Monthly Current Affairs November 2022 With Video Lecture [Download PDF]

In today’s Monthly Current Affairs for November 2022, we are going to see the latest national and international current affairs news. These important current affairs will be very helpful for...

Prateek Mattoo
November 30, 2022
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In today’s Monthly Current Affairs for November 2022, we are going to see the latest national and international current affairs news. These important current affairs will be very helpful for your upcoming NDA, CDS, CDS OTA, AFCAT, TA, Agniveer Army, Agniveer Navy, Agniveer Air Force, Women Military Police, INET, MNS, ACC exams, SCO, PCSL, CAPF, and SSB interviews, and direct entries for Army, Navy, and Air Force like SSC Tech, TGC, JAG, NCC, TES, 10+2 Cadet. Download a PDF file about current events at the end of this article.

MONTHLY CURRENT AFFAIRS November 2022

Egyptian President As Chief Guest On Republic Day 2023

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El- Sisi Has Been Invited As The Chief Guest For The Republic Day Parade 2023.
He Is A Former Army Officer Who Was Elected As The President Of Egypt In 2014 And Was Re-elected In 2018.
The Last Foreign Chief Guest Was The Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro In 2020 .
Parakram Diwas Is Celebrated On 23 January To Mark The Birth Anniversary Of Subhash Chandra Bose And 30 January Is The Martyr’s Day To Mark The Assassination Of Gandhi Ji.
The 1^st Chief Guest Of The Republic Day Parade Was The Former President Of Indonesia Sukarno In 1950.
The First Women Chief Guest Was Queen Elizabeth II Of The UK In 1961.
There Were No Foreign Chief Guests In The Years 1952, 1953, 1966, 2021, 2022.
The 1^st Black President Of The United States Barack Obama Was The Chief Guest At The 2015 Republic Day Parade.

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Supreme Court Upholds 10% Reservation For EWS

On November 7, The Supreme Court Validated The 10 % Quota In Colleges And Government Jobs For The EWS (Economically Weaker Sections).
By Amending The Constitution In 2019, The Central Government Had Made A Provision Of 10 % Reservation For The EWS Of The General Category.
A 5- Judge Bench Of The Supreme Court Upheld The Validity Of The 103rd Amendment To The Constitution, 3 Judges (Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, Bela Trivedi, And JB Pardiwala) Upheld The Constitution Amendment Act And Justice S Ravindra Bhat & Chief Justice U U Lalit Disagreed.
In 2019, Article 15 And Article 16 Of The Indian Constitution Were Amended Through The 103rd Constitutional Amendment.
Article 15 (6) And Article 16 (6) Were Inserted In The Constitution Of India, So That The EWS Of The Unreserved Class Could Be Provided The Benefit Of Reservation.

RBI Launches Digital Rupee

The RBI Launches Digital Rupee As A Pilot Project From November 1 & It Has Identified 9 Banks For Participation In The Pilot Launch.
They Are The State Bank Of India, Bank Of Baroda, Union Bank Of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Yes Bank, IDFC First Bank, And HSBC.
A Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Or Digital Rupee Is A Digital Form Of Currency Notes Issued By A Central Bank.
Digital Rupee Is An Electronic Form Of Money, That Can Be Used In Contactless Transactions.
Wholesale (CBDC-W) Is Designed For Restricted Access To Select Financial Institutions Like Banks, Non-banking Financial Companies, Etc .
Retail (CBDC-R): It Would Be Available For All The Users Regarding Transactions.

Gianni Infantino Becomes The FIFA President

Gianni Infantino Is Getting 4 More Years In Charge Of Football’s Governing Body Federation Internationale De Football Association (FIFA).
Infantino 1^st Term Started In 2016 Replacing Sepp Blatter, And Was Re-elected In 2019.
FIFA is An International Governing Body Of Association Football, Beach Football And Futsal.
Founded: 21 May 1904
Headquarters: Zürich, ‎Switzerland‎
Founded: Paris, ‎France
Membership: 211 National Associations

