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Daily GK Current Affairs News viable of 19th November 2021. – Here is the Regular current affairs viable of 19th November 2021 covering the following news headlines: Farm laws, Guru Nanak Jayanti 2021, MC Mary Kom, TRIFED Aadi Mahotsav, 2021 TRACE global Bribery Risk Rankings, World Toilet Day.

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Important Days
Obituaries News
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National News

Union Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurates India’s first food museum in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur

The Union Minister of Commerce, Industry, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Piyush Goyal inaugurated India’s first Food Museum through Virtual Platform on November 15, 2021 in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
The Food Security Museum showcases the story of India’s agricultural revolution to become self-reliant and one of the largest food-exporting countries.
The museum has been established by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) as a part of the Amrit Mahotsav celebration of Azadi.
FCI and Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museums, Bangalore, have co-developed the museum at an estimated cost of Rs 1.1 crore over 1,860-sqft area.

India re-elected to UNESCO Executive Board for 2021-25 term

India has been re-elected to the Executive Board of UNESCO for the term 2021-25. India received 164 votes to get re-elected to a four-year term of office. Apart from India, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, Cook Islands and China have also been elected in Group IV Asian and Pacific States category.
UNESCO Executive Board consists of 58 member-states each with a four-year term of office.
The executive board of the UN’s cultural and educational organisation is one of three constitutional organs of the UN agency. The other two are the General Conference and the Secretariat.
The General Conference elects members of the executive board. The executive board consists of 58 member-states, each with a four-year term. It examines the programme of work for the organisation and corresponding budget estimates submitted to it by the director-general, according to the Unesco website.
The board represents exercises the power delegated to it by the General Conference and deals with the questions with which it is entrusted.

States News

Uttar Pradesh’s first Anti-Air Pollution Tower inaugurated in Noida

Union Minister of Heavy Industries Mahendra Nath Pandey inaugurated the first air pollution control tower of the state of Uttar Pradesh in Noida on November 17, 2021.
The Air Pollution Control Tower (APCT) prototype has been developed by state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL).
The indigenously developed APCT has been set up between DND Flyway and Slip Road to Noida Expressway.
The tower will help in reducing the problem of increasing air pollution in the city.

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UP Capital: Lucknow;
UP Governor: Anandiben Patel;
UP Chief minister: Yogi Adityanath.

Sports News

Spain’s Garbine Muguruza wins 2021 WTA Finals

In tennis, Spain’s Garbine Muguruza defeated Estonia’s Annette Kontaveit 6-3, 7-5 in the final to win her maiden WTA Finals title on November 17, 2021.
Muguruza is also the first Spanish player to win the WTA Finals.
In doubles, Czech’s Barbora Krejcikova and Ketsina Siniakova defeated Hsieh Su-Wei (Chinese Taipei) and Elise Mertens (Belgium) 6-3, 6-4.

Important Days

552nd Guru Nanak Jayanti is observed on 19 November 2021

Guru Nanak Jayanti is celebrated every year to mark the birth anniversary of the Sikh founder, Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
This year marks the 552nd birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, also known as Prakash Utsav or Guru Purab, as it is an important festival for the Sikh community.
Guru Nanak is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus who are considered to bring wisdom to the world. He was born in 1469 in a village called Talwandi, which is located in present-day Nankana Sahib, Pakistan.

World Toilet Day is observed on 19 November

World Toilet Day is observed as an official United Nations international day across the world on 19th November 2021. The day is observed to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis.
The day is observed to inform, engage and inspire people to take action toward achieving the goal of improving sanitation and aims to “Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. World Toilet Day 2021 theme: “valuing toilets”.
The World Toilet Day was firstly observed on 19th November 2012 established by the World Toilet Organization in 2001 also the inaugural World Toilet Summit was held on the same day and Twelve years later, in 2013, the UN General Assembly declared World Toilet Day an official UN day.

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World Toilet Organization Headquarters: Singapore.
World Toilet Organization Founder and Director: Jack Sim.
World Toilet Organization Founded: 19 November 2001.

National Newborn Week 2021: 15-21 November

In India, National Newborn Week is celebrated from 15 to 21 November every year. The main objective of the week is to reinforce the importance of neonatal health as a key priority area of the health sector and to reduce infant mortality by improving health care conditions for infants in the neonatal period.
The theme of National Newborn Week 2021 is ‘Safety, Quality and Care – Every Newborn’s Birthright’.
In 2014, India became the first country to launch the India Newborn Action Plan (INAP), in alignment with the Global Every Newborn Action Plan towards eliminating preventable deaths of newborns and stillbirths.

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week: 18-24 November

The World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) is celebrated every year from 18-24 November.
Purpose: increase awareness of global antimicrobial resistance, encourage best practices among the general public, health workers and policy makers to avoid the further emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections.
Theme 2021 : Spread Awareness, Stop Resistance.
The theme calls on One Health stakeholders, policymakers, health care providers, and the general public to be Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness champions.
The antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been declared as one of the top 10 global health threats by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Obituaries News

Veteran sports commentator and football pundit Novy Kapadia passes away

Veteran writer, football journalist and sports commentator Novi Kapadia has passed away due to health complications. He was often referred to as the ‘Voice of Indian Football’.
The eminent commentator had covered nine FIFA World Cups, as well as the Olympics, the Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games. As a writer, Kapadia wrote books like Barefoot to Boots, The Many Lives of Indian Football.

Miscellaneous News

BRO received Guinness World Record for world’s highest motorable road

The Border Roads Organization has obtained the Guinness World Record for the construction and blacktopping of the world’s highest motorable road passing through the 19,024 feet 0.73 inches (5798.251 meters) high Umlingala Pass in the Union Territory of Ladakh.
The 52 km long Chisumle to Demchok tarmac road was developed under BRO’s Project Himank (93RCC/753 BRTF). Lt Gen Rajeev Choudhary, Director General Border Roads received the Guinness World Records Certificate.

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