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One Liner Monthly Current Affairs : 1st to 30th November
ART AND CULTURE CURRENT AFFAIRS 26
VETERAN BOLLYWOOD ACTOR VIKRAM GOKHALE PASSED AWAY. 26

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA TO BE HOSTED IN GOA FROM NOVEMBER 20 TO 28, 2022 26
NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS 27
VISTARA AIRLINES WILL BE MERGED WITH TATA-OWNED AIR INDIA BY MARCH 2024. 27
THE 7TH EDITION OF THE GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT WAS HELD IN NEW DELHI. 27
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT ABDEL FATTAH AL SISI TO BE CHIEF GUEST OF REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATION 2023. 27
INDIA-AUSTRALIA BILATERAL MILITARY TRAINING EXERCISE ‘AUSTRALIA HIND 22’ WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 28 NOVEMBER
TO 11 DECEMBER 2022. 28
NCC CELEBRATING 74TH RAISING ON 27TH NOVEMBER 2022. 28
CONSTITUTION DAY OF INDIA 2022 : 26TH NOVEMBER 28
INDIA WON THE IEC VICE PRESIDENT AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT BOARD CHAIRMAN FOR THE TERM 2023-25. 29
INDIAN AIR FORCE IS CONDUCTING THE ANNUAL JOINT HADR EXERCISE ‘SAMANVAY 2022’ FROM 28 TO 30 NOV 2022.
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STARTUP INDIA LAUNCHED STARTUP APPLICATION FOR MAARG PORTAL. 30
IAF’S AIR FEST 2022 WAS ORGANIZED AT HEAD QUARTERS MAINTENANCE COMMAND, VAYUSENA NAGAR, NAGPUR.
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SOUTH WESTERN COMMAND CONDUCTED INTEGRATED FIRE POWER EXERCISE IN THAR DESERT, RAJASTHAN. 31
4TH EDITION OF INDO-PACIFIC REGIONAL DIALOGUE BEGINS IN NEW DELHI. 31
INDIA TAKES OVER AS COUNCIL CHAIR OF GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (GPAI). 31
ARUN GOEL ASSUMES CHARGE AS NEW ELECTION COMMISSIONER OF INDIA. 32
INDIAN ARMY IS CELEBRATING 242ND CORPS OF ENGINEERS DAY 2022 : 18TH NOVEMBER 32
NTPC TEAM WON GOLD MEDAL IN 47TH ICQCC-2022. 33
WHATSAPP INDIA HEAD, META PUBLIC POLICY DIRECTOR QUITS. 33
INFOSYS SCIENCE FOUNDATION NAMES WINNERS OF INFOSYS PRIZE 2022 IN SIX CATEGORIES. 33
LARGEST NATIONWIDE COASTAL DEFENCE EXERCISE ‘SEA VIGIL-22’ ON 15-16 NOV 22. 34
SHRI GAURAV DWIVEDI APPOINTED CEO, PRASAR BHARATI 34
INDIA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR IS STARTING FROM 14TH OCTOBER AT PRAGATI MAIDAN, NEW DELHI. 34
9TH MINISTERIAL MEETING OF INDIA-US ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL PARTNERSHIP WAS HELD IN NEW DELHI. 35
THE 2ND MEETING OF BIMSTEC AGRICULTURE MINISTERS HOSTED BY INDIA. 35
RELIANCE JIO TRUE-5G SERVICES WERE LAUNCHED IN BENGALURU & HYDERABAD. 36
42ND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE INCA INAUGURATED IN DEHRADUN. 36
PM UNVEILED THE LOGO, THEME & WEBSITE OF THE G20 PRESIDENCY OF INDIA 36
JUSTICE DY CHANDRACHUD TOOK OATH AS THE 50TH CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA. 36
MARITIME PARTNERSHIP EXERCISE WITH ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY CONCLUDE IN THE BAY OF BENGAL. 37
ARMY COMMANDERS’ CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FROM 7 TO 11 NOVEMBER 2022 AT NEW DELHI 37
INDEPENDENT INDIA’S 1ST VOTER MASTER SHYAM SARAN NEGI PASSES AWAY AT 106. 37
JOINT MILITARY TRAINING (JMT) LAF & RSAF COMMENCED AT AIR FORCE STATION, KALAIKUNDA. 38
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS REGISTERED FOR NEW DESIGN & CAMOUFLAGE PATTERN UNIFORM OF INDIAN ARMY.38
URBAN MOBILITY INDIA CONFERENCE & EXPO 2022 TO BE HELD IN KOCHI FROM 4TH TO 6TH NOV, 2022 38
PRESIDENT DRAUPADI MURMU INAUGURATED 7TH INDIA WATER WEEK. 39
‘INDIA CHEM 2022’ WILL BE ORGANIZED AT PRAGATI MAIDAN, NEW DELHI. 39
GOVERNMENT SCHEMES CURRENT AFFAIRS 40
PRIME MINISTER DISTRIBUTED AROUND 71,000 APPOINTMENT LETTERS TO NEWLY RECRUITED RECRUITS UNDER THE JOB
FAIR. 40
ATAL INNOVATION MISSION LAUNCHES WOMEN CENTRIC CHALLENGES UNDER ANIC PROGRAM 40
ECONOMY CURRENT AFFAIRS 41
RBI ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF THE 1ST PILOT FOR RETAIL DIGITAL RUPEE ON 1ST DECEMBER. 41
RBI LAUNCHES PILOT PROJECT OF DIGITAL RUPEE IN WHOLESALE SEGMENT. 41
IFSCA EXECUTED MOU WITH RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (RBI). 42
ENVIRONMENT CURRENT AFFAIRS 42
GANGA UTSAV – THE RIVER FESTIVAL TO BE CELEBRATED ON 4TH NOVEMBER 2022 42
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CURRENT AFFAIRS 43
INDIA’S FIRST INTEGRATED ROCKET FACILITY TO BE BASED IN TELANGANA. 43

ISRO LAUNCHED PSLV-C54 ROCKET CARRYING EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE OCEANSAT. 43
INDIA CARRIES OUT SUCCESSFUL TRAINING LAUNCH OF INTERMEDIATE RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE, AGNI-3 43
INDIA’S FIRST PRIVATELY BUILT ROCKET, VIKRAM-S, LAUNCHED BY ISRO. 44
NASA LAUNCHES THE ARTEMIS MISSION ON A TEST FLIGHT TO THE MOON. 44
DRDO CONDUCTED 1ST SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT TEST OF THE PHASE-II OF THE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE INTERCEPTOR OFF
ODISHA COAST. 44
SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS 45
RAVINA WINS GOLD IN YOUTH MEN’S AND WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. 45

NOVAK DJOKOVIC WINS SIXTH ATP FINALS TITLES. 45
MANIKA BATRA BECOMES FIRST INDIAN WOMAN TO WIN MEDAL IN ASIAN CUP TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT. 46
15TH ASIAN AIRGUN CHAMPIONSHIP : INDIA SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED THE CAMPAIGN. 46
22ND FIFA WORLD CUP 2022 BEGAN IN AL KHOR, QATAR. 47
THE 2ND EDITION OF THE NORTH EAST OLYMPIC GAMES CONCLUDED IN SHILLONG. 47
NATIONAL SPORTS AWARDS 2022 ANNOUNCED : KHEL RATNA AWARD TO SHARATH KAMAL ACHANTA 47
SRI LANKA TO HOST CRICKET U-19 MEN’S T-20 WORLD CUP 2024 48
ENGLAND WON THE 2ND T20 WORLD CUP, DEFEATING PAKISTAN BY 5 WICKETS. 48
UTTAR PRADESH WILL HOST THE 2023 KHELO INDIA UNIVERSITY GAMES. 48
15TH ASIAN AIRGUN CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 AT DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA. 49
FIFA WORLD CUP 2022 WILL BE PLAYED IN QATAR FROM 20TH NOV TO 18TH DEC 2022. 49
ASIAN HOCKEY FEDERATION CEO TYEB IKRAM HAS BEEN ELECTED AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE FIH. 49
INDIAN MEN’S SQUASH TEAM WON ITS 1ST GOLD MEDAL AT ASIAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS. 49
KERALA WILL HOST THE TRACK ASIA CUP 2022 CYCLING TOURNAMENT. 50
UNION MINISTER DHARMENDRA PRADHAN SIGNS MOU WITH FIFA & AIFF FOR FOOTBALL4SCHOOL. 50
INDIAN JUNIOR MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM DEFEATED AUSTRALIA TO WIN THE SULTAN OF JOHOR CUP 2022. 50
IMPORTANT DAYS CURRENT AFFAIRS 51
INTERNATIONAL JAGUAR DAY CELEBRATED AT NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 51

NATIONAL MILK DAY 2022 : 26TH NOVEMBER 52
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 2022 : 25TH NOVEMBER 52
MARTYRDOM DAY OF ‘GURU TEGH BAHADUR’ WAS OBSERVED ON 24TH NOVEMBER. 53
WORLD FISHERIES DAY 2022 : 21ST NOVEMBER 53
NATIONAL NATUROPATHY DAY 2022 : 18TH NOVEMBER 54
WORLD PHILOSOPHY DAY 2022 : 17TH NOVEMBER 54
NATIONAL PRESS DAY 2022 : 16TH NOVEMBER 55
INDIA CELEBRATES HAPPY CHILDREN’S DAY : 14TH NOVEMBER 55
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING DAY 2022 : 12TH NOVEMBER 56
NATIONAL EDUCATION DAY 2022 : 11TH NOVEMBER 56
WORLD SCIENCE DAY FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT 2022 : 10TH NOVEMBER 57
NATIONAL LEGAL SERVICES DAY 2022 : 9TH NOVEMBER 57
NATIONAL CANCER AWARENESS DAY 2022 : 7 NOVEMBER 58
WORLD VEGAN DAY 2022 : 1ST NOVEMBER 58
STATES CURRENT AFFAIRS 59
BENGALURU TO HOST G20 FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING IN FEBRUARY 2023. 59

PM MODI INAUGURATE ARUNACHAL’S 1ST GREENFIELD AIRPORT DONI POLO AIRPORT. 59
BENGALURU TECH SUMMIT BEGINS ON 16TH NOVEMBER 60
PM MODI UNVEILED A 108 FEET TALL BRONZE STATUE OF SRI NADAPRABHU KEMPEGOWDA IN BENGALURU. 60
ECI HAS ANNOUNCED TWO-PHASE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS IN GUJARAT, WILL BE HELD IN DECEMBER. 60
GUJARAT MORBI BRIDGE COLLAPSE, KILLING 135 PEOPLE 61
HOLLONGHI GREENFIELD AIRPORT RENAMED ‘DONYI POLO’ AIRPORT. 61
INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS 62
53RD EDITION INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA CONCLUDES. 62

INDIA-MALAYSIA JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE HARIMAU SHAKTI 2022 BEGAN IN MALAYSIA. 63
13TH BILATERAL NAVAL EXERCISE NASEEM AL BAHR-2022 WAS CONDUCTED FROM 19 TO 24 NOV 2022. 63
ANWAR IBRAHIM SWORN IN AS THE NEW PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA. 63
LG ASIM MUNIR APPOINTED AS NEW CHIEF OF PAKISTAN ARMY STAFF. 64

KASSYM-JOMART TOKAYEV OF KAZAKHSTAN RE-ELECTED AS PRESIDENT. 64
DEFENSE MINISTER RAJNATH SINGH CO-CHAIRED THE FIRST INDIA-ASEAN DEFENSE MINISTERS’ MEETING IN
CAMBODIA. 64
INDIA WINS EXCELLENCE IN FAMILY PLANNING LEADERSHIP (EXCELL) AWARD-2022 AT INTERNATIONAL FAMILY
PLANNING CONFERENCE. 65
G20 SUMMIT 65
GLOBAL POPULATION TOUCHED 8 BILLION ON 15 NOVEMBER. 66
SLOVENIA ELECTED NATASA PIRC MUSAR AS THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT. 66
ELON MUSK COMPLETES $44 BILLION DEAL TO OWN TWITTER. 66
INDIA IS PARTICIPATING IN THE 26TH INTERNATIONAL MALABAR NAVAL EXERCISE AT YOKOSUKA, JAPAN. 67
INDIA WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE WORLD TRAVEL MARKET 2022 IN LONDON FROM 7 TO 9 NOVEMBER. 67
NETANYAHU SET TO RETURN TO POWER IN ISRAEL AFTER PM CONCEDES. 68
SHARJAH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR (SIBF), 2022, FROM 2ND TO 13TH NOVEMBER 68
Current Affairs Questions in English : November 2022

Qns : Which country‟s President will be the chief guest at the Republic Day
celebrations on 26 January 2023?
Ans : Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will be the Chief Guest at the Republic Day
celebrations on 26th January 2023.
Qns : Between which countries the bilateral training exercise “Austra Hind
22” will be held in Rajasthan from 28 November to 11 December 2022?
Ans : Bilateral training exercise “Austra Hind 22” between contingents of Indian Army and
Australian Army is scheduled to take place from 28th November to 11 December 2022 at
Mahajan Field Firing Range (Rajasthan).
Qns : When did the National Cadet Corps celebrate its 74th Raising Day?
Ans : National Cadet Corps (NCC) celebrated its 74th Raising Day on 27 November 2022.
Qns : When is the „Constitution Day‟ celebrated in India?
Ans : Constitution Day is celebrated every year on 26th November in India to

commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India.
Qns : When is National Milk Day celebrated?
Ans : National Milk Day is celebrated every year on 26th November to highlight the
importance and benefits of milk.
Qns : Which satellite was launched aboard the PSLV-C54 rocket by ISRO?
Ans : The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched successfully PSLV-C54
carrying Oceansat-3 also known as Earth Observation Satellite-6, and 8 nano-satellites.
Qns : When is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against

Women celebrated?
Ans :International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is observed every
year on 25th November.
Qns : In November 2022, India took over the chairmanship of Global

Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) from which country?
Ans : India assumed the chairmanship of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence
(GPIA), an international initiative to support the responsible and human-centred
development and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) from France on 21 November 2022.
Qns : Where did the 4th edition of Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue (IPRD)
begin?
Ans : The 4th edition of the Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue (IPRD) began in Delhi on 23rd to
25th November. IPRD is an apex level international annual conference of the Indian Navy.
Qns : Where was the Indian Air Force‟s Air Fest 2022 organized?
Ans : An annual show, Air Fest 2022 showcasing maneuvers of planes & helicopters in the
arsenal of the Indian Air Force(IAF) is organised at Head Quarters Maintenance Command,
Vayusena Nagar in Nagpur on 19th november.
Qns : When is the martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadur observed?
Ans : The martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadur is observed every year on 24th November.
Qns : In 2022, who was re-elected as the President of Kazakhstan?
Ans : Kazakhstan‟s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev won a second term in a snap

election on 20th November, winning 81.31% of the vote.
Qns : Who among the following has been named as new chief of Pakistan
Army ?
Ans : In Pakistan, Lieutenant General Asim Munir was appointed as the new Chief of Army
Staff on 24th November 2022.
Qns : Who became the new prime minister of Malaysia in 2022?
Ans : Malaysia‟s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in as the country‟s new
prime minister on 24th November 2022.
Qns : When is National Naturopathy Day celebrated?
Ans : National Naturopathy Day is observed in India every year on 18th November to
promote positive mental and physical health through drug-free healing.
Qns : Who has received the Leadership in Family Planning (EXCELL)

