Current Affairs | Daily GK Update | 7 November 2023

National

• Bharat Botanics to open India’s largest cold oil production facility in Gujarat

• The Pavilion of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying was inaugurated at the World Food India Event 2023 by the Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Mr. Parashottam Rupala.

• IIT Madras has become the first Indian institute of technology to set up an international campus on the picturesque East African island of Zanzibar.

• IIT Kanpur started a center of excellence called ATMAN to monitor air quality

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Economics

• HSBC India in collaboration with National e-Governance Services Limited (NeSL) has launched an electronic bank assurance service.

• Mudra Port became the first port in India to handle 16.1 million tonnes of cargo. which is currently running Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) on lease basis.

• IndiaFirst Life, a Mumbai-based life insurance company, has become the first life insurance company to get International Financial Services Center (IFSC) registration at GIFT City.

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Technology

• The first Artificial Intelligence Security Conference (AI Safety Summit 2023) was held in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.

• The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has partnered with Lulu Hypermarket to promote the export of Indian agri-products.

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Sports

• The All India Football Federation has won the second Grassroots Football Award.

• Brazilian Grand Prix Three-time champion Max Verstappen has won the Brazilian Grand Prix 2023.

• On November 5, Vidit Gujarathi and R. Both Vaishali from India have won the FIDE Grand Swiss Chess Event 2023.

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Awards

• Hiralal Samaria has been appointed as the new Chief Information Commissioner.

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Other

• National Cancer Awareness Day is observed on 7th November every year in India.

• Renowned musician and scholar Leela Omchery passed away at the age of 94.