Indian sporting legend M.C. Mary Kom clinched historic fifth gold medal at the ASBC Asian Confederation women’s boxing championships in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Mary Kom’s previous gold medals had come in 2003, 2005, 2010 and 2012. While Mary Kom won the gold in 48-kg flyweight category, another Indian woman Sonia Lather settled for Silver in 57 kg featherweight category. In all, India finished the tournament with 7 medals (1 gold, 1 silver and 5 bronze).

Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, has been included in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for its rich musical tradition. Other Indian cities to feature in the list are Jaipur and Varanasi.

The 19th Organic World Congress 2017 will be organized at India Expo Centre in Greater Noida. The theme of the 19th OWC is ‘An Organic World through an Organic India.’ The Organic World Congress (OWC) is organized once every three years in a different country. The last edition took place in Istanbul, Turkey in 2014.

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) signed an Institutional agreement with Anna University to establish India’s second Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC). India’s first TISC was set up at Patent Information Centre, Punjab. The Centre will be set up at the Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR), Anna University, Chennai, under the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) TISC program.

The British Secretary of State for International Development Priti Patel resigned on November 8, 2017 amid a political storm over her secret meetings with Israeli officials, which is a significant breach of diplomatic protocol. She was Britain’s first Indian-origin cabinet minister.

The Bombay High Court constituted a two-member committee to look into the repair and maintenance of roads in Maharashtra. The committee will comprise of justices K R Sriram and G S Kulkarni of the High Court.

Fino Payments Bank has tied up with Mother Dairy and Gokul Dairy to digitize payments of milk pourers. Further, customers can use Fino’s mobile banking app BPay to make digital payments and do other banking transactions.

The 20th International Children’s Film Festival of India (ICFFI) began on November 8, 2017 at Shilpa Kala Vedika in Hyderabad with the screening of School Chalega. The festival would conclude on Children’s Day on November 14, 2017. The ICFFI is organized by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in association with Children’s Film Society of India (CFSI) and Government of Telangana.

India and World Bank signed a financing agreement for IBRD loan of US $119 million dollar for the “Odisha Higher Education Programme for Excellence & Equity (OHEPEE) Project” on November 7, 2017. The objective of the project is to improve the quality of and students’ equitable access to selected institutions and enhance governance of the higher education system in Odisha.

Strike bowler Mitchell Starc of Australia became the first man to take two hat-tricks in the same first-class game in Australia on November 7, 2017. The left-arm pacer also became only the eighth player in first-class cricket history – and the first in 39 years – to achieve the feat. Australian leg-spinner Jimmy Matthews remains the only player to take two hat-tricks in a Test match after he did it against South Africa in Manchester in 1912.