Current Affairs — 18 November 2024
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Mon, 18 Nov 2024
G20 Rio Summit opens; PM Modi addresses session on fighting hunger and poverty
On 18 November 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, PM Modi addressed the opening session of the G20 Summit on 'Social Inclusion and the Fight against Hunger and Poverty'.
Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla in Chhattisgarh notified as India's 56th Tiger Reserve
On 18 November 2024, Union Minister Bhupender Yadav announced the notification of Chhattisgarh's Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve as India's 56th tiger reserve and the third largest.
India and Italy announce Joint Strategic Action Plan 2025-2029 at G20 Rio
On 18 November 2024 at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, PM Modi and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni announced the India-Italy Joint Strategic Action Plan 2025-2029.
Coal India wins Green World Environment Award 2024 for its thalassemia CSR project
On 18 November 2024 in London, Coal India Ltd received the Green World Environment Award in the CSR category, with the title of Green World Ambassador, for its Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojna.
GRAI 2023 launched: Agriculture Department tops Group A
On 18 November 2024 in New Delhi, Dr Jitendra Singh launched the Grievance Redressal Assessment and Index (GRAI) 2023, which ranked 89 central ministries and departments.
PLFS: urban unemployment falls to 6.4% in July-September 2024
On 18 November 2024 in New Delhi, the NSO released the PLFS Quarterly Bulletin for July-September 2024, showing urban unemployment at 6.4% for persons aged 15 and above.
At G20 Rio, PM Modi meets Starmer, Prabowo and Montenegro for the first time; India to open consulates in Belfast and Manchester
On 18 November 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, on the G20 sidelines, PM Modi held first meetings with UK PM Keir Starmer, Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto and Portugal's PM Luís Montenegro, and met Norway's PM Jonas Gahr Store and France's President Emmanuel Macron.
National Youth Festival 2025 reimagined as 'Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue'
On 18 November 2024 in New Delhi, Youth Affairs Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced the 'Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue', a reimagined National Youth Festival 2025 at Bharat Mandapam.
Bharat National Cyber Security Exercise 2024 begins
On 18 November 2024, the Bharat National Cyber Security Exercise (Bharat NCX 2024), organised by the National Security Council Secretariat with Rashtriya Raksha University, was inaugurated.
Sagarmanthan, South Asia's largest maritime thought-leadership summit, begins in New Delhi
On 18 November 2024 in New Delhi, the maiden 'Sagarmanthan – The Great Oceans Dialogue', organised by the Ports Ministry with the Observer Research Foundation, began.
CCI fines Meta ₹213.14 crore over WhatsApp's 2021 privacy policy
On 18 November 2024 in New Delhi, the Competition Commission of India imposed a ₹213.14 crore penalty on Meta for abusing its dominant position through WhatsApp's 2021 privacy policy update.
Giriraj Singh meets Panipat textile industry, sets $350 billion target for 2030
On 18 November 2024 in Panipat, Haryana, Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh met textile manufacturers and exporters and urged them to target a $350 billion textile market with $150 billion exports by 2030.
7th Naturopathy Day celebrated at CRIYN, Nagamangala
On 18 November 2024, the 7th Naturopathy Day was celebrated at the Central Research Institute of Yoga and Naturopathy (CRIYN), Nagamangala, under the Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy.