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• History and Art & Culture
• Polity and Governance
• Economy
• Environment
• Geography and Agriculture
• International News
• Science & Tech.
• Society
• Government Schemes
• Person in News and Awards
• Sports
• Others

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History and Art & Culture

Dhamma Dipa International Buddhist University

• The foundation stone of Dhamma Dipa International Buddhist University was laid at Manu Bankul in Tripura
• It will be the the first Buddhist-run university in India to offer Buddhist education along with courses in other disciplines

Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Buddhist Circuits

• New Tourism Policy has been approved by the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet
• As per the policy, places associated with Lord Rama will be developed as the Ramayana Circuit. In addition, places associated with Lord Krishna will be developed as Krishna Circuit
• Ayodhya, Chitrakoot, Bithoor, and other places will be included in the Ramayana circuit
• Mathura, Vrindavan, Gokul, Govardhan, Barsana, Nandgaon, and Baldev will be included in the Krishna circuit
• Kapilvastu, Sarnath, Kushinagar, Kaushambi, Shravasti, Ramgram, and other places will be a part of the Buddhist circuit

Wangala Dance

• Wangala Dance was performed by the members of the Garo tribal community on the occasion of ‘The Rising Sun Water Fest-2022’ on the banks of Umiam Lake in Meghalaya
• About Wangala Dance:
  • It is also known as a 100 drums festival
  • It is performed on the Wangala Festival, which is the harvest festival held to honor Saljong, the Sun-god of fertility
  • The ceremony performed on first day is known as "Ragula" is performed inside the house of the chief. On the second day is known as "Kakkat"

Polity and Governance

Rule of Law Index

• According to the 2022 World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index, the rule of law has declined at a global scale for 5th year consecutively
• 140 countries were analyzed and the findings reveal that rule of law declined in 61% of countries
• The factor, which measures Fundamental Rights, has declined in two-thirds of countries this year
• The factor, which measures Constraints on Government Powers, has declined in 58% of the countries
• Since 2015, the factor that measures freedom of opinion and expression has declined in 81% of countries; whereas, that for freedom of assembly and association has declined in 85% of countries
• Biggest decline: Sudan, Myanmar, Haiti, Afghanistan, and Nicaragua
• Biggest improvement: Honduras, Kosovo, Belize, Moldova, and the United States

Country	Rank
Denmark	1
Norway	2
Finland	3
Afghanistan	138
Cambodia	139
Venezuela	140

22nd Law Commission

• 22nd Law Commission was constituted with Justice (retd) Rituraj Awasthi, former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, at its head
• Other members include former Kerala High Court judge Justice K T Sankaran, M Karunanithi, and law professors Anand Paliwal, D P Verma, and Raka Arya
• About Law Commission:
  • It is non-statutory body that is constituted by a notification of the Government of India
  • It is meant to carry out research in the field of law and has definite terms of reference
  • So far 277 reports have been submitted by Law Commissions
  • It was first constituted in 1955

Economy

Alternative Industrial Development Model

• Hindustan Newsprints Limited (a centrally-owned public sector unit that stopped its operations four years ago), lies at the heart of Kerala’s alternate model of development
• Kerala government took over Hindustan Newsprints Limited. The fund was mobilized through the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB)
• Kerala has prepared a 4-phase revival plan and has made a decision to launch commercial cultivation of bamboo to address the shortage of raw materials

Digital Rupee or E-Rupee

• The first pilot in the Digital Rupee, or e-rupee, has been announced by the RBI in the wholesale segment for settling secondary market transactions in government securities
• State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Union Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Yes Bank, IDFC First Bank and HSBC will participate in this
• Aim:
  • Make the inter-bank market more efficient
  • Reduce transaction costs by pre-empting the need for settlement guarantee infrastructure or for collateral to mitigate settlement risk

Electronics Manufacturing Cluster

• An Electronics Manufacturing Cluster will be developed in the Ranjangaon area of Maharashtra at a cost of INR 500 crores
• The cluster is expected to generate jobs and attract investments of over INR 2,000 crore in the coming duration

Environment

Black Corals

• A new species of Black Corals has been discovered which lives 2,500 feet below the surface
• Black Corals are known as deep-sea corals. These are filter feeders and eat tiny zooplankton

