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Current Affairs of November 20151. Govt sets up 5-member panel to frame new education policy. Former Cabinet Secretary T.S.R.Subramanian will act as the Chairman of the committee.

2. Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis lifted their ninth titletogether this year, beating the Spanish pair of Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro toclinch the WTA Finals womens doubles trophy.

3. Boosting the governments ambitious Digital India drive, social media giant Facebook hascome forward to facilitate state-run BSNL in setting up 100 WiFi sites in rural areas of westernand southern India. Facebook will spend Rs. 5 crore per annum for sponsoring these 100 WiFihotspots in the country.

4. New Zealand has won the 2015 Rugby World Cup for record third time by defeatingAustralia. In the final match played at Twickenham,

5. One of the eminent archaeologists of post-Independent India, Virendra Nath Misra passedaway in Pune, Maharashtra. He was 81.

6. Punjab Government has announced to set up bio-ethanol refinery in the state to tackle themenace of wheat and paddy straw burning.

7. The European Parliament gave status of whistle-blower and human rights defender to formercontractor of NSA Edward Snowden.

8. India was placed at 7th position in worlds most valuable nation brands report among the 100

assessed nations. Top 7 countries: United States, China, Germany, United Kingdom, Japan,

France and India.

9. Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications (RCom) declared that it will take over Russianconglomerate Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL) venture that operates under the brand name

of MTS for a cashless deal valued at around 4500-5000 crore rupees.

10. Footballer Lionel Messi is the new global brand ambassador for Tata Motors passengervehicles.

11. India successfully test-fired BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile from INS Kochi off thewest coast.

12. Hero Group founder Brijmohan Lall Munjal died in New Delhi. He was 92 and survived bythree sons and one daughter.

13. Roger Federer of Switzerland won the Swiss Indoors mens singles tennis title. He defeated

Rafael Nadal of Spain 6-3 5-7 6-3 at the final match held at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel,Switzerland.


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14. Indian Railways has launched Vikalp scheme to facilitate waitlisted passengers to get analternative train accommodation.

15. 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.

16. The Reserve Bank of India has fixed the public issue price at Rs. 2,684 per gram for thesovereign gold bonds, for which applications will be accepted from November 5 to 20.

17. Punjabi in the first week of November 2015 became the third most common language, afterEnglish and French, in the House of Commons of Canada after 20 Punjabi-speaking candidateswere elected to the parliament in October 2015.

18.The special forces of the US and Nepalese armies on launched a month-long joint militarytraining codenamed Balance Nail 16-01 in Nepals mountainous regions.

19. Odisha Government imposed a seven-month ban on fishing along the coast. The ban will bein force from 1 November 2015 to 31 May 2016.

20. The Meghalaya High Court asked the Union government to enforce the Armed Forces(Special Powers) Act, (AFSPA) 1958 in Garo Hills region in western part of the state.

21. Veteran CPI(M) leader and former Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly Hasim AbdulHalin passed away in Kolkata

22. The fast patrol vessel (FPV) of Aadesh-Class of Indian Coast Guard, ICGS Arinjay wascommissioned in Kochi, Kerala..

23. Justice T.S. Thakur would succeed Justice H.L. Dattu as the next Chief Justice of India.

24. Maharashtra approved APJ Abdul Kalam Amrut Yojna for pregnant and lactating women.The scheme aims at providing at least one full hot cooked nutritious food to every pregnant ladyand lactating mother.

25. Michelle Payne became the first female jockey to win 6.2 million Australian dollarsMelbourne Cup.

26. Maldives President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency giving sweeping powersto security forces to arrest suspects ahead of a major anti-government protest rally.

27. Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik announced his retirement from Test cricket and nowwill play only in the One-Day International (ODI).

28. All India Radios (AIRs) Programme on child labour titled Nilkkam Ivarkkoppam has wonthe first prize at the 2015 Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Prize ceremony.


