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18 November, 2021

News Today:

  1. The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the executive in the country is suffering from a “policy paralysis” and “inertia”, waiting for the top court to step in for bringing down the rising levels of air pollution in Delhi-NCR. HT
  2. The number of fires in farmlands in Punjab this year has surpassed last year’s tally to become the highest since 2016, and taken together with the incidents recorded in Haryana, the instances recorded this month are four times that seen till the end of October.. HT
  3. India and Russia are considering the possibility of holding their maiden 2+2 dialogue of defence and foreign ministers around the time of the annual summit in December because of scheduling issues, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. HT
  4. Days after the government brought in two ordinances to ensure that the Directors of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) could have tenures of up to five years, the President on Thursday extended ED Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra’s tenure for one more year. Indian Express
  5. Rebutting allegations that it had weakened the Glasgow climate pact by having the final text of the agreement read that coal would be “phased down” instead of “phased out,” Indian officials said it had merely read out a ‘consensus’ statement agreed to by all countries on the final day of the COP conference. Hindu

 

Hindi News: 

( so that you don’t miss out )

  1. डिजिटाइजेशन के दौर में अब देश ‘वन नेशन-वन डेटा’ के लिए तैयार हो रहा है। केंद्र सरकार जन्म-मृत्यु पंजीकरण कानून 1969 में संशोधन की प्रक्रिया लगभग पूरी कर चुकी है। केंद्र ने संशोधित कानून का ड्राफ्ट जनता के सुझावों के लिए पब्लिक डोमेन में साझा किया था। 17 नवंबर को सुझाव देने की अंतिम तारीख थी। अब बिल कैबिनेट के पास जाएगा। संकेत हैं कि 2022 में जनगणना शुरू होने से पहले नया कानून अमल में आ जाएगा। संशोधन के बाद एक ही तारीख पर हर राज्य में यह कानून प्रभावी हो जाएगा। Bhaskar
  2. चीन के खतरे को सामने देखते हुए केंद्र सरकार ने जल, थल सेना के साथ ही वायु सेना को भी मजबूत करना शुरू कर दिया है। इसी कड़ी के तहत दुनिया का सबसे हल्का स्वदेशी अटैक हेलिकॉप्टर वायुसेना के हवाले किया जा रहा है। इसे हिंदुस्तान एयरोनॉटिक्‍स लिमिटेड (HAL) ने बनाया है। Bhaskar

  3. पीपुल्स डेमोक्रेटिक पार्टी (PDP) की प्रमुख और जम्मू-कश्मीर की पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री महबूबा मुफ्ती को श्रीनगर में उनके आवास पर नजरबंद कर दिया गया। सूत्रों के मुताबिक, वह शहर की प्रेस कॉलोनी में एक विरोध प्रदर्शन में हिस्सा लेने जा रही थीं। ABP

 

Relevant Google Trends Today

  1. Guru Nanak Jayanti 2021: The day marks the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji and this year will celebrate the 552nd birth anniversary.
  2. SBI has declared the results SBI Clerk (Junior Associate) Mains examination 2021 on its official website.
  3. Popular Tamil director and actor RNR Manohar passed away on Wednesday at a private hospital in Chennai. He was 61.
  4. The initial public offering (IPO) of Go Fashion, one of India’s largest women’s bottom-wear brands, was subscribed 2.46 percent on November 17.

 

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  2. #INDvNZ
  3. #TwoIndias
  4. #SpiderManNoWayHome

 

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