Award-2022 in the „Country Category‟ at the International Conference on
the Family?
Ans : India is the only country to have received the Leadership in Family Planning
(EXCELL) Awards-2022 in the „country category‟ at the International Conference on Family
Planning held in Pattaya city, Thailand.
Qns : Doni Polo Airport has been inaugurated in which state?
Ans : Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Donyi Polo Airport, Itanagar, in the
Arunachal Pradesh capital on 19th November.
Qns : Which state hosted the 2nd edition of North East Olympic Games in
2022?
Ans : The 2nd edition of North East Olympic Games was hosted by Shilllong, Meghalaya in
2022.
Qns : India‟s first privately built rocket was launched by ISRO (Indian
Space Research Organisation). What is the name of that rocket?
Ans : India‟s first privately built rocket + Vikram-Suborbital (VKS) + was launched by ISRO
(Indian Space Research Organisation) on 18th November. The launch took place at around
11.30 am from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
Qns : When does Indian Army celebrate Corps of Engineers Day?
Ans : The Indian Army is celebrating Corps of Engineers Day on 18th November.
Qns : When is World Philosophy Day celebrated?
Ans : World Philosophy Day is celebrated every year on the 3rd Thursday of November.
Qns : Who has inaugurated the silver jubilee edition of the Bengaluru Tech
Summit (BTS 22)?
Ans : Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the silver jubilee edition of the
Bengaluru Tech Summit (BTS 22). The event was scheduled from 16 to 18 November 2022,
at the Bangalore Palace in Karnataka.
Qns : Who is appointed as the director of public policy for Meta India?
Ans : Shivnath Thukral, Director of WhatsApp Public Policy in India, has now been made
Director, Public Policy for all Meta brands in India.
Qns : Which agency has launched Artemis-1 mission?
Ans : The United States space agency NASA has launched its Artemis-1 mission from
Kennedy Space Centre, Florida.
Qns : G20 or Group of Twenty Summit is an intergovernmental forum, how

many countries are included in it?
Ans : The G20 or Group of Twenty is an intergovernmental forum consisting of 19 countries

and the European Union (EU). The 19 countries are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada,
China, Germany, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, the
Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, UK, US.
Qns : What is the theme of India‟s G20 Presidency in 2022?
Ans : The theme of India‟s G20 Presidency + “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” or “One Earth One
Family One Future”
Qns : When is National Press Day celebrated?
Ans : National Press Day is observed every year on 16th November to acknowledge and
honor the Press Council of India (PCI).
Qns : Which state is the host of the „53rd edition of the International Film
Festival of India‟?
Ans : The 53rd edition of the International Film Festival of India, IFFI, will be hosted in Goa
from 20 to 28 November 2022.
Qns : Which country will host the U-19 Men‟s T-20 World Cup 2024?
Ans : ICC announced that the 2024 Under -19 men‟s T-20 World Cup will be hosted by Sri
Lanka while the 2026 edition will be staged in Zimbabwe and Namibia.
Qns : .Which team won the „T20 World Cup title 2022‟?
Ans : In cricket, England created history by winning their second T20 World Cup by
defeating Pakistan by five wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 13th November.
Qns : What is the theme of 41st edition of India International Trade Fair
(IITF) that is taking place in Delhi?
Ans : The 41st India International Trade Fair will begin on 14th November at Pragati Maidan
in New Delhi. The theme of the trade fair is „Vocal for Local, Local to Global‟.
Qns : Where was the 2022 G20 Bali summit held?
Ans : The 2022 G20 Bali summit was the 17th meeting of Group of Twenty (G20), which was
held in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia on 15 to16 November 2022.
Qns : Who has been elected as the new President of Slovenia in 2022?
Ans : In the second round of elections held in Slovenia on 13 November, Natasa Pirk Musar
was elected the country‟s first female president.
Qns : When is Children‟s Day celebrated in India?
Ans : India celebrates Happy Children‟s Day on 14th November to commemorate the birth
anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.
Qns : In which city Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled a 108 feet
tall bronze statue of Sri Nadaprabhu Kempegowda?
Ans : The Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the 108 feet tall bronze statue of Shri
Nadaprabhu Kempegowda in Bengaluru on 11th October.
Qns : When is Public Service Broadcasting Day celebrated?
Ans : Public Service Broadcasting Day is celebrated every year on 12th November to
commemorate the sole visit of Mahatma Gandhi to All India Radio in Delhi in 1947.
Qns : When is National Education Day celebrated?
Ans : National Education Day is celebrated every year on 11th November in India.
Qns : Which state will host the Khelo India National University Games in
2023-24?
Ans : The Uttar Pradesh government will host the Khelo India National University Games in
2023-24 in 4 cities of the state. These cities are Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Varanasi & Noida.
Qns : When is World Science Day for Peace and Development celebrated?
Ans : Celebrated every 10 November, World Science Day for Peace and Development was
proclaimed by the UN Educational, Scientific and UNESCO in 2001 under the UNESCO 31
C/Resolution 20.
Qns : Who became the 50th Chief Justice of India?
Ans : Justice DY Chandrachud took oath as the new 50th Chief Justice of India on 9th Nov.
Qns : When is National Legal Services Day celebrated?
Ans : National Legal Services Day is celebrated every year on 9th November to celebrate
the introduction of the Legal Services Authorization Act, 1987, which came into force on
this day in 1995.
Qns : Where will the FIFA World Cup 2022 be played?
Ans : The FIFA World Cup 2022 will be played in 5 cities of Qatar from 20th November to
18th December 2022.
Qns : When is National Cancer Awareness Day 2022 celebrated?
Ans : National Cancer Awareness Day 2022 is celebrated every year in India on 7th Nov.
Qns : Who became the new owner of Twitter in October 2022?
Ans : Elon Musk, the world‟s richest man, completed $44 billion acquisition of Twitter on
28th November 2022. Elon Musk is new owner and chief executive (CEO) of Twitter, the
social media company.
Qns : Name the Independent India‟s first voter, who passed away in Nov
2022?
Ans : The country‟s first voter, 106-year-old Master Shyam Saran Negi, passed away on 5th
November after prolonged illness.
Qns : Who was elected as the new president of the International Hockey
Federation (FIH)?
Ans : Macau‟s Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) CEO Mohamed Tayyab Ikram was elected as
the new President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) on 5th November.
Qns : When was the „World Travel Market (WTM)‟ organised, and name its
host city?
Ans : The World Travel Market (WTM) 2022 which is one of the largest international travel
exhibitions will take place in London from 7th to 9th November.
Qns : Which of the following state will host Track Asia Cup 2022 from 25 to
28 November?
Ans : Track Asia Cup-2022, one of the premier cycling competitions, will be held at the
LNCPE Outdoor Velodrome in Kerala from 25 to 28 November.
Qns : Which city is the host of the „India Chem 2022‟ Conference?
Ans : Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilizers, Dr. Mansukh
Mandaviya will inaugurate India Chem 2022 with the theme “Vision 2030 : Chemicals and
Petrochemicals Build India” at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi on 2nd November 2022.
Qns : When is World Vegan Day celebrated?
Ans : World Vegan Day is celebrated every year on 1st November to encourage people to
follow a vegetarian lifestyle and spread awareness about vegetarianism.
Current Affairs MCQ Questions : November 2022

Qns : Who became the new prime minister of Malaysia in 2022?
2022 में मले शिया के नए प्रधानमं त्री कौन बने ?
(A) Muhyiddin Yassin
(B) Mahathir Mohamad
(C) Najib Razak
(D) Anwar Ibrahim
Ans : (D) Anwar Ibrahim
Qns : Who among the following has been named as new chief of Pakistan Army?
शनम्नशलखित में से शकसे पाशकस्तानी से ना का नया प्रमु ि शनयु क्त शकया गया है ?
(A) General Tikka Khan HJ
(B) General Asim Munir Ahmed
(C) General Asif Nawaz Janjua
(D) General Mirza Aslam Beg
Ans : (B) General Asim Munir Ahmed
Qns : When is the martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadur observed?

गु रु ते ग बहादु र का िहीदी शदवस कब मनाया जाता है ?
(A) 7th November.
(B) 24th November.
(C) 29th March.
(D) 3rd August
Ans : (B) 24th November
Qns : In 2022, who was re-elected as the President of Kazakhstan?

2022 में , कौन कजाशकस्तान के राष्ट्रपशत के रूप में शिर से चु ने गए?
(A) Muhyiddin Yassin
(B) Abdul Latif Rashid
(C) Ebrahim Raisi
(D) Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Ans : (D) Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Qns : Where was the Indian Air Force‟s Air Fest 2022 organized?
भारतीय वायु से ना का एयर िेस्ट 2022 कहााँ आयोशजत शकया गया था?
(A) Bengaluru
(B) Chennai
(C) Nagpur
(D) Varanasi
Ans : (C) Nagpur
Qns : In November 2022, India took over the chairmanship of Global Partnership on
Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) from which country?
नवं बर 2022 में , भारत ने शकस दे ि से आशटि शिशियल इं टेशलजें स (GPAI) पर ग्लोबल
पाटि नरशिप की अध्यक्षता सं भाली?
(A) France
(B) Spain
(C) China
(D) Mexico
Ans : (A) France
Qns : When is National Milk Day celebrated?

राष्ट्रीय दु ग्ध शदवस कब मनाया जाता है ?
(A) 2nd June
(B) 15th January
(C) 27th October
(D) 26th November
Ans : (D) 26th November
Qns : Which satellite was launched aboard the PSLV-C54 rocket by ISRO?
ISRO द्वारा PSLV-C54 रॉकेट पर शकस उपग्रह को लॉन्च शकया गया था?
(A) HAMSAT
(B) Earth Observation Satellite-6 (EOS-06)
(C) Mars Orbiter Mission
(D) Rohini RS-D2
Ans : (B) Earth Observation Satellite-6 (EOS-06)
Qns : When is the „Constitution Day‟ celebrated in India?

भारत में „सं शवधान शदवस‟ कब मनाया जाता है ?
(A) 5th November
(B) 26th November
(C) 29th November
(D) 11th November
Qns : When did the National Cadet Corps (NCC) celebrate its 74th Raising Day?
राष्ट्रीय कैडे ट कोर (एनसीसी) ने अपना 74वां स्थापना शदवस कब मनाया?
(A) 27 October 2022
(B) 7 May 2022
(C) 20 August 2022
(D) 27 November 2022.
Ans : (D) 27 November 2022.
Qns : Where did the India-Malaysia joint military exercise „Harimau Shakti-2022‟ begin?
भारत-मले शिया सं युक्त सै न्य अभ्यास „हररमऊ िखक्त-2022‟ कहााँ िु रू हुआ?
(A) Malaysia
(B) Australia
(C) France
(D) India
Ans : (A) Malaysia
Qns : When is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women celebrated?
मशहलाओं के खिलाि शहं सा के उन्मू लन के शलए अं तराि ष्ट्रीय शदवस कब मनाया जाता है ?
(A) 20th December
(B) 25th November
(C) 18th July
(D) 6th October
Qns : Which country‟s President will be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations on
26 January 2023?
26 जनवरी 2023 को गणतं त्र शदवस समारोह में शकस दे ि के राष्ट्रपशत मु ख्य अशतशथ होंगे?
(A) Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim
(B) President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
(C) Egypt‟s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
(D) U.S. President Joe Biden
Ans : (C) Egypt‟s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
Qns : When is World Fisheries Day celebrated?

शवश्व मत्स्य शदवस कब मनाया जाता है ?
(A) 3rd February
(B) 21st November
(C) 12th August
(D) 14th June
Ans : (B) 21st November
Qns : When is National Naturopathy Day celebrated?

राष्ट्रीय प्राकृशतक शचशकत्सा शदवस कब मनाया जाता है ?
(A) 21st March
(B) 18th November
(C) 3rd August
(D) 10th December
Qns : Who has been appointed as Election Commissioner of India in Nov 2022?
नवं बर 2022 में भारत के चु नाव आयु क्त के रूप में शकसे शनयु क्त शकया गया है ?
(A) Abhishek Singhvi
(B) Mukul Rohatgi
(C) Harish Salve
(D) Arun Goel
Ans : (D) Arun Goel
Qns : Who has received the EXCELL award + Leadership in Family Planning in the „Country
Category‟ at the International Conference on the Family?
अं तरराष्ट्रीय पररवार शनयोजन सम्मे लन में „कंटर ी श्रे णी‟ में लीडरशिप इन िैशमली प्लाशनं ग
(EXCELL) अवाडि -2022 शकसे प्राप्त हुआ है ?
(A) Australia
(B) India
(C) Nepal
(D) Sri Lanka
Ans : (B) India
Qns : Which among the following has won the Gold award in the 47th International
Convention on Quality Control Circle (ICQCC-2022)?
शनम्नशलखित में से शकसने क्वाशलटी कंटर ोल सकिल (ICQCC-2022) पर 47वें अं तराि ष्ट्रीय सम्मे लन
में स्वणि पु रस्कार जीता है ?
(A) ReNew Power
(B) JSW Energy
(C) NTPC
(D) Torrent Power
Ans : (C) NTPC
Qns : Doni Polo Airport has been inaugurated in which state?

डोनी पोलो हवाई अड्डे का उद् घाटन शकस राज्य में शकया गया है ?
(A) Haryana
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Gujarat
Ans : (B) Arunachal Pradesh
Qns : Which state hosted the 2nd edition of North East Olympic Games in 2022?
शकस राज्य ने 2022 में उत्तर पू वि ओलं शपक िे लों के दू सरे सं स्करण की मे जबानी की?
(A) Kerala
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Meghalaya
Ans : (D) Meghalaya
Qns : India‟s first privately built rocket was launched by ISRO (Indian Space Research
Organisation). What is the name of that rocket?
भारत का पहला शनजी तौर पर शनशमि त रॉकेट ISRO (भारतीय अं तररक्ष अनु संधान सं गठन)
द्वारा लॉन्च शकया गया था। उस रॉकेट का नाम क्या है ?
(A) Aryabhata
(B) Microsat
(C) Vikram-S
(D) EMISAT
Ans : (C) Vikram-S
Qns : When does Indian Army celebrate Corps of Engineers Day?

भारतीय से ना कोर ऑि इं जीशनयसि डे कब मनाती है ?
(A) 18th November.
(B) 20th August.
(C) 5th April.
(D) 10th May
Ans : (A) 18th November.
Qns : When is World Philosophy Day celebrated?

शवश्व दिि न शदवस कब मनाया जाता है ?
(A) 1st Friday of November.
(B) 2nd Monday of August.
(C) 3rd Thursday of November.
(D) 2nd Saturday of March
Ans : (C) 3rd Thursday of November.
Qns : Who has inaugurated the silver jubilee edition of the Bengaluru Tech Summit (BTS
22)?
बें गलु रु टे क सशमट (बीटीएस 22) के रजत जयं ती सं स्करण का उद् घाटन शकसने शकया?
(A) Dharmendra Pradhan
(B) Droupadi Murmu
(C) PM Narendra Modi
(D) Amit Shah
Ans : (C) PM Narendra Modi
Qns : Who is appointed as the director of public policy for Meta India?
मे टा इं शडया के शलए सावि जशनक नीशत के शनदे िक के रूप में शकसे शनयु क्त शकया गया है ?
(A) Abhijit Bose
(B) Somya Sharma
(C) Shivnath Thukral
(D) Sonali Bedi
Ans : (C) Shivnath Thukral
Qns : Which space agency has launched Artemis-1 mission?

