Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: November 21, 2021

November 21, 2021

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for November 21, 2021

2021 SWACHH SURVEKSHAN AWARDS

– The 2021 Swachh Survekshan Awards, the annual cleanliness ranking of cities and states by the Union Housing & Urban Affairs Ministry, announced by President

– Among cities with population above 1 lakh, Indore was ranked the cleanest city for the fifth consecutive year

– Among cities with population less than 1 lakh, Vita in Sangli district of Maharashtra was the cleanest

– Varanasi was the “cleanest Ganga town”

– In the category of States with more than 100 urban local bodies, the cleanest State honour was won by Chhattisgarh

– In the category of States with less than 100 urban local bodies, Jharkhand was judged the cleanest State

INDIA

– Service providers can now check vaccination status of an individual on CoWIN portal with consent

– PM attends 56th Conference of Director Generals of Police (DGPs) and Inspector Generals of Police (IGPs) at Police Headquarters in Lucknow (UP)

– PM Modi hands over indigenous systems to armed forces at the ‘Rashtra Raksha Samarpan Parv’ in Jhansi (UP)

– Tribal Affairs Ministry, CBSE jointly launch online certificate course on Experiential Learning for 21st Century for EMRS and CBSE teachers

– AYUSH Minister Sarbananda Sonowal announces expansion of North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR) at Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh

– Sadar Bazar Police Station of North Delhi ranked country’s best-performing police station

– Ashwini Kumar Choubey inaugurates FCI laboratory for in house testing of food grain samples in Gurugram

– International Film Festival of India: Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement awards conferred

– 52nd International Film Festival of India: Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement awards conferred on Hollywood filmmaker Martin Scorsese and Hungarian Filmmaker Istvan Szabo