FIFA World Cup 2022

FIFA World Cup 2022will Be Played In Five Cities Of Qatar From November 20 To December 18, 2022 This Year.
28 Teams Have Been Placed In Eight Groups, The Final Will Be Played At The Lusail Stadium On The 18th Of December.
Hosts Qatar Will Take On South American Country Ecuador At The Al Bayt Stadium On The 20th November.
FIFA World Cup:
It Is An International Football Competition Played By The National Teams Of Members Of FIFA & Also It Is The Sport’s Global Governing Body.
Most Successful Team Of The Tournament Is Brazil Which Has Won The Title 5 Times.
The Defending Champions Are The France Team That Won The 2018 Tournament In France.
Lieb As The Official Mascot For The FIFA World Cup 2022.
Lieb Is An Arabic Word, Which Means A Player With Special Qualities And Abilities.
FIFA World Cup 2026 Will Be Hosted For The First Time By 3 Countries Which Include The US, Mexico And Canada.

Russia Becomes India’s Top Oil Supplier In October 2022

Russia Has Emerged As The Top Oil Supplier To India In October By Surpassing Saudi Arabia And Iraq.
Russia Has Supplied 935,556 Barrels Per Day Of Crude Oil To India.
Russia Now Supplies Almost 22% Of India’s Total Crude Imports, Ahead Of Iraq’s 20.5 % And Saudi Arabia’s 16 %.
Background:
Western Countries Imposed Sanctions On Russia Because Of Its Invasion Of Ukraine In February 2022 Leading To A Sharp Increase In International Crude Oil Prices.
India Depends Around 83% Of Its Oil Requirement From Import Had To Pay A High Price For Oil And It Also Increased Inflation In India.
Russia Offered Its Oil To India At Discounted Rates Which India Bought And India Has Now Become The Second Largest Buyer Of Russian Crude Oil After China.
India Is The 3^rd Largest Consumer Of Crude Oil After The United States And China.
India Is The 3^rd Largest Importer Of Crude Oil In The World After China And The United States.

PM Modi Unveils The Logo And Motto Of The India’s G20

PM Narendra Modi Unveiled The Logo, Theme And Website Of India’s G20 Presidency On 8 November 2022.
India Will Take Over The Presidency Of The G20 From Indonesia On 1st December 2022.
G20 Logo Is Inspired From The Vibrant Colours Of India’s National Flag: Saffron, White And Green And Blue.
Planet Earth With The Lotus, India’s National Flower That Reflects Growth Amid Challenges.
The Earth Reflects India’s Pro-planet Approach To Life, One In Perfect Harmony With Nature. “Bharat”, Written In The Devanagari Script Below The G20 Logo.
Theme: “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” Or “One Earth One Family One Future” – Is Drawn From The Ancient Sanskrit Text Of The Maha Upanishad.
It Shows The Value Of All Life, Human, Animal, Plant, And Microorganisms And Their Interconnectedness On The Planet Earth And In The Wider Universe.
Group of 20 or G-20:
It Is A Multilateral Organisation Of 19 Countries And The European Union Was Set Up In 1999.
India Has Been A Member Of The G20 Since Its Inception In 1999.

Natasa Pirc Becomes Slovenia’s 1^st Female President

In Slovenia, Natasa Pirc Musar Has Been Elected The Country’s 1^st Female President After Beating Her Conservative Rival Anze Logar, Former Foreign Minister In The Second Round Of Elections On November 13.
Ms. Pirak Musar Got About 54 Percent Of The Votes, While Logar Got About 46 Percent.
Pirk Musser Will Be The 1^st Woman To Serve As President After Yugoslavia Broke Up And Slovenia Became Independent In 1991.
She Will Replace President Borut Pahor, A Centrist Politician Who Has Already Served 2 Terms As President.
About Slovenia:
Capital – Ljubljana
Currency – Euro
Prime Minister – Robert Golob
Official Language – Slovene

D Y Chandrachud Takes Oath As 50th CJI

Justice D Y Chandrachud Took Oath As The New Chief Justice Of India On November 9, 2022.
President Draupadi Murmu Administered The Oath At Rashtrapati Bhavan & Now Chandrachud Is The 50th Chief Justice Of India.
He Succeeded Justice U U Lalit, Who Retired On November 8, 2022.
Justice Chandrachud, Born On November 11, 1959, Was Appointed A Judge Of The Supreme Court On May 13, 2016.
Justice Chandrachud Was The Chief Justice Of The Allahabad High Court With Effect From October 31, 2013.
Justice Chandrachud Gave Historic Judgments In Matters Relating To Section 377 IPC, Aadhaar, Sabarimal, Medical Termination Of Pregnancy To Unmarried Women.
Justice Chandrachud’s Term Will Last Till November 10, 2024.

