CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 21st NOVEMBER 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 21^st NOVEMBER 2022

1. World Fisheries Day is celebrated on 21 November every year to demonstrate solidarity with all fisher folk, fish farmers and concerned stakeholders throughout the world.
2. World Television Day is observed on 21 November, every year. It is a day that recognizes the value and impact of television in our lives. 
3. The Department of Archives, Archaeology and Museums is celebrating World Heritage Week commencing from 19 November to 25 November, 2022.
4. Tripura Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha launched a new portal, ‘Amar Sarkar’, to act as a bridge between the people and the government.
5. Tamil Nadu’s Forest Department has introduced an elephant death audit framework for recording and monitoring elephant deaths in the State.
6. Federal Bank on 18 November, 2022 tied up with JCB India to finance the prospective buyers of heavy construction equipment.
7. The Union Minister of Ayush, Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine (RRIUM) in Silchar on 20 November, 2022.
8. The 53^rd edition of the International Film Festival of India kicked off with a grand opening ceremony in Panaji, Goa on 20 November, 2022.
9. To mark the golden jubilee of Manipuri cinema, IFFI will showcase five feature and five non-feature films, curated by Manipur State Film Society under Indian Panorama.
10. The 22^nd FIFA men’s world cup was formally declared open at a colourful ceremony held at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar on 20 November.
11. India has launched the official website of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) as it will host the next SCO summit as a chairman of organisation in 2023. The theme of the event is “For a SECURE SCO”.
12. Author Khalid Jawed’s ‘The Paradise of Food’, translated by Baran Farooqi from Urdu, won the fifth JCB Prize for Literature.
13. Thirty-nine schools from across the country have been awarded the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar for the 2021-22 academic sessions.
14. The 400^th birth anniversary of Assam’s legendary war hero Lachit Borphukan will be celebrated from 23 to 25 November, 2022.
15. Actor Darshan Thoogudeepa and Law Minister J C Madhuswamy have been made members of the Karnataka State Board for Wildlife.
16. President Droupadi Murmu has appointed retired IAS Arun Goel as the Election Commissioner in the Election Commission.
17. British Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore has released a new book titled ‘The World: A Family History’.