Current Affairs –November 2023

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02. Business & Economy 12 08. Awards 52

03. Banking Awareness 20 09. Books & Authors 58

04. International 26 10. Indexes 60

05. Science & Technology 33 11. Important Days 62

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NATIONAL
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• India, Italy sign Mobility and Migration Partnership Agreement for movement of workers,
students and professionals.

• India, UAE open MoU to foster education connect between two countries.

• India, Bhutan agrees to discuss new routes of regional connectivity, and upgrade border
and immigration posts to support Bhutan’s 5th King plans for a smart city.

• First India-United States Defence Acceleration Ecosystem (INDUS X) Investors Meet held
in Delhi.

• More than 1200 exhibitors and 80 countries participate in World Food India 2023 at
Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.
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• India & Netherlands signs Memorandum of Intent (MoI) for cooperation on medical
product regulation.

• India, U.S. hold 2+2 ministerial dialogue with focus on Indo-Pacific.

• India hosts 33rd Conference of WOAH Regional Commission for Asia and Pacific.

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh attends 10th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus in
Jakarta, Indonesia.

• Centre launches the ‘AAINA Dashboard for Cities’ portal, aims to create a robust
database of the key performance metrics of Urban Local Bodies (ULB).
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• India, US signs an MoU with the objective of connecting both the countries' dynamic
startup ecosystems, particularly in critical and emerging technologies (CET).

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches two historical initiatives, Viksit Bharat Sankalp
Yatra and Pradhan Mantri Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups Development Mission
(PM PVTG).

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates 'Voice of Global South Summit. He also
virtually inaugurated DAKSHIN - Global South Centre of Excellence.

• Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri launched City Investments to
Innovate, Integrate, and Sustain 2.0 (CITIIS 2.0) challenge .

• The 9th edition of a joint military exercise between India and Sri Lanka Exercise MITRA
SHAKTI-2023’ was held in Pune.
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• The Indian Navy launches its most advanced and state-of-the-art anti-submarine
warfare shallow watercraft, named ‘’Amini’’.

• Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw announces around

Rs 3,000 cr to IT hardware sector under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme 2.0.

• The 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was held in Goa. The opening
ceremony was held at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium in Bambolim.

• India, Australia finalizing agreements for cooperation in hydrography and air-to-air

refuelling.

• The first ever Global Fisheries Conference India 2023 kicked off at Science City in
Ahmedabad.
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• India issues an advisory to its nationals urging them to avoid nonessential travel to
Myanmar in view of the evolving security situation there.

• Indian Navy, DRDO undertook trials of first indigenously developed Naval Anti-Ship
Missile.

• The Atal Innovation Mission under NITI Aayog launches a new accelerator program
called Rapid Innovation and Startup Expansion (RISE) in New Delhi.

• The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) gives nod
Bharti-Backed Eutelsat OneWeb for Satellite Broadband Services in India.

• Indian Immunologicals (IIL) launches measles and rubella vaccine named ‘’Mabella’’ for
children.
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• Centre renames Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) as

‘Ayushman Arogya Mandir’ with the tag-line ‘Arogyam Parmam Dhanam’.

• The Indian Coast Guard conducts the 9th National Level Pollution Response Exercise
(NATPOLREX-IX) on 25 Nov 2023 off Vadinar, Gujarat.

• The Supreme Court of India says that state Governors holds no veto power over Bills.

• Narendra Modi became the first PM to fly in a fighter aircraft in the indigenously
developed and manufactured Tejas Twin Seat Light Combat Fighter aircraft at
Bengaluru.
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• Centre advises citizens to file FIR against social media firms for IT rule violation.

• Centre launched the third phase of Yuva Sangam, an initiative to sensitise students on
diversity across India.

• The 42nd Edition of the India International Trade Fair at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi
opened for the public.

• National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) signs an MoU with The Energy and
Resources Institute (TERI) to forge a strategic partnership in disaster risk reduction.

• Election Commission of India & Ministry of Education signs MoU to bring electoral
literacy to classrooms across country.
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• Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal launches the domestic
sailing of the first International Cruise Liner ‘COSTA SERENA’ in India at Mumbai.

