India and Britain will together design the electric propulsion system for the Navy. Economist Amiya Kumar Bagchi passed away. Apart from this, the Army Chief launched the online digital platform 'Eklavya'.
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NATIONAL
1. Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Manmohan will become the judge of the Supreme Court: The Supreme Court Collegium on November 28 recommended the promotion of Delhi High Court Chief Justice Manmohan. He comes second in the All India Seniority List and is the senior most judge of Delhi High Court.
Justice Manmohan became the acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court on November 9, 2023 and was appointed Chief Justice on September 29, 2024.
Out of the total 34 posts of judges in the Supreme Court, 2 posts are currently vacant. This was the first collegium meeting of the tenure of Supreme Court Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna. Apart from the Chief Justice, Justice BR Gavai, Justice Surya Kant, Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice AS Oka is included as a member. Justice Manmohan was born on December 17, 1962. He is the son of Jagmohan Malhotra, who was the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. Justice Manmohan holds a BA (Hons.) degree in History from Hindu College. After this, he did a law degree from Delhi University in 1987. He has done LLB from the Centre. At the beginning of his career, he practiced in the Supreme Court and Delhi High Court. During this time, he advocated in cases related to subjects like civil, criminal, taxation, trademark etc. He argued in many high-profile cases like Dabhol Power Company, Hyderabad Nizam Jewelery Trust, Claridge's Hotel controversy, Gujarat Ambuja Cement's sales tax case and Fatehpur Sikri encroachment case. Justice Manmohan was appointed Additional Judge of Delhi High Court in March 2008. Appointed and promoted as permanent judge in December, 2009. He will transfer to Delhi on November 9, 2023. Acting Chief Justice of the High Court and was appointed Chief Justice on September 29, 2024. There is a fixed process to select the judges of the High Court and the Supreme Court, which is called the Supreme Court Collegium. It includes the most senior judges of the Supreme Court. Accepting its recommendations, the Center appoints the new CJI and the judges of the Supreme Court and High Court. Under tradition, on the basis of experience in the Supreme Court, only the most senior judge becomes the Chief Justice. This process takes place under a memorandum, which is called MoP i.e. 'Memorandum of Procedure for the Appointment of Supreme Court Judges'. For the first time in the year 1999, MoP Ready.
International
2. India again becomes a member of the United Nations Peace Keeping Commission: On 28 November, India has been re-elected as a member of the United Nations Peacekeeping Commission for 2025-2026. India's tenure in the Commission was ending on December 31. India has been a member of this commission for 19 consecutive years.
The United Nations Peacekeeping Commission (PBC) was established in 2005 by the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council. Since then India is its member. PBC is a consultative body, which works for peace efforts in war-affected countries. PBC has 31 member countries which are elected from the United Nations General Assembly, Security Council and Economic and Social Council. These countries also include some financial and military contributing countries. Sergio Franca Denes (Brazil) is the current Chairman of the PBC.
3. Bill to ban children's social media passed in Australia: Australia passed the 'Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024' on 28 November. Under this, a strict ban has been imposed on children below 16 years of age from logging in on social media platforms. The legislation passed with bipartisan support in the lower house of the Australian Parliament on Wednesday 27 November and then in the Senate on Thursday.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaking on the Online Security Amendment Bill in the Australian Parliament on November 25.
Australia has become the first country in the world to pass a bill banning children's social media use. According to the bill, if platforms like X, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram fail to stop children from keeping accounts, then A fine of up to Rs 275 crore ($32.5 million) can be imposed on them. In this, no exemption will be given for creating an account with parental consent or for an already existing account. After the law is made, any social media platform ban near There will be one year time to work on how to implement it.
4. India and Britain will jointly design electric propulsion system for the Navy: On November 28, the Defense Ministries of India and Britain signed an agreement for cooperation on the design and development of electric propulsion systems.
This agreement was signed by Rajiv Prakash, Joint Secretary, Naval System, on behalf of India. At the same time, Admiral Steve McCarthy of the UK Defense Ministry signed the agreement on behalf of the British Government.
The propulsion system is used to launch rockets or missiles. This agreement was made in the third meeting of partnership of electric propulsion power. Under the agreement, both the countries will cooperate with each other in the design, manufacturing and production of electric propulsion power in the future. Will help.
Award
5. Indian Film Personality of the Year Award for Vikrant Massey: The 55th International Film Festival concluded at the Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium in Goa on 28 November 2024. The festival lasted for nine days. The finale featured the film 'Dry Season', directed by Czech film producer Bohdan Slama.
Vikrant Massey was honored with the Indian Film Personality of the Year award at the 55th International Film Festival of India 2024.
