Manipur Sangai Festival 2019 being organised in Imphal

1.Delhi Assembly to host 3-day Commonwealth Youth Parliament

Delhi Assembly will host a three-day Commonwealth Youth Parliament.As many as 47 participants from 24 Commonwealth countries will participate in the event along with eleven participants from India.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will be the Chief Guest of the event. 

It is for the first time that an Indian Legislature is hosting the Commonwealth Youth Parliament.

The event is being organized to enlighten the youth about legislative processes and encourage their participation in legislative procedures and decision making.

2.UP govt launches immunisation campaign against Filaria

Uttar Pradesh government is launching a massive immunisation campaign against the filariasis or Filaria from 25 November.Central government has set year 2021 as the deadline for complete eradication of filaria in country.

Campaign will be launched by Health and Family Welfare Minister Jai Pratap Singh.

District will be provided DEC tablet, Albendazole and ivermectin.

3.National Tribal Craft Mela- 2019 being held in Bhubaneswar

Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the 8th National Tribal Craft Mela at State Tribal Museum Complex in Bhubaneswar.As a part of Odisha Government’s ‘5Ts’ initiative, (which is aimed at achieving progress through Transparency, Teamwork, Technology, Time and Transformation) 45 Supplementary Readers prepared in 21 Tribal languages were released simultaneously by Chief Minister on the occasion of Tribal Mela.

The National Tribal Crafts Mela is held annually with an aim to preserve, promote and popularize traditional tribal art and crafts and help the artisans to look for better opportunities to develop their skills through cross-cultural interactions for the commercial viability of their products.

4.Manipur Sangai Festival 2019 being organised in Imphal

The 2019 edition of Manipur Sangai Festival is being organised from 24-30 November in Imphal.Every year in November, Gateway of North-East region, Manipur celebrates the ‘Sangai Festival’, which was named after the State animal, Sangai, the brow-antlered deer found only in Manipur.

Manipur Sangai Festival was started in year 2010.

The Manipur Sangai Festival 2018 was organized at different locations in Imphal and Bishnupur District.

It is one of the largest Government-sponsored tourism fests. The Festival is all about unity in diversity and a true reflection of Manipur’s saga.

5.NSO survey on drinking water, hygiene, sanitation and housing condition

The NSO under Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation conducted survey on drinking water, hygiene, sanitation and housing condition between the period July 2018 and December 2018.According to the survey one fourth of the households had no access to toilets.

The survey says that around 42.9% of the households in rural areas and around 40.9% households in urban areas are still using hand pumps.

About 80.7% in urban area and 58.2% in rural areas had drinking water facilities within the household premises.

The survey reports that around 94.5% in rural and 97.4% in urban used improved water resources. Improved water resources include piped water, hand pump, tube well, protected spring, private tanker truck, rain water collection and bottled water.

6.CBDT inaugurates Web Portal for exchange of information on Income Tax

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has inaugurated the Web Portal for Exchange of Information on Income Tax which will consolidate all relevant Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) related information at one place.This portal will help in convenient access by public, financial institutions as well as departmental officers at large.

The Web Portal would be a repository of policy and technical circulars, guidance, notifications issued by the CBDT.

It would provide links to relevant circulars, guidance issued by regulatory authorities in India and other international bodies.

7.Madhya Pradesh: Sportspersons will get 5% reservation in government jobs

The state government of Madhya Pradesh has announced 5% reservation to national and international medalist’s sportspersons in state government jobs.The announcement in this regard was made by Madhya Pradesh Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Jitu Patwari while inaugurating the Regional Olympic Games at Kampoo sports complex in Gwalior.

Every year, the Madhya Pradesh government provides government jobs to Vikram awardees. Vikram Award is the highest sports awards for players in state.

Besides this national and international medallists have quota in state police department.

8.Floating school project in Bangladesh wins Aga Khan Architecture Award

Bangladesh is a land of water. A large part of its landscape remains submerged under water during the monsoon months. When Razia Alam came back from England after retirement as teacher, she wanted to build a school for children which is spacious, modern and healthy for learning.She also wanted it to be built at a land which was under water for about six months of the year during monsoon period. She contacted the internationally renowned architect of Bangladesh Saif Ul Haque to design the school.

He took up the project and came with a school which has won many prestigious awards including the Aga Khan award. It is a floating school named ‘The Arcadia Education Project’.

9.India bag 28 medals including 13 gold in U-15 Asian Wrestling Championships

In wrestling, India concluded its campaign at the Under-15 Asian Championships with 28 medals, including 13 gold, 14 silver and a bronze.Led by 2019 Cadet World Championships bronze medalist Deepak Chahal, the freestyle grapplers captured four gold while one gold came in the Greco-Roman category.

For the first time, India finished on top of the team rankings in freestyle category with 225 points.

Kazakhstan finished second while Japan was third.

10.Lakshya Sen wins Scottish Open title

In badminton, India’s Lakshya Sen has won the Scottish Open men’s single title, defeating Brazilian Ygor Coelho to seal his fourth title in three months.The 18-year-old Indian started his year with a silver medal at the Polish Open International Challenge in March.

After a series of disappointing exits, Sen went on to win the Belgian International in September, his first title of the year.

Within a month, Lakshya won his first BWF Super 100 title at the Dutch Open, with the second one coming soon after, at the SaarLorLux Open in Germany.