Former Indian international cricketer VVS Laxman has been named as the next head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

A partial lunar eclipse will occur in India on November 19, 2021.

In India, November 17 is celebrated every year as National Epilepsy Day by the Epilepsy Foundation, to create awareness about epilepsy.

The theme of 2021 World COPD Day is Healthy Lungs - Never More Important.

The Border Roads Organization (BRO) received the Guinness World Records certificate for constructing and blacktopping the world's highest motorable road at 19,024 feet at Umlingla Pass in Ladakh.

A hot air balloon event is being organised in Varanasi from November 17 to November 19.

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific launched the ASEAN Regional Plan of Action for Adaption to Drought.

State-owned Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and NTPC Ltd have inked an MoU for the generation and storage of renewable energy or other cleaner forms of energy, including gas-based power.

The Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the 'Duare Ration' (ration at doorstep) scheme.