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Current Affairs-November 3, 2023

 

INDIA

  • Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal launches the domestic sailing of the first International Cruise Liner ‘COSTA SERENA’ in India at Mumbai.
  • Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals organises 5th Edition of ICC Sustainability Conclave 2023.
  • Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurates ‘India Manufacturing Show’ in Bengaluru.
  • ECI signs MoU with the Ministry of Education to bring Electoral Literacy to Classrooms across the country.
  • Kerala government moves Supreme Court against Governor over pending Bills.
  • NCERT to introduce electoral literacy content in textbooks.
  • Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has sent notice to tech giant Apple about ‘state-sponsored attacks’ alert on iPhones.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

  • Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), launched its groundbreaking National Efficient Cooking Programme (NECP) and Energy Efficient Fans Programme (EEFP).
  • People can send their Rs 2,000 banknotes to specified regional offices of the Reserve Bank through the insured post for credit in their bank accounts.

WORLD

  • U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will travel to New Delhi next week for the India-US ‘2+2’ meeting.
  • U.N: International funding for climate resilience in developing countries slumped in 2021 despite increasingly ferocious impacts.
  • More than 1,65,000 Afghans fled Pakistan in the month since its government ordered 1.7 million people to leave or face arrest and deportation.
  • Israeli troops advanced toward Gaza City, as the Palestinian death toll rose above 9,000.

SPORTS

  • India beats Sri Lanka by 302 runs, in ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.
  • Cricket: Nepal and Oman qualify for T20 World Cup 2024.