• SC collegium headed by CJI recommended the names of three high court chief justice's
Satish Chandra Sharma, Augustine George Masih & Sandeep Mehta as Supreme Court
judges

• Supreme Court says that ban on firecrackers containing barium 'not limited' to Delhi-NCR
but 'binds’ on every state.

• India successfully test-fired its surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missile (SRBM)

'Pralay' from the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast.
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• 11.5 crore PAN cards deactivated after missing deadline for linking with Aadhaar.

• UGC announces regulations for establishment & operation of campuses by foreign

universities in India.

• Centre announces 1% interest rate rebate to divyang borrowers under the National
Divyangjan Finance and Development Corporation, NDFDC.

• Centre bans 9 Meitei extremist groups for 5 years mostly operating from Manipur.

• Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), is among a list of organisations that are
exempted from the ambit of the Right to Information Act (RTI), 2005.
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
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• Global gold demand declined by 6 % to 1,147.5 tonne during the third quarter of
2023.

• Output growth in India’s 8 core sectors slowed to a four-month low of 8.1% in

September.

• Growth in India’s gross GST revenues hit the second highest monthly tally of ₹1.72 lakh
crore in October.

• The Enforcement Directorate provisionally attach assets worth ₹538.05 crore in

connection with the money laundering probe against Jet Airways.

• India emerged as the global leader in the number of IPOs year-to-date in 2023 as the
third quarter (July to September) of 2023 saw 21 IPOs in the Indian main market.
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• India’s Alcohol Beverages industry to touch $64 billion by 2030.

• India's food processing sector attracted ₹50,000 crore in FDI in the past nine years.

• Co-working company WeWork files for bankruptcy in the US. The firm reported
liabilities of $10bn to $50bn (£40.5bn).

• Airbus signs contracts with Mahindra Aeroscape, 3 others for manufacturing of aircraft
components.

• Italy to seize $835m from rental giant Airbnb in tax evasion inquiry.

• Centre authorises release of tax devolution of over 72 ,961 crore Rupees to all States.
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• The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)announces a $553 million

investment in the Adani Ports-led container terminal project in Colombo.

• InterGlobe Enterprises, and American aircraft manufacturer Archer Aviation entered

into an agreement to operate an all-electric air taxi service in India by 2026.

• Airbus was partnering with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for commercial aircraft
service support.

• Sri Lanka enters agreement with India, Paris Club on debt treatment.

• Reliance Industries will invest ₹20,000 crore in West Bengal in the next three years.
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• India's Forex reserves surged by 4.672 billion US Dollars to 590.783 billion US Dollars
for the week ended the 3rd of November,2023.

• India’s index of industrial production (IIP) rose 5.8% in September, slower than the
previous month's 10.3%.

• India’s net direct tax collections grew 21.8% to ₹10.6 lakh crore by November 9,2023.

• Leading stock exchange BSE reported a four-fold jump in net profit to ₹118.4 crore for
the quarter ended September 2023.

• Rating agency Moody's lowered its outlook on the U.S. credit rating to "negative" from
"stable" citing large fiscal deficits.

• Toyota to make fresh investment of ₹3,300 crore to set up new plant in India.
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• Insurance regulatory body IRDAI sets up taskforce to study Data Protection Act’s impact
on insurance sector.

• Union Cabinet clears terms of reference for the 16th Finance Commission for the five-
year period beginning on April 1, 2026.

• Govt e-Marketplace (GeM) achieves 2 lakh crore Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) in
less than eight months of the current fiscal year.

• India’s core sectors grew 12.1% in October from 9.2% in September.

• Central Sector Scheme for providing Drones to the Women SHGs, with an outlay of Rs.
1261 Crore for the period from 2024-25 to 2025-26 has been approved.

• India's gem, jewellery exports decline 11.49% to ₹22,873 crore in October.

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• U.S. electric car maker Tesla Inc is planning to double the number of components it
imports from India, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said.

• Argentina's annual inflation rate has hit 143%, just days before a Presidential election.

