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 1. The Foreign Ministers of Nepal and China jointly certified the elevation of Mount Everest at 8,848.86 metres above sea level 86 cm higher than what was recognised since 1954.  Everest is also known as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Mount Qomolangma in China. 2.National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT):Constituted under Companies Act, 2013. It hears appeals against the orders of: NCLT under Section 61 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC).Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India under Section 202 and Section 211 of IBC. The Competition Commission of India (CCI). The President of the Tribunal and the chairperson and Judicial Members of the Appellate Tribunal shall be appointed after consultation with the Chief Justice of India. 3. The cyber wing of the Maharashtra Police recently acquired software from Interpol that would help them track down child pornography uploaded online. ‘Operation Blackface’ is part of the larger action taken against CSAM across the country. Act

 1.The Hampi chariot is one among the three famous stone chariots in India, the other two being in Konark, Odisha, and Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu. It was the last capital of the last great Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar.It was a part of the Mauryan Empire back in the third century BC. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site. 2. NGT seeks action plan on elephant corridors: Necessary legal action against encroachers and those violating the Provisions of the Forest Conservation Act 1980 and the Indian Forest Act 1927 in the proposed corridors. ‘Gaj Yatra’, a nationwide campaign to protect elephants, was launched on the occasion of World Elephant Day in 2017. Project elephant was launched on 1992. Elephant is included in Wildlife Protection Act, 1972: Schedule I,IUCN Red List: Endangered category. Monitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) Programme in 2003. 3. Himachal Pradesh wants GI status for five products: These include- Karsog Kulth, Thangi of Pangi, Chamba Metal Crafts, Chamba

 1.FATF recently held its annual joint experts’ meet. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body established in 1989 on the initiative of the G7.It is a “policy-making body” which works to generate the necessary political will to bring about national legislative and regulatory reforms in various areas. The FATF Secretariat is housed at the OECD headquarters in Paris. 2.A ‘Monthly Progress Report’ was recently submitted by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti on cleaning Yamuna. The river Yamuna is a major tributary of river Ganges. Originates from the Yamunotri glacier near Bandarpoonch peaks in the Mussoorie range of the lower Himalayas in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. It meets the Ganges at the Sangam in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh after flowing through Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi. Tributaries: Chambal, Sindh, Betwa and Ken. 3.Present Attorney-General K.K. Venugopal. The Attorney General for In

 1.NITI Aayog has released a review report on Poshan Abhiyaan. The programme seeks to improve nutritional outcomes for children, pregnant women and lactating mothers. Launched in 2018 with specific targets to be achieved by 2022. The target of the mission is to bring down stunting among children in the age group 0-6 years from 38.4% to 25% by 2022. 2. China sold negative-yield debt for the first time. These are debt instruments that offer to pay the investor a maturity amount lower than the purchase price of the bond. Can be issued by central banks or governments.Here, investors pay interest to the borrower to keep their money with them. 3. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) issued an order under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act blocking access to 43 mobile apps.Section 69A of the IT Act, empowers the Central Government to order that access to certain websites and computer resources be blocked in the interest of the defense of the country, i

 1. Hurricane Iota has made landfall in Nicaragua in Central America and has developed into a category five storm. Tropical cyclones or hurricanes use warm, moist air as fuel, and therefore form over warm ocean waters near the equator. Storms that form towards the north of the equator rotate counterclockwise, while those that form to the south spin clockwise because of the rotation of the Earth. 2.A Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde has observed that it is “trying to discourage” individuals from filing petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution. Article 32 deals with the ‘Right to Constitutional Remedies’, or affirms the right to move the Supreme Court by appropriate proceedings for the enforcement of the rights conferred in Part III of the Constitution. 3.Article 363-A was inserted in the Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1971. This amendment is best known for abolition of Privy Purse. 4. Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM): It

1.National Education Day on November 11, the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad to honor his contributions to education in India. He served as the first Minister of Education of independent India. Azad was awarded Bharat Ratna in 1992 for his contributions towards the field of education. 2. India is likely to press Biden Administration for early restoration of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) trade privilege for India. It is a U.S. trade program designed to promote economic growth in the developing world by providing preferential duty-free entry for up to 4,800 products from 129 designated beneficiary countries and territories. The objective of GSP was to give development support to poor countries by promoting exports from them into the developed countries. 3. Jharkhand government has passed a resolution to send the Centre a letter to recognise Sarna religion and include it as a separate code in the Census of 2021. It is believed that 50 lakhs tribal in the ent