Arittapatti

• Arittapatti and Meenakshipuram villages in Madurai district were declared as the first biodiversity heritage site in Tamil Nadu
• Details:
  • 250 species of birds including three important raptors: Laggar Falcon, the Shaheen Falcon and Bonelli’s Eagle
  • It is also home to Indian Pangolin, Slender Loris and pythons
  • It also serves as a watershed and charges 72 lakes, 200 natural springs and three check dams
  • It hosts many megalithic structures, rock-cut temples, Tamil Brahmi inscriptions and Jain beds

Climate Change and Health

• The 2022 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Health at the Mercy of Fossil Fuels has mentioned that increased reliance on fossil fuels increases the risk of disease, food insecurity and other illnesses related to heat
• From 2000-2004 to 2017-2021, heat-related deaths increased by 55% in India
• Subsidies provided for the consumption of fossil fuels cases decline in air quality, decline in food output, and increase in the risk of infectious diseases
• In comparison to 1985-2005, infants less than one year in age experienced an average of 72 million more person-days of heatwaves per year from 2012 to 2021
• For adults over the age of 65 in India, the number was 301 million person-days
• 2 billion potential labour hours were lost in India in 2021. The means a loss of income equivalent to about 5.4% of national GDP

Methane Alert and Response System (MARS)

• In order to track methane emissions, UN will be setting up a satellite-based monitoring system
• Methane Alert and Response System, or MARS, will allow the integration of data from a large number of existing and future satellites
• Methane has more potential to cause global warming as compared to carbon dioxide
• Methane comprises of about 17% of the current global greenhouse gas emissions
• Methane has few sources, hence it is easier to reduce its emissions
• A reduction of 30% in methane emissions by 2030 may avoid 0.2 degree rise in temperature by 2050

Tokhü Emong Bird Count

• Nagaland undertook its the first avian documentation exercise called Tokhü Emong Bird Count
• The exercise was organized by Wokha Forest Division and the Divisional Management Unit, Nagaland Forest Management Project (NFMP), Wokha, Nagaland and Bird Count India
• The aim is to generate awareness among the students on bird conservation
• The timing of this event has been kept in line with the post-harvest Tokhü Emong festival of the Lotha Nagas

Ganga Utsav

• Ministry of Jal Shakti has organized Ganga Utsav - The River Festival 2022 on 4th November at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in New Delhi
• National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, and the Ministry of Jal Shakti had collaborated to organize it

Snow Leopard

• Snow Leopard has been recorded from Baltal-Zojila region
• IUCN Red List: Vulnerable
• Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule-I
• Distribution: Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Sikkim

Senna Spectabilis

• Senna spectabilis is an invasive species of exotic tree that has taken over between 800 hectares and 1,200 hectares of the buffer zones of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR)
• It was initially introduced as an ornamental species and for using as firewood
• It crowds-out the native species and reduces the food availability for wildlife
• Lantana Camara and Wattle are other major invasive species in the Nilgiris

Fish Museum

• A fish museum will be built in Arunachal Pradesh
• It will have all the fish species from Tawang to Longdin

Amur Falcons

• Amur Falcons are locally known as Akhuipuina. They are the world’s longest travelling raptors
• They arrive in Manipur and Nagaland when they migrate from their breeding grounds in North China, Eastern Mongolia and far-east Russia to their wintering grounds in South Africa
• Status:
  • Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule IV
  • CITES: Appendix II
  • IUCN Red List: Least Concern

EMIT

• NASA’s EMIT or Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation instrument was originally designed for examining the impact of dust on climate. However, it can also detect the presence of methane. It is installed on the International Space Station
• 50 “super-emitters” of methane have been identified in central Asia, the west Asia and the southwestern United States. Most of these sites are related to agriculture and fossil fuel industries
• Where were the plumes located?
  • Permian Basin, New Mexico
  • 12 plumes from oil and gas infrastructure in the Caspian Sea port of Hazar, Turkmenistan
• Methane is 80 times more potent greenhouse that carbon dioxide, but stays in the atmosphere for only 10 years

Geography and Agriculture

Fertilizer Imports

• In the first half of fiscal year 2022-23, Russia has taken over 21% share of the Indian fertilizer market, thereby replacing China
• With this, Russia has become the biggest supplier of fertilizer for India

State of Food and Agriculture Report, 2022

• State of Food and Agriculture Report, 2022 was published by FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)
• The report focused on how agricultural automation can contribute in the achievement of sustainable development goals
• Highlights of the report:
  • Automation can lead to efficient and environmentally friendly food production
  • Automation can increase inequalities as small-scale producers might not be able to invest in it
  • At places where manual and rural labour is more, automation can lead to unemployment
  • Automation in agriculture also varies according to the region. For instance, there are more than 400 tractors per 1,000 hectare of arable land in Japan, whereas in Ghana, it is just 0.4

