INDIA
– Maternal Mortality Ratio declines from 130 per lakh live births in 2014-16 to 97 per lakh live births in 2018-20
– Maternal Mortality Ratio is the number of maternal deaths during a given time period per 1,00,000 live births during the same period
BJP received Rs 614.53 crore as contributions in 2021-22, Congress: Rs 95.46 crore: Election Commission
– Manipur Sangai Festival 2022 organised by state govt. from Nov 21 to 30
– Assam to provide Rs 10000 annually to female post-graduate students in 10 monthly instalments
– India-US joint military exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas’ being held in Uttarakhand, 100 kms from China LAC (Line of Actual Control)
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– India’s GDP grows 6.3% in second quarter of 2022-23
– Growth in eight core industries slows down to 0.1% in October
– India-Australia Economic Cooperation & Trade Agreement to come into force from Dec 29
– Kirit Parikh panel suggests floor and ceiling price for gas from old fields
– RBI authorises Tamilnad Mercantile Bank to undertake government business
– Toyota Kirloskar Vice Chairman Vikram S Kirloskar dies in Bengaluru at 64
– Remittance flows to India to rise 12% to reach $100 billion in 2022: World Bank
WORLD
– China: Former President Jiang Zemin (1993-2003) dies at 96
– Chinese astronauts meet colleagues at under-construction space station; makes country’s first
– Bakery item French baguette given “intangible cultural heritage status” by UNESCO
– Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare observed on November 30
SPORTS
– Stéphanie Frappart of France becomes first female referee in FIFA Men’s World Cup, in Costa Rica v/s Germany match on Dec 1
– 3rd & final India-NZ ODI at Hagley Oval, Christchurch called off due to rain; NZ win series 1-0
