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Novemberember Current Affairs
1st November, 2012
Government to achieve target of nearly one trillion US Dollar of investment in
infrastructure sector.
Cyclone Nilam hit at Tamil Nadu
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Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde
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Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC)
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Supreme Court Chief Justice Altamas Kabir
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Barack Obama Democratic Party-Symbol-Donkey
Romney-Republican Party-Symbol-Elephant
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UN Human Rights Council(UNHRC)
UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay
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Tunisia President Moncef Marzouki
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Kaziranga National park-World Heritage Site
Kaziranga has the largest population of the One Horned Rhinoceros and the home of
largest population density of the Royal Bengal Tigers per
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Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shetter
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Andhra Pradesh is celebrating its 57th State Formation Day
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Madhya Pradesh is celebrating its 57th foundation day
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2nd November, 2012
Cyclone Nilam hit ship Pratibha Cauvery.
Indian-American NASA astronaut Sunita Williams
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Election Commission is implementing Systematic Voters' Enrollment and Electoral
Participatio
SVEEP- program in Gujarat
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Ministerial Meeting of the 20-nation Indian Ocean Rim-Association for Regional Cooperation
(IOR-ARC) was held at Gurgaon.
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Lt. Gen Naresh Chandra Marwah, has taken over as the Chief of Integrated Defence
Staff
Indian-American record-setting NASA astronaut Sunita Williams along with another
cosmonaut today troubleshot an ammonia leak in the International Space Station's cooling
system, accomplishing the chief objective of their marathon six-hour excursion outside the
orbiting lab.. This was the seventh space walk for Williams who holds the record for space
walking time for female astronauts with over 44 hours during six previous excursions.
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United Missions in Nepal (UNMIN)
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3rd November, 2012
Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna are Indian team players
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The Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Mr. Manish Tewari today said
that his Ministry is working out a road map to make the International Film Festival of India
a self sustaining event. 43rd International Film Festival of India -2012 is beginning in Panaji
from Novemberember 20.
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Punjab Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal
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India, which assumed this month's rotating Presidency of the Security Council, will
showcase its low-cost Aakash tablet at the United Nations, highlighting the country's
inNovemberation involved in the most competitively priced tablet computer.
India's Permanent Representative to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri
Indian mission will also organise a cultural event at the UN on Novemberember 26
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featuring the Shahi qawwals, who will be flying in from Ajmer for a Sufi music concert
at UN on occasion of India's presidency.
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Palestinian faction Hamas which rules Gaza strip
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh
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Health Minister Gulam Nabi Azad
Ayurveda,Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH)
David Ferrer-Tennis Player (Spin)
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4th November, 2012
Sixth conference of the Association of SAARC Speakers and Parliamentarians
begins in Islamabad.
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Electronic Voting Machines (EVM)
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The Centre will launch a special skill development programme to facilitate
employment of youth belonging to Naxal-affected states in the corporate sector.
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
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Union Home Secretary Mr R K Singh
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Mettur dam is located in Tamilnadu
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Sikkim will soon be the first state in the country to provide 'pucca' houses to all its
residents as it has launched a mega social housing mission of quality housing to families
living in hutments.
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Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha Professor P. J. Kurien
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5th November, 2012
Government plans to achieve around 55 thousand Megawatts power generation
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from renewable sources over the next 5 years.
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Petroleum minister M Veerappa Moily
Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)
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Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said, the government will borrow more to fund a
fiscal deficit that is now estimated at 5.3 per cent of GDP this fiscal year.
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Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha Mr Kariya Munda
Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das
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The UN Special envoy on Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi
The Geneva Declaration agreed upon by major powers in June called for a transitional
administration in Syria but did not specify a role for President Bashar al-Assad.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Arab League Chief Nabil Al Arabi
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6th November, 2012
India and Canada to discuss Civil nuclear cooperation and strengthening
economic ties during meeting between visiting Canadian Prime Minister
Stephen Harper and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.
Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar to be conferred Order of Australia award
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On the trade front, India and Canada are also negotiating a Comprehensive Economic
Partnership Agreement (CEPA) to take economic ties to the next level.
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Union Minister for Environment and Forests Mrs. Jayanthi Natarajan
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Iconic American composer Elliott Carter, whose challenging, rhythmically complex works
earned him widespread admiration and two Pulitzer Prizes, died at the age of 103.
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7th November, 2012
Barack Obama wins second term as President of the United States
India and Canada to triple bilateral trade by 2015
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Syrian capital Damascus
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Godrej Group Chairman Adi Godrej
World Economic Forum on India meeting is held at Gurgoan
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The Kenyan President Emilio Mwai Kibaki
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The Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the two countries are targeting 15
billion US Dollars in bilateral trade by 2015.
