CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 3rd & 4th NOVEMBER, 2023

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 3^rd & 4^th NOVEMBER, 2023

1. Zojila Day is celebrated on 1 November at the Zojila War Memorial near Drass to give tribute to the valorous actions of Indian troops during ‘Operation Bison’ in 1948.
2. Famous writer T Padmanabhan has been honored with the Kerala Jyothi Award for his remarkable work in the field of literature.
3. Collins Dictionary has declared ‘AI’ as the Word of the Year 2023.
4. Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, and Haryana won the top three Best Performing State awards in the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Awards.
5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged off Gujarat’s first heritage train, which will connect Kevadia or Ekta Nagar to Ahmedabad.
6. Acute food insecurity is on the rise in 18 hunger hotspots, according to a recent report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
7. In a significant milestone for animal welfare and public health, Bhutan has become the world’s first country to successfully sterilize and vaccinate its entire stray dog population.
8. International Day for the Biosphere Reserve is annually observed on 3 November. It is a day established by UNESCO during its 41^st General Conference in 2022.
9. According to a study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, low-income countries could experience a loss of up to 30 percent of essential nutrients from seafood due to climate change.
10. India and Italy signed a Mobility and Migration Partnership Agreement to facilitate movement of workers and students.
11. A new study set to be published in the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology has unearthed a concerning connection between air pollution and Parkinson’s disease.
12. Muneesh Kapur has been appointed by the Reserve Bank of India as Executive Director with effect from 3 November, 2023.
13. India is developing its own long-range air defence system, similar to Israel’s Iron Dome, under the name Project Kusha.
14. Mumbai has achieved the fourth-highest year-on-year growth in prime residential prices among global cities in Knight Frank’s Prime Global Cities Index.