{"id":61699,"date":"2021-11-20T07:38:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T07:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=61699"},"modified":"2021-11-20T09:03:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T09:03:00","slug":"daily-current-affairs-20-november-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/daily-current-affairs-20-november-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Current Affairs \u2013 20 November 2021 | Gkseries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Current Affairs is the most important area in all competitive exams. But the difficulty level is very high. That\u2019s why; many aspirants get confused, how to select Current Affairs for Preparation of Competitive Examination? In this Post, Daily Current Affairs 20 November 2021, we have tried to cover each and every point and also included all important facts from National\/ International news that are useful for upcoming competitive examinations such as UPSC, SSC, Railway, State Govt. etc. Our gkseries team also provides Daily Current Affairs Quiz<\/em><\/strong><\/a> for these exams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Current Affairs 20 November 2021<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"SBI<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Listed MSME lending fintech platform, U GRO Capital has entered into a co-lending partnership with State Bank of India (SBI), Indias largest bank, to provide credit to the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME). Through this, SBI and U GRO aim to disburse up to \u20b9500 crores by March 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U GRO lends to SMEs in 8 sectors \u2014 Healthcare, Education, Chemicals, Food Processing, FMCG, Hospitality, Electrical Equipment and Components, Auto Components, Light Engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chairman SBI: Dinesh Kumar Khara<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CMD, U GRO: Shachindra Nath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\"Union<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Union Bank of India ranked third amongst 12 PSBs in the EASE 4.0 Reforms Index for Q1 FY22, as per the rank list released by Indian Banks\u2019 Association (IBA). UBI also recorded stellar performance under four out of six themes in the Agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UBI has been adjudged Winner in the themes \u2018Collaborating for synergistic outcomes\u2019 & \u2018Governance & outcome-centric HR\u2019 and bagged Runner-Up positions in \u2018New age 24\u00d77 Banking\u2019 &\u2018Tech-enabled ease of Banking\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\"IndusInd<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

IndusInd Bank has launched \u2018Indus Merchant Solutions\u2019 a mobile application (app) to enable merchants, retailers, and professionals to carry out banking transactions digitally, on a single platform. It will enable merchants and retailers to undertake an array of activities such as accept instant cashless payments on mobile phones from customers through multiple digital modes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any current account holder of IndusInd Bank can download the app and start using it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\"Smriti<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani is all set with her debut novel titled \u2018Lal Salaam\u2019 and has now turned into an author announced by Westland publishing house. Smriti Irani\u2019s book \u2018Lal Salaam\u2019 will be made available to read on 29 November. \u2018Lal Salaam\u2019 is based on the tragic killings of 76 CRPF personnel in Dantewada in April 2010<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lal Salaam is the story of a young officer, Vikram Pratap Singh, and of the challenges he faces against a system that is steeped in backroom politics and corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\"Centre<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/strong> announced the scrapping of three farm laws, which triggered protests by the farmers. Addressing the nation, the Prime Minister said that his government has always worked for the welfare of the farmers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three laws to be repealed are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Farmers\u2019 Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n