Updated 30 November 2023
| The former US Secretary of State and recipient of Nobel Peace Prize 1973, who passed away on 29.11.2023 | Henry Kissinger |
| The Irish author who has been awarded the 2023 Booker Prize for his novel Prophet Song | Paul Lynch |
| The country which has closed its embassy in India permanently with effect from 23.11.2023 | Afghanistan |
| The joint military exercise conducted by the armies of India and Nepal at Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand from 24 Nov to 07 Dec 2023 is named | Ex. Surya Kiran |
| India's first female judge of Supreme Court and former Governor of Tamil Nadu who passed away on 23.11.2023 | Justice M. Fathima Beevi |
| The Indian cueist who has won his 26th IBSF World Billiards Championship defeating Sourav Kothari in the finals at Kuala Lumpur | Pankaj Advani |
| The Indian actor-comic who has won the International Emmy Award for his stand-up special in the best comedy category | Vir Das |
| The Tamil writer whose book Fire Bird (translated into English by Janani Kannan) has been awarded the 2023 JCB Prize for Literature | Perumal Murugan |
| The Indian state which has passed bills increasing the quota of reservation for deprived classes from 50% to 65% | Bihar |
| The former Governor of Reserve Bank of India (1990 to 92) and India's former Finance Secretary who passed away on 18 Nov 2023 | Shri S. Venkitaramanan |
| The 14th Edition of the Indo-US Joint Special Forces held from 21 Nov to 11 Dec at the Joint Training Node, Umroi (Meghalaya) is named | VAJRA PRAHAR 2023 |
| The Argentinian politician, economist and author belonging to the Libertanian Party, who has won the Presidential elections | Mr. Javier Milei |
| The contestant from Nicaragua who has been crowned Miss Universe 2023 at the beauty pageant held in San Salvador | Ms. Sheynnis Palcios |
| The ninth edition of Joint Military exercise by India and Sri Lanka held in Aundh (Pune)from 16th to 29th November 2023 is named | Exercise Mitra Shakti-2023 |
| The Indian cricketer who has set a new record of scoring 50 centuries in ODIs, breaking the previous record of 49 centuries held by Sachin Tendulkar | Virat Kohli |
| The Indian businessman and founder of Sahara India Pariwar who passed away on 14 November 2023 | Subrata Roy |
| The three former cricketers who have recently been inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame | Diana Edulji, Virendra Sehwag and Aravinda de Silva |
| The well-known actor who has been appointed as the UPI Safety Ambassador by the National Payments Corporation of India | Pankaj Tripathi |
| The team whose membership has been suspended by the International Cricket Council citing reasons of government interference | Sri Lanka |
| The first ever AI-powered humanoid robot to be appointed by Polish company Dictador, as its Chief Executive Officer is named | Mika |
| The bilateral naval exercise carried out by the navies of India and Bangladesh in northern Bay of Bengal from 07-09 Nov 2023 was named | Exercise Bongosagar |
| The team which was defeated by India in the finals to win Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2023 played at Ranchi, Jharkhand | Japan |
| The Sri Lankan cricketer who has become the first cricketer in the history of international cricket to be timed out (timed out is a method of dismissal when an incoming batsman is not ready to play within a given amount of time of the previous batter being either dismissed or retired). | Angelo Mathews |
| The word meaning modelling of human mental functions by computer programs, which has been chosen as the Word of the Year 2023 by Collins Dictionary | AI |
| The new Chief Information Commissioner of India who has taken over with effect from 06 November 2023 | Shri Heeralal Samariya |
| The 10-year old boy from Bengaluru who has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023 in the under 10 years category awarded by Natural History Museum, London | Vihaan Talya Vikas |
| The place in Nepal which was hit by an earthquake measuring 6.4 on Richter scale, resulting in the death of over 150 people | Jajarkot |
| The theme of Vigilance Awareness Week observed from 30 October to 05 November 2023 by all the Ministries of Govt of India | Say No to Corruption; Commit to the Nation |