PM To Visit Indonesia To Attend The 17th G20 Summit

PM Narendra Modi Will Be On A 3 Day (14-16 November) Visit To Indonesia To Attend The 17^th G20 Summit (15-16 November) In Bali.
Summit Theme: ‘Recover Together, Recover Stronger’.
3 Working Sessions: Food And Energy Security, Health, And Digital Transformation.
Indonesia To Hand Over The G-20 Presidency To India.
India Will Host The Next G20 Summit In September IN 2023.
The G20 Summit Programme Also Includes ALeaders’ Visit To A Mangrove Forest In Bali On The 16th Of This Month.
About G-20 Summit:
The G20 Or Group Of Twenty Is An Intergovernmental Forum Comprising 19 Countries And The European Union.
It Works To Address Major Issues Like Global Economy, Such As International Financial Stability, Climate Change Mitigation, And Sustainable Development.
Founded: 26 September 1999.

G-20 Presidency Handed Over To India

Joko Widodo (Indonesian President ) Formally Handed Over The G-20 Presidency To PM Narendra Modi On 16 November 2022 At 17^th G-20 Summit In Bali.
India Will Officially Assume The G-20 Presidency From 1 December 2022.
The 18th G-20 Leaders’ Summit To Be Held On September 9-10, 2023 In New Delhi.
PM Modi Noted That LiFE (Lifestyle For Environment Campaign) Can Make A Big Contribution & Its Purpose Is To Make Sustainable Lifestyles A Mass Movement.
Theme Of India’s G-20 Chairmanship – ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future.
About G-20:
Group Of 20 Or G-20 Is A Multilateral Organisation Which Was Set Up In 1999.
Member Countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, EU, United Kingdom, And United States.
The 1^st Summit Meeting Of The Leaders Of The G-20 Was Held In 2008 At Washington, US.
Italy Was The President Of The G-20 In 2021.
Indonesia Is The President For 2022.
India Will Be The President In 2023.

COP-27 2022 In Egypt

The 27th Annual UN Meeting On Climate, COP-27 (Conference Of Parties) Will Take Place In Sharm-el-sheikh, Egypt From 6th To 18th November.
Theme: Delivering For People & Planet.
Union Minister Of Environment Bhupendra Yadav Will Lead The Delegation in COP27.
COP-27 Will Focus On 3 Main Areas, Reducing Emissions, Helping Countries To Prepare And Deal With Climate Change And Securing Technical Support And Funding For Developing Countries For Climate Activities.
COP 26 (Conference Of Parties):
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
President: Alok Sharma
Date: 31^st October-13 November 2021
1^st COP: Berlin, Germany-1995

PM Modi Unveiled ‘Statue of Prosperity’

PM Narendra Modi Unveiled A 108 Feet Tall Bronze Statue Of Sri Nadaprabhu Kempegowda In Bengaluru.
The ‘Statue Of Prosperity’ Is Made To Commemorate The Contribution Of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda (The Founder Of Bengaluru).
Nadaprabhu Hiriye Kempe Gowda Is Also Known As Kempe Gowda Was A Chieftain Under The Vijayanagara Empire.
He Was One Of The Most Well- educated Rulers Of All Time.
The Bengaluru Was Fortified By Him In 1537. He Erected Many Kannada Inscriptions In The Region.
The Statue Was Visualize And Sculpted By Ram V Sutar, Who Also Structured The Statue Of Unity.
The ‘Statue Of Prosperity’ Is Made With 98 Tonnes Of Bronze And 120 Tonnes Of Steel.

