Exercise Malabar 2026 began in Japan with the participation of India, Australia, Japan and the United States.
India and Myanmar conducted their first bilateral Tri-Services Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise, RAHAT MITRA, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
The 15th edition of the bilateral naval exercise Naseem Al Bahr was conducted between the Indian Navy and the Royal Navy of Oman in Oman.
British author M. John Harrison won the 2026 Booker Prize for Fiction for his science fiction novel The End of Everything.
The Coalition of the Willing conducted its first major multinational military exercise, KOALICJA 26.2, in Poland, with around 2,800 troops from 11 countries to prepare for post-war security support to Ukraine.
World Kindness Day is observed annually on November 13 to promote kindness and compassion among people.