26th-28th November, 2022

1. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) have collaborated to create a platform to support the development of new electric vehicle (EV) batteries to suit Indian requirements.
2. Central government has completed the construction of more than 25,000 Amrit Sarovars within the 6 months.
3. Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Railways, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw has inaugurated the Entrepreneurship Cell and Centre of Innovation (COI) at the Delhi campus of the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT).
4. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) has developed a Continuous Marine Water Quality Monitoring Station (CMWQMS) and launched Electric Environmental Monitoring Vehicle (EV).
5. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has launched AMLAN- Anaemia Mukta Lakhya Abhiyan in the state an approach to reduce anaemia among targeted groups.
6. Sahyadri Farmer Producer Company (FPC) becomes the first company in India to bag the license for setting up a private agricultural mandi at Dindori, in Nashik district.
7. India’s Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) approved the evaluation, in open fields, of genetically modified (GM) mustard — a key step on the path to commercial-scale cultivation.
8. 8th edition of the Garuda Shakti bilateral joint special force exercise was held between India and Indonesia at Sangga Buana Training Area in Indonesia.
9. 13th edition of the Naseem Al Bahr-2022, a bilateral exercise between the Indian Navy and the Royal Oman Navy, commenced off the coast of Oman.
10. The 3rd Global High-level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) was organized in Muscat, Oman.
11. India has decided to send a utility helicopter unit to the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).
12. World Intellectual Property Organization has released the World Intellectual Property Indicators 2021.
13. Times Higher Education has released the 12th Global Employability University Ranking 2022.
14. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has released its annual report.
15. IDFC First Bank, in association with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has launched India’s first sticker-based debit card, called FIRSTAP.
16. RBI has announced that the overnight balances held by banks with the RBI under the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) will be eligible as level-1 high quality liquid assets for the computation of Liquidity Coverage Ratio.
17. FTX – one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges – founded by Sam Bankman-Fried has collapsed.
18. Anwar Ibrahim has been appointed as the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia.
19. Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying announced the National Gopal Ratna Awards 2022. The Award is conferred in three categories, namely,
20. Writer Khalid Jawed won the JCB Prize for Literature 2022 for his novel The Paradise of Food, translated from the Urdu into English by Baran Farooqi.
21. Ambassador of France to India, H.E. Emmanuel Lenain, conferred the French National Award on the Director General of the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce (IFCCI) i.e., Payal S. Kanwar.
22. Ravi Kumar Sagar, one of the youngest founders and CEO of RK’S INNO group, was conferred with the most prestigious Dr Abdul Kalam Seva Puraskar for his steadfast service to the society.
23. UN Environment Program has released the list of 2022 Champions of the Earth awardees.
24. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced the National Adventure Awards called “Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award” (TNNAA) for the year 2021.

National News

1. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) have collaborated to create a platform to support the development of new electric vehicle (EV) batteries to suit Indian requirements.
   • A white paper will be prepared on a roadmap for the development of new battery technologies in India. This would be followed by the creation of an expert-industry forum or platform to support this process.
2. Central government has completed the construction of more than 25,000 Amrit Sarovars within the 6 months.
   • Under Mission Amrit Sarovar, a target has been set to build 50,000 Amrit Sarovars by 15th August 2023.
   • Mission Amrit Sarovar was launched on National Panchayati Raj Day on 24th April 2022 to construct and/or rejuvenate at least 75 ponds in every district of India, totalling about 50,000 Amrit Sarovar.
   • Ministry of Rural Development is implementing this mission in collaboration with the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Culture, Panchayati Raj, Environment, and Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG-N).
   • According to the Ministry of Rural Development, as of November 17, 2022, about 90,531 sites have been identified for the construction of Amrit Sarovars, out of which work has been started on 52,245 sites.
3. Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Railways, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw has inaugurated the Entrepreneurship Cell and Centre of Innovation (COI) at the Delhi campus of the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT).
   • India is also planning to open the Regional Office of International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
   • Purpose – to spur indigenous innovation and entrepreneurship in various domains of Telecom like IoT/M2M, AI/ML, 5G, etc. by encouraging local startups

4. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) has developed a Continuous Marine Water Quality Monitoring Station (CMWQMS) and launched Electric Environmental Monitoring Vehicle (EV).

State News

1. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has launched AMLAN- Anaemia Mukta Lakhya Abhiyan in the state an approach to reduce anaemia among targeted groups.
   • The programme will benefit about 1.37 crore people, which includes pregnant women, lactating mothers, women of reproductive age group, adolescents and children.
   • It will focus on strengthening iron and folic acid supplementation, testing for haemoglobin, treatment of anaemic cases, capacity building of service providers and social behaviour change communication.
   • The campaign aims for achieving Anaemia Mukta Odisha.

Agriculture and Rural Development

1. Sahyadri Farmer Producer Company (FPC) becomes the first company in India to bag the license for setting up a private agricultural mandi at Dindori, in Nashik district.
   • The market will come up over the next three months at a cost of Rs 25 crore.
   • The private agri-mandi will have a 100-acre dedicated market space integrated with world-class infrastructure, services from banking to storage, processing, and packaging under one roof, options for offline and online trading, legalisation of field trade, and ownership of farmers.
2. India’s Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) approved the evaluation, in open fields, of genetically modified (GM) mustard — a key step on the path to commercial-scale cultivation.
   • At present, there are only two genetically-modified crops which are commercially allowed. First is BT Cotton (a commercial crop) and the second is Dhara Mustard Hybrid-11 (DMH 11), (a food crop), which is under consideration now.
   • The scientific name of Mustard is Brassica juncea.
   • GM Mustard will focus on increasing its herbicide tolerance and preventing self-pollination. It contains three genes from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, a soil bacterium.
   • Recently, the FSSAI has also released a new draft of Genetically Modified (GM) Food regulations for public consultation to regulate genetically modified crops in India.

