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UNHCR chosen for Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace Disarmament and Development for 2015 | 39 |
Justice T S Thakur appointed Chief Justice of India | 41 |
Srishti Pandey won Indiana FIDE Rating Chess Tournament | 176 |
Czech Republic defeated Russia to retain Fed Cup | 177 |
Siril Verma clinched silver at World Junior Badminton Championships | 178 |
FIFA banned Nepal football Chief Ganesh Thapa for 10 years for corruption | 179 |
Nico Rosberg beat Lewis Hamilton to win Brazilian Grand Prix | 180 |
Xuerui Li defeated Saina Nehwal to clinch Womens Singles title at China Open Superseries | 181 |
Odishas Barabati stadium excluded from BCCIs new Test venues | 182 |
Srinivasan removed as ICC Chairman Shashank Manohar to take his place | 183 |
INTERNATIONAL | 42 |
Saudi Arabia Women to Vote and Contest in Municipal Elections for the First time | 44 |
IndiaSingapore signed 10 agreements on mutual cooperation | 46 |
Joint Statement on enhanced MalaysiaIndia Strategic Partnership released | 48 |
Mahatma Gandhi International Centre inaugurated in Matale by Sri Lankan President | 51 |
UN Security Council approved Frenchsponsored resolution urging action against ISIS | 52 |
23rd APEC Economic Leaders Meeting Declaration Issued | 53 |
CCEA approved extension of Indian Development and Economic Assistance Scheme | 56 |
Srilankan President presented cabinet paper to abolish Executive Presidency | 57 |
India and Vietnam inked MoU for cooperation in the field of Animal Health | 58 |
India ratified Articles of Agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank | 59 |
India China agreed to deepen defence ties maintain peace at LAC | 60 |
India Bangladesh signed SOP to operationalise Agreement on Coastal Shipping | 61 |
India Australia completed formalities for Civil Nuclear Pact | 63 |
2015 Valletta Summit on Migration concluded | 64 |
Terrorist attack in Paris Hundreds Killed | 65 |
India UK announced commercial deals worth 9 billion pounds | 66 |
Ukrainian Parliament approved amendment to Labour Code prohibiting discrimination at workplace | 69 |
Opposition Croatian Democratic Union led by HDZ Party won Parliamentary Elections of Croatia | 71 |
Russian President Putin ordered inquiry into allegations of major drug abuse in athletics | 72 |
India reelected to UN Commission on International Trade Law | 73 |
Belgian court ordered Facebook to stop tracking nonmembers | 74 |
WHO officially declared Sierra Leone Ebolafree | 75 |
India in Shanghai Cultural Week inaugurated at Shanghai | 76 |
Bosnian and Serbian Governments held first joint session postBosnian War in Saravejo | 77 |
Maldives Parliament voted to Impeach Vice President Ahmed Adeeb | 78 |
Tanzanias first female Vice President Samia Suluhu sworn in | 79 |
Maldives declared State of Emergency for 30 days | 80 |
UNGA First Committee approved draft resolution to prevent placement of nuclear arms in outer space | 81 |
Norway reopened Consulate General in Mumbai after four decades | 83 |
Security officials in China launched Spy Hotline to report on foreign spies | 84 |
Nepal US armies launched Joint Military training Balance Nail 1601 | 85 |
China made sexual assault on men a crime | 86 |
Ruling Justice and Development Party AKP won majority in Parliamentary elections of Turkey | 87 |
NATIONAL | 88 |
Union Government approved 3120 crore rupees investment for infra boost in 102 AMRUT cities | 89 |
Ministry of Railways TERI University signed MoU to set up Railway Chair on Sustainable Mobility | 90 |
Ministry of Railways signed AOT Agreements with SAILRITES Bengal Wagon Industry Pvt Ltd | 91 |
Union Government announced 10 NewRevised Schemes for Disabled Persons under the National Trust | 92 |
CCEA approved implementation of CCTNS and ICJS Project by March 2017 to revamp Criminal Justice System | 93 |
CCEA approved four rail line projects worth 8351 crore rupees | 94 |