Groundwater Over-Exploitation

• Schemes undertaken by various state governments for water conservation:

Scheme	State
Mukhyamantri Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan	Rajasthan
Jalyukt Shibar	Maharashtra
Sujalam Sufalam Abhiyan	Gujarat
Mission Kakatiya	Telangana
Neeru Chettu	Andhra Pradesh
Jal Jeevan Hariyali	Bihar
Jal Hi Jeevan	Haryana
Kudimaramath	Tamil Nadu

• Total annual groundwater extraction for all uses in the country is around 245 Billion Cubic Metre (BCM). Out of this, 218 BCM is for agricultural use
• Various other schemes include:
  • Atal Bhujal Yojana (Atal Jal): It is being implemented in certain water stressed areas of the country. It includes activities like preparation of water security plan at Gram Panchayat level in participatory mode by involving communities
  • Per Drop More Crop component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY): It is implemented by the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA & FW). It aims at improving the water use efficiency at farm level through micro irrigation (drip and sprinkler irrigation system)
  • Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA): It was launched in 2019. It is a time bound campaign with a mission mode approach intended to improve water availability including ground water conditions in the water stressed blocks of 256 districts in India
  • National Aquifer Mapping and Management program (NAQUIM): It is being implemented by CGWB as part of Ground Water Management and Regulation (GWM & R) Scheme. NAQUIM envisages mapping of aquifers (water bearing formations), their characterization and development of Aquifer Management Plans to facilitate sustainable management of groundwater resources

International News

Austra Hind 22

• Austra Hind 22, a bilateral training exercise, between contingents of the Indian Army and the Australian Army will be held at Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Rajasthan

International Electrotechnical Commission

• India won the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Vice Presidency and Strategic Management Board (SMB) Chair for 2023-25
• Vimal Mahendru will be the IEC Vice President who will represent India

High-Performance Computing

• India and EU have signed an Agreement for Cooperation in High-Performance Computing
• Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), and the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) were involved in the agreement
• Intent of Cooperation on High Performance Computing (HPC), Weather Extremes & Climate Modeling and Quantum Technologies
• Aim: Deepen technological cooperation on quantum and high-performance computing

Qatar-China Gas Deal

• QatarEnergy has announced a 27-year natural gas supply deal with China
• Four million tonnes of liquefied natural gas will be sent annually from North Field East project to China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec)
• China is the first country to bag a deal for North Field East

Malabar Naval Exercise

• Indian, Australia, Japan, and the US will participate in the 26th International Malabar Naval Exercise at Yokosuka of Japan
• The exercise started in 1992 along the Malabar Coast

Mongolia’s first Greenfield Oil Refinery

• Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL) will build Mongolia’s first Greenfield oil refinery in Ulaanbaatar
• Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL) is based in Hyderabad and will provide EPC (Engineering, procurement, and construction) services and EPC-3 (captive power plants) for $790 million

Garuda-VII Air Exercise

• Garuda VII is the seventh edition of the bilateral air exercise between India and France
• It will be conducted in Jodhpur

IMT TRILAT

• The first edition of India-Mozambique-Tanzania Trilateral Exercise (IMT TRILAT), a joint maritime exercise among the Indian, Mozambique and Tanzanian navies commenced at Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania on 27 Oct 22
• Objectives: capability development to address common threats through training and sharing of best practices, enhancing interoperability, and strengthening maritime cooperation

Goa Maritime Symposium (GMS)

• The fourth edition of the Goa Maritime Symposium (GMS) was conducted by the Naval War College (NWC) at Goa
• Participants: Captains/ Commanders and equivalent-rank officers from Navies/ Maritime forces from friendly foreign countries viz., Bangladesh, Comoros, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, besides India.
• About GMS:
  • It was started by the Indian Navy in 2016
  • It is a forum for fostering collaborative thinking, cooperation and mutual understanding between India and key maritime nations of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)
  • It is conducted biennially
  • The theme of GMS-2022 is “Maritime Security Challenges in the Indian Ocean Region: Converting Common Maritime Priorities into Collaborative Mitigation Frameworks”

