1.The Central and Andhra Pradesh governments and the World Bank have signed the $172.20 million loan agreement for an agriculture project.The project will enhance the agricultural productivity, profitability, and climate resilience of poor and marginalised farmers in Andhra Pradesh.The projects seeks to ensure that farming continues to remain a financially viable activity.
2.The prestigious 2018 IPI India Award for excellence in journalism has been given to Namrata Ahuja of ‘The Week’ magazine.She received the award for her exclusive story on Naga underground camps.The award comprises a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh, a trophy and a citation.The International Press Institute (IPI) is a forum of editors, publishers and senior executives of newspapers and magazines.
3.Rohit Sharma has become India’s highest run-scorer in T20 international cricket.He has scored 2203 runs in 86 T20 matches.Virat Kohli, who has scored 2102 runs in 62 T20 matches, held the record previously.Rohit Sharma has also scored 4 centuries in T20I format.He also scored three double hundreds in one-day internationals.
4.The government of India has released over 113 crore rupees to six border states to meet special development needs of people living in isolated locations.The amount was released to Assam, Nagaland, Sikkim, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand under the Border Area Development Programme (BADP).BADP schemes include construction of primary health centres, schools, community centres etc.
5.The 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2018 will be held in Goa from 20th to 28th November 2018.Israel has been selected as the ‘Country of Focus’ for 49th IFFI 2018.Jharkhand has been selected as the ‘State of Focus’ for 49th IFFI 2018.Mr Dan Wolman from Israel will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at IFFI.
6.India has been elected as a Member of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council for another 4-year term (2019-2022).The elections to the council were held during the ongoing ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 at Dubai, UAE.The ITU is a specialised agency of the United Nations (UN) that is responsible for issues that concern information and communication technologies.
7.The Women and Child Development Ministry have set up an online marketing portal.Named ‘Mahila-E-Haat’, the portal was launched ahead of the ‘Women of India National Organic Festival, 2018’.The portal is a unique online platform where the women organic farmers and entrepreneurs from across the country can display their products.
8.Senior diplomat Gaddam Dharmendra has been appointed India’s Ambassador to Iran.Dharmendra is a 1990-batch Indian Foreign Service officer.At present, he is the Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs.He replaced Saurabh Kumar, who was appointed India’s ambassador to Myanmar in October 2018.
9.A book on history of women’s cricket in India will be released on 30 November 2018.The book, titled ‘The Fire Burns Blue: A History of Women’s Cricket in India’, is co-authored by sports journalists Karunya Keshav and Sidhanta Pathak.The book explores the biggest moments for the game in the country.
10.The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has signed a MoU with the HCL Foundation to work on tributaries of Ganga- Hindon and Yamuna and to increase forest cover in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.The two organisations will work for sensitisation and awareness programs on forest and environment conservation.The organisations will also try to ensure plantation success rate of 60% to 70%.
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