1.NITI ( 1st Jan 2015 ) - National Institution for Transforming India.NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman- Rajiv Kumar, CEO- Amitabh Kant.The Asian Development Bank is a regional development Bank established in 1966.Headquarters of ADB is in Manila, Philippines.Takehiko Nakao is Present President of the Asian Development Bank.
2.The third edition of the India International Cherry Blossom Festival 2018 was held in Shillong. It was inaugurated by the Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma in the presence of Japanese Ambassador to India, Kenji Hiramatsu.
3.The two-day summit to mark the World Tolerance Day was inaugurated in Dubai, the UAE. Held for the first time in UAE, the theme of the Summit was ‘Prospering from Pluralism: Embracing Diversity through Innovation and Collaboration’.
4.The United Nations Children's Fund-India (UNICEF) has appointed Asian Games gold-medalist sprinter Hima Das as India’s first ever Youth Ambassador.
5.UNICEF India works along with the Central Government to ensure that children born in India get the best start in life, thrive and develop to his or her full potential.UNICEF headquarters in New York, the USA.Hima Das, nicknamed the 'Dhing Express', is an Indian sprint runner from the state of Assam.
6.National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) launched a mobile application and web-based platform named ‘NSE goBID’ 19 November 2018.The platform will allow retail investors to invest in treasury bills (T-Bills) of 91 days, 182 days and 364 days and various government bonds from one year to almost 40 years.It will also allow investors to make payments directly from their bank accounts.
7.Hookah bars have been permanently banned in Punjab as President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Bill, 2018 to check use of tobacco.Punjab is the third state in the country after Gujarat and Maharashtra where hookah bars or lounges were banned through law.
8.Sarod master, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan was presented the ‘Sumitra Charat Ram Award for Lifetime Achievement’ on 17 November 2018.He was awarded for his immense contribution to the enrichment and promotion of the Indian classical music.
9.The Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) has rolled out its Online Open Learning training platform named ‘KOOL’.The platform can be used to train teachers, students and the general public.KOOL has been designed in a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) model.KOOL has an array of features for learners in the form of animated learning assistants and video tutorials.
10.The central government appointed UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey as new Secretary RevenueHe will replace Hasmukh Adhia, who will retire on 30 November 2018.He will continue to hold additional charge of CEO of UIDAI and also Chairman of GST Network.
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