Current affairs 23 October 2023

Gujarat’s Dhordo awarded UNWTO’s Best Tourism Village 2023.

• Dhordo Village in Gujarat's Kutch district has been honored with the prestigious Best Tourism Village title by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
• With this, Dhordo is now one of the 70 villages from nearly 40 countries that enjoy this prestigious title.
• Dhordo received this title at the Best Tourism Village - 2023 award ceremony organised by the UNWTO at the historic city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan.

India sends humanitarian aid to the people of Palestine.

• India sends Humanitarian aid to the people of Palestine.
• An IAF C-17 flight carrying nearly 6.5 tonnes of medical aid and 32 tonnes of disaster relief material for the people of Palestine departs for El-Arish airport in Egypt.
• The material includes essential life-saving medicines, surgical items, tents, sleeping bags, tarpaulins, sanitary utilities, water purification tablets among other necessary items.

Union Minister Piyush Goyal launches website of "Kasturi Cotton Bharat".

• Hon’ble Union Minister of Textile, Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs and Food & Public Distribution Shri Piyush Goyal launched website https://kasturicotton.texprocil.org of Kasturi Cotton Bharat.
• This website provide a digital platform for necessary information and updates on this initiatives and highlights the registration process for ginners to produce Kasturi Cotton Bharat Brand and its processes that make the branded Indian cotton unique.

S Jaishankar unveils Mahatma Gandhi bust in Vietnam.

• External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi in Ho Chi Minh City during an official visit to Vietnam.
• In Vietnam, the EAM also met the Vietnamese leadership.
• This visit marked not only the strengthening of bilateral relations but also a celebration of the enduring principles and values adopted by Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore.

Cyclone "Tej" intensifies into extremely severe cyclonic storm.

• According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Cyclone Tej, brewing in the Arabian Sea, intensified into an extremely severe cyclonic storm on Sunday and is headed towards the Yemen-Oman coasts.
• The IMD also issued warnings for fishermen to not venture into areas that could be affected by Cyclone Tej and the Bay of Bengal depression in the coming days.