Current Affairs November 2021

Prime Volleyball League signs RuPay as title sponsor for 3 years

Prime Volleyball League signs RuPay as title sponsor for 3 years

RuPay, the flagship product of NPCI, has come on board as the title sponsor of the Prime Volleyball League. RuPay, the first-of-its-kind Global Card payment network from India, with wide acceptance at ATMs, POS devices, and e-commerce websites across India acquires the title sponsorship rights for three years of India’s latest franchise-based sports league, which is set […]

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Amazon, Asian Paints, Tata Tea top Most Purposeful Brands Ranking

Amazon, Asian Paints, Tata Tea top Most Purposeful Brands Ranking

Amazon, Tata Tea, and Asian Paints emerged as the most purposeful brands in India across technology, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), and in non-FMCG categories respectively, according to findings of the Kantar’s BrandZ India 2021 report released.   In technology ranking, Amazon leads the index followed by Zomato, YouTube, and Google, and Swiggy jointly in 4th place. While Asian Paints topped the non-FMCG rankings, Samsung and Jio ranked jointly in the 2nd position. ,

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A retired Indian Army officer, Mr Maroof Raza has released his new book titled “Contested Lands: India, China and the Boundary Dispute”.

Book titled ‘Contested Lands: India, China and the Boundary Dispute’ released by Maroof Raza

A retired Indian Army officer, Mr Maroof Raza has released his new book titled “Contested Lands: India, China and the Boundary Dispute”. The book provides detailed understanding of the historical background and complexities of India’s borders with China. It has been published by Westland Non-fiction.

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Sweden’s first woman PM Magdalena Andersson steps down within hours of being elected

Sweden’s first woman PM Magdalena Andersson steps down within hours of being elected

Sweden’s first ever female prime minister has resigned just hours after she was appointed. Magdalena Andersson was announced as leader on November 24, 2021 but resigned after her coalition partner quit the government and her budget failed to pass. Andersson was forced to resign after she presented her government’s budget in the Parliament and the

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Kuwait reappoints Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah as Prime Minister

Kuwait reappoints Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah as Prime Minister

Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid has been reappointed prime minister, state media said on Tuesday and tasked with forming a cabinet that would be the Gulf OPEC oil producer’s third this year in a domestic political standoff. State news agency KUNA said Sheikh Sabah, prime minister since late 2019, was reappointed by an emiri

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Collins Dictionary names ‘NFT’ as the Word of the Year 2021

Collins Dictionary names ‘NFT’ as the Word of the Year 2021

Collins Dictionary announced that its Word of the Year is “NFT” — digital assets that exploded in popularity this year along with the rise of cryptocurrencies. NFT is the acronym for “non-fungible token. As per Collins Dictionary, NFT is defined as “a unique digital certificate, registered in a blockchain, that is used to record the ownership of an asset

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S. Jaishankar represent India at 20th Meeting of SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG) in Nur-Sultan

S. Jaishankar represent India at 20th Meeting of SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG) in Nur-Sultan

The 20th Meeting of SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG) will be held on 25 November 2021 in Nur-Sultan in virtual format under the Chairmanship of Kazakhstan. The meeting was held in Nur-Sultan in virtual format under the chairmanship of Kazakhstan. The SCO-CHG meeting is held annually to deliberate on a range of pressing regional issues with

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