NATIONAL UPDATES:
1. First
Unani Medicine Regional Center of Northeast Inaugurated in Silchar, Assam: The first institute of Unani medicine in the Northeast region of India
was inaugurated in Silchar town of Assam. The Unani medicine institute in
Silchar of Assam was inaugurated by Union Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal. The
new complex spreads over an area of 3.5 acres, built with an investment of
Rs.48 crore. The National Projects Construction Corporation (NPCC) developed
the complex, which is a Government of India enterprise. It was handed over to
Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM), an autonomous
organisation under the Ministry of Ayush, Government of India.
About
Unani Medicine: Unani medicine, also called Unani tibb, Arabian
medicine, or Islamic medicine, a traditional system of healing and health
maintenance observed in South Asia. The Unani System of Medicine offers
treatment of diseases related to all the systems and organs of the human body.
The treatments for chronic ailments and diseases of skin, liver,
musculo-skeletal and reproductive systems, immunological and lifestyle
disorders have been found to be highly effective and acceptable.
2. MoS
for Education Subhash Sarkar Confers National Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar 2021-22:
Thirty-nine schools from across the country have
been awarded the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar for the 2021-22 academic session.
Minister of State for Education Dr Subhash Sarkar conferred National Swachh
Vidyalaya Puraskar 2021-22 in New-Delhi.
The schools
selected from among the total 8.23 lakh entries are 28 government and aided
while 11 are private schools. A total of 39 schools have been selected for the
national award including 34 in the overall category and five in sub-categories
by the national selection committee. The schools will get an award money of Rs
60,000 each. Besides, every school will get a certificate of participation
showing the category-wise scores and overall rating of the school.
About The
Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar: The Swachh Vidyalaya
Puraskar has been instituted by Ministry of Education to recognize, inspire and
celebrate excellence in sanitation and hygiene practice in schools. The purpose
of the SVP is to honor schools that have undertaken significant steps towards
fulfilling the mandate of the Swachh Vidyalaya Campaign. Six sub-category wise
awards have also been introduced for the first time, with award money of Rs
20,000 per school.
3. National
Museum and Kolding Museum signs Memorandum of Understanding: Museum Kolding and the National Museum in New Delhi will open the joint
exhibition “Silver treasures from Denmark and India” at the beginning of March
2023. An MoU of the exhibition was signed and exchanged between the National
Museum, New Delhi, India, and the Museum Kolding, Kolding, in New Delhi. Key
Points:
a) The exhibition will showcase the finest of the silver collection from
the Museum Kolding and the National Museum in New Delhi in March 2023.
b) The collaboration and exhibition are under the recently agreed cultural
exchange program between India and Denmark for the years 2022 to 2026.
c) The exhibition “Silver treasures from Denmark and India” is focused on
Danish and Indian Silver artifacts where both museums will show the best silver
objects from their collections.
d) Elucidating the beauty and magnificence of silver craftsmanship in both
countries, the exhibition will showcase the best selection of 200 objects in
total.
e) For the first time, at the National Museum visitors will be able to see
the parallel traditions of the Indian and Danish silver objects.
4. Vikram-S
Rocket Launched By ISRO, India’s First Privately Developed Rocket: Vikram-S Rocket, India’s first privately developed rocket launched from
the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) at the Sriharikota launchpad. The
launch of Vikram-S Rocket by ISRO is a historic moment. The Vikram-S Rocket is
developed by Hyderabad-based start-up Skyroot Aerospace Private Limited, and it
is a 6-meter gall and hits a peak altitude of 89.5 kilometers. After five
minutes of launch, the Vikram-S Rocket splashed into the Bay of Bengal. The
mission was titled Prarambh.
About
Vikram-S Rocket: The Vikram-S Rocket is a single-stage solid
fuelled, sub-orbital rocket developed over two years by incorporating advanced
technologies that include carbon composite structures and 3D printer
components. The Vikram-S Rocket is equipped with a gross lift-off mass of
545kg, and a payload mass of 80kg. Vikram-S carried three customer payloads
which will map the measurement and validation of certain flight parameters and
payload integration processes. Key Points:
a) The launch of India’s first privately developed rocket was a technology
demonstration flight to showcase the capabilities of the company.
b) The rocket will help validate the technologies that will be used in the
subsequent Vikram-1 orbital vehicle of Skyroot.
c) The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (In-space)
has been operating as a single window, the autonomous nodal agency of the
Department of Space (DOS) to boost the private sector economy in India.
d) This project took Skyroot Aerospace about two years to develop and built
the Vikram-S using advanced technologies.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1. Russia
and Ukraine Agree to Further Extend the Black Sea Grain Deal: Russia and Ukraine have agreed to extend a UN-brokered grain export deal
for another 120 days, officials announced. World leaders praised the
breakthrough for helping “avoid global food shortages” at a crucial time.