शकस अं तररक्ष एजें सी ने आटे शमस-1 शमिन लॉन्च शकया है ?
(A) NASA
(B) ISRO
(C) JAXA
(D) CNEX
Ans : (A) NASA
Qns : Where did the G20 Bali Summit 2022 take place?
G20 बाली शििर सम्मे लन 2022 कहा पर हुआ ?
(A) Nepal
(B) France
(C) Algeria
(D) Indonesia
Ans : (D) Indonesia
Qns : When is National Press Day celebrated?

राष्ट्रीय प्रे स शदवस कब मनाया जाता है ?
(A) 3rd February
(B) 16th November
(C) 27th August
(D) 12th May
Qns : Which state is the host of the „53rd edition of the International Film Festival of India‟?
कौन सा राज्य „भारत के अं तराि ष्ट्रीय शिल्म महोत्सव के 53वें सं स्करण‟ का मे जबान है ?
(A) Odisha
(B) Kerala
(C) Goa
(D) Punjab
Ans : (C) Goa
Qns : Which team won the „T20 World Cup title 2022‟?
शकस टीम ने „टी20 शवश्व कप 2022‟ का खिताब जीता?
(A) Nepal
(B) England
(C) Australia
(D) Canada
Ans : (B) England
Qns : What is the theme of 41st edition of India International Trade Fair (IITF) that is taking
place in Delhi?
शदल्ली में हो रहे 41वें भारतीय अं तराि ष्ट्रीय व्यापार मे ले (IITF) का शवषय क्या है ?
(A) Way Global
(B) Market Mantra
(C) Make Local, Trade Global
(D) „Vocal for Local, Local to Global‟
Ans : (D) „Vocal for Local, Local to Global‟
Qns : Who has been elected as the new President of Slovenia in 2022?
2022 में स्लोवे शनया के नए राष्ट्रपशत के रूप में शकसे चु ना गया है ?
(A) Natasa Pirk Musar
(B) Borut Pahor
(C) Milan Kučan
(D) Janez Drnovšek
Ans : (A) Natasa Pirk Musar
Qns : When is Children‟s Day celebrated in India?

भारत में बाल शदवस कब मनाया जाता है ?
(A) 9th August
(B) 14th November
(C) 18th February
(D) 21st October
Qns : When is Public Service Broadcasting Day celebrated?

लोक से वा प्रसारण शदवस कब मनाया जाता है ?
(A) 5th March
(B) 29th June
(C) 12th October
(D) 12th November
Ans : (D) 12th November
Qns : Which state will host the Khelo India National University Games in 2023 -24?
कौन सा राज्य 2023-24 में िे लो इं शडया ने िनल यू शनवशसि टी गे म्स की मे जबानी करे गा?
(A) Bihar
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Assam
Ans : (C) Uttar Pradesh
Qns : When is World Science Day for Peace and Development celebrated?
िां शत और शवकास के शलए शवश्व शवज्ञान शदवस कब मनाया जाता है ?
(A) 10th November
(B) 8th September
(C) 15th January
(D) 27th April
Ans : (A) 10th November
Qns : Who became the 50th Chief Justice of India?

भारत के 50वें मु ख्य न्यायाधीि कौन बने ?
(A) Justice DY Chandrachud
(B) Justice Kamal Narain Singh
(C) Justice Raghunandan Swarup Pathak
(D) Justice Vishweshwar Nath Khare
Ans : (A) Justice DY Chandrachud
Qns : What is the theme of India‟s G20 Presidency in 2022 -2023?

2022 में भारत के G20 प्रे सीडें सी का शवषय क्या है ?
(A) Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
(B) Bharat Mata
(C) Travel and Rural Development
(D) Recover Together, Recover Stronger
Ans : (A) Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
Qns : Name the Independent India‟s first voter, who passed away in Nov 2022?
स्वतं त्र भारत के पहले मतदाता का नाम बताइए, शजनका नवं बर 2022 में शनधन हो गया?
(A) B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Amrit Kaur
(C) Shyam Saran Negi
(D) Baldev Singh
Ans : (C) Shyam Saran Negi
Qns : „World Travel Market (WTM)‟ was organised from 7 to 9 November 2022. Name the
host city?
„शवश्व यात्रा बाजार (WTM)‟ का आयोजन 7 से 9 नवं बर 2022 तक शकया गया था। मे जबान
िहर का नाम बताएं ?
(A) Lahore
(B) Dubai
(C) Delhi
(D) London
Ans : (D) London
Qns : Where will the FIFA World Cup 2022 be played?

िीिा शवश्व कप 2022 कहा पर िे ला जाएगा?
(A) Italy
(B) China
(C) Qatar
(D) Spain
Ans : (C) Qatar
Qns : Who became the new owner of Twitter in October 2022?

अक्टू बर 2022 में , शिटर के नए माशलक कौन बने ?
(A) Gautam Adani
(B) Elon Musk
(C) Bill Gates
(D) Mukesh Ambani
Ans : (B) Elon Musk
Qns : The Indian men‟s team has won its first gold medal by defeat ing which country in the
Asian Squash Team Championships?
भारतीय पु रुष टीम ने एशियाई स्क्वैि टीम चैं शपयनशिप में शकस दे ि को हराकर अपना पहला
स्वणि पदक जीता है ?
(A) Kuwait
(B) UK
(C) Thailand
(D) Canada
Ans : (A) Kuwait
Qns : Which of the following state will host Track Asia Cup 2022 from 25 to 28 November?
शनम्नशलखित में से कौन सा राज्य 25 से 28 नवं बर तक टर ै क एशिया कप 2022 की मे जबानी
करे गा?
(A) Odisha
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Kerala
Ans : (D) Kerala
Qns : When is National Cancer Awareness Day celebrated?

राष्ट्रीय कैंसर जागरूकता शदवस कब मनाया जाता है ?
(A) 19th January
(B) 7th November
(C) 26th May
(D) 2nd October
Qns : Who was elected as the new president of the International Hockey Federation (FIH)?
अं तराि ष्ट्रीय हॉकी महासं घ (FIH) के नए अध्यक्ष के रूप में शकसे चु ना गया है ?
(A) Seif Ahmed
(B) Narinder Batra
(C) Paul Léautey
(D) Mohammad Tayyab Ikram
Ans : (D) Mohammad Tayyab Ikram
Qns : Which city is the host of the „India Chem 2022‟ Conference?
„इं शडया केम 2022‟ सम्मे लन का मे जबान कौन सा िहर है ?
(A) Punjab
(B) New Delhi
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Goa
Ans : (B) New Delhi
Qns : When is National Legal Services Day celebrated?

राष्ट्रीय कानू नी से वा शदवस कब मनाया जाता है ?
(A) 29th November
(B) 26th June
(C) 1st April
(D) 9th November
Ans : (A) 9th November
Qns : Which institution tested the Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) interceptor AD-
1 missile?
शकस सं स्थान ने दू सरे चरण की बै शलखस्टक शमसाइल रक्षा (बीएमडी) इं टरसे प्टर एडी-1
शमसाइल का परीक्षण शकया?
(A) DRDO
(B) ISRO
(C) BEL
(D) HAL
Ans : (A) DRDO
Qns : Who won the Sultan of Johor Cup 2022?

सु ल्तान ऑि जोहोर कप 2022 शकसने जीता?
(A) Nepal
(B) Australia
(C) India
(D) Bangladesh
Ans : (C) India
Qns : When is World Vegan Day celebrated?

शवश्व िाकाहारी शदवस कब मनाया जाता है ?
(A) 12th August
(B) 1st November
(C) 21st March
(D) 8th April
Ans : (B) 1st November
films from India will be showcased in the

„Indian Panorama‟ while 183 films will be a
Art and Culture Current part of international programming.
Affairs
Special Features
VETERAN BOLLYWOOD ACTOR
 Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement
VIKRAM GOKHALE PASSED AWAY.
award to be given to Spanish film
director Carlos Saura
 France is the „Spotlight‟ country and 8
films will be screened under Country
Focus package
 The Austrian film, Alma and Oskar,
directed by Dieter Berner, will open the
annual festival while Krzysztof Zanussi‟s
Perfect Number is the closing film
 Several new initiatives at IFFI and Film
Bazaar this year
 Caravans will be deployed throughout
 Veteran Marathi actor Vikram Gokhale Goa and movies will be screened
passed away on 26th November in  Open air beach screening to also be
Pune. carried out
 He was 77 years old. The Marathi TV  Films from NFAI will be showcased in
serial „Tujhech Mein Geet Gaat Aahe‟ the „Indian Restored Classics‟ section
and the Marathi film „Godavari‟ were  Three films of this year‟s Dadasaheb
her last performances. Phalke awardee +Teesri Manzil, Do
 In a career spanning over 50 years, Badan and Kati Patang will be screened
Vikram Gokhale had mastered the as part of the Asha Parekh retrospective
three media of theatre, TV and cinema.  The „Homage‟ section will include fifteen
 His Marathi film Ishti won him the Indian and five international films
National Film Award in the Best Actor  To promote films from North-East India,
category. It is the biggest honor 5 feature and 5 non-feature films, will
dedicated to theater artistes in the mark golden jubilee of Manipuri cinema
country.  Special attractions include Shigmotsav
(Spring Festival) on 26th November and
Goa Carnival on 27th November 2022.
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
OF INDIA WAS HELD IN GOA FROM
NOVEMBER 20 TO 28, 2022
The 53rd edition of the International Film

Festival of India, IFFI, was held in Goa from
20 to 28 November 2022. The annual film
festival brings biggest stalwarts under one
roof cumulating the cohesive energy and
spirit of art, films and culture. 280 films
from 79 countries will be screened this
year. 25 feature films and 20 non-feature
National Current Affairs hybrid format. The summit is India‟s

annual flagship event on Geotechnology
and is co-hosted by the Ministry of
VISTARA AIRLINES WILL BE External Affairs and Carnegie India.
 The theme for this year‟s Summit
MERGED WITH TATA-OWNED AIR
is „Geopolitics of Technology.
INDIA BY MARCH 2024.  The Ministry of External Affairs informed
that over three days, the world‟s leading
minds in technology, government,
security, space, startups, data, law,
public health, climate change, academia
and economy will gather, and debate
related to technology and its future.
 Ministers and senior government
officials from the US, Singapore, Japan,
Nigeria, Brazil, Bhutan, the European
Union and other countries will also
participate in the summit.
 Vistara Airlines will be merged with  More than 5000 participants from all
Tata-owned Air India by March 2024. over the world have registered to attend
 In a press release, Singapore Airlines the summit.
and Tata Sons said they have agreed to
merge Air India and Vistara by March EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT ABDEL
2024, subject to regulatory approval.
FATTAH AL SISI TO BE CHIEF
 Once the integration is complete,
Singapore Airlines will invest $250
GUEST OF REPUBLIC DAY
million or Rs 2,000 crore in Air India. CELEBRATION 2023.
 The Tata group is already in the process
of merging Air India Express and AirAsia
India into a single entity that will provide
low-cost flight options.
THE 7TH EDITION OF THE GLOBAL

TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT WAS HELD
IN NEW DELHI.
 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi

will be the chief guest at the Republic
Day celebrations on 26th January 2023.
 This is the first time that the President
of Egypt will be the chief guest of the
Republic Day of India.
 Both countries are celebrating the 75th
 The 7th edition of the Global Technology anniversary of the establishment of
Summit was held from 29th November diplomatic relations in the year 2023.
till the 1st of December in New Delhi in a
 Egypt has been invited as the „guest NCC CELEBRATING 74TH RAISING
country‟ during India‟s G-20 presidency ON 27TH NOVEMBER 2022.
in 2022-23.
INDIA-AUSTRALIA BILATERAL
MILITARY TRAINING EXERCISE
‘AUSTRALIA HIND 22’ WILL TAKE
PLACE FROM 28 NOVEMBER TO 11
DECEMBER 2022.
 The National Cadet Corps (NCC) is

celebrating its 74th Raising Day on 27th
November 2022.
 NCC Day is celebrated on the fourth
Sunday of November. The world‟s
largest uniformed youth organization
was established in 1948.
 The day was celebrated across the
 Bilateral training exercise “Austra Hind country with cadets participating in
22” between contingents of Indian Army March Past, cultural activities and social
and Australian Army is scheduled to development programmes.
take place from 28th November to 11  NCC is a voluntary military cadet corps
December 2022 at Mahajan Field Firing under the Union Ministry of Defense and
Range (Rajasthan). is open to school and college students.
 This is the first exercise in the Austra  It was established to organize, train and
Hind series in which all arms and create a human resource to inspire the
services of both the armies will youth to provide leadership in all walks
participate. of life and be always available for the
 Exercise “Austra Hind” will be an annual service of the nation.
event which will be held alternately in
India and Australia.
 The aim of the exercise is to build CONSTITUTION DAY OF INDIA
positive military-to-military relations, 2022 : 26TH NOVEMBER
imbibe each other‟s best practices and
enhance interoperability while Constitution Day is celebrated every year
conducting multi-domain operations in on 26th November in India to commemorate
semi-desert terrain under UN the adoption of the Constitution of India. The
peacekeeping mandate. Constitution of India was adopted by the
Constituent Assembly on 26th November
1949, and came into force on 26th January
1950.
INDIA WON THE IEC VICE

PRESIDENT AND STRATEGIC
MANAGEMENT BOARD CHAIRMAN
FOR THE TERM 2023-25.
 The Constitution of India is said to be „of

the people, for the people, and by the
people‟.
 The Preamble of the Indian Constitution
declared India to be a sovereign,  India won the International
socialist, secular, democratic, republic Electrotechnical Commission, IEC Vice
and welfare state. Presidency and Strategic Management
 Indian constitution provides us with Board (SMB) Chair for the term 2023-25.
fundamental rights along with Shri Vimal Mahendru will be the IEC
fundamental duties. Vice-Chairman representing India.
 The Indian Constitution is the longest  The International Electrotechnical
written constitution in the world. Commission (IEC) is an international
 The constitution provides a framework standard setting body that publishes
for the government of the country international standards for all electrical,
keeping in mind the social, religious and electronic and related technology.
cultural diversity of the nation.  The Standardization Management Board
(SMB) is an apex governing body of the
IEC responsible for technical policy
History :
matters.
The Constituent Assembly adopted the
Indian Constitution on 26th November 1949 INDIAN AIR FORCE CONDUCTED
and it came into force on 26 January 1950. THE ANNUAL JOINT HADR
The Ministry of Social Justice and EXERCISE ‘SAMANVAY 2022’ FROM
Empowerment announced the Centre‟s 28 TO 30 NOV 2022.
decision to observe 26th November as
Constitution Day in 2015. The day is
celebrated to promote constitutional values
among the citizens of India.
 The Indian Air Force was conducted the

annual Joint Humanitarian Assistance
and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise matchmaking between mentors and