Science & Technology

India’s 1st Integrated Rocket Facility

• India’s 1st integrated rocket design, manufacturing and testing facility will be set up in Hyderabad by Skyroot Aerospace

Red Planet Day

• November 28th was marked as the Red Planet Day
• On November 28, 1964, the NASA mission Mariner 4 was launched, which provided information about Mars
• Other space explorations:
  • NASA: Mars Insight (lander), Curiosity (rover), and three orbiters Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Odyssey, and MAVEN
  • India: Mangalyaan-1
  • EU: Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter

SARAS 3 Telescope

• SARAS 3 is a radio telescope designed and built at the Raman Research Institute (RRI)
• It has provided clues about the nature of first stars and galaxies of the Universe
• Properties of radio luminous galaxies, which were formed just 200 million years post the Big Bang, have been determined

Gram-Negative Bacteria

• Acinetobacter baumannii, a gram-negative bacteria, which causes infection in the blood, urinary tract and lungs, was resistant to high-end antibiotics
• Gram-negative bacteria has a thin peptidoglycan cell wall sandwiched between an inner cytoplasmic cell membrane and a bacterial outer membrane
• What is Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)?
  • When microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites stop responding to medicines due to their adaptations, the phenomenon is knows as antimicrobial resistance
  • This is usually attributed to overuse of antibiotics

Rohini RH-200 Sounding Rocket

• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has attempted the 200th consecutively successful launch of the Rohini RH-200 sounding rocket
• About RH-200:
  • Solid motor-powered, expendable rocket
  • Capable of climbing up to a height of 70 km
  • It can bear payloads designed to study the upper atmosphere

Measles

• Measles outbreak was witnessed in Mumbai
• About Measles:
  • Measles is caused by measles virus
  • Measles virus, or Measles morbillivirus, is a single-stranded, negative-sense, enveloped, non-segmented RNA virus
  • There are no known animal reservoirs of this virus. It gets transmitted via droplets (sneezing or coughing)
  • Initial symptoms (10-12 days after infection): high fever, runny nose, bloodshot eyes, and Koplik's spots (tiny white spots on the inside of the mouth)
  • Later on rashes develop
  • Extreme complications include blindness, encephalitis, severe diarrhea, and pneumonia
  • It has no particular medical treatment
  • Vaccination: MR vaccine

CRISPR

• CRISPR technology has been used to insert genes that allow immune cells to attack cancer cells, potentially leaving normal cells unharmed and increasing the effectiveness of immunotherapy
• This is the first time that scientists have used CRISPR technology for this purpose
• CRISPR technology removes specific genes and inserts new genes in immune cells. This allows the immune cells to recognize mutations in the patient’s own cancer cells

Malaria Vaccine

• Malaria kills nearly 600,000 people every year. Majority of this population includes children under the age of five in sub-Saharan Africa
• RTS,S/AS01 (Mosquirix) developed by GlaxoSmithKline was given WHO approval in October 2021
• Limitations of RTS,S/AS01 (Mosquirix): It has has modest efficacy and reduces severe malaria cases by only about 30% after four doses
• Another malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix M, developed by the University of Oxford in the UK, demonstrated an efficacy of 77% in phase 1 and 2 trials
• Details about vaccines:
  • These contain a major protein that is found on the surface of the liver stage parasite, called sporozoite, and hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg)
  • RTS,S has about 20% of the fusion protein, with the remaining 80% made up of HBsAg antigen
  • R21 is made up entirely of the CSP fusion protein moieties
  • RTS,S is formulated with an adjuvant called AS01
  • R21 employs an adjuvant called Matrix-M

National Bio Energy Programme

• Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India has notified the National Bioenergy Programme
• The program will be for the period FY 2021-22 to 2025-26, and will be implemented in two phases
• The program has the following sub-schemes:
  • Waste to Energy Programme (Programme on Energy from Urban, Industrial and Agricultural Wastes /Residues) to support setting up of large Biogas, BioCNG and Power plants (excluding MSW to Power projects)
  • Biomass Programme (Scheme to Support Manufacturing of Briquettes & Pellets and Promotion of Biomass (non-bagasse) based cogeneration in Industries) to support setting up of pellets and briquettes for use in power generation and non-bagasse based power generation projects
  • Biogas Programme to support setting up of family and medium size Biogas in rural areas

Coronal Holes

• These are regions on the sun’s surface from where fast solar wind gushes out into space
• They contain little solar material, as a result of which they have lower temperatures. Thus, they appear much darker than their surroundings

Salmonella

• Salmonella typhimurium ST313 is an invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella serovar (serovar or serotype is a grouping of microorganisms on the basis of their cell surface antigens)
• It is known to cause bloodstream infection in the malnourished and immunocompromised population of sub-Saharan Africa
• Moreover, multi-drug resistant (MDR) phenotype has been reported in Salmonella tphimurium DT104, which causes infection in humans and cattle
• What is the cause of drug resistance in microorganisms?
  • Because of the indiscriminate and unselective use of antibiotics, microorganisms have developed drug resistance
  • Because of this drug resistance, it becomes difficult to treat illnesses caused by these microorganisms
• 360 cases of typhoid fever per 1,00,000 people, with an annual estimate of 4.5 million cases and 8,930 deaths (0.2% fatality rate) have been reported in India
• Recent research:
  • Outer membrane protein A (OmpA) could restrict the entry of antibiotics into the bacteria
  • Removing OmpA resulted in a greater intake of medicine in bacteria, leading to its death by disrupting its outer envelope
  • This can also be used to develop novel antimicrobials for other pathogens

Glyphosate

• Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has restricted the use of glyphosate. Only authorized Pest Control Operators will be allowed to use it
• It is a weedicide
• Health impacts:
  • Cancer
  • Reproductive and developmental toxicity
  • Neurotoxicity
  • Immunotoxicity

Society

Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar

• 39 schools in the country were awarded the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar for the 2021-2022 academic session
• They were awarded by the Ministry of Education
• Out of the 39 schools, 28 were government aided and 11 were private
• Awards have been given for work in the field of water, sanitation, and hygiene

Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan

• Accessible India Campaign (AIC), also known as Sugamya Bharat Abhiyanw was launched by the Union government in 2015
• Aim: Enhancing accessibility, creating awareness and sensitization for creation a universal barrier free environment
• It has 3 main pillars:
  • Built-Up Environment
  • Transportation System
  • Information & Communication (ICT) ecosystems
• What have been the initiatives and achievements so far?
  • Features of accessibility in 1630 Government buildings, 35 International Airports and 55 Domestic Airports
  • More accessibility of Central and State/ UT government websites
  • Provision of ramps, handrails and accessible toilets in about 71% of government and government-aided schools

Poshan Vatika

• As per the Union Women and Child Development Ministry, in 2021, India had 1.8 million severely acute malnourished children
• Children belonging to the tribal population suffer the most
• What is Poshan Vatika?
  • Poshan Vatika or nutri-gardens provide fresh supply of fruits and vegetables
  • These are built within the premises of the house or near schools
• Salient features:
  • Nutrition survey and mobilization of individuals
  • Selection and training of youth on nutrition and horticultural practices
  • Dissemination of user-friendly literature
  • Procurement, production, processing and storage of seeds and planting materials
  • On-farm level training to farmers on seed preparation to harvest and storage of the neglected and underutilised food plants

PARAKH

• PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development) has been envisaged as an instrument for “establishing comparative measures and equivalence” among school examination boards and promoting collaboration among them
• It has been proposed by the NCERT. Educational Testing Services (ETS), American Institutes for Research (AIR) and the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) have expressed their interest in helping in setting up PARAKH
• PARAKH can resolve the issue of disparity in scores of students affiliated to different boards
• As per the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, PARAKH will function as a standard-setting body for student assessment and evaluation for all school boards

Government Schemes

Green Energy Open Access Portal

• Green Energy Open Access Portal will allow electricity consumers to get supply of renewables. These consumers must have a sanctioned load of 100Kw or above
• The green energy open access will be granted in 15 days

CM Dashboard

• Haryana government launched CM Dashboard Portal for real-time data of all departments and decisions taken on major schemes
• Live monitoring can be done at the block, district, and panchayat levels

Person in News and Awards

National Awards for e-Governance

• e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (eGramSwaraj and AuditOnline) of Ministry of Panchayati Raj won the Gold Award in Excellence in Government Process Re-engineering for Digital Transformation category of National Awards for e-Governance

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

• Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has been re-elected as the President of Kazakhstan

Sumitra Charat Ram Award

• Uma Sharma, Kathak exponent, received the prestigious ‘Sumitra Charat Ram Award’ for Lifetime Achievement

