CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 27th NOVEMBER 2021
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In India, the ‘National Organ Donation Day’ is observed every year on 27 November since past 10 years.
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Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has approved the proposal to create cyber tehsils in the state of Madhya Pradesh. After this, MP will become the first state in the country to have a cyber tehsil.
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The Delhi Government has decided to take senior citizens of Delhi to Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan under its free pilgrimage scheme.
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The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated Project 'SWADESH'. The project SWADESH is a first of its kind large-scale multimodal neuroimaging database designed specifically for the Indian population.
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The External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar led the Indian delegations at the 20th Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG). The meeting was held in Nur-Sultan in virtual format under the chairmanship of Kazakhstan.
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Indian Navy has commissioned indigenously built Scorpene-class submarine Vela at Mumbai’s Naval Dockyard. INS Vela is the fourth in Project 75 series, following Kalvari, Khanderi, and Karanj. It is expected to further boost Indian capability to defend and secure its strategic sea lanes.
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Sahitya Akademi Award-winning, Eminent Assamese poet, passed away.
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MakeMyTrip partnered with the Ministry of Civil Aviation to promote regional air connectivity through the UDAN scheme. MakeMyTrip will now power UDAN flights on the ‘AirSewa portal’.
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Army chief General, M. M. Naravane has observed the military exercise ‘Dakshin Shakti’ being held in Jaisalmer with the Army and the Air Force taking part in it.
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All three radical findings are part of the summary findings of the fifth round of the National Family and Health Survey (NFHS), which were released by the Union health ministry. India now has 1,020 women for every 1000 men.
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Indo-German Science and Technology Centre has launched first of its kind programme that aims at promoting women in the field of research and development through lateral entry. The programme is called Women’s Involvement in Science and Engineering Research.
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The RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of 1 Crore on the State Bank of India for Contravention of sub-section (2) of section19 of the Banking Regulation Act,1949 (the Act).
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Collins Dictionary has named the term ‘NFT’ as the Word of the Year 2021. NFT is the acronym for “non-fungible token”.