Weekly factsheet for 20th-26th November 2022 |

The following article is a compilation of all the news in short from 20th-26th November 2022. This article is for revision purpose. These news were discussed in detail in the General Awareness Quiz . Links are provided in the end.

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Universal Children’s Day :20th November. theme “Inclusion, for every child”.
UNICEF Headquarters:New York, New York, United States;
UNICEF Founded:11 December 1946;
UNICEF Head:Catherine M. Russell.
Donyi Polo Airport in Itanagar, the first greenfield airport in Arunachal Pradesh,
600 MW Kameng hydropower project in the northeastern state’s West Kameng Arunachal pradesh
“Homer” has been named the Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year for 2022
Jammu & Kashmir (launched the Jammu and Kashmir Remote Sensing Information System (JKRIS), a spatial data infrastructure initiative, and g-SAM (Gram Panchayat Spatial Assets Mapper) mobile app.
Tamil Nadu’s Forest Department has introduced an elephant death audit framework
Manipur wins the Northeast Olympic Games for the second time in a row, with 237 medals, including 85 gold, in the second edition of the regional multi-sport event.
India became the only country to receive the Leadership in Family Planning (EXCELL) Awards 2022
“Silver Treasures from Denmark and India” will debut in early March 2023 at the Museum Kolding and the National Museum in New Delhi.
Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz has become the youngest year-end ATP World Number 1
Shri Bandaru Wilsonbabu, : Ambassador of India to the Union of the Comoros
Achanta Sharath Kamal, a prominent Indian paddler, is the first Indian to be chosen to the International Table Tennis Federation’s Athletes’ Commission (ITTF).
India has become LinkedIn’s fastest-growing market
Amazon: new Prime Air delivery drone, MK30′ drone which will handle high temperatures and light rain.
World Fisheries Day : 21st November. National Fish Farmers Day :10^th July 2022
World Heritage week commencing from November 19 to November 25, 2022.
Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi was honoured with the Indian Film Personality of the Year 2022 award.
Max Verstappen of Red Bull team won :F1 Abu Dhabi race in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
India : rank 61st as per the Network Readiness Index 2022 (NRI 2022) report prepared by a US-based Portulans Institute
Arun Goel as the Election Commissioner in the Election Commission
Chief Election Commissioner of India: Rajiv Kumar;
Other Election Commissioner: Anup Chandra Pandey;
Election Commission Formed: 25 January 1950;
Election Commission HQ: New Delhi
British Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore has released a new book titled ‘The World: A Family History’.
Daljeet Kaur, a veteran actor well-known passed away
Thirty-nine schools from across the country have been awarded the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar for the 2021-22 academic session. award money of Rs 60,000 each
India has launched the official website of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) as it will host the next SCO summit as a chairman of organisation in 2023.
The theme of the event is “For a SECURE SCO”.
Maharashtra Government has decided to double the pension of freedom fighters from ten thousand to twenty thousand rupees per month.
India will take over the chair of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence for 2022-23 :Tokyo
UNESCO-India-Africa Hackathon 2022 at the Gautam Buddha University in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Karnataka came at the top position while comparing the total installed capacity of grid-interactive renewable power of all the states of the country.
13th edition of bilateral exercise between the Indian and the Royal Oman navies, Naseem Al Bahr-2022, commenced off the coast of Oman
South Western Command of the Indian Army conducted Integrated Fire Power Exercise, “SHATRUNASH’’ at MFFR in Thar desert of Rajasthan
Prof. Venu Gopal Achanta, Director, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL), New Delhi, has been elected as a member of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM).
Kazakhastan : President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Axis Bank has launched the seventh edition of ‘Evolve’ for MSMEs with the theme of ‘Indian SMEs: Shifting Gears for Next Level Growth’. ‘
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allowed HDFC Bank Ltd and Canara Bank Ltd to trade in Rupees with Russia.
Gautaam Borah, :new book ‘Nalanada – Until we meet again’.
Google is paying tribute to American geologist and oceanographic cartographer, Marie Tharp
Danish Manzoor Bhat, : USA’s first Global Humanitarian Award
Kathak exponent Dr. Uma Sharma : ‘Sumitra Charat Ram Award’
The UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize : Franca Ma-ih Sulem Yong from Cameroon,
Freedom in the world Index: by USA Think Tank Freedom House
Democracy Index: Economic Intelligence Unit
German racing driver Sebastian Vettel has retired from Formula One racing.
India’s first dog to be deployed for tracking down poachers, Zorba has passed away
Babu Mani: former football captain passed away
Air Fest 2022 in Nagpur.
“SARAS AAJEEVIKA MELA, 2022” at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
DPIIT, under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has launched MAARG portal, the National Mentorship Platform by Startup India.
‘53-Hour Challenge’: will challenge the 75 ‘Creative Minds’ to produce a short film on their idea of India@100, all in 53 hours. This segment of IFFI 53 is powered by National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) in collaboration with Shorts TV.
Russia has become India’s biggest fertilizer supplier for the first time.
Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) has launched ‘jumbo trails’ at Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu
Manika Batra,: first Indian woman to win a Bronze medal at the Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament.
Novak Djokovic won the sixth ATP Finals singles title win beating Casper Ruud from Norway.
India ended their campaign at the 15th Asian Championships in South Korea with 25 gold medals.
The Special Forces of India and Indonesia commenced the joint military exercise Garuda Shakti.
Tata Consumer is set to acquire India’s largest packaged drinking water company, Bisleri, for an estimated Rs 6,000-7,000 crore.
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), felicitated Rajendra Singh Pawar, Chairman & Founder, NIIT with ‘Lifetime Achievement Award 2022’
Museum maker AP. Shreethar : Economic Times Inspiring Leaders Award 2022 in Delhi.
Prodapt has been named a recipient of the Salesforce Partner Innovation Award in the “Communications” category.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India announced the National Adventure Award called “Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award” (TNNAA) for the year 2021. The award is given in four categories which are Land Adventure, Water Adventure, Air Adventure, and Life Time Achievement.

