Memorize Current Affairs for UPSC 16 november 2020

Ramsar site

NEWS :

• Lonar Lake in Maharashtra and Sur Sarovar lake in Uttar Pradesh have been added to the Ramsar sites.
• The Lonar lake is the only crater lake in the country.
• The Sur Sarovar lake is also called the Keetham lake.

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East Asia Summit

NEWS :

• The summit adopted the Ha Noi Declaration.
• India was represented by the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at the East Asia Summit.

Debt Pact of G20

NEWS :

• A Debt Pact of G20 is signed to help poor countries hit by COVID-19.
• They agreed on a common framework to restructure government debts.
• This is because the COVID-19 crisis has left the poorer countries at risk of failing to repay the loans.

Leonid Meteor Showers

NEWS :

• Leonid Meteor Showers to reach their peak in India.
• The Leonids emerge from the comet Tempel-Tuttle.
• The comet takes 33 years to complete one revolution around the sun.
• The Leonid meteor showers are bright and are travelling at the speed of 71 km per second.

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Tristan da Cunha

NEWS :

• Tristan da Cunha becomes the largest Marine Protection Zone of the Atlantic Ocean.
• This will prohibit sand extraction, bottom trawling fishing, and deep-sea mining in more than 90% of waters of the territory.

Khelo India

NEWS :

• The government of India is to incentivize 500 private academies under the Khelo India scheme.
• Private academies are to be graded into different categories based on the quality of achievement of the players.
• In the first phase, monetary assistance is to be provided to 14 Olympic sports disciplines.
• The incentivization is being introduced mainly to support institutions that are in remote areas of the country.

Statue of Peace

NEWS :

• The statue is being unveiled to mark the 151st birth anniversary of Jain Acharya Shree Vijay Vallabh Surishwer Ji Maharaj.
• The statue is made of Ashtadhatu.
  • Ashtadhatu is an octo-alloy.
  • The alloy is mainly used in casting metallic idols in Hindu and Jain temples.
  • The alloy is made of metals such as gold, copper, silver, tin, zinc, iron, tin, and antimony (or mercury).
  • The metals are mixed in equal proportions to create the idol.
• Shri Vijay Vallabh Surishwer Ji Maharaj
  • He was the founder of Shri Parshwanath Jain Vidyalaya in the Pali district of Rajasthan.
  • He supported the non-violent independent movements of Mahatma Gandhiji.

Birsa Munda

NEWS :

• The birth anniversary of Birsa Munda is observed on November 15.
• The state of Jharkhand was created on his birth anniversary. 
• Birsa Munda was a tribal freedom fighter who hailed from the Munda tribe.
  • He is also known as “Dharti Abba”, meaning “The Earth Father”.
  • He was the backbone of the Millenarian Movement.

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Registrar General of India

NEWS :

• The Registrar General of India recently released the Vital Statistics of India based on the Civil Registration System.
• The report mainly provides insights on Sex Ratios in various states of India.
• Report
  • • Arunachal Pradesh was the state with the highest Sex Ratio(1084). 
    • The state of Manipur had the least Sex Ratio of 757.
    • Nagaland was at second position with 965, Mizoram at third place with 964, Kerala at fourth place with 963, and Karnataka at fifth place with a sex ratio of 957.
    • The sex ratio of Jammu and Kashmir was at 952, Delhi at 929, and Haryana at 914.
    • According to the report, the registration of births has increased to 89.3% as compared to 81.3% in 2009.