{"id":14499284,"date":"2020-10-20T10:36:04","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T05:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/?p=14499284"},"modified":"2021-08-24T12:24:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T06:54:17","slug":"top-weekly-current-affairs-for-ssc-rrb-bank-psc-2020-october-12-to-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/top-weekly-current-affairs-for-ssc-rrb-bank-psc-2020-october-12-to-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Weekly Current Affairs &#8211; 2020 October 12 to 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Current affairs is one of the inevitable and compulsive topic in almost every competitive examinations. It is inevitable for an aspirant to get updated on daily current affairs happening around the world. Daily newspaper reading and follow-ups are necessary for mastering these current affairs section. In this article, we have provided the top weekly current affairs from October 12 to 18, 2020 which will help all aspirants to improve scores in their competitive examination like <a href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PSC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/category\/ssc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/category\/rrb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RRB<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/category\/banking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Banking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.sng.link\/Bcofz\/9zdw\/2t91\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Attempt Daily Current Affairs Quiz for free! Download App!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.sng.link\/Bcofz\/9zdw\/2t91\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8013325 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GK-and-Current-affairs-quiz-banner-3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Daily GK Banner\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GK-and-Current-affairs-quiz-banner-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GK-and-Current-affairs-quiz-banner-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GK-and-Current-affairs-quiz-banner-3-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/GK-and-Current-affairs-quiz-banner-3.jpg 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Top Current Affairs for all Competitive Exams 2020 October 12 to 18<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Here are the list of top current affairs of the week October 12 to 18, 2020 which will be helpful for all competitive examinations like PSC, SSC, RRB, Banking etc.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Wayanad district has started a project to prepare a complete resource-disaster mapping<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the occasion of the International Disaster Mitigation Day, a popular disaster relief project was launched in the district on the initiative of the district administration.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the first time in Kerala that a district has started a project to prepare a complete resource-disaster mapping.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This include government institutions, houses, roads, private institutions, water sources, forests, mountains and disaster prone areas will be marked with open street mapping called Mappathon Kerala and it will be completed by November 1.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the first phase, government offices and public service centers will be mapped and in the second phase, houses will be mapped.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The aim is to further strengthen disaster mitigation efforts with the help of technology.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Bhanu Athaiya, first Indian to win Oscar, passes away at 91<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Costume designer Bhanu Athaiya, the first Indian to win the Oscar award, has passed away due to prolonged illness. She was 91.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bhanu Athaiya won the Best Costume Design Oscar for her work in the 1982 film Gandhi, directed by Richard Attenborough.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athaiya had also designed costumes for over 100 Bollywood movies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Prime Minister Modi to release commemorative coin to mark 75th Anniversary of FAO<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release a commemorative coin of Rs 75 denomination on the occasion of 75th Anniversary of Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on 16 October 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also dedicate to the Nation 17 recently developed biofortified varieties of 8 crops.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s proposals for declaring 2016 as the International Year of Pulses and 2023 as the International Year of Millets have also been endorsed by the FAO.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>&#8216;Mahakavi&#8217; Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri passed away<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On October 15, 2020 &#8216;Mahakavi'(great poet) Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, renowned Malayalam Poet passed away at the age of 94 at a private hospital in Thrissur, Kerala.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is the last Malayalam poet to be called as &#8216;Mahakavi. He introduced &#8220;meaningful modernism&#8217; in Malayalam poetry several decades ago.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is a recipient of Jnanpith Award(2019), India&#8217;s highest literary honour and Padma Shri(2017) He was born on March 18, 1926 in Kumaranallur in Palakkad District, Kerala.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Kerala govt sets up welfare board for farmers<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a first in the country, the Kerala government has decided to form a Welfare Fund Board for the uplift of farmers in the state.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The state cabinet decided to set up the board to be known as \u2018Kerala Karshaka Kshemanidhi Board\u2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the farmers to become a member of the Board, they need to pay Rs 100 as registration fee and a monthly fee of Rs 100.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government will provide an equivalent share of upto Rs 250 to the members of the Welfare Fund.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Board members are entitled to personal pension, family pension, sickness benefit, disability benefit, medical assistance, marriage and maternity allowance, education assistance and posthumous benefits.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>50th Kerala State Film Awards: Lijo Jose Pellissery, Suraj Venjaramoodu among winners<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">50th Kerala State Film Awards for the year 2019-2020 were announced by Minister of Cultural Affairs A K Balan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actor &#8211; Suraj Vejaramood (Vikrithi, Android Kunjappan).