Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: November 21, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for November 21, 2022
IFFI
– 9-day long International Film Festival of India (IFFI) inaugurated at Panaji in Goa
– IFFI Indian Film Personality of the Year Award for 2022 awarded to actor-producer Chiranjeevi Konidela
– Spanish film Director Carlos Saura awarded Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement award
INDIA
– Assam: Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurates Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine in Silchar
– 2021 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development presented to Pratham, an NGO functioning in the field of education
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Online payments firm Razorpay wins Startup of the Year award at Economic Times Startup Awards
WORLD
– COP27 (27th UN Conference of Parties) at Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt agrees to establish special Loss and Damage Fund for assisting developing countries vulnerable to adverse effects of climate change
– India takes over as Chair of Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) for 2022-23
– Africa Industrialization Day celebrated on Nov 20
– World Children’s Day celebrated on Nov 20; theme: ‘Inclusion, For Every Child’
– World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims observed on Nov 20
– Norway announces 220 million Kroner donation for humanitarian work in Afghanistan
SPORTS
– 2022 FIFA World Cup: Ecuador beat hosts Qatar 2-0 in opening game at Doha
– Red Bull driver Max Verstappen wins Abu Dhabi Grand Prix; the final race of 2022 Formula One World Season
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