INDIA
– 19 Indian universities among top 200 in QS Asia Universities Ranking 2023; IIT Bombay best at 40th
– Private channels to have 30-min slot for ‘national & public interest’ programmes daily
Statehood day of Uttarakhand celebrated on Nov 9; state carved out of UP in 2000
– EAM S. Jaishankar holds talks with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow
– EAM Jaishankar holds bilateral talks with Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei in Delhi
– Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat releases Dynamic Ground Water Resource Assessment Report
– Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri launches Transport 4 All Challenge Stage-2 and Citizen Perception Survey 2022
– Atal Innovation Mission launches women centric challenges under ANIC (Atal New India Challenge) program
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman approves Sovereign Green Bonds framework to attract investment in environmentally sustainable & climate-suitable projects
– Govt to exit Axis Bank with 1.55% stake sale, expects to garner Rs 4,000 cr
– Centre allows trade settlement for export promotion schemes in Indian rupee
– National Payments Corporation introduces BHIM App open-source license model
– Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) acquires 49.38% stake in Indian Oiltanking for Rs 1,050 cr
WORLD
– CDRI (Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure) announces Infrastructure Resilience Accelerator Fund at COP27 being held at Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt
– Russia says withdrawing from Ukraine’s city of Kherson and nearby areas
– International Week of Science and Peace being observed from Nov 9 to 14
SPORTS
– ICC T20 World Cup: Pakistan (153/3 in 19.1) beat NZ (152/4 in 20) in semifinal in Sydney
