TNPSC BITS. Medical education Ministry of the Maharashtra government has appointed Dr Jagannath Dixit as the brand ambassador of its antiobesity

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1 December - 01 TNPSC BITS Medical educatin Ministry f the Maharashtra gvernment has appinted Dr Jagannath Dixit as the brand ambassadr f its antibesity campaign. The 59th editin f Subrt Cup Internatinal Ftball Turnament (Junir Bys categry) was wn by Bangladesh s Krida Shiksha Prthishtan (BKSP) defeating Amini Schl f Afghanistan. SpaceX CEO Eln Musk has annunced that he is changing the name f BFR rcket t Starship. BFR was referred as the Big Falcn Rcket. Fur new hrned frgs species have been discvered by a team f bilgists frm Delhi University, University Cllege Dublin (Ireland) and Natural Histry Museum (UK) in the Himalayan regins f Nrtheast India. Team f bilgists als includes S D Biju, wh is knwn as the Frgman f India. NASA (Natinal Aernautics and Space Administratin) has selected Jezer Crater as the landing site fr its upcming Mars 2020 rver missin. The rver missin is scheduled t launch in July Australia and Pland refused t sign a UN pact n migratin because the agreement wuld undermine their existing immigratin plicies. Dr. Tamilisai Sundarajan receives Emerging star f Indian plitics award frm American s Glbal cmmunity Oscar. Tamilisai Sundararajan was nminated fr Emerging Indian plitician categry. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has released the bk titled Tamil Nadu Plice Gallant Heres at Kalaivanar Arangam in Chepauk. The bk hnurs the lives all thse plice persnnel wh had sacrificed their lives in the line f duty. TAMIL NADU TN Receives Best perfrmance award - Organ Dnatin Prgramme Tamil Nadu health department received Unin ministry f health and family welfare s best perfrmance award fr its successful rgan dnatin prgramme. It is fr the furth time in a rw Tamil Nadu is receiving this award.

2 Other Awards Best State fr prmting awareness n rgan dnatin Maharashtra Award fr Perfrming First Hand Transplant - Dr. Subramania Iyer K, AIIMS Kchi Award fr cnducting 1st Uterine Transplant in India - Dr. Shailesh Puntambekar, Pune. India Tday Awards Vice President f India has recently presented the 15th India Tday State f State Awards 2018 in New Delhi. Tamil Nadu received the awards fr the best perfrming state in the categries f Overall perfrmance, Maintenance f law & rder and Turism. TN has becme the secnd largest state ecnmy in India, cntributing 8.4% t natinal GDP. The India Tday State f the States Survey 2018 was cnducted by the leading research agency, MDRA.

3 INTERNATIONAL Mississippi Senate electin Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith defeated challenger Mike Espy, a Demcrat, in the runff electin fr the U.S. Senate in Mississippi. Hyde-Smith is the first wman elected t the Senate frm Mississippi. Vermnt is nw the nly state t have never elected a wman t Cngress. Hyde-Smith s victry als means that there will be 24 wmen in the Senate next year. That will set a new recrd fr wmen serving in the Senate, ne mre than the current high, set during this Cngress. Wrld s first ttal-bdy scanner SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY The wrld's 1st medical imaging scanner that can capture a 3D picture f the entire human bdy at nce in as little as secnds has prduced its 1st scans. The scanner dubbed as Explrer has been develped by scientists frm The University f Califrnia Davis in the US in partnership with Shanghai-based United Imaging Healthcare (UIH) It can scan with a radiatin dse up t 40 times less than a current PET scan. It is a cmbined psitrn emissin tmgraphy (PET) and X-ray cmputed tmgraphy (CT) scanner that can image the entire bdy at the same time.

4 PERSONALITIES, AWARDS AND EVENTS Indira Gandhi Prize fr Peace, Disarmament and Develpment 2018 Centre fr Science and Envirnment (CSE) has recently wn 2018 Indira Gandhi Prize fr Peace, Disarmament and Develpment. It is cnferred by Indira Gandhi Trust every year n the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi s birth anniversary. CSE was established in 1980 under the leadership f late Anil Agarwal. It has been wrking n varius issues like air and water pllutin, fd safety, waste water management, climate change etc. Glden Peacck award Dnbass, wn the cveted Glden Peacck award at the 49th Internatinal Film Festival f India (IFFI) at Panaji, Ga. Dnbass tells the stry f a hybrid war taking place in a regin f Eastern Ukraine, invlving an pen armed cnflict. Lij Jse Pellissery wn the Silver Peacck fr Best Directr fr the Malayalam film Ee.Ma.Yau.

5 Ustad Imrat Khan passed away Indian classical music stalwart Ustad Imrat Khan, wh dedicated his life t prpagating the Sitar and the surbahar wrldwide, passed in the United States. He famusly turned dwn the Padma Shri last year saying the recgnitin had cme t late and diminished his achievements. Africa Industrializatin Day (AID) 20 Nvember The Africa Industrializatin Day was celebrated n 20th Nvember every year by UN General Assembly. The Theme fr the 2018 editin is: Prmting Reginal Value Chains in Africa: A pathway fr accelerating Africa s structural transfrmatin, industrializatin and pharmaceutical prductin. It fcused n the cntext f the Africa Cntinental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and the Third Industrial Develpment Decade fr Africa (IDDA III). It was first established in 1989 by UNGA t raise awareness abut the imprtance f Africa s industrializatin and the challenges faced by the cntinent. India Rivers Week 2018 The India Rivers Week (IRW) 2018, a unique meeting n rivers in India was held at the Wrld-Wide Fund fr Nature-India (WWF), New Delhi frm Nvember 24 t 26, The fcus f this year s three-day meet was Can India Rejuvenate Ganga? This year s event was dedicated t Dr G D Agrawal als knwn as Swami Gyanswarup Sanand, wh passed away recently. India gifts e-rickshaws t Senegal MISCELLANEOUS External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj handed ver 2 e-rickshaws t the Ambassadr f Senegal in New Delhi. The mve is in a gesture symblising the partnership between the tw cuntries in the clean energy sectr.

6 Respnding t the request f Senegal President India is supplying 250 e- rickshaws with lithium-in batteries n grant basis t Senegal. The e-rickshaws t be supplied t Senegal were manufactured by Genka Electric Mtr Vehicles Private Limited