to underserved destinations as the UDAN scheme completes four years of connecting large cities with regional hubs.
7. After 15 years, the RBI raises the maximum on promoter holding in private banks to 26%.
- In June 2020, the Reserve Bank of India constituted an Internal Working Group (IWG) to evaluate the existing ownership and corporate structure requirements for Indian private sector banks. Shri Shrimohan Yadav served as the convenor of the IWG, which comprised five members.
- RBI had received 33 proposals from the Internal Working Group (IWG). Out of the 33 recommendations, RBI has now accepted 21 of them.
8. SBI has been fined Rs 1 crore by the RBI. For breaking the rules
- On November 26, 2021, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) fined State Bank of India (SBI) Rs 1 crore for violating sub-part (2) of section 19 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
- SBI held stakes in the borrower companies worth more than 30% of their paid-up share capital.
Appointments News
9. Praveen Sinha, an Indian candidate, was elected to the INTERPOL executive committee.
- India’s candidate, Praveen Sinha, Special Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, was elected to the International Criminal Police Organization’s Executive Committee as a Delegate for Asia (INTERPOL).
- According to sources, the election was difficult because India was competing for two seats against four other candidates. China, Singapore, South Korea, and Jordan were the four contestants.
Sports News
16. Kerala hosts the Senior Women’s National Football Championship.
- The senior women’s national football championship will be held in four sites across Kerala beginning November 28.
- On December 9, the competition will come to a close.
- Municipal Stadium, Kuthuparamba, EMS Corporation Stadium, Kozhikode, Calicut University, Kozhikode, and Calicut Medical College, Kozhikode will host the matches.
17. In the World Para-Powerlifting Championships, Parmjeet Kumar wins bronze.
- Parmjeet Kumar won a bronze medal in the current World Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia, becoming the first Indian para-powerlifter to do so.
- Kumar, who trains at Gandhinagar’s Sports Authority of India Centre, took bronze in the men’s 49kg division with a 158kg effort.
Books & Authors News
10. Maroof Raza’s book “Contested Lands: India, China, and the Boundary Dispute”
- Mr Maroof Raza, a retired Indian Army officer, has published a new book titled “Contested Lands: India, China, and the Boundary Dispute.”
- The book explains the historical context and intricacies of India’s border with China in great detail. Westland Non-fiction released the book.
11. Army Chief Gen. Manoj Naravane has released the book “Bangladesh Liberation@50 Years: Bijoy’ with Synergy: India-Pakistan War 1971” titled “Bangladesh Liberation@50 Years: Bijoy’ with Synergy: India-Pakistan War 1971.”
- The book contains a mix of factual and anecdotal stories of the 1971 War by authors from both India and Bangladesh, including those who actually fought in the conflict.
Obituary News
12. Sananta Tanty, the prominent Assamese poet who won the Sahitya Akademi Award, died at the age of 69. Sananta Tanty, the Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Indian poet of Assamese literature, died after a long illness. He was 69 years old at the time.
- Tanty has earned numerous honours and medals. In 2016, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi for his collection of Assamese poems, ‘Kailoir Dinto Amar Hobo’ (Tomorrow Will Be Ours).
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