North Korea is reportedly imposing a ban on leather jackets and trench coats so that common people do not copy the style of their supreme leader, Kim Jong-un. Radio Free Asia reported, citing sources in the country that authorities in North Korea are saying that it is disrespectful to copy the fashion choices of the country’s leader.

Assam Electronics Development Corporation Limited (AMTRON) has signed a tripartite MOU with Mastercard Asia/Pacific Pte Ltd. and I-Sec Security Services Pvt. Ltd for setting up a strategic cyber intelligence center of excellence at Tech City, Guwahati.

The cash prize of Rs 40 lakh will be shared between the film’s director & producer. PANAJI: Japanese director Masakazu Kaneko’s “Ring Wandering”, about an aspiring manga artist, won the top honor at the closing ceremony of the 52nd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) here

Dhanush won the Best Actor award at BRICS Film Festival for his performance in Asuran. The film also won three National Awards.

Hero Motocorp said that Rajnish Kumar, former chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI), has been appointed as an independent non-executive director on the board of the company.

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance announced its partnership with deep-tech startup TropoGo for the distribution of a drone Insurance product.

Amazon, Asian Paints, and Tata Tea have emerged as the most purposeful leaders in India across technology, non-FMCG, and FMCG categories respectively, as per the latest BrandZ India report by insights and consulting firm Kantar.

Indian Railways is constructing the world’s tallest railway bridge pier at Noney Valley in the state of Manipur with a height of 141 meters.

Noted mountaineer from Uttarakhand Harshwanti Bisht has earned the distinction of being elected the first woman president of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF). She was elected to the coveted post on November 20, winning 60 out of a total of 107 votes.

Bihar has emerged as the poorest state as per the first-ever Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) prepared by Niti Aayog

The 37th edition of India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) is being held in the Indian Ocean region from 23-24 November 2021. CORPAT is held twice a year to ensure safety and security.

Jitendra Singh launches World’s First Multimodal Brain Imaging Data and Analytics. The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Science and Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated Project SWADESH.

Lionel Messi had won the 2019 Ballon d’Or award, which is one of the oldest and most prestigious individual awards in football that is presented annually by the French news magazine France Football. Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or award a record six times while he was playing for Barcelona.

The Indian Government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $300 million loan agreement to improve primary healthcare in the urban areas of 13 states. It will benefit over 256 billion urban dwellers including the 51 million from the slum areas.

The National Cadet Corps (NCC) observed the 73rd anniversary of its raising on November 28, 2021. NCC is the youth wing of the Indian Armed Forces and the largest uniformed youth organization in the world.

The Union Cabinet has approved the extension for the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY-Phase V) by another 4 months from December 2021 till March 2022. Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) is a food security welfare scheme announced by the Government of India in March 2020. The PMGKAY scheme for Phase V from December 2021 till March 2022 would entail an estimated additional food subsidy of Rs. 53344.52 crore. The total outgo in terms of food grains for PMGKAY Phase V is likely to be about 163 LMT.

The Labour ministry has released the new series of Wage Rate Index (WRI) with the base year being 2016. The government periodically revises the base year of WRI for key economic indicators in order to provide a clear picture of economic changes and record the wage pattern of workers. The new series of WRI with base 2016=100 will replace the old series with base 1963-65.

MakeMyTrip partnered with the Ministry of Civil Aviation to promote regional air connectivity through the UDAN scheme. MakeMyTrip will now power UDAN flights on the ‘AirSewa portal’ and market them on its platform to promote its services.

The Andhra Pradesh State Assembly has passed the AP Motor Vehicles Taxation (Amendment) Bill 2021 to levy green tax on vehicles.
The Green tax will soon be imposed on all vehicles, barring motorcycles and auto-rickshaws. The Centre has earlier recommended imposing a green tax to save the environment from carbon emissions by making vehicle owners pay for pollution.

Collins Dictionary has chosen the term ‘NFT’ (short for the non-fungible token), as its word of the year 2021.  As per Collins, the word’s usage increased 11,000 percent.
There has been a surging interest in digital tokens that can sell for millions of dollars. Collins defines it as “a unique digital certificate, registered in a block-chain that is used to record the ownership of an asset such as an artwork or a collectible”.

Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Indian poet of Assamese literature Sananta Tanty has passed away after a prolonged illness. He was 69.

The Indian Army had organized the biggest military exercise called Dakshin Shakti in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer from November 19 to 22, 2021. Exercise Dakshin Shakti witnessed the participation of over 30,000 troops from the Army, Navy, IAF, Coast Guard, BSF, and intelligence.

The government thinks tank Niti Aayog has released the first-ever Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) to measure poverty at the national, State/UT, and district levels. As per the inaugural index, Bihar has been adjudged as the state with the highest level of multidimensional poverty. 51.91 percent of the state’s population are multidimensionally poor.

Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been elected as the new President of INTERPOL (Headquarters: Lyon, France).

BSE Ltd on Friday said its wholly-owned subsidiary BSE Administration & Supervision Ltd. (BASL) has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to act as an accreditation agency for prospective accredited investors.

Presidential Award of Appreciation Certificate was awarded to 26 officers and staff of CBIC for “Specially Distinguished Record of Service.”

“Today we launched a pilot of India’s 1st Medicine Delivery via Hybrid e-VTOL drone in #Meghalaya from Nongstoin to Maweit PHC covering a distance of 25 km in less than 25 mins,” Conrad said on his social media handles.

The External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar led the Indian delegations at the 20th Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG) on November 25, 2021.

 The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) commemorated the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav week from November 14-21, 2021 as a part of India’s 75 years’ independence celebrations. The theme of the week-long event was ‘Children Ideas, Rights & Nutrition’.