„Samanvay 2022‟ from 28 November to their respective mentors.
30 November 2022 at Air Force Station  Facilitating efficient and expert
Agra. mentorship for startups and building a
 The exercise, aimed at assessing the result-oriented system that enables
effectiveness of institutional disaster real-time tracking of mentor-mentee
management infrastructures and collaborations.
contingency measures, will comprise a
seminar on Disaster Management, a
IAF’S AIR FEST 2022 WAS
„Multi Agency Exercise‟ involving static
and flying displays of various HADR ORGANIZED AT HEAD QUARTERS
assets and a „Table Top Exercise‟. MAINTENANCE COMMAND,
 Representatives of ASEAN countries will VAYUSENA NAGAR, NAGPUR.
also participate in the exercise along
with the participation of various
stakeholders from the country.
STARTUP INDIA LAUNCHED

STARTUP APPLICATION FOR
MAARG PORTAL.
The Department for Promotion of Industry

and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under the
Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has
launched a call for startup applications for  An annual show, Air Fest 2022
registration on MAARG Portal, the national showcasing maneuvers of planes &
mentorship platform by Startup India. To helicopters in the arsenal of the Indian
further boost the Indian startup ecosystem, Air Force(IAF) was organised at Head
which is currently ranked third globally, Quarters Maintenance Command,
Startup India is focused on catalysing the Vayusena Nagar in Nagpur on 19th
startup culture and building a strong and november.
inclusive ecosystem for innovation and  The Air Fest is being organized as a part
entrepreneurship in India. of „Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav‟. The
In this context, the MAARG portal + objective of the Air Fest is to showcase
Mentorship, Advisory, Assistance, various aspects of the Indian Air Force
Resilience and Growth, is a one stop and to inspire the youth of Nagpur to
platform to facilitate mentorship for choose the Indian Air Force for an
startups across diverse sectors, functions, exciting career.
stages, geographies, and backgrounds.  During the show, a team of 4 Sarang-
Following are the objectives of the Marg advanced light helicopters displayed
portal + jaw-dropping maneuvers like dolphin lift
and crossover.
 Providing sector focused guidance,  These helicopters are indigenously
seeding support and support to startups manufactured by HAL-Hindustan
throughout their life cycle. Aeronautics Limited. The Suryakiran
 Establish a formal and structured Aerobatic Team (SCAT) also displayed a
platform that facilitates intelligent spectacular formation in the sky.
SOUTH WESTERN COMMAND  The 4th edition of the Indo-Pacific

CONDUCTED INTEGRATED FIRE Regional Dialogue (IPRD) took place in
POWER EXERCISE IN THAR Delhi on 23rd to 25th November. IPRD is
DESERT, RAJASTHAN. an apex level international annual
conference of the Indian Navy.
 The National Maritime Foundation is the
knowledge partner of the Navy and the
main organizer of each edition of the
event.
 The theme of IPRD-2022 is
the „Operationalising the Indo-Pacific
Oceans Initiative‟.
 It will have six professional sessions
spread over a three-day period. As part
of the event, globally renowned
 The South Western Command of the speakers and eminent panelists will
Indian Army conducted the Integrated explore how the areas of maritime
Fire Power Exercise, “SHATRUNASH” on cooperation can be operationalized
21st November 2022 at MFFR in Thar optimally and inclusively.
Desert, Rajasthan.
 The exercise saw the use of multi-role
firing platforms in an integrated manner INDIA TAKES OVER AS COUNCIL
involving both ground & air manoeuvres. CHAIR OF GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
 Various actions included ion of troops, ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
offensive ground actions involving (GPAI).
comprehensive coordination
incorporating contemporary
technologies in a multi domain
environment.
 Real time communication and sharing of
common operating picture amongst
various participants to overcome
emerging threats were practised &
skills were honed.
4TH EDITION OF INDO-PACIFIC

REGIONAL DIALOGUE TOOK PLACE  India assumed the chairmanship of the
IN NEW DELHI. Global Partnership on Artificial
Intelligence (GPIA), an international
initiative to support the responsible and
human-centred development and use of
Artificial Intelligence (AI) from France
on 21 November.
 This comes close on the heels of India
taking over the presidency of G20, a
league of world‟s largest economies at
Bali, Indonesia.
 GPAI is an international initiative to INDIAN ARMY IS CELEBRATED

support the responsible and human- 242ND CORPS OF ENGINEERS DAY
centred development and use of 2022 : 18TH NOVEMBER
Artificial Intelligence. GPAI is a
congregation of 25 member countries,
including the US, the UK, EU, Australia,
Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
Mexico, New Zealand, Republic of Korea,
and Singapore.
 AI is expected to contribute $967 billion
to the Indian economy by 2035 and
$450-500 billion to India‟s GDP by 2025,
which is 10 percent of the country‟s $5
trillion GDP target.
ARUN GOEL ASSUMES CHARGE AS  The Indian Army was celebrated 242nd
NEW ELECTION COMMISSIONER OF Corps of Engineers Day on 18th
INDIA. November.
 The Corps of Engineers provide combat
engineering support, develop
infrastructure for the armed forces and
other defense organizations and
maintain liaison along our vast borders,
in addition to providing aid to
populations during natural disasters.
 These tasks are executed through four
pillars of the Corps + Combat Engineers,
Military Engineer Service, Border Road
Organisation and Military Survey.
 The Corps of Engineers has three
groups, namely the Madras Sappers, the
 Arun Goel has assumed charge as the Bengal Sappers and the Bombay
new Election Commissioner of India. Sappers which were amalgamated into
 President Draupadi Murmu has the Corps on 18 November 1932. Since its
appointed retired IAS officer Shri Goyal inception, history is replete with
as the new Election Commissioner. exemplary contributions of the Corps of
 The post of the 3rd Election Engineers in both war and peace.
Commissioner was lying vacant after
the then Election Commissioner Rajeev
Kumar took over as Chief Election
Commissioner in May 2022.
NTPC TEAM WON GOLD MEDAL IN  WhatsApp India head Abhijit Bose and
47TH ICQCC-2022. Meta India director of public policy
Rajeev Agarwal have left the company
less than two weeks after the departure
of Meta India country head Ajit Mohan.
 Shivnath Thukral, Director of WhatsApp
Public Policy in India, has now been
made Director, Public Policy for all Meta
brands in India.
 Ajit Mohan, head of META in India,
resigned from his role in early
November.
INFOSYS SCIENCE FOUNDATION

 NTPC‟s QC team from Unchahar
NAMES WINNERS OF INFOSYS
Abhyudaya has won the “Gold” Medal
Award at the 47th International PRIZE 2022 IN SIX CATEGORIES.
Conference on Quality Control
Peripherals (ICQCC-2022). The
conference was held in Jakarta from
15th to 18th November.
 The theme for ICQCC-2022 has
been “Creating Better Through Quality
Efforts”.
 NTPC QC Team presented on “Frequent
Choking of Collecting tanks of AHP-IV”.
 In March 2022, NTPC had been declared
the “Dream Employer of the Year” at the
30th Session of the World HRD
Congress.  Infosys Science Foundation (ISF)
 NTPC‟s efforts to create a future-ready announced the winners of Infosys Prize
workforce were recognized when NTPC 2022 in six categories on 15th November.
was selected as a 2022 ATD BEST award These categories include engineering
winner by The Association for Talent and computer sciences, humanities, life
Development (ATD), USA. sciences, mathematical sciences,
physical sciences, and social sciences.
 The award for each category consists of
WHATSAPP INDIA HEAD, META a gold medal, a citation and an award of
PUBLIC POLICY DIRECTOR QUITS. $100,000 (or its equivalent in rupees).
 Infosys focuses on the achievements of
the awardees and rewards them for
their contribution to science and
research impacting India.
 The Infosys Prize 2022 in Engineering
and Computer Science was awarded to
Suman Chakraborty, Life Sciences was
awarded to Vidita Vaidya, Mathematical
Sciences was awarded to Mahesh
Kakde, Physical Sciences was awarded
to Nissim Kanekar,Social Sciences was SHRI GAURAV DWIVEDI

awarded to Rohini Pande, Henry J Heinz APPOINTED CEO, PRASAR
II, Humanities was awarded to Sudhir BHARATI
Krishnaswamy,
On 14 November 2022, President of India
LARGEST NATIONWIDE COASTAL has appointed Shri Gaurav Dwivedi, as
Executive Member (Chief Executive Officer)
DEFENCE EXERCISE ‘SEA VIGIL-22’
in Prasar Bharati for a period of five years
ON 15-16 NOV 22. from his assumption of charge.
The third edition of the „Pan-India‟ Coastal
Defence Exercise „Sea Vigil-22‟ was Shri Dwivedi is an Officer of the Indian
conducted on 15-16 Nov 22. This National Administrative Service, Batch of 1995, of the
Level Coastal Defence Exercise was Chattisgarh Cadre.
conceptualised in 2018 to validate various
measures that have been instituted
INDIA INTERNATIONAL TRADE
towards enhancing maritime security since
„26/11‟ terrorist attack in 2013. FAIR BEGAN ON 14TH OCTOBER
AT PRAGATI MAIDAN, NEW DELHI.
 The exercise was conducted along the
entire 7516 km coastline and Exclusive
Economic Zone of India and will involve
all the Coastal States and Union
territories along with other maritime
stakeholders, including the fishing and
coastal communities.
 It is being conducted by the Indian Navy
in coordination with the Coast Guard and
other ministries entrusted with the task
of maritime activities.
 The exercise is a build up towards the  The 41st India International Trade Fair
major Theatre Level Readiness (IITF) began on 14th November at Pragati
Operational Exercise (TROPEX), which Maidan in New Delhi.
the Indian Navy conducts every two  The theme of the present edition of trade
years. Sea Vigil and TROPEX together fair is „Vocal for Local, Local to Global‟.
will cover the entire spectrum Maritime  Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush
Security challenges. Goyal will inaugurate the fair, which will
 Assets of the Indian Navy, Coast Guard, run till 27th November.
Customs and other maritime agencies  The 14-day mega event holds a special
will participate in Ex Sea Vigil. In significance as it coincides with the
addition to the Ministry of Defence, celebration of „Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav‟.
Ministries of Home Affairs, Ports  29 states and union territories are
Shipping and Waterways, Petroleum and participating in this program. Bihar,
Natural Gas, Fisheries Animal Jharkhand and Maharashtra are the
Husbandry and Dairying, Customs, and partner states in the fair while Uttar
other agencies of Centre/ State is Pradesh and Kerala are participating as
facilitating to conduct this exercise. focus states.
 12 foreign countries including THE 2ND MEETING OF BIMSTEC

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, AGRICULTURE MINISTERS HOSTED
Belarus, Iran, Nepal, Thailand, Turkey, BY INDIA.
UAE and UK are participating in the fair.
9TH MINISTERIAL MEETING OF

INDIA-US ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL
PARTNERSHIP WAS HELD IN NEW
DELHI.
 The 2nd Agriculture Ministerial Meeting

of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-
Sectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation (BIMSTEC) was hosted by
India under the chairmanship of the
Union Minister for Agriculture and
Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh
Tomar, today.
 The 9th Ministerial meeting of the India-  Agriculture ministers of Bhutan,
US Economic and Financial Partnership Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
was held in New Delhi on 11th November. and Thailand also participated in it.
 The Indian delegation was led by the  Mr Tomar urged the member countries
Union Minister for Finance and to cooperate in developing a
Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala comprehensive regional strategy to
Sitharaman and the USA delegation strengthen cooperation for the
were led by Dr. Janet Yellen, Treasury transformation of agriculture.
Secretary.  He mentioned the importance of millet
 The 9th India-US EFP meeting included as a nutritious food and the efforts made
discussions on various economic issues by India to promote millet and its
including global macroeconomic products during the International Year of
outlook, climate finance, supply chain Millets + 2023.
resilience, international taxation, anti-
money laundering, countering the
financing of terrorism, India‟s upcoming
G20 presidency & reforms of the MDB.
 The meeting concluded with the adoption
of a Joint Statement by the Union
Finance Minister and the US Treasury
Secretary.
RELIANCE JIO TRUE-5G SERVICES PM UNVEILED THE LOGO, THEME &

WERE LAUNCHED IN BENGALURU WEBSITE OF THE G20 PRESIDENCY
& HYDERABAD. OF INDIA
 PM Narendra Modi, on 8th November,

through video conference, unveiled the
logo, theme & website of India‟s G20
Presidency.
 Addressing the gathering, the Prime
Minister said that from 1st December
2022, India will preside over the G-20
summit.
 PM said that the G20 is a grouping of
countries whose economic potential
 Reliance Jio will expand its Jio True 5G represents 85% of the world‟s GDP,
services to Bengaluru and Hyderabad. which represents 75% of the world‟s
Reliance has already successfully beta- trade, which comprises two-thirds of
launched Jio True-5G in major cities the world‟s population.
including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata,  PM Modi said that the G20 logo
Chennai, Varanasi and Nathdwara. represents hope for a world emerging
 Jio True-5G is already being from pandemic, conflict and economic
experienced by millions of users across uncertainty.
six cities, with the response  The theme of India‟s G20 Presidency is
overwhelmingly positive and reassuring. “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” or “One Earth
 Jio users are experiencing speeds One Family One Future”.
anywhere between 500 Mbps to 1 Gbps
on their smartphones.
JUSTICE DY CHANDRACHUD TOOK
 Jio True-5G enables the user to use high
quantities of data.. OATH AS THE 50TH CHIEF JUSTICE
OF INDIA.
42ND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
OF THE INCA INAUGURATED IN
DEHRADUN.
 Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen Gurmeet

Singh (Retd) inaugurated the 42nd
International Congress of the Indian
National Cartographic Association
(INCA) in Dehradun.
 The 42nd International Congress is
being organized by the National  Justice DY Chandrachud took oath as the
Hydrographic Office from 9th to 11th Nov new Chief Justice of India on 9th
2022 at Dehradun, Uttarakhand. November.
 The theme of the 42nd International  President Draupadi Murmu administered
Congress of the Indian National the oath of office to Justice
Cartographic Association is Digital Chandrachud as the 50th Chief Justice
Cartography to Harness Blue Economy. of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
 He succeeds Justice UU Lalit, who ARMY COMMANDERS’

retired on 8th November. CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FROM 7
 Born in 1959, Justice Chandrachud was TO 11 NOVEMBER 2022 AT NEW
appointed a judge of the Supreme Court DELHI
of India in May 2016.
 Prior to this, he served as the Chief
Justice of the Allahabad High Court.
MARITIME PARTNERSHIP
EXERCISE WITH ROYAL
AUSTRALIAN NAVY CONCLUDE IN
THE BAY OF BENGAL.
 The Army Commanders‟ Conference is

an apex-level biennial event that is an
institutional forum for ideological-level
discussions, taking important policy
decisions for the Indian Army.
 The 2nd ACC Conference for the year
2022 has been scheduled from 07 to 11
November 2022 in New Delhi.
 During this conference the top
 A maritime partnership exercise leadership of the Indian Army will
involving Royal Australian Navy (RAN) brainstorm on current/emerging
ships HMAS Adelaide and HMAS Anzac security and administrative aspects to
and Indian Navy ships Jalashwa and chart the future for the Indian Army.
Kavaratti along with their helicopters  During the conference, Defense Minister
was conducted in the Bay of Bengal on Shri Rajnath Singh is scheduled to
2nd & 3rd November. address and interact with the Army
 The exercises included tactical Commanders on 10th November 2022.
maneuvers, helicopter landings and
amphibious operations, indicating a high
degree of interoperability between the INDEPENDENT INDIA’S 1ST VOTER
IN and the RAN. MASTER SHYAM SARAN NEGI
 Royal Australian Navy (RAN) ships PASSES AWAY AT 106.
HMAS Adelaide and HMAS Anzac visited
Visakhapatnam from 30 October to 01
November 2022.
 This was part of Australia‟s Indo-Pacific
Endeavour 2022 (IPE 22).
 The country‟s first voter, 106-year-old INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Master Shyam Saran Negi, passed away REGISTERED FOR NEW DESIGN &
on 5th November after prolonged CAMOUFLAGE PATTERN UNIFORM
illness. OF INDIAN ARMY.
 He was a resident of Kalpa in Kinnaur
district of Himachal Pradesh.  The process for registration of the new
 Shyam Saran Negi was an Indian school Camouflage Pattern and Design of
teacher in Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh who Improved Combat Uniform to establish
cast the first vote in India in the 1951 ownership of Indian Army has been
general election. completed by the Controller General of
 He voted in every general election from Patents, Designs and Trademark,
1951 until his death and is believed to be Kolkata.
India‟s oldest voter as well as its first.  The registration has been published in
Shyam Saran Negi also made a special the Official Journal of the Patent Office
appearance in a Hindi film Sanam Re. vide issue number 42/2022 dated 21st
October 2022.
JOINT MILITARY TRAINING (JMT)  The new Digital Pattern Combat Uniform
LAF & RSAF COMMENCED AT AIR for the soldiers of the Indian Army was
unveiled on January 15, 2022 (Army Day).
FORCE STATION, KALAIKUNDA.
 The new uniform is the best ever and is
contemporary and functionally well
designed. The uniform fabric is designed
to be lightweight, strong, breathable,
quick-drying and easy to maintain.
URBAN MOBILITY INDIA

