Daily GK Update: 22nd November 2021

National & International Appointments

Geoff Allardice has been appointed as the permanent CEO of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Prior to this, he was serving as the interim CEO of ICC since last eight months
He is a former Australian first-class cricketer.
He succeeded Manu Sawhney who officially resigned from his position in July 2021.
ICC is the world governing body of cricket with headquarters at Dubai, United Arab Emirates

State Affairs

Indore has been ranked as the cleanest city of India for the fifth year in a row by Swachh Survekshan 2021.
Surat and Vijaywada were ranked second and third cleanest city respectively with over 10 lakh population.
Among smaller cities with population between 1-10 lakh, New Delhi ranked first, followed by Ambikapur in Chhattisgarh and Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh
Among the states with over 100 urban local bodies, Chattisgarh was ranked on top

Sports

India archers bagged seven medals at 2021 Asian Archery Championships, that was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from November 14, 2021, to November 19, 2021.
This included one gold, four silver and two bronze medals.
South Korea top the medal table with 15 medals, while Bangladesh settled at third place with 3 medals.
Indian winners:
- Gold medal: Jyothi Surekha Vennam
- Silver medal: Pravin Jadhav
- Bronze medal: Ankita Bhakat, Kapil, Aman Saini, Abhishek Verma, Rishabh Yadav

National & International Appointments

Maharashtra BJP leader Vinod Tawde has been appointed as the National General Secretary of BJP.
He is a prominent Maratha leader and has served in several organizational positions in Maharashtra.
He has a base in Konkan and Mumbai.
Apart from this, Rituraj Sinha and Asha Lakhra have been made National Secretary of BJP.
BJP also appointed two new spokespersons Bharti Ghosh and Shehzad Poonawalla.
President of BJP: J. P. Nadda.

State Affairs

Sarbananda Sonowal has announced expansion of North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Folk Medicine Research (NEIAFMR) in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh by developing new infrastructure within the campus.
It is in line with the vision to develop the AYUSH sector in the state and the entire northeast region.
It will require an investment of around Rs 53.72 crores.
Under this, new Ayurveda College with 30 seats and new Ayurveda Hospital with 60 beds will be established.

National Affairs

CoWIN digital platform has now been enabled with a new feature ‘Know Your Vaccination Status’
The new feature will help to verify or retrieve a citizen’s vaccination status and details as per the authorized rights of the verifying entity by Co-WIN and Health Ministry.
It can be utilized by a service provider for facilitating service requested by the citizen.
It can also be utilized by travel agencies and help making travel safe for individuals.

National Affairs

Home Minister Amit Shah will lay foundation stone for setting up of Rani Gaidinliu Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum at Luangkao village in Tamenglong district of Manipur
This project has been sanctioned by Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs at an estimated cost of 15 crore rupees.
Luangkao Village in Tamenglong District is the birthplace of renowned freedom fighter Rani Gaidinliu and decided to name the Museum as Rani Gaidinliu Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum.

National & International Organizations

India has received $87 billion in remittances in 2021 as per the report titled ‘Migration and Development Brief 35’ released by World Bank and KNOMAD.
KNOMAD is supported by multi-donor trust fund established by World Bank.
India is also the top country in receiving remittances in 2021, followed by China, Mexico, Philippines, and Egypt.
As per the report, remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are projected to reach $589 billion in 2021

Summits & Conferences

Air Force Band of Indian Air Force (IAF) has conducted 'Symphony orchestra' at Golconda Fort as part of 'Swarnim Vijay Varsh' and ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' celebrations.
Air Force Station Hakimpet conducted the mega event in a joyful and patriotic atmosphere.
It was attended by all personnel and families of the station and civilians.
It comprises 28 musicians who specialize in brass, wood-wind, reed string, electronic and percussion instruments.

Agreement

Ministry of Tribal Affairs and CBSE has jointly launched online certificate course on Experiential Learning for the 21st Century for Eklavya Model Residential School and CBSE teachers.
Experiential Learning for 21st Century Programme: It has been conceptualized as an online certificate course for educators to help them adapt classroom learning to real life experiences.
Out of 650 educators, who applied for this, 350 have been selected to learn new pedagogies.

National Affairs

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated Centre for Nanotechnology (CNT) and Centre for Indian Knowledge System (CIKS) at IIT Guwahati.
CNT will host 25 advanced laboratories that will focus on advancements in multi-disciplinary, scientific and translational research and is equipped with a Class-100 clean room facilities
CIKS will focus on preserving, documenting and sustaining the knowledge that is unique to India.