National

Global Fisheries Conference India 2023

• Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Shri Parshottam Rupala will inaugurate the Global Fisheries Conference India 2023 at Gujarat Science City, Ahmedabad.
• The conference aims to bring together key stakeholders on one platform for fruitful discussions, market insights and networking.

India International Trade Fair

• 42nd Edition of the India International Trade Fair going on at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi opened for the public.
• Bihar and Kerala are the Partner States of the Fair, while Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are the Focus States.

 International

India-Australia

•  India and Australia will hold the second two plus two Ministerial Dialogue in New Delhi.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar will hold meetings with Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Australia Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong.

Relief material for Palestine people

• An Indian Air Force C-17 aircraft departed for the El-Arish airport in Egypt carrying 32 tonnes of relief material for the people of Palestine.

Argentina elects its new president

• Argentina has elected right-wing libertarian Javier Milei as its new president.

 Sports

ICC Men’s Cricket world cup

• Australia lifted the ICC Men’s Cricket world cup defeating India by six wickets in the final at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad.
• Virat Kohli was awarded with the "Player of the Tournament" title.

 Awards & Honours

Miss Universe 2023

• Nicaragua's Sheynnis Palacios was crowned Miss Universe 2023 at the 72nd edition of the pageant, held in El Salvador.

 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize

• Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development, 2022 was jointly awarded to the Indian Medical Association and the Trained Nurses Association of India as representatives of the COVID-19 warriors in the country.

 Namita Chattopadhyay Sahitya Samman 2023

• Nadijibir Notebook(‘Notebook on Rivers’), a book by writer and river scientist Supratim Karmakar, was honoured with the Namita Chattopadhyay Sahitya Samman 2023 at the Bangla Akademi in Kolkata.

 Person in News

Daisaku Ikeda

•  Former head of the largest religious Buddhist organisation 'Soka Gakkai', Daisaku Ikeda passed away in Japan.

 Miscellaneous

Onattukara sesame

• Kerala will expand farming of GI-tagged Onattukara sesame in Alappuzha district.

 Lachit: The Warrior

• Animation film on Ahom warrior, Lachit: The Warrior, has been selected for the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India 2023 to be held in Goa.