CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 22nd NOVEMBER 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 22^nd NOVEMBER 2022

1. Every year on 20 November, Africa Industrialization Day is observed to raise awareness about the problems and challenges of African industrialization.
2. On 19 November 2022, Pratham, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) functioning in the field of education, received the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament, and Development of 2021 at Jawahar Bhawan in New Delhi.
3. Indian actor Chiranjeevi was named the India Film Personality of the Year 2022 at the 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa on 20 November, 2022.
4. Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal addressed the 21st World Congress of Accountants in Mumbai on 20 November, 2022.
5. Professor Venu Gopal Achanta was elected as a member of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) on 21 November, 2022.
6. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated ‘53 Hours Challenge’ for ‘75 Creative Minds’ on 21 November, 2022. 
7. University Grants Commission (UGC) has finalised the framework for the four-year undergraduate programme.
8. British Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore has released a new book titled ‘The World: A Family History’.
9. On 18 November 2022, the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), the research centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), conducted the ‘Integrated Main Parachute Airdrop Test (IMAT)’, a major development test of its crew module deceleration system at the Babina Field Fire Range (BFFR) in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh.
10. N Jagadeesan broke the world record and became the first player to score five consecutive centuries, the first by an Indian.
11. South Western Command of the Indian Army conducted Integrated Fire Power Exercise, ‘SHATRUNASH’ at MFFR in Thar Desert of Rajasthan.
12. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has secured a second term in a snap election, winning 81.3 percent of the vote.
13. In the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on 20 November, Sebastian Vettel finished in 10th place to bring his spectacular Formula One career to a close and say goodbye to the F1 racetrack.
14. Kathak exponent Dr. Uma Sharma has received the prestigious ‘Sumitra Charat Ram Award’ for Lifetime Achievement in recognition of her contribution in the field of Indian classical music and dance.
15. Novak Djokovic defeated Norway’s Casper Ruud to collect sixth ATP Finals title in Turin, Italy on 20 November, 2022.
16. Rasna founder and Chairman Areez Pirojshaw Khambatta, who had contributed immensely to the Indian industry and business, passed away on 20 November, 2022.