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Actress \u2013 Kani Kusruthi (Biriyani).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Film \u2013 Vasanthi.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second Best Film \u2013 Kenchira.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Director &#8211; Lijo Jose Pellisery (Jallikattu).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best Character Actor \u2013 Fahadh Faasil (Kumbalangi Nights).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek wins French Open 2020<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In tennis, Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic 6-0,6-2,7-5 to win the men\u2019s 2020 French Open on 11 October 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is his 13th French Open men\u2019s singles title and 20th Grand Slam title.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Women\u2019s single, the 19-year-old Iga Swiatek of Poland, claimed a historic win, by becoming the youngest women to win the title in the history of the championship in 28 years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She defeated 21-year Sofia Kenin, of the United States, 6-4, 6-1, and became the first Polish tennis player to win the singles\u2019 Grand Slam.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Winners of French Open Tennis 2020<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Women\u2019s Single<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Iga Swiatek (Poland) defeated Sofia Kenin (US)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Men\u2019s Single<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rafael Nadal (Spain) beat Novak Djokovic (Serbia)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Men\u2019s Double<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies of Germany<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women\u2019s Double<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T\u00edmea Babos (Hungary)\/ Kristina Mladenovic (France)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong>Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2020 announced<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden\u2019s central bank) Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020 to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson \u201cfor improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year\u2019s Laureates, Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson, have studied how auctions work.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have also used their insights to design new auction formats for goods and services that are difficult to sell in a traditional way, such as radio frequencies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden\u2019s central bank) established the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Kerala becomes First State in India to go Digital in Public Education<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The state of Kerala has become the First State in India to make the public education sector completely digital.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kerala has become the first State to have high-tech classrooms in all its public schools.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will declare the State first in the public education sector to become completely digital.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The high-tech classroom project is being implemented by Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) with financial assistance from Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Kerala\u2019s first Integrated Family Health Centre starts operations at Pangappara<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The state\u2019s first integrated family health centre has started its operations at Pangappara in Thiruvananthapuram.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minister for Health, KK Shailaja inaugurated the centre through video conferencing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new centre is the first to have a 24-hour inpatient system and the services of the super speciality departments other than the regular OP.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the first time in Kerala that an Integrated Family Health Center has been established. Inpatient treatment is usually not available at the family health centers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Ezhacherry Ramachandran bags Vayalar Award<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noted Malayalam poet Ezhacherry Ramachandran has bagged the Vayalar Award this year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His creation \u2018Oru Virginian Veyilkalam\u2019 won him the honour.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The award consists of a memento designed in bronze by Kanayi Kunhiraman, certificate and a purse of Rs 1 lakh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Oru Virginian Veyilkalam\u2019 is a collection of 41 poems.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ardrasamudram, Bhandurangeepuram, Neeli and Kayyur are some of his noted works. Other works include Uyarum Njan Nadake and Kattuchikkiya Thelimanalil.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The award was announced at a press conference by Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Trust President Perumbadavam Sreedharan.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Goa becomes India\u2019s first \u2018Har Ghar Jal\u2019 State<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As per the data provided by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Goa has become the first \u2018Har Ghar Jal\u2019 State in the country by providing tap water connection to every rural household.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The state provided tap water connection to 2 lakh 30 thousand rural households in all the 191 Gram Panchayats of the state.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Goa with 1,65,000 rural households and South Goa with 98,000 rural households are fully saturated with assured piped water supply through tap connections.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Bishr al-Khasawneh appointed as Prime Minister of Jordan<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">King of Jordan, Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein has appointed Bishr al-Khasawneh, policy advisor to the king, as new Prime Minister of the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His appointment comes after King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Omar al Razzaz.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bishr al-Khasawneh,served as the advisor to the king for Communication and Coordination at The Royal Hashemite Court (April 2019- August 2020).