Ukrainian
Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said that the Black Sea grain deal
between Ukraine and Russia will be extended for another 120 days. He said
continuing the grain export agreement brokered by Turkey with the UN was
“another important step in the global fight against the food crisis.” Russia’s
Foreign Ministry also confirmed that the deal would be extended “without
changes in terms of scope” to the current agreement.
The Risk
Of The Deal: Moscow and Kyiv had agreed to allow Ukrainian
foodstuff exports via the Black Sea in a move to ease a global food crisis. The
agreement allowed ships to travel without being attacked on specific routes
from Ukraine to the Bosporus.
The agreement is
crucial in securing food supplies for developing countries in Africa and the
Middle East. Ukraine is a major global exporter of wheat, along with Russia.
Grain exports were renewed after a hiatus of over four months caused by
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Turkish
Role: The deal between the two warring sides, brokered
in July by Turkey and the UN, has seen more than 11 million tonnes of
agricultural products shipped from three of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports,
including 4.5 million tonnes of corn and 3.2 million tonnes of wheat. The
extension was less than the one year sought by the UN and Ukraine. But Turkish
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed Russia and Ukraine’s consensus on
continuing the deal. “The significance and benefits of this agreement for the
food supply and security of the world have become evident,” Erdogan said.
2. Bandaru
Wilsonbabu named as the Ambassador of India to Comoros: Indian Foreign Service (2004), Shri Bandaru Wilsonbabu, presently
Ambassador of India to the Republic of Madagascar, has been concurrently
accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Union of the Comoros, with
residence in Antananarivo. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
About the
Comoros: The Comoros is an independent country made up of 3
islands in southeastern Africa. The Comoros is a volcanic archipelago off
Africa’s east coast, in the warm Indian Ocean waters of the Mozambique Channel.
The nation state’s largest island, Grande Comore (Ngazidja) is ringed by
beaches and old lava from active Mt. Karthala volcano. Around the port and
medina in the capital, Moroni, are carved doors and a white colonnaded mosque,
the Ancienne Mosquée du Vendredi, recalling the islands’ Arab heritage.
Note: Comoros
Capital: Moroni; Comoros President: Azali Assoumani; ComorosCurrency: Comorian
franc.
3. CEC
Shri Rajiv Kumar Invited as International Observer for Elections in Nepal: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar had been invited by the
Election Commission of Nepal as an international observer for the forthcoming
elections to Nepal’s House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly, the
Election Commission said.
About
Nepal’s Election: Elections are scheduled in Nepal on 20 November
to elect 275 members of the Federal Parliament and 550 seats of the seven
Provincial Assemblies. A total 330 seats
in the seven provincial houses will be decided directly; the remaining 220
seats will be filled by proportional representation.
4. Cambridge
Dictionary announced ‘Homer’ as Word of the Year 2022: The Cambridge Dictionary has revealed its word of the year for 2022 as
“homer”, saying that it was inspired by the global word game sensation, Wordle.
The word ”homer” was searched for nearly 75,000 times during the first week of
May 2022, when it was an answer in the word game Wordle. In the context of the
game, ”homer” doesn’t refer to the Greek poet and author, or a character from
Simpson, but refers to an informal American English word for a ‘home run’ in
baseball.
Cambridge
Dictionary also saw other five-letter words surging in search in 2022 due to
the “Wordle effect”. The American spelling of “humor” caused the second-highest
spike in 2022, followed by ”caulk”, ”tacit, and ”bayou”, the third, fourth, and
fifth place respectively.
OTHER UPDATES:
SPORTS
1. 22nd
FIFA World Cup 2022 kick starts in Al Khor, Qatar: The 22nd FIFA men’s world cup was formally declared open at a colourful
ceremony held at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar on 20 November. It is
for the first time that an Arab country is hosting the football tournament. 32
teams will play for the most coveted prize in international football, with the
final scheduled to take place on December 18 at the Lusail stadium, the biggest
one among the eight stadiums being used to host the World Cup. On December 18,
2022, Qatar’s National Day, the opening game takes place at Al Bayt Stadium in
Al Khor between Qatar and Ecuador. Key Points:
a) The 22nd FIFA men’s world cup will be held in Qatar from 20 November to
18 December 2022.
b) It is the first time that an Arab country will host the tournament.
c) It is the second world cup to be held in Asia after the 2002 World cup
which was jointly hosted by Japan and South Korea.
d) La’eeb is the official mascot of the Cup. It is inspired by the
keffiyeh, a traditional headdress worn by Arab men.
Apart from
winning the most prestigious trophy in football, there are substantial
financial incentives for the teams in the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
a) The winner of the Qatar World Cup will bag a sum of 38 million euros
(INR 344 crores).
b) The runner-up of the Qatar World Cup will get 27.27 million euros (INR
245 crores).
c) The third-placed team will pocket 24.45 million euros (INR 220 crores).
