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Awards
The Irish author who has been awarded the 2023 Booker Prize for his novel Prophet Song – Paul Lynch
The Indian actor-comic who has won the International Emmy Award for his stand-up special in the best comedy category – Vir Das
The Tamil writer whose book Fire Bird (translated into English by Janani Kannan) has been awarded the 2023 JCB Prize for Literature – Perumal Murugan
The 10-year old boy from Bengaluru who has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023 in the under 10 years category awarded by Natural History Museum, London – Vihaan Talya Vikas
Defence
The joint military exercise conducted by the armies of India and Nepal at Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand from 24 Nov to 07 Dec 2023 is named – Ex. Surya Kiran
The 14th Edition of the Indo-US Joint Special Forces held from 21 Nov to 11 Dec at the Joint Training Node, Umroi (Meghalaya) is named – VAJRA PRAHAR 2023
The ninth edition of Joint Military exercise by India and Sri Lanka held in Aundh (Pune)from 16th to 29th November 2023 is named – Exercise Mitra Shakti-2023
The bilateral naval exercise carried out by the navies of India and Bangladesh in northern Bay of Bengal from 07-09 Nov 2023 was named – Exercise Bongosagar
Persons
The former US Secretary of State and recipient of Nobel Peace Prize 1973, who passed away on 29.11.2023 – Henry Kissinger
India's first female judge of Supreme Court and former Governor of Tamil Nadu who passed away on 23.11.2023 – Justice M. Fathima Beevi
The former Governor of Reserve Bank of India (1990 to 92) and India's former Finance Secretary who passed away on 18 Nov 2023 – Shri S. Venkitaramanan
The Argentinian politician, economist and author belonging to the Libertanian Party, who has won the Presidential elections – Mr. Javier Milei
The contestant from Nicaragua who has been crowned Miss Universe 2023 at the beauty pageant held in San Salvador – Ms. Sheynnis Palcios
The Indian businessman and founder of Sahara India Pariwar who passed away on 14 November 2023 – Subrata Roy
The well-known actor who has been appointed as the UPI Safety Ambassador by the National Payments Corporation of India – Pankaj Tripathi
The new Chief Information Commissioner of India who has taken over with effect from 06 November 2023 – Shri Heeralal Samariya
Places
The country which has closed its embassy in India permanently with effect from 23.11.2023 – Afghanistan
The Indian state which has passed bills increasing the quota of reservation for deprived classes from 50% to 65% – Bihar
The place in Nepal which was hit by an earthquake measuring 6.4 on Richter scale, resulting in the death of over 150 people – Jajarkot
The Indian cities which have been added in UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network (UCCN) as the City of Literature and City of Music respectively – Kozhikode and Gwalior
Sports
The Indian cueist who has won his 26th IBSF World Billiards Championship defeating Sourav Kothari in the finals at Kuala Lumpur – Pankaj Advani
The Indian cricketer who has set a new record of scoring 50 centuries in ODIs, breaking the previous record of 49 centuries held by Sachin Tendulkar – Virat Kohli
The three former cricketers who have recently been inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame – Diana Edulji, Virendra Sehwag and Aravinda de Silva
The team whose membership has been suspended by the International Cricket Council citing reasons of government interference – Sri Lanka
The team which was defeated by India in the finals to win Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2023 played at Ranchi, Jharkhand – Japan
The Sri Lankan cricketer who has become the first cricketer in the history of international cricket to be timed out (timed out is a method of dismissal when an incoming batsman is not ready to play within a given amount of time of the previous batter being either dismissed or retired) – Angelo Mathews
Miscellaneous
The first ever AI-powered humanoid robot to be appointed by Polish company Dictador, as its Chief Executive Officer is named – Mika
The word meaning modelling of human mental functions by computer programs, which has been chosen as the Word of the Year 2023 by Collins Dictionary – AI
The theme of Vigilance Awareness Week observed from 30 October to 05 November 2023 by all the Ministries of Govt of India – Say No to Corruption; Commit to the Nation
The first International Cruise Liner to sail from India, which was launched from Mumbai by Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal is named – Costa Serena
