- National News:
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the silver jubilee edition of the Bengaluru Tech Summit-2022. The theme of the BTS-2022 is “Tech4NexGen”.
- The Ministry of Railways extended the facility of the unreserved ticket from 05 km to 20 km for the non-suburban section and from 02 km to 05 km for a suburban section on the UTSONMOBILE App.
- Serentica Renewables signed a long-term Power Purchasing Agreement with Greenko Group for 1500 megawatt hours of energy storage capacity.
- With an aim to enhance local start-ups, the Government of Karnataka signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Google.
- International News:
- Amidst the ongoing war, Russia and Ukraine agreed to extend the UN-brokered “Black Sea Grain Deal” for another 120 days.
- Cambridge University declared “homer” as the Word of the Year-2022 which saw over 65,000 searches in a single day on its website in May 2022.
- Important Days:
- Every year November 19 is observed as World Toilet Day (WTD) across the world. It is an initiative of the United Nations. The theme of the WTD-2022 is “Making the Invisible Visible”.
- Appointments:
- CV Ananda Bose was appointed as the Governor of West Bengal. Bose is a former IAS officer of the Kerala cadre from the 1977-batch.
- Arun Kumar Singh was appointed as the Chairperson of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Limited.
- Sandhya Devanathan was appointed as the Meta India Head. Devanathan will succeed Ajit Mohan.
- Awards and Honors:
- 1st Global Humanitarian Award:
- Awarded by an international NGO named Jaipur Foot USA
- Kashmiri Journalist, Danish Manzoor Bhat, became the 1st recipient of his Covid-19 relief efforts.
- Obituary:
- Former IFS officer and an eminent Odia Literateur, Abasar Beuria, passed away at the age of 80. He was best known for his book, “Bhitarkanika: The Mesmerizing Mangrove”.
- Veteran actress of the Punjabi industry, Daljeet Kaur, passed away at the age of 69. She was known for her roles in “Mamla Garbar Hai”, “Patola”, “Saida Jogan”, etc.
- Sports:
- Australia defeated England by 6 wickets to win the 1st ODI. England’s Dawid Malan was declared Player of the Match for his 134(128).
- HDFC Capital to Fund 10 Start-Ups
- UBI Join Hands with TPSSL
- RBI Approves DSP Mutual Fund’s Stake Buy in Equitas
- ISRO Launches India’s First Privately Built Rocket
- 5th NIIF Governing Council Meeting
Question:
Q.1 The Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year-2022 is?a. Perseverance
b. Homer
c. Partygate
d. Vaccine
