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National
• Indian Coast Guard has commissioned interceptor boat ‘ICGS C-422’ into its fleet to further enhance its vigil along Pondicherry and South Tamil Nadu coast in the Bay of Bengal
• Russia has imposed economic sanctions against Turkey, a NATO member over the issue of downing of a Russian Sukhoi 24 warplane on the Syrian border.
• Joining a select group of countries, India said it will provide $ 2.5 million for the vulnerable nations in the Commonwealth to help them introduce clean energy and reduce green-house gas emissions.
• National Highways Authorities of India (NHAI) has approved a pilot project for undertaking scientific studies on designing greenbelts along national highways.
• Delhi Assembly Delhi (Right of Citizen to Time Bound Delivery of Services) Amendment Bill, 2015 aimed at providing citizens with time bound delivery of Government services. The bill amends Delhi (Right of Citizen to Time Bound Delivery of Services) Act, 2011.
• Marathi film Katyar Kaljat Ghusali and Bengali film Cinemawala are among the twelve films shortlisted for prestigious 2015 UNESCO Fellini Medal.
• The ‘Constitution Day’ of India is being observed on 26th November to spread awareness of Indian Constitution and its architecture Dr. B R Ambedkar.
• Every year 26 November is being observed as National Milk Day (NMD) to mark birth anniversary Father of the White Revolution Dr.Verghese Kurien.
• Union Government has reduced the deadline for completion of flagship Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) for rural connectivity through all- weather roads from 2022 to 2019.
• The nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile was successfully test fired from warship Subhadra, off the Puri coast of Odisha in the Bay of Bengal.
• The Supreme Court has held that a person cannot claim the names of a holy or religious book as a trademark for his goods or services.
• Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited is gearing up to launch two premier train services that will unveil the charm of the country’s sprawling deserts and eclectic heritage before its travellers.
• India and Singapore signed 10 bilateral agreements including a joint declaration on 'strategic partnership’ and pacts for enhanced cooperation in areas like defence, cyber security and civil aviation, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong and President of Singapore Tony Tan Keng Yam.
• India-Pakistan border in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan has been successfully lighted with solar power generated form first ever project of its kind undertaken in the country.
• The anti-ballistic missile, called AAD ( Advanced Air Defence), took off from the A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Wheeler Island.
• French President Francois Hollande will be the Chief Guest at the 67th Republic Day parade of January 26, 2016.
• A special cleanliness drive (Swachh Delhi Abhiyan), in has been launched in the national capital Delhi to remove debris and garbage lying in various localities. The drive was launched by Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu and shall continue in New Delhi till the end November 2015 month.
• Uttar Pradesh’s ambitious Clean UP, Green UP initiative has earned itself a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. Under state government green drive initiative 10 lakh saplings were planted in one day within a span of eight hours On November 7, 2015 at 10 locations in the state.
• Union Railways Ministry has inaugurated the landmark Silchar-Lumding broad gauge rail line in Assam.
• The seventh Pay Commission recommended a 23.55 per cent increase in salary, allowances and pension along with a virtual one-rank-one-pension for civilians, involving an additional outgo of Rs 1.02 lakh crore a year.
• Maharashtra will be the first state in the country to enact a law against social boycott of individuals or families by caste panchayats. A draft of the said act called as the ’Maharashtra Prohibition of Social Boycott Act, 2015’ which was published on the state government’s website has termed any action of social boycott as crime.
• Seven Indian personalities have made it to BBC’s list of 100 most aspirational women. They are singer Asha Bhosle, tennis star Sania Mirza, veteran actor Kamini Kaushal, Rimppi Kumari, farmer, Smriti Nagpal, entrepreneur, Mumtaz Shaikh, campaigner, and Kanika Tekriwal, entrepreneur.
• Colombo’s civil society figures have revived the proposal to build the India Studies Centre (ISC), which was championed by the late Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar to understand and correctly anticipate Indian policy behaviour to avoid any bilateral tensions.
• The Tea Board of India has collaborated with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur to develop technology that will help the industry cut energy costs and produce better teas.
• India announced that the procedures for a civil nuclear agreement with Australia for supply of uranium from it had been completed following a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart, Malcolm Turnbull, on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit.
• Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has declared Naga militant outfit National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) formally known as NSCN (K) as a terrorist organization.
• Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has opened country’s first Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment (AMRIT) outlet at AIIMS in New Delhi to sell drugs at highly discounted rates.
• President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated 35th edition of India International Trade Fair (IITF) at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the recently acquired Ambedkar memorial by Maharashtra Government at King Henry’s Road in London, United Kingdom.
• Annual Hundred Drums Wangala Festival has begun on a cultural fervor at Asanang near Tura town in Meghalaya. The three day-long started with the arrival of ten Wangala Dance Troupes from various parts of Garo Hills.
• Northeast India’s first exclusive hospital for elephants has been established at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam. The hospital was set up at Mark Shand Memorial Learning Centre in Kaziranga National Park.
• The Government of India announced that it signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with six countries. These countries are: Finland, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Sweden, Norway and Denmark, and Oman and Ethiopia.
• President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent to the Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Bill.The bill was passed by the Haryana Legislative Assembly on 16 March 2015.
• Indigenously made communications satellite GSAT-15 was launched successfully by the European Ariane 5 VA-227 launch vehicle.
• Maharashtra Government has approved APJ Abdul Kalam Amrut Yojna scheme to provide one full hot cooked nutritious food to pregnant, lactating women in the tribal areas.
• Meghalaya High Court has asked Central Government to enforce Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), 1958 in militancy-hit Garo Hills region of the state.
• The fast patrol vessel (FPV) of Aadesh-Class of Indian Coast Guard, ICGS Arinjay was commissioned in Kochi, Kerala. It was commissioned by the chief of Southern Naval Command Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba.
• 11th National Tribal Crafts Mela Aadishilp has begun in New Delh. It was inaugurated by Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram.
• India's supersonic cruise missile BrahMos demonstrated its prowess yet again when it was test-fired on 1st November from the country's newest stealth-destroyer INS Kochi off the west coast.
• Railway is launching a new scheme under which waitlisted passengers can get confirmed accommodation in next alternative train if they opt for the option while booking their tickets online. Known as Viklap, the alternative train accommodation scheme will take off in trains running on Delhi-Lucknow and Delhi-Jammu sectors from November 1, on a pilot basis.
International:
• Russia has imposed economic sanctions against Turkey, a NATO member over the issue of downing of a Russian Sukhoi 24 warplane on the Syrian border.
• Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM) co-developed by India and Israel was successfully test-fired for the first time from an Israeli Naval Platform.
• Atonio Costa, the leader of Portugal’s Socialist Party was named Prime Minister of Portugal.
• Japan has successfully launched its first commercial satellite on 24 November 2015 as part its national space programme.
• Every year on 25th November is observed as International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) across the world.
• Prabha Arun Kumar, who hails from Mangalore, was stabbed to death in March in Sydney and the motive of the attack is yet to be ascertained. The pathway where she took her final steps before being stabbed to death has been renamed as Prabha’s Walk.
• Opposition candidate Mauricio Macri has won Argentina’s presidential election, marking an end to the left-leaning and often combative era of President Cristina Fernandez, who along with her late husband dominated the country’s political scene for 12 years and rewrote its social contract.
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders have signed a declaration for launching ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) which would be similar to European Union (EU)-style regional economic bloc.
• The UN Security Council unanimously approved a French-sponsored resolution calling on all nations to redouble and coordinate action to prevent further attacks by Islamic State terrorists and other extremist groups.
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has pledged to provide 120 million dollar loan in order to finance cross-border electricity link between Bangladesh and India under SASEC Programme.
• India and China have decided to establish a ministerial mechanism that would, for the first time, link the two home ministries, filling a vital gap in the overall institutional architecture of the bilateral ties.
• Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal dropped out of the 2016 race for president, ending a campaign that failed to gain much support, especially in early-voting Iowa.
• India and Bangladesh have signed the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for operationalising the Agreement on Coastal Shipping between both countries.
• Philippines is going to host 2015 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit from 18&ndash19 November 2015 in its capital city Manila for the first time in nearly two decades.
• India and Australia have sealed Nuclear-deal procedures for supply of uranium from later to energy starved India.
