current affairs 19 November 2022

Sharath Kamal becomes 1st Indian to elected in ITTF Athletes' Commission.

• Achanta Sharath Kamal (TT Player) has become the 1st Indian to be elected in the Athletes’ Commission of the International Table Tennis Federation.
• He will serve in the Commission from 2022 to 2026.
• Elected Athletes: Elizabeta Samara, Achanta Sharath Kamal, Daniely Rios, Omar Assar, Melissa Tapper, Stefan Fegerl, Jon Persson, and Liu Shiwen
• Elected Para-Athletes: Ingela Lundback and Kelly van Zon.
• Sharath is also selected for 2022 Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.

India becomes the world's 2nd largest producer of steel.

• Minister of Steel, Jyotiraditya Scindia has informed that India has become the second largest producer of steel at global scale.
• The per capita steel consumption grew from 57.8 kilogram to 78 kilogram, with a registered growth of 50% in the last 8 years.
• In case of installed capacity of steel, the country has moved from 100 million tonnes a year to almost 150 million tonnes.
• China is the biggest steel producing country, which accounted for 57% of world steel production.

Tamil Nadu introduces India’s 1st elephant death audit framework.

• Forest Department of Tamil Nadu has introduced, 1st of its kind initiative in India, an elephant death audit framework.
• Reason: Detailed and transparent process for recording and monitoring elephant deaths.
• The document also help to study the conditions of avoidable and unnatural deaths, while preparing developing preventative strategies.
• It also specifies a methodical standard process for carrying out an autopsy to ascertain the causes of an elephant's demise.

Tripura CM launches "Amar Sarkar" portal.

• Tripura chief minister, Manik Saha has launched a new portal, Amar Sarkar with an aim to provide bridge between the people and the government.
• The portal will help people to register their problems and complaints through village committee officials.
• A total of 78 departments, including the panchayat department, has been included in the webportal.
• Earlier, the state government had launched the Har Ghar Sushasan initiative.

Michelle Obama's book "The Light We Carry" released.

• Michelle Obama has released her new book titled, The Light We Carry in November 2022.
• This book is a collection of practices and perspectives to deal with challenging times.
• The book will be published simultaneously in 14 languages and 27 countries around the world.
• Her memoir, Becoming was one of the best-selling books of all time, that was released in 2018.
• She served as first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017.