Top ten current affairs of 1st November 2020 for Banking, TPSC, UPSC, SSC, and other competitive exams.

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1. National Unity Day: 31 October.

In India, the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or National Unity Day is observed every year on October 31 since 2014 to commemorate the birth anniversary of the Iron Man of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. This year marks the 145th anniversary of the great leader who played an instrumental role in India's struggle for independence, and later during the integration of the country.

• He was born on 31st October 1875 in Nadiad, Gujarat.
• He was the first Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Independent India.
• He played an important role in the integration of many Indian princely states to make an Indian federation.
• Statue of Unity at Kevediya in the Narmada district of Gujarat was built in his honor.

2. World's first scientoon book 'Bye Bye Corona" published by Vigyna Prasar.

World's 1st scientook book entitled 'Bye Bye Corona", was released by Anandiben Patel, Governor, Uttar Pradesh. This book was written by Dr. Pradeep Srivastava, format Senior Principal Scientist at CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow. 

3. World Psoriasis Day 2020.

World Psoriasis Day is commemorated by the International Federation of Psoriasis Associations annually on 29th October. It aims to read awareness and promoting empowerment, taking action regarding improving the quality o life for citizens with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis.

World Psoriasis Day theme 2020: INFORMED.

• President of International Federation of Psoriasis Associations: Hoseah Waweru.
• International Federation of Psoriasis Associations Headquarters: Sweden.

4. International Internet Day 2020.

This Day is observed on 29th October every year. This aims to honor a momentous day in the history of telecommunications and technology. This day also highlights the sending of the 1st electronic message which was conveyed from one computer to another computer in the year 1969.

• Charley Kline who was a student programmer at the University of California, Los Angeles, discovered the transmission of the first-ever electronic message in the world 'LO' on 29th October 1969.
• In 2005, the world observed the first International Internet day on 29th October.

5. Om Puri awarded Lifetime Achievement Award Posthumously at IIFFB 2020.

Late Indian actor, Om Puri was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the third edition of the India International film festival of Boston (IIFFB 2020).  This award was received by his wife Nandita Puri. 

6. World Cities Day:  31 October.

The United Nations General Assembly has designated the 31st of October as World Cities Day to promote the International community's interest in global urbanization, push forward cooperation among countries in meeting opportunities and addressing challenges of urbanization, and contributing to sustainable urban development around the world.

2020 theme: valuing Our Communities and Cities.

This day was first launched by UN-Habitat in 2014 to emphasize the world's urban challenges and engage the international community towards the New Urban Agenda.

7. The "Dharani" Portal has been launched by Telangana CM Chandrasekhar Rao.

Telangana Chief Minister, K Chandrasekhar Rao has launched the web portal "Dharani" for land and property registrations. The state government will now undertake all the property transactions, including registrations and mutations, through a web portal.

This portal is a one-stop portal for all land and property-related transactions as well as documentation. 

• Chief Minister of Telangana: K Chandrasekhar Rao;
• Governor: Tamilisai Soundarajan.

8. Indian Movie Gully Boy has received the award for the best original score at the 14th Asian Flim Awards.

The 14th edition of the Asian Film Awards was organized by the Asian Film Awards Academy. Gully Boy has been directed by Zoya Akhtar.

9. Indian Army launches indigenous mobile application SAI.

The Indian Army has launched a secured messaging application platform named 'Secure Application for the Internet" (SAI). This mobile application for android will support end-to-end secure voice, text, and video calling services. This application is similar to applications like telegram and WhatsApp. 

10. NASA's SOFIA discovers water on the Sunlit surface of Moon.

Two new studies published in Nature astronomy suggest there could be much more water than previously thought, including ice stored in permanently shadowed "cold traps' at lunar polar regions. Using data from the Stratospheric Observatory for Interfered Astronomy (SOFIA) Airborne Telescope, researchers scanned the lunar surface at a more precise wavelength than had been used before- six microns instead of three.

• Headquarter of NASA: Washington D.C, United States.

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