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International Current Affairs

Today (29th November) is International day of solidarity with the Palestinian people.
- On this day, in 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted the resolution on the partition of Palestine (resolution 181 (II))
Today is Albanian Liberation Day
- On this day in 1944, Albania was liberated from Nazi Germany forces after the Albanian resistance during World War II.
- Important Details you should know about Albania
- Capital : Tirana
- Official language : Albaniana
- President : Ilir Meta
- Prime Minister : Edi Rama
- Currency : Lek

National Current Affairs

Himachal Pradesh today became the 1st Indian state to launch a single emergency number "112".
- This number will connect to Police (100), Fire (101), Health (108) and Women helplines (1090) through an Emergency Response Centre (ERC) in the state.
The Maharashtra assembly has unanimously approved 16% reservation for the Maratha community in jobs and educational institutes.
- Following this, the total reservation in the state for OBC, SC/ST groups, other minor social groups, and the Marathas will be 68%.
The Supreme Court has allowed candidates aged above 25 to take National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2019.
- The National Testing Agency (NTA) is going to conduct the NEET 2019 in the month of May.

Science & Technology

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today successfully launched India's Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite (HySIS) along with 30 Micro and Nanosatellites of eight other countries after a 16-hour countdown.
- HySIS will help in monitoring pollution from industries.
- It will also have other applications in agriculture, forestry, geology, coastal zone study and inland water studies.

Awards & Honors

The 49th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was concluded in Panaji (Goa). Here are the
49th IFFI Awards Winners
- Lifetime Achievement Award : Dan Wolman (Israeli Director)
- IFFI Special Award : Salim Khan
- Best film (Golden Peacock) Award: Donbass (Ukrainian movie) directed by Sergei Loznitsa.
- Best Director (Silver Peacock) Award : Lijo Jose Pellissery (Malayalam film-India).
- Best Actor (Male) Award : Chemban Vinod for his role in ‘Ee.Ma.Yau’ (Malayalam-India)
- Best Actor (Female) Award : Anastasiia Pustovit for her role in ‘When the Trees Fall’ (Ukrainian)
- Centenary Award for Best Debut Feature Film of Director : Alberto Monteras II for ‘Respeto’ (Filipino)
- ICFT –UNESCO Gandhi Medal : ‘Walking with the Wind’ directed by Praveen Morchhale

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

The government on today released revised GDP data for the 7 years from 2004-05 to 2011-12 under a new base year.
- The new back series data showed growth at 8.5% in 2010-11 compared to the estimate of 10.3% under the old series.
- Congress leader and ex-Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the revised GDP numbers are "worse than a bad joke".
In order to simplify the GST calculations for tax payers, Japanese electronics company ‘CASIO’ has launched world’s first Goods and Services Tax (GST) calculator in India.
- The company has two variants of GST calculators MJ-120GST and MJ-12GST in the Indian market.

New Appointments

The 1978-batch Indian Postal Service officer Arvind Saxena has been appointed as the new Chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
- He has been working as acting head of the UPSC since June 20. He joined the organization as a Member on May 8, 2015.
Union Government has appointed Anil Manibhai Naik as Chairman of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).
- He is currently Group Chairman of engineering conglomerate Larsen and Toubro (L&T).
- He was honored with Padma Bhushan, India’s 3rd highest civilian award in 2009 for his outstanding contribution to economic growth of the country.

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