current affairs 16 November 2022

Carlos Saura to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at 53rd IFFI, Goa.

• Carlos Saura (Spanish Film Director) will be conferred the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 at the 53rd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) at Goa.
• This announcement was made by L Murugan (MoS, Information and Broadcasting).
• Carlos was honoured with the Golden Bear for Best Director at Berlin International Film Festival for Deprisa Deprisa in 1981.
• Spotlight country: France
• Opening Film: Alma and Oskar
• Closing film: Perfect Number

Jaipur International Airport receives Aerodrome licence from DGCA.

• Jaipur International Airport Limited has received the Aerodrome licence from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
• Earlier, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) was the licence holder.
• Now the private player, which is operating the Jaipur airport since October 2021, has become the new licence holder.
• The licence is given to an airport operator for ensuring complete management of the airport in accordance with the concession agreement.

World population crosses 8-billion mark: UN.

• According to the World Population Prospects 2022 report, which was released on World Population Day (11 July), the global population reach the mark of eight billion on 15th November 2022.
• It was also projected that India will surpass China as the world’s most populous country in 2023.
• The latest projections by UN has also suggested that the global population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030 and 9.7 billion in 2050.

G7 launches climate "Shield" fund.

• The G7 nations has launched a plan named Global Shield at the 27th UN Climate Change Conference on November 14, 2022.
• It is a climate fund, and provide funds to disaster-hit countries.
• It is backed by 170 million euros in funding from Germany and 40 million euros from other donors including Denmark and Ireland.
• The 2025 Kabaddi World Cup will be organized by England Kabaddi, Scottish Kabaddi, and the British Kabaddi League.
• It is coordinated by Germany and the V20 group.
• The V20 refers to the Vulnerable Twenty Group of Ministers of the Climate Vulnerable Forum.

Gaurav Dwivedi appointed as Prasar Bharati CEO.

• A 1995-batch officer of Chhattisgarh cadre, Senior IAS officer, Gaurav Dwivedi has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharati for five years.
• Presently, he is posted as Principal Secretary, Commercial Tax, in the Chhattisgarh government.
• Prior to this, he was also served as the CEO of MyGovIndia, which was launched by PM Narendra Modi in 2014.
• Prasar Bharati founded: 23 November 1997; HQ: New Delhi.