Sharath Achanta Chosen For Major Dhyan Chand Award

The National Sports Awards 2022 Was Announced by The Union Ministry Of Youth Affairs And Sports Announced On 14 November 2022.
Table Tennis Player Sharath Kamal Achanta Has Been Selected For TheCountry’s Highest Sports Award Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.
The Awardees Will Receive Their Awards From The President Of India At Rashtrapati Bhavan On 30th November, 2022.
Dhyan Chand Award For Lifetime Achievement In Sports And Games 2022: Ashwini Akkunji C (Athletics), Dharamvir Singh (Hockey), B C Suresh (Kabaddi), Nir Bahadur Gurung (Para Athletics).
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award:
The Khel Ratna Is Awarded For Outstanding Performances In Sports For Over A Period Of 4 Years.
It Is The Highest Sporting Award For A Sports Person In India.
It Was Earlier Called As Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna And Its Name Was Changed To Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna In 2021.
The 1^st Sportsperson To Be Awarded Was The Chess Player Vishwanathan Anand.
Abhinav Bindra (Pistol Shooter), Who Won The First-ever Individual Gold Medal For India At The Beijing Olympics 2008, Is The Youngest Sportsperson To Win The Khel Ratna.
The Award Was Started In 1991-92.
Karnam Malleswari Was The 1^st Indian Woman To Receive The Khel Ratna In 1994-95.

India’s 1^st Privately Developed Rocket Launched By ISRO

India’s 1^st Privately Developed Rocket (Vikram- S) Launched From The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) At The Sriharikota.
The Vikram-S Rocket Is Developed By Skyroot Aerospace Private Limited (Hyderabad-based Start-up).
The Vikram-S Rocket Splashed Into The Bay Of Bengal After 5 Minutes Of Launch.
The Mission Was Titled Prarambh.
It is a Sub-orbital Rocket, Single-stage Solid Fuelled, Developed Over 2 Years By Including Advanced Technologies That Include Carbon Composite Structures And 3D Printer Components.
The Vikram-S Rocket Is Equipped With Payload Mass Of 80kg And A Gross Lift-Off Mass Of 545kg.
Skyroot Aerospace Pvt Ltd:
Skyroot Aerospace Private Limited Is An Indian Private Aerospace Manufacturer And Commercial Launch Service Provider.
The Company Was Founded By Former Engineers And Scientists From ISRO.
Headquarter: Hyderabad
Founders: Pawan Kumar Chandana, Naga Bharath Daka
Founded: 12 June 2018

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CV Ananda Bose As Governor Of West Bengal

Mascot Dr CV Ananda Bose Has Been Appointed As The Governor Of West Bengal By President Droupadi Murmu.
Bose Is A 1977 Batch (Retired) IAS Officer Of Kerala Cadre.
He Has Held The Rank Of Secretary To Govt. Of India, Chief Secretary, And University Vice Chancellor.
Since July, Manipur Governor La Ganesan Had Been Holding The Additional Charge Of West Bengal This Year After Jagdeep Dhankhar Was Nominated As The Vice President Candidate.
Jagdeep Dhankhar Had Engaged In Tussles With The Mamata Banerjee Government On Multiple Occasions.

Arun Goel As The Election Commissioner Of India

President Droupadi Murmu Appointed Retired IAS Officer Arun Goel As The Election Commissioner.
He Belongs To Punjab Cadre Of The 1985 Batch, Will Join Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar And Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey In The Panel.
Election Commission of India:
It Was Constituted By The Government Of India On 25 January 1950 Under Article 324 Of The Constitution.
The Body Administers Elections To The Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies, Legislative Councils In India And The Offices Of The President And Vice President In The Country.
Article 324 Gives The President Power To Appoint Members To The Election Commission.
Initially The Election Commission Was A 1 Member Body With The Chief Election Commissioner Post, On 16 October 1989 President Appointed 2 New Members Making It A Multi Member Body For The 1^st Time.
It Was Again A Single Member Body On 1 January 1990 Issued By The President.
It Was Made A Multi Member Body On 1 October 1993 As The President Appointed 2 New Members.
The Election Commission Members Hold Office: Six Years Or Up To 65 Years Of Age (Whichever Is Earlier).
Goel Would Become The Chief Election Commissioner In 2025.
Goel Will Resign From Office In December 2027 On Attaining The Age Of 65 Years.

