{"id":54750,"date":"2019-11-16T21:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T15:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?p=54750"},"modified":"2020-02-27T15:10:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T09:40:06","slug":"9-pm-current-affairs-brief-november-16th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/9-pm-current-affairs-brief-november-16th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"9 PM Current Affairs Brief \u2013 November 16th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1591759\"><strong>Skill\nDevelopment minister announces IndiaSkills 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has announced the\nopening of online registrations for IndiaSkills 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nIndiaSkills:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>IndiaSkills is a biennial national\nskills competition initiative organized by National Skill Development Corporation(NSDC)\nunder Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.<\/li><li>It aims at helping youth in India\nleverage the immense opportunities that this platform offers to showcase their\ntalent in the best possible way.<\/li><li>It provides a platform for skilled\nand talented Indian youngsters to showcase their abilities at regional and\nnational level competitions in over 50 skills.<\/li><li>The winners of IndiaSkills 2020\nwill get a chance to represent the country at the WorldSkills International\nCompetition to be held in China in 2021.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nWorldSkills:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>WorldSkills International is the\nlargest skills competition in the world.It is organised once every two years in\none of the member countries.<\/li><li>The objective of the competition\nis to demonstrate the advantages of learning a vocational skill and encouraging\n\u2018parity of esteem\u2019 between vocational and academic qualifications.<\/li><li>Currently,it consists of 79 Member\ncountries and regions,most of which organise national skills competitions that\nhelp to prepare the workforce and talent of today for the jobs of the future.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nNSDC:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>National Skill Development\nCorporation (NSDC) is a not-for-profit public limited company incorporated in\n2008 under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 <\/li><li>The Government of India through\nMinistry of Skills Development &amp; Entrepreneurship(MSDE) holds 49% of the\nshare capital of NSDC while the private sector has the balance 51% of the share\ncapital.<\/li><li>The overall objective of NSDC is\nto create training capacity in the country, fund vocational training\ninitiatives and create a market ecosystem for skill development. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/india\/aiib-to-lend-500-million-to-mumbai-suburban-rail-11573817945952.html\"><strong>AIIB to lend\n$500 million to Mumbai suburban rail<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank(AIIB) has committed to lending\n$500 million to expand Mumbai\u2019s suburban railway network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nAIIB:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Asian Infrastructure\nInvestment Bank (AIIB) is an international financial institution formed in\n2016.<\/li><li>The bank was proposed by China in\n2013.It is headquartered in Beijing,China.<\/li><li>The purpose of the bank is to\nprovide finance to infrastructure projects in the Asia-Pacific region.<\/li><li>By investing in sustainable\ninfrastructure and other productive sectors in Asia and beyond, the bank aims\nto better connect people, services and markets that over time will impact the\nlives of billions and build a better future.<\/li><li>Currently,the bank has 74 members\nas well as 26 prospective members from around the world.<\/li><li>The capital of the bank is $100\nbillion equivalent to \u200b2\/3rd of the capital of the Asian Development Bank and\nabout half that of the World Bank.<\/li><li>India is the second largest\nshareholder in AIIB after China and is also the largest recipient of funds from\nthe multilateral agency.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1591755\"><strong>Defence\nMinister inaugurates Sisseri River Bridge in Arunachal Pradesh<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Defence Minister has inaugurated the Sisseri River Bridge at Lower\nDibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nSisseri River Bridge:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sisseri River Bridge is a\n200-metre long bridge between Jonai Pasighat Ranaghat Roing road.<\/li><li>The river bridge provides better\nconnectivity between Siang and Dibang Valley.It was constructed under Project\nBrahmank of Border Roads Organisation (BRO). <\/li><li>The government has built this\nbridge under Border Area Development Programme (BADP).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nBADP:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Border Area Development\nProgramme(BADP) was started in 1987 in India along the India-Pakistan\nborders.The programme was extended to North-Eastern region in 1993-1994.<\/li><li>The programme aims to meet the\nspecial development needs of the people living in remote and inaccessible areas\nsituated near the international border.<\/li><li>It also aims to saturate the\nborder areas with the entire essential infrastructure through convergence of\nschemes and participatory approach.<\/li><li>The programme is administered by\nthe Department of Border Management of the Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA).<\/li><li>The programme is a core centrally\nsponsored scheme.The funding pattern of BADP in respect of 8 North Eastern is\nin the ratio 90:10 and in respect of other States is in the ratio 60:40.<\/li><li>At present BADP is being\nimplemented in 17 states which share international borders of India with other\ncountries.