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Former Governor of Tamil Nadu and former Chief Minister of the united Andhra Pradesh Konijeti Rosaiah passed away in Hyderabad on December 4, 2021. After the sudden death of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in 2009, Rosaiah, the then Finance Minister, was elevated as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh before being made the Governor of Tamil Nadu. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the passing away of the former Chief Minister Read More …
Japanese director Masakazu Kaneko’s Ring Wandering, which explores Tokyo’s wartime past, bagged the coveted Golden Peacock Award at the closing ceremony of the 52nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI), in Goa. The Golden Peacock has a cash prize of Rs 20 lakh for Kaneko and ₹20 lakh for producer Takashi Shiotsuki. Czech Republic’s Václav Kadrnka won the Silver Peacock for Best Director for Saving One Who Is Dead, while Read More …
South African Film Barakat by Director Amy Jephta and Russian Film The Sun above Me Never Sets by Director Lyubov Borisova has shared the Best film Award in the Sixth edition BRICS Film Festival. For the first time the BRICS Film Festival was held alongside the 52nd International Film Festival of India in Goa during November 20-28, 2021. The Best Director award was won by Brazilian Filmmaker Lúcia Murat for her documentary film Ana. Indian actor Dhanush won Read More …
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council has decided to establish an International Day for Women in Maritime to be observed on May 18 every year. Once adopted by the IMO Assembly in December 2021, the observance will celebrate women in the industry, promote the recruitment, retention and sustained employment of women in the male dominated maritime sector. Today, out of the 17 lakh seafarers globally, women represent only 1.2 per Read More …
Pratham, a civil society organisation dedicated to improving the quality of education for underprivileged children, has been awarded the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2021. Pratham was awarded for its pioneering work over more than a quarter century in seeking to ensure that every child has access to quality education, for its innovative use of digital technology. About PRATHAM PRATHAM was set up in 1995 by Mrs Farida Lambay and Dr Read More …
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the event marking the first Audit Diwas at CAG office premises, on 16th November,2021. Prime Minister also unveiled the statue of SardarVallabhbhai Patel on the occasion. Audit Diwas is being celebrated to mark the historic origins of the institution of CAG and the contribution it has made to the governance, transparency and accountability over the past several years. GS TIMES IAS PRELIMS 2022 CURRENT Read More …
UNESCO Member States declared the first Thursday of November, the International Day against Violence and Bullying at School Including Cyberbullying. The day recognizes that school-related violence in all its forms is an infringement of children and adolescents’ rights to education and to health and well-being. It calls upon Member States, UN partners, other relevant international and regional organizations, as well as civil society, including non-governmental organizations, individuals and other stakeholders to help Read More …
The Bangla version of the book ‘Operation X’ about the naval commando operation jointly launched by the Indian Navy and the Mukti Bahini of Bangladesh was launched in Dhaka on November 8, 2021. The book is written by Capt MNR Samant and Sandeep Unnithan. The book has been compiled from personal notes of Capt MNR Samant and first hand accounts of Indian Naval Personnel and Muktijoddhas who participated in the Read More …
Recently Punjab Police has proposed that the birth anniversary (Gurpurab) of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev be declared as ‘World Pedestrian Day’. The idea behind this move is to spread awareness on road safety for pedestrians by introducing Guru Nanak Dev’s own life as an inspiration, considering that Nanak’s teachings and followers are neither limited to any one country or religion. A written proposal in this regard may be sent Read More …
Damon Galgut-a South African writer, won the prestigious Booker Prize on November 3, 2021 for “The Promise,” a novel about one white family’s reckoning with South Africa’s racist history. Mr. Galgut won the 50,000-pound ($69,000) Booker prize with his story of a troubled Afrikaner family and its broken promise to a Black employee Damon Galgut was previously shortlisted for “The Good Doctor” in 2003 and “In a Strange Room” in Read More …
The National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur on November 2, 2021 commemorated 6th National Ayurveda Day by hosting a two-day event to encourage the Ayurvedic principles of wellness and healing in alignment with the theme, ‘Ayurveda for Poshan’. The Ayurveda Day is being observed every year from 2016, on the day of Dhanwantri Jayanti. The Objective of Ayurveda Day is to focus on strengths of Ayurveda and its unique treatment principles, Read More …
Government of India has constituted a 20-member Empowered Group of Secretaries (EGoS), which will be a monitoring mechanism for the development and implementation of the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan (NMP). The Cabinet Secretary will be its Chairperson. he Empowered Group of Secretaries (EGoS) shall have the following terms of reference: Review and monitor implementation of the Plan to ascertain the logistics efficiency accruing thereof; Adopt framework and norms for undertaking any amendments in the Plan; Coordinate for any changes in the projects already included in the Plan, within the prescribed framework and norms; GS TIMES IAS PRELIMS 2022 CURRENT AFFAIRS BASICS DAILY ONLINE TEST SERIES: HINDI AND Read More …
The Sports Ministry physically handed over trophies to all the winners of last year’s (2020) National Sports Awards during a function on November 1, 2021 at Ashoka Hotel, Delhi. On 29th August 2020, the Sports Ministry handed over a total of 74 National Sports Awards, including 5 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratnas and 27 Arjuna Awards. The ceremony was attended by many awardees, including Rani Rampal, Vinesh Phogat and MariyappanThangavelu, who Read More …
Isha Ambani-daughter of Mukesh Ambani and board member of Reliance Jio Infocomm, Reliance Retail and Reliance Foundation, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the prestigious Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art. Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art is part of the Smithsonian Institution, arguably the world’s largest museum, education and research complex, based in the US. The Smithsonian’s 17-member Board of Regents consists of the Chief Justice Read More …
World Vegan Day is celebrated on November 1 every year by vegans across the world. The day was launched in 1994 by then Chair of The Vegan Society, Louise Wallis, in the United Kingdom, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the organisation. What is Veganism? Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet and an individual who follows the diet Read More …