Daily Current Affairs - 26 Nov 2020

Daily Current Affairs Capsule

26th November 2020

National

National Milk Day: 26 November

In India, November 26 is celebrated as National Milk Day, since 2014.

1. The day is observed to commemorate the birthday of the father of India’s White Revolution, Dr. Verghese Kurien.
2. The day was fixed by all the dairy majors of the country including the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), the Indian Dairy Association (IDA), along with 22 state level milk federations.
3. In 1970, India's National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) started a rural development programme known as Operation Flood.
4. It is one of the largest programmes and its aim was to develop a nationwide milk grid.
5. At that time the chairman of NDDB was Dr. Verghese Kurien who gave management skills and necessary thrust to the cooperative sector and is considered as the architect of India's White Revolution or Operation Flood.

Indian Constitution Day: 26 November

Constitution Day (National Law Day), also known as Samvidhan Divas, is celebrated in India on 26 November every year to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India.

1. The Government of India under Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi declared 26 November as Constitution Day on 19 November 2015.
2. The year of 2015 was the 125th birth anniversary of Ambedkar, who had chaired the drafting committee of the Constituent Assembly and played a pivotal role in the drafting of the constitution.
3. On 26 November 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India, and it came into effect on 26 January 1950.

All fixed to mobile calls to be dialled with prefix ‘0’ from Jan 15

The Communications Ministry has said all Fixed to Mobile calls will be dialled with prefix ‘0’ from 15th January next year.

1. There will be no change in dialing plan from fixed to fixed, mobile to fixed and mobile to mobile calls.
2. The Department of Telecommunications has taken the decision of implementing this with the consideration of TRAI Recommendation on “Ensuring Adequate Numbering Resources for Fixed Line and Mobile Services”.
3. A total of approximately 2539 million numbering series is expected to be generated from this. This will free up sufficient numbering resources for future use.
4. The changes have been done in order to have minimum inconvenience to the subscribers and freeing up essential numbering resources.

12th anniversary of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks being observed

The twelfth anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks being observed.

1. On the night of November 26, 2008, ten heavily armed Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists landed in Mumbai and went on a rampage.
2. More than 160 people, including foreign nationals, were killed in the attack that lasted for four days.
3. Ajmal Kasab, the only terrorist captured alive, was hanged four years later on November 21, 2012.
4. The ten Pakistani terrorists who came from the sea targeted the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Nariman House, Leopold cafe, Taj hotel and tower and the Oberoi Trident hotel.

India Post Payments Bank launches PM Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana

India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has launched a low-cost insurance scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)’ for its customers.

1. The scheme aims to bring large sections of the underserved and unserved population into the financial mainstream.
2. IPPB has collaborated with PNB MetLife India Insurance Company for this product.
3. Customers should be at least 18 years old to enroll for the scheme. The maximum age limit will be 50 years for Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana.
4. Fixed sum of ₹2 lakh upon the death of the insured member payable to the nominee.
5. Customers need to pay a premium of ₹330 per annum.

Narendra Singh Tomar virtually inaugurates Phagwara mega food park

The Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Shri Narendra Singh Tomar virtually inaugurated the Mega Food Park (MFP) at Phagwara in Kapurthala district of Punjab.

1. The Phagwara Mega Food Park is built at a cost of Rs 107.83 crores.
2. The park is expected to benefit about 25000 farmers and generate employment of about 5000 persons.

Himachal Pradesh Government Launches ‘Him Suraksha Abhiyan’

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur launched ‘Him Suraksha Abhiyan’.

1. The campaign aims at sensitizing the people regarding Covid-19 pandemic and also to collect information regarding symptoms of other diseases like TB, Leprosy, sugar and blood pressure.
2. Under this, about 8000 teams would be constituted of Health, Ayurveda, Women and Child Development, Panchayati Raj Departments, District Administration and NGOs.
3. They would carry a door to door campaign for data collection of health parameters of the people, including both, symptomatic patients with probable Covid-19 as well as patients with other ailments.

Uttar Pradesh government imposes ESMA for six months

Uttar Pradesh government has imposed Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) in the state.

1. The order released in this regard says that the act will be imposed for 6 months.
2. As per the U.P ESMA, the state government now has the power to prohibit strikes in workplaces for the next six months, after which it may be extended for another six months.
3. Last time the act was imposed in the state on 22nd May this year and the time period of six months has expired.

UP government passes ordinance to ban unlawful religious conversions for marriage

The Uttar Pradesh government has passed an ordinance to ban unlawful religious conversions for marriage.

1. Unlawful conversion for the sake of getting married through force, deceit, undue pressure or by way of alluring into marriage will come into the category of non-bailable offence and can lead to imprisonment of a maximum of 10 years and penalty of 50 thousand rupees.
2. The jail sentence for the offence would be 3-10 years if the woman is from the Scheduled cast, Scheduled Tribe community or is seen as part of mass conversion.
3. Any marriage entered into after such a conversion can be declared null and void.
4. If any couple wants to perform marriage after converting into any other religion, they need to take permission from the relevant district magistrate two months before the marriage.
5. He claimed that over 100 incidents of forceful religious conversions were noticed in state.

Deaths

Legendary Argentine footballer Diego Maradona passes away

Legendary Argentine footballer, Diego Maradona, widely regarded among the greatest football players of all time passed away following a heart attack.

1. Maradona was hospitalised after he complained of regularly being fatigued.
2. Maradona had begun his professional career with Argentinos Juniors at the age of 16 and he went on to become one of the greatest players to ever play the game of football.
3. The ace footballer represented Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla, and Newell's Old Boys as a player.
4. Diego was considered the main player in taking Argentina to their second World Cup title in 1986.
5. Maradona also coached Racing Club, Dorados, Gimnasia and the Argentina national team.