Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for November 14, 2021

– First National Achievement Survey in four years conducted to assess the competencies of children in Class 3, 5 and 8 to assess the competencies of children in Class 3, 5 and 8

– U.S. congressional delegation meets PM Modi in New Delhi; led by Senator John Cornyn

– Law Minister Kiren Rijiju launches Citizens’ Tele-Law Mobile App

– Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar releases book titled ‘FORCE IN STATECRAFT’; is a compilation of essays on topics including counter-insurgency operations

– Ministry of Housing and Urban Development launches week-long awareness campaign on SafaiMitra Suraksha Challenge from Nov 14 to 20 as part of World Toilet Day (Nov 19) celebrations

– Union Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah addresses Akhil Bharatiya Rajbhasha Sammelan in Varanasi

– Jharkhand: Top Maoist leader Prashant Bose carrying bounty of Rs 1 cr arrested

– Maharashtra: 26 Maoists killed in encounter with police in Gadchiroli district

– Manipur: Assam Rifles Commanding Officer, his family members, 3 jawans dead in terror ambush in Churachandpur district

– Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai among world’s top 10 polluted cities according to Air Quality Index (AQI) from IQAir, a Switzerland-based climate group

– Defence Minister inaugurates first operationalised Private Sector Defence Manufacturing facility in Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor

– Professor Bimal Patel elected to International Law Commission for 5-year term

– Indian, French armies to carry out “Exercise Shakti” military drills from Nov 15 to 26 in France

– Badminton coach P. Gopi Chand launches his autobiography ‘Shuttler’s Flick: Making every match count’