CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 7th & 8th NOVEMBER, 2023
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On 7 November, India commemorated the 135th birth anniversary of Dr. CV Raman, a renowned Indian physicist and Nobel laureate who is best known for his discovery of the Raman effect, a phenomenon in which light changes its wavelength when it interacts with matter.
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Saima Wazed, daughter of Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has been elected as the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for South-East Asia.
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Kerala has launched multi-language microsites to boost religious tourism.
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Bharat Botanics has announced that India’s largest cold oil production plant will be set up in Gujarat.
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Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Parshottam Rupala, inaugurated the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying’s pavilion on the World Food India event 2023.
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The Indian Institute of Technology Madras has become the first Indian Institute of Technology to establish an international campus on the Zanzibar Island in East Africa.
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Fitch Ratings has raised its mid-term potential growth estimate for India by 0.7 percentage points to 6.2% for 2019-2027.
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The United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosted the AI Safety Summit 2023 on 1 and 2 November at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire.
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Three-time champion Max Verstappen won the 2023 Brazilian Grand Prix and earned his record-breaking 17th win of the season.
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On 5 November 2023, India’s Vidit Gujrathi and R. Vaishali emerged victorious at the Grand Swiss tournament held at the Isle of Man.
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Senior IPS officer Pravin Madhukar Pawar has been appointed the Joint Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for five years.
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NITI Aayog conducted a one-day workshop with the theme ‘Indian Development Model’ on 7 November 2023, at Hotel Le Meridien in New Delhi.
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Chile has become the 95th member of International Solar Alliance.
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Swedish company ‘Saab’ becomes the first foreign company to receive 100% FDI in India’s defence industry.