• China orders local governments to cut exposure to public-private projects as debt risks
rise.

• India's wholesale inflation is in negative territory for 7th consecutive month, in October.
WPI recorded a 0.52 % decline in October compared to the same period last year.

• India’s retail inflation eased to a four-month low of 4.87% in October.

• Adani Green Energy becomes India’s largest Green Energy Company with 8.4 GW
Capacity
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• ONGC plans to invest ₹1 lakh crore to set up two petrochemical plants.

• India's exports grew by 6.21% to 33.57 billion dollars in October.

• Sam Altman will return as CEO of OpenAI along with former President Greg Brockman days
after their shock exit.

• World Coal Association (WCA) rebrands itself as FutureCoal – The Global Alliance for
Sustainable Coal.

• Central Depository Services Limited, CDSL becomes first depository to register 10 crore
Demat accounts

• IMF revises down Pakistan’s foreign loan requirements to $25 billion for the ongoing fiscal
year – reducing it by $3.4 billion.
BANKING AWARENESS
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• RBI approves nod to SBI MF to buy 9.99% stake in Karur Vysya Bank Ltd.

• Canara Bank introduces WhatsApp banking channel on 118th Founder’s Day.

• RBI approves the appointment of Rajat Kumar Jain as Part-time Chairman of Fino
Payment Bank.

• Bank of Maharashtra plans to add 250 branches by March 2024.

• RBI levied stringent measures against Citibank, Bank of Baroda & Indian Overseas
Bank, imposing penalties totalling ₹10.34 crore for contravention of various regulatory
norms.
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• RBI says more than 97% of ₹2,000 notes returned.

• Bank of Baroda (BoB) reports a 28% rise in its net profit to Rs 4,253 crore for the
quarter ended September.

• SBI reports second-quarter standalone net profit grew 8% to ₹14,330 crore, aided by
lower bad loan provisions and a 12.3% increase in Net Interest Income (NII).

• Bank of India (BoI) reports a net profit of Rs 1,458 crore an increase of 52% over Rs
960 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.

• PayGlocal receives in-principle approval from the RBI for a payment aggregator (PA)
licence.
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• RBI bars Bajaj Finance from issuing loans under two products with immediate effect, due
to deficiencies in adhering to digital lending guidelines.

• RBI increases risk weights on consumer credit exposure of banks, Non Banking Financial
Companies, NBFCs to 125% from 100%.

• Kotak Mahindra Bank's board appointed Ashok Vaswani as MD & CEO of the bank for
three years from January 1, 2024.

• IndusInd Bank is first bank in the country to have gone live as a ‘Financial Information
Provider’ (FIP) under the new ‘Account Aggregator Framework’ of the RBI.
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• RBI replaces the Board of Directors of Abhyudaya Cooperative Bank Ltd. for a period of
12 months over poor governance standards observed in the bank.

• Axis Mobile App emerges as the leader, boasting a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 59, with
ICICI Bank’s iMobile Pay and BHIM following closely behind.

• Fedbank Financial Services Ltd., a non-banking finance company plans to tap the capital
markets with an up to ₹1,092-crore Initial Public Offering (IPO).

• SBI Card partners Reliance Retail to roll out Reliance SBI Card, which will enable
cardholders to shop at various Reliance retail outlets.
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• RBI to directly regulate all entities facilitating cross-border payment transactions for the
import and export of goods and services.

• RBI announces monetary penalties on Punjab National Bank, Federal Bank, Kosamattam
Finance, and Mercedes-Benz Financial Services India for rule violations.

• Axis Bank, the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) signed MoU to establish the
Axis Bank Chair for financial inclusion at IRMA.

• HSBC India launches electronic bank guarantee services for its MSMEs and corporate
clients in association with National E-Governance Services Ltd (NeSL).
INTERNATIONAL
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• Bolivia cut its diplomatic ties with Israel over its disproportionate attacks in Gaza.

• UNSC adopts resolution to renew mandate of UN Assistance Mission in Somalia.

