CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 29th NOVEMBER 2021
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The National Cadet Corps (NCC), the youth wing of the Indian Armed Forces and the largest uniformed youth organization in the world, is observing the 73rd anniversary of its raising on November 28.
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The three-day Shillong Cherry Blossom Festival 2021 was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Conrad K Sangma, and Ambassador of Japan to India, Satoshi Suzuki.
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The government think tank Niti Aayog has released the first-ever Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) to measure poverty at the national, State/UT, and district levels. As per the inaugural index, Bihar has been adjudged as the state with the highest level of multidimensional poverty. 51.91 per cent of the state’s population are multidimensionally poor.
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Noted mountaineer from Uttarakhand, Harshwanti Bisht has earned the distinction of being elected the first woman President of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF).
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Two-wheeler major, Hero MotoCorp announced the appointment of former Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI) Rajnish Kumar as an independent non-executive director on the board of the company.
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According to Kantar’s BrandZ India 2021 report, Amazon, Tata Tea and Asian Paints emerged as the most purposeful brands in India across technology, FMCG, and non-FMCG categories respectively.
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Paytm Payments Bank Limited has announced the launch of Paytm Transit card. The card will take care of users’ everyday needs from travel in metro, railway, bus service, toll and parking, online shopping and withdrawal of money from ATMs etc.
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Life Insurance Corporation of India has received approval from the RBI to raise its stake in Kotak Mahindra Bank to up to 9.99%.
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Bajaj Allianz General Insurance announced its partnership with deep-tech startup TropoGo for the distribution of a drone Insurance product.
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Skyroot Aerospace, a space technology startup based in Hyderabad, has successfully test-fired Dhawan-1, India’s first privately developed fully cryogenic rocket engine.
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General M.M. Naravane released a book ‘Bangladesh Liberation @ 50 years: ‘Bijoy’ with Synergy, India-Pakistan war 1971’, a compilation of personal accounts of the war by veterans from India and Pakistan.
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Sir Frank Williams, the founder and former team Principal of Williams Racing, Passed away in November, 2021.
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Indian tennis player Ramkumar Ramanathan won his first challenger level singles title.