Top Best Current Affairs 22 November 2020 (2)

Bish Agrawal, chairman of Accord Group India has been awarded with the AESC Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. He is the first Asian who received this recognition in AESC history.

The Africa Union Commission hosting the 2020 Africa Industrialization Week celebrations (#AIW2020) on 16-20 November 2020, under the theme "Inclusive and sustainable industrialization in the AfCFTA and COVID-19 era".

The Government of India, NCRTC and NDB signed a loan agreement for lending USD 500 million for the 'Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System Project'. NCRTC has geared up construction activities on India's first Regional Rail between Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut. The RRTS will have a total length of 82.15 km.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has launched a portal for defence land management system (LMS) that is expected to bring greater transparency, efficiency and speed in dealing with land management matters. LMS has been developed by the Department of Defence (DOD).

The United Nations World Television Day is annually observed around the world on November 21. The day recognizes that television plays a major role in presenting different issue that affect people.

The theme of the Summit is - "Realizing the opportunities of 21st Century for all". PM Narendra Modi will be attending the 15th G-20 summit at the invitation of the king of Saudi Arabia.

Investment bank Barclays stated that India's GDP may shrink to 6.4 per cent in 2020-21 amid the Covid-19 pandemic as against a six per cent contraction estimated earlier.

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal will be conferred with the Vatayan Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is being conferred to the union education minister for poetry and other literary works.