Defence News

1. 8th edition of the Garuda Shakti bilateral joint special force exercise was held between India and Indonesia at Sangga Buana Training Area in Indonesia.
2. 13th edition of the Naseem Al Bahr-2022, a bilateral exercise between the Indian Navy and the Royal Oman Navy, commenced off the coast of Oman.

International News

1. The 3rd Global High-level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) was organized in Muscat, Oman.
   • Muscat Ministerial Manifesto on Anti-Microbial Resistance has been adopted at the conference. The manifesto highlighted –
     • Reducing the total amount of antimicrobials used in agrifood systems by at least 30 per cent-50% by 2030.
     • Ensuring that ‘Access’ group antibiotics (a category of antibiotics that are affordable, safe and have a low AMR risk) represent at least 60% of overall antibiotic consumption in humans by 2030.
   • The deliberations at Muscat are set to pave the way for bold and specific political commitments which will be highlighted at the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AMR in 2024.
2. India has decided to send a utility helicopter unit to the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).
   • Bangladesh and Pakistan will each send an armed helicopter unit to this operation.
   • The Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) is a United Nations Peacekeeping Mission that was set up in 2013 by the UNSC to stabilize the western African country after the 2012 Tuareg rebellion.

Reports and Indices

1. World Intellectual Property Organization has released the World Intellectual Property Indicators 2021.
   • Globally, patent filing has seen a growth of 3.6% in 2021 over 2020.
   • Trademarks grew by 5.5%, Industrial Designs grew by 9.2%, and Plant Variety rights’ filing grew by 12% in 2021 over 2020.
   • Approximately 67.6% of all applications were from Asia. India, China, and the Republic of Korea have experienced rapid increases in the local patent filing.

2. Times Higher Education has released the 12th Global Employability University Ranking 2022.
   • Top – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (rank 1), California Institute of Technology (rank 2), Harvard University (rank 3)
   • Indian universities –
     • IIT-Delhi (rank 28)
     • IISc (rank 58)
     • IIT-Bombay (rank 72)
3. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has released its annual report.
   • According to the report, religious freedom and related human rights in India are under ongoing threat.

Banking and Economy

1. IDFC First Bank, in association with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has launched India’s first sticker-based debit card, called FIRSTAP.
   • The card aims to facilitate transactions by simply tapping the sticker on a Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled point-of-sale terminal.

2. RBI has announced that the overnight balances held by banks with the RBI under the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) will be eligible as level-1 high quality liquid assets for the computation of Liquidity Coverage Ratio.
   • The announcement is in relation to the Liquidity Risk Management Framework.

3. FTX – one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges – founded by Sam Bankman-Fried has collapsed.
   • Importance – It highlights the need for the govt in the regulation of finances and currency. Without a central body of regulation, the decentralised currency does not have the potential to cater to investors’ faith.
   • Reasons for collapse –
     • Short-term – FTT’s major shareholder, the rival exchange Binance, to declare that it was selling its holdings.
     • Medium-term – FTX and Alameda’s links. Alameda is a hedge fund of FTX. It has given risky loans.
       • The FTT did not have the facility to accept wire transfers. Therefore, the customers are required to send money to Alameda and the FTX would credit their accounts.
       • However, Alameda never transferred the amount to FTT, leading to a substantial loss to customers.
     • Long-term – The mismanagement of the organization.

Appointments

1. Anwar Ibrahim has been appointed as the 10th Prime Minister of

Awards

1. Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying announced the National Gopal Ratna Awards 2022. The Award is conferred in three categories, namely,

• Award consists of a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh for 1st rank, Rs. 3 lakh for 2nd rank and Rs. 2 lakh for 3rd rank along with a Certificate of merit and a memento in each category.

2. Writer Khalid Jawed won the JCB Prize for Literature 2022 for his novel The Paradise of Food, translated from the Urdu into English by Baran Farooqi.
   • JCB Prize for Literature is an Indian literary award established in 2018.
   • It is awarded annually with ₹25,00,000 to a distinguished work of fiction by an Indian writer working in English or translated fiction by an Indian writer.
   • Jawed will receive Rs 25 lakhs and Farooqi will receive Rs 10 lakhs.
3. Ambassador of France to India, H.E. Emmanuel Lenain, conferred the French National Award on the Director General of the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce (IFCCI) i.e., Payal S. Kanwar.
   • Kanwar joined the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce in 2011.
4. Ravi Kumar Sagar, one of the youngest founders and CEO of RK’S INNO group, was conferred with the most prestigious Dr Abdul Kalam Seva Puraskar for his steadfast service to the society.
   • The award was presented to him for his persistent service to society and is one of the youngest entrepreneurs in India.
   • Dr Kalam Seva Purasakar is given every year by Vande Bharat Foundation and LeadIndia Foundation to commemorate the birth anniversary of the late former President of India Dr. APJ Adul Kalam (October 15).
5. UN Environment Program has released the list of 2022 Champions of the Earth awardees.
   • The 2022 Champions of the Earth implement innovative ways to support nature.

6. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports announced the National Adventure Awards called “Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award” (TNNAA) for the year 2021.
   • The award is given in four categories namely, Land Adventure, Water Adventure, Air Adventure and Life Time Achievement.
   • Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards are given every year to recognize the achievements of persons in the fields of adventure.

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