Current Affairs

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November - 09

• China, the world’s second-largest economy, encountered a setback as it slipped back into deflation in October, posing a challenge for officials working to stimulate demand.

• Under the leadership of Shri Manoj Kumar, Chairman of KVIC, the ‘Diwali Utsav’ Gramshilpa, Khadi Lounge was inaugurated in Connaught Place, New Delhi.

• Foreign brokerage UBS recently revised its FY24 real GDP growth estimate for India, raising it to 6.3%.

• PayGlocal, a payment platform with a focus on cross-border transactions, has been granted in-principle approval by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a Payment Aggregator (PA) license.

• The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (Meity) Secretary, Shri S Krishnan, recently launched the LEAP AHEAD initiative.

• Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a global higher education think-tank renowned for compiling university rankings, revealed the QS Asia University Rankings 2024. IIT Bombay, maintaining an impressive 40th position in the Asian rankings.

• The International Week of Science and Peace (IWOSP), celebrated annually from November 9 to 15.

• On November 9, Uttarakhand observes its 23rd Foundation Day.