According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the year 2016 was the warmest year on record globally.

As many as 272 products have been registered as geographical indications since September 2003, according to data of Office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks.

India and Israel have inked two agreements in the field of water resources management and agriculture.

International Master Padmini Rout has won the 2016 National Women Premier Chess Championship. With this win, she has scored a hat-trick in the National Women Premier Chess Championship.

The Supermoon was observed after the moon was closest to the Earth at 356,509 km. This is for the first time moon came closest to Earth since 1948. Last time, the moon came closer to earth on 26 January 1948.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has formed Special Task Force to speed up the process of recalibration of automated teller machines (ATM) to dispense the new denomination notes.

• CPEC becomes reality as Pakistan inaugurates Gwadar port
• Aditi Ashok becomes the first to win womenâ��s Indian Open tournament
• Researchers isolate a bacterium in chicken transmitting multidrug resistant pathogen to humans

Researchers from Hyderabad have isolated Helicobacter pullorum bacterium in chicken that may be source of transmission of the multidrug resistance pathogen to humans.

Teen golf sensation Aditi Ashok (18) became the first Indian woman to win a Ladies European Tour title.

The 36th edition of India International Trade Fair (IITF) has started at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. It will be held from 14th to 18th November 2016. The fair was inaugurated by the President Pranab Mukherjee.

The Union Government has said that the �termination� clause in the recently signed historic civil nuclear deal with Japan will be not binding on India.

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the operational activities of the revamped strategic Gwadar port in the south-western Balochistan Province.