November 2021
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November 2021 Current Affairs
National Sports Awards 2021- Winners in Various Categories
- Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021
| S. No. | Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline |
| 1. | Neeraj Chopra | Athletics |
| 2. | Ravi Kumar | Wrestling |
| 3. | LovlinaBorgohain | Boxing |
| 4. | Sreejesh P.R | Hockey |
| 5. | AvaniLekhara | Para Shooting |
| 6. | SumitAntil | Para Athletics |
| 7. | Pramod Bhagat | Para Badminton |
| 8. | Krishna Nagar | Para Badminton |
| 9. | Manish Narwal | Para Shooting |
| 10. | Mithali Raj | Cricket |
| 11. | Sunil Chhetri | Football |
| 12. | Manpreet Singh | Hockey |
(ii) Arjuna Awards for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2021
| S. No. | Name of the Sportsperson | Discipline |
| 1. | Arpinder Singh | Athletics |
| 2. | Simranjit Kaur | Boxing |
| 3. | Shikhar Dhawan | Cricket |
| 4. | Bhavani Devi ChadalavadaAnandhaSundhararaman | Fencing |
| 5. | Monika | Hockey |
| 6. | Vandana Katariya | Hockey |
| 7. | Sandeep Narwal | Kabaddi |
| 8. | HimaniUttamParab | Mallakhamb |
| 9. | Abhishek Verma | Shooting |
| 10. | Ankita Raina | Tennis |
| 11. | Deepak Punia | Wrestling |
| 12. | Dilpreet Singh | Hockey |
| 13. | Harman Preet Singh | Hockey |
| 14. | Rupinder Pal Singh | Hockey |
| 15. | Surender Kumar | Hockey |
| 16. | Amit Rohidas | Hockey |
| 17. | Birendra Lakra | Hockey |
| 18. | Sumit | Hockey |
| 19. | Nilakanta Sharma | Hockey |
| 20. | Hardik Singh | Hockey |
| 21. | Vivek Sagar Prasad | Hockey |
| 22. | Gurjant Singh | Hockey |
| 23. | Mandeep Singh | Hockey |
| 24. | Shamsher Singh | Hockey |
| 25. | Lalit Kumar Upadhyay | Hockey |
| 26. | Varun Kumar | Hockey |
| 27. | Simranjeet Singh | Hockey |
| 28. | Yogesh Kathuniya | Para Athletics |
| 29. | Nishad Kumar | Para Athletics |
| 30. | Praveen Kumar | Para Athletics |
| 31. | SuhashYathiraj | Para Badminton |
| 32. | SinghrajAdhana | Para Shooting |
| 33. | Bhavina Patel | Para Table Tennis |
| 34. | Harvinder Singh | Para Archery |
| 35. | Sharad Kumar | Para Athletics |
(iii) Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in Sports and Games 2021
- Life-Time Category:
| S. No. | Name of the Coach | Discipline |
| 1. | T. P. Ouseph | Athletics |
| 2. | Sarkar Talwar | Cricket |
| 3. | Sarpal Singh | Hockey |
| 4. | Ashan Kumar | Kabaddi |
| 5. | Tapan Kumar Panigrahi | Swimming |
- Regular Category:
| S. No. | Name of the Coach | Discipline |
| 1. | Radhakrishnan Nair P | Athletics |
| 2. | Sandhya Gurung | Boxing |
| 3. | Pritam Siwach | Hockey |
| 4. | Jai Prakash Nautiyal | Para Shooting |
| 5. | Subramanian Raman | Table Tennis |
(iv) Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achievement in Sports and Games 2021
| S.No. | Name | Discipline |
| 1. | Lekha K.C. | Boxing |
| 2. | Abhijeet Kunte | Chess |
| 3. | Davinder Singh Garcha | Hockey |
| 4. | Vikas Kumar | Kabaddi |
| 5. | Sajjan Singh | Wrestling |
(v) Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2021
| S. No. | Category | Entity recommended for Rashtriya Khel ProtsahanPuraskar, 2021 |
| 1. | Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent | Manav Rachna Educational Institution |
| 2. | Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility | Indian Oil Corporation Limited |
(vi) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2021: Panjab University – Chandigarh
T20 World Cup 2021 Winner
- The T20 World Cup 2021 was started on 17th October 2021 in UAE and Oman.
