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Mysuru to get India’s first sandalwood museum

This first of a kind museum has been set by the Mysuru Forest Divison at the Sandalwood Depot in Aranya Bhavan, Mysuru. The museum is a platform for discerning visitors to know about sandalwood classification, farming techniques, and types of sandalwood.

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Sandalwood is an evergreen tree native to India and Indonesia.

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Q2 GDP to shrink 8.6%; India to enter recession for 1st time: RBI Official

As per RBI official, GDP is likely to contract by 8.6% for the July-September period, which means India will enter into a recession for 1st time in history in 1st half of this fiscal with 2 successive quarters of negative growth due to COVID-19 pandemic.

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RBI Estimated: Economy will contract by 9.5% for the fiscal year

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PM Modi Inaugurates Office-Cum-Residential Complex Of ITAT's Cuttack Bench

Prime Minister virtually inaugurated Office-cum-residential complex of Cuttack bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT). The Cuttack Bench of the ITAT was created and started functioning in 1970, and its jurisdiction extends to the whole of Odisha.

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Odisha CM: Naveen Patnaik;
Governor: Ganeshi Lal.

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MEA Secretary Rahul Chhabra Launches IBSA Report

Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (Economic Relations) Rahul Chhabra launched India-Brazil-South Africa report on 'Deepening Cooperation in IBSA: Perspectives from Key Sectors', prepared by 2nd batch of Fellows under IBSA Visiting Fellowship Program.

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IBSA established by the Brasilia declaration of 6 June 2003.

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Home Ministry amends Foreign Contribution Regulation Act rules, 2011

Ministry of Home Affairs has relaxed norms for farmer, student, religious & other groups who aren’t directly aligned to any political party to receive foreign funds if groups aren’t involved in active politics. Ministry notified new rules under FCRA, 2010.

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FCRA come into force: 29th April 2011.

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Australia-India Water Centre inaugurated virtually

Australia-India Water Centre was inaugurated virtually through a Webinar, due to pandemic situation. The Water Centre is led by University of Western Sydney from Australia & IIT Guwahati from India along with 21 other partners from India and Australia.

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Australia Capital: Canberra;
Currency: Australian dollar.

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World Diabetes Day: 14 November

World Diabetes Day was created in 1991 by IDF and WHO in response to growing concerns about escalating health threat posed by diabetes. Campaign is represented by a blue circle logo that was adopted in 2007 after passage of UN Resolution on diabetes.

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Theme for World Diabetes Day 2020: The Nurse and Diabetes.

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14 scientists from IIT-BHU in world's top 2% scientists' list by Stanford University

14 scientists from the IIT - Banaras Hindu University have figured among the top 2% scientists in a global list compiled by the Standford University. The exhaustive list has 1,59,683 persons with nearly 1,500 scientists, doctors and engineers in India.

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IIT BHU Director: Pramod Kumar Jain

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AGS Transact, Utimaco partner to provide cyber-defence technology for digital payments

Global IT security solutions provider Utimaco and AGS Transact Technologies, an end-to-end cash and digital payment solutions provider, have entered into a partnership to provide security solutions for payment and automation solutions.

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NPCI enables digital payments and settlement systems in India.

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K S Subramanian has bagged Fertiliser Association of India Golden Jubilee Award

TN Agricultural University’s Director & NABARD Chair, K S Subramanian has bagged Fertiliser Association of India Golden Jubilee Award for outstanding contribution in nano-fertilizers & its role in improved use efficiency while ensuring environmental safety

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NABARD Founded: 12 July 1982
HQs: Mumbai

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‘Project Air Care’ launched in Gurugram to fight pollution

Haryana CM unveiled ‘Project Air Care’ in Gurugram, as part of which 65 Wind Augmentation Air Purifying Units (WAYU) will be installed in the district. They will be installed and maintained by Indian Pollution Control Association.

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Haryana CM: Manohar Lal Khattar;
Governor: Satyadev Narayan Arya

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Embassy Group signs an MoU with Karnataka to Provide Educational And Infrastructural Support to government schools

Embassy Group has signed an MoU with the Govt of Karnataka, Dept of Education for improvement of Government Schools in Bangalore. MoU is to provide educational resources, infrastructural support, and holistic health programs for Govt Schools.

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The MoU was be signed for a period of two years.