| The Malayalam writer who has been chosen for the 55th Jnanpith Award | Akkitham Achutan Namboodri |
| The year in which India has been chosen to host Men's Hockey World Cup (to be held in Bhubaneshwar and Rourkela) | 2023 |
| The motto of the Lokpal adopted in presence of Lokpal Chairman Justice (retired) Pinaki Chandra Ghosh | Ma Gridhah Kasyasvidhanam (Do not be greedy for anyone’s wealth) |
| The Indian journalist who has been awarded the CPJ International Press Freedom Award 2019 for shedding light on important human rights issues through her investigative journalism | Neha Dixit |
| The Oxford Word of the Year 2019 | Climate Emergency |
| The team which has won the 2019 Davis Cup defeating Canada in the finals in Madrid | Spain |
| The country which is most affected by terrorism as per Global Terrorism Index 2019 released by the Institute for Economics and Peace, Sydney (India is 7th most affected) | Afghanistan |
| The Indian bodybuilder who has been crowned Mr. Universe (Pro) 2019 in the 90 kg category at an event in South Korea | Chitahresh Natesan |
| The State which has banned manufacturing, sale and storage of single use plastic from 01 January 2020 | Kerala |
| The place in Uttar Pradesh where Destination North-East festival was inaugurated by Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister of State, DoNER | Varanasi |
| The venue of India’s first largest biotechnology conference Global Bio-India Summit, 2019 held from 21 to 23 Nov 2019 | New Delhi |
| The new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka who succeeds Ranil Wickremesinghe | Mahinda Rajapaksa |
| The Indian sportsperson who has been named PETA India's Person of the Year 2019 for his animal advocacy efforts | Virat Kohli |
| The renowned broadcaster and natural historian who has been chosen to be awarded the 2019 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust | Sir David Attenborough |
| The country which has become the first in the world to introduce WHO recommended TCV (Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine) in its national immunisation programme | Pakistan |
| The State in which the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare has launched SAANS (Social Awareness and Action to Neutralize Pneumonia Successfully) campaign to reduce child mortality due to penumonia | Gujarat |
| The green tea and white tea of this place in West Bengal have been granted GI (Geographical Indication) tag | Darjeeling |
| The place at which the establishment of the National Institute for Sowa-Rigpa as an autonomous organization under the Ministry of AYUSH has been approved by the Union Cabinet (Sowa-Rigpa is a traditional system of medicine practiced in Tibet, Mongolia, Bhutan, China, Nepal and India) | Leh |
| The new President of Sri Lanka who succeeds President Maithripala Sirisena for a five-year term | Gotabaya Rajapaksha |
| The new and 47th Chief Justice of India who succeeds Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi | Chief Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde |
| The first bilateral maritime exercise between the Indian Navy and Qatari Emiri Naval Forces conducted from 17 to 21 Nov 19 at Doha was named | Exercise Za’ir-Al-Bahr (Roar of the Sea) |
| The Indian athlete who has been listed in the Time Next 100 that spotlights 100 rising stars who are shaping the future of business, entertainment, sports, politics etc. | Dutee Chand |
| The rank of India in the Global Bribery Risk Index 2019 released by the US based organisation Trace International | 78 |
| The venue of 2 days International Conference on Yoga held from 15 to 16 Nov 2019 with the theme Yoga for Heart Care | Mysuru, Karnataka |
| The venue of 11th BRICS Summit held from 13 to 14 November 2019 with the theme "Economic Growth for an Innovative Future" | Itamaraty Palace, Brasilia (Brazil) |
| The theme of 39th edition of India International Trade Fair inaugurated by Shri Nitin Gadkari at Pragati Maidan in Delhi | Ease of Doing Business |
| The noted Indian academic and mathematician who passed away on 14 November 2019 | Dr. Vashishtha Narayan Singh |
| The venue of joint counter-terrorism drills under 'Exercise Shakti-2019' carried out by the armies of India and France from October 31 to November 13 | Mahajan, Rajasthan |
| The Union Minister who has been given the additional charge of Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises due to the resignation of Arvind Ganpat Sawant (Shiv Sena MP) | Prakash Javadekar |
| The cricketer who has become the first Indian (male) to take a hat trick in T20 Internationals (playing against Bangladesh in Nagpur) | Deepak Chahar |
| The cyclone which hit West Bengal and Bangladesh causing substantial loss of lives and property was named | Bulbul |
| The Indo-US joint tri-services Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise held on the Eastern seaboard from 13 to 21 Nov 19 was named | TIGER TRIUMPH |
| The Indian cricketer who has become the first from the country (and second in the world) to play in 100 T20 internationals | Rohit Sharma |
