A1:
- National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) approved WhatsApp Pay in a limited manner and only allowed to have 20 million UPI users in India.
- NPCI said that the no third-party app part of UPI payment system would be allowed to carry out more than 30 per cent of all UPI transactions w.e.f January 1, 2021.
- NPCI is the nodal agency for retail payments system in India.
A2:
-The new entrants in ISL this season are Mohun Bagan and East Bengal.
- Mohun Bagan merged with ISL franchise ATK to become ATK Mohun Bagan.
- East Bengal sold a majority stake in the club to Shree Cement to become SC East Bengal.
A3:
- Rafael Nadal became the 4th men's player to reach 1000 match wins to join Jimmy Connors, Roger Federer and Ivan Lendl.
A4:
- Shri Gadkari has asked Ministry of DoNER to formulate a comprehensive ''Bamboo Policy'' as most of the bamboo is produced in North East.
- Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) ~Shri Jitendra Singh
A5: one-time spectrum charge (OTSC)
A6:
- Under the Co-Lending Model (CLM), banks will be permitted to co-lend with all registered NBFCs (including HFCs) based on a prior agreement.
-The primary focus of "Co-Lending Model" (CLM), is to improve the flow of credit to the unserved and underserved sector of the economy.
A7:
- INS Airavat has delivered 100MT of food aid to Sudan as part of COVID relief package as a part of Mission Sagar II.
-First Mission Sagar was undertaken in May-June 2020, wherein India provided food and medicines to Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar and Comoros.
- SAGAR ~ Security and Growth for All in the Region
A8:
- Goni made landfall as a super typhoon, at Philippines on November 1, 2020 with wind speed of 225km/h (140mph).
- Goni is known as Rolly in the Philippines
- President of Philippines : Rodrigo Duterte
A9:
- Ganga was declared "National River' on November 4, 2008.
- National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is organized a 3-day 'Ganga Utsav 2020' on virtual platforms from November 2,2020
- Director-General of NMCG ~ Rajiv Ranjan Mishra
A10:
- US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement formally come into effect on November 4, 2020.
-Paris accord was adopted in 2015(signed in 2016), within United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, is designed to boost greenhouse-gas-emissions mitigation worldwide.