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also served as the Minister for Legal Affairs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Argentina becomes 1st nation to approve genetically modified wheat<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Argentina becomes 1st nation to approve genetically modified wheat<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Argentina has approved HB4 drought-resistant GMO wheat, making it the first country in the world to approve a strain of GMO wheat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The drought-resistant HB4 wheat variety was developed by Argentine biotechnology company Bioceres, working with the National University and Conicet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bioceres\u2019 HB4 wheat is resistant to drought and tolerates the herbicide glufosinate sodium, a combination the company says can help boost yields on dry years.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>NASA to Launch Nano Satellite, &#8216;India Sat&#8217; Developed by 3 Tamil Nadu Students<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NASA to Launch Nano Satellite, &#8216;India Sat&#8217; Developed by 3 Tamil Nadu Students into Sub-orbit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NA SA) has chosen &#8216;India Sat&#8217;, an indigenous experimental satellite developed by 3 students from Tamil Nadu namely, M. Adnaan of Thanthonrimaiai, M. Kesavan of Nagampalli and V Arun of Thennilai for launch in suborbital space in June, next on NASA&#8217;s sounding rocket 7.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This sateilite model has outnumbered many other satellites designed as part of the global competition conducted by the Cubes in Space, a programme of Idoodledu Ine in association with NASA.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Govt appoints M Rajeshwar Rao as new deputy governor of RBI<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet appointed M Rajeshwar Rao as the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, BP Kanungo, MK Jain and Micheal Patra are the deputy governors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rao will take charge as the fourth deputy governor. The post became vacant after N S Vishwanathan demitted office in March citing health reasons just before his tenure was to end.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to this, he was the chief general manager of the financial markets operations department.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>CM Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated operations of International Institute of Advanced Virology<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chief Minister (CM) of Kerala , Pinarayi Vijayan , inaugurated the operations of the first phase of the International Institute of Advanced Virology at the Life Science Park at Thonakkal on October 15, 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CM while inaugurating the operations said that the robust public health care system in Kerala has helped to prevent Nipah and contain the COVID-19 pandemic to an extent.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He further stated that, the the inaugurated institute would become an institution of world-class standards in health research.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kerala had decided to set up a virology research centre in 2017 after following the suggestions of world-renowned scientists Prof M V Pillai and Dr Saragndharan.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>India to deliver submarine INS Sindhuvir to Myanmar Navy<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India will hand over INS Sindhuvir, a Kilo class submarine to the Myanmar Navy, the Ministry of External Affairs announced.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INS Sindhuvir will be the first submarine of the Southeast Asian country and the move is in line with the overall Indian vision that aspires to guarantee security for all maritime partners.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It belongs to a class of diesel-electric attack submarines built by the Soviet Union during the Cold War years.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Punjab approves 33% quota for women for direct recruitment in state civil services<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a significant decision, the Punjab government Wednesday approved 33 per cent reservation for women under direct recruitment in Punjab Civil Services.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State cabinet approved the Punjab Civil Services (Reservation of Posts for Women) Rules, 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This reservation for women for direct recruitment to posts in government jobs as well as in boards and corporations in Group A, B, C and D posts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chief Minister of Punjab: Amarinder Singh.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Vishal V Sharma appointed India\u2019s next permanent representative to UNESCO<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vishal V. Sharma has been appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the Permanent Delegation of India to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), with the rank of Ambassador.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He will replace Jawed Ashraf. Sharma is expected to take up the assignment shortly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNESCO headquarters: Paris, France.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNESCO Head: Audrey Azoulay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNESCO Founded: 16 November 1945.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>A book titled \u2018The Battle of Belonging\u2019 authored by Shashi Tharoor<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Renowned Author and Politician, Shashi Tharoor is set to release his new book titled \u201cThe Battle of Belonging\u201d is set to be released in November 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The book is published by Aleph Book Company.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shashi Tharoor described this book as his \u201cmagnum opus\u201d on the Theory, evolution and practice of Nationalism across the globe and especially in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The book appears to be an extension of his book \u201cWhy I Am a Hindu&#8221;.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.sng.link\/Bcofz\/9zdw\/2t91\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5673773 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/general-awareness_banner-7-300x300.png\" alt=\"general-awareness_banner-7\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/general-awareness_banner-7-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/general-awareness_banner-7-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/general-awareness_banner-7-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/general-awareness_banner-7.png 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/k4pqb.app.goo.gl\/1zx9v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Download Entri App and Start using Discussion Forum<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hope you have benefited from this article. 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