Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: November 12, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for November 12, 2022
INDIA
– PM flags off south India’s first Vande Bharat Express from Bengaluru; connects Mysuru and Chennai via Bengaluru
– PM flags off ‘Bharat Gaurav Kashi Darshan’ train from Bengaluru covering Varanasi, Ayodhya and Prayagraj
– PM inaugurates Terminal 2 of Kempegowda International Airport at Bengaluru
– PM unveils 108-feet-long bronze statue of Sri Nadaprabhu Kempegowda in Bengaluru
– President Droupadi Murmu launches various education related projects in Bhubaneswar
– National Education Day celebrated on Nov 11, theme: “Changing Course, Transforming Education”
– Jharkhand assembly passes bill to raise reservations for categories to 77%
– SC orders release of 6 convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case; was assassinated on May 21, 1991 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu
– TV actor Siddhaanth Surryavanshi, who starred in ‘Kkusum’ and ‘Kasautii Zindagii Kay’, dies at 46
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister R. K. Singh launches Green Energy Open Access Portal
– PM Gati Shakti Multimodal Waterways Summit 2022 being held in Varanasi on Nov 11-12
– 9th Ministerial meeting of the India-US Economic and Financial Partnership held in New Delhi
– India’s foreign exchange reserves decline USD 1.087 billion to USD 529.994 billion for the week ended November 4
– US Department of Treasury removes India from its Currency Monitoring List
– Moody’s slashes India’s GDP growth forecast for 2022 by 0.7% to 7%
– Industrial production grows 3.1% in September
WORLD
– Russia claims all troops withdrawn from Ukraine’s southern Kherson region
– Maldives: 7 Indians among 10 killed in fire in capital Male: Indian High Commission
SPORTS
– Asian Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan: 4 Indian women win gold — Lovlina Borgohain (75kg), Parveen Hooda (63kg), Saweety Boora (81kg) and Alfiya Pathan (+81kg)
Month: Current Affairs – November, 2022