TNPSC Current Affairs November 26, 2019

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs Nov 26, 2019 (26/11/2019)

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Topic: Latest Diary of Events

Constitution Day of India

Constitution day which is also known as the Samvidhan Divas is celebrated every year on November 26 to mark the day on which the Constitution of India was adopted. While the adoption of the Constitution took place on November 26, 1949, it came into effect on January 26, 1950.

The draft of the constitution was prepared by the drafting committee under BR Ambedkar’s aegis. According to the government notification, the Constitution Day was also a tribute to Ambedkar.

Earlier, this day was commemorated as National Law Day, after a resolution by the Supreme Court Bar Association, a lawyers’ body, in 1979.

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Topic: Public Awareness and General Administration

Coalbed methane (CBM)

Ministry of Coal has asked the state-run coal miner Coal India Limited (CIL) to produce 2 MMSCB (million metric standard cubic metres) per day of coalbed methane (CBM) gas in the next 2 to 3 years.

CBM potential:

India has the fifth-largest coal reserves in the world, and CBM has been looked at as a clean alternative fuel with significant prospects. India’s CBM resources are estimated at around 92 trillion cubic feet (TCF), or 2,600 billion cubic metres (BCM).

The country’s coal and CBM reserves are found in 12 states of India, with the Gondwana sediments of eastern India holding the bulk. The Damodar Koel valley and Son valley are prospective areas for CBM development.

What is coalbed methane (CBM)?

It is an unconventional form of natural gas found in coal deposits or coal seams. CMB is formed during the process of coalification, the transformation of plant material into coal.

CBM can be used

In Power generation.

As Compressed natural gas (CNG) auto fuel.

As feedstock for fertilisers.

Industrial uses such as in cement production, rolling mills, steel plants, and for methanol production.

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Topic: Latest Diary of Events, Places in News

ASI protected temples in India

Information on this was given in Lok Sabha recently.

Key facts:

A total 651 Hindu temples in India are designated as Centrally Protected Monuments under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

The largest number of Hindu temples under the ASI’s protection is in Karnataka, followed by Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh.

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 Topic: Latest Diary of Events, Places in News

Rohtang Tunnel

Rohtang tunnel will officially be ready for inauguration by September 2020. The 8.8 km long tunnel will cut through Pir Panjal range. When complete, it will become the world’s longest highway tunnel above 10,000 feet.

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Topic: International Diary of Events

Flight service from Imphal to Mandalay

Last week, Myanmar’s private airlines Air KBZ started a chartered flight service from Manipur’s state capital Imphal to Myanmar’s second-largest city Mandalay.

Significance: Mandalay is an important economic centre of Myanmar and the flight service is said to be benefiting both traders and tourists.

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Topic: New Inventions on Science and Health

Assam roofed turtle

The multipurpose Assamese gamosa, a ubiquitous, white cotton towel, has been assigned a new function — conservation of rare freshwater turtles- Assam roofed turtle. It is an endangered small freshwater species. Protected under Schedule I of the wildlife protection act.

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Topic: Latest Diary of Events

National Milk Day

India National Milk Day is observed every year on 26 November to commemorate the birthday of Dr. Verghese Kurien, the father of India’s White Revolution. However, World milk day is observed every year across the world on 1 June by the United Nations.

The day is celebrated to promote benefits related to milk and milk industry and to create awareness among people about importance of milk and milk products. This year India is celebrating 98th birth anniversary of Dr. Kurien.

The first National Milk Day was celebrated on 26 November 2014 after the initiative taken by Indian Dairy Association (IDA). In first National Milk Day various milk producers from 22 states participated.

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Topic: Awards and Honours

13th Asia Pacific Screen Awards

The 13th Asia Pacific Screen Awards which are Asia Pacific’s highest accolade in film were awarded in Brisbane, Australia. With films from nearly 70 countries and areas in region, APSA honours filmmaking that best reflects its cultural origins and diversity of Asia Pacific.

Awardees 2019

Best Feature Film: ‘Parasite’, directed by South Korea’s Bong Joon-Ho

Best Performance by an Actress: Max Eigenmann in ‘Verdict’

Best Performance by an Actor: Manoj Bajpayee in ‘Bhonsle’

About Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA):

It is an international cultural initiative/program of Australia’s Brisbane City Council that honours as well as promotes directors, films, actors, and cultures of Asia-Pacific region to a global audience.

The award also realises objectives of UNESCO to promote and preserve respective cultures through the influential medium of film. The First edition of award was presented in 2007.

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Topic: Sports and Medals, Latest Diary of Events

World Athlete of the Year 2019

The World Athlete of the Year award is a prize that can be won by athletes participating in events within the sport of athletics organised by World Athletics (formerly IAAF), including track and field, cross country running, road running, and race walking.

Kenya Eliud Kipchoge: Kenyan marathoner Eliud Kipchoge was named the male athlete of the year for the second year in the World Athletics Awards 2019.

United States Dalilah Muhammad: World 400m hurdles champion Dalilah Muhammad from the United States took the female athlete of the year.

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Topic: Latest Diary of Events

Ocean Dance Festival 2019

The Ocean Dance Festival 2019 started in Cox Bazar of Bangladesh. Ocean Dance Festival is the largest international dance festival of Bangladesh in which more than 200 dancers, choreographers and scholars from 15 countries are participating.

The theme of this year’s festival is ‘Bridging the distance’ or Durotter Shetubandhan. The festival aims to expand cultural tourism in Bangladesh.

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Topic: International Events, Geographical Area of Earth

Only place on Earth that is Unhabitable

The recent study, published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, revealed that any form of microbial life was absent in the hot, saline, hyper acid ponds of the Dallol geothermal field in Ethiopia.

After analyzing many more samples than in previous works, with a well-calibrated methodology, its verified that there’s no microbial life in these salty, hot and hyperacid pools or in the adjacent magnesium-rich brine lakes.

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Topic: Awards and Honours, International Diary of Events

The Arcadia Education Project won Aga Khan Architecture Award

Floating school project in Bangladesh wins Aga Khan Architecture Award.

Background:

Bangladesh is a land of water. A large part of its landscape remains submerged under water during the monsoon months. When Razia Alam came back from England after retirement as teacher, she wanted to build a school for children which is spacious, modern and healthy for learning.

She also wanted it to be built at a land which was under water for about six months of the year during monsoon period. She contacted the internationally renowned architect of Bangladesh Saif Ul Haque to design the school. He took up the project and came with a school which has won many prestigious awards including the Aga Khan award. It is a floating school named ‘The Arcadia Education Project’.