News Headlines : 29th November 2021

  • Indian Bio-Jet Fuel Technology Receives Formal Military Certification This certification represents India’s growing confidence in aviation biofuel sector and another step towards ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’.
  • Parliament passes Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021, with Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha approving it on the first day of Winter Session. Now Bill will now go to the President for final approval.
  • Twelve Opposition members suspended from Rajya Sabha for remaining part of winter session. Suspended member are from 6 Congress, 2 TMC, 2 Shiv Sena, 1 CPM ,and 1 of CPI.
  • Entries for ‘Deshbhakti Geet’ writing competition are being accepted. Do participate, win rewards and become the voice of India.
  • Centre launches Unique Face Recognition Technology for Pensioners.
  • Tourism Sector contributes around 15% in total employment of the country as per 3rd Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) for the years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 Approx 228 million jobs (both direct and indirect) due to tourism.
  • Government is implementing various schemes for welfare of every section of society, says Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
  • Vaccination drive has completed 318 days, nearly 123 crore doses have been given. Let’s have a look how different states across the country are performing in terms of vaccination.
  • Over 123 crore 15 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country so far; Recovery rate stands at 98.34 per cent.
  • Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey steps down as chief of the social media company; Twitter’s Chief Technology Officer, Indian-American Parag Agrawal to succeed him. Dorsey to remain on the board until the end of his term in 2022.
  • First transgender elected as Union Parishad Chairperson in Bangladesh.
  • In Cricket, First Test match between India and New Zealand ends in draw at Kanpur; Ravichandran Ashwin becomes India’s 3rd-Highest Wicket-Taker In Tests.