Indian Resource Panel InRP on Resource Efficiency constituted | 96 |
Union Cabinet approved setting up of National Resource Facility for Biomedical Research | 97 |
AMRUT Action Plans for 81 cities approved with total project outlay of 5748 crore rupees | 98 |
Union Government declared NSCNK as terrorist organization under UAPA 1967 | 99 |
First AMRIT outlet opened at AIIMS Delhi for selling affordable drugs | 100 |
Ministry of Railways issued Letter of Award to GE Global Sourcing India Pvt Limited | 101 |
Union Government signed Loan Agreement with Asian Development Bank | 103 |
Union Government issued notification for implementation of OROP | 105 |
Supreme Court upheld Kerala Governments ban on online lotteries | 106 |
Union Government constituted Empowered Committee to approve schemes under Nirbhaya Fund | 107 |
PM Narendra Modi launched research project Imprint India | 109 |
Justice MB Shahheaded SIT on Black Money submitted its third report | 110 |
Daughters cannot inherit ancestral property if father died before 2005 SC | 111 |
Meghalaya HC asked Union Government to enforce AFSPA 1958 in Garo Hills region | 112 |
Vikalp Scheme launched for confirmed accommodation to waitlisted passengers in alternate trains | 113 |
ECONOMY | 114 |
RBI granted inprinciple approval to three applicants for setting up TReDS | 115 |
Anant Geete flagged off 3 Cities Fame India Eco Drive in New Delhi | 116 |
SEBI signed MoU with Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on bilateral cooperation | 117 |
Technology Acquisition Development Fund under National Manufacturing Policy launched | 118 |
CCEA approved disinvestment of 10 percent paid up equity capital in Coal India Limited | 119 |
Draft Fiscal and Contractual Regime for Award of Hydrocarbon Acreages released | 120 |
Conference of Power New Renewable Energy and Mines Ministers of States UTs concluded | 122 |
RBI issued Uniform Guidelines on Internet Banking for Cooperative Banks | 123 |
Revised guidelines for Internet Banking with Transaction facility | 124 |
Union Cabinet approved UDAY for financial turnaround and revival of DISCOMS | 125 |
CCEA hiked Minimum Support Prices for Rabi Crops of 201516 season | 127 |
PM Narendra Modi launched three gold related schemes | 128 |
RBI notified Operational Guidelines of Sovereign Gold Bonds 201516 | 129 |
Dr T K Viswanathan Committee on Bankruptacy Law Reforms submitted its report | 130 |
Eight Core Industries of IIP grew by 32 in September 2015 Fastest in 4 months | 132 |
NPPA capped prices of 18 drug formulations | 133 |
ENVIRONMENT ECOLOGY | 135 |
Bill Gates led Breakthrough Energy Coalition formed to reduce demand for fossil fuels | 136 |
2015 likely to be the warmest year on record WMO | 137 |
New species of tree frog Ghatixalus magnus discovered in Idukki district of Kerala | 140 |
UNISDR released the report titled The Human Cost of Weather Related Disasters | 141 |
2nd World Congress on Disaster Management concluded Visakhapatnam Declaration adopted | 142 |
Cyclone Megh struck Yemeni Island of Socotra | 143 |
Dracula ant discovered in Western Ghats region of Kerala | 144 |
Odisha government banned fishing to protect Olive Ridley turtles | 145 |
CORPORATE | 146 |
Arun Kumar Kapoor appointed CEO of Dish TV | 147 |
TCS Intel launched Centre of Excellence for IoT in Hyderabad | 148 |
Marriott International to acquire Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide | 149 |
CorporateOnline auto classifieds portal CarTrade acquired CarWale | 150 |
Forbes list of Worlds Most Powerful People 2015 released | 151 |
Tata Motors signed Lionel Messi as Global Brand Ambassador for its Passenger Vehicles | 153 |
Ravikumar Sreedharan appointed as MD of Unisys Corporation India | 154 |
Facebook and BSNL partnered to set up 100 WiFi hotspots in rural India | 155 |
SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY | 156 |
