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 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.

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.

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.

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.