• Parliament of Ukraine approved an amendment to the country’s Labour Code prohibiting all forms of discrimination at the workplace including discrimination against homosexuals.
• 12th Asia-Europe Foreign Ministers' Meeting (ASEM FMM12) took place in Luxembourg on 5-6 November 2015.
• Liberian teenager Abraham M Keita was awarded with the prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize 2015.
• Opposition Croatian Democratic Union led by HDZ Party won the parliamentary elections of Croatia.
• China has decided to host a string of events next year to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Sun Yat-sen â a major move to help bridge cross-strait ties with Taiwan.
• India’s strategic missile, Agni-IV, which has a strike range of 4,000 km, was successfully test-fired from the Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast.
• Members of the U.N. cultural agency have narrowly rejected Kosovo’s bid for membership, in a victory for Serbia and Russia and a blow to Kosovo’s mission for global recognition as a state.
• The Maldives Parliament approved a state of Emergency imposed by President Abdulla Yameen and used extraordinary powers to sack his estranged deputy despite mounting international concern.
• Kentucky voters elected just the second Republican, businessman Matt Bevin, in four decades to hold the Governor’s office, in a race that hinged largely on President Barack Obama’s signature health care reform legislation.
• United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA) Disarmament Committee or First Committee has adopted a draft resolution calling for the abolition of nuclear arms. The resolution was submitted by Japan and was adopted by 156 member countries, while 17 abstaining and 3 voting against it including China and Russia.
• Australia is dumping the titles “knights” and “dames” again. The government had scratched the honorary titles, granted for public service, in 1986 as anachronisms.
Sports:
• Two-time defending champion P. V. Sindhu completed a hat-trick of women’s singles title at the $ 120,000 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold after defeating Japan’s Minatsu Mitani in the finals.
• Australia won the first ever day-night cricket test by 3 wickets against New Zealand.
• German Formula 1 driver Nico Rosberg won for the Mercedes team the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Yas Island here, marking his third successive victory of the season.
• Andy Murray led Great Britain have won the 2015 Davis Cup for first time since 1936 and for the 10th time in the competition’s 115-year history.
• Birhanu Legese from Ethiopia and Cynthia Limo from Kenya have won the 2015 Delhi Half Marathon in men’s and women’s categories respectively.
• The International Cricket Council (ICC) has suspended West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine from bowling in international cricket with an immediate effect.
• Rising cricketer Kagiso Rabada has been named the ‘Newcomer of the Year’ at South Africa’s annual Sports Awards.
• Mitchell Johnson decided his international cricket career should end after the 2nd test against New Zealand at his adopted home ground, a fitting venue synonymous with fast bowling.
• Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has won silver medal at 2015 China Open Superseries Premier Badminton tournament after finishing at second position in the Women’s Singles category.
• Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg from Germany has won the 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix title of Formula One (F1) held at Autódromo José Carlos Pace in Socorro district of Sao Paulo.
• Ace Indian shooter Jitu Rai has won silver medal in 50 metre pistol event category at the 13th Asian Shooting Championship in Kuwait City.
• Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as World’s ninth Most Powerful Person in the Forbes annual ranking of 73 persons list of 2015.
• Former Pakistan captain Inzamam ul-Haq has agreed to carry on working with the Afghanistan cricket team as coach for a two-year period after tasting success with the side in Zimbabwe.
• Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik announced his retirement from Test cricket and now will play only in the One-Day International (ODI). He made this announcement after finishing Test match against England in Sharjah, UAE after he had made a comeback in Test format after five years of gap.
• Rosberg won the first Mexican Grand Prix since 1992 for his fourth victory this season, denying Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in his bid to tie the Formula One record of 13 victories in a season.
• Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis lifted their ninth title together this year, beating the Spanish pair of Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro to clinch the WTA Finals women's doubles trophy.
Business:
• Foodpanda, online food ordering platform, plans to associate with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). The association is expected to enable consumers to order meals of their choice through Foodpanda’s aggregator model, and allow them to order from a wide variety of cuisine options.
• Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) have signed a MoU on bilateral cooperation and technical assistance.
• India and the UK on 12 November 2015 announced commercial deals worth 9 billion pounds in London. The deals took place between the companies operating from both the countries and were agreed upon during the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the UK.
