Current affairs 22 November 2023

54th International Film Festival of India begins in Goa.

Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated the 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium in Goa.
The opening movie of this year’s IFFI was British film Catching Dust.
This year’s IFFI has received 2926 entries from 105 countries, which is three times more international submissions than last year.
13 World Premieres, 18 International Premieres, 62 Asia Premiers and 89 India Premieres will be screened during the festival.

Employees' Provident Fund Organisation, EPFO has added 17.21 lakh net members during September.
This is an increase of 21 thousand 475 net members over the previous month of August.
EPFO’s provisional payroll data released today reveals that around 8.92 lakh new members have enrolled during September.
Out of this, around 2.26 lakh are new female members.
The age-group of 18 to 25 years constitutes 58.92 percent of total new members added during the month.

According to recently released data, Uttar Pradesh is at the top position in terms of providing water connections under Jal Jeevan Mission.
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh has secured second position in the High Achievers category at the Jal Jeevan Survekshan Awards 2023.
In the achievers category, Kanpur of Uttar Pradesh is at first place, Bhadohi is at second place and Moradabad is at third place.
In the aspirants category, Mathura is at second place and Unnao is at third place in the country.
In the performers category, Azamgarh is at first place in the country and Ayodhya is at third place in the achievers category.
Under Jal Jeevan Ko, the state government has so far spent more than Rs 53 thousand crores.
Jal Jeevan Mission was launched in August, 2019.
This mission aims to provide functional household tap connection to every rural household in the country by the year 2024.

The first ever Global Fisheries Conference India 2023 kicked off at Science City in Ahmedabad.
The High-level delegations from about 10 countries, delegates from International Organizations, Fisheries Associations were present at the inaugural session.
The conference is being organized by the Department of Fisheries Government of India.
Ghol fish was declared as State fish of Gujarat.

The 7th edition of the two-day Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) that kicks off with business leaders from more than 25 countries.
A host of prominent figures of corporate India as well as political dignitaries are attending the event.
Alex Ellis, British High Commissioner to India, is leading a 55-strong delegation of senior figures from a wide range of business institutions which will be the biggest ever UK delegation in the summit.