• US to end participation of Gabon, Niger, Uganda and Central African Republic in

trade program.

• General elections in Pakistan to be held on February 11, 2023.

• Afghanistan announces permanent closure of embassy in India.

• Philippines announces exit from China’s Belt & Road Initiatives.

• After Thailand and Sri Lanka, Malaysia grants visa-free entry for Indians.
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• The World Health Organization (WHO) declares loneliness as a pressing global health
threat.

• UNESCO designates Kozhikode in Kerala as City of Literature, Gwalior as City of Music.

• Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu rejects US call for ceasefire.

• Italy to build two centres in Albania to host tens of thousands of illegal migrants.

• US, S.Korea & Japan to establish new forum to counter North Korean cyber operations.

• Chile becomes the 95th member of the International Solar Alliance ISA.

• Hamas and Israel war reaches one month mark, so far 1,400 people have been killed
and over 200 taken hostage in Israel.
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• Merriam-Webster has selected “authentic” as its 2023 Word of the Year.

• US & India to establish a Strong Defence Industrial Cooperation.

• A shipwreck, believed to contain 200 tons of gold, silver & emeralds is going to be taken
out as Colombia has declared a national mission to recover the treasure.

• Afghan farmers lose income of more than $1 billion after Taliban banned poppy
cultivation.

• An international panel on loss & damage due to climate crisis reached an agreement on
operationalising a global fund in Abu Dhabi.

• Canadian government bans WeChat & Kaspersky on government phones.

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• Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announces a stimulus package worth more than
$100 billion to ease the pressure from inflation.

• Russia successfully test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile "Bulava" .

• Somalia hit by floods, killed 29 people & forced more than 300,000 to flee their homes.

• First ever Myanmar- Russia Maritime Security Exercise (MARUEX) conducted in Andaman
Sea concludes.

• India votes in favour of UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements in Palestine.

• Ex-Indian navy personnel's appeal against death sentence in Qatar court accepted.
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• Algerian President names Mohamed Labaoui as new Prime Minister ahead of elections
next year.

• British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sacks Home Secretary Suella Braverman, appoints
James Cleverly as the new home secretary.

• Nepal decides to ban the social media app TikTok, saying it was disrupting “social
harmony” in the country.

• India, U.S., 12 other Indo-Pacific Economic Framework For Prosperity (IPEF) members ink
supply chain resilience agreement.

• 12th parliamentary elections to be held on January 7, 2023 in Bangladesh.

• European Union reaches a deal to place methane emission limits on Europe's oil and gas
imports from 2030.
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• U.S., Philippines ink landmark deal on nuclear cooperation.

• U.S. signs temporary spending bill averting government shutdown.

• Maldives new President Mohamed Muizzu asks India to withdraw its military.

• International Humanitarian Law and Peacekeeping high on the agenda of the Annual
United Nations (UN) Forum 2023 which was held in New Delhi.

• India, Australia held second two plus two Ministerial Dialogue in Delhi.

• South Africa hosts the BRICS summit on Israel-Hamas war.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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• Polish Rum company Dictador in collaboration with Hanson Robotics employed world's
first ever AI humanoid robot CEO, Mika.

• Aligarh Muslim University to launch its own satellite SS AMU SAT approved by IN-SPACe.

• IIT Kanpur establishes a Center of Excellence named ATMAN (Advanced Technologies for
Monitoring Air-quality iNdicators) for monitoring air quality.

• ISRO's maiden solar mission, Aditya L1, has captured its first high energy X-ray glimpse
of solar flares.

• IBM, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), set up an innovation lab at its
Client Experience Centre in Bengaluru.
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• SpaceX achieves milestone with 29th Cargo Mission to the International Space Station
(ISS).

• Electronics major Samsung launched its inaugural generative AI model, Samsung Gauss,
during the Samsung AI Forum.

• Scientists based in China have created a monkey chimera with two sets of DNA.

• According to European Union scientists, 2023 year is the hottest in 1,25,000 years.
October 2023 was the world's hottest October in that period.

