1.Centre for Science and Environment’ (CSE) has won Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2018.The award is conferred by Indira Gandhi Trust every year on the late Indira Gandhi’s birth anniversary.The international jury for the awards was headed by former President Pranab Mukherjee.
2.World Toilet Day is observed on 19 November every year.The day is about inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis.The 2018 campaign is based on the following narrative: ‘When nature calls, we need a toilet’.World Toilet Day was established by the World Toilet Organisation in 2001.
3.The AYUSH Ministry celebrated its first ‘Naturopathy Day’ across the country on 18 November 2018.The aim of the day is to promote the drug-less system of medicine to prevent diseases by altering the diet and lifestyle.Naturopathic medicine is a system that uses natural remedies to help the body heal itself.
4.Maharashtra Director General of Police Datta Padsalgikar launched the novel ‘The Velvet Gloves’ on 17 November 2018.The novel has been written by former Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Balakrishna Kamath.The plot of ‘The Velvet Gloves’ is about the tussle between Indian intelligence agencies and the US law enforcement agency FBI.
5.The world’s standard definition of the kilogram, the ampere, the kelvin and the mole has been changed.The definition of the kilogram is based on the International Prototype of the Kilogram (IPK), a cylinder of a platinum alloy stored at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) in France.The new definition of Kilogram will be replaced by the Planck constant.
6.Tripura will be hosting ‘International Tourism Mart’ from 22 November 2018.The aim is to promote the tourism industry in the Northeastern states of the country.Tripura is hosting the ‘International Tourism Mart’ for the first time.The event is funded by the Union Ministry of Tourism.
7.Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma became the first Indian to emerge as the ‘Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year 2018’ on the European Tour.
8.Qaumi Ekta Week’ (National Integration Week) will be observed all over the country, from 19th to 25th November, 2018.The aim of the week is to foster and reinforce the spirit of Communal Harmony, National Integration and pride in vibrant, composite culture and nationhood.A week long programmes will be observed during ‘Qaumi Ekta Week’
9.The 8th National Conference of Women in Police (NCWP) began in Ranchi, Jharkhand on 19 November 2018.The two-day conference which is being organised by Bureau of Police Research & Development in collaboration with Jharkhand Police.It is the only national-level platform to address the various issues of Women in Police.
10.Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi Nehru; November 19, 1917 – October 31, 1984), was an Indianpolitician, stateswoman and a central figure of the Indian National Congress.She was the first and, to date, the only female Prime Minister of India. Indira Gandhi was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India.
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