Current Affairs - November 22, 2020 Current Affairs

The Government of India, the Government of Meghalaya and the World Bank signed a $120 million project to improve and modernize the transport sector of state of Meghalaya.

Vinisha Umashankar has won the prestigious Children's Climate Prize for designing a mobile ironing cart using solar panels to power a steam iron box rather than conventional charcoal.

ICICI Bank is the first in the industry to introduce a fully digital, cardless EMI facility at retail stores. ICICI Bank has tied up with Pine Labs to offer this facility across pan-India outlets of leading retailers

MasterCard and USAID have collaborated under Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (W-GDP) to launch 'Project Kirana' in India, to help women entrepreneurs grow and thrive.

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal will be conferred with the Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is being conferred to the union education minister for poetry and other literary works.

Investment bank Barclays stated that India's GDP may shrink to 6.4 per cent in 2020-21 amid the Covid-19 pandemic as against a six per cent contraction estimated earlier.

The theme of the Summit is - "Realizing the opportunities of 21st Century for all". PM Narendra Modi will be attending the 15th G-20 summit at the invitation of the king of Saudi Arabia.

The United Nations World Television Day is annually observed around the world on November 21. The day recognizes that television plays a major role in presenting different issue that affect people.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has launched a portal for defence land management system (LMS) that is expected to bring greater transparency, efficiency and speed in dealing with land management matters. LMS has been developed by the Department of Defence (DOD).

The Government of India, NCRTC and NDB signed a loan agreement for lending USD 500 million for the 'Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System Project'. NCRTC has geared up construction activities on India's first Regional Rail between Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut. The RRTS will have a total length of 82.15 km.

The Africa Union Commission hosting the 2020 Africa Industrialization Week celebrations (#AIW2020) on 16-20 November 2020, under the theme "Inclusive and sustainable industrialization in the AfCFTA and COVID-19 era".

Bish Agrawal, chairman of Accord Group India has been awarded with the AESC Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. He is the first Asian who received this recognition in AESC history.

To provide complete range of health care services for people living in remote and inaccessible areas of Himachal Pradesh, the state government flagged off Medical Mobile Unit Jeevan Dhara, from the Ridge in Shimla.

Douglas Stuart has won the Booker Prize 2020 for Shuggie Bain novel, His debut novel about a boy in 1980s Glasgow trying to support his mother as she struggles with addiction and poverty.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is theauthor of the novel The Last Queen. HarperCollins Publishers India will be publishing a new novel by beloved, bestselling writer, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Law and Justice released a "My Stamp on Chhath Puja". My Stamp is an innovative concept initiated by Department of Posts.

Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri launched 'Safaimitra Suraksha Challenge.A move that aims to mechanize all sewer and septic tank cleaning operations by April 30 next year.

Rajasthan state is observing the Child Rights Week till 20 November. On this occasion Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot inaugurated the "Vatsalya Yojana" and "Samarth Yojana" for orphan and destitute children

Dr. Adam Yao Liu was declared the winner of Export-Import Bank of India's (India Exim Bank's) BRICS Economic Research Award 2020. The Award comprises prize money 1.5 million a medal and a citation.

To strengthening job portal, Rozgaar Bazaar, the Delhi government has signed a MOU with UNICEF's YuWaah programme. The partnership will focus on employment opportunities for the youth.