Today’s top News – 24 November 2022

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1. India carried out a successful training launch of an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile, Agni-3 from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha on Wednesday.

2. The Centre has deployed high-level teams to Ranchi, Ahmedabad and Malappuram amid an increase in the number of measles cases among children there. The Health Ministry said the teams will assist the state health authorities in investigating the outbreak.

3. Pre-launch celebration of International Year of Millets to be held in New Delhi on Thursday

4. Cuttack Baliyatra has made it into the Guinness World Record after achieving the feat of making 22,000 paper boats in 35 minutes. During the Baliyatra festival, more than 2,100 students from 22 schools made paper boats and created a world record at an event organized at Barabati Stadium by the district administration and Cuttack Municipal Corporation.

5. Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Ministry on Wednesday announced the National Gopal Ratna Awards 2022. The awards will be given to the winners on 26th of this month which will be celebrated as National Milk Day.

6. Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated the Entrepreneurship Cell and Centre of Innovation, COI, at the Delhi campus of the Centre for Development of Telematics, C-DOT.

7. Union Minister of State for Education Dr Subhas Sarkar addresses 33rd Foundation Day Celebrations of National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) .

8. Karnataka government set up an elephant task force to check the menace caused by the wild animal in the state. The Deputy Conservator of Forests will head the task force and it’ll be set up in Hassan, Chikkamagaluru, Mysuru and Kodagu districts.

9. J&K: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurates Annual Youth Festival ‘Sonzal-2022’at University of Kashmir in Srinagar.

10. In Rajasthan Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur says central government will soon bring a law to regulate digital media.

11. Rasna founder Areez Pirojshaw Khambatta passes away. He was 85 years.

12. President Droupadi Murmu has expressed her condolences on the demise of Ex-Minister of Odisha Golak Bihari Naik.

CRIME REPORT

1. Former Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma on Wednesday said Assam Police personnel had committed “genocide” by “killing unarmed villagers” in the recent border clash between Assam and Meghalaya.

2. India’s premier medical institute AIIMS in Delhi has been hit by what is suspected to be a major cyberattack. Central cyber agencies along with other intelligence units have rushed to the institute.

3. A 28-year-old man has been arrested from Mumbai’s Andheri, almost two months after he allegedly cheated actor Annu Kapoor of ₹4.36 lakh under the pretext of updating his bank KYC details.

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1. The seventh edition of the Handbook of Statistics on Indian States 2021-22 is released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Which seeks to provide comprehensive data about the regional economies of India

2. Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) has bagged the national award from Pension Fund regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) for significant enrolment under Atal Pension Yojana (APY).

3. Airtel Payments Bank introduces a new option, Face authentication-based electronic KYC. Previously a user had to link his Aadhaar card to his account before completing OTP verification or biometric fingerprint authentication.

4. CRISIL has revised its forecast for India’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth to 7 per cent for the current fiscal (2022-23) from 7.3 per cent estimated previously. The credit rating agency said this is primarily because the slowdown in global growth has started to impact India’s exports and industrial activity.

5. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) equity inflows into India contracted by 14% to $26.9 billion during April-September this fiscal, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) data showed.

ENTERTAINMENT

1. UNICEF and National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) have joined hands to promote films with a child rights perspective at the 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa.

2. Veteran TV and film actor Vikram Gokhale passed away at the age of 82 late Wednesday. Gokhale had been admitted to the ICU of a hospital in Pune after his health deteriorated. He was 82 years.

3. Drishyam 2, which hit the screens last Friday, has been performing exceptionally well at the box office.

DEFENCE

1. Garuda Shakti, Indian Special Forces troops is currently engaged in a bilateral joint training exercise Garuda Shakti with Indonesian Special Forces. It is the eighth edition of the series of bilateral exercises, which is being held at Sangga Buana Training Area, Karawang, commenced on November 21.

2. Indian Air Force (IAF) has expanded its vehicle fleet with the addition of 12 Tata Nexon EVs.

Indian Air Force is planning to enhance the usage of electric vehicles in a progressive manner by procuring e-vehicles against downgraded conventional vehicles. Augmentation of the e-vehicles ecosystem, including installation of charging infrastructure at various Air Force bases, is also planned.

3. Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla and Chairman of Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) Dr Samir V Kamat on Wednesday released Compendium of Low Intensity Conflict Products developed by DRDO.

4. Three days apex-level regional strategic dialogue of the Indian Navy, the Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue 2022 began in New Delhi on 23 Nov.

A prosperous Indo-Pacific hinges on a peaceful maritime domain, and the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI) holds immense potential for synchronising and synergising the collective efforts towards achieving it, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar said.

5. The single squadron of Mi-35 attack helicopters in the Indian Air Force (IAF) are undergoing a complete overhaul in Russia which will extend these helicopter lifespan by six years keeping them in service beyond this decade.

Expanding its fleet of attack helicopters, Indian Air Force (IAF) had inducted the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCH) Prachand in October with the first squadron, 143 Helicopter Unit ‘Dhanush’, based at Jodhpur. Eventually, the Army is looking for another 95 LCH and the IAF another 65 of them and the induction is likely spread over the next 10-15 years.

6. Zorba, India’s first dog to be deployed for tracking down poachers, has died of old age in Guwahati, Assam. Zorba was involved in anti-poaching operations & helped wildlife officials track down more than 60 poachers in Guwahati.

Zorba retired from service in 2019 and was honoured for his services with a traditional Assamese ‘gamosa’ and a citation on Independence Day this year. He served mostly in the Kaziranga National Park from 2012 till his retirement.

7. Pakistan government on Wednesday confirmed that it had received the summary from the Ministry of Defence with a “panel of names” for the appointment of the new chief of army staff (COAS).

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