Russia – The Biggest Supplier Of Fertilizers To India

Russia Becomes The Biggest Supplier Of Fertilizers To India In The 1^st Half Of The 2022-23 Financial Year Replacing China.
The Russians Offered Its Fertilizers To India At A High Discount After The Global Fertilizer Prices Jumped During The Russia-Ukraine War.
Russia’s Share In Indian Imports Was Around 6% In The 2021/22 Financial Year While China Was Around 24%.
India’s Fertilizer Imports From Russia Increased By 371% To A Record 2.15 Million Tonnes In The 1^st 6 Months Of The Year (April- September 2022).
India, Which Is A Major Importer Of Urea, Aims To Become Self-sufficient By 2024.
Russia And Belarus Were A Major Exporter Of Fertilizers In The World

India Bags 25 Golds In 15th Asian Airgun Championships

India At The 15th Asian Airgun Championships In South Korea Won 25 Gold Medals.
Manu Bhaker And Samrat Rana Won The 10-meter Junior Air Pistol Mixed Team Event.
Bhaker And Rana In The Qualification Shot 578 Shots To Finish 2^nd Against Uzbekistan Pair Nigina Saidkulova And Mukhammad Kamalov).
Sangwan And Vijyaveer Sidhu Clinched The Yellow Metal In The Corresponding Senior Event.
Sangwan And Vijyaveer Outshot Kazakhstan Duo Valeriy Rakhimzhan And Irina Yunusmetov.
They Have Topped The Qualification Round With A Score Of 579 With The Kazakhs Finishing 2^nd With 577.

1^st Woman President Of The IOA – PT Usha

PT Usha Will Become The 1^st Woman President Of The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) As She Has Emerged As The Only Candidate In The Election For The Post To Be Held On December 10.
She Has Won 11 Medals In Asian Games And 23 Medals In Asian Championships In Her Career (18 Gold Medals).
PT Usha Has Won The Asian Games Gold Medal.
In The 1984 Olympics, She Finished 4^th In The Final (400 Meters Hurdles).
She Has Won 4 Gold Medals In Asian Games And 14 Gold Medals In Asian Championships.
Ajay Patel Will Be The Senior Vice-president.

Max Verstappen Wins Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix

Max Verstappen (Red Bull Team) Formula 1 World Champion Won The Season Ending F1 Abu Dhabi Race Held In Abu Dhabi, UAE.
He Won His First F1 World Championship Title In 2021.
He Also Ended The 2022 Season As The World F1 Champion.
This Was His 15th Title Of The 2022 Season.
He Holds The Record For Winning A Maximum 15 Races In A Single Season.
He Broke The Previous Record Of 7-time World Champion Michael Schumacher (2004 Season) 13 Race Victories In A Season And 4-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel (2013 Season).
Verstappen Holds The Record For Being The Youngest Points-scorer And Youngest Race Winner In F1.
Max Verstappen (25 Year Old) Belongs To Holland Created A Number Of Records In The History Of F1.
Formula One (F1):
It Is Organised By Federation Of International Automobiles.
Series Of Motor Car Races, Known As The Grands Prix Comes Under F1 World Championship.
The Most F1 World Championships Titles Record Held By Michael Schumacher And Lewis Hamilton, Both Having Won The Title On 7 Occasions.

Carlos Alcaraz – The Youngest World No. 1 ATP Player

Carlos Alcaraz Has Become The Youngest Year-end ATP (Association of Tennis Professional ) World Number 1, Making Him The 1^st Teenager To Achieve This Position.
Before This 19-year-old Star, The Youngest Year-end ATP World Number 1 Was Lleyton Hewitt Of Australia.
This Year He Became The 2^nd Youngest Male Player To Win The US Open Grand Slam Title After Pete Sampras.
He Becomes The 1^st Player Outside Of The Big 4 Of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray And Rafael Nadal To Top The Final Rankings Since Andy Roddick In 2003.

