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- Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment inaugurated the ‘Shilp Samagam Mela 2024’ and launched ‘TULIP’ (Traditional Artisans’ Upliftment Livelihood Programme), which aims to empower marginalized artisans by providing them with a platform for global exposure and sales of their products through e-marketing.
- India’s Tanushree Pandey has clinched the Silver Medal at the World Soft Tennis Championship at Jingshan in China.
- The Union Cabinet has introduced PM Vidyalaxmi, a new Central Sector initiative which seeks to provide financial support to meritorious students in their pursuit of higher education.
- Recently the report, titled ‘Hunger Hotspots’ for the period November 2024 to May 2025 outlook was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
- The Ministry of Tourism of the Government of India is participating in the World Travel Market (WTM) in London, aiming to enhance inbound tourism and elevate India’s standing as a premier global travel destination. This three-day-long international travel and tourism event will conclude on the 7th of November.
- Recently NITI Aayog has launched the 15-day ‘Jal Utsav’ to create awareness and sensitivity towards water management, conservation and sustainability.
- India to launch European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission. The mission, scheduled for December 4, will utilize ISRO’s PSLV rocket to deploy two satellites into orbit.
- The Indian Army inducted 550 indigenously developed ‘Asmi’ machine pistols into its Northern Command.
- Saudi Arabia’s Al-Jawf region experienced heavy snowfall and rainfall reportedly for the first time in recorded history.
- Uttar Pradesh (UP) is the first state in India to implement an airshed-based approach to address air pollution. The UP clean air project, which was approved by the Cabinet recently, will address the problem of air pollution in the state based on an airshed approach.