Nvember 28 TNPSC BITS Veteran Kannada Actr and Plitician M.H. Ambareesh, wh was ppularly knwn as Rebel Star, passed away n 24th Nvember 2018, fllwing lung and Kidney infectin at the age f 66 in Bangalre. envus enterprises, the makers f the easyfne brand f phne have launched Easyfne Star, India s first mbile phne fr kids t help them be safer and cnnected t the parents. Sme f the features f the phne include restricting calls t nly precnfigured numbers, GPS & SOS. Bllywd actr Shilpa Shetty Kundra led India t achieve a new title n the Guinness Wrld Recrds as 2,353 peple held the abdminal plank psitin fr 60 secnds simultaneusly at the Armed Frces Medical Cllege grund in Pune. The recrd was made under the Bajaj Allianz Life Plankathn event, rganised by Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Cmpany. NATIONAL Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yjana Accrding t the Centre fr Digital Financial Inclusin (CDFI), the gvernment had transferred ver Rs 1,600 crre t 48.5 lakh mthers under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yjana (PMMVY). The prcess has been cnceptualized, designed and implemented by CDFI thrugh the PMMVY-CAS (Cmmn Applicatin Sftware) System. Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yjana Accrding t the scheme, which became active frm January 1, 2017, Rs 5,000 wuld be given in 3 instalments t pregnant wmen and lactating mthers fr the first child thrugh Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT). The scheme excludes thse in regular emplyment with the Central Gvernment r State Gvernment r Public Sectr Undertaking. The scheme is a Centrally Spnsred Scheme under which cst sharing rati Between the Centre and the States & UTs with Legislature is 60:40
Fr Nrth-Eastern States & three Himalayan States, it is 90:10. Central assistance fr Unin Territries withut Legislature is 100%. Zlgical Survey f India Reprt ENVIRONMENT The Zlgical Survey f India (ZSI) has recently published a reprt titled Faunal Diversity f Bigegraphic Znes: Islands f India. It has fr the first time cme up with a database f all faunal species fund n the Andaman and Nicbar Islands. The dcumentatin prves that the islands, cmprising nly 0.25% f India s gegraphical area, are hme t mre than 10% f the cuntry s fauna species. 10 species f marine fauna fund n the islands, The dugng/sea cw, and The Ind-Pacific humpback dlphin are bth classified as Vulnerable under the IUCN (Internatinal Unin fr Cnservatin f Nature) Red List f Threatened Species.
Ttally 46 terrestrial mammalian species were fund there. They have been categrised accrding t the IUCN. 3 species have been categrised as Critically Endangered Andaman shrew (Crcidura andamanensis), Jenkin s shrew (C. jenkinsi) and Nicbar shrew (C. nicbarica). 5 species are listed as Endangered 9 species as Vulnerable, and 1 species as Near Threatened. Anther unique feature f the islands ecsystem is that 555 species f scleractinian crals (hard r stny crals) are fund in the island. STATES Gujarat tpped in implementing Ayushman Bharat Accrding t the Natinal Health Agency, after 2 mnths f the launch f Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Argya Yjana, Gujarat has emerged as the tp perfrmer under the scheme. One reasn behind Gujarat s success is that it has already been implementing a similar scheme, knwn as the Mukhyamantri Amrutam (MA) Yjana, since 2012.
Tamil Nadu ranked secnd and Chhattisgarh ranked third fllwed by Karnataka and Maharashtra. PERSONALITIES, AWARDS AND EVENTS UNICEF appints first Yuth Advcate f the Nrth Eastern regin The United Natins Internatinal Children s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has appinted ppular singer Nahid Afrin (17) f Assam as the first Yuth Advcate f the nrth-eastern regin t fight fr child rights. The UNICEF engages Yuth Advcates t harness their vice as the agents f change in sciety. Syed Mdi Internatinal 2018 SPORTS The Badmintn Wrld Federatin (BWF) had recently rganized Syed Mdi Internatinal Badmintn Champinship at Lucknw, India. Syed Mdi Internatinal is a HSBC BWF Wrld Tur Super 300 turnament named in the memry f the 1982 Cmmnwealth Games men s singles Champin Syed Mdi. India s (24) Sameer Verma wn the Men s single title by defeating China s Lu Guangzu in the final t retain the title. Saina Nehwal settled with silver after lsing t China s Han Yue in Wmen s Singles event.
Other winners - India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty - silver medal (Men s Dubles) Ashwini Pnnappa and Reddy N. Sikki Silver medal (Wmen s Dubles) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Pnnappa - Brnze medal (mixed dubles) ICC Wmen s Wrld T20 cup The 6th editin f ICC Wmen s Wrld T20 cup has been wn by Australia by defeating England in the final at Antigua, West Indies. This is Australia s 4th wrld cup victry after 2010, 2012 and 2014. Australia's wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy was named the Player f the match in the finals. Australia were beaten by West Indies in the last wrld cup in 2016. In this Wrld Cup, India lst t England in the semi-final match. Indian Team captain Harmanpreet Kaur became the first wman fr India t scre a century in WT20Is, a match against New Zealand and the third fr any cuntry t scre ne at an ICC Wmen's Wrld Twenty20. She was the leading run-screr fr India in the turnament, with 183 runs in five matches.
Natinal milk day 26 Nvember IMPORTANT DAYS The Natinal Milk Day (NMD) was bserved n 26 Nvember t mark the birth anniversary Dr.Verghese Kurien, father f the White Revlutin in India, brn in 1921 at Kzhikde. The first NMD was bserved n 26 Nvember 2014. Dr. Verghese Kurien was the architect f the Operatin Fld, which was launched by Natinal Dairy Develpment Bard (NDDB) in the year 1970. This prgramme led India t becme ne f the largest prducers f Milk and nw India is self sufficient t meet its dairy needs. Cnstitutin Day - 26 Nvember Cnstitutin day which is als knwn as the Samvidhan Divas was celebrated n 26 Nvember every year acrss the cuntry. It has been celebrated t mark the day n which the Cnstitutin f India was adpted. The adptin f the Cnstitutin tk place n Nvember 26, 1949, it came int effect n January 26, 1950. The Gvernment f India declared 26 th Nvember as Cnstitutin Day n 19 th Nvember 2015 by a gazette ntificatin. The year f 2015 was the 125 th birth anniversary f Ambedkar. MISCELLANEOUS India marks 10th anniversary f 26/11 Mumbai terrr attacks India n Nvember 26, 2018 marked the tenth anniversary f 26/11 Mumbai terrr attacks. US has annunced a reward f $5 millin fr thse wh will help t find the peple invlved in the Attack. Ten years back in 2008, 10 terrrists f Lashkar-e-Taiba terrrist grup sailed int Mumbai and carried ut the crdinated attacks that lasted fr 3 days.
In respnse t the terrrist attack, Operatin Black Trnad was cnducted by the Natinal Security Guards (NSG) t catch the attackers at the Taj Htel. Ajmal Kasab was the nly attacker wh was captured alive and was later executed at Yerwada Jail in Pune n Nvember 21, 2012. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -