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The week from November 04, 2022 to November , 2022
As per UN's World Population Prospects
report, the world's population crossed 8
billion. The global population could reach
8.5 billion by 2030, 9.7 billion by 2050, and
10.4 billion by 2100.
Vikram-S, India's first-ever privately
developed rocket made by Hyderabad-
based startup Skyroot Aerospace was
successfully launched from ISRO's
spaceport in Sriharikota, Andhra
Pradesh. The rocket, named after
Vikram Sarabhai, is equipped with
3D-printed engines.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen won
the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and
clinched the 2022 Formula 1 Driver's
title with 454 points. Ferrari driver
Charles Leclerc finished second, while
Red Bull driver Sergio Perez finished
third.
Ecuador beat the hosts Qatar 2-0 in the
first match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup at
the Al Bayt Stadium. Enner Valencia
scored 2 goals to guide his team to the top
of Group A.
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President Droupadi Murmu and PM
Narendra Modi paid tributes on the
occasion of Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas,
celebrated on 15 November to
commemorate the birth anniversary of
Birsa Munda, the tribal leader who led a
rebellion against the British.
Mehran Karimi Nasseri, an Iranian man
who lived in Terminal 2F of Paris' Charles
de Gaulle Airport for 18 years, passed
away due to a heart attack. 'The Terminal',
directed by Steven Spielberg was loosely
based on his story.
Veteran actor Tabassum passed away aged
78 due to a cardiac arrest. She was known
as 'Baby Tabassum' as a child artist, and
starred in movies like 'Nargis', 'Mera
Suhaag', and 'Manjhdhar' in the late 1940s.
Scientists rediscovered the Black-Naped
Pheasant-Pigeon in Fergusson Island,
Papua New Guinea, almost 140 years after
its last sighting. The rare large, ground-
dwelling pigeon was photographed with a
remote camera trap.
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