Kassym Jomart Re-elected As Kazakhstan’s President

Kassym Jomart Has Won 81.31% Of The Votes Polled In The Presidential Election Held On 20 November 2022 (Kazakhstan Election Commission).
On 29 March 2019, Kassym- Jomart Tokayev Became The President Of Kazakhstan After The Resignation Of The 1^st President Of Kazakhstan Nur Sultan Nazarbayev.
The Kazakhstan Constitution Was Amended On 6 September 2022 And The Tenure Of The President Was Extended To 7 Years From 5 Years And A Person Can Become The President Of Kazakhstan Only Once.
Tokayev Became Eligible To Contest The Presidential Election Held On 20 November 2022 & His Earlier Term As President Is Not Being Counted Because The Constitutional Amendment Is Being Considered A New Constitution.
Some Details About Kazakhstan:
It Lies In Central Asia. Central Asia’s Largest Country & 9^th Largest Country In The World.
Earlier, Kazakhstan Was Part Of The USSR Which Gained Independence On 16 December 1991, After The Disintegration Of The Soviet Union.
Currency : Tenge
Capital: Astana

Anwar Ibrahim Becomes The New PM Of Malaysia

Anwar Ibrahim (Malaysia’s Opposition Leader) Has Been Sworn In As The Country’s New PM, After Several Days Of Post-election Deadlock.
King Sultan Abdullah Appointed The New Leader, After Elections Over The Weekend Resulted In An Unprecedented Hung Parliament.
Neither Anwar Nor Ex-premier Muhyiddin Yassin Had Won The Simple Majority Needed To Form A Government.
Anwar’s Pakatan Harapan Party, Which Won The Biggest Share Of Seats In This Election, Does Not Have Enough Seats On Its Own To Form A Government.
About Malaysia:
Malaysia Is A Southeast Asian Country Occupying Parts Of The Malay Peninsula And The Island Of Borneo.
Prime Minister: Anwar Ibrahim
Capital: Kuala Lumpur
Official Language: Malay
Currency: Malaysian Ringgit

Qatar & China Signed World’s Longest Gas Supply Deal

QatarEnergy Announced A 27-year Natural Gas Supply Deal With China, Stating It The “Worlds Longest Gas Supply Deal”.
It Will Send 4 Million Tonnes Of Liquefied Natural Gas Annually From Its New North Field East Project To China Petroleum And Chemical Corporation (Sinopec).
China, Japan And South Korea Are The Main Market For Qatar’s Gas.
North Field Is At The Centre Of Qatar’s Expansion Of Its Liquefied Natural Gas Production By More Than 60 % To 126 Million Tonnes A Year By 2027.
China Is The 1^st Country To Seal A Deal For North Field East.

Brazil’s New President

The Leftist Leader Lula Da Silva (Workers Party) Becomes The New 39^th President Of Brazil After Defeating Jair Bolsonaro.
Lula, Served As The President Of Brazil For 2 Terms Between 2002 And 2010.
Winning The Direct Run-off Of The Presidential Election In Brazil Narrowly (By Securing Just About 50.9% Of The Votes)

Ghana To Assume Presidency Of UN Security Council

The Ghana (West African Country), Assumes The Rotating Monthly Presidency Of The United Nations Security Council.
During The November Month 2022, Ghana Shall Supervise Over The Meetings Of The Council (Adoptions, Debates And Consultations).
Ghana Is Focusing On Improving Global Peace And Security For Sustainable And Inclusive Development, Particularly On The Continent Of Africa.
Ghana Rejoined The UN Security Council On January 1, 2022.
It Is The 3^rd Time Ghana Is Holding A Non Permanent Seat On The Council.
UNSC Is The Organ Of The United Nations Authorized By The Charter With Responsibility For The Maintenance Of International Peace And Security.
It Was Established On 24^th Oct 1945.
Brazil, India, Albania, Gabon, Ghana, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico, Norway And UAE Are Temporary Members.
France, China, UK, Russia And USA Are Permanent Members.