• Billionaire Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications, will take over Russian conglomerate Sistema’s Indian mobile telephony venture that operates under the MTS brand.
• Housing.com has appointed Nikhil Rungta as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) as part of the strategy to strengthen top management team.
New Appointments:
• Dominica-born British lawyer Patricia Scotland (60) has been elected as the new Secretary General of the Commonwealth. With this, she becomes its first woman and also first British citizen to be elected secretary-general of the 53-member bloc’s history.
• Former world long jump champion Anju Bobby George was appointed as the Chairperson of Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) by Union Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs.
• India-born Swati Dandekar has been appointed as the United States director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
• Harshavardhan Neotia has been elected as the President of industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
• Nitish Kumar was sworn in Bihar Chief Minister for a fifth time at a grand event attended mostly by non-BJP leaders. The two sons of RJD chief Lalu Prasad â Tejaswi and Tej Pratap âand 26 others were also sworn in.
• Senior diplomat Vijay Keshav Gokhale, currently the country’s Ambassador to Germany, has been appointed as the Ambassador to China to replace Ashok Kantha, whose term will end in early January.
• Chief Justice of India H.L. Dattu had recommended the name of Justice Tirath Singh Thakur as his successor.
• Senior diplomat and former high-profile spokesperson of the External Affairs Ministry Syed Akbaruddin has been appointed as India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, succeeding Asoke Mukerji.
• Bhawana Somaaya, Satish Shah and Brijendra Pal Singh have been nominated as members of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Society.
• Dr Raghuram Rajan, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on 9 November 2015 was elected as the Vice-Chairman on the Board of Directors of BIS. With this, he became the first Indian to be elected to this position in the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
• Renowned economist Subir Gokaran has been appointed as an Executive Director on the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
• A team of Indian scientist led by Sameer Panda from Odisha on 6 November 2015 won the NASA award for an innovative technology named Burst Prevention & Puncture Curative (BPPC) technology.
• Former Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India Subir Vithal Gokarn was appointed as an Executive Director on the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
• Former private secretaries to the President and ex-Home Minister and senior BJP leader L.K. Advani, Pradeep Gupta and U.K.S. Chauhan, are among four new Joint Secretaries appointed in the Home Ministry as part of a mid-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the government. Besides them, T.V.S.N. Prasad and IPS officer Satyendra Garg are appointed Joint Secretaries in the Ministry.
• Former Cabinet secretary T.S.R. Subramanian has been appointed chairperson of a committee set up by the Human Resource Development Ministry to draft the new education policy.
Death:
• The noted labour economist Dr. T.S. Papola passed away in Delhi. He was 74.
• Vishva Hindu Parishad leader Ashok Singhal (89), passed away at Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon following multi-organ dysfunction and sepsis.
• Saeed Jaffrey’s death was announced by his niece Shaheen Agarwal on Facebook on. He passed away in a hospital in London early.
• Pithukuli Murugadas, the devotional singer aged 95, died.
• A noted writer of children’s books Kamala Laxman passed away on 14 November 2015 in Pune. She was 90. She was widow of legendary cartoonist R K Laxman who was best known for his creation The Common Man for his daily cartoon strip You Said It in the daily The Times of India.
• The former Janata Dal MLA, Gurusharan Chabbra, died after a month-long hunger strike to demand a stronger and independent Lokayukta in Rajasthan and a State-wide ban on liquor.
• Kentucky voters elected just the second Republican, businessman Matt Bevin, in four decades to hold the Governor’s office, in a race that hinged largely on President Barack Obama’s signature health care reform legislation.
• Veteran CPI(M) leader and former Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly Hasim Abdul Halin passed away in Kolkata. He was 80. Halin was the Speaker of the State Assembly for a record time of 29 years from 1982 to 2011 during the Left Front rule in the state.
• Guenther Schabowski, the former senior East German Communist official who accidentally announced the opening of the Berlin Wall, has died aged 86.
• Hero MotoCorp patriarch and doyen of the Indian two-wheeler industry, Brijmohan Lall Munjal, died on 1st November evening after a brief illness. He was 92.
• Former guerilla commander from Nepal's UCPN (Maoist) Nanda Kishor Pun was elected as the country's new Vice-President
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