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SpaceX launches India’s GSAT-N2 communication satellite. Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the 50th All India Police Science Conference. Mithali Raj was appointed mentor of women’s cricket by Andhra Cricket Association.
Information about some major current affairs, which are important for students preparing for government jobs…
Appointment
1. IAS officer K. Sanjay Murthy appointed as new CAG of India: The central government has appointed senior IAS officer K. Sanjay Murthy has been appointed as the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. On November 18, the Finance Ministry issued a notification giving this information. Of. Sanjay Murthy is currently the Secretary in the Department of Higher Education under the Ministry of Education. He will replace the current CAG of India Girish Chandra Murmu, whose tenure ends on November 20. Murmu was appointed CAG in August 2020. Earlier, Murmu was the first Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.
Sanjay Murthy is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.
- Sanjay Murthy is originally from Andhra Pradesh.
- He served in Himachal for 13 years.
- He also looked after other departments like Education Secretary, Transport, Urban Development Department, Electricity Corporation, Environment Science and Technology in Himachal.
- There is a provision for ‘CAG’ in Article 148 of the Indian Constitution, which investigates the income and expenditure of the departments of the Central and State Governments and the institutions controlled by them.
- This organization provides information from time to time about cases of wastage of public money.
- The Comptroller and Auditor General is appointed by the President.
- The tenure of CAG is 6 years, if he completes the age of 65 years before that then he retires.
- CAG audits whether money has been spent as per the rules from the consolidated fund of every state of India.
INAUGURATION
2. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurates ’27th Bengaluru Tech Summit’: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the ’27th Bengaluru Tech Summit’ in Bengaluru today, November 19. It is Asia’s largest technology conference. During this, he announced the establishment of three Global Innovation Centers in Bengaluru, Mysuru and Belagavi.
Delegations from more than 15 countries are participating in this three-day program.
- At the inauguration ceremony, Siddaramaiah also announced setting up of an electronics cluster near Mysuru for the global semiconductor industry.
- During this, Microsoft, Intel, Accenture, IBM and BFSI consortium companies signed MoU with the state government to train 1 lakh youth.
3. Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the 50th All India Police Science Conference: Amit Shah inaugurated the 50th All India Police Science Conference in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on November 19. The program has been jointly organized by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) and Rashtriya Raksha Shakti University.
Home Minister Amit Shah is on a two-day visit to Gujarat.
- After this, the Home Minister inaugurated the animal feed plant of Sabar Dairy in Sabarkantha district, which has a production capacity of 800 metric tons.
- This plant is expected to benefit the cattle farmers of Aravalli and Sabarkantha districts on a large scale. It has been built at a cost of Rs 210 crore.
International
4. SpaceX launches India’s GSAT-N2 communication satellite: Elon Musk’s SpaceX company launched India’s GSAT-N2 communication satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket at midnight on November 18. The weight of this satellite is 4,700 kg. It has been designed for a mission of 14 years. It was launched from Geo-Stationary Transfer Orbit.
This is the first time that the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has sent its communication satellite into space with the help of an American businessman’s company.
- India’s rocket LVM-3 could not carry it, so Space-X was chosen for its launch. India was till now dependent on France’s Ariane Space for launching such heavy satellites.
- This satellite will provide high-speed broadband internet connectivity and digital video-audio transmission.
- GSAT-N2 will provide mobile internet facility during flight in airplanes.
- It is noteworthy that GSAT-N2 is the first ISRO spacecraft to be launched into space from an American launch vehicle since 1990, before which INSAT-1D was launched.
- GSAT 20 satellite has been named GSAT-N2.
- The GSAT-20 satellite has been specially designed to improve communication systems in remote areas.
- This satellite will provide broadband internet services to remote Indian areas including Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jammu and Kashmir and Lakshadweep.
- It will provide internet facility at the speed of 48GBPS.
DEATH
5. Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali actress ‘Uma Dasgupta’ passed away: On November 18, actress Uma Dasgupta died at the age of 84. She was fighting a battle with cancer for a long time. He breathed his last in a private hospital in Kolkata. Uma Dasgupta’s death has been confirmed by her relative and actor Chiranjeet Chakraborty.
Uma Dasgupta is best known for her performance in Satyajit Ray’s film Pather Panchali.
- In the year 1955, the film Pather Panchali was released in theaters.
- This movie was made under the direction of cinema legend Satyajit Ray.
- Uma Dasgupta played the role of Durga Roy in this movie.
- Uma Dasgupta’s Pather Panchali film was based on the novel Pather Panchali written in 1929 by veteran Bengal writer Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay.
- This film of Uma had won many International Film Awards including National Film Award.
Sport
6. Mithali Raj appointed mentor of women’s cricket operations by Andhra Cricket Association: On 18 November, former Indian women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj was appointed as the mentor for women’s cricket operations by the Andhra Cricket Association. There is a three-year contract between Mithali and Andhra Cricket Association i.e. ACA.
Mithali retired from international cricket in March 2022. She played her last international match against South Africa in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup.
- Mithali Raj was the captain of the Indian women’s cricket team.
- Mithali Raj started her career in 2001 in ODI against Ireland and is the only female player to score a century in her first match.
- She is the first woman to score a double century in a Test cricket match.
- Mithali Raj has the second highest score in international women’s cricket. He scored 214 runs while playing against England in 2002. The highest score in international women’s cricket (242 runs) is in the name of Pakistan’s Kiran Baloch, which she made while playing against West Indies in 2004.
- In June 2018, Mithali Raj became the first Indian batsman to score 2,00 runs in a T20 International.
- Mithali Raj is the only female cricketer to cross 6,000 runs in Women’s ODI cricket.
- She is the first woman cricketer to score 7 consecutive half-centuries in international ODI matches.
- Mithali Raj is the only player (men or women) to have led India in more than one ICC ODI World Cup final. She led the Indian women’s team twice in 2005 and 2017.
- Mithali was awarded the ‘Arjun Award’ in 2003.
- He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2015.
- Mithali Raj was honored with the ‘Wisden Leading Woman Cricketer in the World Award’ in the year 2017. Mithali Raj was the first Indian to receive this award given by Wisden to women cricketers.
- Mithali received the Khel Ratna Award in the year 2021.
TODAY’S HISTORY
History of 19 November: International Men’s Day is celebrated worldwide on 19 November every year. It aims to highlight the health, well-being of men and their positive contribution to society. There are many special reasons behind celebrating this day, which include raising the voice of men, shedding light on the challenges they face, and promoting gender equality. This tradition in India started in 2007, and this year’s theme is Men’s Health Champions, which aims to improve men’s health.
- In 1997, Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to go to space.
- In 1995, Karnam Malleswari made a world record in weightlifting. He won the 54 kg category at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Korea.
- India’s Aishwarya Rai was elected Miss World in 1994.
- The Environment Protection Act came into force in 1986.
- In 1982, the ninth Asian Games started in Delhi.
- Spain became a member of UNESCO in 1952.
- In 1933, women got the right to vote in the European country Spain.
- The pencil was patented by Frederick E. Blaisdell in 1895.
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