Current Affairs | Daily GK Update | 6 November 2023

National

• The first Australia India Education and Skills Council meeting will be held at IIT Gandhinagar in Gujarat.

• Colors, an entertainment channel, has collaborated with the Ministry of Women and Child Development to support the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao initiative to bring about social change.

• The Philippines has announced its withdrawal from China’s Belt and Road project.

• According to the State Food Security Index 2022-2023, the state of Tamil Nadu emerged as the leading state in consumer empowerment initiatives.

• NITI Aayog to organize state level innovation workshop at IIM Bangalore The workshop will be held from November 6 to 8.

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Economics

• The Solvent Extractor’s Association of India (SEA) and the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (ABIOVE) have signed a memorandum of understanding for the import of soybean oil.

• Airbus has tied up with Mahindra Aerospace to manufacture aircraft parts and components.

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Technology

• NTPC Renewable Energy Limited’s first 50 MW wind project has been commissioned at Dayapar, Kutch, Gujarat.

• Collins Dictionary has announced the word “AI” as the Word of the Year for 2023.

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Sports

• Bangladesh will host the 24th Asian Archery Championship.

• Apparel brand Bhaane has partnered with the National Basketball Association to launch NBAstore.in, an online store in India.

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Awards

• Senior Indian diplomat, Surendra Adhana has been re-elected to serve on the United Nations Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) for the period 2024-26.

• Former Delhi High Court Chief Justice Rajendra Menon has been reappointed as the Chairman of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT).

• Rohit Rishi appointed as Executive Director in Bank of Maharashtra

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Other

• Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has introduced an important initiative called “Jal Diwali – Water for Women, Water for Women Campaign”. Women participating in the campaign will be able to visit Water Treatment Plants (WTPs) in their respective cities to gain first-hand knowledge about the process of water purification.

• ISRO chief Somnath has withdrawn the publication of his autobiography ‘Nilavu ​​Kudicha Sinhangal’.

• International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict is observed on November 6.