CONFERENCE & EXPO 2022 WAS
HELD IN KOCHI FROM 4TH TO 6TH
NOV, 2022
 The 11th edition of the annual Joint

Military Training (JMT) between the
Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Royal
Singapore Air Force (RSAF) began on 3
November 2022 at the Air Force Station,
Kalaikunda.
 This edition of JMT will be conducted
over a period of six weeks. The bilateral
phase of the exercise was conducted
from November 9 to 18, 2022 and both
 Union Minister of Housing and Urban
the air forces will engage in advanced
Affairs, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri and the
air warfare exercise.
CM of Kerala, Shri Pinarayi Vijayan will
 RSAF is participating with F-16 aircraft
jointly inaugurated the 15th Urban
in JMT- 2022. At the same time, IAF will
Mobility India (UMI) Conference and
field Su-30 MKI, Jaguar, MiG-29 and LCA
Exhibition 2022 in Kochi on 4th Nov.
Tejas aircraft in this exercise.
 The event is being organized by the ‘INDIA CHEM 2022’ WAS

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in ORGANIZED AT PRAGATI MAIDAN,
collaboration with Govt. of Kerala from NEW DELHI.
4th to 6th November, 2022 at Hotel
Grand Hyatt Kochi, Kerala.
 The meet will focus on the theme, „Azadi
@ 75 * Sustainable Aatmanirbhar
Urban Mobility‟.
 The event emphasizes on building
capacities at the state and city level to
address the problems related to urban
transport.
PRESIDENT DRAUPADI MURMU

INAUGURATED 7TH INDIA WATER  Union Minister of Health & Family
WEEK. Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilizers, Dr.
Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated India
Chem 2022 with the theme “Vision 2030 :
Chemicals and Petrochemicals Build
India” at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi on
2nd November 2022.
 India Chem 2022 will showcase the
government‟s policy for sustainable
development in the region and provide a
platform for national and international
players to interact, exchange knowledge
and form alliances.
 India Chem, the department‟s flagship
 President, Smt. Draupadi Murmu
event, is one of the largest overall
inaugurated 7th India Water Week at the
industry events in the Asia-Pacific
India Expo Center, Greater Noida, Uttar
region and includes an international
Pradesh on 1st November 2022.
conference and exhibition.
 The Ministry of Water Resources, River
 The department is organizing the 12th
Development and Ganga Rejuvenation is
edition of India CHEM in association with
organizing the 7th edition of India Water
Federation of Indian Chambers of
Week from 1st to 5th November in an
Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
effort to raise awareness about,
conserve and use water resources in an
integrated manner.
 The platform will be used to receive
ideas and opinions from decision
makers, politicians, researchers and
entrepreneurs at a global level.
 The theme is “Water Security for
Sustainable Development and Equity”.
 The event will bring together experts,
planners and stakeholders from across
the globe.
Government Schemes ATAL INNOVATION MISSION

LAUNCHES WOMEN CENTRIC
Current Affairs CHALLENGES UNDER ANIC
PROGRAM
PRIME MINISTER DISTRIBUTED
 NITI Aayog‟s Atal Innovation Mission
AROUND 71,000 APPOINTMENT launched women centric challenges
LETTERS TO NEWLY RECRUITED under the 2nd edition of Atal New India
RECRUITS UNDER THE JOB FAIR. Challenge (ANIC) on 9th November.
 Women centric challenges address the
major issues faced by women from all
walks of life.
 These include promoting women‟s
hygiene through innovation, innovations
to improve women‟s safety, professional
networking opportunities for women,
innovations that improve the lives of
working mothers and make the lives of
rural women easier.
 The Aayog highlighted that ANIC aims to
seek, select, support and nurture
 Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, on
technology-based innovations that solve
22 November, through video
sectoral challenges of national
conferencing, provided appointment
importance and societal relevance
letters to about 71,000 newly recruited
through a grant-based mechanism of up
candidates under the Rozgar Mela.
to 1 crore rupees.
 The job fair is expected to act as a
catalyst in furthering employment
generation and providing meaningful
opportunities to the youth for their
empowerment as well as to directly
participate in national development.
 Earlier, appointment letters were
handed over to more than 75,000 newly
recruited candidates in October under
the job fair.
 Addressing the gathering, the Prime
Minister said that appointment letters
are being given to more than 71,000
youth in more than 45 cities of the
country, resulting in a new era of
happiness for so many families.
Economy Current Affairs  Under the pilot project, the digital rupee
was used to settle transactions in
government securities worth Rs 275
RBI ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF crore.
 Nine participating banks executed 24
THE 1ST PILOT FOR RETAIL
trades worth Rs 140 crore in 7.38 per
DIGITAL RUPEE ON 1ST cent 2027 bond, 23 trades totalling Rs
DECEMBER. 130 in 7.26 per cent 2032 bonds and one
transaction in 6.54 per cent 2032 bond,
according to data available with Clearing
Corporation of India.
 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 were
identified by the RBI for participation in
the pilot phase.
 The Reserve Bank of India announced

the launch of the first pilot for a retail
digital rupee on 1st December 2022.
 As per the RBI press release, eight
banks have been identified for phased
participation in this pilot.
 The first phase will start with four banks
including State Bank of India, ICICI Bank,
Yes Bank and IDFC First Bank in four
cities across the country. Four more
banks including Bank of Baroda, Union What is E-rupee?
Bank of India, HDFC Bank and Kotak
Mahindra Bank will later join this pilot.
A token-based e-rupee is viewed as a
 The pilot would initially cover four cities,
preferred mode for retail e-rupee as it
including Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru
would be closer to physical cash. A token-
and Bhubaneswar and later extend to
based CBDC would be a bearer instrument
Ahmedabad, Gangtok, Guwahati,
like banknotes, meaning whosoever holds
Hyderabad, Indore, Kochi, Lucknow,
the tokens at a given point in time would be
Patna and Shimla.
presumed to own them. In a token-based
CBDC, the person receiving a token will
RBI LAUNCHES PILOT PROJECT OF verify that his ownership of the token is
DIGITAL RUPEE IN WHOLESALE genuine.
SEGMENT.
 The Central Bank Digital Currency

(CBDC) or Digital Rupee was launched in
the wholesale segment on a pilot basis
on 1st November.
IFSCA EXECUTED MOU WITH Environment Current Affairs

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (RBI).
GANGA UTSAV – THE RIVER

FESTIVAL TO BE CELEBRATED ON
4TH NOVEMBER 2022
 International Financial Services Centers

Authority (IFSCA) and Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) have signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation
in regulation and supervision of  National Mission for Clean Ganga
regulated entities in their respective (NMCG) of the Department of Water
jurisdictions. Resources, River Development and
 The MoU provides for technical Ganga Rejuvenation under the Ministry
cooperation and exchange of of Jal Shakti was organized Ganga Utsav
information. + Nadi Mahotsav 2022 in two sessions at
 The IFSCA, being a unified regulator Major Dhyan Chand Stadium, New Delhi
responsible for development and on 4th November 2022.
regulation of financial products, financial  The National Mission for Clean Ganga
services and financial institutions in the will take the Ganga Utsav-Nadi
International Financial Services Centre Mahotsav 2022 to new heights through
(IFSC) established in India, is, inter-alia, the active and inspiring participation of
entrusted with the responsibility of several stakeholders.
regulation and supervision of authorized  One of the main objectives of Ganga
banks and non-banking financial Utsav 2022 is to celebrate our rivers and
institutions operating in such IFSCs. spread awareness on the significance of
river rejuvenation across river basins in
India.
 Dedicating the grand event to the 75
years of Indian Independence (Azadi ka
Amrit Mahotsav), the aim is to hold
similar events at more than 75 locations
in states to celebrate the rivers of India.
Science and Technology  India‟s PSLV C54 was launched from

Satish Dhawan Space Center Sriharikota
Current Affairs at 11.56 am on 26th November 2022.
 The mission payload, including OceanSat
and eight other nanosatellites, is
INDIA’S FIRST INTEGRATED separated into two different sun-
ROCKET FACILITY TO BE BASED IN synchronous orbits in the specified two
TELANGANA. hours.
 The mission will be one of the longest
missions undertaken by ISRO scientists,
which will involve the rocket to change
orbits using the two-orbit change
thrusters (OCTs) used in the PSLV-C54
launch vehicle.
 The Earth observation satellite is
expected to be separated in Orbit-1,
while the passenger payload will be
separated in Orbit-2.
INDIA CARRIES OUT SUCCESSFUL

 Hyderabad in Telangana will have the TRAINING LAUNCH OF
country‟s first integrated rocket design, INTERMEDIATE RANGE BALLISTIC
manufacturing and testing facility by MISSILE, AGNI-3
Skyroot Aerospace.
 State IT Minister K. Tarakarama Rao has
assured full support for setting up
facilities for design, manufacturing and
testing of rockets in the state.
 He attended an event organized at T-
Hub on 25th November to celebrate the
successful launch of Vikram-S rocket by
Skyroot Aerospace.
ISRO LAUNCHED PSLV-C54

ROCKET CARRYING EARTH  India successfully conducted a training
OBSERVATION SATELLITE launch of Agni-III, an intermediate range
OCEANSAT. ballistic missile, from APJ Abdul Kalam
Island in Odisha on 24 November.
 The successful test was part of a routine
user training launch conducted under
the aegis of the Strategic Forces
Command.
 The launch was carried out for a
predetermined range during which all
the operational parameters of the
system were verified.
INDIA’S FIRST PRIVATELY BUILT  The American space agency, NASA,

ROCKET, VIKRAM-S, LAUNCHED BY launched its most powerful rocket on
ISRO. 16th November as part of a plan to
eventually return humans to the Moon.
 The 98-meter Space Launch System is
the most powerful rocket ever built by
NASA.
 It marks a major step forward for the
United States returning astronauts to
the lunar surface for the first time since
the end of the Apollo program 50 years
ago.
 After years of delays and billions in cost
overruns, the Space Launch System
rocket thunders skyward, lifting off from
 India‟s first privately built rocket + the Kennedy Space Center with four
Vikram-Suborbital (VKS) + was million kilograms of thrust and hitting
launched by ISRO (Indian Space 160 kilometers per hour within seconds.
Research Organisation) on 18th NASA Administrator Bill Nelson
November. The launch took place at commented that it was a great day.
around 11.30 am from Sriharikota in However, he also added that it is only a
Andhra Pradesh. test flight.
 The rocket was said to have achieved a
peak range of 89 km while the target
was 80 km. DRDO CONDUCTED 1ST
 This is the first private rocket launch SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT TEST OF THE
taking place in India. PHASE-II OF THE BALLISTIC
 The rocket + developed by Skyroot MISSILE DEFENSE INTERCEPTOR
Aerospace + is named after Vikram OFF ODISHA COAST.
Sarabhai, known as the father of India‟s
space sector.
NASA LAUNCHES THE ARTEMIS

MISSION ON A TEST FLIGHT TO
THE MOON.
 Defense Research and Development

Organization (DRDO) conducted the first
successful flight test of Phase-II
Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD)
Interceptor AD-1 missile with Large Kill
Altitude Bracket from APJ Abdul Kalam
Island off the coast of Odisha on 2nd Sports Current Affairs

November, 2022. .
 This flight test was conducted with the
participation of all the components of RAVINA WINS GOLD IN YOUTH
the BMD weapon system located at
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S WORLD
different locations.
 The AD-1 is a long-range interceptor
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
missile designed for both low exo-
atmospheric and endo-atmospheric
interception of long-range ballistic
missiles as well as aircraft.
 It is powered by a two stage solid motor
and is equipped with indigenously
developed advanced control system,
navigation and guidance algorithms to
accurately guide the missile to the
target.
 In boxing, Asian champion Raveena won

gold in her final bout as India ended the
Youth Men‟s and Women‟s World
Championships with 11 medals in La
Nucia, Spain.
 In the second final, Kirti had to be
content with a silver medal in the 81
Plus kg category, losing 0-5 to Ireland‟s
Cleona Elizabeth D‟Arcy, the reigning
European Youth Champion.
 The women pugilists‟ total tally of eight
medals was the highest among all
countries at this year‟s edition of the
championships followed by
Kazakhstan‟s 5 & Uzbekistan‟s 4.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC WINS SIXTH ATP

FINALS TITLES.
 In tennis, Novak Djokovic defeated 15TH ASIAN AIRGUN

Kasper Ruud of Norway to win a record- CHAMPIONSHIP : INDIA
equalling 6th ATP Finals title in Turin, SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED THE
Italy. CAMPAIGN.
 Djokovic defeated Rudd in straight sets
7+5, 6+3 to win the season-ending title.
 This was Djokovic‟s first title at the
event since 2015 and the one that
matches Roger Federer‟s record. The
35-year-old Djokovic is the oldest
player to win the title.
MANIKA BATRA BECOMES FIRST