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29. Noted Kannada actor V Ravichandran, will promote the governments social security

schemes that are offered by the Dharward-headquartered Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank(KVGB).

30. PM Narendra Modi launched three gold related schemes. The primary purpose of theschemes is to reduce dependence on imported gold, recycle the unutilized gold in the country andmost importantly, streamline the gold business in the country. At present, India is the largestconsumer of gold in the world.Gold Monetization Scheme (GMS)Its objective is to mobilize unutilized gold from individuals, households and institutions andmake them available to gold-base industries including jewellers.Sovereign Gold Bond SchemeThe purpose of the scheme is to reduce the demand for physical gold and to shift part of theestimated 300 tons of physical bars and coins purchased every year for investment into Demat(Dematerialised) gold bonds.

Indian Gold Coins Its purpose is to revive investment and reduce dependence on imports of gold coins. At present,India has been importing about 60 tonnes of gold coins annually that are sold at a premium of 8-10 per cent. Under the scheme, gold coins bearing the Ashok Chakra will be minted by the Security Printingand Minting Corporation of India. Initially, the coins will be available in denominations of 5 gm and 10 gm. They will be sold through banks, post offices and state-run MMTC Ltd. (Metals and MineralsTrading Corporation of India) which will sell them through the World Gold Council (WGC).

31. The Bankruptcy Law Reforms Committee (BLRC) headed by Dr T K Viswanathansubmitted its report to the Union Ministry of Finance.

32. Romania's Prime Minister Victor Ponta resigned from his position following a deadlynightclub blaze which left 32 dead and nearly 200 injured.

33. Justin Trudeau of Liberal Party has sworn in as 23rd Prime Minister of Canada ending 10years of Conservative rule.

34. Indias former Ambassador to Nepal and modern Indian historian Bimal Prasad passed awayin New Delhi at the age of 92.

35. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as Worlds ninth Most Powerful Person

in the Forbes annual ranking of 73 persons list of 2015. For the consecutive 3rd year, RussianPresident Vladimir Putin has been named the worlds most powerful person in the list.

36. Ace Indian boxer Shiva Thapa has attained second rank in the latest international rankings ofboxing in the 56 kilogram category


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37. Bosnian and Serbian governments held their joint session in Saravejo. The joint session wasthe first since the end of the Bosnian War in 1995.The aim of the session was to improve their relations and contribute to the stabilization of theWestern Balkans.

38. V Sivaramakrishnan (Siva) was appointed as the Managing Director of the OxfordUniversity Press India (OUPI) with regional responsibilities including Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,and Nepal. He will also join the Asia Education Divisional Board of OUP.

39. Maldives Parliament overwhelmingly voted to impeach the countrys Vice President AhmedAdeeb. He is accused of plotting to kill the President Yameen Abdul Gayoom.

40. Belgium moved to the top of the FIFA world ranking list in football for the first time. Theteam rose from third to first after overtaking Argentina and world champions Germany. Thisfollows their victories in Octobers European qualifiers.

41. China launched a civil communication satellite ChinaSat - 2C from the Xichang space centerin Sichuan province.

42. Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its nod Ujwal DISCOMAssurance Yojna (UDAY) for financial restructuring of debt of power distribution companies.The Scheme aims for financial

43. Invoking Atal Bihari Vajpayees mantra for development, Prime Minister Narendra Moditoday announced a package of Rs. 80,000 crore for Jammu and Kashmir and pledged totransform it into a new, modern, progressive and prosperous state for which there will no dearthof money.

44. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin became the fastest Indian to reach 150 wickets mark inthe Indian test cricket history.He achieved this feat when he took Imran Tahirs wicket in the first innings of the first testagainst South Africa in Mohali, Punjab.

45. Union Ministry of Finance decided to impose 0.5 percent Swachh Bharat Cess (SBC) on alltaxable services. It will be levied in addition to the 14 percent service tax that is in force now.

46. Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on 5 November 2015 launched the RajasthanAgro-Processing and Agri-Marketing Promotion Policy 2015. The policy seeks to promote agro-processing and to reduce post harvest losses at the farm gate

47. The 21st International Conference on Frontiers in Yoga Research and its Applications(INCOFYRA) will be held from 3 to 7 January 2016 at Prashanti Kutiram, Bengaluru.

48. Indias Heena Sindhu won the gold medal in the 10m air pistol womens event at the 13th

Asian Shooting Championship.


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49. The long-pending One-Rank- One-Pension Scheme for ex-servicemen was brought intoforce with government issuing a notification which will benefit over 25 lakh veterans and warwidows.

50. World Health Organization (WHO), a U.N. health agency has officially declared Sierra

Leone Ebola-free.

51. The seventh edition India-Russia Joint Military Exercise Indra-2015 has begun in Bikanerdistrict of Rajasthan.

52. Indian Army has successfully test fired the Brahmos supersonic land attack cruise missile atPokhran in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan.

53. Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairperson of country's largest bank SBI, remains the mostpowerful woman in the Indian business sector, according to Fortune India.

54. The BCCI announced a slew of monetary benefits for former cricketers, both domestic andinternational, including monthly and one-time payments, just a day before the Annual GeneralBody Meeting of the Board in Mumbai. All Test cricketers who retired before December 31,1993 and have played more than 25 matches will get Rs. 50,000 per month, the BCCI said on itswebsite.All Test cricketers who retired before December 31, 1993 and have played less than 25 matcheswill get Rs. 37,500 per month while those who retired on or after January 1, 1994 will get Rs.22,500 per month, it said under the heading payment of monthly gratis.

55. Vidarbha opener Wasim Jaffer became the first cricketer in Ranji Trophy history to notch up10000 runs on day two of their Group A match against Bengal at the Jadavpur University secondcampus ground in Saltlake.

56. Santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma was honoured with the Aditya Vikram BirlaKala Shikhar Award for lifetime achievement.

57. Book titled What Happened to Netaji? authored by former journalist Anuj Dhar was released.

58. Grand Alliance won the 2015 Assembly Elections of Bihar with two-thirds majority.

59. Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems today announced a joint venture to manufactureaerostructures for aircraft and collaborate on integrated systems development opportunities inIndia.

60. India test-fired its nuclear-capable strategic ballistic missile Agni-IV, capable of hitting atarget at a distance of 4,000 km, from a test range off the Odisha coast as part of a user trial bythe armed forces.


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61. N. Srinivasan was dethroned as the ICC Chairman after the BCCI decided to recall him andnominate its recently-elected president Shashank Manohar as the chief of the world body.

62. Prof Ashok Misra headed Committee of Eminent Persons CEP on JEE submitted its report.

63. The Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani launched the e-Pathshala,Saaransh and National Programme on School Standards and Evaluation Framework (ShalaSiddhi) web portals/ mobile apps.These portals were launched during the edNEXT, the National Conference on ICT in SchoolEducation that was held at New Delhi.

64. Government has signed a $273 million loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank(ADB) to improve rural roads in Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and WestBengal.

65. Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan has been appointed as Vice Chairman of the board

of the Bank for International Settlements.

66. Former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Justice Ajit Prakash Shah, was appointed as theethics officer (ombudsman) at Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

67. India was re-elected by the General Assembly to a six year term on the United NationsCommission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

68. The World Science Day for Peace and Development, dubbed World Science Day, wasobserved on 10 November 2015 across the world. The theme for 2015 is Science for aSustainable Future

69. Richard Proud-chaired Independent Commission (IC) on Doping in Sports submitted itsreport to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The report was submitted in Vienna,Switzerland.

70. The government has initiated the process of 5 per cent stake sale in Container Corporation ofIndia (CONCOR), which could fetch over Rs. 1,300 crore to the exchequer.

71. Indian Railways awarded contracts to General Electric Co. (GE) and Alstom to set up dieseland electric locomotive factories in Bihar at a cost of about Rs.40,000 crore.