• Amazon is building a large language model (LLM) named ‘’Olympus’’ to rival OpenAI
and Google.
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• A recent study reveals that the once-connected landmass called Argoland which underwent
a separation from western Australia 155 million years ago due to tectonic forces, has been
discovered.

• An international team rediscovered the rare Attenborough's long-beaked echidna(egg-

laying mammal) in Indonesia.

• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves Ixchiq, the first chikungunya vaccine.
Ixchiq is approved for individuals 18 years of age and older who are at increased risk of
exposure to chikungunya virus.
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• Saima Wazed, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s daughter, was nominated as the next
Regional Director for the World Health Organization’s South-East Asia region.

• Sam Bankman-Fried, who once ran one of the world's biggest cryptocurrency
exchanges, was found guilty of fraud & money laundering.

• Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that he plans to bow out and hand over
power to his deputy, Lawrence Wong, late next year, before the 2025 general
elections.

• Information Commissioner Heeralal Samariya was sworn in as the Chief of the Central
Information Commission (CIC) by President Droupadi Murmu.

• Joseph Boakai was declared winner of Liberia's presidential election, beating

incumbent George Weah.
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• Argentina voters elected Javier Milei as its new President. With 97.6% of votes tallied
in presidential runoff vote, Milei had won 55.8%.

• President Andry Rajoelina re-election was confirmed by the Madagascar's

Constitutional Court following a controversial election a fortnight ago.

• Indian skydiver Shital Mahajan became the first woman to jump off a helicopter from
the height of 21,500 ft in front of the world's highest peak, Mt Everest.

• Spain’s acting Socialist Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, was chosen by a majority of
legislators to form a new government in a parliamentary vote.

• Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua, won the coveted title of Miss Universe 2023, making
history as the first Nicaraguan woman to win the crown.
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• Amit S Telang, High Commissioner of India to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana was
appointed as Indian envoy to the Caribbean Community.

• Hitesh Kumar S. Makwana, an IAS official of Tamil Nadu cadre, has been appointed as
the Surveyor General of India.

• Anurag Agarwal, a 1990-batch IAS officer from the Punjab cadre was appointed as
Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

• Ken Mattingly, an astronaut who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that
helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died.

• Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi, the Chairman Emeritus of the Oberoi Group, died. He was
known as the man who changed the face of the hotel business in India. He received
Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honour.
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• Senior BJP leader & former governor of Nagaland Padmanabha Acharya passed
away. Acharya had served as governor of Nagaland, Tripura, Assam and also handled
the responsibilities as the governor of Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.

• Sahara India Group Founder Subrata Roy died after a prolonged illness. He ruled an
empire that included an airline, Air Sahara, television channels, finance and real estate.

• Renowned art historian and writer B. N. Goswamy died. He was honoured with Padma
Shri and Padma Bhushan awards. He was best-known for his works on the Pahari style of
paintings.

• Former Governor of the RBI S. Venkitaramanan passed away. Belonging to the Tamil
Nadu cadre of the IAS, he became the RBI Governor in December 1990 when a
balance of payment crisis was brewing.
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• Former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter, who President Jimmy Carter called "an extension of
myself" owing to her prominent role in his administration even as she tirelessly promoted
the cause of mental health, died.

• The founder of Sankara Netralaya Dr.S.S Badrinath passed away. He founded the
Sankara Nethralaya as a unit of the Medical Research Foundation in 1978. He was a
recipient of the Padma Shri in 1983 and Padma Bhushan in 1999.

• Nobel Peace Prize winner & diplomat Henry Kissinger who guided U.S. foreign policy,
died. He played a pivotal role in several key world events including the Paris Peace
Accords with North Vietnam, expanding Israel’s ties with its Arab neighbours, the US-Soviet
arms control talks.

• N. Sankaraiah, a freedom fighter, senior-most Communist leader in the country, and one of
the founding members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) passed away.
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• M Fathima Beevi, the first woman judge of Supreme Court of India of a nation in Asia,
passed away. She was also the first Muslim woman to serve the higher judiciary in the
country. She was also the first woman Governor of Tamil Nadu and the first
chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission.

