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.

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• PM Narendra Modi inaugurates International Conference on sugarcane value chain
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Meng Hongwei, high-level police official from China has been elected as the new President of International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL). With this, he becomes first Chinese citizen to hold the four-year post.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the International Conference and Exhibition on Sugarcane Value Chain � Vision 2025 Sugar in Pune, Maharashtra.

The tenth edition of India-Nepal Joint Military Training exercise was conducted at Army Battle School (NABS), Saljhandi in Nepal from 31 October to 13 November 2016.

Madhya Pradesh Government has selected renowned theatre personality Prof Raj Bisaria for the prestigious �Kalidas Samman� national award for 2015-16.

The Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has won the prestigious 2016 Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Governance.

The High Level Meeting of Interior Ministers of Indian Ocean Region (IOR) to Counter Drug Trafficking was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It had adopted Colombo declaration.

Union Government has unveiled a slew of measures in an attempt to strengthen cyber security in India.

A high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) has approved imposing a heavy fine and ban on celebrities who endorse products making unrealistic and dodgy claims.