72. GSAT-15, the countrys latest communications satellite, was launched successfullyby theEuropean Ariane 5 VA-227 launch Vehicle.

73. Government has announced easing and simplification of foreign direct investment (FDI)rules in fifteen sectors and raising the threshold limit for approval by Foreign InvestmentPromotion Board (FIPB) to Rs. 5,000 crore from Rs. 3,000 crore.

74. Pakistans Younis Khan retires from ODI cricket


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75. The Coast Guards latest and largest offshore patrol vessel, Samarth, was commissioned

here by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar who asked the force not to sit on past laurels andfocus on securing Indias maritime interests.

76. A leading UAE-based bank has announced a partnership deal with State Bank of India tohelp NRI customers in the gulf to carry out their remittances instantly and more conveniently.

77. Former RBI Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn was appointed as an Executive Director on theboard of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

78. Indiabulls Housing Finance today said it will acquire a39.76 per cent stake in the UK'sOakNorth Bank for USD 100 million (about Rs 661 crore).

79. NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected a monstrous new cloud of frozen compounds on theSaturn moon Titan's south polar region.

80. Liberian teenager Abraham M Keita was awarded with the prestigious InternationalChildrens Peace Prize 2015.

81. Indian-origin barrister in UK, Kalyani Kaul was sworn-in as a Circuit Judge in the UK .Now, she will be sitting at Snaresbrook Crown Court with immediate effect.

82. A team of Indian scientist led by Sameer Panda from Odisha won the NASA award for aninnovative technology named Burst Prevention & Puncture Curative (BPPC) technology. UditBondia, KN Panda and Smitiparna Satpathy are the other members of the team.

83. Yitzhak Navon, who served as the fifth president of Israel, died in Jerusalem. He was 94.

84. India and the United Kingdom announced deals worth 9 billion as they signed a civilnuclear pact and decided to collaborate in the field of defence and cyber security besideslaunching a railway rupee bond.

85. Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyis opposition party secured a historic majority inMyanmars parliament, making it possible for them to form the Southeast Asian countrys firsttruly civilian government in more than half-a-century.

86. Legislators of the Grand Alliance unanimously elected Nitish Kumar as their leader in theassembly, paving the way for him to once again become the chief minister.

87. The 2015 Valletta Summit on Migration was concluded. It was held for two days at theMediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta, Malta.

88. Indias first Low Income State Infrastructure Equity Partnership (the Neev Fund) was

launched on by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in UK in the presence of David Cameron, PrimeMinister, United Kingdom.


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89. G20 Summit held in Antalya, Turkey.G-20 Leaders, including U.S. President Barack Obama,Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Chinese President XiJinping, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Prime Minister of Australia MalcolmTurnbull , Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

90. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Attended BRICS Summit in Antalya, Turkey.

91. Swachh Bharat Cess-With the imposition of the cess, service tax rate will go up from 14 percent to 14.5 per cent on all taxable services.

92. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the recently acquired Ambedkar memorial byMaharashtra Government at King Henrys Road in London, United Kingdom.

93. Bhawana Somaaya, Satish Shah and Brijendra Pal Singh have been nominated as members ofthe Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Society.

94. Northeast Indias first exclusive hospital for elephants has been established at the Kaziranga

National Park in Assam.

95. INS Vishwakarma, the erstwhile Shipwright School (SWS) and a premier trainingestablishment of the Indian Navy has been commissioned. It was commissioned by Admiral RKDhowan, Chief of the Naval Staff at a formal ceremony held at Visakhapatnam.

96. Pakistan and China kicked off their ambitious 46 billion US Dollar China- Pakistaneconomic corridor (CPEC) project.

97. Annual Hundred Drums Wangala Festival has begun on a cultural fervor at Asanang nearTura town in Meghalaya.

98. World Pneumonia Day was observed on 12 November 2015 across the world with the themeEvery Breath Counts: Stop Pneumonia Now.

