Important Day
- Theme for Africa Industrialization Day 2020 (20 November) - Inclusive and sustainable industrialisation in the AfCFTA era.
- World Children's Day - 20 November.
Defence
- This force is organizing a Para-Cycling expedition “Infinity Ride 2020", which commenced from Srinagar and will end at Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu) on 31st December - Border Security Force (BSF).
International
- India’s rank on TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix 2020 - 77th.
- According to TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix 2020, country that present the highest commercial bribery risk - North Korea.
- According to TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix 2020, country that present the lowest commercial bribery risk - Denmark (followed by Norway, Finland, Sweden and New Zealand).
- This Indian city bagged third place for an international award in the 'Living and Inclusion Award' category at the 2020 Smart City Expo World Congress in Spain - Visakhapatnam.
- Hosted by IBMC International, Global Gold Convention 2020 (GGC 2020) will be held on November 23 in - Dubai.
National
- This Indian institute has been ranked the most employable university in India and ranked the 27th most employable university in the world, according to the Global Employability Ranking and Survey or GEURS 2020 - Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
- According to a recent survey released by Times Higher Education (THE), India’s rank in terms of employability - 15th.
- Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti celebrated 'World Toilet Day' on 19 November 2020 under - 'Swachh Bharat Mission - Grameen (SBMG)'.
- New name of Hubballi Railway station - Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji Railway Station-Hubballi.
Persons in News
- Recipient of the Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 for writing, poetry and other literary works which is given by the Vatayan-UK organization in London - Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ (Union Education Minister).
- First woman who have solo travelled the world (travelling all the seven continents) in a mere 3 days 14 hours 46 minutes 48 seconds setting Guinness World Record - Dr. Khawla Al Romaithi (United Arab emirates).
State Current Affairs
- This state government has launched the ‘Uzhavar-Aluvalar Thodarbu Thittam’ in an attempt to bridge the gap between farmers and officials in all village panchayats to get help in the dissemination of crop technology - Tamil Nadu.
General Knowledge
- Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park is situated in - Mizoram.
- Pin Valley National Park is situated in - Himachal Pradesh.
- Rajaji National Park is situated in - Uttarakhand.
- Rajiv Gandhi National Park (Rameswaram) is situated in - Andhra Pradesh.
- Rani Jhansi Marine National Park is situated in - Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- Ranthambore National Park is situated in - Rajasthan.
