- National News:
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated an INR 6,388 crore Ramagundam Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (RFCL) in Peddapalli, Telangana.
- The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and Labour and Employment, Bhupender Yadav, launched the ESIC Online Maternity Benefit Claim Portal at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
- The world’s highest polling station “Tashigang” in the Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh (HP) witnessed around 98.08% voter turnout in the 2022 HP Assembly Elections.
- Chennai-based Aquaconnect became the first Indian fisheries start-up to receive ISO 27001 certification for Information Security Management.
- The Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik, announced that the Odisha government will aim to make the state slum-free by the end of 2023.
- International News:
- China successfully launched its cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-5 with the help of the Long March-7 Y6 Rocket to deliver supplies for its Tiangong Space Station.
- The fifth edition of the Paris Peace Conference kicked off in France. The theme of the conference is, "Riding out the Multicrisis".
- Important Days:
- Every year November 13 is celebrated as World Kindness Day across the world. It is an initiative of the World Kindness Movement. The theme of WKD-2022 is, “Be Kind Whenever Possible”.
- Appointments:
- Greg Barclay was re-appointed as the Independent Chairperson of the International Cricket Council (ICC) for a two-year term.
- The Secretary of the BCCI, Jay Shah, was appointed as the Head of ICC’s Finance and Commercial Affairs Committee.
- Obituary:
- Padma Shree awardee and an eminent Mathematician, Dr. RL Kashyap, passed away at the age of 84. Dr. Kashyap was known for his doctoral work, “Ho-Kashyap Algorithms”.
- Sports:
- Next Gen ATP Men’s Tennis 2022:
- Venue- Milan, Italy
- Winner- Brandon Nakashima of the USA
- Formula 1 São Paulo Grand Prix:
- Venue- Brazil
- Winner- George Russell of Mercedes
- Green Energy Open Access Portal
- HDFC Bank Joins Hands with Arzooo
- RBI Approves Amalgamation of Two Banks
- e-KUMBH Portal
Question:
Q.1 The world’s highest polling station is in?a. Ladakh
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Sikkim
d. Arunachal Pradesh