99. Tata Steel has received green clearance for mining of mineral sand, used in coal production,from the riverbed of Gowai in Purulia District, West Bengal with a proposed production capacityof 0.2 million tonnes (MT) per annum.

100. Syed Akbaruddin was appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to theUnited Nations at New York. He will replace Asoke Kumar Mukerji who assumed the positionin April 2013.

101. PRASAD and SWADSH DARSHAN schemes of the Union Ministry of Tourism were innews in the second week of November 2015.The two initiatives, along with Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs), were launched to achieve 1 percent share of international tourist arrivals by 2016-17 from the present 0.68 per cent.


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Both the schemes are under implementation in mission mode and aimed at developing world-class tourism related infrastructure.

102. Philippines is going to host 2015 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit from1819 November 2015 in its capital city Manila for the first time in nearly two decades.

103. Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has declared Naga militant outfit NationalSocialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) formally known as NSCN (K) as a terroristorganization.

104. Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has opened countrys first AffordableMedicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment (AMRIT) outlet at AIIMS in New Delhi to selldrugs at highly discounted rates.

105. Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has won silver medal at 2015 China Open SuperseriesPremier Badminton tournament after finishing at second position in the Womens Singles

category.

106. A noted writer of childrens books Kamala Laxman passed away in Pune.

107. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg from Germany has won the 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix titleof Formula One (F1) held at Autdromo Jos Carlos Pace in Socorro district of Sao Paulo.

108. Online auto classifieds firm CarTrade.com acquired car-selling portal CarWale.com fromAutomotive Exchange Pvt. Ltd. in a full-cash deal.

109. Veteran Bollywood actor Saeed Jaffrey passed away due to age-related ailments. He was86.

110. The Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das introduced Mobile Governance in the state torealise the dreams of Digital India during the occasion of 16th Foundation Day of the state.

111. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar handed over the Maareech - Advanced TorpedoDefence Systemdeveloped by DRDO to the Navy Chief Admiral Robin K. Dhowan inVishakhapatnam.

112. An inter-ministerial Apex Committee approved State Annual Action Plans (SAAP) of 81mission cities in 5 states-Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Mizoram underAMRUT for 2015-16.

113. Union Ministry of Finance constituted the Governing Council (GC) of the NationalInvestment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF). The GC will be chaired by the Union FinanceMinister.

114. The Czech Republic successfully defended its Fed Cup crown after beating Russia in finalday's play in Prague.


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115. FIFA, the governing body of football, banned Nepal's football chief Ganesh Thapa for 10years for corruption.

116. National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 was implemented in 14 of the 30 districts of

Odisha on 16 November 2015. In first phase, the Act will cover about 26.33 lakh families (i.e.93.35 lakh people) of the state.

117. Ace Young Indian shuttler Siril Verma has won silver medal at the prestigious 2015 BWFWorld Junior badminton Championships.

118. Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson (age 34) has announced his retirement from allforms of international cricket.

119. The increase in cap on foreign direct investment in the insurance sector from 26 per cent to49 per cent, earlier this year, has set the ball rolling for Indian promoters to offload some of their

stake to their foreign partners.

120. VHP patron Ashok Singhal dies.

121. Axis Mutual Fund today announced its new fund offer, the Axis Children's Gift Fund.This is Axis' first goal-based investment option, the MF house said. Investments can only bemade for a minor, represented by a parent or guardian.

122. The Union Cabinet gave its approval for the Government to sell 10 per cent of its stake inCoal India. The stake sale will bring down the Governments holding to 69.65 per cent from

79.65 per cent currently.

123. The Union Cabinet has approved the long-awaited interest subvention scheme that wouldallow exporters, mostly in the labour-intensive and small and medium sectors, to avail of loansfrom banks at a 3 per cent lower rate.

124. The Government has approved six proposals for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)amounting to Rs. 1,810.25 crorethe largest from IIFL Holdings Ltd.

125. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, was designated as the Disaster RiskReduction (DRR) Champion for the Asia Region by the United Nations Office for Disaster RiskReduction (UNISDR).

126. Prithvi Raj Singh of Jal Bhagirathi Foundation was elected to Board of Governors of WorldWater Council (WWC) for 2016-18.

127. Zarin Daruwala was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Standard CharteredBank, India. She succeeds Sunil Kaushal, who was appointed as Regional CEO for Africa andWest Asia.


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128. Russia successfully launched the first satellite for its newest early warning system, namedEKS or Integrated Space System. The satellite was officially named Kosmos 2510 (Tundra 11L).

129. Delhi will host the first International Qawwali Festival 2015 titled Taali Ho that isscheduled to be held from 12 February 2015 to 14 February 2015.

130. Chinas Tianhe-2 supercomputer has emerged as the worlds most powerful supercomputersystem for the sixth consecutive time.

131. India and China have decided to deepen bilateral defence ties andmaintain peace andtranquillity at the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Both neighbouring countries also have decidedto strengthen cooperation to fight the menace of terrorism, including at the international level.

132. Well-known neurosurgeon and Secretary General of Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) Dr.Satya Paul Agarwal passed away in New Delhi.

133. Former Director of countrys external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing(RAW), K. Shankaran Nair passed away in Bengaluru, Karnataka. He was 94.

134. Senior diplomat Vijay Keshav Gokhale has been appointed as Indias Ambassador to China.He will replace Ashok Kantha.

135. President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Justice T.S. Thakur as the Chief Justice of India(CJI) as per provisions of Article 124 of Constitution.

136. Intel India launched Ek Kadam Unnati Ki Aur initiative from Nadimpalle village inMahabubnagar district of Telangana by opening an Unnati Centre.

137. Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) on 17 November 2015 released Global TerrorismIndex 2015.he top 5 countries that were worst effected by terrorism in 2014-Iraq, Afghanistan,Nigeria, Pakistan and Syria.Out of the 162 countries, India was the sixth most affected byterrorism in 2014.

138. World Toilet Day (WTD) was observed on 19 November 2015 across the world with thetheme Sanitation and Nutrition.

139. The Union Cabinet gave its approval for signing of a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) between India and Vietnam for cooperation in the field of Animal Health.

140. The Delhi Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal approved the Delhi JanLokpal Bill, 2015.The Bill envisages the establishment of an independent authority to investigate offences underthe Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. It also covers the Chief Ministers Office.


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141. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved setting up of aNational Resource Facility for Bio-medical Research (NARF) at Genome Valley in Hyderabad,Telangana.

142. Financial services group Religare Enterprises has decided to exit mutual fund business with

sale of its controlling 51 per cent stake in Religare Invesco AMC to the foreign partner Invesco.

143. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been chosen for theprestigious 2015 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development.

144. Senior JDU leader Nitish Kumar was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Bihar for the fifth timeon 20 November 2015. The swearing-in ceremony was held at the Gandhi Maidan in Patna.

145. The 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) headed by Justice AK Mathur submitted its reportto the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. The commission recommended 23.55 percent hike inpay and allowances of government employees.

146. Egypt and Russia signed an agreement to build a nuclear power plant in Egypt. As per theagreement, Russia will extend a loan to Egypt to cover the cost of construction.The plant isexpected to be completed by 2022.The plant will be the first in Egypt and will be built at Dabaain the North of the country.

147. Tennis champion-turned Hollywood filmmaker Ashok Amritraj 5 was awarded with anhonorary doctorate of Arts by the University of East London.

148. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India's largest software exporter, launched a new Centreof Excellence (CoE) for Internet of Things (IoT) in collaboration with Intel.

149. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) suspended the Russian Anti-Doping Agency(RUSADA) with immediate effect. WADA termed RUSADA as non-compliant withinternational sport's anti-doping code.