'Toxic' received the most prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Best Feature Film at the 55th International Film Festival of India this year. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and International Competition Jury President Ashutosh Gowarikar presented the award. The Silver Peacock Award for Best Director was given to Romanian writer and director Bogdan Muresanu for his film 'The New Year That Never Came'. Actor Clement Faveau Awarded the Silver Peacock Award for Best Actor (Male) for his performance in the French film 'Holy Cow' Actresses Vesta Matulite and Eva Ruppeikaitte were jointly awarded the Silver Peacock Award for Best Actor (Female) for the film 'Toxic'. French filmmaker Louis Courvoisier received the Special Jury Award for the film 'Holy Cow'. American Debut director Sarah Friedland's drama film 'Familiar Touch' won the Best Debut Feature Film award.Marathi Film Gharat Ganpati director Navjyot Bandiwadekar received the award for the best debut director of an Indian feature film. The ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Award was given to Levan Akin's film 'Crossing'. Australian filmmaker Philip Noyce received the 'Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award. Best Web Series (OTT) award was given to 'Lampon' (Sony Liv). Australia in the 55th Film Festival. Named as 'Country of Focus'. International Film Festival of India was established in 1952. IFFI is one of the major film festivals of Asia. International Film Festival of India is organized in It is organized every year in collaboration with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India and 'Entertainment Society of Goa', an organization of the Government of Goa.
DEATH
6. Economic historian Amiya Kumar Bagchi passed away: Professor Amiya Kumar Bagchi died on the evening of 28 November. He was one of the outstanding economists, scholars and intellectuals.
Bagchi did his graduation and masters from Presidency College, Kolkata.
After his Masters, he went to the University of Cambridge on a scholarship from the Government of West Bengal, where he did his doctorate and took up a fellowship at Jesus College to teach economics and politics. Bagchi started his career as a mathematical economist, but his PhD thesis While writing he turned to economic history on the advice of one of his guides. He was not a conventional economic historian; Rather, he was a macroeconomist working on historical data. Bagchi resigned from Jesus College in 1969 and started teaching at Presidency College. He played an important role in starting the Center for Economic Studies with Professor Napas Majumdar. Bagchi joined the Institute of Economics in 2002. Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata established.
Defense
7. Army Chief launches online digital platform 'Eklavya':Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on November 29 launched 'Eklavya', an online digital platform for the Indian Army. This will help in the training of army officers.
This app has been launched under the Indian Army's theme for 2024, 'Year of Technology Absorption'.
Eklavya App has been developed by 'Bhaskaracharya National Institute of Space Applications and Geoinformatics (BISAG-N), Gandhinagar' without any cost. This platform is based on Army Data Network. On this platform, trainee officers can complete multiple courses simultaneously. 17 Category 'A' training institutes of the Indian Army have included a total of 96 courses on this platform. Three categories of courses have been hosted on the Eklavya platform. The first category is 'Pre-Course Preparatory Capsules', which provides study material for all offline physical courses offered by various Category 'A' training institutes. The second category is 'Appointment or Work-related Courses'. Officers have to learn these during on-the-job training (OJT) when posted on a post. The third category is named 'Professional Development Suite', which includes Strategy, Operational Art, Leadership, Organizational Behavior, Finance, Art of It includes courses related to reading, power writing and emerging technology etc. Eklavya provides access to various journals, research papers and articles etc. under a single window. Will be uploaded.
TODAY'S HISTORY
History of 29 November: On this day in 1989, the then Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi resigned from his post. On June 24, 1989, the opposition raised questions in the Lok Sabha on the Bofors cannon scam. At that time there were only 110 opposition MPs in the 514-seat Lok Sabha. Congress had 404 MPs. The case was of Rs 1,437 crore Bofors scam, in which a deal for 400 howitzers was made with the Swedish company 'AB Bofors'. In 1987, Swedish Radio exposed corruption and kickbacks in the 1986 Bofors deal. The allegation was that 'AB Bofors' paid a bribe of Rs 60 crore to Indian leaders and the Defense Ministry for the deal. General elections were held in November itself. At that time, 5 parties together formed the National Front, whose leader was VP Singh. The results came and Congress could win only 193 seats. National Front also did not get majority. Later BJP and Left parties supported VP Singh and made him Prime Minister. Rajiv Gandhi resigned from the post on 29 November 1989. VP Singh was the Prime Minister from 2 December 1989 to 10 November 1990.
Rajiv Gandhi is called the architect of Digital India and the father of the information technology and telecommunication revolution.
In 1516, France and Switzerland signed the Peace of Freiburg. In 1775, Sir James J. Invented invisible ink. In 1916, the US declared martial law in the Dominican Republic. In 1944, Albania was liberated from Nazi occupation. In 1970, Haryana became the first Indian state to achieve the target of 100% rural electrification. 1999 – Maharashtra The world's largest meterwave radio telescope opened in K Narayan village. In 2008, Indian boxer Mary Kom won the fifth Women's AIBA World Boxing Championship. Won. In 2012, the United Nations General Assembly gave Palestine the status of non-member observer state. In 2015, American sociologist and academician Otto Neumann passed away.
1. Current Affairs 28 November: Hemant Soren becomes CM of Jharkhand for the fourth time; PM Modi will start Mahakumbh; Successful testing of K-4 ballistic missile
2. Current Affairs 27 November: 'Dr. Jayatirtha Joshi' new chief of BrahMos Aerospace; 'Child Marriage Free India' campaign launched; 'RRTS Connect' app launched
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