Ola has partnered with Microsoft Research to measure street level air quality data in Delhi-NCR, to support in the government's efforts to combat air pollution. Ola Mobility Institute & Microsoft Research will conduct research to provide periodic reports.
Data would be collected through sensors mounted on Ola cabs.
Union Minister for Rural Development Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the SARAS India International Trade Fair at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. He added that empowering rural women through Self-Help Groups is one of the top priorities of the government.
More than seven crore women have joined Self-Help Groups so far.
NITI Aayog VC Rajiv Kumar released the report on ‘Health Systems for a New India: Building Blocks-Potential Pathways to Reforms’. It advocated for a healthcare system for the middle class which is still not covered under any public health care system.
NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer-Amitabh Kant.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reiterated the government's commitment to achieve 26-billion-dollar defence industry by 2025. Mr Singh was speaking at a business seminar ‘India Rising’, organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Bangkok, Thailand.
USD 10 bn investment in aerospace & defence-expected by 2025.
29th Regional Contact Points meeting of Asia Pacific region of the World Customs Organization, being organised by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs at Puducherry from 18th to 20th of Nov 2019. The last RCP was organised in Nov 2018 in Jaipur.
WCO is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.
ISRO would launch its earth imaging & mapping satellite Cartosat-3 along with 13 commercial nano satellites from the US, on Nov 25. India’s PSLV-C47 would launch the satellites, into Sun Synchronous Orbit from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Andhra Pradesh.
Cartosat-3 is a third-generation agile advanced satellite.
RBI can seek resolution of NBFCs having assets worth of at least Rs 500 cr under the insolvency law. They can take up for resolution under the "generic framework" of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code by the notification specifying the categories of FSPs.
FSP- Financial Service Provider.
Haryana Govt decided to create a dedicated new dept namely Department of 'Foreign Cooperation' in order to streamline & provide focus to various initiatives taken by the state govt for the promotion of investment, employment for youth & welfare of NRIs.
Haryana Chief Minister-Manohar Lal Khattar.
West Bengal Government has constituted a core committee to chalk out a policy to eradicate child labour from the state. The Committee on Rights of the Child along with representatives of the State Government and other NGOs have set up the core committee.
The first meeting of the panel has already taken place.
Bhubaneswar will host India's home matches during the 2020 Hockey Pro League according to the IHF latest reports. The second edition of the Hockey Pro League will be played between 11th of January and 28th of June. The Pro League will feature 144 matches.
IHF- International Hockey Federation.
World Toilet Day, celebrated on 19th November, established by the World Toilet Organization is about inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and help achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, which promises sanitation for all by 2030.
2019 Theme: Leaving No One Behind.
Women's Entrepreneurship Day is a day on which the work of women entrepreneurs is observed, held on the 19th November annually. The 2019 inaugural event was held in New York City at the UN. Wendy Diamond is the Women's Entrepreneurship Day Founder & CEO.
144 nations overall recognized the first WED in 2014.