Current Affairs - November 12, 2021 Current Affairs

Germany recorded more than 50,000 coronavirus cases in one day on November 11, 2021, for the first time since the pandemic began.

The Reserve Bank of India has launched its first global hackathon named "HARBINGER 2021 - Innovation for Transformation".

Pakistan's Asif Ali and Ireland's Laura Delany have been voted the ICC Players of the Month for October.

National Education Day is observed annually on November 11 to mark the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad since 2008.

BEIJING: Wang Yaping has become the first Chinese woman to conduct a spacewalk as part of a six-month mission to the country's space station. China had launched the Shenzhou-13 spaceship on October 16, sending three astronauts on a six-month mission to the under-construction space station which was expected to be ready by next year.

IBM Corp. launched a client innovation centre in Mysuru with support from the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM).

The Central Government has recently appointed Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar as the next Chief of the Indian Navy.

India ranked 18 out of 30 countries in the 1st edition of the Global Drug Policy Index which was released by the Harm Reduction Consortium in November 2021.

The International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF) has appointed the Spaniard Daniel del Valle as the High Representative for Youth due to his achievements in the thematic area of youth empowerment and youth participation for the United Nations.

The United States has become the 101st member country of the International Solar Alliance.

The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Narendra Modi has approved the declaration of November 15 as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas to commemorate the brave tribal freedom fighters as part of the year-long celebrations of 75 years of India's Independence.

As of November 2021, 48 countries are part of the PPCA.

Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Satya Narayan Pradhan has been appointed as the Director-General of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).

University of Newcastle researchers have identified a new species of frog, which has been named Assa wollumbinsp.nov. It was found in the Wollumbin National Park, Australia.

Hase art is a unique painting style practised by the Devaru community residing in Shivamogga district and Uttara Kannada in Karnataka.

The 52nd edition of the International Film Festival of India will begin in Goa on November 20, 2021.

Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, is among the 49 cities selected worldwide to join the UNESCO creative cities network (UCCN).

Indian batsman KL Rahul moved up three places to be ranked 5th, while skipper Virat Kohli dropped four places to the eighth rank in the latest ICC men's T20I Batting Rankings released on November 10, 2021.

The Government of India has recently given the standard title of the rank of Honorary General of the Indian Army to the Chief of the Nepal Army, Prabhu Ram Sharma.