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- Himachal Chief Minister recently inaugurated water sports activities at Gobind Sagar Lake. These include cruises, shikara rides, houseboats, hi-tech motorboats, jet skis and water scooters, marking a new chapter for tourism in the region.
- India and France re-elected as President and co-president of the International Solar Alliance for 2 years until 2026.
- The 5th Edition of Vietnam Indian Bilateral Army Exercise “VINBAX 2024” commenced on the 4th of November at Ambala.
- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, urged the Central government to explore the possibility of running trains on the Kalka-Shimla narrow-gauge railway, a UNESCO world heritage site, on green hydrogen – a clean energy source.
- Recently India’s Harmeet Desai won the men’s singles title at the WTT Feeder Caracas 2024 table tennis tournament in Venezuela. He also bagged the mixed doubles crown at the competition with Krittwika Roy as partner.
- Recently an Indian boxer, Mandeep Jangra, clinched the World Boxing Federation’s super featherweight world title.
- India ranked 83rd on the latest Henley Passport Index 2024, providing its citizens with visa-free access to 58 countries.
- Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the ‘Abhay Prabhavan’ museum dedicated to Jain philosophy and Indian heritage at Parwadi on the scenic banks of the Indrayani river in Maval taluka, Pune.
- Recently Scientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) Bengaluru have reported the “first significant” results from the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) payload onboard the ADITYA-L1 — India’s maiden solar mission launched on September 2, 2023, by the ISRO to observe the Sun at Lagrangian point L1.
- The Asia–Pacific Climate Report is a new initiative by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The report warns that global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continue to rise and without stronger mitigation efforts, Asia will experience more extreme heat, floods, storms, and infectious diseases in the coming years.
- The Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7) report is being prepared under the stewardship of the UNEP; it will provide a comprehensive overview of the latest environmental research and provide decision-makers with a roadmap for addressing the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss including desertification, pollution and waste.
- The Government of India said that the PM Vishwakarma Scheme gets over 25 million applications within a year of its launch.