Current affairs of 8th November 2020 for Banking, TPSC, UPSC, SSC, and other competitive exams.

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1. World Tsunami Awareness Day: 5 November.

World Tsunami Awareness Day was observed on November 5 to spread awareness among people across the world in matters related to the dangers of tsunami. In 2020, World Tsunami Awareness Day encourages the development of national and community-level, local disaster risk reduction strategies to save more live against disasters. This Year's observance promotes the "Sendai Seven Campaign" target.

In December 2015, the UN General Assembly designated 5 November as World Tsunami Awareness Day,

2. AK Gupta becomes the new MD&CEO of ONGC Videsh Limited(OVL).

Before this, he was a director (Operations) of the company. Gupta was also the head of New Businesses in Marketing in ONGC and Head Business development in ONGC Videsh,

3. Joe Biden wins the US presidential election.

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. has defeated Donald Trump to become the 46th U.S. president. Biden will become the oldest president-elect in U.S. history and the first to oust a sitting commander-in-chief after one term since Bill Clinton defeated George H.W. Bush in 1992. Biden's electoral college vote to 290, surpassing the 270 needed to win the White House. California Senator Kamala Harris becomes the first Black and Indian-American woman to serve as vice president.

4. Whatsapp Partnered with 5 Banks for UPI Payment.

Whatsapp has partnered with five Indian banks to process its payment services. These five banks are State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, and Jio Payment Bank. The Facebook-owned messaging platform, WhatsApp Inc, has received the approval from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch its Unified Payment Interface (UPI) based payment services in India, to let users send or receive money across the country.

5. ISRO launches PSLV C49 with 10 satellites.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched the 51st mission of the Polar Satelite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). This is the first mission by ISRO in 2020. The carrier vehicle PSLV C49 will deliver 10 satellites in all with EOS-01 as the primary one. The carrier was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

• Chairman of ISRO: K.Sivan.
• ISRO Headquarters: Bengaluru, Karnataka.

6. Manipur's Gyanedro Ningombam became the new president of Hockey India.

Earlier he has been serving as the officiating President of Hockey India since July 2020. He became the first President from northeast India to spearhead Hockey India. He will serve as Head of the national federation for two years.

• Hockey India Founded: 20 May 2009
• Hockey India Headquarters: New Delhi.

7. Two-day joint coastal security exercise "Sagar Kavach' Begins.

A two-day joint coastal security exercise, " Sagar Kavach" was launched at Paradip Coast, Odisha. The exercise is being carried out by a joint effort of the state of Odisha and West Bengal governments.

The main purpose of the exercise is to carry out the exercise on the coast of Paradip this year, just like every year after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. the exercise is being carried out to prevent a repeat of the Mumbai attacks by sea.

8. Dharmendra Pradhan co-chairs the 4th Meeting of the OPEC-India Dialogue.

The 4th High-level Meeting of the OPEC-India Dialogue was hosted by the OPEC Secretariat. The Meeting was co-chaired by HE Mohammad Sansui Barkindo, Secretary-General of OPEC, and Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, India's Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Steel.

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