150. World Economic Forum (WEF)released the Global Gender Gap Report 2015. It ranked 145economies according to how well they are leveraging their female talent pool, based oneconomic, educational, health-based and political indicators.India stood at the 108th position.Top5 countries with high gender equality are Iceland (1), Norway (2), Finland (3), Sweden (4) andIreland (5).

152. Former Gujarat Governor and Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Ram Krishna Trivedipassed away in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh after prolonged illness.

153. Tata Steel has commissioned the first phase of its integrated steel plant at Kalinganagarsteel plant in Jajpur district of Odisha.

154. 23rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders Summit was held atManila, Philippines from 18 November to 19 November 2015. The summit was chaired by


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Philippines President Benigno S. Aquino III.Peru will chair APEC throughout 2016 and host the24th APEC Economic Leaders Meeting.

155. Harshavardhan Neotia, Chairman of Ambuja Neotia group, was elected as the President ofindustry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) for the year

2016.

156. Rajasthan and South Australia signed the historic Sister-State Agreement to boost exportand investment opportunities between the two states.

157. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has pledged to provide 120 million dollar loan inorder to finance cross-border electricity link between Bangladesh and India under SASECProgramme.

158. Syrian woman journalist Zaina Erhaim has won the prestigious 2015 Reporters withoutBorders Prize for her defence of press freedom.

159. Union Railways Ministry has inaugurated the landmark Silchar-Lumding broad gauge railline in Assam. It was inaugurated by Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu by flagging off apassenger train from New Delhi via video-conference.

160. Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani won the 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship. In thefinal match played at Hurghada (Egypt), he defeated his Chinese opponent Zhua Xintong by 8-6score in the best-of-15 final.

161. India test-fired its indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile, capable ofdestroying any incoming ballistic missile, from a test range off Odisha coast.

The interceptor, known as Advanced Air Defence (AAD) missile, was engaged against anelectronically prepared target which simulated the trajectory of a hostile ballistic missile.

162. Axis Bank opened a representative office in Dhaka, capital city of Bangladesh. Indo-Bangladesh trade is growing and opening office in Dhaka would help in leveraging theopportunity.

163. India is the fourth most vacation-deprived nation globally, with 65 per cent saying they feelvery or somewhat vacation-deprived, according to a survey.UAE topped the list of mostvacation-deprived countries in 2015 (76 per cent), followed by Malaysia (73 per cent) andSingapore (71 per cent).

164. French President Francois Hollande will be the Chief Guest at the 67th Republic Dayparade of January 26, 2016.

165. Indian cueist Pankaj Advani won the IBSF World Snooker Championship held at SunriseCrystal Bay resort in Hurghada, Egypt.


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166. The Scheme Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries was innews as Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Radha Mohan Singh on the eve ofWorld Fisheries Day 2015 on 21 November 2015 mentioned about it.The scheme was conceptualized by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014 and entails a totaloutlay of 3000 crore rupees.

167. Djokovic became 1st player to win ATP World Tour Finals for 4th consecutive time

168. National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in third week of November 2015 was namedas the official partner for the Hockey World League (HWL) final.

169. Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated e-lala, an e-commerce portalof Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) in New Delhi.

170. The President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena on 22 November 2015 inaugurated theMahatma Gandhi International Centre (MGIC) inaugurated in Matale.

171. Indian-American politician Swati Dandekar was nominated as executive director to theAsian Development Bank (ADB) with ambassadorial rank by US President Barack Obama.

172. Uttar Pradesh governments ambitious Clean UP, Green UP initiative has earned itself a

place in the Guinness Book of World Records. Under state governments green drive initiative10 lakh saplings were planted in one day within a span of eight hours on November 7, 2015 at 10locations in the state.

173. The Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has constituted a 13 memberexpert committee exclusively on Sanskrit in its attempt to revive interest in the ancient Indian

classical language Sanskrit.