Sameer Pandaled Indian team won NASA award for Burst Prevention Puncture Curative technology | 157 |
Civil communications satellite ChinaSat 2C launched by China | 158 |
SPORTS | 161 |
India defeated Bangladesh to win Under19 TriSeries cricket title | 162 |
Great Britain defeated Belgium to win 2015 Davis Cup tennis title | 163 |
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg won 2015 Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | 164 |
ICC suspended West Indies spinner Sunil Narine for illegal bowling action | 166 |
ICC appointed four female umpires for ICC Womens World Twenty20 Qualifier | 167 |
Australia New Zealand to play the historic first daynight Test at Adelaide Oval | 168 |
AIBA gave its nod for elections to sort Indian Boxing mess | 169 |
Anju Bobby George appointed Chairperson of Target Olympic Podium Scheme | 170 |
Roger Van Gent appointed as strategic coach of Indian Mens Hockey Team | 171 |
NTPC named official partner for HWL Final | 172 |
Djokovic became 1st player to win ATP World Tour Finals for 4th consecutive time | 173 |
India Juniors won 8th Mens Junior Asia hockey cup by defeating Pakistan | 174 |
WADA suspended Russian AntiDoping Agency for noncompliance | 175 |
Nigeria won 2015 FIFA U17 World Cup | 184 |
BCCI announced monetary benefits for former players | 185 |
Heena Sindhu won gold in 13th Asian Shooting Championship | 187 |
Offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin became fastest Indian to reach 150 test wickets | 188 |
Jitu Rai won silver in 13th Asian Shooting Championship | 189 |
Michelle Payne became first female jockey to win Melbourne Cup | 190 |
Shiva Thapa ranked World No 2 in boxing | 191 |
Shoaib Malik announced retirement from Test Cricket | 192 |
Nico Rosberg of Germany won 2015 Mexican Gand Prix Formula 1 championship | 194 |
New Zealand won Rugby World Cup for record third time | 195 |
Sania MirzaMartina Hingis won womens doubles title of Singapore Open | 196 |
STATE | 197 |
Delhi Government introduced Working Journalists Delhi Amendment Bill 2015 | 198 |
Telangana Government declared 231 mandals as droughthit | 199 |
Maharashtra government to launch Gopinath Munde Farmers Accident Insurance Scheme | 200 |
Rajasthan South Australia signed SisterState Agreement | 201 |
Nitish Kumar swornin as Bihar Chief Minister | 202 |
Allahabad HC asked UP government to stop sale and use of Chinese manjha | 203 |
Delhi Government approved Jan Lokpal Bill 2015 | 204 |
Foundation stone of first Mega Food Park of Telangana laid | 206 |
Andhra Pradesh Government decided to waive off 110 crore loans of over 25000 weavers | 207 |
Odisha implemented National Food Security Act 2013 in 14 districts | 208 |
President approved Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Bill | 209 |
Grand Alliance won the 2015 Assembly Elections of Bihar with twothirds majority | 210 |
Rajasthan government launched the AgroProcessing and AgriMarketing Promotion Policy 2015 | 211 |
MP Government proposed 1656 crore rupees AMRUT Action Plan | 212 |
Veteran actor Vikram Gokhale honoured with Vishnudas Bhave Award | 213 |
PhaseI of THub inaugurated in IIITHyderabad | 214 |
AP signed MoU with WEF to support state in assessing its competitiveness | 215 |
Rajasthan Government relaxed twochild policy for government employees | 216 |
Assam Government hiked daily minimum wages of workers in various sectors | 217 |
Punjab Government signed MoU to set up bioethanol refinery | 219 |
NEWS CAPSULE | 220 |
Person on Visit | 222 |
PM Narendra Modi concluded his twonation tour to UK and Turkey | 223 |
Person Appointed | 225 |
Sunil Kanoria appointed as President of ASSOCHAM | 226 |
Michael Keating appointed as Special Representative for Somalia and Head of UNSOM | 227 |
Swati Dandekar appointed Executive Director to Asian Development Bank by Obama | 228 |
Harshavardhan Neotia elected as President of FICCI | 229 |
RBI Governor Dr Raghuram Rajan elected as ViceChairman on BIS Board | 230 |
