INDIA
– PM inaugurates month-long ‘Kashi Tamil Sangamam’ in Varanasi, UP; objective is to celebrate age-old links between two ancient seats of learning
– Arunachal Pradesh: PM inaugurates Donyi Polo Airport, Itanagar and 600 MW Kameng Hydro Power Station
– India’s longest train, Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Vivek Express, to run twice a week; 4,189 kms, 80 hours
– Bulldozing of houses in name of investigation not provided under law: Gauhati High Court
– Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama (87) given Gandhi Mandela Award of Gandhi Mandela Foundation in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh
– Centre unveils Digital Data Protection Bill for public consultation; bill will provide legal framework for right to privacy of citizens
– Former bureaucrat Arun Goel appointed as Election Commissioner
– Tabassum, actor & popular Doordarshan talk show host, dies at 78
– J&K: 3 soldiers killed in avalanche in north Kashmir’s Machil Kupwara sector
– Second edition of ASEAN India Music Festival being held in Delhi on Nov 18-20
– 3rd “No Money For Terror” Conference (Counter-Terrorism Financing) organised in New Delhi
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– USA tops Network Readiness Index 2022 of US-based Portulans Institute, India 61st
– Women’s Entrepreneurship Day celebrated on Nov 19
– Govt cuts export duty on steel, iron ore; hikes import duty on some raw materials
– 21st World Congress of Accountants being held in Mumbai on Nov 18-21
WORLD
– “Homer” is word of the year for 2022: Cambridge Dictionary; is an informal American English word for a home run in baseball
– Nord Stream leaks of Sept 27 confirmed as sabotage, Sweden says; Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines link Russia and Germany via the Baltic Sea
– APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Economic Leaders meeting held in Bangkok; theme: “OPEN, CONNECT and BALANCE”
– Elon Musk reinstates celebrity accounts on Twitter, says ‘no decision’ on Trump
– World Toilet Day observed on Nov 19
– Russian fertiliser blocked at European ports to be shipped from Nov 21: UN
SPORTS
– India’s Manika Batra wins bronze medal in Asian Cup Table Tennis tournament in Bangkok
