National

‘World Food India 2023’

• PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the ‘World Food India 2023’ at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. 
• The three-day event is being organized by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries to showcase the rich Indian food culture to the world.

Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit

• Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics & IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar addressed the inaugural plenary session of the ‘AI Safety Summit 2023’ at Buckinghamshire in United Kingdom.

Energy Transition Dialogue 2023

• Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri addressed Energy Transition Dialogue 2023 in New Delhi.

International

India-UAE

• India's Union Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Minister of Education for the United Arab Emirates, Dr. Ahmad Al Falasi, signed an MoU to strengthen educational ties in Abu Dhabi.

India-Finland

• India and Finland held their 12th Foreign Office Consultations in New Delhi. 
• Both sides agreed to hold the next round of Foreign Office Consultations in Helsinki.

India-Singapore

• 15th India-Singapore Defence Policy Dialogue was held in New Delhi. 
• The dialogue was co-chaired by Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane and Permanent Secretary (Defence), Singapore Chan Heng Kee.

India-Sri Lanka

• India and Sri Lanka have concluded the 12th round of talks on the Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
• India was Sri Lanka's largest trading partner with an overall bilateral merchandise trade of 5.45 billion dollars in 2021.

Sports

National Games

• Ancy Sojan of Kerala clinched gold in Women's Long jump event. 
• Shilpa Rani of Haryana bagged yellow metal in Women's Javelin Throw. 
• In the Men's Decathlon event, Tejaswin Shankar of Delhi won the Gold medal.

Asian Shooting Championship

• Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar has won gold medal in men’s 50m rifle 3 positions individual event at the Asian Shooting Championship in Changwon, South Korea. 
• Indian trio of Tomar, Swapnil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran won the team silver with a total score of 1764.

 Art & Culture

Keraleeyam festival

• Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated Keraleeyam festival in Kerala.

 Awards & Honour

British Academy Book Prize

• India-born author Nandini Das has been named the winner of the 2023 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding for her book ‘Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire'.

Kerala’s literary prize

• S.K. Vasanthan has been chosen for this year’s Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, the top prize instituted by the Kerala government in the field of literature.

Person in News

Deepesh Nanda

• Tata Power has announced the appointment of Mr. Deepesh Nanda as President-Renewables and CEO & MD of Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL).

 Miscellaneous

15th Tribal Youth Exchange Program

• 15th Tribal Youth Exchange Program will conclude in Mumbai. 
• The aim of the program is to generate curiosity among the tribal youth and encourage them to become a part of the mainstream development process.

Bharat Gaurav train tour

• Indian Railways will operate a Bharat Gaurav train tour to the North Eastern States from Delhi on the 16th of November. 
• Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train was launched in line with the government initiatives Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat and Dekho Apna Desh to encourage domestic tourism.