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1) Harbhajan Singh has been appointed as the ambassador for sports in Dubai.
- Indian cricket legend Harbhajan Singh has been appointed as Dubai’s Sports Ambassador by the Dubai Sports Council.
- This is a significant step towards the emirate’s commitment towards developing its sports infrastructure and culture.
- With this, Harbhajan joined other eminent sports personalities including Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) legend Khabib Nurmagomedov, tennis star Sania Mirza and football icon Patrice Evra as ambassadors of Dubai Sports Council.
2) West Bengal won the team title at the 4th National Finswimming Championship.
- West Bengal swimmers showcased complete dominance at the 4th National Finswimming Championships 2024.
- West Bengal won the team championship title with 151 medals including 67 gold, 43 silver and 41 bronze.
- Karnataka finished runners-up, far behind with a total of 50 medals. Their swimmers won 17 gold, 18 silver and 15 bronze medals.
- Uttarakhand secured third position with 21 medals including 8 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze medals.
3) The 19th G20 summit concluded and Brazil handed over the presidency to South Africa.
- The 19th G20 summit concluded with Brazilian President Lula da Silva handing over the presidency to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on 19 November.
- In his closing remarks, President Lula talked about the various initiatives taken during his Brazilian presidency.
- These initiatives include launching a global alliance against hunger and poverty, initiating an unprecedented debate on taxation, putting climate change on the agenda of finance ministries and central banks, and approving the first multilateral document on the bioeconomy.
4) Meta fined ₹213.14 crore by CCI over 2021 WhatsApp privacy policy.
- On November 18, social media giant Meta was fined Rs 213.14 crore by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) over the 2021 WhatsApp privacy policy update.
- CCI has said that sharing of user data collected on WhatsApp with other meta companies or products for purposes other than providing WhatsApp services will not be made a pre-condition for users to access the WhatsApp service in India.
- In January 2021, WhatsApp informed users about updates to its terms of service and privacy policies.
5) In the Hockey India-14th Senior National championship final, Odisha defeated Haryana 5-1 to win its first gold.
- The SDAT-Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium served as the venue for the final.
- After losing to Punjab in the previous summit match, Haryana suffered its second straight loss.
- Earlier, Uttar Pradesh won the bronze medal after defeating Manipur 2-1.
6) Coal India Ltd received Green World Awards 2024 in London.
- Coal India Ltd (CIL) won Green World Environment Award in the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) category.
- The award has been given to CIL for Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojna for permanent curative treatment of over 600 Thalassemia patients.
- In 2017, CIL became the first Public Sector Undertakings to take up the CSR project for curative treatment of Thalassemia through Bone Marrow Transplant.
7) On November 20, the 55th edition of the International Film Festival kicked off with a grand ceremony in Goa.
- This grand event will continue till 28th November.
- The grand opening ceremony of the event took place at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium.
- The festival kicked off with the red carpet premiere of the opening film ‘Better Man’, directed by Australian filmmaker Michael Gracey.
- On this occasion, Chief Minister of Goa, Dr. Pramod Sawant welcomed the guests to the beautiful coastal state of Goa, where IFFI is being organised since 2004.
8) Multi Agency Disaster Relief Exercise ‘Sanyukt Vimochan 2024’ successfully conducted by the Indian Army.
- On 18-19 November 2024, the Multilateral Annual Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise, ‘Sanyukt Vimochan 2024’ successfully conducted by the Indian Army.
- Organised by the Konark Corps of Southern Command of the Indian Army, the exercise was conducted over two days in Ahmedabad and Porbandar in Gujarat.
- Chief of Army Staff, General Upendra Dwivedi attended this important event which showcased India’s disaster response preparedness.
9) ‘Bomb cyclone’ is set to hit the west coast of America.
- A powerful ‘bomb cyclone’ driven by a Category 5 atmospheric river is forecast to hit the US west coast this week.
- This storm poses a risk of strong winds, devastating floods and heavy snowfall in the mountains.
- Intense mid-latitude storms are expected to impact areas from Washington state to Oregon and northern California between November 19 and 21, potentially affecting millions of residents.
10) On November 18, 2024, the Grievance Redressal Assessment and Index (GRAI) 2023 launched by Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh.
- The Grievance Redressal Assessment and Index (GRAI) was conceptualized and designed by DARPG, Government of India based on the recommendation of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
- It aims to present a comparative picture organization-wise and provide valuable information regarding the strengths and areas of improvement in the grievance redressal mechanism.
- The first edition of GRAI 2022 was released on 21 June 2023.
- 89 central ministries and departments were assessed and ranked based on a comprehensive index across the dimensions of (1) Efficiency, (2) Feedback, (3) Domain and (4) Organizational Commitment and related 11 indicators.
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