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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 15th NOVEMBER 2022

Editor1 Nov 16 2022 Current Affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF  15th NOVEMBER 2022

  1. Janjatiya Gaurav Divas, also known as Tribal Pride Day, is annually observed across India on 15 November to commemorate the birth anniversary of Birsa Munda, an iconic freedom fighter, social reformer and renowned tribal leader, who fought against the British colonial government.
  2. Jharkhand was founded by the Bihar Reorganisation Act on 15 November, 2000 as the 28th State of India.
  3. The country’s fifth largest public sector bank, Union Bank of India, marked its 104th foundation day on 11 November, 2022.
  4. On 15 November 2022, the world’s population is projected to reach 8 billion, a milestone in human development.
  5. The third edition of the ‘Pan-India’ Coastal Defence Exercise ‘Sea Vigil-22’ is being conducted on 15 and 16 November, 2022.
  6. Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has signed an MoU with Gurugram-based Veddis Foundation.
  7. According to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has been awarded the project to build India’s first multimodal logistics park (MMLP) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
  8. The 55th National Library Week is being celebrated in all libraries of Andhra Pradesh from 14 November, 2022. The 55th National Library Week is a week-long celebration and inaugurated in Tummalapalli Kalakshetram by State Ministers Taneti Vanita, Botcha Satyanarayana and Jogi Ramesh.
  9. IIT Bombay is the top educational institute in South Asia, as per the recently released QS Asia University Rankings 2023.
  10. Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav have been named in the Most Valuable Team of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022. England’s Jos Buttler has been named as the captain of the T20 World Cup team.
  11. World leaders from across the planet, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping, have converged in Indonesia, for the 17th Group of 20 (G20) Summit, taking place in the city of Bali.
  12. The National Museum of Natural History, under the Union Ministry of Environment and UN Development Programme on 14 November, 2022 jointly launched ‘In Our LiFEtime’ campaign at COP27 in Egypt.
  13. Jio ranks as India’s strongest telecom brand in India, ahead of Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea Ltd.
  14. Olympic medallists MC Mary Kom, PV Sindhu, Mirabai Chanu and Gagan Narang were among 10 eminent sportspersons elected as members of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Athletes Commission.
  15. Mercedes’ George Russell on 13 November, 2022 won his maiden F1 race in Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo.
  16. Kevin Conroy, an actor and voice actor best known for playing Batman in several animated movies and series, has passed away at the age of 66.

 

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