Douglas Stuart has won the 2020 Booker Prize for fiction with his debut novel Shuggie Bain, which described a boy growing up in Glasgow in the 1980s with a mother battling addiction.Booker Prize is considered one of the leading prizes for literary fiction.
PH Newby was the first winner of the prize in 1969.
UN General Assembly in 1996 established 21 November as World Television Day to commemorate the date on which World Television Forum was held. As per the United Nations, television continues to be the single largest source of video consumption.
Inventor of TV: John Logie Baird.
SBI has signed a MoU with the Luxembourg Stock Exchange for setting up a long-term cooperation mechanism & promoting ESG (environmental/social/corporate governance) & green finance will open up new avenues for market development and fundraising.
SBI chairman - Dinesh Khara
HQ: Mumbai
Mastercard joined hands with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID for Project Kirana that will help increase revenue streams, expand financial inclusion & digital payments adoption of kirana shops that are owned/operated by women.
2-yr Project Kirana will be implemented in select cities of UP.
Editors of The New York Times Book Review selected 100 “notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction” works from around the world.
‘A Burning’ by Megha Majumdar
‘Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line’ by Deepa Anappara
Samanth Subramanian’s ‘A Dominant Character
Barack Obama’s newly released memoir ‘A Promised Land’ .
The ordinance provides for banning “electronic transfer of funds” for wagering or betting, distributing the winnings or prize money, providing for the levy of a ₹5,000 fine and six months’ imprisonment for those found to be engaging in it.
Capital: Chennai
Chief minister: Edappadi K. Palaniswami.
An internal working group set up by the RBI has proposed to raise the cap on promoters’ stake in private banks from the current 15 % to 26 % in 15 years & minimum initial capital requirement for licensing new banks to be enhanced from ₹500 cr to ₹1,000 cr.
Scheduled commercial banks are those included in RBI Act 1934.
The merger of Bharti Infratel and Indus Towers to create a mega tower company has been completed, and Vodafone Idea has received ₹3,760.1 crore cash for its 11.15 per cent holding. Vodafone will hold 28.12%, Airtel 36.7% stake in the merged entity.
Founder: Sunil Bharti Mittal
Headquarters: New Delhi
PM Modi said that India has set a target of reducing the carbon footprint by 30-35%. He made the statement while addressing the convocation ceremony of Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) here through video conference.
Paris Agmt: global temperature rise in the 21st century < 2°C.
RBI has imposed a total fine of over Rs 5.78 crore on 6 entities, including PNB, Sodexo & PhonePe, for violating regulatory guidelines in exercise of powers vested under Section 30 of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007.
Prepaid payment instruments are licensed & regulated by RBI.
Bengali poet Alokeranjan Dasgupta passes away at his residence in Germany. He was 87 years old. He was awarded Ananda Purashkar in 1985, Rabindra Puraskar in 1987 & Pravasi Bharatiya Samman 2005 & won the Sahitya Award for his Marami Korat book of poems.
Germany Capital: Berlin; Currency: Euro.
M Deosthalee, former chairman of L&T Finance Holdings, has died at the age of 74 in Mumbai. He is a qualified chartered accountant and holds a degree in law. He joined L&T in 1974 & was instrumental in setting up L&T Finance, a wholly-owned subsidiary.
HQ in Mumbai, it was founded in 1938 by Danish engineers.
Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck, Queen Mother of Bhutan, was announced as the individual laureate for the 2020 United Nations Population Award. HelpAge India was announced as the award’s institutional laureate.
United Nations Population Award was inducted in 1981.
HDFC Ltd on Thursday said insurance regulator Irdai has given the final nod for merger of HDFC ERGO Health Insurance with HDFC ERGO General Insurance. HDFC will hold 50.58% stake in HDFC ERGO.
HDFC ERGO acquired a majority shares in Apollo Munich Health.
Jharkhand Assembly passed a resolution for the provision of a separate ‘Sarna Code’ for tribals. The resolution will seek a special column for followers of the ‘Sarna’ religion in the Census 2021. ‘Sarna’ followers are nature worshippers.
Jharkhand Capital: Ranchi; Governor: Draupadi Murmu
The day is observed every year on the 21st of November to demonstrate solidarity with all fisher-folk communities, fish farmers and concerned stakeholders throughout the world. This is first-time government will award best performing States in this sector.
Ministry of Fisheries,& Dairying celebrated at NASC Complex.
The Indian Pharmaceutical Association-Delhi State Branch in collaboration with Delhi Pharmaceutical Trust celebrated the inaugural function of the 59th National Pharmacy Week. It was celebrated throughout the country from November 16-22, 2020.
2020 theme of NPW: “Pharmacists: Frontline Health Professionals”