Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (Nov 08th to 14th Nov 2022)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of Nov 08th to 14th Nov 2022. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2022 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

• World Radiography Day 2022 is observed on the 8th of November 2022.
• Guru Nanak Dev’s Birthday in 2022 is observed on the 8th of November 2022.
• National Legal Services Day 2022 is observed on the 9th of November 2022.
• Every year, the International Week of Science and Peace is commemorated from November 9 to November 14.
• World Science Day for Peace and Development 2022 is observed on the 10th of November 2022 & the theme is “Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development”.
• National Education Day 2022 is observed on the 11th of November 2022.
• World Pneumonia Day 2022 is observed on the 12th of November 2022& the theme is “Pneumonia affects Everyone”.
• World Kindness Day 2022 is observed on the 13th of November 2022.
• Children’s Day in India is observed on the 14th of November 2022.
• World Diabetes Day 2022 is observed on the 14th of November 2022.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

• Giriraj Singh, Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj launched the booklet ‘Agenda for Members of Panchayati Raj Institutions for Rural Development.’
• The Ministry of Education declared that this year, India will commemorate ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas’in schools and higher education institutes on November 15, 2022.
• The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) introduced the brand-new AI/ML chatbot Aadhaar Mitra to help citizens use the services.
• The 15th edition of Kerala’s Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference, held in Kochi, has come to an end.
• The Supreme Court (SC) affirmed the 10% reservation for economically disadvantaged people (EWS) among advanced castes in government employment and colleges across India.
• India’s logo, theme, and website for the G20 presidency have been presented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and they represent the nation’s message and overriding priorities to the rest of the globe.
• The 18th International Telemedicine Conference is being hosted by the Kerala Chapter of the Telemedicine Society of India (TSI) and Amrita Hospital in Kochi.
• The 42nd International Congress of the Indian National Cartographic Association (INCA) was opened in Dehradun by Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh (Retd.), the governor of Uttarakhand.
• Prime Minister Gati Shakti Multimodal Waterways Summit will be launched by Union Minister SarbanandaSonowal in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, at the Deendayal HastkalaSankul (Trade Centre and Museum), the PM Gati Shakti Multimodal Waterways Summit will take place.
• The Minister of Science and Technology, Shri Jitendra Singh, presented India’s first National Repository for Life Science Data.
• Under phase II of the second edition of the Atal New India Challenge, the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, has issued challenges focused on women (ANIC).
• At Bengaluru’s KrantiveeraSangolli Railway station, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi signalled the departure of the first Vande Bharat Express Train on the Mysuru-Chennai route.
• The Jammu and Kashmir Rural Livelihoods Mission’s (JKRLM) UMEED Scheme supports rural women’s aspirations in the Union Territory to achieve economic independence.
• A nationwide campaign has been launched by the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension, Government of India, to promote digital life certificates for Central Government Pensioners.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released the 2022 edition of the State of Food and Agriculture,(SOFA) which oversees in agrifood system to contribute to reaching Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• The World Trade Organization (WTO) is set to deepen its presence at the UN Climate Change COP 27 in Egypt with Director General Ngozi Okonjo Iweala participating, including the launch of WTO’s 2022 World Trade Report on ‘Climate Change and International Trade.’
• The European Commissionhas authorized the world’s first one-dose drug against a respiratory virus that sickens millions of babies and children globally every year.
• The Netherlands has emerged as the top destination for India’s petroleum product exports such as petrol and diesel in the first half of the current fiscal year (FY22).
• According to data from energy cargo tracker Vortexa, Russia has become India’s top oil supplier in October 2022, surpassing traditional sellers Saudi Arabia and
• A Swiss-American multinational Pharmaceutical giant Novartis has signed a licensing agreement increasing access to vital leukaemia treatment, marking the first-ever such agreement for a cancer drug.
• Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton was officially declared an honorary citizen of Brazil in a ceremony at the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS

