→ According to the National Highways Authority of India(NHAI), as many as 18 IITs, 26 NITs and 190 other reputed Engineering colleges have agreed to collaborate with it for its initiative.

→ Communication service provider Route Mobile has appointed company’s co-founder Sandipkumar Gupta as the Chairman with effect from November 19, 2020.

→ During the ongoing Bengaluru Tech Summit, eight MoUs were announced on 20 Nov 2020 with Finland, UK, Sweden, USA and Netherlands.

→ Forecasting firm Oxford Economics predicts that India’s post-COVID-19 scars could be among the worst in the world.

→ Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan chaired an event on 20 Nov 2020 to mark the National Newborn Week 2020.

→ In Haryana, the 3rd phase trial of potential coronavirus vaccine of Bharat Biotech, Covaxin has begun.

→ In India, the National Newborn Week 2020 is observed every year from 15 to 21 November.

→ Madhya Pradesh has decided to impose night curfew in five cities due to increasing Coronavirus cases in the state.

→ Mastercard and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have collaborated under Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (W-GDP) to launch ‘Project Kirana’ in India, to help women entrepreneurs grow and thrive.

→ MP govt has fixed Minimum Support Price for 32 minor forest produce.

→ PM Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of rural drinking water supply projects in Mirzapur and Sonbhadra districts of Vindhyachal region of Uttar Pradesh on 22 Nov 2020.

→ Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering virtually launched RuPay card Phase-II, to allow Bhutanese cardholders to access RuPay network in India.

→ Scottish writer Douglas Stuart has won the 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction.

→ The 30th edition of India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT) was held between the Indian Navy and the Royal Thai Navy.

→ The Government of India and the New Development Bank(NDB) have signed a loan agreement for lending USD 500 million for the ‘Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System Project’.

→ The North Police Station in Kohima was awarded ISO 9001:2015 certification for Quality Management System.