Netanyahu Becomes The Prime Minister Of Israel

Benjamin Netanyahu Again Comes To Power, As The Final Vote Count From Elections Gave Him And His Far-right Allies A Clear Majority In Parliament.
With 99 Per Cent Of Votes Counted, Netanyahu’s Right-wing Likud Party Had Earned 32 Seats In Israel’s 120-seat Parliament, The Knesset.
Elections Have Been Held In Israel For The 5^th Time In The Last 3 Years, After Which A Party Has Returned To Power With Clear Majority.
Lapid’s Yesh Atid Party Won 24 Seats.
Benjamin Netanyahu, 73, Is The Longest-serving PM, Having Been Elected 5 Times Over The Period Of 15 Years.
Israel’s Capital – Jerusalem
Israel’s President – Isaac Herzog
Israel’s Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel’s Official Languages – Hebrew, Arabic
Israel’s Currency – Israeli shekel

Tayyab Ikram Elected As New FIH President

Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) CEO Mohammad Tayyab Ikram Of Macau Was Elected As The New President Of The International Hockey Federation (FIH), Succeeding India’s Narinder Batra.
International Hockey Federation (FIH): It Is The International Governing Body Of Field Hockey And Indoor Field Hockey.
Headquarter: Lausanne, Switzerland.
Founded: 7 January 1924, Paris, France

G-7 Foreign Ministers Meet Held In Germany

The Group Of 7 Foreign Minister’s Meeting Was Held At The Muenster On 4th And 5th November 2022.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Hosted The Foreign Ministers Of US, France, UK, Japan, Italy And Canada. Germany Is Currently The President Of The G-7 Group.
Ghana, Kenya And The African Union Were Invited By Germany To Join The G7 Meeting For Discussions On Climate Change, Infrastructure, Democracy And Addressing Conflict And Humanitarian Crises.
G7 Is An Organization Of The World’s 7 Largest Advanced Economies With Dominating Global Trade.
Members: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK & US.
G-7 2022 Summit: Germany
G-7 2023 Summit: Japan
Russia Joined In 1998, But Was Excluded In 2014 For Its Annexation Of The Crimea Region Of Ukraine.

ASEAN Agrees To Admit Timor Leste As Its 11^th Member

Association Of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Has Agreed To Admit Timor- Leste As Its 11th Member.
On 11 November 2022 In Phnom Penh (Cambodian Capital) , This Was Declared By The ASEAN After Its Summit Meeting Held.
Timor- Leste Applied For Membership Of The ASEAN In 2011.
Initially, Timor- Leste Will Be Granted An Observer Status At A High Level ASEAN Meeting Before It Becomes A Full Member Of The ASEAN Group.
After Admitting Cambodia In 1999, Timor Leste Would Be The 1^st New Member Of The Regional Grouping In More Than 2 Decades.
About Timor Leste:
Capital: Dilli
Currency: Dollar
President: Jose Ramos-Horta
Timor- Leste Or East Timor, A Southeast Asian NationOccupying Half The Island Of Timor, Is Ringed By Coral Reefs Teeming With Marine Life.
The Country’s Struggles For Independence From Portugal In 1975 And Then Indonesia In 2002 Making It Asia’s Youngest Country.
About ASEAN:
Association Of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) A Political And Economic Union Of 10 Member States In Southeast Asia, Which Promotes Intergovernmental Cooperation And Facilitates Economic, Political, Security, Military, Educational, And Sociocultural Integration.
Members: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, And Vietnam.
Headquarters: Jakarta, Indonesia
Founded: 8 August 1967, Bangkok, Thailand

Greg Barclay Re-elected As Chairman Of ICC For 2 Years

Greg Barclay (New Zealand) Unanimously Re-elected As The International Cricket Council (ICC) Chairman For Another 2-year Term Following The Withdrawal Of Tavengwa Mukuhlani (Zimbabwe Cricket Chairman).
He Was Originally Appointed As The ICC Chair In November 2020.
He Will Now Be In The Position Until 2024.
Barclay, An Auckland-based Commercial Lawyer, Was Previously The Chair Of New Zealand Cricket (NZC) And Was A Director Of The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2015.
In July, Barclay Publicly Expressed His Desire To Continue For A Second Term.
Jay Shah (Secretary – Board Of Control For Cricket In India) Was Elected As The Head Of ICC’s All Powerful Finance And Commercial Affairs (F&CA) Committee At The Board Meeting.
He Will Have The Responsibility Of Heading ICC’s Most Important Committee.

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