Top Headlines 17th November 2020: EducationBro

Top Headlines 17th November 2020: EducationBro

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Top Headlines 17th November 2020 Given Below:

I. Harsh Vardhan chairs 147th session of WHO Executive Board

1. Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare digitally chaired the 147th session of WHO Executive Board, through Video Conference.

II. EPFO facilitates multiple options for submission of Digital Life Certificate by EPS pensioners

1. All pensioners of Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995 (EPS’95) are required to submit Jeevan Pramaan Patra (JPP) / Digital Life certificate (DLC) each year to continue drawing pension . 
2. In the current scenario of COVID-19 pandemic, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has facilitated multiple options for EPS pensioners to submit their DLC, close to their home or at their door step. JPP submitted through all these modes/agencies are equally valid.

III. MALABAR-20 Naval Exercise Phase 2: 17 to 20 November 2020: Highlights with Details

1. The second phase of Exercise Malabar 2020 will be conducted in the Northern Arabian Sea from 17 to 20 November 2020. Taking forward the synergy achieved in the recently concluded Phase 1 of Exercise Malabar 2020, which was conducted in the Bay of Bengal from 03 to 06 November 2020, this phase will involve coordinated operations of increasing complexity between the navies of Australia, India, Japan and the United States.
2. Phase 2 of Exercise MALABAR 2020 will witness joint operations, centered around the Vikramaditya Carrier Battle Group of the Indian Navy and Nimitz Carrier Strike Group of the US Navy.

IV. DIPAM signs an agreement with World Bank for advisory services on Asset Monetization

1. Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) has signed an agreement with the World Bank today (16 Nov 2020). Under the agreement, The World Bank is to provide advisory services to DIPAM for asset monetization.
2. DIPAM is mandated with facilitating monetization of non-core assets of government CPSEs under strategic disinvestment or closure and enemy property of value of INR 100 crores and above.

V. Sports Ministry sanctions Rs 10 lakh for the treatment of hockey Olympian Mohinder Pal Singh

1. The Sports Ministry has sanctioned Rs 10 lakh towards the treatment of hockey Olympian Mohinder Pal Singh, who is suffering from a chronic kidney ailment and is currently on dialysis. The money, sanctioned under the Pandit Deendayal Upadhaya National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons, was given to his wife Shivjeet Singh.
2. MP Singh, who was the coach of the Indian Hockey team, was an outstanding hockey player who represented India various international events, including the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was also a member of the Indian Hockey team that won the Asian Cup in 2007.