Current Affairs of 3 November, 2024
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🔻 Today is 3 November. This day is very important in terms of space science and research, because on this day the Soviet Union sent a living dog named Laika into space for the first time through Sputnik 2.
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🔻 New Zealand defeated India by 25 runs in the Mumbai Test, with this India has suffered a clean sweep in a 3-match Test series at home for the first time.
• Earlier, South Africa defeated Team India 2-0 on its home ground in the two-match Test series played in the year 2000.
• Ajaz Patel received the Player of the Match award, while Will Young was the Player of the Series.
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🔻 According to a report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the population of wildlife monitored between 1970 and 2020 has declined by an average of 73%.
• This decline has occurred in the population of more than 5,000 vertebrate species.
• This report has been named 'Living Planet Report 2024: Planet in Crisis'.
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🔻 External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar arrived in Brisbane on a visit to Australia.
• Dr. S. Jaishankar will inaugurate India's fourth consulate in Australia.
• He will also co-chair the 15th Foreign Ministers' Framework Dialogue with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong in Canberra.
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🔻 Minister of State for Environment Kirti Vardhan Singh launched India's updated 'National Biodiversity Action Policy and Plan' -NBSAP at the 16th meeting of the Conference of Parties in Colombia.
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🔻 Duma Boko has been elected President of Botswana.
• Outgoing Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi was in power since independence from Britain in 1966.
• With this defeat, his party's 58-year-old rule ended.
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🔻 The pair of Karan Singh and Florent Bax of India and France won the men's doubles title in the ATP Challenger Tennis Tournament held in Brazzaville, Congo.
• They defeated the pair of Italy's Simone Agostini and South Africa's Alec Beckley.
• This is Karan's first title.
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🔻 India's Atanu Das has won the bronze medal in the Swiss Open Indoor Archery Tournament held in Lausanne, Switzerland.
• Atanu Das defeated Thomas Rufer of Switzerland 6-4.
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🔻 The 16th meeting of various countries involved in the Biodiversity Treaty - COP-16 conference concluded in Cali, Colombia.
• COP-16 with the theme "Peace with Nature" has achieved many important results.
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🔻 Union Information and Broadcasting, Railways and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnav inaugurated the Gyan Utsav organized as part of the golden jubilee celebrations of the daily newspaper Janmabhoomi in Kozhikode, Kerala.
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🔻 Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced the establishment of two additional consulates in Mumbai and Bengaluru.
• Currently, Greece has three diplomatic representative offices in India, including an embassy in New Delhi and consulates in Chennai and Kolkata.
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🔻 India's Krisha Verma won the gold medal at the Under-19 World Boxing Championships in Colorado, USA.
• Krisha defeated Germany's Larika Simon 5-0 to win the gold medal.
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🔻 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu launched the second phase of the Deepam scheme under the 'Super Six Promises' initiative at Edupuram in Srikakulam district.
• Under this, free gas cylinders are given to eligible families, which aims to improve their quality of life.
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🔻 National Housewife Day, 'Cloves Syndrome Awareness Day' for a rare genetic disorder, World Sandwich Day and 'Bhai Dooj', a festival depicting the love between sisters and brothers, were celebrated on November 3, 2024.
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