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Weekly factsheet for 28th November – 3rd December 2022

The following article is a compilation of all the news in short from  27th November – 3rd December 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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  • According to the Times Higher Education Global Employability University Ranking and Survey (GEURS), the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Delhi is placed 28th.
  • India: The Mother of Democracy,’ which was prepared and published by the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR).
  • With a 77 per cent approval rating, Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to be the most well-liked president in the entire world.
  • The Indian PM is followed by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at 69 per cent and Australian PM Anthony Albanese at 56 per cent,
  • Odisha Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik launched AMLAN (Anaemia Mukta Lakhya Abhiyan) 
  • Odisha announced a special package for the welfare of 8 lakh Kendu leaf pluckers and other persons engaged in the trade.
  • The annual festival of ‘Kadalekai Parishe’ in Karnataka
  • The Sangai Festival of Manipur begins
  • Sahyadri Farmer Producer Company (FPC) becomes the first company in India to bag the license for setting up a private agricultural mandi at Dindori, in Nashik district, Maharashtra.
  • IDFC First Bank in association with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has introduced FIRSTAP, India’s first sticker-based debit card.
  • India has invited Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as the chief guest for the Republic Day in 2023,
  • Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has announced an increase in stake in Tech Mahindra Limited from 4.863% to 6.874%.
  • India carried out a successful training launch of an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM), Agni-3 from APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha.
  • 7th 250 Men Ferry Craft, “Manjula” (Yard 786) at M/s Shalimar Works Ltd, Kolkata, West Bengal.
  •   Uttarakhand high court has banned all construction activities in the dry area around the Sukhatal lake, a rain-fed water body that recharges the Naini lake.
  • International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 2022 : 29th of November 2022.
  • The Delhi University has launched a Financial Support Scheme (FSS) for those students 
  • Uttarakhand  launch new scheme named ‘Mukhya Mantri Pratham Gram Samekit Vikas Yojana’ ((CM’s first village integrated development scheme)” to accelerate economic activities in Uttarakhand.
  • Rajasthan  launched the Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Rajasthan Dalit, Adivasi Udyam Protsahan Yojana – 2022.
  • Absolute, a plant bioscience company, in partnership with DigiSafe Insurance has launched India’s first do-it-yourself (DIY) insurance marketplace, Digifasal. 
  • Sany Bharat signed a MoU with the Union Bank of India to make equipment financing an easy, efficient, and simple process.
  • Honda Cars India Limited (HCIL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IDBI Bank to offer a host of finance schemes for its customers.
  • TAC Security, a risk and vulnerability management firm, declared that it is the official cyber security partner of the BSE stock market.
  • Team Purple- movie named Dear Dairy was chosen as the winner of the 75 Creative Minds of Tomorrow
  •  Bangladesh feature film ‘Agantuk’ being named the winner of the Prasad DI award
  • Ministry of Panchayati Raj’s e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project (eGramSwaraj and AuditOnline) has won the GOLD AWARD in the category “Excellence in Government Process Re-engineering for Digital Transformation” of the National Awards for e-Governance.
  • Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada defeated Australia’s Alex de Minaur : Davis Cup finals.
  • PT Usha was elected to become the president of the Indian Olympics Association (IOA)
  • Mutual funds (MFs) have to pay dividend to unit-holders in seven working days after declaration of record date.
  • The Tamil Nadu Government, issued a notification declaring Arittapatti and Meenakshipuram villages in Madurai district the first biodiversity heritage site in the State.
  • Indore Plans India’s First Retail Municipal Green Bond for Solar Plant.
  • SEBI has set up a high-level panel  chaired by former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Shiavax Jal Vazifdar
  • Shri Manoj Kumar, Chairman of KVIC, launched the ambitious Reducing Human Attacks Using Honey Bees (Re-Hab) Project.
  • Rashtraku Kuvempu Prathishtana Kuppali has chosen Tamil poet V Annamalai aka Imayam for the Kuvempu National Prize for the year 2022
  • Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a trial for retail digital rupee (e ₹-R) beginning 1 December, with four banks That are State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Yes Bank and IDFC First Bank.
  • Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare is commemorated on November 30 every year.
  • November 29International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People every year.
  • Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Tata Sons announced that they have agreed to merge Air India and Vistara, with SIA getting a 25.1 per cent stake i
  • BSE Ltd : Sundararaman Ramamurthy as MD and CEO of the exchange.
  • Bombay Stock Exchange was started by Premchand Roychand in 1875.
  •  India’s first private launchpad and mission control center designed and operated by Chennai-based space-tech startup AgniKul Cosmos.
  • Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) : ‘Award of Excellence’ at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation-2022.
  • Mohammad Yusuf Khatri with a gold medal and Tamra Patra at Vigyan Bhawan for the conservation of the legacy of Bagh Print handicrafts.
  • Bihar  launched the Har Ghar Gangajal Project in Rajgir.
  • The world’s largest active volcano: Mauna Loa erupted in Hawaii USA.
