National News

7th Ganga Utsav

• The 7th edition of Ganga Utsav was organized by National Mission for Clean Ganga in New Delhi.
• The event also marked the release of 33rd edition of Namami Gange Magazine, the new Chacha Chaudhary series and the Voyage of Ganga Booklet, based on Ganga Pustak Parikrama in collaboration with NBT.

National Mission for Clean Ganga

Goa Roadmap

• As a part of its ongoing G20 Think Tank Workshop Series, NITI Aayog organized a workshop on “Implementing Goa Roadmap for Tourism” with India Foundation and the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, as its knowledge partners.

NITI Aayog

Global Bio-India – 2023

• Union S&T Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launched the website of ‘Global Bio-India – 2023, a mega International congregation on Biotechnology, to be held at Pragati Maidan.

Crime literature festival

• India’s first three-day crime literature festival was organised at Welham Interest School in Dehradun.

Siu-Ka-Pha hospital

• Under CSR initiative, ONGC built Siu-Ka-Pha Multi Specialty Hospital has been inaugurated in Sivasagar, Assam.

ONGC

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

 2nd World Local Production Forum

• 2nd World Local Production Forum (WLPF) will be organised in The Hague, Netherlands from 6 to 8 November 2023.
• The World Local Production Platform is a platform created at the initiative of WHO with the aim of increasing access to medicines and other health technologies.

WHO

Bhutan King’s Visit to Kajiranga

• Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk undertook a jungle safari in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam. He was on a three day visit on Assam.

Bhutan

ECONOMY & BANKING

50 MW wind project

• NTPC Renewable Energy Limited has declared the commercial operation of its first project, the 50 MW wind project at Dayapar in Kachch, Gujarat.
• Dayapar Wind is the first project of NTPC REL and the first capacity in India to be declared commercial under new Indian Electricity Grid Code and General Network Access Regime.

NTPC

Slush'D

• New Delhi Slush'D, a local spinoff of the renowned Helsinki headquartered tech start-up event Slush held on November 3 and 4 at The Oberoi, Gurgaon. Union Minister Shri Piyush Goyal also addressed this event and recognized India's role as a global leader in AI.

 Appointments

CBI joint director

• Senior IPS officer Pravin Madhukar Pawar has been appointed the joint director in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for five years.

CBI

DEFENCE NEWS

INDIA-SRI LANKA

• The 33rd edition of annual International Maritime Boundary Line meeting between the representatives of Navies and Coast Guards of India and Sri Lanka was held on INS Sumitra at the Indo - Sri Lanka Maritime Boundary Line off Point Calimere at Palk Bay.

Sri Lanka

India's first 100% FDI in defence

• Sweden's Saab bagged India's first 100% FDI in defence project for making latest generation of the Carl-Gustaf M4 system.

Sweden

Apache helicopters

• The Indian Army is preparing for the addition of six heavy-duty Apache attack helicopters armed with Stinger air-to-air missiles, Hellfire Longbow air-to-ground missiles, guns, and rockets. This comes as part of the Rs 5,691 crore deal signed with the US in February 2020.

 Chanakya Defence Dialogue 2023

• The Chanakya Defence Dialogue 2023, a two- event  was organised by the Indian Army in collaboration with the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) at Manekshaw Centre, Delhi.
• The Theme for this event was ‘Serving India and Indo Pacific Region- Collaborating for Comprehensive Security’.

Indian Army

SPORTS

4th Asian Archery Championships

• Bangladesh will host the 24th Asian Archery Championships in 2025 after winning by 14-10 votes in the bid at the World Archery Asia Congress held in Bangkok, Thailand.
• The 23rd Asian Archery Championship will begin from Nov 5 in Bangkok, Thailand.