Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: November 12, 2021
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for November 12, 2021
INDIA
– Idol of Goddess Annapurna returned to UP; was stolen from Kashi Vishwanath temple and smuggled to Canada over 100 years ago
– Hardeep Singh Puri unveils statue of Maharani Lakshmi Bai at the Maharani Lakshmi Bai college for Women in Hisar, Haryana
– Regional Conference on Strengthening the State Institutions of Public Administration being held in Lucknow on Nov 11-12
– 51st Conference of Governors and Lieutenant Governors held at Rashtrapati Bhavan
– Health Ministry issues new guidelines for international arrivals
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– India looking at reciprocal and equitable access to foreign markets through free trade agreements (FTAs): Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal
– India highlights the need to focus on the emissions related to two and three wheelers alongside other vehicles as part of a zero emissions target at the COP26 summit in Glasgow
– Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia launches online platform through which aviation regulator DGCA will provide its 298 services including pilot licensing and medical examination
– Decks cleared for the launch of silver exchange traded funds (ETFs) as SEBI notifies norms
– Sun Pharma to launch Merck’s Covid pill under brand name ‘Molxvir’ in India
WORLD
– Frederik Willem de Klerk, South Africa’s last white President who negotiated the end of apartheid with Nelson Mandela, dies at 85 in Cape Town
– Sweden: PM Stefan Lofven resigns after stepping down as leader of the Social Democrats
SPORTS
– India’s Nethra Kumanan wins gold in laser radial section of Gran Canaria sailing championships
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2021