INDIAN WOMAN TO WIN MEDAL IN
ASIAN CUP TABLE TENNIS  Indian shooters successfully concluded
TOURNAMENT. their campaign at the 15th Asian Airgun
Championship 2022 in Daegu, South
Korea on 18th November.
 The 15th Asian Airgun Championship
2022 saw a string of Indian winners.
Indian shooters won 25 out of 28 gold
medals.
 On the final day, Rhythm Sangwan and
Vijayveer Sidhu won gold in the 10m air
pistol mixed team, while Manu Bhaker
and Samrat Rana topped the respective
junior shooting events.
 Indian table tennis player Manika Batra
defeats world number 6 Hina Hayata of Mixed team : 1. India-2 (Rhythm Sangwan,
Japan in the Asian Cup 2022 women‟s Vijayveer Sidhu) 17 (579); 2. Kazakhstan
singles bronze medal match on 19th (Irina Yunusmetova, Valeriy Rakhimzhan) 3
November, 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. (577); 3. Korea 16 (573), 4. India (Shiva
 With the win, Manika Batra became the Narwal, Yuvika Tomar) 6 (573); 3. Korea-2
first Indian woman to win a medal in the 16 (572), 4. Japan 10 (575).
Asian Cup table tennis tournament.
 It was also India‟s third medal in the
continental event, with Chetan Babar Junior mixed team : 1. India (Manu Bhaker,
winning the silver in 1997 and the bronze Samrat Rana) 17 (578); 2. Uzbekistan
in 2000. (Nigina Saidkulova, Mukhammad Kamalov)
 The Asian Cup table tennis tournament 3 (579); 3. Korea (Yang Jiin, Lee Seungjun)
is an annual competition organized by 16 (566), 4. India-2 (Sagar Dangi, Esha
the International Table Tennis Singh) 14 (576); 3. Korea-2 17 (574), 4.
Federation (ITTF) and the Asian Table Uzbekistan-2 5 (566).
Tennis Federation.
22ND FIFA WORLD CUP 2022

BEGAN IN AL KHOR, QATAR.
 Manipur emerged as the overall team

champions with a total of 240 medals,
including 88 gold medals, 75 silver and
 On 20 November, the 22nd FIFA Men‟s 77 bronze medals.
World Cup was formally declared open  Assam secured the second position with
at a colorful ceremony held at the Al a total of 203 medals which include 79
Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar. gold medals, 61 silver and 63 bronze
 It is the first time that an Arab country is medals.
hosting the football tournament.  Arunachal Pradesh finished third behind
 32 teams will battle it out for the most the host state with a total of 112 medals,
prestigious prize in international including 39 gold, 36 silver and 37
football, with the final taking place on bronze.
18th December at the Lusail Stadium,  Host state Meghalaya won a total of 149
the largest of the eight stadiums being medals including 36 gold, 35 silver and
used to host the World Cup. 78 bronze medals and secured the
 On 18th December, 2022, the national fourth position.
day of Qatar, the opening game takes  Nagaland finished fifth with a total of 78
place between Qatar and Ecuador at the medals, including 18 gold, while Mizoram
Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor. stood sixth with a total of 106 medals,
including 16 gold.
THE 2ND EDITION OF THE NORTH  Tripura and Sikkim secured 8th and 9th
EAST OLYMPIC GAMES CONCLUDED position with four gold medals and three
gold medals respectively.
IN SHILLONG.
The 2nd edition of the Northeast Olympic NATIONAL SPORTS AWARDS 2022
Games concluded in Shillong, Meghalaya on ANNOUNCED : KHEL RATNA
16th November. In this one week long AWARD TO SHARATH KAMAL
edition of the game, around 3000
ACHANTA
participants from North Eastern states
competed in 18 disciplines like football, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports
shooting, basketball and others at 12 announces National Sports Awards 2022 on
venues spread across Shillong. All the 14 November 2022. The awardees will
teams gave their all to win medals for their receive their awards from the President of
respective states. The valedictory function India at a specially organized function at
of the event is being held at the SAI campus Rashtrapati Bhavan on 30th November, 2022
at North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) in (Wednesday) at 1600 hrs.
Shillong.
Key highlights  In cricket, England created history by

winning their second T20 World Cup by
 Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award defeating Pakistan by five wickets at the
2022 will be given to Sharath Kamal Melbourne Cricket Ground on 13th
Achanta November.
 25 Sports persons will receive Arjuna  Led by Ben Stokes with the bat and Sam
Awards for outstanding performance in Curran with the ball, England overcame
Sports and Games 2022. a stiff challenge from Pakistan to win
the World Cup.
Based on the recommendations of the  They are the first team to hold the ODI
Committee and after due scrutiny, and T20 World Cups at the same time
Government has decided to confer awards since their memorable win over New
upon the following sportspersons, coaches Zealand in the 2019 50-over final at
and entities: Lord‟s.
 England chased down the lowly target of
138 with one over to spare. Opener Jos
SRI LANKA TO HOST CRICKET U-19 Buttler set the pace with a 17-ball 26,
MEN’S T-20 WORLD CUP 2024 with Ben Stokes finishing the innings
brilliantly with an unbeaten 52.
 International Cricket Council (ICC) has
announced the venue for Under-19 Men‟s
and Women‟s T-20 World cup. UTTAR PRADESH WILL HOST THE
 The 2024 Under -19 men‟s T-20 World 2023 KHELO INDIA UNIVERSITY
Cup will be hosted by Sri Lanka while GAMES.
the 2026 edition will be staged in
Zimbabwe and Namibia.
 The 2025 Under -19 women‟s T20 World
Cup will be held in Malaysia and
Thailand, and 2027 Under -19 women‟s
event will be jointly hosted by
Bangladesh and Nepal.
 ICC said the hosts are selected via a
competitive bidding process overseen by
a Board sub-committee chaired by
Martin Snedden.
 The Uttar Pradesh government will host
ENGLAND WON THE 2ND T20 the Khelo India National University
WORLD CUP, DEFEATING Games in 2023-24 in 4 cities of the state.
PAKISTAN BY 5 WICKETS. These cities are Lucknow, Gorakhpur,
Varanasi & Noida.
 4,500 athletes representing 150
universities across the country will
participate in the Khelo India National
University Games.
 There will be 20 disciplines including
Basketball, Judo, Kabaddi, Wrestling,
Swimming, Boxing, Rowing etc.
 Uttar Pradesh has got the opportunity to  The tournament will be played at eight
host the National University Games for venues. The 28 teams are placed in eight
the first time after Odisha and groups. The final is to be played at Lusail
Karnataka. Stadium on 18th December.
 Athletes under the age of 26 will
participate in the National University
ASIAN HOCKEY FEDERATION CEO
Games.
TYEB IKRAM HAS BEEN ELECTED
AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE
15TH ASIAN AIRGUN FIH.
CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 AT DAEGU,
SOUTH KOREA.
 The 15th Asian Airgun Championship

2022 was begin in Daegu, South Korea
from 9th November.
 This will be the first Rifle/Pistol Asian
Shooting Confederation Championship to
be counted in the new Asian ranking
system.
 Asian Airgun Championship 2022 is
scheduled to be held at Daegu
 Macau‟s Asian Hockey Federation (AHF)
International Shooting Range from 9th to
CEO Mohamed Tayyab Ikram was
19th November.
elected as the new President of the
International Hockey Federation (FIH) on
FIFA WORLD CUP 2022 WILL BE 5th November.
PLAYED IN QATAR FROM 20TH  Ikram defeated Marc Coudron of
NOV TO 18TH DEC 2022. Belgium 79-47 in the 48th FIH Congress
held virtually. Out of 129 national
associations, 126 cast valid votes.
 Ikram‟s term will be two years to fulfill
the mandate of former chief Batra, who
resigned on 18th July.
INDIAN MEN’S SQUASH TEAM WON

ITS 1ST GOLD MEDAL AT ASIAN
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS.
 The FIFA World Cup 2022 will be played

in five cities of Qatar from 20th
November to 18th December 2022.
 It is the first Football World Cup to be
held in winter, as well as the first
Football World Cup to be hosted by an
Arab country.
 In squash, the Indian men‟s team won its UNION MINISTER DHARMENDRA
first gold medal at the Asian Squash PRADHAN SIGNS MOU WITH FIFA
Team Championships on 4th November & AIFF FOR FOOTBALL4SCHOOL.
2022.
 They defeated Kuwait in straight sets in
the final in Cheongju, South Korea.
 It was Saurav Ghoshal and Ramit
Tandon who won their games to beat
Kuwait 2-0 in the final.
 In the first game Ramit won 3-0 against
Ali Aramzi 11-5, 11-7, 11-4 and in the
second game Sourav won 3-0, 11-9, 11-2
against Ammar Altamimi. , 11- 3. India‟s
Abhay Singh and Falah Mohammad
didn‟t have to sweat after winning the  The Union Minister for Education & Skill
championship. Development and Entrepreneurship Shri
Dharmendra Pradhan signed a MoU with
FIFA and All India Football Federation
KERALA WILL HOST THE TRACK for the „Football4School‟ initiative in
ASIA CUP 2022 CYCLING India.
TOURNAMENT.  The President of FIFA, Mr. Gianni
Infantino and the President of All India
Football Federation, Mr. Kalyan Choubey
signed the MoU on behalf of the
respective organisations.
 Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed that
sports have been given a place of pride
in NEP 2020 & Football4School program
promotes the spirit of NEP 2020.
 Sports have been given a place of pride
in NEP 2020.
INDIAN JUNIOR MEN’S HOCKEY

 Kerala is all set to host the Track Asia
Cup 2022 cycling tournament. TEAM DEFEATED AUSTRALIA TO
 The Track Asia Cup is one of the biggest WIN THE SULTAN OF JOHOR CUP
cycling events and will be held from 25 2022.
to 28 November 2022 at the LNCPE
Outdoor Velodrome.
 In the Track Asia Cup 2022, around 200
cyclists from over 25 countries in Asia
will participate.
 The Track Asia Cup is sanctioned by the
Asian Cycling Confederation and Cycling
Federation of India.
 Cycling giants including China, Korea,
Japan and Kazakhstan are going to
participate in the event.
 The Indian junior men‟s hockey team Important Days Current

defeated Australia to win the Sultan of
Johor Cup 2022 by 5-4 in a shootout Affairs
after a 1-1 draw at the Taman Daya
Hockey Stadium in Johor Bahru,
Malaysia on 29th October. INTERNATIONAL JAGUAR DAY
 This is the 3rd time that India has won CELEBRATED AT NATIONAL
the Sultan of Johor Cup. ZOOLOGICAL PARK.
 The Indians have won the age group
tournament twice + 2013 and 2014 + and
finished second in the last edition of the
event in 2012, 2015, 2018 and best of four
times.
 National Zoological Park, New Delhi

(Delhi Zoo) celebrated International
Jaguar Day on 29th November.
 On this occasion, the National Zoological
Park organized various activities like
zoo walk and expert interaction on Big
Cats and Jaguar.
 International Jaguar Day began to raise
awareness of the growing threats to the
jaguar and the important conservation
efforts that ensure its survival.
 Every year it is celebrated on 29th
November. International Jaguar Day
celebrates the Americas‟ largest wild
cat as an umbrella species for
biodiversity conservation and an icon for
sustainable development and the
centuries-old cultural heritage of
Central and South America. This is the
third largest Cat Predator of the World
and an important species of Amazon
Rainforest.
NATIONAL MILK DAY 2022 : 26TH INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE

NOVEMBER ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN 2022 : 25TH
National Milk Day is celebrated every year NOVEMBER
on 26 November to highlight the importance
and benefits of milk. Milk Day is a special International Day for the Elimination of
day celebrated to spread awareness among Violence against Women is observed every
people about the importance and necessity year on 25th November. It is a day to pay
of milk. India is the largest producer of tribute to the Mirabal sisters, activists from
milk. Milk is such a food item that not only the Dominican Republic who were
humans but animals also drink. World Milk murdered in 1960 on the orders of Rafael
Day is also celebrated every year on 1st Trujillo. The United Nations aims to raise
June, which was established by the Food awareness about gender-based violence
and Agriculture Organization. against women.
History :
Theme :
The National Dairy Development Board
(NDDB), the Indian Dairy Federation (IDA), The Theme in 2022 is “UNITE! Activism to
and 22 state-level milk federations End Violence against Women and Girls.”
together in 2014 decided to celebrate the
birthday of Dr. Verghese Kurien, known as
the father of India‟s White Revolution, on 26 History :
November. Therefore, the first National
Milk Day was celebrated on 26 Nov 2014. The Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination Against Women
was adopted by the UN General Assembly
About Dr. Verghese Kurien in 1979. (CEDAW). However, the issue of
violence against women and girls continues
Verghese Kurien is known as the “Father of to exist on a global scale. The General
the White Revolution” in India. He was a Assembly passed resolution 48/104 to
social entrepreneur whose vision of the address this problem and lay the
“Billion-Litre Idea”, Operation flood, made groundwork for a world free of gender-
dairy farming India‟s largest self-sustaining based violence.
industry and the largest rural employment
sector providing a third of all rural income.
MARTYRDOM DAY OF ‘GURU TEGH WORLD FISHERIES DAY 2022 :

BAHADUR’ WAS OBSERVED ON 21ST NOVEMBER
24TH NOVEMBER.
World Fisheries Day is celebrated every
Guru Tegh Bahadur was the ninth Sikh Guru year on 21 November. The day is dedicated
and the second Sikh martyr, who sacrificed to highlighting the vital importance of
his life for the cause of religion and to healthy ocean ecosystems and ensuring
protect human rights. The martyrdom day sustainable stocks of fisheries in the world.
of Guru Tegh Bahadur is observed every World Fisheries Day seeks to find solutions
year on 24th November. The Martyrdom to increasingly interconnected problems in
Day of Guru Tegh Bahadur is also order to adhere to a sustainable model of
celebrated as Shaheedi Diwas. He was the our ocean ecosystems while protecting the
father of Tenth Guru Gobind Singh. On 24th interest and growth and development of the
November 1675, Guru Tegh Bahadur fishing community around the world.
sacrificed his life for those who did not
even belong to his community. To protect
religion, human values, ideals and
principles.
Significance :
The fisheries sector plays an important role

History : in the socio-economic development of
fishermen or coastal communities in our
Guru Tegh Bahadur is also known as Hind world. The sector has been recognized as a
di Chadar + the protector of India. He was powerful income and employment
born in 1621 in Amritsar, Punjab, India and generator as it encourages the
was the youngest son of Guru Hargobind, development of several ancillary industries,
the sixth Sikh Guru. He became the 9th and is a source of cheap and nutritious
Guru of the Sikhs on 16th April 1664, a food, apart from being a foreign exchange
position previously held by his grandson, earner.
Guru Har Krishna. He traveled to various
parts of the country including Dhaka and History :
Assam to preach the teachings of the first
Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak. Guru Tegh Bahadur The first World Fisheries Day was observed
was hanged on the orders of Mughal on November 21, 2015. On the same day, the
Emperor Aurangzeb in Delhi for opposing grand opening of the International
the forced conversion of Hindus in Kashmir. Fishermen‟s Organization took place in
New Delhi. The first World Fisheries Day
was observed on November 21, 2015.
NATIONAL NATUROPATHY DAY WORLD PHILOSOPHY DAY 2022 :

2022 : 18TH NOVEMBER 17TH NOVEMBER
National Naturopathy Day is observed in World Philosophy Day is celebrated every

India every year on 18th November to year on the 3rd Thursday of November. This
promote positive mental and physical year it is falling on 17th November. The
health through drug-free healing. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and
National Naturopathy Day was established Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared it
on 18 November 2018 by the Ministry of an International Day in 2005.
AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy,
Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy),
Government of India.
Theme :
Theme : The theme for the 2022 World Philosophy

