Manmohan Singh nominated to the parliamentary standing committee on finance

1.Public Service Broadcasting Day: 12 November

Public Service Broadcasting Day is being observed every year on 12 November.The day is celebrated every year to commemorate the first and last visit of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi to the studio of All India Radio, Delhi in 1947.

The Father of the Nation addressed the displaced people, who had temporarily settled at Kurukshetra in Haryana after partition.

2.BRICS trade ministers meeting begins in Brasilia

Ahead of upcoming BRICS 2019 summit, BRICS trade ministers meeting has started in Brasilia.Commerce minister Piyush Goyal is leading the Indian delegation.

The meeting will focus on trade facilitation, investment promotion and cooperation in customs among other issues.

MoU on trade and investment promotion between agencies of all the 5 BRICS countries will be signed after the meeting.

3.550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji

The 550th birth anniversary of first Sikh guru and founder of Sikhism Guru Nanak Dev is being celebrated as Prakash Parv.Guru Nanak Dev Ji spent more than 15 years at Sultanpur Lodhi, where he attained enlightenment.

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar will visit Huzoor Sahib Sachkhand Gurudwara in Nanded.

Nanded holds great significance for Sikhs. It was in Nanded that the Tenth Guru of Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh Ji mandated that the Guru Granth Sahib will be the guiding light for the Sikhs like a true Guru in future.

Guru Nanak Dev was born on the full moon day of Kartik month in 1469.

Every year, the Prakash Parv is celebrated on the same day, also known as Kartik Poornima.

4.Gujarat government gives nod for world’s first CNG port terminal at Bhavnagar

Gujarat Government has given its nod to the world’s first CNG port terminal at Bhavnagar.The U.K. based Foresight group and Mumbai based Padmanabh Mafatlal group joint venture will invest Rs.1900 crore to set up a CNG port terminal at Bhavnagar port.

The proposed CNG port terminal will have an annual capacity of 6 million metric tones, which will increase the total handling capacity of the port to 9 million metric tones.

5.Mohammad Imran appointed Bangladesh High Commissioner to India

Mohammad Imran has been appointed as the new High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India.He is currently Bangladesh’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.

He succeeds Syed Muazzem Ali.

A career diplomat Muhammad Imran belongs to the 1986 batch of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Foreign Affairs cadre.

He has served Bangladesh Missions in different capacities in Kolkata, Berlin, Bonn, Ottawa and Jeddah.

6.Manmohan Singh nominated to the parliamentary standing committee on finance

Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu has nominated a former prime minister and senior Congress leader Manmohan Singh to the parliamentary standing committee on finance in place of party colleague Digvijaya Singh.Digvijaya Singh has now been nominated to the parliamentary standing committee on urban development by the chairman of the Upper House.

Manmohan Singh, who was the country’s finance minister between 1991 and 1996, was a member of the panel from September 2014 to May 2019 before his tenure in the Upper House ended in June this year.

In August, he was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan.

7.Justice AP Sahi sworn-in as Chief Justice of Madras High Court

Justice AP Sahi was sworn-in as Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office to Justice Sahi.

Justice Sahi replaces Justice VK Tahilramani, who quit on September 6.

8.Shiv Sena minister Arvind Sawant quits Modi government

Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant resigned as the Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises in Narendra Modi’s cabinet.This decision came after the fallout between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena over the formation of Maharashtra government.

President Ram Nath Kovind has accepted the resignation of Arvind Ganpat Sawant from the Union Council of Ministers.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar has been assigned the additional charge of the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.

9.Shafali Verma becomes the youngest Indian to score international fifty

Fifteen-year-old Shafali Verma became the youngest Indian cricketer to score a half-century in international cricket.Her 49-ball 73 in the first T20 International against West Indies surpassing Sachin Tendulkar’s 30-year-old record.

Shafali achieved the feat at 15 years and 285 days, surpassing batting legend Tendulkar, who had notched up his maiden Test fifty at 16 years and 214 days.

10.Saurabh Chaudhary wins a silver medal in Men’s 10m air pistol event at Asian Championship

Saurabh Chaudhary claimed the silver medal in men’s 10m air pistol event to continue India’s surge at the 14th Asian Championship in Doha.World Cup and Asian Games gold-medallist shot 244.5 to finish second on the podium behind North Korea’s Kim Song Guk, who won the top prize with a world record 246.5.

With 583, both Chaudhary and Abhishek Verma had qualified for the finals in seventh and sixth place.

11.Javelin thrower Sundar Singh wins gold in World Para Athletics Championships

Javelin thrower Sundar Singh Gurjar has won India’s second gold defending his World Para Athletics Championships title in the men’s F46 javelin throw event in Dubai.With this, India has secured three Tokyo Paralympic Games quota, along with the bronze winner Ajeet Singh and Rinku.

Gurjar came up with his season’s best effort of 61.22m to claim the top spot.

India now has two gold, two silver and a bronze in the Championships.