Justice AP Shah appointed as the Ethics Officer Ombudsman at BCCI | 231 |
Indianborn Harjit Sajjan swornin as Defence Minister of Canada | 232 |
Captain Krishna Swaminathan took over command of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya | 233 |
Suresh N Patel appointed as MD CEO of Andhra Bank | 234 |
AK Jha took over as CMD of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited | 235 |
Person Died | 237 |
Noted litterateur Surendra Upadhyay passed away | 238 |
Noted IndianOrigin Businessman Banwari Lal Mittal died | 239 |
Sitting Rajya Sabha MP from Nagaland Khekiho Zhimomi passed away | 240 |
Distinguished football administrator TR Govindarajan died | 241 |
Writer Journalist Mahip Singh Passed Away | 242 |
VHP leader Ashok Singhal dead | 243 |
Childrens book writer Kamala Laxman dead | 244 |
Former Israeli President Yitzhak Navon died | 245 |
French intellectual Rene Girard passed away | 246 |
Indias former Ambassador to Nepal Bimal Prasad dead | 247 |
Tollywood comedian Kondavalasa Lakshman Rao died | 248 |
Former West Bengal assembly speaker Hashim Abdul Halim died | 249 |
American actor Al Molinaro passed away | 250 |
Hero Group founder Brijmohan Lall Munjal died | 251 |
Places in News | 252 |
Awards Honours | 254 |
Marathi actor Prashant Damle selected for Dinanath Mangeshkar award | 256 |
Kuldip Nayar honoured with Ramnath Goenka Lifetime Achievement Award | 257 |
University of East London awarded honorary doctorate to Ashok Amritraj | 259 |
Abraham M Keita from Liberia won the 2015 International Childrens Peace Prize | 260 |
AIR programme on child labour bagged top prize at ABU Prizes | 261 |
Books Authors | 263 |
Rebooting India authored by Nandan Nilekani Viral Shah released | 264 |
Interlinking of Indian Rivers authored by Radha Kant Bharati released | 265 |
Defence Security | 266 |
South Asian Annual Disaster Management Exercise 2015 concluded | 267 |
GRSE handed over ASW Corvette Kadmatt to Indian Navy | 268 |
Shipwright School Commissioned as INS Vishwakarma | 269 |
Defence Minister commissioned Indias Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel Samarth | 270 |
Ministry of Defence launched Army Cloud Data Centre DigiLocker for the Indian Army | 271 |
Nuclear capable surfacetosurface AgniIV missile successfully testfired | 272 |
Indian Army successfully testfired BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in Rajasthan | 273 |
ICGS Arinjay commissioned in Kochi | 274 |
Report Survey | 276 |
Financial Secrecy Index 2015 released India moderately secretive | 277 |
UNHCR released study titled I am Here I belong on Need to End Childhood Statelessness | 280 |
The Legatum Prosperity Index 2015 released | 281 |
Person Resigned | 284 |
Art Culture | 286 |
UNESCO Fellini medal to be awarded at IFFI for the first time | 287 |
First International Film Festival for the persons with disabilities to be held in Delhi | 288 |
International Indigenous Terra Madre 2015 started in Shillong | 289 |
Summit Conference | 291 |
2015 G20 Summit held in Antalya Turkey | 292 |
12th ASEM Foreign Ministers meet held in Luxemburg | 293 |
Committees Commissions | 295 |
MHRD constituted TSR Subramanian committee to draft New Education Policy | 297 |
Accident Incident | 298 |
Abbreviations Terms | 299 |
20th Anniversary of Dayton Peace Accord observed | 300 |
Blue Revolution with an outlay of 3000 crore rupees proposed | 301 |
Ford tested driverless cars using LiDAR technology | 302 |
Day Week Year | 304 |
World Toilet Day observed on 19 November with the theme Sanitation and Nutrition | 305 |
International Day for Tolerance observed across the world | 306 |
Childrens Day observed across India on 14 November | 307 |
World Science Day for Peace and Development 2015 observed | 308 |
Miscellaneous | 310 |
WORLD DAIRY NOVEMBER 2015 | 312 |
INDIA DAIRY NOVEMBER 2015 | 321 |
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