Current Affairs | Daily GK Update | 15 November 2023

National

• On Janjati Gaurav Dina, PM Modi will launch PM PVTG Mission and Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra.

• The Geographical Indication (GI) Registry has awarded prestigious GI tags to more than 15 products in Uttarakhand.
  • These include the finger millet of Uttarakhand, Mandua, and an indigenous millet, Zangora.

• The Government of India, through the Ministry of Agriculture, is preparing to launch an important initiative, the PM Kisan Bhai (Storage Promotion) scheme aimed at supporting small and marginal farmers.
  • The scheme is designed to empower farmers by breaking the monopoly of traders in fixing the prices of crops.

• The 6th High Level Meeting of India-OPEC Energy Dialogue was held on 9 November 2023 at the OPEC Secretariat in Vienna, Austria.

• The 42nd edition of the India International Trade Fair (IITF) 2023 began at the Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.
  • Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel will inaugurate this prestigious event.

• The Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, November 11, 2023 concluded yesterday.

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Economics

• Morgan Stanley forecasts robust 6.5% growth for India’s economy in FY24 and FY25

• In October, retail inflation fell to a 4-month low of 4.87%

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Technology

• The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has granted Internet Service Provider (ISP) licenses to Jio Satellite Communications and OneWeb.

• Asia-Pacific Airlines has a target of 5% green fuel consumption by 2030

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Sports

• South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj has overtaken Mohammad Siraj in the list of ODI bowlers.

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Awards

• The Supreme Court has appointed three new judges to handle the pending cases.
  • Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Chief Justices of Rajasthan and Guwahati Augustine George Masih and Sandeep Mehta were sworn in as judges of the Supreme Court.

• Former Prime Minister David Cameron appointed as UK Foreign Secretary

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Other

• Children’s Day in India is a special occasion celebrated on 14th November every year. This date was chosen to commemorate the birthday of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.

• World Diabetes Day is observed on November 14 every year to draw attention to diabetes as a global public health problem. The theme of World Diabetes Day 2023 is Access to Diabetes Care.

• Pablo Picasso’s famous painting “Femme à la montre” (“Woman with a Watch”) sold for a record $139 million at a Sotheby’s auction in New York on November 8, 2023.