Daily CA 17th Nov 22

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Compilation of current affairs dated 17 November 2022 covering India’s National Epilepsy Day initiative, epilepsy as a neurological disorder, India’s eighth-place ranking in the Climate Change Performance Index 2023 with category-wise assessments, the Indo-US joint training exercise “Yudh Abhyas 2022” in Uttarakhand, and announcement of Infosys Prize 2022 winners across six science and research categories.

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17th November 2022 Current Affairs The National Epilepsy Day is a national level campaign initiated by the Epilepsy Foundation of India to reduce the prevalence of Epilepsy in India. The Epilepsy Foundation of India in Mumbai, Maharashtra was established by Dr Nirmal Surya in 2009. Epilepsy is a central nervous system (neurological) disorder in which brain activity becomes abnormal, causing seizures or periods of unusual behaviour, sensations and sometimes loss of awareness. India ranks eighth in 2023 Climate Change Performance Index In the Climate Change Performance Index 2023 (CCPI, India has ranked eighth out of 63 countries. The Climate Protection Performance is assessed in four categories: Greenhouse Gas emissions, Renewable Energy, Energy use, and Climate Policy. In Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Use category, India has been rated high, while in Climate Policy and Renewable Energy, nation rated medium. The report placed Denmark in fourth place, followed by Sweden and Chile. In the overall standings, none of the countries made it to the first three ranks. Climate Change Performance Index 2023 was released jointly by Germanwatch, NewClimate Institute and Climate Action Network. The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is released every year at the UN Climate Change Conference. It is an instrument that ensures transparency in the national and international climate politics. Since 2005, it has provided standardized assessment of countries’climate protection performance. India, with the score of 67.35 points, was ranked at 8th position, moving two spots when compared with the previous edition of the index. In 2022 and 2021, India stood at at 10th position. In 2020, it stood at 9th rank. It was ranked at 9th position in Greenhouse Gas Emissions category and 24th and 9th position in Renewable Energy and Energy Use categories respectively. It was ranked 8th on Climate Policy. INDO-US Joint training Exercise“YUDH ABHYAS 2022” to commence in Uttarakhand The 18th edition of Indo-US joint training exercise "Yudh Abhyas 22" will be held in Auli , Uttarakhand in November 2022. The 'Yudh Abhyas' between India and the US is held annually with the aim of exchanging best practices, strategies, techniques and procedures between the armies of the two countries. The previous edition of this exercise was conducted in October 2021 at Joint Base Elmdorf Richardson, Alaska (USA) . Indian Army soldier from the Assam Regiment will participate in the exercise. The exercise was started in 2004 under the US Army Pacific Partnership Program. Other Exercises between India and the USA Exercise Tiger Triumph-Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief exercise Exercise Vajra Prahar-Special Forces’Exercise Cope India-Air Force(Cope India started as a military training drill in Air Station Gwalior in India in 2004 . ) Malabar Exercise-Quadrilateral naval exercise of India, USA, Japan and Australia Red Flag-US’ mu

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