Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic earned a record-equaling sixth ATP Finals singles title win, beating Norway’s Casper Ruud in the summit clash.
Djokovic defeated his opponent by 7-5, 6-3 to walk away with a historic payday of $4.7m. He has now equalled the record of Swiss legend Roger Federer, who has six ATP title wins.
Djokovic lifted his 91st tour-level trophy.
South Western Command of Indian Army conducted Integrated Fire Power Exercise, “SHATRUNASH’’ at MFFR in Thar desert of Rajasthan. The exercise witnessed use of multi farious firing platforms in integrated manner involving both ground & aerial manoeuvres. Capability of indigenous platforms inducted as part of the ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’ or ‘Make in India’ initiative were seen.
Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev secured a second term in election, winning 81.31% of the vote. Kazakhastan's Central Election Commission said the 69-year-old Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who came to power in 2019, received 81.31 per cent of the vote. None of the five other candidates scored double digits in the vote.
Capital: Astana
Currency: Kazakhstani tenge
The largest tourism festival of Manipur, the Sangai Festival began in Manipur. The festival named after the State Animal which is found only in Manipur have been organised. The theme of the festival is 'festival of oneness'.The ten days festival is expected to attract tourists in Manipur.Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and DoNER G. Kishan Reddy inaugurated the festival
Chief Minister of Manipur: N. Biren Singh
Mr. Khambatta is the man behind the ubiquitous beverage that was served at all family gatherings, birthday parties in the 80s and 90s, now available across 60 countries.
Khambatta was also the Chairman of Areez Khambatta Benevolent Trust and Rasna Foundation.
Rasna is now the world's largest soft drink concentrate manufacturer.
CRISIL has revised its forecast for India’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth to 7 per cent for the current fiscal (2022-23) from 7.3 per cent estimated previously.
Consequently, CRISIL expects India’s GDP growth to slow to 6 per cent in fiscal 2024, down from the 6.5 per cent estimated previously. The risks to the forecast remain tilted downwards, as per the report.
In a historic election, Prof. Venu Gopal Achanta, Director, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL), New Delhi, has been elected as a member of the prestigious International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM). At present, CGPM is represented by 64 member countries and meets every 4th year at International Bureau of Weight and Measure (BIPM), France.
International travellers entering India will no longer be required to fill up the self-declaration form, called Air Suvidha, for COVID-19 related screening of passengers. Neither will passengers be required to submit a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR report
These relaxations come into effect from November 22.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar embarked on a two-day visit to Qatar during which he represented India at the inauguration of the FIFA World Cup.
Dhankhar is visiting Doha at the invitation of Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar.
India and Qatar would be celebrating 50 years of the establishment of full diplomatic relations next year.
Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) has bagged the national award from Pension Fund regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) for significant enrolment under Atal Pension Yojana (APY). So far, the bank has enrolled 3,34,687 (cumulative) accounts under APY. During 2022-23, the bank enrolled 69,132 accounts against the target of 50,320.
P Gopi Krishna, Chairman of KVGB
Supratim Bandopadhyay, Chairman of PFRDA
Federal Bank said that it has tied up with JCB India to finance the prospective buyers of heavy construction equipment and boost its loan portfolio. The private sector lender said it has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with JCB India, a leading manufacturer of earthmoving and construction equipment.
Shyam Srinivasan, Managing Director and CEO of Federal Bank
India has launched the official website of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) as it will host the next SCO summit as a chairman of organisation in 2023. India received the SCO rotating presidency yesterday in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.India will hold the presidency of the grouping for a year until September 2023.
The 14th Dalai Lama was conferred the Gandhi Mandela Award 2022 at Thekchen Choeling in Dharamshala's McleodGanj by Himachal Pradesh governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar. The Tibetan spiritual leader, receiving the peace prize from the New Delhi-based Gandhi Mandela Foundation. The Tibetan spiritual leader is the recipient of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allowed HDFC Bank Ltd and Canara Bank Ltd to open a special "vostro account" for trade in Rupees with Russia.
Vostro accounts are accounts a bank holds on behalf of another, often foreign bank, and this forms a key part of correspondent banking.
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is in talks with the Reserve Bank on the implementation of its proposed December 31 deadline for limiting the volume cap of players to 30 per cent.
At present, there is no volume cap. So, two players -- Google Pay and PhonePe -- account for a market share of about 80 percent.
Dilip Asbe is the MD & CEO of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in the seventh edition of its statistical publication titled “Handbook of Statistics on Indian States 2021-22”, stated that as per the health ministry data, community health centres across the country lack around 79.90% of mandatory health specialists including surgeons, OB&GY, physicians and paediatricians.
India’s family planning measures got appreciation on a global stage with the country receiving Excellence in Leadership in Family Planning (EXCELL) Awards -2022. The award was received at the International Conference on Family Planning held in Pattaya, Thailand. India came out as the only country which bagged this award in the ‘country category’ at the conference.