Current Affairs - November 23, 2021 Current Affairs

The Union Minister of Textiles Piyush Goyal announced that the Ministry of Textiles has decided to set up a Handloom Village at Moirang of Manipur.

INS Visakhapatnam, a P15B stealth guided-missile destroyer has been commissioned into the Indian Navy at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai. This is the first of the four 'Visakhapatnam' class destroyers. INS Visakhapatnam is a P15B stealth-guided missile destroyer. It is indigenously designed by the Indian Navy's in-house organisation Directorate of Naval Design and constructed by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai.

Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Parshottam Rupala inaugurated India's first-of-its-kind, dedicated fisheries business incubator known as LINAC- NCDC Fisheries Business Incubation Centre (LlFlC) in Gurugram.

The Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani is all set to release her debut novel "Lal Salaam: Ek Novel".

State Bank of India has signed a strategic agreement with Jamshedpur Football Club, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Steel, to promote and support football in India.

Lewis Hamilton(Mercedes-Great Britain), has won the 2021 F1 Qatar Grand Prix held.

Jyothi Surekha Vennam won gold in the Women's individual compound event at the 2021 Asian Archery Championships held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Olympic medalist and boxer Padma Vibhushan MC Mary Kom was announced as the brand ambassador of TRIFED Aadi Mahotsav.

The Indian archers bagged seven medals at the competition to occupy second place in the medal table. This included one gold, four silver and two bronze medals.

Renowned Punjabi folk singer Gurmeet Bawa has passed away following a prolonged illness. She was 77.

The Ganga Expressway, an ambitious project of the Uttar Pradesh government, connecting Meerut to Prayagraj district has got environmental clearance.

This year during the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (November 18-24), the 'Go Blue' campaign aims to raise awareness on AMR.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has appointed Geoff Allardice as the permanent CEO of the International Cricket governing body.

The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal has announced the expansion of the North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR) in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh by developing new infrastructure within the campus.

The Sadar Bazar police station in Delhi has been ranked as the best police station in India for the year 2021 by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Novelist Beryl Thanga has received the 12th Manipur State Award for Literature 2020 for his book - E Amadi Adungegi Ithat.

India's Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) project facility is to come up in Maharashtra.

The Tripura Education Department has launched the 'Mother on Campus' initiative, to improve the academic performance of students.

Union Minister of Heavy Industries Mahendra Nath Pandey inaugurated the first air pollution control tower of the state of Uttar Pradesh in Noida.

Indian badminton legend Prakash Padukone has been selected for the prestigious 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Badminton World Federation Council.