Published on: November 3, 2023

Snippets:2 NOVEMBER 2023

Snippets:2 NOVEMBER 2023

  • ‘Noorakke Nooru Karnataka’ is the podcast series launched by Azim Premji University which is about Karnataka completely. This podcast is completely about Karnataka, in which every episode once in a will have a topics like songs, people, events, products or organisations that play a role in the State’s history.
  • ‘Karnataka’s Inclusive Alphabet’ campaign was also launched by Bahutva Karnataka.
  • Lakshman K.P. wins Shankar Nag Award at Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival
  • Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s daughter, Saima Wazed, was elected Regional Director of the World Health Organization’s South-East Asia region.
  • Indian-born author Nandini Das has been named the winner of the 2023 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding, a leading international non-fiction award, for her book Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire.
  • Akhaura-Agartala rail link that will establish the rail connectivity between Bangladesh and Northeast India through Tripura.
  • S. President Joe Biden, announced that he had nominated his Indo-Pacific policy chief Kurt Campbell for the Deputy Secretary of State position.
  • The All India Football Federation (AIFF) was honoured with the AFC President’s recognition bronze medal for its efforts in grassroots development of the sport in the country. It was AIFF’s second bronze medal in the category after having earned the same recognition way back in 2014.
  • Every year October 31st is celebrated as World Cities Day. Theme for 2023 is “Financing sustainable urban future for all”
  • Gwalior and Kozhikode from India are among the 55 new cities which have joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.
  • The Indian Army successfully carried out the inaugural firing of light combat helicopter (LCH) Prachand
  • The National Medical Commission (NMC) is set to launch ‘one nation, one registration platform’ for unified information on doctors
  • NITI Aayog organises Workshop on ‘India-AU Collaboration for a Better Inclusive World’