Current Affairs - November 3, 2023 Current Affairs

India's Gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections in October 2023 amounted to ₹1.72 Lakh Crore. This was a 13.4% increase year-on-year and the highest in 10 months.

Mumbai recorded the fourth-highest year-on-year growth in prime residential prices among global cities in the quarter ending in September 2023, according to Knight Frank's Prime Global Cities Index. Manila claimed the top position.

Zojila Day is celebrated on November 1st at the Zojila War Memorial near Drass to commemorate the valorous actions of Indian troops during 'Operation Bison' in 1948. Operation Bison was a military operation launched by the Indian Army in 1948 to recapture the Zojila pass, which had been seized by Pakistani raiders. The operation was successful, and the Indian Army regained control of the pass on November 1st, 1948.

Saima Wazed, the daughter of Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, won the election for the WHO Regional Director for Southeast Asia, securing a decisive victory with eight out of ten votes.

The International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists is observed on November 2nd each year. This day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2013 to raise awareness of the issue of impunity for crimes against journalists and to urge governments to take steps to protect journalists and bring perpetrators of crimes against journalists to justice.

Deepesh Nanda has been appointed as the CEO & MD of Tata Power Renewable Energy, marking a significant leadership change for the company.

India-born author Nandini Das won the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding in 2023 for her debut book, 'Courting India: England, Mughal India, and the Origins of Empire.' This remarkable work, hailed as the “true origin story of Britain and India told through England’s first diplomatic mission to the Mughal courts,” secured the top spot this year at a ceremony held at the British Academy in London.

The RBI reported that over 97% of ₹2,000 banknotes in circulation as of May 19, 2023, have been returned by October 31, 2023.

A Chinese Communist Party delegation visited the Solomon Islands in November 2023 to enhance ties between the two countries. The delegation was led by Guo Yezhou, the deputy head of the international department under China's Communist Party central committee.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced the 2023 Champions of the Earth, honouring a city mayor, a non-profit foundation, a social enterprise, a government initiative and a research council for their innovative solutions and transformative action to tackle plastic pollution. Since its inception in 2005, the annual Champions of the Earth award has been given to trailblazers at the forefront of efforts to protect people and the planet. It is the UN’s highest environmental honour.