current affairs 23 November 2022

Franca Ma-ih Sulem Yong gets UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for 2022.

The 2022 Edition of UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize has been given to Franca Ma-ih Sulem Yong from Cameroon.
She is a President of the NGOs #Afrogiveness and Positive Youths Africa.
Reason: For the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence.
The Prize is named after its benefactor, former Indian artist, writer and diplomat Madanjeet Singh (1924-2013) who was also a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.
This award is awarded every two years to individuals.
Prize money: US$ 100,000

The 14th Dalai Lama was conferred the Gandhi Mandela Award 2022 at Thekchen Choeling McleodGanj, in Dharamshala.
The award was presented by Himachal Pradesh governor, Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar.
The Tibetan spiritual leader is the recipient of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize.
Gandhi Mandela Award:

It has constituted an international prize, the Gandhi Mandela Award.
The foundation instituted the award on the 150th birth anniversary of MK Gandhi.

ICAI has hosted the 21st World Congress of Accountants 2022 from November 18-21, 2022 at Jio World Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
The 4-day event was inaugurated by Om Birla (Speaker of Lok Sabha) and attended by the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal.
Theme 2022: Building Trust Enabling Sustainability.
WOCA has been organised in every four years since 2002.
WCOA has been held under the auspices of the International Federation of Accountants.

India's steel, mining, and infrastructure company, Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) has won the tender to build a 300-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Botswana.
It is the only fossil fuel-based power plant the Southern African country plans to procure in the next 20 years.
Under the project, Jindal will finance the plant and recouping its investments from selling electricity to the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC).

South Western Command of the Indian Army has organised Integrated Fire Power Exercise named SHATRUNASH at MFFR in Thar desert, Rajasthan.
During the exercise, Indian army has used multi farious firing platforms in an integrated manner involving both ground & aerial manoeuvres.
Various actions included ion of troops, offensive ground actions involving comprehensive coordination incorporating contemporary technologies in a multi domain environment.