National News

Assembly elections

• The results of the elections for 638 assembly seats in four states will be released on December 3.

Election Commission of India :

National Awards for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities

• President Droupadi Murmu will confer the National Awards for the empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), 2023 in New Delhi. 
• The President will confer the awards on the occassion of International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), for their outstanding achievements and work done towards empowerment of Persons with Disabilities every year.

37th International Marathon  

• Kemei Elias Caprono of Kenya emerged as the winner of the full marathon in the 37th Pune International Marathon organized in Pune. Simon Maina Mongi and Adere Hallu of Ethiopia bagged the second and third spot respectively in this category.

Mati Kala Mahotsav

• Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah addresses the ‘Mati Kala Mahotsav’ in Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Defense

Indian Army

• Indian Army's initiatives for employment to youth of Jammu and Kashmir, is conducting a two-day Job Fair in Srinagar.

Indian Army 

INS Kadmatt

• INS Kadmatt, on a Long Range Operational Deployment to the North Pacific Ocean entered Yokosuka, Japan on Dec 02, 2023 for an Operational Turnaround (OTR).

INS Kadmatt

International News

Gas Decarbonization Charter (OGDC)

• COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have announced the official launch of the Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter (OGDC), signifying a significant step towards expediting global climate action efforts.

COP28 : 

Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) 

• India has been unanimously elected as a member representing Asian region in the Executive Committee of Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) during its 46th meeting being held at FAO Headquarters at Rome.

Economic

Economic Nationalism

• The Vice-President of India, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar, today highlighted the importance of nurturing economic nationalism to accelerateIndia’s progress.

Sports News

International Badminton Tournament

• Indian women’s doubles pair Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa will face Japan's Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi in the finals of Syed Modi India International badminton tournament in Lucknow.

Badminton World Federation (BWF)

Kick-off programme

• Union Minister for Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, attended the Kick-off programme for the distribution of footballs as part of the Football for Schools (F4S) at Cuttack.

Miscellaneous

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to the first President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad on his birth anniversary

Madagascar

• PM congratulates Andry Rajoelina on his re-election as the President of Madagascar.

Madagascar