Greg Barclay has been re-elected unopposed as ICC chairman for another two-year term after Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) chief Tavengwa Mukuhlani pulled out of the contest.
Jay Shah replaced former president Sourav Ganguly as the BCCI representative on the ICC board while Arun Dhumal will be sitting on the chief executives’ committee.
Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is accompanying Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, who is leading the Indian delegation to the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit and the 17th East Asia Summit, which are both being held in Cambodia. He met his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba on the sidelines of the programs in Cambodia.
RL Kashyap dies on Nov 11 at age of 84. RL Kashyap was honored with Padma Shri in 2021 by the President of India. In 1982, he represented the Kashyap Information Criterion (KIC) to select the best model from a set of mathematical candidate models with different numbers of unknown parameters. These parameters are adjusted to adapt the models to data.
Signatories to decarbonisation initiative, the Breakthrough Agenda, have mapped out 25 actions to be taken by next year's UN Cop 28 climate summit, to speed the transition to a low-carbon economy.
The group has 47 signatories, including Australia, China, the UAE, the European Commission and all G7 nations.
India is also a signatory to the coalition.
Audit regulator, the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA), brought out a set of guidelines for monitoring the audit firms’ quality and compliance standards.
Quality inspection guidelines is a step towards further improving quality of the audit profession.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has agreed in principle to admit East Timor as the group’s 11th member.
The half-island nation, officially called Timor Leste, will also be granted observer status at high-level ASEAN meetings.
ASEAN established on 8th August 1967 and is HQs located in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The Methane Alert and Response System (MARS) was launched at the 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) to the UNFCCC in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
MARS is a part of global efforts to slow climate change by tackling the global warming gas.
The new satellite-based system will now help governments detect methane emissions and tackle them.
Methane is an 80 times more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
Belgium, Colombia, Germany, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, the UK, and the US have joined the Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA) during COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt.
The alliance aims to bring together governments, the private sector, international organisations and other stakeholders to accelerate the deployment of offshore wind power.
Denmark became home to the world's first offshore wind farm in 1991.
The Maharashtra government has approached the Centre to get back a sword of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj which is in a museum in the United Kingdom.
Maharashtra government wants to bring back Shivaji's 'Jagdamba sword' from the UK by 2024, the 350th anniversary of the Maratha ruler’s coronation as Emperor of his empire.
The US Department of Treasury has removed India from its Currency Monitoring List of major trading partners after the past two years. The list merits close attention to the countries’ currency practices and macroeconomic policies. Along with India, Italy, Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam have also been removed from the list.
Once on Currency Monitoring List, an economy remains there for atleast two consecutive yr
World Kindness Day was formed in 1998, to promote kindness throughout the world and is observed annually on November 13 as part of the World Kindness Movement. It is observed in many countries including the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia and the U.A.E. World Kindness Day presents us with the opportunity to reflect upon unifying human principles.
Theme for World Kindness Day 2022 is "Be kind whenever possible."
Union Bank of India, the country’s fifth largest public sector bank, marked its 104th foundation day on 11 November 2022.
Union Vyom App, the bank’s super app, is a one-stop shop for all financial goods. The Vyom app is equipped to provide consumers with a one-of-a-kind banking experience in which they may conduct transactions that go beyond traditional banking.
The Uttar Pradesh government will be hosting the Khelo India National University Games in 2023-24 in four cities of the state. These cities are Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Varanasi and Noida.
Around 4,500 athletes, representing 150 universities across the country will be vying for top honours in 20 disciplines, including rowing, basketball, judo, kabaddi, wrestling, swimming etc.
The first edition of the Khelo India University Games has been held in Odisha (2020).