<\/li><li>All those 17 states are \u2013\nArunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura,\nSikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu &amp; Kashmir,\nHimachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nBRO:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Border Roads Organisation(BRO)\nwas formed in 1960 to secure India\u2019s borders and develop infrastructure in\nremote areas of the north and north-east states of the country.It functions\nunder the control of the Ministry of Defence since 2015.<\/li><li>BRO executes road construction and\nmaintenance works along the northern and western frontiers primarily to meet\nthe strategic requirements of the army and is responsible for maintenance of\nover 53,000 km of roads.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/society\/history-and-culture\/a-festival-on-the-brahmaputra-promenade\/article29971989.ece\"><strong>Pushkaram\nFestival<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The Assam government is celebrating Brahmaputra Pushkaram from November\n5 to November 16,2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nPushkaram Festival:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pushkaram is an Indian festival\ndedicated to worshiping of rivers.<\/li><li>The festival is also known as\nPushkaralu (in Telugu), Pushkara (in Kannada) or Pushkar.<\/li><li>It is celebrated at shrines along\nthe banks of 12 major sacred rivers which are Ganga, Yamuna, Narmada, Chambal,\nKaveri, Beas, Tapti, Godavari, Chenab, Krishna, Saraswati and Brahmaputra.<\/li><li>The festival is celebrated in the\nform of ancestor worship, spiritual discourses, devotional music and cultural\nprogrammes.<\/li><li>The festival happens annually once\nin 12 years along each river.<\/li><li>Each river is associated with a\nzodiac sign and the river for each year\u2019s festival is based on which sign\nJupiter is in at the time.In 2019,it is happening at Brahmaputra river.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsonair.com\/News?title=ICC-Judges-approve-an-investigation-into-crimes-against-Myanmar%26%2339%3bs-Rohingya&amp;id=374543\"><strong>ICC Judges\napprove an investigation into crimes against Myanmar&#8217;s Rohingya<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>International Criminal Court(ICC) have approved to open an\ninvestigation into crimes committed against Myanmar&#8217;s Rohingya Muslim minority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nInternational Criminal Court(ICC):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The International Criminal\nCourt(ICC) is an intergovernmental international tribunal.It is located in the\nHague,Netherlands.<\/li><li>It is governed by an international\ntreaty called the Rome Statute which entered into force on July 1,2002.India is\nnot a party to the Rome Statute.<\/li><li>It is the first permanent\ninternational criminal court which aims to hold those responsible for their\ncrimes and to help prevent these crimes from happening again.<\/li><li>As of March 2019,there are 122 ICC\nmember states.42 states are non-party, non-signatory states.<\/li><li>ICC has the jurisdiction to\nprosecute individuals for (a)international crimes of genocide (b)crimes against\nhumanity (c)crime of aggression and (d)war crimes.<\/li><li>ICC is intended to complement\nexisting national judicial systems and it exercise its jurisdiction only when\nnational courts are unwilling or unable to prosecute criminals or when the\nUnited Nations Security Council individual states refer situations to the\nCourt.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nRohingya:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Rohingya are an ethnic group,\nlargely comprising Muslims, who predominantly live in the Western Myanmar\nprovince of Rakhine. <\/li><li>In Myanmar, they are they are\nclassified as resident foreigners or as associate citizens.<\/li><li>Lakhs of Rohingyas have fled to\nneighbouring countries like Bangladesh and India after facing religious and\nethnical persecution in Myanmar.&nbsp; This\nhas led to a historic migration crisis and a large humanitarian crisis.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DIFFERENCE\nBETWEEN ICJ AND ICC:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.nic.in\/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1591573\"><strong>International\nSymposium on Lighting(iSoL) Inaugurated<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises and\nParliamentary Affairs has inaugurated the International Symposium on Lighting\n(iSoL).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nInternational Symposium on Lighting (iSoL):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>International Symposium on\nLighting(iSoL) has been organized by the International Centre for Automotive\nTechnology (ICAT),Manesar in Gurugram.<\/li><li>The symposium provides a common\nplatform to professionals related directly or indirectly to the automotive\nlighting fraternity from all around the globe.<\/li><li>The first iSoL symposium was held\nin 2009.Since,then it has grown and transformed itself into a global event.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nICAT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The International Centre for\nAutomotive Technology(ICAT),Haryana, is a leading world-class automotive\ntesting,certification and R&amp;D service provider.<\/li><li>It works under the aegis of\nNational Automotive Testing and R&amp;D Infrastructure Project(NATRiP).<\/li><li>It is an important element of the\nautomotive sector with its world-class infrastructure and domain expertise\nproviding services in development, testing,validation and homologation.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nNATRiP:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>National Automotive Testing and\nR&amp;D Infrastructure Project(NATRiP), is one of the significant initiatives\nin the automotive sector of India.<\/li><li>Under this project,Government of\nIndia, State Governments and Indian Automotive Industry have joined hands to\ncreate a state of the art Testing,Validation and R&amp;D infrastructure in the\nAutomotive sector of the country.<\/li><li>The Project aims at creating core\nglobal competencies in Automotive sector in India and facilitate seamless\nintegration of Indian Automotive industry with the world as also to position\nthe country prominently on the global automotive map.