Day is „The Human of the Future‟.
This year‟s Naturopathy day was celebrated
with the theme, Naturopathy : An History :
Integrative Medicine, thus spreading the
message of patient-oriented approach of The first celebration of World Philosophy
treatment with Naturopathy across the Day took place in 2002. Subsequently, in
country. 2005, UNESCO found it necessary to
institutionalize the celebration of
History : philosophical thought around the world. 2
years later, in 2007, UNESCO published a
Naturopathy techniques were brought to 726-page multilingual program and
the United States from Germany in the meeting document on the records of the
1800s. The term naturopathy was coined by General Conference at its 33rd session,
John Schell in 1895 and popularized by Paris, 2005. This was to celebrate World
Benedict Lust, also known as the „father of Philosophy Day and emphasized its
modern naturopathy‟. He was also credited importance among young people and as a
with spreading the knowledge of discipline. The purpose of the UNESCO
naturopathy in the United States in 1992. General Conference in 2005 was to
The naturopathy movement began in popularize philosophy, especially in the
Germany and other western countries with academic world by celebrating World
the „water cure system‟, also known as Philosophy Day.
„hydrotherapy‟.
NATIONAL PRESS DAY 2022 : 16TH INDIA CELEBRATES HAPPY

NOVEMBER CHILDREN’S DAY : 14TH
NOVEMBER
National Press Day is observed every year
on 16th November to acknowledge and India celebrates Happy Children‟s Day on
honor the Press Council of India. The day 14th November to commemorate the birth
marks the presence of a free & responsible anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru,
press in the country. the first Prime Minister of India. The year
2022 marks the 133rd birth anniversary of
Pandit Nehru, who was born in 1889 in
Allahabad, India.
History :
In the year 1956, the First Press Significance :

Commission decided to form a body with
statutory authority, which has the Referred to as Chacha Nehru, Jawaharlal
responsibility of upholding the ethics of Nehru believed that children are the future
journalism. The commission felt that there of the country and the foundation of the
was a need for a managing body to liaise society. Apart from Nehru‟s birth
with the press people and mediate any anniversary, Children‟s Day is also
issues that may arise. celebrated to raise awareness about
PCI was formed in 1966 on 16th November. children‟s education, rights and to see that
The National Press Day of India is proper care is accessible to all.
celebrated every year since then on 16
November to commemorate the
establishment of the Council. History :
Earlier, Children‟s Day in India was

Significance :
celebrated on 20th November, the day on
which World Children‟s Day is celebrated by
A free press is often called the voice of the the United Nations. However, after the
voiceless, the link between all-powerful death of Jawaharlal Nehru, a resolution
rulers and the downtrodden. It brings out was passed in the Indian Parliament to
the evils and maladies of the system and mark his birthday as Children‟s Day.
helps the government find solutions to Jawaharlal Nehru died in the year of 1964
these in the process of strengthening the and since then, to commemorate his birth
values of a democratic system of anniversary, Children‟s Day is celebrated
governance. on 14th November. He was a great advocate
for the rights of children and an inclusive
education system where knowledge is History :

accessible to all.
The day was declared as Public Service
About Jawaharlal Nehru : Broadcasting Day or (Jan Prasaran Diwas)
in 2001, after it was conceptualised by
Suhas Borker, Convenor, Jan Prasar.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was born on 14th
Prasar Bharati has been given the
November, 1889, in a family of Kashmiri
responsibility of public service
Brahmins. His family, noted for their
broadcasting, deepen democratic traditions
administrative ability and scholarship,
and provide opportunities to all diverse
moved to Delhi in the early 18th century. He
communities and cultures. Mahatma Gandhi
was the son of Motilal Nehru, a noted
had decided to visit the studio of All India
lawyer and leader of the Indian
Radio, to convey his message through
independence movement, who became one
radio, as he couldn‟t visit refugees of
of Mahatma Gandhi‟s major associates.
Partition stationed at Kurukshetra in
Jawaharlal was the eldest of four children,
Haryana.
two of whom were girls. A sister, Vijaya
Lakshmi Pandit, later became the first
woman president of the United Nations NATIONAL EDUCATION DAY 2022 :
General Assembly. 11TH NOVEMBER
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING National Education Day is celebrated every

year on 11th November in India. In India,
DAY 2022 : 12TH NOVEMBER
National Education Day is celebrated every
year on 11th November as it marks the birth
Public Service Broadcasting Day is
anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad,
celebrated every year on 12 November to
who was India‟s first education minister
commemorate the sole visit of Mahatma
after independence. He was posthumously
Gandhi to All India Radio in Delhi in 1947.
awarded the Bharat Ratna, India‟s highest
The Father of the Nation addressed the
civilian honour, in 1992.
displaced people, who had temporarily
settled at Kurukshetra in Haryana after
partition.
Theme :
The theme for National Education Day in

2022 is “Changing Course, Transforming
Education.”
The day is celebrated to celebrate the work History :

done by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad in the
field of education during his tenure as the In 1999, UNESCO and the International
Education Minister. In 1920, he was selected Science Council organized the first World
as a member of the Foundation Committee Scientific Conference in Budapest. At the
for the establishment of Jamia Millia event, several delegations agreed that
Islamia in Aligarh, UP. He also assisted in there was a need to educate the society
shifting the university campus from Aligarh about science. Here, by unanimous
to New Delhi in 1934. Now, the main gate of decision, there was to be a special day or
the complex is named after him. week dedicated to science. A year later,
UNESCO‟s executive body adopted the
WORLD SCIENCE DAY FOR PEACE World Science Day for Peace and
Development. It was to be celebrated
AND DEVELOPMENT 2022 : 10TH
worldwide on 10th November.
NOVEMBER
World Science Day for Peace and NATIONAL LEGAL SERVICES DAY
Development was proclaimed by the United 2022 : 9TH NOVEMBER
Nations Educational, Scientific and UNESCO
in 2001 under UNESCO 31C/Resolution 20. It National Legal Services Day is celebrated
is celebrated all over the world on 10th every year on 9th November to celebrate
November every year, which shows the the introduction of the Legal Services
importance of science in the society. The Authorization Act, 1987, which came into
day highlights the important role of science force on this day in 1995. The day was
in society and the need to engage the wider established to provide support and
public in debates on emerging scientific assistance to the weaker sections of the
issues. society including Scheduled Tribes,
Scheduled Castes, Women, Persons with
Disabilities, Natural Calamity Victims and
Human Trafficking Victims.
Theme :
In 2022 the theme of World Science Day for

Peace and Development is “Basic Sciences History :
for Sustainable Development”.
The Legal Services Authorization Act of
1987 was passed on 11 October 1987, and
came into effect on 9 November 1995. The
Supreme Court of India established
National Legal Services Day in 1995 to help
and support the poorer sections of society WORLD VEGAN DAY 2022 : 1ST
and to honor the passage of the Legal NOVEMBER
Services Authorization Act. National Legal
Services Day was established to help and World Vegan Day is celebrated every year
support vulnerable and poor groups on 1st November to encourage people to
including women, scheduled tribes, people follow a vegetarian lifestyle and spread
with disabilities, scheduled castes, natural awareness about vegetarianism. The day is
disaster victims and human trafficking dedicated to the practice of abstaining from
victims. the use of animal products and exploitation
of animals.
NATIONAL CANCER AWARENESS
DAY 2022 : 7 NOVEMBER
National Cancer Awareness Day 2022 is

celebrated every year in India on 7 Nov. The
day is important because it educates
people about the serious risk of cancer.
According to the World Health Organization
(WHO), cancer is the second deadliest
disease that causes death among people.
Theme :
Theme of the year 2022 is ‘Future Normal’.
History :
World Vegen Day originated in England in

1994, when vegan animal rights activist
History : Louise Wallis established the day to
celebrate the 50th anniversary of the vegan
society. As president of the Vegan Society,
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan
he emphasized the continued existence of a
first announced National Cancer
vegetarian association and drew attention
Awareness Day in September 2014. He
to the fact that the word „vegan‟ found its
started a state level movement on cancer
way into the English language that year.
control and encouraged people to report to
Since then, November 1, 1994 is celebrated
municipal clinics for free tests. A booklet
as World Vegen Day, which provides an
explaining the early signs of cancer and
opportunity to all vegetarians around the
ways to prevent it was also distributed.
world to celebrate and promote
vegetarianism with all its positive aspects.
States Current Affairs Pradesh and the first in its capital

Itanagar, taking the total number of
airports in the Northeast to 16.
BENGALURU TO HOST G20  Arunachal Pradesh currently has two
airports, one at Pasighat and 2nd at
FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING IN
Tezu.
FEBRUARY 2023.
About the Doni Polo Airport :

 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
has said that Bengaluru will host the
In a significant step to boost connectivity in
meeting of G20 finance ministers and
the Northeast, the Prime Minister
central bank governors in February 2023
inaugurated the first greenfield airport in
during India‟s term as chair of the G20
Arunachal Pradesh + „Doni Polo Airport,
grouping.
Itanagar‟. The name of the airport reflects
 Shri Sitharaman has asked start-ups to
the traditions and rich cultural heritage of
use the event to showcase their profiles
Arunachal Pradesh and its age-old
to visiting international guests.
indigenous reverence for the Sun („Doni‟)
 The Finance Minister said, various cities
and the Moon („Polo‟). The airport, which is
in India have been selected to host G-20
the first greenfield airport in Arunachal
related meetings next year.
Pradesh, has been developed over an area
of over 690 acres at a cost of over Rs. 640
PM MODI INAUGURATE crores. With a 2300 m runway, the airport
ARUNACHAL’S 1ST GREENFIELD is suitable for all weather operations. The
AIRPORT DONI POLO AIRPORT. airport terminal is a modern building,
promoting energy efficiency, renewable
 PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Doni energy and recycling of resources.
Polo Airport, Itanagar and dedicated the
600 MW Kameng Hydro Power Station to
the nation on 19th November.
 In February 2019, the foundation stone of
this airport was laid by the Prime
Minister himself. Despite the challenges
of the pandemic in between, the airport
work has been completed in a very short
time.
 The Doni Polo Airport will be the third
operational airport in Arunachal
BENGALURU TECH SUMMIT BEGINS  The Prime Minister paid floral tributes to
ON 16TH NOVEMBER the statue and offered holy water. He
also planted a sapling.
 The statue is intended to commemorate
the contributions of Nadaprabhu
Kempegowda, the founder of the city, to
the development of Bengaluru.
Conceived and sculpted by Ram V. Sutar,
who rose to fame with the „Statue of
Unity‟, 98 tonnes of bronze & 120 tonnes
of steel have been used in its
construction.
 The Prime Minister was accompanied by
the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri
 The 25th edition of Asia‟s biggest Basavaraj Bommai, the Governor of
technology event Bengaluru Tech Karnataka, Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot
Summit 2022 (BTS 2022) being and the Union Minister Shri Prahlad
organised by the Department of Joshi, among others.
Electronics, IT, Bt and S&T, Government
of Karnataka.
 The event is scheduled from 16 to 18 ECI HAS ANNOUNCED TWO-PHASE
November, 2022 at Bangalore Palace in ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS IN
Karnataka. Prime Minister Narendra GUJARAT, WILL BE HELD IN
Modi will inaugurate this program DECEMBER.
virtually.
 The silver jubilee edition of the tech
event is being held with the theme
„Tech4NexGen‟.
 On this occasion, over 12 start-ups from
Bengaluru that have emerged as
unicorns in the year 2021 will be
honored with the „Bengaluru Impact‟
award.
 Naveen Tiwari, Founder and CEO of
India‟s first unicorn, Emboi, will be
present during the event. Startups from
 The Election Commission of India (ECI)
16 states are participating in this event
has announced two-phase assembly
for the first time.
elections in Gujarat for which polling
will be held in December.
PM MODI UNVEILED A 108 FEET  The first phase of elections for 89
TALL BRONZE STATUE OF SRI assembly seats will be held on 1st
NADAPRABHU KEMPEGOWDA IN December, while in the second phase,
voting for 93 seats will be held on 5th
BENGALURU.
December. Counting of votes will take
 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi place on 8th December.
unveiled the 108 feet tall bronze statue  Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv
of Shri Nadaprabhu Kempegowda in Kumar announced the election schedule
for the Gujarat Assembly elections at a
Bengaluru on 11th October.
press conference in New Delhi. He said HOLLONGHI GREENFIELD AIRPORT

that notification for the first phase of RENAMED ‘DONYI POLO’ AIRPORT.
elections to the 182-member assembly
would be issued on 5th November. The
notification for the second phase will be
issued on 10th November.
GUJARAT MORBI BRIDGE

COLLAPSE, KILLING 135 PEOPLE
 The Union Cabinet has given its approval

for the renaming of the new greenfield
airport at Hollongi, Itanagar, the state
capital of Arunachal Pradesh, as
“Donyi Polo Airport, Itanagar”.
 In January 2019, the Indian government
gave its “in-principle” approval for the
construction of the Hollongi Greenfield
 On 30 October 2022, a pedestrian Airport.
suspension Morbi bridge over the Machu  The airport is being developed by the
River collapsed in Morbi city of Gujarat, Airports Authority of India (AAI) with the
India, killing at least 135 people and assistance of the Central Government
injuring over 180. and the State Government of Arunachal
 After being closed for a long time for Pradesh.
repairs, the bridge was reopened five  The resolution to name the airport
days ago for Diwali and the Gujarati New „Donyi Polo Airport, Itanagar‟ was
Year. passed by the State Government of
 In recent times the bridge was owned Arunachal Pradesh, reflecting the
and operated as a toll bridge by the reverence of the people towards the Sun
Morbi municipality, which signed a (Donyi) and the Moon (Polo), and
contract with the Morbi-based private symbolises the rich cultural heritage of
trust Oreva a company known for the State.
making clocks for maintenance and
operations on 7th March 2022.
 After being closed for repairs for six
months, the toll bridge was reopened on
26 October 2022 on the occasion of the
Gujarati New Year. At the re-opening
ceremony, Orewa‟s managing director
told reporters. That people can enjoy a
“care-free adventure” and that the
bridge will not require any major work
for the next 8-10 year.
International Current Affairs  IFFI Best Actor Award (Male) : Silver

Peacock, certificate and a cash prize of
₹10 lakh (US$13,000).
53RD EDITION INTERNATIONAL  IFFI Best Actor Award (Female) : Silver
Peacock, certificate and a cash prize of
FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA
₹10 lakh (US$13,000).
CONCLUDES.  Special Jury Award : Silver Peacock,
certificate and a cash prize of ₹15 lakh
(US$19,000) given to a film or an
individual. The award will be given to the
director of the film incase a film wins
the award.
 The coveted Golden Peacock Award for
Best Film was bagged by the Spanish
language film „I have Electric
Dreams‟ directed by Valentina Maurel.
 The Best Director award was given to
Nader Saeivar for Turkish film „No
End‟. „Vahid Mobasheri‟ has won the
The 53rd International Film Festival of India „Silver Peacock‟ award for „Best Actor
(IFFI) ended on 28 November 2022 at a (Male)‟ for the film „No End‟.
ceremony held at the Dr. Syama Prasad  Daniela Marin Navarro was given „Silver
Mookerjee Stadium near Panaji. Union Peacock‟ award for the „Best Actor
Information and Broadcasting Minister (Female)‟ for the film „I Have Electric
Anurag Singh Thakur, Minister of State for Dreams‟.
Information and Broadcasting Dr L  The Special Jury Award was conferred
Murugan and Goa Chief Minister Pramod on Director „Lav Diaz‟ the film „When the
Sawant were present on the occasion. A Waves are Gone‟.
host of film personalities also graced the  Iranian film “Nargesi” directed by Payam
occasion which included Akshay Kumar, Eskandar bagged the ICFT UNESCO
Asha Parekh, Ramesh Sippy, Ayushman Gandhi Medal.
Khurana, Manushi Chhillar, Rana Duggubati,  „Best Debut Feature Film of a
Sharman Joshi, Khushbu Sundar. Director‟ was given to „Asimina
Proedrou‟ for the Greek film „Behind the
Haystacks‟.
 Golden Peacock (Best Film) : The award  The Telugu movie “Cinema
carries a cash prize of ₹40 lakh Bandi” directed by Praveen
(US$50,000) shared equally between the Kandregula received a special mention
director and producer. The director will in the Best Debut Feature Film category.
receive the „Golden Peacock‟ and a
certificate in addition to the cash prize.
The Producer will receive a certificate in
addition to the cash.
 Silver Peacock :
 Best Director : Silver Peacock,
certificate and a cash prize of ₹15 lakh
(US$19,000)
INDIA-MALAYSIA JOINT MILITARY  Indian Navy‟s Guided Missile Stealth

