Daily Current Affairs and GK | 19 November 2024

Topic: Summits/Conferences/Meetings

1. The 19th G20 Summit started on 18th November 2024 at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro of Brazil.

• PM Modi reached Rio de Janeiro to participate in the 19th G20 summit.
• The 19th G20 summit began with the theme of “Building a just and sustainable world”.
• On first day, the global leaders had discussion on the “Global Alliance on Hunger and Poverty” during the inaugural session.
• The “Global Alliance on Hunger and Poverty” is an initiative taken under the Brazilian Presidency.
• The second session will be on “Reforms of Global Governance Institutions”.
• India’s Sherpa to 19th G20 Amitabh Kant talked about the importance of the Global Alliance against hunger and poverty.
• The 18th edition of G20 summit was held between 9 to 10 September 2023.
• It was organized at Bharat Mandapam International Exhibition-Convention Centre, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

(Source: News on AIR)

Topic: Indian Economy

2. Vision Next program has been introduced by central government to provide an impetus to the Textiles Manufacturing Industry.

• Union Minister for Textiles Giriraj Singh said this recently.

• He said the value of the textile designing Industry in India has increased to 176 billion dollars.
• The Minister said that the industry will reach 350 billion dollars in 2030.
• He was interacting with media after the review meeting at the National Institute of Fashion Technology in Chennai.
• He said that Tamilnadu is an important player in the Textile Industry in India.
• The Minister said funds have been allocated by Union Government to create a Textile Park in the Virudhunagar district.
• Textile Industry presently employs 4.6 crore people. The Minister said this number is expected to grow to six crores in 2030.

Topic: Geography

3. In Philippines, Man-yi has made landfall in Catanduanes in the Bicol region of Luzon.

• Man-yi is moving toward regions that have been severely impacted by the five overlapping typhoons since last October.
• In less than a month, this is the sixth major storm to strike the country.
• Other five are Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoons Kong-rey, Yinxing, Toraji and Usagi.
• In the Philippines, Typhoon Man-yi is known as Super Typhoon Pepito. It is a tropical cyclone.
• The Philippines experiences 20 typhoons on average per year. 
• With over a dozen active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes, it is one of the most disaster-prone nations in the world.
• A tropical cyclone is called a ‘hurricane’ in the American continent. In the Philippines and Japan, it is called a ‘typhoon’. In Australia, tropical cyclones are called willy-willy.

Topic: Sports

4. Jyothi Surekha Vennam won gold medal in women’s archery compound event at GT Open.

• In Archery, present Asian Games champion Jyothi won the gold medal in the women’s compound event at the GT Open in Luxembourg.
• Jyothi was competing in the GT Open for the first time.
• Jyothi secured the title with a 147-145 win against Sarah Prieels of Belgium on 17 November 2024.
• In the men’s compound event, Abhishek won the silver medal.
• His opponent, Mike Schlosser of the Netherlands, secured the top spot.

(Source: News on AIR)