• An All-India Radio artist & noted violinist B. Sasikumar died. He had written several
divine hymns in Malayalam and Tamil languages. He was conferred with several
awards including the central government’s Sangeet Natak Akademi award.

• Charlie Munger, who helped Warren Buffett build Berkshire Hathaway into an
investment powerhouse, has died.

• Sweets and snacks brand Bikanervala founder Lala Kedarnath Aggarwal passed
away at 86.
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• Indian women’s team beats Japan to win the 2023 Asian Champions Trophy.

• Ramesh Vaishali and Vidit Gujrathi win FIDE Grand Swiss Women's and Open titles in UK.

• The first time the international LGBTQ sporting event has come to Asia with Gay Games
opened Hong Kong.

• Bangladesh to host 24th Asian Archery Championships in 2025.

• Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar won gold medal in men’s 50m rifle 3 positions individual
event at the Asian Shooting Championship in Changwon.
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• Sao Paulo Grand Prix 2023: Max Verstappen marks record 17th win of the season.

• The 37th National Games 2023 concluded on November 9 in Goa. Maharashtra

topped the chart with 228 medals including 80 Gold.

• International Cricket Council (ICC) Board suspends Sri Lanka Cricket’s membership of the
ICC with immediate effect. It stated that Sri Lanka Cricket is in serious breach of its
obligations as a Member.

• MotoGP 2023: Ducati’s Enea Bastianini wins Malaysian Grand Prix.

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• The Indian men's team won gold medal while the women's side clinched a bronze in the
inaugural Asian Half Marathon Championship.

• Tennis: Canada beats Italy in the final Billie to win Jean King Cup 2023.

• Tennis: Indian team won its last league match against Argentina & emerged the
champion of the IC Rod Laver World Junior Challenge.

• Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023 : Verstappen claims 18th win of the F1 season.
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• Gaganjeet Bhullar shot a final-round 67 to stroll to a 5-stroke victory at the Indonesian

Masters, his fifth tournament victory in the country.

• India’s Pankaj Advani lifted his 26th world title as he won the World IBSF Billiards
Championship 2023 in Doha, Qatar.

• India’s Vidya Pillai won the World 6 Red Women Snooker Championships title.

• Punjab defeats defending Champions Haryana in the Final of the 13th Hockey India
Senior Men's National Championship 2023.
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• Red Bull’s Max Verstappen wins the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

• Francesco Bagnaia claims 2023 Valencia GP to defend MotoGP title.

2023 ICC Men’s Cricket world Highlights

• Australia won the ICC Men’s Cricket world cup defeating India by six wickets in the final
in Ahmedabad. It is their 6th world cup title.

• Virat Kohli was awarded with the player of the tournament.

• Mohammed Shami is the leading wicket taker of the World Cup.

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• Indian doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty lost to the World No 1
Chinese pair in the men's doubles final at the China Masters Badminton 2023.

• Indian woman golfer Aditi Ashok wins her second LET golf title of season in Spain.

• Indian shooter Anish Bhanwala wins bronze medal in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event
at the ISSF World Cup Final 2023 in Doha, Qatar.

• Russian federation membership from Badminton World Federation (BWF) suspended over
membership breaches.
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• Virender Sehwag, Diana Edulji & Aravinda de Silva became the latest inductees in the ICC
Cricket Hall of Fame.

• India ended campaign at Asian Archery Championships in Bangkok with seven medals
comprising three gold, a silver and three bronze.

• Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2023: Punjab beats Baroda to lift maiden title.

• ATP Finals: Novak Djokovic wins record 7th title with victory over Jannik Sinner.
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Prince William’s Earthshot Prize Winners 2023

Category Winners
• Protect and Restore Nature: Acción Andina, from Peru.
• Clean Our Air : GRST, from Hong Kong.
• Revive Our Oceans : WildAid Marine Program
• Build a Waste-Free World : S4S Technologies from India
• Fix Our Climate: : Boomitra, India

• Bina Agarwal, a professor at the University of Manchester, received the Kenneth

Boulding Award in Ecological Economics along with David Barkin in Colombia.
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BusinessLine Changemaker Awards 2023

• Reserve Bank of India wins business line Changemaker of the Year award.
• The ‘utterly butterly’ beloved brand, Amul, was crowned Iconic Changemaker of the Year.
• The digital transformation winner was ‘’Stellapps Technologies’’.
• The award for financial transformation went to Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
• The Young Changemaker Award went to Shrinidhi R.S., creator of CherriLearn.

• India-born author Nandini Das was 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’.

• NHPC Limited, India’s hydropower company, won the 2nd prize under the 'Annual Report'
category of 'PRSI National Awards 2023'.
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• Infosys Science Foundation (ISF) announced the winners of the Infosys Prize 2023. The
Infosys Prize is given in six categories – Engineering and Computer Science, Humanities,
Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences.

• Tamil writer Perumal Murugan wins the coveted JCB Prize for Literature for his novel, Fire
Bird, an English translation of his Tamil novel Aalandapatchi.

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

• India’s Ishwak Singh won the Best Actor award at the Stars Asian International Film
Festival for his performance in the film Berlin.
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• International Emmys 2023: India’s Vir Das wins the Prize for comedy for his Netflix
stand-up special Vir Das: Landing, sharing the prize with season 3 of UK show Derry
Girls.

• Abdullahi Mire, a former Somali refugee & journalist, who championed the right to
education was named as this year's winner of the prestigious UNHCR Nansen Refugee
Award.

• V R Lalithambika, the former head of the Directorate of the Human Spaceflight

Programme at ISRO, has been honoured with the France’s highest civilian award, Légion
d'honneur.

• India’s Long Jumper Murali Sreeshankar honoured with 2023 Jimmy George Award.
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• Deepti Babuta becomes first woman to bag Dhahan Prize for Punjabi literature. She
received the award for her short story collection, ‘Bhukh Eon Sah Laindi Hai’.

• Madhuri Dixit was honoured with 'Special Recognition for Contribution to Bharatiya
Cinema' Award at the 54th International Film Festival of India.

• Veteran playback singer Suresh Ishwar Wadkar was selected for Maharashtra
government’s prestigious 'Gansamragini Lata Mangeshkar Award' for 2023.

• Uttar Pradesh won an award for inland fisheries (plain areas) at the two-day Global
Fisheries Conference-2023 in Delhi.
BOOKS & AUTHORS
Books & Authors
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• Do Palkon Ki Chhavn Main- Dr. Hema Joshi

• Thread by Thread: The S.Kumars Story- Sathya Saran

• India’s Moment: Changing Power Equations around the World -Dr. Mohan Kumar

• Welcome to Paradise-Twinkle Khanna

• Pranab, My Father: A Daughter Remembers-Sharmishtha Mukherjee

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• Delhi's Khan Market is 22nd most expensive high street retail location globally: Cushman
& Wakefield.

• New York's Fifth Avenue retains its top ranking as the world's most expensive retail
destination.

• India ranks third with 72 unicorn companies in 2023, with a total valuation of $195.75
billion.

• Japan ranked last in a global ranking of employees’ well-being, measured by assessing

physical, mental, social and spiritual health. Turkey ranked first.

• India surpassed China to become the largest source of international graduate students in
the United States for the first time since 2009-10.
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• November 1- World Vegan Day

• November 1-All Saints Day
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• November 6-International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War
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• November 7-National Cancer Awareness Day

• November 8-World Radiography Day
• November 9- National Legal Services Day

• November 11- National Education Day

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• November 12-World Pneumonia Day

• November 13-World Kindness Day
• November 14- World Diabetes Day
• November 14-Children's Day(India)

• November 15-Birsa Munda Jayanti

• November 16-International Day for Tolerance
• November 16-National Press Day
• November 17-International Students' Day
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• November 19-World Toilet Day

• November 19-International Men’s Day
• November 20-Universal Children’s Day

• November 21- World Television Day

• November 25- International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
• November 26-Constitution Day of India

• November 26-National Milk Day

• November 29-International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
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