EXERCISE HARIMAU SHAKTI 2022 Frigate, INS Trikand, Offshore Patrol
BEGAN IN MALAYSIA. Vessel, INS Sumitra, and Maritime Patrol
Aircraft, (MPA) Dornier participated in
the 13th edition of the Indian Navy (IN) +
Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) Bilateral
Exercise „Naseem Al Bahr‟ (Sea Breeze).
 The exercise was conducted from 19 to
24 Nov 22 off the coast of Oman and had
three phases: harbor phase, sea phase
and debrief. Activities undertaken during
the Harbor Phase included professional
interactions between IN and RNO
operations teams and friendly sporting
events between the two navies.
 India-Malaysia joint military exercise  The first IN-RNO exercise was
„Harimau Shakti-2022‟ began on 28th conducted in 1993. This year marks 30
November at Pulai, Klang, Malaysia and years of IN-RNO bilateral exercise.
will continue till 12th December 2022.
 Exercise Harimau Shakti is an annual
training exercise between the Indian and ANWAR IBRAHIM SWORN IN AS
Malaysian armies and is being THE NEW PRIME MINISTER OF
conducted since 2012. MALAYSIA.
 The military exercise will enhance
interoperability in planning and
execution of various operations in the
jungle terrain.
 The emphasis during the exercise will
be on developing tactical skills and
enhancing interoperability between the
two forces.
13TH BILATERAL NAVAL EXERCISE

NASEEM AL BAHR-2022 WAS  Malaysia‟s opposition leader Anwar
CONDUCTED FROM 19 TO 24 NOV Ibrahim was sworn in as the country‟s
2022. new prime minister on 24th November
2022.
 The new leader was appointed by King
al-Sultan Abdullah, after elections at the
weekend resulted in an unprecedented
hung parliament.
 The constitutional monarch, King
Abdullah, has agreed to appoint 75-
year-old leader Anwar Ibrahim as the
10th Prime Minister of Malaysia.
 Mr. Anwar was deputy prime minister in
the 1990s and official prime minister in
2018.
LG ASIM MUNIR APPOINTED AS  Kasym-Jomart Tokayev, 69, who came

NEW CHIEF OF PAKISTAN ARMY to power in 2019, won 81.31 percent of
STAFF. the vote in the November 20 election,
Kazakhstan‟s Central Election
Commission said.
 None of the five other candidates voted
in double digits, while 5.8 percent of
voters voted against all candidates.
DEFENSE MINISTER RAJNATH

SINGH CO-CHAIRED THE FIRST
INDIA-ASEAN DEFENSE
MINISTERS’ MEETING IN
 In Pakistan, Lieutenant General Asim CAMBODIA.
Munir was appointed as the new Chief of
Army Staff on 24th November 2022.
 He will take over from outgoing General
Qamar Javed Bajwa, who will retire at
the end of November 2022 after a tenure
of six years.
 Pakistan‟s Information Minister Maryam
Aurangzeb said that Prime Minister
Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has decided
to appoint Lieutenant General Sahir
Shamshad Mirza as the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff and Lieutenant  The maiden India-ASEAN Defence
General Syed Asim Munir as the Chief of Ministers Meeting was held on 22nd
the Army Staff. November at Siem Riep, Cambodia to
commemorate the 30th Anniversary of
India-ASEAN relations in 2022.
KASSYM-JOMART TOKAYEV OF  This year has been designated as the
KAZAKHSTAN RE-ELECTED AS ASEAN-India Friendship Year.
PRESIDENT.  The meeting was co-chaired by Defense
Minister Shri Rajnath Singh and the
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
National Defense of Cambodia, General
Tea Banh.
 One of the programs proposed by the
Defense Minister is the „India-ASEAN
Initiative for Women in UN Peacekeeping
Operations‟
 The second initiative announced by Shri
Rajnath Singh was „India-ASEAN
 Kazakhstan‟s President Kassym-Jomart Initiative on Marine Plastic
Tokayev won a second term in a snap Pollution‟ which includes channelising of
election on 20 November, winning 81.31% the energy of the youth towards
of the vote. addressing the critical issue of marine
pollution.
INDIA WINS EXCELLENCE IN Three main pillars for its G20 2022
FAMILY PLANNING LEADERSHIP Presidency were namely :
(EXCELL) AWARD-2022 AT
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY Global Health Architecture
Sustainable Energy Transition
PLANNING CONFERENCE.
Digital Transformation
 In a significant development and

recognition to the country‟s efforts in
With the Bali summit ending on 16
improving access to modern family
November 2022, Indonesia handed over the
planning methods, India is the only
G20 chairmanship to India for the year
country to have received the Leadership
2023. India will officially assume the
in Family Planning (EXCELL) Awards-
presidency of the G20 from 1st December
2022 in the „country category‟ at the
2022.
International Conference on Family
Planning held in Pattaya city, Thailand.
 India has made significant progress not The next summit will be held in New Delhi
only in improving access but also in on 9 to10 September 2023.
adopting modern contraceptive
methods, which have helped couples G20 or Group of Twenty :
make informed choices about family
planning.
The G20 or Group of Twenty is an
 India‟s efforts to improve family planning
intergovernmental forum consisting of 19
reflect the country‟s progress towards
countries and the European Union (EU). The
achieving the SDG targets on women‟s
19 countries are Argentina, Australia,
and maternal health.
Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, France,
India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic
G20 SUMMIT of Korea, Mexico, the Russian Federation,
Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, UK,
G20 Bali Summit 2022 : US. G20 works to address key issues
related to the global economy, such as
The 2022 G20 Bali summit was the international financial stability, climate
seventeenth meeting of Group of Twenty change mitigation, and sustainable
(G20), which was held in Nusa Dua, Bali, development.
Indonesia on 15 to 16 November 2022. Under
the Indonesian Presidency, the G20 in 2022 The G20 was founded in 1999 in response to
was focused on the theme „Recover several world economic crises. Since 2008,
Together, Recover Stronger‟. it has convened at least once a year, with
summits involving each member’s head of SLOVENIA ELECTED NATASA PIRC

government or state, finance minister, or MUSAR AS THE FIRST FEMALE
foreign minister, and other high-ranking PRESIDENT.
officials, the EU is represented by the
European Commission and the European
Central Bank. Other countries, international
organizations, and nongovernmental
organizations are invited to attend the
summits, some on a permanent basis.
GLOBAL POPULATION TOUCHED 8

BILLION ON 15 NOVEMBER.
 Natasa Pirc Musar has been elected the

country‟s first female president,
defeating her conservative rival in the
second round of elections held in
Slovenia on 13th November.
 Slovenia‟s election commission said
Pirak Musar won about 54% of the vote,
ahead of Mr Logar, who got just over
46% of the vote. Turnout was 49.9%
among a population of about 2 million.
 Ms. Natasa Pirk Musar is a journalist
 Human population touched 8 billion on and lawyer who ran as an independent
15 November, a milestone that ushers in with the support of Slovenia‟s centre-
both opportunities and challenges + left government. He defeated Ange
especially for India which is set to Logger, former foreign minister and a
become the world‟s most populous veteran of conservative politics.
country in 2023 by surpassing China.
 The figures were disclosed in the United
Nations World Population Prospects ELON MUSK COMPLETES $44
2022, released on World Population Day BILLION DEAL TO OWN TWITTER.
on July 11 this year, but now the
discussion has started on November 15.
The agency also said that for the first
time since 1950, global population
growth has fallen below 1% in 2020.
 India is projected to overtake China as
the world‟s most populous country in
2023, “with possibilities of reaping a
demographic dividend.” The average age
of an Indian this year was 28.7 years,
compared to 38.4 for China and 48.6 for  Elon Musk, the world‟s richest man,
Japan against a global value of 30.3 completed $44 billion acquisition of
years. Twitter on 28th November 2022.
 The top of leaders of Twitter fired
shortly after Mr. Musk closed the deal
include Parag Agrawal, chief executive;  Australia, Japan and the US are also
Ned Segal, the chief financial officer; participating in the Malabar naval
Vijaya Gadde, the top legal and policy exercise.
executive; and Sean Edgett, the general  The naval forces of these countries will
counsel. participate in the exercise till 18th
 Elon Musk is new owner and chief December.
executive (CEO) of Twitter, the social  The presence of indigenously built ships
media company. of the Indian Navy at these multinational
events will be an opportunity to
About the Twitter : showcase the shipbuilding capabilities
of the Indian Shipyards.
Twitter is a microblogging and social  The Malabar exercise was started in
networking service owned by American 1992 between the navies of India and the
company Twitter, Inc., on which users post United States of America.
and interact with messages known as
“tweets”. Registered users can post, like,
INDIA PARTICIPATED IN THE
and retweet tweets, while unregistered
users only have a limited ability to read WORLD TRAVEL MARKET 2022 IN
public tweets. LONDON FROM 7 TO 9 NOVEMBER.
 The World Travel Market (WTM) 2022

Twitter was created by Jack Dorsey, Noah which is one of the largest international
Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams in travel exhibitions took place in London
March 2006 and launched in July 2006. from 7th to 9th November.
Twitter, Inc. is based in San Francisco,  The theme of this year`s exhibition
California and has more than 25 offices is „The Future of Travel Starts Now‟.
around the world.  India is participating in WTM 2022 to
showcase itself as the preferred
INDIA PARTICIPATED IN THE destination for tourism.
26TH INTERNATIONAL MALABAR  During the visit to WTM 2022, the Indian
delegation led by Arvind Singh,
NAVAL EXERCISE AT YOKOSUKA,
Secretary Tourism, Government of India
JAPAN. will showcase India‟s various tourism
offerings to global tourism industry
stakeholders such as tour operators,
travel agents, media, etc.
 India participated in the 26th

International Malabar Naval Exercise
starting on 8th Nov at Yokosuka, Japan.
NETANYAHU SET TO RETURN TO Sharjah Expo Center, United Arab

POWER IN ISRAEL AFTER PM Emirates.
CONCEDES.  The 41st edition of SIBF will continue till
13th November under the slogan „Spread
the Word‟. Entry to the book fair is free.
 The Publications Division, the premier
publishing house of the Government of
India, will showcase its publications in
the SIBF.
 Being organized by the Sharjah Book
Authority, the International Book Fair
will host a stellar group of award-
winning authors, intellectuals and other
litterateurs from across the globe.
 Former Prime Minister Benjamin

Netanyahu appeared set to return to
power as the head of Israel‟s most
right-wing government after winning
national elections on 3 November.
 Results released by the Election
Commission said Netanyahu‟s right-
wing Likud party had earned 32 seats in
the Knesset, Israel‟s 120-seat
parliament.
 Netanyahu, who has served as prime
minister longer than anyone in Israel‟s
74-history, will then begin sharing
cabinet positions with his coalition
partners.
SHARJAH INTERNATIONAL BOOK

FAIR (SIBF), 2022, TO BE HELD
FROM 2ND TO 13TH NOVEMBER
 Sharjah International Book Fair SIBF,

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ART AND CULTURE CURRENT AFFAIRS 26

VETERAN BOLLYWOOD ACTOR VIKRAM GOKHALE PASSED AWAY. 26

NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS 27

GOVERNMENT SCHEMES CURRENT AFFAIRS 40

ECONOMY CURRENT AFFAIRS 41

ENVIRONMENT CURRENT AFFAIRS 42

GANGA UTSAV – THE RIVER FESTIVAL TO BE CELEBRATED ON 4TH NOVEMBER 2022 42

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CURRENT AFFAIRS 43

INDIA’S FIRST INTEGRATED ROCKET FACILITY TO BE BASED IN TELANGANA. 43

SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS 45

RAVINA WINS GOLD IN YOUTH MEN’S AND WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. 45

IMPORTANT DAYS CURRENT AFFAIRS 51

INTERNATIONAL JAGUAR DAY CELEBRATED AT NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 51

STATES CURRENT AFFAIRS 59

BENGALURU TO HOST G20 FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING IN FEBRUARY 2023. 59

INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS 62

53RD EDITION INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA CONCLUDES. 62

LG ASIM MUNIR APPOINTED AS NEW CHIEF OF PAKISTAN ARMY STAFF. 64

Current Affairs Questions in English : November 2022

Qns : When is the „Constitution Day‟ celebrated in India?

Ans : Constitution Day is celebrated every year on 26th November in India to

Qns : When is National Milk Day celebrated?

Qns : When is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against

Qns : In November 2022, India took over the chairmanship of Global

Qns : When is the martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadur observed?

Qns : In 2022, who was re-elected as the President of Kazakhstan?

Ans : Kazakhstan‟s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev won a second term in a snap

Qns : Who became the new prime minister of Malaysia in 2022?

Qns : When is National Naturopathy Day celebrated?

Qns : Who has received the Leadership in Family Planning (EXCELL)

Qns : Doni Polo Airport has been inaugurated in which state?

Qns : When does Indian Army celebrate Corps of Engineers Day?

Qns : When is World Philosophy Day celebrated?

Qns : Which agency has launched Artemis-1 mission?

Qns : G20 or Group of Twenty Summit is an intergovernmental forum, how

Ans : The G20 or Group of Twenty is an intergovernmental forum consisting of 19 countries

Qns : What is the theme of India‟s G20 Presidency in 2022?

Qns : When is National Press Day celebrated?

Qns : Where was the 2022 G20 Bali summit held?

Qns : When is Children‟s Day celebrated in India?

Qns : When is Public Service Broadcasting Day celebrated?

Qns : When is National Education Day celebrated?

Qns : Who became the 50th Chief Justice of India?

Qns : When is National Legal Services Day celebrated?

Qns : Where will the FIFA World Cup 2022 be played?

Qns : When is National Cancer Awareness Day 2022 celebrated?

Qns : Who became the new owner of Twitter in October 2022?

Qns : When is World Vegan Day celebrated?

Current Affairs MCQ Questions : November 2022

Ans : (D) Anwar Ibrahim

Ans : (B) General Asim Munir Ahmed

Qns : When is the martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadur observed?

Ans : (B) 24th November

Qns : In 2022, who was re-elected as the President of Kazakhstan?

Ans : (D) Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

Ans : (C) Nagpur

Ans : (A) France

Qns : When is National Milk Day celebrated?

Ans : (D) 26th November

Ans : (B) Earth Observation Satellite-6 (EOS-06)

Qns : When is the „Constitution Day‟ celebrated in India?

Ans : (B) 26th November