| The first International Cruise Liner to sail from India, which was launched from Mumbai by Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal is named | Costa Serena |
| The Indian cities which have been added in UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network (UCCN) as the City of Literature and City of Music respectively | Kozhikode and Gwalior |
Host: Goa
Motto: Get, Set Goa
Held from 25 October to 09 November 2023
Mascot: Moga, an Indian Bison
Medals Tally
| # | State | G | S | B | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Maharashtra | 80 | 69 | 79 | 228 |
| 2. | Services | 66 | 27 | 33 | 126 |
| 3. | Haryana | 62 | 55 | 75 | 192 |
| 4. | Madhya Pradesh | 37 | 36 | 39 | 112 |
| 5. | Kerala | 36 | 24 | 27 | 87 |
Host: India
Held from 05 October to 19 November 2023
Venue for first and final match: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Mascots: Tonk and Blaze
Official theme song: Dil Jashn Bole composed by Pritam
Winner: Australia
Runners-up: India
Countries: 10 (Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka)
Matches: 48
Player of the series: Virat Kohli
Most runs: Virat Kohli (765)
Most wickets: Mohammed Shami (24)
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
First Observed in: 2016
Theme: Fighting Inequality for a Resilient Future
Designated by : UNESCO
Theme: Building Trust In Science
First Observed in: 2001
Designated by : WHO
First Observed in: 2009
Designated by : International Diabetes Federation
Theme: Access to Diabetes Care
First Observed in: 1991 by IDF, adopted by UN in 2006
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
First observed in : 1995
Designated by : UNESCO
First Observed in: 2002
Designated by : World Toilet Organisation
Theme: Accelerating Change
First Observed in: 2001 by World Toilet Organisation and accepted by UN in 2013
Designated by : UN General Assembly
Theme: For Every Child, Every Right
Day established in: 1954
Designated by : UN General Assembly
Day established in: 1997
Designated by : World Fisheries Forum
First Observed in: 1997
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
Theme: UNiTE! Invest to Prevent Violence Against Women & Girls! #No Excuse
First Observed in: 2000
Designated by : Indian Dairy Association
Occasion: Birth anniversary of Dr. Verghese Kurien
First Observed in: 2014
Venue: Goa
Held from 20 to 28 November 2023
Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement award: Hollywood film director Michael Douglas
No. of films screened: 270.
Opening film: Catching Dust (British)
Closing film: The Featherweight (American)
Opening film of Indian Panorama (Feature films): Aattam (Malayalam)
Opening film of Indian Panorama (Non-Feature films): Andro Dreams (Manipuri)
Special Recognition for Contribution to Bharatiya Cinema Award: Madhuri Dixit
ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal: Drift by Anthony Chen
Golden Peacock for the Best Film: Endless Borders (Persian)
Silver Peacock for Best Director: Stephan Komandarev (Bulgaria)
Silver Peacock for Best Actor (Male): Pouria Rahimi Sam for Endless Borders
Silver Peacock for Best Actor (Female): Melanie Thierry for Party of Fools
Special Jury Award: Rishabh Shetty for Kantara
Award for Best Debut Feature Film of a Director: Syrian director Reger Azad Kaya for When the Seedlings Grow
Best Web Series (OTT) Award to Panchayat Season 2
The following items from Uttarakhand have been recently conferred the GI Tag
1. Berinag tea; 2. Bichhu buti fabrics; 3. Mandua, a finger millet grown in Garhwal and Kumaon; 4. Jhangora, a home grown millet; 5. Gahat, a kind of pulse known for its medicinal use; 6. Uttarakhand lal chawal, a red rice organically grown in the Purola region; 7. Kala bhat (black soybean); 8. Malta fruit; 9. Chaulai (ramdana), a grain used on fasting days; 10. Buransh juice obtained from the red flowers of the Rhododendron arboreum; 11. Pahari toor dal; 12. Uttarakhand likhai or wood carvings; 13. Nainital mombatti (candles), 14. Rangwali pichhoda of Kumaon, 15. Ramnagar Nainital litchis; 16. Ramgarh Nainital peaches; 17. Chamoli wooden Ramman masks, and 18. Almora Lakhori mirchis, a chilli variant.