| The well-known author, journalist and editor-in-chief of Rajasthan Patrika who has been chosen for the Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award Award by Press Council of India | Gulab Kothari |
| The venue of 2 day BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) conclave held from 07 to 08 November 2019 | Visakhapatnam |
| The place in Himachal Pradesh where Global Investors meet named Rising Himachal was inaugurated by the PM Shri Narendra Modi | Dharamshala |
| The bilateral maritime exercise conducted by Indian and Indonesian navies in the Bay of Bengal from 06 to 07 Nov 19 was named | Samudra Shakti |
| The team which has won the 2019-20 Deodhar Trophy cricket tournament defeating India C in the finals in Jamshedpur | India B |
| The venue of first India-Uzbekistan military exercise Dustlik-2019 held from 04 to 13 Nov 2019 | Tashkent |
| The well-known Hindi writer who has been conferred 28th Vyas Samman for the year 2018 by KK Birla Foundation | Leeladhar Jagoori |
| The veteran communist leader and trade unionist and former Member of Parliament who passed away on 31 Oct 2019 | Gurudas Dasgupta |
| The venue of the 35th ASEAN Summit being held from 31 Oct to 4 Nov with the theme Advancing Partnership for Sustainability | Bangkok |
| The venue of India International Science Festival (IISF) 2019 to be held from November 5th to 8th with the theme RISEN India (Research, Innovation and Sceince Empowering the Nation) | Kolkata |
Awarded by: World Athletics (formerly International Association of Athletics Federation)
| # | Category | Athlete | Field | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Men | Eliud Kipchoge | Marathon | Kenya |
| 2. | Women | Dalilah Muhammad | 400m hurdles | USA |
| # | Winner | Country | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Greta Thunberg | Sweden | Environment |
| 2. | Divina Maloum | Cameroon | Peace |
Mizoram - PS Sreedharan Pillai
Launch date: 27 Nov 2019
Launched from: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota
Satellites launched with PSLV : Cartosat-3 and 13 nanosatellites of USA
The mission life of the Cartosat-3 is 5 years. Cartosat-3 will address the increased user’s demands for large scale urban planning, rural resource and infrastructure development, coastal land use and land cover, etc.
Theme: Integrity, A way of life.
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
First Observed in: 2016
Designated by : UNESCO
Theme: Open Science, leaving no one behind
First Observed in: 2001
Designated by : WHO
First Observed in: 2009
Designated by : International Diabetes Federation
Theme: The Family and Diabetes
First Observed in: 1991 by IDF, adopted by UN in 2006
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
First observed in : 1995
Designated by : World Toilet Organisation
Theme: Leaving no one behind
First Observed in: 2001 by World Toilet Organisation and accepted by UN in 2013
Designated by : UN General Assembly
Day established in: 1954
Designated by : UNESCO
First Observed in: 2002
Designated by : UN General Assembly
Day established in: 1997
Designated by : World Fisheries Forum
Theme in India: 2022 Ka Hai Sapna...Kisan Ki Aay Ho Dugna - Sankalp Se Siddhi
First Observed in: 1997
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
Theme: Orange the World: Generation Equality Stands Against Rape
First Observed in: 2000
Designated by : Indian Dairy Association
Occasion: Birth anniversary of Dr. Verghese Kurien
First Observed in: 2014
Venue: Goa
Opening Film: Despite the Fog (Italy)
Opening film of Indian Panorama: Hellaro (Gujarati)
Closing Film: Marghe and her mother (Italy)
Best Film (Golden Peacock) Award: Particles directed by Blaise Harrison
Best Director Award (Silver Peacock): Lijo Jose Pellissery for ‘Jallikattu’
Best Actor (Male) (Silver Peacock): Seu Jorge for Marighella
Best Actor (Female) (Silver Peacock): Usha Jadhav for Mai Ghatt: Crime No. 103/2005
Special Jury Award (Silver Peacock): Pema Tseden for Balloon
Best Debut Feature Film of a Director: Amin Sidi Boumediene for ‘Abou Leila’ and Marius Olteanu for ‘Monsters’
The ICFT –UNESCO Gandhi Medal: Rwanda by Riccardo Salvetti
Lifetime Achievement award: Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (French actress)
Icon of the Golden Jubilee of the IFFI: Rajnikanth
Top 3 States
Top 3 Districts
The amendment provides for the following, namely:—
19 Nov to 25 Nov 2019
19 Nov 2019: National Integration Day
20 Nov 2019: The Welfare of Minorities Day
21 Nov 2019: Linguistic Harmony Day
22 Nov 2019: Weaker Sections Day
23 Nov 2019: Culturul Unity Day
24 Nov 2019: Women's Day
25 Nov 2019: Conservation Day
Born: 15 Dec 1932; Death: 10 Nov 2019
Cabinet Secretary: March to Dec 1989
Chief Election Commissioner: Dec 1990 to Dec 1996
Won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Govt service in 1996
Contested the Presidential elections against Shri KR Narayanan in 1997
Books written: The Degeneration of India and A Heart full of Burden
RCEP - Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
DIN - Document Identification Number