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women : November 25
World Fisheries Day is annually celebrated on 21st November.
World Television Day is observed on 21 November
Country’s largest lender, State Bank of India continues to dominate the debit cards market in October 2022,
RH200, the versatile sounding rocket of ISRO registered its 200th consecutive successful launch from the shores of Thumba, Thiruvananthapuram.
The Indian Space Research Organization is set to launch PLV-C54/EOS-06 Mission with Oceans-3
The Army Red Team has won the 72nd Inter Services Volleyball Championship 2022-23.
Professor TG Sitharam, : new Chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
Vinit Kumar takes over the charge of CEO, KVIC Central Office, KVIC Mumbai.
Men’s grooming brand UrbanGabru : India cricketer Suryakumar Yadav as its new brand ambassador
400th birth anniversary of Ahom commander Lachit Barphukan began in New Delhi.
India wins the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Vice Presidency and Strategic Management Board (SMB) Chair for the 2023-25 term. Shri Vimal Mahendru will be the IEC Vice President
Tamil Nadu batter Narayan Jagadeesan broke the world record for the highest individual score
QatarEnergy announced a 27-year natural gas supply deal with China
With a view to facilitate cash flow-based lending to MSMEs, it has been decided to include Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) as a Financial Information Provider (FIP) under the Account Aggregator (AA) framework. Department of Revenue shall be the regulator
Thirty-nine schools from across the country were awarded the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar
Romal Shetty is the new CEO of Deloitte India.
Bank of Baroda opened its first dedicated mid-corporate Branch.
Canara Bank Issues Electronic Bank Guarantee in Partnership with NeSL
Axis Bank along with Flip kart has launched Flipkart Axis Bank Super Elite” credit Card.
INS Mormugao is the second ship of Project 15B stealth destroyers : built at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders limited:designed by the Warship Design Bureau
The European Space agency has the first ever Parastronaut : John McFall
Yury Gagarin: First astronaut (Russian
Rakesh Sharma: First Indian Astronaut
Indian Air Force: annual joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief(HADR) Exercise ‘Samanvay 2022’ at Agra