• Aibawk cluster in the Aizawl district of Mizoram has become the first cluster to be completed under the Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission (SPMRM).
• Kerala becomes the first state in India to launch a uniform gold price based on the bank rate.
• AdaniConneX, a joint venture between Adani Enterprises and EdgeConneX, has announced the opening of the ‘Chennai 1’ hyperscale data centre campus located at Sipcot IT Park in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
• Hyderabad growing green space city hosts India’s largest Miyawaki forest
• A two-day enthralling and opulent dance drama Titled ‘Yugpurush Raja Rammohun Roy’, based on the life of Raja Rammohun Roy, who is called the father of modern Indian society,concluded.
• The Government of Kerala has launched a Technology Transfer Scheme to reimburse the expense incurred by the new startup ventures to procure technology licenses from government research institutions in India to commercialize and scale up their products.
• The world’s first Vedic Clock will be installed in Ujjain the city of Lord Malakal, Madhya Pradesh.
• The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Goa formally launched a state-sponsored pilgrimage scheme for people announced before the Assembly polls held in February 2022.
• Nagaland hosted the first edition of the TokhüEmong Bird Count (TEBC) from November 4 to 7, 2022, afour-day documentation event to list birds in Nagaland.
• The Rajasthan government has launched its first Handicraft Policy 2022 to boost investment in the cultural heritage of Rajasthan.
• Haryana Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (HRIDC), a joint venture of the Haryana government (51%) and the Ministry of Railway (MOR) (49%) signed an agreement with the Railway Energy Management Company Limited (REMCL) for the development of renewable energy projects in
• The 11th edition of India Stonemart 2022 will be held from November 10 to 13 at the Jaipur Exhibition and Convention Center (JECC) in Sitapura Industrial Area, Jaipur, Rajasthan.
• The Jharkhand Cabinet has approved four ambitious schemes to promote education and skill development of students and

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING & FINANCE

• MUFG Bank has partnered with M1xchange to facilitate digital invoice financing for the bank’s clients.
• C2FO, a global on-demand working capital platform, announced that its India arm C2FO Factoring Solutions Private Limited has got in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India to set up and operate Trade Receivable Discounting Systems (TReDS) platform in India.
• Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) came out with fresh guidelines to standardise the usage of rating scales used by Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs).
• The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) convened a special off-cycle meeting to discuss and draft the content of the report that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has to send to the government for missing the inflation target.
• Private equity major Bain Capital sold nearly 16.7 million shares, equalling a 0.5% stake in private sector lender Axis Bank.
• Multilateral funding agency Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a USD 350 million (about Rs 2,900 crore) loan to improve the road connectivity of key economic areas in
• HDFC Mutual Fund has launched two new exchange-traded funds – HDFC Nifty IT ETF and HDFC Nifty Private Bank ETF to expand their suite of “HDFC MF Index Solutions”, which the fund house has been managing for the past 20 years.
• United Arab Emirates-based bank Emirates NBD announced an additional USD 100 millioninvestment in its India operations and added two more branches in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and Gurugram, Haryana
• Max Life Insurance Company Ltd. has announced a life insurance product distribution tie-up with Tacterial Consulting Private Limited (Ditto). 
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted ftcash, a startupin Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) lending, a license to set up a non-banking financial company (NBFC). 
• The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) announced a collaboration and strategic investment partnership for mobilizing up to $1 billion for the financing of green energy transition and renewable energy projects, in both the public and private sectors.
• The government body for energy efficiency Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) for Micro Small & Medium Enterprise (MSMEs).
• According to data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI), Maharashtra, New Delhi, and Goa have the highest mutual fund (MF) penetration in India, due to high-income levels, better literacy rates, and high inflows from corporates and net worth individuals. (HNIs).
• The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) an initiative by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Indian Banks Association (IBA), has announced the launch of the BHIM App open-source license model.
• The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited (NIIFL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) to promote and enhance Japanese investments in India.
• According to data shared by SCORES, the markets regulator  Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) received an average of 3,011 complaints every month so far in the financial year 2022-23 (FY23).
• General Insurance company ICICI Lombard has launched 14 new Insurance solutions across Health, Motor, and Corporate segments.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

• Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has increased its shareholding in Voltasby buying an additional 2% stake.
• Adani Power Ltd has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to sell its 100 percent equity stake in its wholly-owned subsidiary Support Properties Private Ltd (SPPL) to AdaniConnexPrivate  Ltd (ACX),” at an enterprise value of Rs 1,556.5 crore.
• The Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India (SUUTI), under the Central Government, will sell up to 1.55% stake or 4.65 crore shares in Axis Bank via an offer for sale (OFS).

