Current Affairs 27th November 2017

Current Affairs 27th November 2017 - Important Points

• ISRO to launch Aditya L-1 Mission to study the Sun in 2019
• Soumya Swaminathan to take charge as Deputy Director-General of  - WHO
• Ruskin Bond conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award on - 25th November 2017
•  International Multilateral Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise 2017 begins in Bangladesh on - 27th November 2017

Current Affairs 27th November 2017 - Details

ISRO to launch Aditya L-1 Mission to study the Sun in -  2019

The ISRO ( India Indian Space Research Organization) will be launching its 1st solar mission Aditya-L1 in 2019. It will be ISRO's and India's 1st dedicated mission towards the study of the Sun.
Themain goal of thhis mission is to place 1500 kg heavy weight class Aditya-L1 satellite into halo orbit at Lagrangian point L1  which is a point between Sun and Earth. This point is at a distance of approximately 1.5 million km from the earth.
The mission will give observations of Sun's Photosphere, Chromospheres and corona. The particle vehicle’s load will observe particle flux emanating from the Sun and arrive to the L1 orbit and magnetometer payload will calculate the variation in magnetic field strength at the halo orbit.
The satellite will carry some additional vehicle’s load with enhanced scope and aims. These vehicle’s load are:

• Visible Emission Line Coronagraph: It will  be observing the diagnostic parameters of solar corona and birth of Coronal Mass Ejections and magnetic field calculation of solar corona.
• Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope: It will show the spatially resolved Solar Photosphere and Chromospheres near Ultraviolet (200-400 nm) and will calculate solar irradiance variations.
• Aditya Solar wind Particle Experiment: The variation of solar wind properties and its distribution and spectral characteristics are supposed to be observed by this experiment.
• Plasma Analyser Package for Aditya: It will be studying the composition of solar wind and its energy distribution.
• Solar Low Energy X-ray Spectrometer: It will record the X-ray flares for observing the heating process of the solar corona.
• High Energy L1 Orbiting X-ray Spectrometer: It will be studying the dynamic events in the solar corona and provide an idea of the energy used to accelerate the particles during the eruptive processes.
• Magnetometer: It will calculate the magnitude and nature of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field.

Soumya Swaminathan to take charge as Deputy Director-General of  - WHO

Soumya Swaminathan, Chief, Indian Council of Medical Research, will now take charge as the
Deputy Director-General for Programs of World Health Organization in Geneva in December 2017.
The declaration was made on 26th November 2017.
Her designation as the Deputy Director-General of WHO raises India's stature globally as it is the
2nd-highest position in the WHO. 
Swaminathan, a pediatrician by profession, is daughter of agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan,
who is hailed as the father of Green Revolution.
More about Soumya Swaminathan

• Swaminathan is an internationally-recognized researcher on Tuberculosis and Human Immune-
  deficiency Virus.
• With more than 30 years of experience in clinical care and research, Swaminathan has been a
  member of various WHO and international advisory organizations including the WHO specialistPanel to Review Global Strategy and Innovation and Intellectual Property, Plan of Action on Public Health.
• She also is a member of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of the Global TB Department at
  WHO.
• She worked as the Coordinator of the UNDP/ UNICEF/ WHO Special Program World Bank for
  Research and Training in Tropical Diseases in Geneva from year 2009 to 2011.
• She also worked as the Co-Chair of the Lancet Commission on TB.

Ruskin Bond conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award on - 25th November 2017

Renowned author and Padma Bhushan Award winner Ruskin Bond was awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Chandigarh Literary Society during the fifth edition of Chandigarh Literature Festival on 25th November 2017.
He was granted with the award comprising a citation and Rs 2 lakh for his excellent contribution in the field of literature.

More about Ruskin Bond

• Ruskin Bond was Born and brought up in India and then was sent to London in the 1950 after his schooling, where he wrote his 1st novel 'Room on the Roof' at the age of 17.
• He was presented the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for ‘The Room on the Roof’ in 1957.
• He has published various pieces of work since then containing non-fiction stories, supernatural fiction, autobiographies, poems, short stories, essays and children’s books.
• Few of his best works include ‘The Blue Umbrella’, ‘The Eyes are not Here’, ‘A Face in the Dark and other Haunting’, ‘Funny Side up, ‘A Flight of Pigeons’ and ‘The Lamp is Lit’.
• He was honored the Sahitya Academy Award in 1992, Padma Shri in 1999 and Padma Bhushan in 2014 for his participation to the growth of children’s literature in India.
• Bond resides in Landour, Mussoorie with his adopted family.

 International Multilateral Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise 2017 begins in Bangladesh on - 27th November 2017

The International Multilateral Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise 2017 Started on 27th November 2017 in Cox Bazar, Bangladesh. Admiral Sunil Lanba, Chief of the Naval Staff of Indian Navy, is attending the activity, on an invitation from Bangladesh. The activity will be held till 28th November 2017 under the aegis of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium.
Indian Naval Ships (INS) Ranvir, Sahyadri, Gharial and Sukanya along with 1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft P-8I will be taking part in the exercise.  Besides, an ‘Extraordinary Conclave of Chiefs’ meeting of IONS will also be held on 28th November 2017. The ECoC will be focused upon the movements being undertaken by IONS in-addition to review the progression made by three IONS Working Group - HADR, Maritime Security and Information Interchange and Interoperability.

More about Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS)

• Indian Ocean Naval Symposium begun as an initiative by Indian Navy in 2008.
• It has now grown into a formidable organization with 23 ‘Member’ countries and ‘Nine’ observer nations.
• Bangladesh is the present Chair of IONS and is organizing the 1st ever operational movement called ‘IMMSAREX’ under the IONS Charter.