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UPA Chairperson Mrs. Sonia Gandhi flagged off coaches built in Rail Coach Factory Lalganj,
Rae Bareli.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
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Despite the global economic downturn and the developments in Egypt, bilateral trade
between India and Egypt has gone up by 33 percent from 3.2 billion US dollars to 4.2
billion US dollars in 2011-12 which is a testimony to the strength of ties.
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Union Telecom Minister Mr. Kapil Sibal
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8th November, 2012
Union Cabinet approves levy of about 31,000 crore rupee one-time spectrum
fee on all existing telecom companies.
Government clears ten per cent disinvestment of paid up equity of Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited.
Andhra Pradesh High Court terms the life-ban imposed by BCCI on Indian
Cricketer Azharuddin illegal.
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Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)
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Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid
People's Liberation Army, PLA is of China
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The death toll in Gautemala's earthquake has risen to 50.
Gautemala's President Otto Perez Molina
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Science Express-Biodiversity Special (SEBS)
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9th November, 2012
Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor are tennis players
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Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani
UIDAI Director General, Ram Sewak Sharma
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National Investigation Agency (NIA)
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External commercial borrowings (ECB)
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The advisor to Prime Minister Mr. T. K. A. Nair.
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Arvind Kejriwal is a Social activist
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Australia says it is ready to join a second phase of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.
The protocol, initially adopted in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997, is aimed at fighting global warming
by setting legally binding targets for countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Barack Obama will this month become the first US president to visitMyanmar from the 17th
to the 20th of this month.
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An international trade dispute over bananas dating back two decades has finally been
settled. The European Union and ten Latin American countries signed an agreement to
formally end eight separate World Trade Organisation.
The head of the WTO Pascal Lamy
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Belarusian-Canadian combination of Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor are tennis players.
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America's top seeded Bryan brothers - Bob and Mike are tennis players.
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10th November, 2012
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced that Novemberember 10
will be observed as Malala Day the world over, honouring her struggle for
the cause of girls education.
World Malala day being observed today to honour Pakistani child activist
Malala Yousafzai
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The Defence Minsiter Mr.A.K Antony
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World Malala Day is being observed today to honour Pakistani child activist Malala Yousafzai
who was shot at by Taliban gunmen on 9th of last month. In his message, UN Secretary
General Ban Ki-moon has called the international community to join the UN campaign to
put education first for Malala and girls and boys throughout the world.
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United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
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Haitis capital Port-au-Prince.
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CIA director David Petraeus resigned as head of the leading US spy agency on 9
Novemberember, saying he had engaged in an extramarital affair and acknowledging he
'showed extremely poor judgment.'Obama, who was re-elected to a second term said in a
statement he had accepted Petraeus' resignation, praising him for his work at the Central
Intelligence Agency(CIA) and for leading US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.The woman
with whom the former CIA director had the affair is Paula Broadwell, according to a
person familiar with the matter. She is an author who wrote a biography of Petraeus
titled 'All In.'
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11th November, 2012
The President launches improved version of India's super- cheap tablet computer,
Aakash-Two.
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Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
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A great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi has been elected to a State Assembly in the United
States during the general elections held on Novemberember 6. Shanti Gandhi, 72,
contesting as a Republican Party candidate, defeated his Democratic rival Theodore "Ted"
Ensley by nine percentage point for the Kansas's 52nd Assembly District.
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A strong earthquake struck northern Myanmar
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The BBC's director general, George Entwistle, has resigned in the wake of the Newsnight
child abuse broadcast.
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Indian-origin CEO of Datawind, the maker of India's low-cost tablet Aakash, Suneet
Singh Tuli and Massachusettes Institute of Technology professor Anant Agarwal have
been named on 10 Novemberember, by Forbes magazine among the 15 "classroom
revolutionaries" who are using inNovemberative technologies to reinvent education for
students and teachers globally.
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12th November, 2012
Public Service Broadcasting Day being observed today
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Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai
Index of Industrial Production (IIP)
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The Majlis Ethehadul Muslimeen-MIM
Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharati, Mr. Jawhar Sircar
Kerala Governor H.R. Bharadwaj
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak
Serbia's World Number One Tennis Player Novemberak Djokovic
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13th November, 2012
Nobel Laureate and Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in New Delhi on
a five day visit.
Novemberak Djokovic bags Men's Singles title trophy defeating World
Number Two Roger Federer.
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The Chairperson of the National League of Democracy of Myanmar Ms Daw
Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in New Delhi today on a five day visit to India.
The International Energy Agency (Paris) says, by 2017 the United States is likely to
overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest oil producer.
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Arab League has 22-members
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Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras
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US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta
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Nepal was elected on 8 Novemberember 2012 as a board member of the United
Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a three year term starting from
January 2013. Nepal along with seventeen other countries was elected as board members.
