Current Affairs on 20 November 2020

Current Affairs on 20 November 2020

• World Children's Day is celebrated on 20 November

  World Children's Day is observed globally on 20 November every year. The day is celebrated to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children's welfare.

• Dr Pokhriyal to be conferred with Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award

  Union Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' will be conferred with the Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award. This award will be conferred to the Minister for writing, poetry and other literary works. The Minister has penned more than 75 books on wide-ranging issues, which have also been translated into many national and foreign languages.

• India Ranks 77 in TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix 2020

  India is placed at 77th position in the TRACE Bribery Risk Matrix 2020. India has achieved a score of 45 in a global list that measures business bribery risks of 2020. India's rank stood 78 positions in 2019.

• India's Param Siddhi ranked 63rd in most powerful supercomputers

  According to the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Indian supercomputer, Param Siddhi has achieved 63rd rank in the list of 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world. Param Siddhi is the high-performance computing-artificial intelligence (HPC-AI) supercomputer established under National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) at C-DAC.

• DIPAM inks agreement with World Bank

  Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) has signed an agreement with the World Bank, to provide advisory services to DIPAM for asset monetization.

• G20 Leaders Summit to be On 21 November

  At the invitation of His Majesty King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will be attending the 15th G20 Summit chaired by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.