21st NOVEMBER 2023 ENGLISH TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS PDF TNPSC SHOUTERS
The President flagged off three trains at Padambahar railway station
- President Mrs. Draupadi Murmu flagged off three new trains including Padambahar - Tatanagar MEMU from Padambahar Railway Station, Odisha. He also virtually inaugurated the new Rairangpur Postal Division; Commemorative special cover of Rairangpur Postal Division released; On this occasion he laid the foundation stone for the renovation of Padambahar railway station.
- Melisai Arasi B, who is a popular playback singer in India's films. Sushila. He has sung more than 25,000 songs in many languages like Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada for 40 years.
- Chief Minister M.K. Dr. J. Stalin held at Kalaivanar Arena, Chennai. Jayalalithaa honored with a doctorate degree at the convocation ceremony of Music University of Arts.
- Also in this function, musicologist from Needamangalam P.M. Dr. Sundaram was also conferred with the Chief Minister M.K. Stalin presented and honored.
- The Green Apple Awards 2023 were announced under the carbon reduction category on November 20 in London, the capital of England. The Chennai Metro Rail Company has received an award. Chennai Metro Rail won Gold in Green Apple Awards 2023 under carbon reduction category.
- The 14th Indo-US Joint Special Forces Exercise "Vajra Prahar 2023" began at the Joint Training Center in Umroi. The American regiment was represented by soldiers from the 1st Special Forces Group of the US Special Forces. The Indian Army unit is headed by Special Forces personnel from the Eastern Command.
- Exercise Vajra Prahar is a joint exercise between the Indian Army and US Army Special Forces. It aims to share best practices and experiences in areas such as joint work planning and operational strategies.
- The first exercise was conducted in India in 2010. The 13th exercise of the Indo-US Joint Special Forces was conducted at the Special Forces Training School, Baglo. The current edition is being held from November 21 to December 11, 2023 at Umrai Cantonment, Meghalaya.
- Over the next three weeks, both sides will jointly plan and rehearse special operations, anti-terrorist operations and air operations in the mountainous terrain under both routine and non-conventional conditions.
- Exercise Vajra Prahar has emerged as a way to exchange ideas and share best practices between the special forces of the two countries. It is a platform to enhance interoperability and strengthen defense cooperation between Indian and US militaries.
- Right-wing thinker and economist Javier Millay has been elected as the new president of Argentina. The presidential election of that country was held on 22nd of last month. However, no one got majority in this election.
- The finals were then held on Sunday. 55.69 percent votes were recorded for Javier Melay. After that, he will take charge as the next president of the country.
- The ATP Finals series in which the top 8 players in the tennis rankings participated was held in Turin, Italy. In the final, top seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia took on fourth seed Jannik Schinner of Italy. Djokovic won the trophy in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 in a match that lasted one hour and 43 minutes.
- This is Djokovic's 7th ATP Finals title. With this, Djokovic has broken the record of former player Roger Federer of Switzerland who won 6 titles in this series. Djokovic, 36, won the Australian Open Grand Slam earlier this year.
- This is the 8th time Djokovic has finished the year as world number one. Djokovic has dominated the tennis rankings for over 400 weeks.
- With this, he has also created a record of being the first player in the history of tennis to hold the number one position for 400 weeks. Roger Federer previously held the top spot for 310 weeks.