Nepal was elected with 131 votes out of the total 194 in the UN General Assembly.
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Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik
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A bronze bust of Noor Inayat Khan, hailed as a heroine of the World War II for her
role in a dangerous secret mission against the Nazis, will be unveiled in London
by Princess Anne.
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14th November, 2012
President Pranab Mukheerjee inaugurates India International Trade Fair at
Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.
Pakistan Supreme Court withdraws contempt notice issued against Prime
Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf.
World Diabetes Day being observed today
Sultan of Johar Cup is a hockey tournament in Malaysia
Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma
Skilling India, the theme of this year's fair focuses on the initiatives undertaken by
various government departments and private participants for the skill development of
the youth. In the 14-day annual fair, Belarus is the partner country, while South Africa
has been chosen as the focus country. In the state category, Uttarakhand is the
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partner state and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the focus state or Union Territory.
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Indian Ambassador to Japan, Mrs. Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa
The Communist Party of China, CPC today unveiled a new leadership, electing
the 18th CPC Central Committee to lead the Party for the coming five years.
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15th November, 2012
China's Vice President Xi Jinping appointed new General Secretary of the ruling
Communist Party.
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China's Vice President Xi Jinping was today appointed as the new General
Secretary of the ruling Communist Party.
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Tripura government will set up two elephant reserves for preservation of the
species
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Li Keqiang, 57, will succeed Prime Minister Wen Jiabao
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A rare 76 carat diamond named after the Austrian owner Archduke Joseph August
that was mined from the erstwhile Golconda Kingdom
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The Oxford English Dictionary has chosen Omnishambles as the UK Word of the
Year 2012
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The water resources ministry will observe November 19, the birth anniversary of
late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, as Water Conservation Day to create awareness
about the need to conserve water.
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16th November, 2012
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to officially dissolve the House of
Representatives at the plenary session today.
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National Press day is being observed today marking the inception of the Press
council of India, PCI, in 1966.
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On the occasion of National Press Day, the Press Council of India honoured the winners of
the first National Awards for Excellence in Journalism. Among the winners were, Damayanti
Datta of India Today, Priyanka Dubey of Tehelka in investigative journalism category. R.
Sambasivan of Desabhimani won in rural journalism category while Rajesh Parshuram
Joshte of Lokmat bagged the Stree Shakti Award. PCI Chairman Justice Markhandeya Katju
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Labour Minister Mallikarjun Kharge
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31-year-old Ms Halappanavar from Karnataka, died in Ireland last month due to blood
poisoning after doctors allegedly refused to terminate her 17-week-long pregnancy on the
ground that it was a Catholic country.
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Ashura' or 10th day of Muharram will be observed on 25th of this month. The moon of
Muharram has been sighted in different parts of the country.
Odisha has become the first state in the country to roll out the Electronic Fund
Management System.
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17th November, 2012
Iran expanding its nuclear capacity by installing more centrifuges at an
underground enrichment plant, says UN Watchdog.
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Minister of State in Prime Ministers office Mr.V.Narayanasamy
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The Law and Justice Minister Dr Ashwani Kumar
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left for Cambodia to attend the ASEAN and East Asia
Summits. He is expected to pitch for increased trade and investment between India and
ASEAN countries. The Prime Minister is also expected to update the ASEAN leaders on the
progress made on revival of the centre of learning at Nalanda, Bihar. India and ASEAN are
holding negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement in Services and Investment and are keen
to conclude these before the Summit on Novemberember 19. The two sides have already
signed an FTAinGoods.Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. Trade between India and ASEAN
countries has been increasing at rapid pace over the last few years and has already crossed
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the USD 70 billion target set for 2012. It currently stands at USD 79 billion.
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Egypt's PM Hisham Qandil
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After spending 27 years in a Dubai prison, Paul George, a native of Nagercoil in
Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu, has returned home. Family sources said, George, now
64, could be released with the intervention of one of his co-prisoner at the jail in connection
with another case. He was imprisoned in connection with an accidental fire at a house near
his working place, which claimed nine lives, in 1985.
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Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap has crashed out of the Li Ning China Open Badminton
tournament in Shanghai.
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Red Planet Mars
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18th November, 2012
India to take on Germany in the title clash of Sultan of Johor Cup Junior Hockey
tournament at Johor Bahru in Malaysia.
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21st Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit opened in the Cambodian
capital, Phnom Penh bringing together leaders from 10 ASEAN member countries.
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India Tourism has launched two new campaigns: an International Campaign
called Find What You Seek and a Domestic Campaign called Go Beyond. These
campaigns where launched at the recently concluded World Travel Market-2012,
which was held at London.