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/chhattisgarh-moves-closer-to-journalist-protection-law-releases-draft-6122082\/\"><strong>Chhattisgarh\nmoves closer to journalist protection law, releases draft<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The Chhattisgarh government had set up a committee headed by Justice\nAftab Alam to prepare a law for the protection of journalists.The committee has\nprepared a draft of the Chhattisgarh Protection of Media Persons Act which has\nnow been made public for suggestions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key\nfeatures of the Draft bill:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The draft envisages a Register of\nMediapersons for which an Authority for the Registration of Media Persons will\nbe set up.It will include senior journalists and officials of the Department of\nPublic Relations.<\/li><li>The draft also suggests the\ncreation of a Committee for the Protection of Mediapersons within 30 days of\nthe Act coming into force. <\/li><li>It will be in the ambit of this\ncommittee to deal with complaints of harassment, intimidation or violence or\nunfair prosecution and arrests of mediaperson.<\/li><li>Under the committee,risk\nmanagement units will be set up at the district level comprising the District\nCollector, district DPR officer, SP and two mediapersons from the district at\nleast one of whom will be a woman. <\/li><li>The draft makes it a duty of each\nmember of risk management units to immediately inform the Collector or SP about\nany complaint or information of threat or harassment to persons in need of\nprotection.<\/li><li>The draft also says that public\nservants who wilfully neglect duties under the Act could be given a jail term\nup to one year.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsonair.com\/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=374563\"><strong>National\nMission &#8216;NISHTHA&#8217; launched in J&amp;K<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>National Initiative for School Heads\u2019 and Teachers Holistic Advancement\n(NISHTHA) was launched in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nNISHTHA Programme:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>NISHTHA stands for National\nInitiative for School Heads and Teachers Holistic Advancement.<\/li><li>The objective of the programme is\nto motivate and equip teachers to encourage and foster critical thinking in\nstudents.<\/li><li>The programme aims to build the\ncapacities of around 42 lakh participants covering (a) all teachers and heads\nof elementary Government schools (b) faculty members of State Councils of\nEducational Research and Training(SCERTs) and District Institutes of Education\nand Training(DIETs) and (c)Block Resource Coordinators and Cluster Resource\nCoordinators in all States and UTs.<\/li><li>Under the programme,the teachers\nwill develop their skills on various aspects related to (a) Learning Outcomes\n(b) School Safety and Security (c)ICT in teaching and learning including\nArtificial Intelligence (d) Environmental Concerns and (e) School Based\nAssessment.<\/li><li>The training will be conducted by\nKey Resource Persons(KRPs) and State Resource Persons (SRP) identified by the\nState and UTs.<\/li><li>KRPs will in turn be trained by\n120 National Resource Persons identified from National Council of Educational\nResearch and Training (NCERT).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/news\/economy\/policy\/govt-notifies-rules-under-insolvency-law-for-resolution-of-financial-service-providers\/articleshow\/72071557.cms\"><strong>Govt notifies\nrules under insolvency law for resolution of financial service providers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has notified the Insolvency and\nBankruptcy (Insolvency and Liquidation Proceedings of Financial Service\nProviders and Application to Adjudicating Authority) Rules,2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nthe rules:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The rules allow the insolvency and\nliquidation process to be undertaken against systemically important financial\nservice providers(FSP) so long as such proceedings are triggered by the\nconcerned regulator.However, these rules will not be applicable to banks.<\/li><li>Depending upon the FSP,the\nregulator could be the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Securities and Exchange\nBoard of India (Sebi) or Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority.<\/li><li>The regulator will appoint an\nadministrator and will supervise the entire process.The administrator would\nhave the same duties and powers of an insolvency professional, interim\nresolution professional, resolution professional or liquidator as the case may\nbe.<\/li><li>The concerned regulator may also\nconstitute an Advisory Committee of three or more experts to advise the\nadministrator in the operations of the FSP during the resolution process.<\/li><li>However,unlike the corporate\ninsolvency process,the moratorium period for FSPs will begin as soon as the\napplication for insolvency is filed by the regulator.<\/li><li>The licence or registration which\nallows the financial service provider to run its business will not be quashed\nduring the insolvency process.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About\nFinancial service providers(FSP):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Financial Services providers is a term used to refer to the services provided by the finance market.<\/li><li>It is also used to describe organizations that deal with the management of money.Examples are the Banks, investment banks, insurance companies, credit card companies and stock brokerages.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skill Development minister announces IndiaSkills 2020 News:Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has announced the opening of online registrations for IndiaSkills 2020. Facts: About IndiaSkills: IndiaSkills is a biennial national skills competition initiative organized by National Skill Development Corporation(NSDC) under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. 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