IFFI 2022
– 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) ends in Panaji, Goa
– Golden Peacock Award for Best Film was bagged by the Spanish language film ‘I have Electric Dreams’ directed by Valentina Maurel
Best Director award was given to Nader Saeivar for Turkish film ‘No End’
– ‘Vahid Mobasheri’ won the ‘Silver Peacock’ award for ‘Best Actor (Male)’ for the film ‘No End’
– Daniela Marin Navarro was given ‘Silver Peacock’ award for the ‘Best Actor (Female)’ for the film ‘I Have Electric Dreams’
– Special Jury Award was conferred on Director ‘Lav Diaz’ the film ‘When the Waves are Gone’
– Iranian film “Nargesi” directed by Payam Eskandar bagged the ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal
– ‘Best Debut Feature Film of a Director’ was given to ‘Asimina Proedrou’ for the Greek film ‘Behind the Haystacks’
NEW ENVOYS
– Md. Mustafizur Rahman, High Commissioner of Bangladesh
– Ibrahim Shaheeb, High Commissioner of Maldives
– Abdulnasser Jamal Hussain Mohammed Alshaali, Ambassador of United Arab Emirates
– Juris Bone, Ambassador of Latvia
– Suzuki Hiroshi, Ambassador of Japan
INDIA
– Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar presents Shilp Guru and National Awards to master craftspersons in Delhi
– Right to freedom of religion not fundamental right to convert: Centre to SC
– Defence Minister Rajnath Singh holds 4th India-France Annual Defence Dialogue with Minister of Armed Forces of France Sebastien Lecornu in New Delhi
– India & Malaysia holding military Exercise “Harimau Shakti -2022” in Malaysia from Nov 29 to Dec 12
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Govt. allows ED (Enforcement Directorate) to share information about economic offenders with 15 more agencies, including SFIO, CCI and NIA
– Power Ministry launches schemes to procure 4,500 MW electricity supply for 5 years under SHAKTI (Scheme for Harnessing and Allocating Koyala Transparently in India) policy
– S&P Global Ratings cuts India’s economic growth forecast to 7% for FY23
WORLD
– WHO renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racism, discrimination concerns
SPORTS
– Tennis: Canada wins Davis Cup title by defeating Australia 2-0 in final played at Malaga, Span
– Former athlete P T Usha becomes first woman president of IOA (Indian Olympic Association)