Governor of West Bengal

• Dr CV Ananda Bose has been appointed as the Governor of West Bengal

ICC Chairman

• Greg Barclay has been re-elected as the chairman of International Cricket Council (ICC)

Venki Ramakrishnan

• Nobel laureate Professor Venki Ramakrishnan was awarded the Order of Merit by Britain’s King Charles III

Slovenia’s First Female President

• Natasa Pirc Musar was elected as Slovenia’s First Female President

Aruna Miller

• Aruna Miller has become the first Indian-American to hold the office of Lieutenant Governor in Maryland

International Kannadiga Rathna Award 2022

• Yaduveer Krishnaraja Chamaraja (YKC) Wadiyar was awarded the International Kannada Rathna Award

Kuldip Nayar Patrakarita Samman

• Kuldip Nayar Patrakarita Samman was given to Arfa Khanum Sherwani
• Kuldip Nayar Patrakarita Samman is provided by the Gandhi Peace Foundation

Chief Justice of India

• Justice D Y Chandrachud has been appointed as the 50th Chief Justice of India

Shyam Saran Negi

• Shyam Saran Negi, who was the first voter of Independent India, casted his vote for the 34th time for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections

Aruna Sairam

• Aruna Sairam has been awarded the French government’s highest honour, Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des award

Ezhuthachan Award

• Sethu (A. Sethumadhavan) has received Kerala government’s prestigious Ezhuthachan Puraskaram (Award) for his contribution to Malayalam language and literature

Amit Dasgupta

• Amit Dasgupta has been appointed as an Honorary Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM)

National Monuments Authority Chairman

• Professor Kishor Kumar Basa has been appointed as the chairman of the National Monument Authority (NMA)

Sports

Cristiano Ronaldo

• Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first male soccer player to score in 5 football world cups

Novak Djokovic

• Novak Djokovic won the 6th ATP Finals singles title

Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament

• Manika Batra became the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament

Achanta Sharath Kamal

• Achanta Sharath Kamal has become the first Indian player to get elected in the Athletes’ Commission of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)

Asian Airgun Championship

• Shiva Narwal won the gold medal in the 10m men’s air pistol competition at Asian Airgun Championship in Daegu, South Korea

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Athletes Commission

• MC Mary Kom, PV Sindhu, Mirabai Chanu and Gagan Narang were one of the 10 sportspersons to be elected as members of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Athletes Commission

Khelo India National University Games

• Uttar Pradesh will host the Khelo India National University Games in 2023-24 in Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, and Noida

Paris Masters

• Holger Rune won the Men’s single Paris Masters 2022

Suryakumar Yadav

• Suryakumar Yadav has become the first Indian player to score 1,000 T20 International runs in one calendar year

BWF Para-Badminton World Championships

• Pramod Bhagat and Manisha Ramadass won gold medals in singles at the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships in Tokyo

Asian Continental Chess championship

• R Praggnanandhaa and P V Nandhidhaa won the titles in Asian Continental Chess championship

Track Asia Cup 2022 Cycling Tournament

• Kerala will host the Track Asia Cup 2022 Cycling Tournament at LNCPE Outdoor Velodrome from 25th November 2022 to 28th November 2022
• The tournament is sanctioned by Asian Cycling Confederation and Cycling Federation of India

Rising Sun Water Fest 2022

• Rising Sun Water Fest 2022 was a three-day watersport held at Umiam Lake, Meghalaya from 3rd to 5th November
• It was an initiative by the Indian Army’s Eastern Command with the governments of Assam and Meghalaya

Asian Squash Team Championships

• Indian men’s team, led by Saurav Ghosal, won gold at the Asian Squash Team Championships

Mexican Grand Prix 2022

• Max Verstappen won the Mexican Grand Prix 2022

French Open Super 2022

• Satwiksairaj Ankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the French Open Super 2022 badminton tournament men’s doubles title

Others

14th Edition of Aero India

• 14^th Edition of Aero India 2023 will be held from 13th to 17th February 2023

Constitution Day

• Constitution Day was celebrated on 26th November

National Milk Day

• National Milk Day was celebrated on 26th November

UNESCO-India-Africa Hackathon

• UNESCO-India-Africa Hackathon was inaugurated at Gautam Buddha University in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh
• Organized by: Union Ministry of Education
• Participation by: Students from 22 African countries
• Aim: Find technology-based solutions to address in issues in education, agriculture, health, energy and drinking wate

