Daily GK Update: 13th November 2021

Sports

Mitrabha Guha (20-year old) has become India's 72nd chess Grand Master by bagging his third and final GM norm during a tournament in Serbia.
Guha achieved the GM title after securing the final norm at the ongoing GM Third Saturday Mix 220 tourney in Novi Sad, Serbia.
To become a GM, a player has to secure three GM norms and cross the live rating of 2,500 Elo points.
He had scored his second GM norm at the Sheikh Russel GM tournament in Bangladesh a fortnight ago.

National & International Appointments

Professor Bimal Patel (51-year) has been elected to the International Law Commission for a five-year term, in a hard-fought election at the United Nations.
He will serve a five-year term starting January 1, 2023.
Prof. Patel has served in various roles such as the Director at the Gujarat National Law University and member of the 21st Law Commission of India.
Prof. Patel garnered 163 votes in the UN General Assembly out of 192 members present and voting.

Books & Authors

Former union minister & Congress leader Salman Khurshid has launched his book on the Ayodhya verdict named “Sunrise over Ayodhya: Nationhood in our Times”
Book states about unity between Hindus & Muslims and about creating an awareness that the Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya was a good one.
On 9 November 2019, the Supreme Court, in a unanimous verdict, cleared the way for the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya.

National Affairs

India’s first Physical National Yogasana Championships has been organised in Bhubaneswar, Odisha (11 to13 Nov 2021).
Around 560 young Yogasana Sports athletes from across 30 states would be taking part in the event.
It has been organised by the National Yogasana Sports Federation (NYSF) in association with the Odisha state.
The event aims to promote yoga and create a global brand around it, portraying it as a competitive sport with high standards and benchmarks.

Honours & Awards

Neeraj Chopra, India's first individual Olympic gold medalist in athletics, received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award from Indian President Ram Nath Kovind.
Chopra won the gold medal in the javelin throw event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics earlier this year.
He became the only second individual gold medalist from India at the Olympics and the first in athletics.
The awards are given every year to recognize excellence in sports.

National Affairs

The Railways has issued an order to discontinue the ‘special’ tag for mail and express trains and to revert to pre-pandemic ticket prices with immediate effect
Since the coronavirus-triggered lockdown was eased, the Railways have only been running special trains
It started with long-distance trains and now even short-distance passenger services are being run as special trains with “slightly higher fares” to discourage people from avoidable travels.

National & International Appointments

Fashion and lifestyle e-commerce platform Myntra have named Nandita Sinha as its Chief Executive Officer.
Ms Sinha succeeds Amar Nagaram,
Before joining Flipkart, she was the co-founder of MyBabyCart.com, an e-commerce site.
Myntra is a major Indian fashion e-commerce company headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

State Affairs

The "most modern" Habibganj railway station in Bhopal has been renamed after Gond queen Rani Kamlapati.
It is said that Rani Kamlapati was the widow of the Gond ruler of Nizam Shah, the chief of Ginnorgarh.
The redeveloped station in Bhopal has been built at a cost of Rs 100 crore.

National Affairs

As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju launched the Citizens' Tele Law Mobile App and felicitated frontline functionaries at a function in New Delhi.
This App would connect the beneficiaries directly with Panel Lawyers offering legal advice and consultation.
It is the responsibility of the government to ensure justice to the poorest of the poor through whatever services they need.

Banking & Finance

India’s retail inflation rate, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose mildly in October to 4.48% year-on-year from 4.35% in September due to an uptick in food prices.
The inflation was 7.61% in October last year.
The RBI has projected the CPI inflation at 5.3 per cent for 2021-22.
According to MoSPI data, inflation in the food basket rose to 0.85 per cent in October, compared to 0.68 per cent in the preceding month.

Books & Authors

Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar released a book titled ‘FORCE IN STATECRAFT’.
The book is a compilation of essays on topics including counter-insurgency operations, conflict in the North East, airpower and nuclear posture which give conceptual understanding and facets of India's national security.
The contributors of the book are all stalwarts of the Armed Forces, who have vast operational experience and understanding of several important cornerstones of forces.