1.The European Investment Bank (EIB) and State Bank of India (SBI) have agreed to cooperate on financing renewable energy sector in India.The EIB will also provide new support for wind energy projects across India, With this collaboration, the promoters of wind projects in India will get low-cost financing under the dedicated €600 million renewable energy financing programme of EIB.
2.Baliyatra festival’ was inaugurated in Odisha on 23 November 2018.Baliyatra festival commemorates the ancient maritime glory of Odisha.The festival is associated with ancient mariners, who established trade and cultural links through sea routes with different archipelagos of the Indian Ocean.The festival will end on 2 December 2018.
3.The three-day ‘Jangalmahal festival’ was inaugurated in Kolkata on 23 November 2018.The aim of the festival is to revive and popularise the culture and heritage of the Jangalmahal area.
4.Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik inaugurated a week-long ‘Jhiri Mela’ at village Jhiri in Jammu district on 23 November 2018.The annual fair is commemorated in the memory of the martyrdom of ‘Baba Jittoo’.
5.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has developed a new technology called ‘Impact Based Forecasting Approach’.It will be used to assess the rise of water level in rivers and reservoirs by rain.It can help state governments to minutely monitor the impact of rain and take real-time decisions.
6.Tyre maker, Apollo Tyres has appointed cricketer Sachin Tendulkar as its new brand ambassador on 22 November 2018.He will be the ambassador of Apollo Tyres for a period of five years.
7.The proposal for treating J&K Bank Limited as a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) was approved by the State Administrative Council (SAC).The Jammu and Kashmir bank has been brought under the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) act, the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) guidelines, and the State Legislature.The J&K Bank Ltd is the only state government-promoted bank in the country.
8.As per the ‘India Skills Report 2019’, Andhra Pradesh has topped the list of states with the highest employability followed by Rajasthan and Haryana.The report also said that the employability levels of engineering graduates have increased across all the sectors.The report was published jointly by Wheebox, PeopleStrong and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
9.The ‘Forbes India Leadership Awards’ was held on November 22 in Mumbai.The award honours the top executives of companies in India.Azim Premji, Chairman of Wipro Limited, got the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award 2018’.Vivek Chaand Sehgal, Chairman of Motherson Sumi Systems, got the ‘Entrepreneur for the Year 2018 award’.
10.Filmmaker Nandita Das will be honoured with the ‘International Federation of Film Producers Associations’ ( FIAPF) Award 2018.The award will be given at the ’12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards’ on 29 November 2018.She will be presented the award in recognition of her achievement in film in the Asia Pacific region.
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