National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration

• National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, NIEPA, celebrated the Diamond Jubilee anniversary of its establishment in New Delhi
• It is one of the most recognized national institutions in the theory and practice of educational policy, planning and administration

Global Partnership on AI

• India will be taking over the chairmanship of Global Partnership on AI from France
• Canada and USA were elected to the two additional government seats on the Steering Committee

World Fisheries Day

• World Fisheries Day was observed on 21st November

World Heritage Week

• World Heritage Week was observed from 19th to 25th November

National Naturopathy Day

• National Naturopathy Day was observed on 18th November
• Theme: Naturopathy: an Integrative medicine

Network Readiness Index 2022

• India was placed at 6th position on the Network Readiness Index 2022 (NRI 2022) report
• NRI Report maps the network-based readiness landscape of 131 economies based on their performances in four different pillars:
  • Technology
  • People
  • Governance
  • Impact
• The report has been prepared by the Portulans Institute
• Indicators where India has performed well:
  • AI talent concentration
  • Mobile broadband internet traffic within the country
  • International Internet bandwidth
  • Annual investment in telecommunication services
  • Domestic market size
  • ICT Services exports
  • FTTH/Building Internet subscriptions
  • AI scientific publications

World’s Longest River Cruise

• Ganga Vilas Cruise will connect Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to Dibrugarh in Assam, and travel through Kolkata and Dhaka
• This involves a distance of 4,000 km
• The ship will pass through national parks and sanctuaries. Some of these include Kaziranga National Park and Sundarbans Delta
• The cruise will start its journey from January 2023

Offshore Security Exercise Prasthan

• Offshore Security Exercise Prasthan was conducted in the Krishna Godavari Basin Offshore Development Area (ODA) under the aegis of Headquarters, Eastern Naval Command
• The exercise is conducted every 6-months
• Aim:
  • Ensure offshore security
  • Integrate the efforts of all maritime stakeholders who look after the offshore defence

World Diabetes Day

• World Diabetes Day was observed on 14th November
• Theme: Access to Diabetes Care

World Kindness Day

• World Kindness Day was celebrated on 13th November
• Theme: Be kind whenever possible

International Day for Tolerance

• International Day for Tolerance was observed on 16th November

National Press Day

• National Press Day was observed on 16th November

QS Asia University Rankings 2023

• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, IIT Delhi, and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore have been at the top amongst the Indian Universities
• Following tables provides the details of top 3 universities in Asia and India:

University	Rank
Peking University	1
National University of Singapore	2
Tsinghua University	3

 

University (Indian)	Rank
IIT Bombay	40
IIT Delhi	46
IISc Bangalore	52

World Science Day for Peace and Development

• World Science Day for Peace and Development was observed on 10th November
• Theme: Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development

National Education Day

• National Education Day was observed on 11th November
• Theme: Changing Course, Transforming Education

World Pneumonia Day

• World Pneumonia Day was observed on 12th November
• Theme and Slogan: Pneumonia Affects Everyone

Infant Protection Day

• Infant Protection Day was observed on 7th November

World Radiography Day

• World Radiography Day was observed on 8th November
• Theme: Radiographers at the Forefront of Patient Safety

Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference & Expo

• 15th Edition of Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference & Expo was held at Kochi, Kerala
• The event was organized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in collaboration with Govt. Of Kerala

Uttarakhand Foundation Day

• Uttarakhand Foundation Day is observed on 9th November

International Week of Science and Peace

• International Week of Science and Peace was observed from 9th to 14th November

World Tsunami Awareness Day

• World Tsunami Awareness Day was observed on 5th November
• Theme: Early Warning and Early Action Before Every Tsunami

World’s First Vedic Clock

• Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) will get world’s first Vedic clock that will be synced with the position of the Sun

International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

• International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict was observed on 6th November

National Cancer Awareness Day

• National Cancer Awareness Day was celebrated on 7th November

World Vegan Day

• World Vegan Day was observed on 1st November

Vigilance Awareness Week

• Vigilance Awareness Week was observed from 31st October to 6th November 2022
• Theme: Corruption-free India for a developed Nation

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI)

• International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (IDEI) was observed on 2nd November
• Theme: Protecting Media to Protect Democracy

Current Affairs 2022

The candidates are required to prepare the Current Affairs for the whole year to answer any questions asked in the exam. The exam conducting body ask the questins from the current affairs of last one year. The candidates are required to prepare the current affairs of each month. The candidates can follow the given links to prepare the monthly current affairs.

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