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Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has disclosed that amendments to GAAR (General
Anti-Avoidance Rules), the controversial law against tax avoidance through foreign
investments, have been finalized.
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Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Minister, Sharad Pawar is to
inaugurate a world-class institution in food processing sector called NIFTEM - at
kundli, Haryana, on 7th Novemberember.
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Egyptian President, Mohammed Mursi
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India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO)
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SushilKumar Shinde, Union Home Minister is participating in the International
Criminal Police Organization (ICPO)-Interpol Ministerial Meeting to be held at
Rome, Italy.
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The National InNovemberation Council was set up by the Prime Minister of India,
Dr.Manmohan Singh, in 2010.
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India and Malaysia have agreed to promote cooperation in renewable energy,
especially in the areas of biomass and biogas, micro hydropower, solar energy
and wind power. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect was
signed in New Delhi on 8 Novemberember.
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National Solar Mission launched in 2010 under the National Action Plan on Climate
Change.
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19th November, 2012
India and China set 100 billion dollar trade target between them by 2015.
Foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai.
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Renowned literary critic and educator Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak was awarded
the prestigious Kyoto Prize in Kyoto.
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President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan
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Ami Bera (47) - California-based, Indian-American has become the only 3rd of the
community to win Congressional election, making it to US House of
Representatives on 6 Novemberember, 2012 by defeating Republican Dan Lungren.
Previously, Dalip Singh Saund created history when he became the 1st Indian-
American elected to the House in 1950s. The 2nd Indian-American to be elected
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was Bobby Jindal in 2005 and 2008, the health-policy expert. He is now the Governor
of Louisiana.
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Kuchipudi exponent Vedantam Satyanarayana Sarma
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Ashishkumar Chauhan was on 2 Novemberember appointed as the Managing Director
and Chief Executive of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Asias oldest stock exchange.
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Southeast Asian leaders have endorsed a human rights declaration which they called a
breakthrough for the region. Leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN) adopted the joint declaration at the annual summit in Phnom Penh, saying
it would enshrine human rights protection for the blocks 600 million people. Southeast
Asian nations also called for formal talks with Beijing over a sea dispute. ASEAN
Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan said that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will
tell Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao that ASEAN wants to begin talks on a binding code of
conduct, aimed at reducing the chance of naval flash points, as soon as possible.
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Record-setting Indian- American Sunita Williams along with two fellow astronauts returned
safely to Earth today from the International Space Station. They touched down on the
steppes of central Kazakhstan, after spending four months in orbit. It was a perfect landing
for Williams and the two astronauts, Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko and Aki
Hoshide, as they touched down in the dark, chilly expanses of central Kazakhstan on
board a Russian Soyuz capsule. Another three astronauts remain on board the
International Space Station and will return next year.
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20th November, 2012
Japan indicates that it will announce a 2.26 billion dollar loan for the 2nd
phase of the Mumbai-Delhi rail corridor project.
Nine people arrested for vandalizing the clinic of the relative of Shaheen
Dhadha, who commented on Mumbai shutdown for Bal Thackeray's funeral on
Facebook.
Film actor Akhshay Kumar to inaugurate the International Film Festival of
India at Panaji, Goa
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Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia
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The Assam State Election Commission announced 50 per cent reservation of seats
in the panchayat election for women in a bid to socially and politically empower
women.
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The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 came into force on 14
Novemberember 2012.
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The Aishwarya Rai on 1 Novemberember 2012 was conferred with the Knight of
the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier dans lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres) by
the French Ambassador to India Franois Richier.
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A Dalit enclave in a village in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district was named
after Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to mark her visit on 17
Novemberember
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Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez became the first Spanish pair to win the
doubles title at the ATP Tour Finals for 37 years on 12 Novemberember, which was
held in London, with a narrow victory over Indian duo Mahesh Bhupati and Rohan
Bopanna.
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Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna won the Paris Master
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Indian Golf Player Gaganjeet Bhullar became the First Indian who made it to the
elite group of the worlds top-100 players in the latest ranking.
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Kimi Raikkonen won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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The Czech Republic retained their Fed Cup title
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Indian Cricketer Virat Kohli was chosen for the BCCIs Polly Umrigar award for
being India's top international cricketer in 2011-12.
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The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari presented the Moortidevi Award
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for 2010 to eminent Urdu scholar Prof. Gopi Chand Narang for his outstanding work Urdu
Ghazal aur Hindustani Zehan wa Tehzeeb at a function organized by Bhartiya Jnanpith in
New Delhi
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The year 2012 winner of one of the biggest awards in international education is Madhav
Chavan - who has provided an education for millions of impoverished families in India. Dr
Chavan has won the WISE Prize, which has been likened to a "Nobel prize for
education".