Note: FIFA
President: Gianni Infantino; FIFA Founded: 21 May 1904; FIFA Headquarters:
Zürich, Switzerland.
2. Manipur
Tops the Medal Tally in the Northeast Olympic Games: Manipur gets the top position in the Northeast Olympic Games for the
second consecutive time with 237 medals, including 85 gold, as the second
edition of the regional multi-sport event. Manipur also won 76 silver and 77
bronze while Assam was a close second with 201 medals including 81 gold, 60
silver, and 60 bronzes in the event competed among the eight states of the
country’s northeast region from November 10. Key Points:
a) Arunachal Pradesh ended in third place and the host state Meghalaya was
fourth with 149 medals (36 gold, 35 silver, 78 bronze), a much better show than
their sixth-place finish with 39 medals in the first edition.
b) Manipur had also topped the medal tally (80 gold, 49 silver, and 33
bronze) when it hosted the inaugural Games in October 2018.
c) Manipur, which has produced Olympic medal-winning athletes such as boxer
MC Mary Kom and weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, overtook Assam and consolidated its
top position by winning 17 medals, including seven gold, on the final day.
d) Around 3000 athletes competed in 18 disciplines at 12 venues spread
across Shillong. The first edition in Manipur had 12 disciplines.
BANKING AND FINANCE
1. Govt
Raises Maximum Tenure of PSU Banks’ CEO to 10 Years: Government has decided to provide longer tenure to Managing Director
and other whole-time directors of the public sector banks. Now the appointment
can be made initially for up to 5 years, which can be extended for the 5 more
years. The amendment would be called Nationalised Banks (Management and
Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Scheme, 2022.
Earlier, the MD
or executive director of a public sector undertaking (PSU) bank was eligible
for a maximum tenure of 5 years or 60 years whichever was earlier. This is also
applicable for whole-time directors of all Central Public Sector Enterprises
(CPSEs). Now, The term for the appointment has been extended to 10 years, from
the earlier 5 years, subject to superannuation age of 60 years, as per
government notification of 17 November.
The Right
to Terminate: The central government has the right to terminate
the term of office of a whole-time director, including the managing director,
any time before the expiry of the term specified, by giving him a notice of not
less than three months, in writing or three months’ salary and allowances in
lieu of notice.
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
1. India
Fastest Growing Market for Microsoft Owned LinkedIn: India has become LinkedIn’s fastest-growing market as more companies and
advertisers come online, with sales in the country rising at a 50% year-on-year
clip. LinkedIn is a “The Microsoft” owned business networking service company.
CEO Roslansky, the
business networking service owned by Microsoft Corp. is looking abroad for new
growth opportunities as the worsening economic climate weighs on its US home
market. He said LinkedIn has paused hiring to prepare for tougher conditions. The
majority of LinkedIn’s growth is happening outside of the United States, he
said, adding that new members are joining the networking site in markets such
as India, Indonesia and Western Europe.
AWARDS AND HONOURS
1. NTPC
team won Gold award at 47th ICQCC-2022: NTPC’s QC Team
from Unchahar ABHYUDAYA has won the “GOLD” award in the 47th International
Convention on Quality Control Circle (ICQCC-2022). The theme for ICQCC-2022 was
“Built Back Better through Quality Efforts”. NTPC QC Team presented on
“Frequent Choking of Collecting tanks of AHP-IV”.
Other
awards of NTPC: In March 2022, NTPC had been declared the “Dream
Employer of the Year” at the 30th Session of the World HRD Congress. NTPC’s
efforts to create a future-ready workforce were recognized when NTPC was
selected as a 2022 ATD BEST award winner by The Association for Talent
Development (ATD), USA. The awards and recognitions are a testimony that people
practices at NTPC are at par with the best companies in the world.
2. India
won Excellence in Family Planning Leadership (EXCELL) Award: India became the only country to receive the Leadership in Family
Planning (EXCELL) Awards 2022 in the ‘country category’ at the International
Conference on Family Planning held in Thailand. India’s efforts in improving
family planning demonstrate the progress the country has been making toward
achieving the SDG targets on women and maternal health. The award recognizes
and applauds India’s achievements in ensuring increased access.
OBITUARIES
1. Veteran Punjabi actress Daljeet Kaur Khangura passes away: Daljeet Kaur, a veteran actor well-known for her lead roles in several superhit Punjabi movies, has passed away in Punjab’s Ludhiana district. She was 69 years old. Daljeet was one of Pollywood’s best-known actors. Kaur had appeared in several successful films, including Mamla Garbar Hai, Putt Jattan De, Patola, Ki Banu Duniya Da, and Saida Jogan.
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