Anuj Shrivatri of Madhya Pradesh became India’s 100th Grandmaster by winning the 7th ASEAN Plus Individual Open Chess Championship with 7/9, half a point ahead of Vietnam’s Nguyen Duc Hoa. He is the first Grandmaster from Madhya Pradesh. India’s first GM was Viswanathan Anand in 1988.
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Anuj Shrivatri: India’s 100th GM
Won 7th ASEAN Plus Individual Open (7/9)
First GM from Madhya Pradesh; India’s first GM: Viswanathan Anand (1988)
PM celebrates Diwali with security forces at a CoBRA base in Bastar
PM Narendra Modi celebrated Diwali on 8 November 2026 with security forces at the CoBRA Operations Base, Karanpur, in Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The government said that for the first time in 47 years no CRPF jawan lost his life on duty over the past year. The PM called it the first Diwali with every district free of Naxalism.
INS Surat reaches Muscat for the 15th India–Oman exercise Naseem Al Bahr
INS Surat arrived in Muscat on 8 November 2026 for the 15th edition of Naseem Al Bahr (‘Sea Breeze’), the India–Oman bilateral naval exercise. A coordinated patrol (CORPAT) with the Royal Navy of Oman follows. INS Surat is the fourth and last Project 15B (Visakhapatnam-class) stealth guided-missile destroyer.
Exam points
Naseem Al Bahr: India–Oman naval exercise (15th edition)
US midterm elections: Democrats win control of the House and the Senate
In the US midterm elections held on 3 November 2026, the Democratic Party won control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, according to results reported this week. Midterms fall halfway through a President’s four-year term; all 435 House seats and about one-third of Senate seats are contested.
Exam points
US midterms held on 3 November 2026
Democrats win both chambers of Congress
All 435 House seats and ~1/3 of Senate seats contested
India beat New Zealand by four runs (DLS) to lead ODI series 2–0
India’s men’s team beat New Zealand by four runs by the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method in the second ODI to take a 2–0 lead in the three-match series. The third ODI is scheduled for 10 November in Hamilton.
Bihar CM asks well-off families to give up 125 free electricity units
Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary appealed to well-off families and taxpayers to voluntarily give up their 125 free units of electricity a month. The campaign begins on 1 December.
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