23 november 2021 current affairs

1. Dr. A. PRABAHARAN
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2.  The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on November 22, 2021,
passed a Bill to repeal the controversial Andhra Pradesh
Decentralization and Inclusive Development of All Regions Act, 2020,
that intended to establish three capitals in the State.
 •Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said his government will
bring a comprehensive, better, and complete Decentralization Bill.
 The 2020 Act has been repealed to safeguard the interests of the
people. The farmers of the Amravati region had been protesting the
three capitals decision for more than 700 days now.
 •The Andhra Pradesh government earlier had suggested that the
state could have three capitals, an Executive Capital in
Vishakhapatnam, the Judiciary Capital in Kurnool, and the Legislative
Capitals in Amaravati.
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3. The 5th East Asia Summit (EAS) Conference on Maritime Security Cooperation will
be held in Kolkata from November 23 to 24, 2021.
India will organize the event in partnership with Australia. The Secretary (East),
Ministry of External Affairs Riva Ganguly Das will represent India.
Apart from both governments, organizers include the ASEAN-India Centre (AIC) at
Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) in collaboration
with the National Maritime Foundation (NMF) of Australia and the Research Centre
for East and North East Regional Studies, Kolkata (CENERS-K).
•The 5th East Asia Summit Conference on Maritime Security Cooperation will
deliberate on various aspects of maritime security cooperation under four thematic
sessions namely maritime security, science and technology cooperation, resource
and information sharing, and pandemic and disaster risk reduction and
management
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 The US Treasury Department has
added four Afghan men to its
Designated Global Terrorists list
including Ismatullah Khalozai who
was designated as a key financial
facilitator for ISIL-Khorasan (ISIL-
K) in Afghanistan.
 •The US Department alleged that
Khalozai was transferring funds to
finance ISIL-K operations from
Turkey for two years.
 •The US added three more
Afghan men namely Sanaullah
Ghafari, Sultan Aziz Azam, and
Maulawi Rajab to its Designated
Global Terrorists list.
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5.  The Central Government, the state government of
Andhra Pradesh, and the World Bank on
November 18, 2021, signed a loan agreement
worth $250 million for the Supporting Andhra's
Learning Transformation Project which aims to
improve the quality of learning for more than 50
lakh students in Andhra Pradesh.
 •Beneficiaries from this initiative include about 40
lakh students (between the age of six and
fourteen) in over 45,000 government schools, and
over 10 lakh children (between the age of three
and six) enrolled in Anganwadis (Integrated Child
Development Centers), and about 1,90,000
teachers, and more than 50,000 Anganwadi
workers.
 •Under the Supporting Andhra's Learning
Transformation Project, Andhra Pradesh has
adopted a new competency-based teaching-
learning approach. The project will aid the State in
improving teaching practices through classroom-
based mentorships, Personalized Adaptive
Learning (PAL) methods, need-based teacher
training for teachers of all grades and subjects.
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6.  •Atal Innovation Mission has established
9200+ Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATLs) in
schools across India with a vision to ‘Cultivate
one Million children in India as Neoteric
Innovators’. Young children get a chance to
work with tools and equipment to understand
the concepts of STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Math).
 •As part of the collaboration, Engage with
Science will onboard all 9200+ ATL-enabled
schools. Certificates and incentives will be
offered to students and teachers about STEM
content consumption based on their points
earned in the activities conducted. Engage
With Science is a part of the India Science
OTT channel project and aims to publicize and
popularize STEM video content on India
Science, the nation’s own STEM OTT channel.
 •A flagship initiative of NITI Aayog Atal
Innovation Mission (AIM) on November
22, 2021, announced a collaboration with
Vigyan Prasar which is an autonomous
organization of the Department of
Science and Technology, Government of
India for driving synergies between AIM’s
Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL) and Vigyan
Prasar’s unique interactivity platform
Engage With Science (EWS).
 •The collaboration between AIM and
Vigyan Prasar will aid in reviving and
updating our education practices to keep
up with technological advances. The
Engage with Science program with ATLs
will help foster the culture of STEM
innovation.
 •
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7.  The 5th East Asia Summit
(EAS) Conference
on Maritime Security
Cooperation will be held in
Kolkata from November 23
to 24, 2021. India will
organize the event in
partnership with Australia.
The Secretary (East),
Ministry of External Affairs
Riva Ganguly Das will
represent India.
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8.  The US Treasury Department
has added four Afghan men to
its Designated Global Terrorists
list including Ismatullah
Khalozai who was designated
as a key financial facilitator
for ISIL-Khorasan (ISIL-K) in
Afghanistan.
 •The US Department alleged
that Khalozai was transferring
funds to finance ISIL-K
operations from Turkey for two
years.
 •
 The US added three more
Afghan men namely Sanaullah
Ghafari, Sultan Aziz Azam, and
Maulawi Rajab to its
Designated Global Terrorists
list.
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9.  The Central Government, the state
government of Andhra Pradesh, and
the World Bank on November 18, 2021,
signed a loan agreement worth $250
million for the Supporting Andhra's
Learning Transformation Project which
aims to improve the quality of learning for
more than 50 lakh students in Andhra
Pradesh.
 •Beneficiaries from this initiative include
about 40 lakh students (between the age
of six and fourteen) in over 45,000
government schools, and over 10 lakh
children (between the age of three and
six) enrolled in Anganwadis (Integrated
Child Development Centers), and about
1,90,000 teachers, and more than 50,000
Anganwadi workers.
 •Under the Supporting Andhra's Learning
Transformation Project, Andhra Pradesh
has adopted a new competency-based
teaching-learning approach. The project
will aid the State in improving teaching
practices through classroom-based
mentorships, Personalized Adaptive
Learning (PAL) methods, need-based
teacher training for teachers of all grades
and subjects.
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