DAILY GK 24,25,26 NOV
1. PM MODI LAUNCHES KARMAYOGI PRARAMBH MODULE
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Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi distributed over 71,000
appointment letters via video conferencing to newly enlisted recruits
under Rozgar Mela in 45 places across India
(except Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh).
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He also introduced
the Karmayogi Prarambh module, an online orientation course for all newly appointed employees of
different government departments.
2.
INDIA’S FIRST SUICIDE PREVENTION
POLICY
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The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) introduced National
Suicide Prevention Strategy, the first of its kind in India, to
achieve a reduction in suicide mortality by 10% by 2030
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The National Suicide Prevention Strategy aims to establish,Effective
surveillance mechanisms for suicide within the next 3 years.
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Psychiatric outpatient departments
that will provide suicide prevention services through the District Mental
Health Programme in all districts within the next 5 years;
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Integrates a mental
well-being curriculum in all educational institutions within the next
8 years.
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In the past 3 years,
the suicide rate has increased from 10.2 to 11.3 per
1,00,000 population.
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The most common reasons
for suicide include family problems and illnesses, account for 34% and 18%
respectively of all suicide-related deaths.
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In India, tops in
suicide under the 15-29 years category
and also more than 1 lakh lives are lost every
year to suicide.
3.
QATAR SIGNS WORLD’S ‘LONGEST’ GAS SUPPLY DEAL WITH
CHINA
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Qatar Energy signed the 27-year natural gas supply deal with
China, referring to it as the “Longest” ever seen as it strengthened ties with
Asia at a time when Europe is looking for alternate supplies.
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The deal marks the
longest gas supply agreement in the history of the LNG industry.
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Since Russia invaded
Ukraine, European nations have become more interested in Qatar’s gas, which is
primarily sold to Asian nations led by China, Japan, and South Korea.
4.
OECD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK -WORLD ECONOMY
TO GROW JUST 2.2% IN 2023
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As per the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) estimations in its ‘OECD Economic Outlook,
November 2022- Confronting the Crisis’, the world economy will grow
just 3.1% in 2022, down from a robust 5.9% in 2021.
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This growth will worsen
in 2023 to just 2.2%.
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India’s economy is
expected to grow 6.6% in 2022 and 5.7% in 2023.
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OECD
Headquartere Paris, Secretary-General Mathias Cormann.
5.
UNEP CHAMPIONS OF THE EARTH 2022
HONOUR
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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
has named the 2022Champions
of the Earth, honouring five environmental protectors —a
conservationist, an enterprise, an economist, a women’s rights activist, and a
wildlife biologist
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The annual UNEP Champions of the Earth award,
established in 2005, is the highest environmental honour bestowed
by the United Nations (UN).
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Dr. Purnima Devi Barman, an Assam-based wildlife biologist from India, has received the UNEP 2022
Champions of the Earth award in the Entrepreneurial Vision
category.
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Barman received the
award for her efforts to protect the greater adjutant stork, known as “Hargila” in
Assamese, by establishing the “Hargila Army,” an all-female grassroots
conservation campaign.
6.
2022 JCB PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
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“The Paradise of Food” authored by noted Urdu writer Khalid Jawed, and
translated by BaranFarooqi from Urdu to English won the 2022 JCB Prize for
Literature.
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Khalid Jawed is an Indian Novelist and a leading
Urdu Fiction writer
7.
CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY REVEALS ‘HOMER’ AS WORD OF THE
YEAR 2022
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The Cambridge Dictionary has
revealed its word of the year for 2022 as ‘homer’, an
informal American English word for a home run in baseball.
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The word ‘homer’ was
searched for nearly 75,000 times during the first week of May 2022, when it was
an answer in the word game, “Wordle”.
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There were also other
five-letter words in search including, ‘humor’, the
American spelling was second-highest in 2022, followed by ‘caulk’,
‘tacit’, and ‘bayou’.
8.
12TH GLOBAL
EMPLOYABILITY UNIVERSITY RANKING & SURVEY 2022-23:
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The Times Higher Education (THE) released the 12th edition
of its annual Global Employability University Ranking and Survey (GEURS)
2022-2023
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It featured 7 Indian universities among the top 250
universities in the world for graduate employability.
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The Indian Institute of
Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) was the highest-ranked Indian university with a global rank of 28th, and the
only Indian institute in the top 50.
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The list has been topped
by the United States’ (US) Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT).
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India’s Amity University, and Bangalore University are the
new entrants in this list.
9.
WIPO: GLOBAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
FILINGS REACH RECORD LEVELS IN 2021
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According to the World
Intellectual Property Indicators 2021 report by the World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Global innovators submitted 3.4
million patent applications in 2021, an increase of 3.6% from 2020.
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Nearly 67.6% of all
applications worldwide were received by offices in Asia.
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In 2021, China (+5.5%),
India (+5.5%), and the Republic of Korea (+2.5%) experienced rapid increases in
local patent filings.
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In 2021, local
patenting decreased in the United States (-1.2%), Japan (-1.7%), and Germany
(-3.9%).
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WIPODirector General-Daren
Tang,Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland
10.
EXERCISE GARUDA SHAKTI BETWEEN INDIAN
& INDONESIA
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The 8th edition of the India-Indonesia bilateral
joint training exercise “Garuda Shakti” began at the
Sangga Buana training centre in Karawang, west Java, Indonesia.
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Exercise Garuda Shakti 2022 is a part of military-to-military
exchange programs.
11.