  • The World Health Organisation has changed the name of the disease Monkeypox to Mpox, a
  • Mumbai stood at 22nd rank in a global index ‘Prime Global Cities Index Q3 (July-September) 2022’, Dubai recorded the fastest rise
  • Merriam-Webster announced that their 2022 word of the year is “gaslighting”
  • The Himalayan Yak has been approved as a ‘food animal’ by the FSSAI
  • Sarkar Talwar, a former Ranji cricketer, was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement of the Year award at the Turf 2022
  • India’s automotive industry stalwart and Toyota Kirloskar Motor vice chairperson, Vikram S Kirloskar has passed away.
  • National Rural Livelihood Missions’s ‘Nai Chetna’, is a month-long campaign envisioned as a ‘Jan Andolan’ or people’s movement.by the Ministry of Rural Development
  • chairman Padma Bhushan Dr. K. Radhakrishnan’s autobiographical book “My Odyssey: Memoirs of the Man Behind the Mangalyaan Mission.”
  • Gurdeep Singh Randhawa : Thuringia state Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party presidium in Germany.
  • SEBI Releases Uniform Format for OTC Trades In Non-Convertible Securities would come into force from 1 January 2023
  • India – Malaysia joint military Exercise “Harimau Shakti -2022” commenced at Pulai, Kluang, Malaysia
  • India :send a utility helicopter unit to the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)
  • Airline EasyJet and Aircraft Engine maker Rolls-Royce announced that they have successfully tested a hydrogen-powered aircraft engine, which is described as the World’s First for aviation
  • The Forbes 2022 list of India’s 100 richest “: topped bhy Gautam Adani
  • News Broadcaster New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) promoter firm RRPR Holding announced that it has transferred shares constituting 99.5 percent of its equity capital to Adani group-owned Vishvapradhan Commercial (VCPL). The transfer of shares will give Adani Group control over a 29.18 percent stake in NDTV. They are also open to offer for another 26 percent stake in the media film.
  • REC’s CSR initiative for procurement, operation and maintenance of 10 Mobile Health Clinics (MHC) ‘Doctor Apke Dwar’ at Sadar Hospital, Aarah, Bhojpur District Bihar.
  • Tamil Nadu inaugurated an industrial park at Eraiyur in Tamil Nadu’s Perambalur district and  Phoenix Kothari Footwear Park.
  • Miss Earth 2022  Mina Sue Choi of South Korea as her successor at the end of the event.
  • State Bank of India plans to raise Rs 10,000 crore worth of infrastructure bonds during the current financial year.
  • TurtleFin, India’s leading insurtech platform, has partnered with YES BANK, one of the leading private sector banks in India, to create a comprehensive technology platform EasyNsure.
  • Yes Bank has signed a Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) with JC Flowers Asset Reconstruction Company (ARC), acquiring a 9.9 percent stake in the ARC at Rs 11.43 per share
  • Nanda Devi is the second-highest mountain in Uttarakhand India, after Kangchenjunga, and located entirely within India (Kangchenjunga is on the border of India and Nepal).
  • FIFA has announced that Stephanie Frappart of France will be the first woman to referee a men’s’ World Cup match
  • Jiang Zemin, former President of China passed away.
  • A senior journalist, Ravish Kumar has resigned from NDTV according to news sources.
  • CEO & CCO of McCann Worldgroup India, Prasoon Joshi has been appointed by Uttarakhand Government as the state’s brand ambassador.
  • National Pollution Control Day is observed every year on 2 December in India.
  • December 2 is observed as International Computer Literacy Day.
  • The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is celebrated, each year, on December 2.
  • World Jaguar day: 29  November
  • Meghalaya has become the first state in the Northeast to pass the first-ever Mental Health and Social Care Policy.
  • 23rd Hornbill Festival 2022 begins at Naga Heritage Village Kisama in Nagaland.
  • World AIDS Day which is globally observed on 1st December since 1988,  theme of this year’s World AIDS Day is “Equalize”
  • The government has approved the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for drones and drone components for implementation during 2022-23 to 2024-25 with an outlay of 120 crore rupees. The scheme is being implemented by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
  • National Investigating Agency (NIA) arrested the most wanted terrorist Harpreet Singh key accused in the massive blast that took place in the Ludhiana Court Building
  • President Droupadi Murmu has expressed grief over the demise of legendary Odia actress Jharana Das.
  • The tenure of India’s Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, has been extended for a year till January 31, 2024.
  • Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and Development of North Eastern Region G Kishan Reddy and Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen will inaugurate the Sylhet Festival 2022 at Silchar in the Barak Valley of Assam
  • The National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) :Champion of Champions Award and fourteen Corporate Communication Excellence Awards
  • British writer Katherine Rundell’s biography “Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne” was named winner of the 50,000 pound ($59,000) Baillie Gifford Prize
  •  written by historian-activist Shekhar Pathak :winner of the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2022. Name of the book:The Chipko Movement : A people’s Movement
  • 12th Edition of Exercise Agni Warrior between the Singapore & Indian Army,
  • Indian Army’s Sudarshan Chakra Corps carried out Exercise Sudarshan Prahar: Rajasthan.
  • A polling booth located in a remote forest area of Gir Somnath district in Gujarat recorded 100 per cent voting after its lone voter cast his vote . Mahant Haridasji Udasin, who is the only voter there

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