INDIA
– India launches its first privately developed rocket, the Vikram-suborbital developed by Skyroot Aerospace, from ISRO’s launch site in Sriharikota (AP)
– India wins Excellence in Leadership in Family Planning (EXCELL) Awards-2022 at International Conference on Family Planning in Thailand.
– ‘No Money for Terror’ Ministerial Conference on Counter-Terrorism Financing being held in New Delhi on Nov 18-19
– 5th Naturopathy Day celebrated on Nov 18; theme: theme, ‘Naturopathy: An Integrative Medicine’
– Veteran Punjabi actress Daljeet Kaur dies at 69 in Ludhiana
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Maximum tenure of CEO and MD of public sector banks increased to 10 years
– UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) levy on airlines to double from January 1; currently, the levy is ₹5,000 per departure
– Govt extends tenure of ED (Enforcement Directorate) Director Sanjay Mishra for one more year
WORLD
– First World Day for Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence observed on Nov 18
– Dutch court convicts three MH17 suspects, acquits one; Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was downed by missile over Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region on July 17, 2014
SPORTS
– Asian Airgun Championships in South Korea: Rhythm Sangwan & Vijayveer Sidhu clinch gold in Air Pistol Mixed Team event
– Gulam Abbas Moontasir, Arjuna awardee and former captain of Indian men’s basketball team, dies at 80
