• National

India re-elected as member of ITU council till 2022

• India has been elected as a member of the International Telecommunications Union-ITU Council for another four-year term from 2019 to 2022.
• The elections to the Council were held during the ongoing ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2018 at Dubai.
• India secured 165 votes and ranked third among the 13 countries elected to the council from the Asia-Australasia region, and eighth among the 48 countries elected to the council globally.
• The ITU has 193 member states who elect representatives to the Council.

• National

Online portal to promote women farmer launched

• The Women and Child Development Ministry have set up an online marketing portal.
• Named ‘Mahila-E-Haat’, the portal was launched ahead of the ‘Women of India National Organic Festival, 2018’.
• The portal is a unique online platform where the women organic farmers and entrepreneurs from across the country can display their products.

• International

Pakistan-China luxury bus service launched

• Pakistan and China have launched a luxury bus service passing from Lahore to Kashgar city in China .
• It is part of an initiative to connect the two countries via road under the US$ 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
• The bus will take 36 hours from Lahore to reach the Xinjiang province in China’s far west.

• Sports

Angad Vir Singh won gold medal in shooting

• Angad Vir Singh Bajwa won the gold medal in the men’s skeet final of the 8th Asian Shotgun Championship on 6 November 2018.
• He became the first Indian skeet shooter to win a gold medal at any continental or world level event.
• Di Jin of China won the silver medal while Saeed Al Maktoum of UAE won the bronze medal.

• Sports

Rohit is India’s highest run-scorer in T20Is

• Rohit Sharma has become India’s highest run-scorer in T20 international cricket.
• He has scored 2203 runs in 86 T20 matches.
• Virat Kohli, who has scored 2102 runs in 62 T20 matches, held the record previously.
• Rohit Sharma has also scored 4 centuries in T20I format.
• He also scored three double hundreds in one-day internationals.

• Awards

Namrata Ahuja bagged IPI-India Award

• The prestigious 2018 IPI India Award for excellence in journalism has been given to Namrata Ahuja of ‘The Week’ magazine.
• She received the award for her exclusive story on Naga underground camps.
• The award comprises a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh, a trophy and a citation.
• The International Press Institute (IPI) is a forum of editors, publishers and senior executives of newspapers and magazines.

• Appointments

Dharmendra appointed Ambassador to Iran

• Senior diplomat Gaddam Dharmendra has been appointed India’s Ambassador to Iran.
• Dharmendra is a 1990-batch Indian Foreign Service officer.
• At present, he is the Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs.
• He replaced Saurabh Kumar, who was appointed India’s ambassador to Myanmar in October 2018.

• Appointments

First Chairperson of Lokayukta sworn in

• Retired Gauhati High Court judge Pranoy Kumar Musahary was sworn in as the first Chairperson of Meghalaya Lokayukta on 6 November 2018.
• Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy administered the oath of office to Justice (retd) Musahary.
• The Lokayukta is empowered to probe allegations of corruption against public functionaries such as the Chief Minister, Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Assembly.

• States

IFFI to commence in Goa from November 20

• The 49th International Film Festival of India, IFFI 2018 will be held in Goa from 20th to 28th of November.
• The festival will showcase 212 films from over 68 countries which reflects the diversity of taste.
• International Competition section has 15 films out of which three are Indian.
• Information and Broadcasting Ministry stated that Festival will open with World Premiere of The Aspern Papers with international star cast.
• The Aspern Papers tells a story of obsession, grandeur lost and dreams of Byronic adventures. Malayalam film Olu will be the opening film at the Film Festival.

• States

Meghalaya announces Aqua Mission 2.0

• The Meghalaya Government announced `378 crore investment in the State’s flagship aquaculture mission named ‘Meghalaya State Aqua Mission 2.0’.
• The aim of the mission is to cut down fish imports into the State.
• Under the mission, willing partners will need to contribute only 15% while another 25% will be credit linkages and the rest 60% Government assistance.

• Agreements

MoU signed between NMCG & HCL foundation

• The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has signed a MoU with the HCL Foundation to work on tributaries of Ganga- Hindon and Yamuna and to increase forest cover in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
• The two organisations will work for sensitisation and awareness programs on forest and environment conservation.
• The organisations will also try to ensure plantation success rate of 60% to 70%.