Latest General Knowledge Facts - 20-11-2025

• Indian cinema's renowned art director Thota Tharani received the Chevalier award from France for his contribution to Indian cinema, art, and visual design.
• Hollywood actor Tom Cruise was honored with an honorary Academy Award at the Governors Awards for over 40 years of contribution to films at the age of 63.
• India won a record 10 medals in the 24th Asian Archery Championship in Dhaka, including 6 golds. Ankita Bhagat and Dheeraj Bogmdevra won historic individual golds in Recurve, breaking South Korea's dominance.
• The Indian Navy officially commissioned the first vessel ASW-SWC of the new Mahe-class ASW Shallow Water Craft. The commissioning ceremony will be held soon in Mumbai.
• AJEYAWARRIOR-25, India-UK military exercise started at Mahajan Field Firing Range, Rajasthan on 17 November. This is the 8th edition of the exercise held every two years since 2011 with 240 soldiers participating. Focus: Counter-terror operations and knowledge sharing for 14 days.
• Australian F1 driver Oscar Piastri received the 2025 Don Award, Australia's top sports honor, for his performance in the Formula season, winning multiple Grands Prix including China, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Miami, Spain, and Belgium.
• Google launched Gemini 3, its most intelligent, powerful, and advanced AI model with multimodal intelligence, agentic capability, and advanced reasoning from DeepMind.
• India was re-elected to the Codex Executive Committee from the Asia region and will contribute to global food standard-making processes until 2027. Delegation led by Rajit Punhani.
• India ranks 23rd in the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2026, down from 10th. The main reason is the lack of a deadline for coal phase-out.