- The final match of this T20 World Cup 2021 was played between Australia and New Zealand on 14th November 2021.
- Australia won the final match against New Zealand by 8 wickets and became ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 Winner.
- This is the first time when the Australian cricket team won the T20 World Cup.
- Mitchell Marsh from Australia became the player of the match in the T20 World Cup 2021 final match.
- In this World Cup, 12 teams are participating in the main event (Super 12) which were divided into two groups.
Most Polluted Cities
Report released by Swiss-based air quality technology company IQAir
- Hotan (China)
- Ghaziabad (India)
- Bulandshahr (India)
- Bisrakh Jalalpur (India)
- Bhiwadi (India)
- Noida (India)
- Greater Noida (India)
- Kanpur (India)
- Lucknow (India)
- Delhi (India)
52nd international film festival of india
List of award winners in IFFI Goa:
- Most friendly State for film shooting: Uttar Pradesh
- Silver Peacock for Best Actor (Male): Jitendra Bhikulal Joshi (Godavari)
- Best actor (female): Angela Molina (Paraguay) for Charlotte
- Best director: Vaclav Kadrnka (Czech Republic) for ‘Saving One Who Was Dead’
- Golden Peacock Award for Best Film: Japanese film Ring Wandering (Masakazu Kanyeko)
- The Special Jury award: Renata Carvalho (Brazil)
- Indian Film Personality of the Year Award: Prasoon Joshi
- Jury Special Mention for Debut Feature Film: The Wealth of the World
- Best Debut Feature Film of a Director: Director Mari Alessandrini’s Zahori
- ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Award: Lingui: The Sacred Bonds
Swachh Survekshan 2021 City Ranking
| Rank | City Name |
| 1 | Indore |
| 2 | Surat |
| 3 | Vijayawada |
| 4 | Navi Mumbai |
| 5 | Pune |
| 6 | Raipur |
| 7 | Bhopal |
| 8 | Vadodara |
| 9 | GVMC Vishakhapatnam |
| 10 | Ahmedabad |
| 11 | Rajkot |
| 12 | Lucknow |
| 13 | Greater Hyderabad |
| 14 | Thane |
| 15 | Gwalior |
| 16 | Chandigarh |
| 17 | Nashik |
| 18 | Ghaziabad |
| 19 | Pimpri Chinchwad |
| 20 | Jabalpur |
National and international holidays in the month of November 2021
- 1 November- World Vegan Day
- 1 November - All Saints' Day
- 1 November - Rajyotsava Day (Karnataka Formation Day)
- 1 November - Haryana Day
- 2 November - All Souls' Day
- 1st Tuesday in November (In 2021, it falls on 2 November): Melbourne Cup Day
- 2 November - Parumala Perunnal
- 4 November - Diwali
- 5 November - World Tsunami Awareness Day
- 5 November - Bhupen Hazarika Death
- 5 November - Virat Kohli Birthday
- 6 November- International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
- 7 November - Infant Protection Day
- 7 November - National Cancer Awareness Day
- 7 November - Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman Birthday
- 8 November - L.K. Advani's Birthday
- 9 November - Iqbal Day
- 9 November Legal Services Day
- 9 November - Uttarakhand Foundation Day
- 9 November-Kartarpur Corridor inauguration
- 10 November - World Science Day for Peace and Development
- 11 November - Armistice Day (Remembrance Day)
- 11 November - National Education Day
- 11 November - World Usability Day (Second Thursday in November)
- 12 November -World Pneumonia Day
- 13 November -World Kindness Day
- 14 November - World Diabetes Day
- 14 November - Children's Day
- 14 November-Jawaharlal Nehru Jayanti
- 15 November -Jharkhand Foundation Day
- 16 November -International Day of Tolerance
- 17 November -National Epilepsy Day
- 17 November - World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day or World COPD Day
- 19 November -International Men's Day
- 19 November - World Toilet Day
- 20 November - Universal Children's Day
- 20 November Africa Industrialisation Day
- 21 November - World Television Day
- 21 November - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
- 25 November -International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
- 26 November - Constitution Day of India
- 29 November - International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
- 30 November - Saint Andrew's Day
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