Important Days
National Press Day – November 16
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- National Press Day is celebrated every year as a symbolic of a free and responsible press in India.
- The day commemorates the establishment of Press Council of India, which acts as a regulatory body for news media.
- Theme 2023 : Media in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
- Press Council of India it started operating on 16 November 1966.
Awards & Honours
JCB Prize for Literature 2023
- Tamil writer Perumal Murugan has won the JCB Prize for Literature for his novel, Fire Bird, an English translation of his Tamil novel Aalanda Patchi.
- The book was translated by Janani Kannan
- The award carries a ₹25 lakh cash prize.
- The award was established in 2018.
Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2022
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- The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2022 was jointly awarded to the Indian Medical Association and the Trained Nurses Association of India as representatives of the COVID-19 warriors in the country.
- It is an annual award accorded by Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust
- The award was first presented in 1986.
Namita Chattopadhyay Sahitya Samman 2023
- Nadijibir Notebook (‘notebook on rivers’) a book in Bengali by writer and river scientist Supratim Karmakar was honoured with the Namita Chattopadhyay Sahitya Samman 2023 at the Bangla Akademi in Kolkata.
- Namita Chattopadhyay Sahitya Samman 2023 is a literary award instituted in honour of Namita Chattopadhyay who was a well-known literary Bengali critic.
World Summits and Organisation
APEC Summit 2023
- 30th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting concluded in San Francisco.
- APEC stands for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.
- The forum aims to promote trade, investment and economic development among nations around the Pacific Ocean.
- India is not a member of APEC but India has been an observer since 2011.