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS

• According to Morgan Stanley, India is on track to become the world’s third-largest economy by 2027, surpassing Japan and Germany, and to have the third-largest stock market by 2030, thanks to global trends and important investments in technology and energy.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), has been appointed Non-Executive Chairman on the Boards of four Public Sector Banks Canara Bank, Punjab National Bank (PNB), Union Bank of India, and Punjab & Sind Bank (PSB) respectively.
• Vijay Srirangam has been appointed as a part-time Non-Official Director as well as Non-Executive Chairman of Canara Bank for three years.
• K G Ananthakrishnanhas been appointed as part-time Non-Official Director as well as Non-Executive Chairman of PNB for a term of three years.
• Srinivasan Varadarajan has been appointed as part-time Non-Official Director as well as Non-Executive Chairman of Union Bank of India for a term of three years
• The Centre has also appointed Charan Singh as a part-time Non-Official Director as well as Non-Executive Chairman of Punjab & Sind Bank for a term of two years.
• Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) had appointed Mr. KV Kamath, a veteran banker as an independent director on its board for five years.
• Senior bureaucrat Mr. Vivek Joshi took charge as the Secretary of the Department of Financial Services (DFS) under the Ministry of Finance.
• BYJU’S, the world’s leading education technology company, has appointed football star and global sports icon Lionel Messi as the first global brand ambassador of its social impact arm, Education For All. 
• Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Mohammad Tayyab Ikram of Pakistan was elected as the new president of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), for two years
• Skechers South Asia Pvt. Ltd, a subsidiary of Skechers United States of America (USA), has appointed Bollywood actress Kriti Sanon as the new brand ambassador for Skechers India. 
• The Ministry of Culture India has appointed Kishor Basa as the chairman of the National Monuments Authority (NMA) for three years.
• Technology services company Zensar Technologies Ltd has appointed Anant Goenka, son of RPG Group chairman Harsh Goenka, as interim managing director (MD) of the software & services company.
• The Central Government appointed Shri Justice Rituraj Awasthi, Retired High Court Chief Justice of Karnataka as Chairperson of the 22nd Law Commission of India along with five members for the
• All India Rubber Industries Association (AIRIA) has elected Mr. Ramesh Kejriwal of India Oil Seals and Synthetic Products, Kolkata, as its new president for the year 2022-23.
• Justice Shri Dhananjaya Yashwant Chandrachudtook oath as the 50th Chief Justice of India (CJI) after over 6 years as a judge of the Supreme Court.
• GSMA (Global System for MobileAssociation), a global organization covering mobile ecosystems across countries, has elected Gopal Vittal, chief executive of Bharti Airtel Group, as deputy chair of the association’s board of directors for a two-year term, beginning 1 January 2023 through 31 December 2024.
• Adidas AG appointed former Puma Societas Europaea chief executive officer (CEO) Mr. Bjorn Gulden as its next CEO effective Jan.1, 2023.
• Switzerland Tourism has appointed Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra as its ‘Friendship Ambassador’ to showcase and promote locations in the country to Indian travellers.
• Indian American Aruna Miller become the first immigrant to hold the office of Lieutenant Governor In Maryland after winning the United States midterm elections.
• Chemical engineering and food processing technology expert and leading scientist C Anandharamakrishnanhas taken over as Director of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) based in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS

• SmtDroupadiMurmu, President of India, gave the National Florence Nightingale Awards (NFNA) for the year 2021 to nursing workers at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
• Subhash Babu, a well-known Indian doctor, and scientist have been honoured with the Bailey K. Ashford Medal and the Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (FASTMH) awards for 2022.
• Arfa Khanum Sherwani, the senior editor of The Wire, has been given the renowned Kuldip NayarPatrakarita Samman for 2022, according to the Gandhi Peace Foundation.
• The 31st and 32nd Bihari Puraskars were given to renowned authors Madhu Kankariya and Dr. Madhav Hada, respectively.
• To aid in the development of efficient governance frameworks for the DAY-NRLM, the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and Veddis Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission is referred to as DAY-NRLM.
• A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIFL) and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has been signed to advance and strengthen Japanese investment in India.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: DEFENCE NEWS

• The 11th edition of the annual Joint Military Training (JMT) between the Indian Air Force (lAF) and the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) commenced at Air Force Station, Kalaikunda, West Bengal (WB).
• The Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) has launched the Hull Module of the Submersible Platform for Acoustic Characterization & Evaluation (SPACE) facility at Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) Kochi, Kerala.
• India is participating in 26th International Malabar Naval Exercise in Yokosuka of Japan.
• Indian Army has launched a single window facility – VeeranganaSewa Kendra (VSK) for the welfare and grievances redressal of Veer Naris.
• The report titled The World’s Biggest Employers’ (2022 or latest available) conducted by Statista has revealed that the Indian Ministry of Defence is the world’s largest employer, with a total of 2.92 million members who work under it.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOUS AND AGREEMENT