GSTN INCLUDED IN FIP LIST
UNDER ACCOUNT AGGREGATOR FRAMEWORK
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has included Goods
and Services Tax Network (GSTN) in the list of Financial Information Providers (FIPs)
under the Account Aggregator (AA) Framework.
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This decision has been taken to facilitate cash flow-based
lending to MSMEs (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises).
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For this purpose, GSTN will be regulated by the Department
of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.
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The financial information will be Goods and Services Tax
(GST) Returns, viz. Form GSTR-1 and Form GSTR-3B
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So far, there are six AAs in India with operating licenses
and nine AAs with in-principle approval from RBI.
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FIPs include banks,
non-banking financial companies, asset management companies, depository,
depository participants, insurance companies, and pension funds.
12.
DR ABDUL KALAM SEVA PURASKAR
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One of India’s youngest entrepreneurs, Ravi
Kumar Sagar,founder and CEO of the INNO group, was honoured with Dr
Abdul KalamSevaPuraskar for his persistent service to society.
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The award was given to
him for his steadfast service to society.
13.
Dr KalamSevaPuraskar is
hosted every year by Vande Bharat Foundation and Lead India Foundation to
commemorate the birth anniversary (15th October) of the late former President
of India Dr APJ AdulKalam.
14.
PAYAL KANWAR CONFERRED THE FRENCH
NATIONAL ORDER
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Payal S Kanwar, Director General (DG) of the Indo-French
Chamber of Commerce (IFCCI)/ CCI France-Inde, has been honoured with
the French National Order, the insignia of
Chevalier de l’Ordre national du Mérit by the Ambassador of France to
India, Emmanuel Lenain, at a special ceremony held in
France.
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Payal S Kanwar was
honoured in recognition of her outstanding commitment and contribution towards
developing and promoting economic and bilateral relations between India and
France and also upon expanding the French business ecosystem in India.
15.
MANJULA (YARD 786), 7TH FERRY CRAFT LAUNCHED AT
KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL
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Manjula Ferry Craft was built under the ‘Make in India’
initiative of Ministry of Defence (MoD) with all major and auxiliary equipment
or systems sourced from indigenous manufacturers.
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These Ferry Crafts are
being built with a life span of 25 years and provide impetus to operational and
logistics requirements of the Indian Navy.
16.
UK COMPANIES RATE MAHARASHTRA AS TOP
STATE TO DO BUSINESS: UKIBC REPORT
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The United Kingdom India Business Council (UKIBC) released
its 8th annual ‘Doing Business in India’ 2022 Report. As per
it, Maharashtra is rated highest amongst States in terms of the operating
environment.
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It is followed by Gujarat, Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh (HP), Andhra Pradesh (AP),
and Uttar Pradesh (UP).
17.
“NASEEM AL BAHR” INDIAN NAVY -OMAN
NAVY BILATERAL EXERCISE
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The 13th edition of the bilateral exercise “Naseem
Al Bahr” (Sea Breeze) between the Indian Navy (IN) and Royal Navy
of Oman (RNO) took place off the coast of Oman
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Exercise “Naseem Al Bahr” 2022 consisted of 3 phases: the
harbour phase, the sea phase, and the debrief.
18.
ARMY CHIEF GENERAL MANOJ PANDE RECEIVES GUARD OF
HONOUR IN PARIS
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Army Chief General Manoj Pande received a Guard
of Honour at the Les Invalides in Paris, France, when he was on a four-day visit
to France.
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During his visit, he
interacted with the Chief of Staff of the French Army General Pierre Schill and
had a discussion upon issues of mutual interest.
19.
NEW PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA
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Anwar bin Ibrahim (75-year-old) leader of
Malaysia’s PakatanHarapan coalition
was sworn in as the 10th Prime Minister (PM) of Malaysia.
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Malaysia’s king, Sultan
Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, named Anwar Ibrahim as Malaysia’s(PM).
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In less than 5 years
(since 2018), he is the 4th PM of Malaysia.
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Anwar Ibrahim succeeds
the 9th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Ismail SabriYaakob.
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Anwar Ibrahim’s
Alliance of Hope (PakatanHarapan) won the highest number of parliamentary seats
at 82 seats but still fell short of 112, the number required to form the
government.
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Malaysian Parliament:The
bicameral (two-Chamber) parliament consists of the Dewan Rakyat (222
elected members) (House of Representatives or literally People’s Hall) and
the Dewan Negara (70 Senators) (Nation’s Hall in
Malay; however, it is commonly referred to as the Senate).
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Members of the Dewan
Rakyat are known as Members of Parliament (MPs) while members of the Dewan
Negara are called Senators.
20.
INDIA WINS IEC VICE PRESIDENCY &
SMB CHAIR FOR 2023-25
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India won the International
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) vice presidency and Strategic Management
Board (SMB) chair for the 2023-25 term.
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India’s
representative, VimalMahendru was elected as the IEC
vice president.
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Standardization
Management Board (SMB) is an apex governance body of IEC responsible for
technical policy matters.
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The Chair of the SMB is
an ex officio Vice-President of IEC for the duration of his/her term.
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IEC
is an international standard setting body
that publishes international Standards for all electrical, electronic and
related technologies.
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SMBPresident
– Yinbiao, Shu,Headquarters –
Geneva, Switzerland
21.
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION
OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 2022 – NOVEMBER 25
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The theme of International Day for
the Elimination of Violence against Women 2022 is “UNITE! Activism
to End Violence against Women & Girls”.
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According to a new study by United Nations Office on Drugs
and Crime(UNODC) and UN Women, in 2021, for every hour, more
than 5 women or girls were killed by someone in their own family.
