Current Affairs Daily Digest – November 09 2021
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1. Meghalaya approves creation of new district named Eastern West Khasi Hills District
The Meghalaya Cabinet has approved the proposal of the creation of a new district called Eastern West Khasi Hills district. The new district has been formed by upgrading the Mairang civil sub-division. Mairang will now be a sub-division under the West Khasi Hills district.
The new district will be inaugurated on November 10, 2021 by Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma. This will increase the total number of districts in the state to 12.
2. Rajib Kumar Mishra given charge as PTC India’s CMD
Rajib Kumar Mishra shall exercise the power of chairman and managing director of PTC India Ltd, subsequent to relieving of Deepak Amitabh. PTC India Ltd. (formerly known as Power Trading Corporation of India Limited), was incorporated in 1999 to undertake to the trade of power to achieve economic efficiency & security of supply & to develop a vibrant power market in the country.
3. Sankalp Gupta becomes 71st Indian Grandmaster
Sankalp Gupta has become India’s 71st Grandmaster by scoring 6.5 points and finishing second in the GM Ask 3 round-robin event in Arandjelovac, Serbia. The Maharashtra player also touched the 2500 Elo rating mark during the tournament. To achieve the GM title, a player has to secure three GM norms and cross the live rating of 2,500 Elo points.
4. India’s Tajamul Islam Wins Gold Medal In World Kickboxing Championship
13-year-old Tajamul Islam is the first Kashmiri girl to have represented India and won the gold medal in the under-14 age category in World Kickboxing Championship held at Cairo in Egypt.
Islam defeated Argentina’s Lalina in the final. She was born in Tarkpora, a remote village in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Tajamul is also a brand ambassador of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme.
5. China launched world’s 1st Earth Science Satellite named “Guangmu”
China has launched the world’s first Earth-science satellite, Guangmu or SDGSAT-1 into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the northern Shanxi Province. The satellite was launched by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and developed by the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS).
6. Max Verstappen wins 2021 Mexico City Grand Prix
Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands) has won the 2021 Mexico City Grand Prix held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City. Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Great Britain) stood second while Sergio Perez (Mexico- Red Bull) came third. Perez became the first Mexican to stand on his home podium at a jubilant Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
7. National Legal Services Day: 09 November
In India, 09 November is celebrated as “National Legal Services Day” every year by all Legal Services Authorities, to commemorate the enactment of the Legal Services Authorities Act 1987. The Day is celebrated to make people aware of the various provisions under the Legal Services Authorities Act and the right of the litigants.
8. Centre launches first-ever DBT-Star College Mentorship Programme
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science and Technology Jitendra Singh on November 8, 2021, launched the first-ever mentorship programme called the ‘DBT-Star College Mentorship Programme’ for young innovators to mark the 75th year of India’s Independence.
The Ministry of Science and Technology said that the central government is taking numerous steps for promoting scientific temper among the masses particularly youngsters by strengthening scientific research and innovation efforts in India.
9. National Logistics Index – LEADS 2021: Gujarat retains top spot, UP jumps 7 positions
Gujarat ranked 1st among 21 states on the national logistics index 2021 chart for its ‘well-developed infrastructure and services driven by a responsive government’.
The logistics index chart released on November 8, 2021, in the Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) 2021 report by commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal assessed the logistics efficiency of states in 2021. Gujarat was ranked number one in the LEADS 2019 index as well.
There was no ranking in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On the top ten states in LEADS 2021 report, Gujarat is followed by Haryana, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana. Uttar Pradesh
10. Kamal Haasan to launch digital avatar in game-based metaverse
The actor, politician, producer, and director Kamal Haasan has announced his plans to become the first Indian celebrity to have his own digital avatar in a game-based metaverse. Haasan who recently celebrated his 67th birthday on November 7, 2021, announced he will enter into digital space with the Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) collection and later launch his personal museum as well in an upcoming game-based metaverse from Fantico.
11. Astronaut Wang Yaping becomes first Chinese woman to walk in space
Astronaut Wang Yaping became the first Chinese woman to walk in space on November 7, 2021, during her first extravehicular operation on the Shenzhou-13 mission.
41-years-old Wang as a crewmember of China’s Shenzhou-13 mission moved out of the space station core module called Tianhe and carried out extravehicular activities for over 6.5 hours along with her colleague Zhai Zhigang. Wang marked the first spacewalk of a woman astronaut in China’s space history.