National Games 2023
Host: Goa
Motto: Get, Set Goa
Held from 25 October to 09 November 2023
Mascot: Moga, an Indian Bison
Medals Tally
|
# |
State |
G |
S |
B |
Total |
|
1. |
Maharashtra |
80 |
69 |
79 |
228 |
|
2. |
Services |
66 |
27 |
33 |
126 |
|
3. |
Haryana |
62 |
55 |
75 |
192 |
|
4. |
Madhya Pradesh |
37 |
36 |
39 |
112 |
|
5. |
Kerala |
36 |
24 |
27 |
87 |
ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023
- Host: India
- Held from 05 October to 19 November 2023
- Venue for first and final match: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
- Mascots: Tonk and Blaze
- Official theme song: Dil Jashn Bole composed by Pritam
- Winner: Australia
- Runners-up: India
- Countries: 10 (Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka)
- Matches: 48
- Player of the series: Virat Kohli
- Most runs: Virat Kohli (765)
- Most wickets: Mohammed Shami (24)
Important Days of November 2023
World Tsunami Awareness Day: 05 November
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First Observed in: 2016
Theme: Fighting Inequality for a Resilient Future
World Science Day for Peace and Development: 10 November
Designated by: UNESCO
Theme: Building Trust In Science
First Observed in: 2001
World Pneumonia Day: 12 November
Designated by: WHO
First Observed in: 2009
World Diabetes Day: 14 November
Designated by: International Diabetes Federation
Theme: Access to Diabetes Care
First Observed in: 1991 by IDF, adopted by UN in 2006
International Day for Tolerance: 16 November
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed in: 1995
World Philosophy Day: (3rd Thursday of Nov) 16 November
Designated by: UNESCO
First Observed in: 2002
World Toilet Day: 19 November
Designated by: World Toilet Organisation
Theme: Accelerating Change
First Observed in: 2001 by World Toilet Organisation and accepted by UN in 2013
World Children’s Day: 20 November
Designated by: UN General Assembly
Theme: For Every Child, Every Right
Day established in: 1954
World Television Day: 21 November
Designated by: UN General Assembly
Day established in: 1997
World Fisheries Day: 21 November
Designated by: World Fisheries Forum
First Observed in: 1997
International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women: 25 November
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
Theme: UNiTE! Invest to Prevent Violence Against Women & Girls! #No Excuse
First Observed in: 2000
National Milk Day: 26 November
Designated by: Indian Dairy Association
Occasion: Birth anniversary of Dr. Verghese Kurien
First Observed in: 2014
54th International Film Festival of India
- Venue: Goa
- Held from 20 to 28 November 2023
- Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement award: Hollywood film director Michael Douglas
- No. of films screened: 270.
- Opening film: Catching Dust (British)
- Closing film: The Featherweight (American)
- Opening film of Indian Panorama (Feature films): Aattam (Malayalam)
- Opening film of Indian Panorama (Non-Feature films): Andro Dreams (Manipuri)
- Special Recognition for Contribution to Bharatiya Cinema Award: Madhuri Dixit
- ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal: Drift by Anthony Chen
- Golden Peacock for the Best Film: Endless Borders (Persian)
- Silver Peacock for Best Director: Stephan Komandarev (Bulgaria)
- Silver Peacock for Best Actor (Male): Pouria Rahimi Sam for Endless Borders
- Silver Peacock for Best Actor (Female): Melanie Thierry for Party of Fools
- Special Jury Award: Rishabh Shetty for Kantara
- Award for Best Debut Feature Film of a Director: Syrian director Reger Azad Kaya for When the Seedlings Grow
- Best Web Series (OTT) Award to Panchayat Season 2
Latest GI Tags
The following items from Uttarakhand have been recently conferred the GI Tag
1. Berinag tea;
2. Bichhu buti fabrics;
3. Mandua, a finger millet grown in Garhwal and Kumaon;
4. Jhangora, a home grown millet;
5. Gahat, a kind of pulse known for its medicinal use;
6. Uttarakhand lal chawal, a red rice organically grown in the Purola region;
7. Kala bhat (black soybean);
8. Malta fruit;
9. Chaulai (ramdana), a grain used on fasting days;
10. Buransh juice obtained from the red flowers of the Rhododendron arboreum; 11. Pahari toor dal; 12. Uttarakhand likhai or wood carvings;
13. Nainital mombatti (candles),
14. Rangwali pichhoda of Kumaon,
15. Ramnagar Nainital litchis;
16. Ramgarh Nainital peaches;
17. Chamoli wooden Ramman masks, and
18. Almora Lakhori mirchis, a chilli variant.