• The Indian Army joined with Tata Powers to build 16 EV charging stations as part of its “Go Green Initiative.”
• A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for MSMEs has been struck between the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and the government agency for energy efficiency, the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), under the Ministry of Power.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: RANKING AND REPORTS

• According to a report from the World Meteorological Organization, the global mean temperature in 2022 is predicted to be 1.15 degrees Celsius higher than the pre-industrial average (1850–1900).
• Reliance Industries, the nation’s largest firm by revenues, profitability, and market value is India’s top employer and the 20th best company to work for internationally, according to Forbes’ World’s Finest Employers rankings 2022.
• The annual “Asia’s Power Businesswomen” list, which includes 20 women from the Asia-Pacific area, has been released by Forbes Asia.
• According to the QS Asia University Rankings 2023, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay offers the greatest education in Southern Asia, with IIT Delhi coming in second.
• The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) is one of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s yearly flagship reports (FAO).
• Glaciers at numerous UNESCO World Heritage sites, including Yellowstone and Kilimanjaro National Park, would certainly vanish by 2050, the UN organization warned, urging countries to act quickly to safeguard the rest.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, a towering, three-pronged vehicle that is the most powerful operational rocket in the world, was launched into space for the first time since 2019.
• Google Cloud announced a collaboration with Pune MahanagarParivahanMahamandal Ltd (PMPML), the public transport bus service provider for the twin cities of Pune & Pimpri Chinchwad and Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) region, Maharashtra.
• American technology giant Google has launched FloodHub, a platform that displays flood forecasts.
• Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched a new satellite-carrying rocket, called a Ghaem-100 satellite carrier, seeking to demonstrate the force’s space prowess even as anti-government protests rage across the country.
• The India Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully conducted a hot test of the Agnilet – single piece, fully 3d printed, 2nd stage semi cryo rocket engine developed by Agnikul Cosmos Private Limited, an aerospace startup.
• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted the hot test of the CE20 cryogenic engine indigenously developed for Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3) or GSLV-Mk3 at an uprated thrust level of 21.8 tonnes for the first time.
• The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced the launch of its next mission Psyche on October 10, 2023, to reveal more about a massive golden asteroid between Mars and Jupiter.
• Agnikul Cosmos, a space technology startup based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu received its first flight termination system (FTS) from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), with the support of the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (IN-SPACe).

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BOOKS AND AUTHOR

• Rajiv Chandrashekhar, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, published two volumes on the accomplishments and legacy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Dubai.
• “Winning the Inner Battle,” a new book Shane Watson wrote “Bringing the best version of you to cricket.”
• Nirmala James, a retired schoolteacher, has written a new book named “E. K. “EdavalathKakkat Janaki Ammal: Life and Scientific Contributions,” a documentary on the life and amazing achievements of EdavalathKakkat Janaki Ammal (E. K. Janaki Ammal), India’s first woman botanist.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS

• The Indian men’s team, led by the experienced Saurav Ghosal, won their first-ever gold medal at the Asian Squash Team Championships with a 2-0 victory over Kuwait in the final.
• Nida Dar and Virat Kohli have been announced as the ICC Player of the Month winners for October 2022
• Suryakumar Yadav, a star Indian batsman, is the first Indian player to reach 1,000 runs in a calendar year in a T20 international competition.
• Shivnarine Chanderpaul of the West Indies, Charlotte Edwards of the England Women’s team, and Abdul Qadir of Pakistan were elected as the 107th, 108th, and 109th members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame, respectively
• At the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships in Tokyo, Pramod Bhagat and Manisha Ramadass won gold medals in the singles competition.
• Holger Rune, a 19-year-old Danish player, overcame six-time winner Novak Djokovic to win the 2022 Masters Men’s Singles title in Paris.
• The IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship will take place in India in 2023.
• Virat Kohli, the great cricketer for India, made history by becoming the first player to score 4,000 runs in T20 Internationals.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: OBITUARIES

• Shyam Saran Negi, the first voter of independent India passed away at the age of 106 at his native place in Kinnaur.
• An icon in the Tropicalia and Brazilian singer, Gal Costa has passed away at the age of 77.

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