Top GKToday’s News Headlines- 27 November 2019
Here are the top News Headlines of 27 November 2019 for all competitive examinations of India.
National Current Affairs
- Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis resigns; Uddhav Thackeray of ‘Maha Vikas Aghadi’ (Congress, NCP & Shiv Sena) to become new CM
- Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 passed by Parliament
- Constitution Day celebrated on November 26, the day when India adopted its Constitution in 1949
- Defence Ministry organising DEFCOM INDIA 2019 seminar on Nov 26-27 in Delhi on theme: “Communications: A Decisive Catalyst for Jointness”
- DRDO Chairman G Satheesh Reddy awarded honorary fellowship by the Royal Aeronautical Society of UK
- Renowned cartoonist Sudhir Dhar dies at the age of 87
- Parliament passes National Institute of Design (Amendment) Bill; NIDs at Amaravati (AP), Bhopal (MP), Jorhat (Assam) and Kurukshetra (Haryana) declared as institutions of national importance
- HRD Minister launches kartavya.ugc.ac.in portal on ‘Constitution Day’ for holding monthly essay competitions for students
LOKPAL LOGO & MOTTO
- The Chairman of Lokpal, Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose, launched the logo of Lokpal in New Delhi
- Logo design of Prashant Mishra of Prayagraj (UP) was selected
- The motto of Lokpal “मा गृधः कस्यस्विद्धनम् (Do not be greedy for anyone’s wealth) was also adopted.
PETROL PUMP NORMS
- unveils norms for setting up petrol pumps
- Non-oil companies can also set up petrol pumps
- Any entity seeking authorisation for retail marketing only should have a minimum net worth of at least Rs 250 crore
- Licensees required to set up a minimum of 100 outlets with at least 5% of them in remote areas
- Licensee would also be required to “install facilities for marketing at least one new generation alternate fuels like CNG
MILK STATS
- November 26, birth anniversary of Dr. Verghese Kurien (1921-2012), celebrated as National Milk Day
- Data on milk production and availability in India announced by Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying Giriraj Singh
- India is the largest milk producing country in the world
- Milk production in India was 187.75 million tonnes in 2018-19
- Per capita availability of milk was 394 grams in 2018-19
Economy & Business Current Affairs
- CSB Bank IPO subscribed 87 times on final day of bidding
International Current Affairs
- Pakistan’s Supreme Court suspends Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s three-year term extension
- Goar Vartanyan, Soviet spy who helped prevent a Nazi assassination of allied leaders in Tehran in 1943, dies at 93 in Moscow
- Pre-dawn earthquake of 6.4 magnitude kills 16 in Albania
- 13 French soldiers killed in helicopter collision during an operation against militants in Mali
Sports Current Affairs
- Norway’s Magnus Carlsen wins Tata Steel Chess Rapid and Blitz title in Kolkata
ARCHERY
- Indian archers won three bronze medals at the ongoing Asian Championship in Bangkok.
- Atanu das won in men’s recurve individual event
- Atanu Das, Tarundeep Rai and Jayanta Talukdar won in men’s recurve team event
- Deepika Kumari, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Ankita Bhakat won in women’s recurve team event