DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 8 NOVEMBER 2020
1. A special tri-Service combat exercise called “Bull Strike”, with Special Forces and amphibious operations, was conducted by the Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) over the last three days.
2. The Wireless Monitoring Organisation, part of the Department of Telecommunications, took down 33 illegal mobile network boosters and also served notices for removal of 40 such equipment that were being used in the national capital.
3. Indian diplomat Vidisha Maitra has been elected to the UN’s Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ).
4. An amount of over 42 thousand 740 crore rupees has been disbursed to 20 lakh 60 thousand and 220 Defence Forces pensioners and family pensioners since the implementation of One Rank One Pension- OROP.
5. India and Italy sign 15 agreements in various sectors; Reaffirm commitment to strengthen cooperation against common global challenges.
6. The US government has removed the Easr Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) from its list of terrorist organization after nearly two decades.
7. Manish Choudhury, Sanjay Kumar Medhi and Nani Tagia appointed as Permanent Judges of Gauhati High Court.
8. Indian Space Research Organisation’s PSLV-C49 successfully lifting off from the first launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
The rocket, in its 51th flight, carried an all-weather earth imaging satellite EOS-01, previously called RISAT-2BR2, and nine foreign satellites. Total 10 satellites.