Concentration of CO2 rose from 405.5 ppm in 2017 to 407.8 ppm in 2018. Since 1990, warming effect of greenhouse gases surged by 43%, as per WMO annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. The increase above annual average increase of 2.06 ppm over the past decade
World Meteorological Organization HQ: Geneva, Switzerland
Haryana's Sangram Dahiya & MP’s Varsha Varman clinched double trap titles, winning gold at the 63rd National Shotgun Shooting Championship in New Delhi. In men's category, Sangram shot 142/150 targets to leave behind former world champion Ankur Mittal
Varsha, in the women's category won gold over Manisha Kheer
November 26 has a unique historical significance as it was on this day in 1949 that the Constitution was adopted, and, thereafter, came into force on January 26, 1950, marking the beginning of India as a republic.
Govt is celebrating ‘Samvidhan Divas’ to mark 70th anniversary
Elavenil Valarivan closed the season as world No.1 in women’s air rifle & will be bestowed the Golden Target award by ISSF in Munich, Germany. Award is a tribute to the best athletes of year as per annual ranking in each of the individual Olympic events
Divyansh Panwar & Saurabh Chaudhary also to be awarded same
Central GST collection so far this fiscal stood at ₹3.26 lakh crore, about half of the government’s target for 2019-20. On direct taxes, the Budget Estimate was ₹13,35,000 cr. In April-Oct 2019, net collection of direct taxes was ₹5,18,084 crore
Minister of State for Finance: Anurag Singh Thakur
Bharti Airtel Limited has announced that it has acqui-hired a Gurugram-based startup Quikmile for an undisclosed sum of money for working on Artificial Intelligence & the Internet of Things. Quikmile works on building technology-enabled logistics platforms
Bharti Airtel Ltd is India’s 2nd largest tele-service provider
Rachakonda Police inaugurated the exclusive bus service for women passengers at Infosys, Pocharam Village in Hyderabad. ‘She Shuttle' is equipped with CCTV cameras, a lady security guard & a smartphone application for every passenger with a panic button
Telangana Governor: Tamilisai Soundararajan
About 61% of total households used LPG for cooking in India in 2018. Only 48.3% of the rural households used LPG, while figures were much higher in urban areas at 86.6%. Survey highlighted that around 13% households received benefits of LPG connections
LPG penetration stood at 89.5% as of December 1, 2018
Ashok Leyland entered into a 2-year MoU with ICICI Bank to offer customised financial solutions to customers across India with a focus on semi-urban & rural geographies. ICICI will be a preferred financier for providing finance to Ashok leyland customers
ICICI Bank CEO: Sandeep Bakhshi; HQ: Mumbai
Kerala cadre IAS Suman Billa will join United Nations World Tourism Organisation at its headquarters in Madrid, Spain. He will assume charge as Director, Technical Cooperation & Silk Road Development, a specialised agency promoting accessible tourism
UNWTO works under United Nations Economic & Social Council
IRIFM is a new entity, set up to impart professional training in management of railway finances. It was formally inaugurated by Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman, Railway Board, on a 14-acre campus at Moula-Ali, Secunderabad.
Minister for Railways: Piyush Goyal
In 2014, all the dairy majors of the country, along with the Indian Dairy Association, resolved to observe Dr Kurien’s birth anniversary on 26th November as National Milk Day. In 1970, ‘Operation Flood’ was launched as a National Dairy Development Board
India is world leader in milk production since last 15 years