- National News:
- According to the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), India’s industrial output grew by 3.1% in September 2022 from August’s contraction of 0.7%. The electricity sector showed the maximum leap and rose by 11.6% in September 2022 compared to 0. 9% in September 2021.
- The 9th Ministerial Meeting of the India-US Economic and Financial Partnership was held in New Delhi. The Indian delegation was led by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the US delegation was led by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
- The document exchange platform, DigiLocker, successfully completed its second level of integration with the Government of India’s Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
- Kolkata’s Shlok Mukherjee was announced as the winner of the 2022 Doodle for Google India. It is an annual contest in which this year Google received over 115,000 entries from students in classes 1 to 10 across various cities in India.
- TRA in its “India’s Most Desired Brands 2022” ranked Reliance Jio as the Strongest Telecom Brand in India. It was followed by Bharti Airtel.
- International News:
- Day of 8 Billion:
- According to the United Nations World Population Prospectus 2022, on November 15, 2022, the population of the world will reach 8 billion (800 crores).
- G-20 Summit 2022:
- 17th Edition (15-16 November 2022)
- Host- Bali, Indonesia
- Theme- “Recover Together, Recover Stronger”
- Appointments:
- Natasa Pirc Musar was appointed as the first female President of Slovenia. Musar won 54% of the total votes to beat her rival Andze Logar
- Movie actor Janhvi Kapoor was appointed as the Brand Ambassador of the fashion retailer brand, Nykaa Fashion.
- Olympic medalist Yogeshwar Dutt was appointed as the Brand Ambassador of the financial services company, Religare Enterprises Limited (REL).
- Awards and Honors:
- National Sports Awards 2022:
- MAJOR DHYAN CHAND KHEL RATNA AWARD- Sharath Kamal (Table Tennis)
- ARJUNA AWARD- 25 sportspersons received the award
- Some of the notable names are-
- Seema Punia (Athletics);
- Lakshya Sen (Badminton);
- Nikhat Zareen (Boxing);
- R Praggnanandhaa (Chess);
- Deep Grace Ekka (Hockey);
- Sagar Kailas Ovhalkar (Mallakhamb);
- Sreeja Akula (Table Tennis);
- Manasi Girishchandra Joshi (Para Badminton), etc.
- DRONACHARYA AWARD-
- Regular Category:
- Jiwanjot Singh Teja (Archery);
- Mohammad Ali Qamar (Boxing);
- Suma Siddharth Shirur (Para Shooting) and
- Sujeet Maan (Wrestling)
- Lifetime Category:
- Dinesh Jawahar Lad (Cricket);
- Bimal Prafulla Ghosh (Football) and
- Raj Singh (Wrestling)
- DHYAN CHAND AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN SPORTS AND GAMES-
- Ashwini Akkunji C (Athletics);
- Dharamvir Singh (Hockey);
- B.C Suresh (Kabaddi) and
- Nir Bahadur Gurung (Para Athletics)
- Sports:
- ICC T20 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022:
- Host- Australia
- Winner- England
- Runners-up- Pakistan
- Player of the Match- Sam Curran (ENG)
- Player of the Tournament- Sam Curran (ENG)
- Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, and Hardik Pandya were named in the 12-men Most Valuable Team of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022.
- Billie Jean King Cup Championship 2022:
- Associated with Women’s Tennis
- Host- Glasgow, Scotland
- Winner- Switzerland (for the 1ST time)
- ICICI Prudential Launches Long-Term Savings Product
- IBA’s Ease Reform Index
- MARS Launched at COP27
- 17th Wildlife Sanctuary of India
Question:
Q.1 Who won the ICC T20 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022?a. India
b. Pakistan
c. England
d. Australia
