Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: November 29, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for November 29, 2022
IFFI 2022
– 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) ends in Panaji, Goa
– Golden Peacock Award for Best Film was bagged by the Spanish language film ‘I have Electric Dreams’ directed by Valentina Maurel
– Best Director award was given to Nader Saeivar for Turkish film ‘No End’
– ‘Vahid Mobasheri’ won the ‘Silver Peacock’ award for ‘Best Actor (Male)’ for the film ‘No End’
– Daniela Marin Navarro was given ‘Silver Peacock’ award for the ‘Best Actor (Female)’ for the film ‘I Have Electric Dreams’
– Special Jury Award was conferred on Director ‘Lav Diaz’ the film ‘When the Waves are Gone’
– Iranian film “Nargesi” directed by Payam Eskandar bagged the ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal
– ‘Best Debut Feature Film of a Director’ was given to ‘Asimina Proedrou’ for the Greek film ‘Behind the Haystacks’
NEW ENVOYS
– Md. Mustafizur Rahman, High Commissioner of Bangladesh
– Ibrahim Shaheeb, High Commissioner of Maldives
– Abdulnasser Jamal Hussain Mohammed Alshaali, Ambassador of United Arab Emirates
– Juris Bone, Ambassador of Latvia
– Suzuki Hiroshi, Ambassador of Japan
INDIA
– Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar presents Shilp Guru and National Awards to master craftspersons in Delhi
– Right to freedom of religion not fundamental right to convert: Centre to SC
– Defence Minister Rajnath Singh holds 4th India-France Annual Defence Dialogue with Minister of Armed Forces of France Sebastien Lecornu in New Delhi
– India & Malaysia holding military Exercise “Harimau Shakti -2022” in Malaysia from Nov 29 to Dec 12
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Govt. allows ED (Enforcement Directorate) to share information about economic offenders with 15 more agencies, including SFIO, CCI and NIA
– Power Ministry launches schemes to procure 4,500 MW electricity supply for 5 years under SHAKTI (Scheme for Harnessing and Allocating Koyala Transparently in India) policy
– S&P Global Ratings cuts India’s economic growth forecast to 7% for FY23
WORLD
– WHO renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racism, discrimination concerns
SPORTS
– Tennis: Canada wins Davis Cup title by defeating Australia 2-0 in final played at Malaga, Span
– Former athlete P T Usha becomes first woman president of IOA (Indian Olympic Association)
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