174. Conservative opposition candidate Mauricio Macri of Republican Proposal Party has wonArgentinas 2015 Presidential election.

175. The Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Michael Keating ofUnited Kingdom as Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the UN Assistance Missionin Somalia (UNSOM).

176. India and Singapore signed 10 agreements on mutual co-operation. These include Defence,Civil Aviation, National Planning and cyber Security.

177. US drugs giant Pfizer Inc. has struck upon a deal to buy Ireland based Allergan for 160billion dollars making it the biggest pharmaceuticals merger deal in history of healthcare sector.

178. Noted labour economist Dr. T.S. Papola passed away in New Delhi. He was 74.

179. Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata has invested an undisclosed amount in Singapore-based big data company Crayon Data.


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180. SREI Infrastructure Finance vice-chairman Sunil Kanoria assumed charge as president ofindustry body Assocham.

181. Japan conducted its first dedicated commercial satellite launch by launching Canadian

communications spacecraft, Telstar 12V, into the orbit.It is a communications and broadcastingsatellite of Canadian satellite operator Telesat, which is owned by Loral Space andCommunications and Canadas Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP).

182. The Ministry of Railways and TERI University signed Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) to set up Railway Chair on Sustainable Mobility at the premises of TERI University.

183. The 10th East Asia Summit (EAS) was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia . The years

summit held under the theme Our People, Our Community, Our Vision. The 11th East AsiaSummit will be held Lao PDR in 2016.

184. The Thirteenth ASEAN-India Summit was held successfully in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Theme of the summit was Our People, Our Community, Our Vision.The 14th ASEAN-IndiaSummit to be held Lao PDR in 2016.

185. Veteran Labour Economist Dr TS Papola passed away in New Delhi following brief illness.He was 74.

186. TR Govindarajan, one of the long-standing and distinguished football administrators ofTamil Nadu, died after a brief illness. He was 90.

187. Mahip Singh, the famous Hindi writer, columnist and journalist, passed away at a private

hospital in Gurgaon, Haryana. He was 85 and is survived by wife, two sons and a daughter.

188. Anju Bobby George, the former long jump world champion, was appointed as thechairperson of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS). She will be assuming the charge inthe first week of December 2015.

189. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and Bangladesh Securities and ExchangeCommission (BSEC) have signed a MoU on bilateral cooperation and technical assistance.

190. The nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile was successfully test fired from warshipSubhadra, off the Puri coast of Odisha in the Bay of Bengal. The test was conducted by Defence

Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and it was a perfect mission as the missile hitthe target point with high degree of accuracy.

191. Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM) was successfully flight-tested for the firsttime from an Israeli Naval Platform. The missile is co-developed by India and Israel. LRSAM isalso called Barak 8 missile in Israel which in Hebrew language means Lightning.


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192. Dominica-born British lawyer Patricia Scotland was appointed as the Secretary General ofthe Commonwealth of Nations. With this, Patricia become the first British citizen and firstwoman as well to hold the role in the 66-year history of 53-member Commonwealth.

193. Distinguished Japanese historian of South India and South Asia Noboru Karashima passed

away in Tokyo. He was 82. He is survived by his wife Takako Karashima, three sons and threegrandchildren.

194. National Highways Authorities of India (NHAI) has approved a pilot project forundertaking scientific studies on designing greenbelts along national highways. Proposal in thisregard was submitted by Nagpur based National Environmental Engineering Research Institute(NEERI).

195. India proposes to launch a $1-billion equity fund, with seed capital from public sectorunits, to support renewable energy companies.

196. India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile,which has a strike range of 350 km, as part of a user trial by the army.

197. Sitting Rajya Sabha MP from Nagaland Khekiho Zhimomi passed away following acardiac arrest at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. He was 69.

198. The National Milk Day (NMD) was on 26 November 2015 observed across India to mark94th birth anniversary of the Father of the White Revolution Dr Verghese Kurien.

199. International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women was observed across theworld on 25 November 2015. The day is observed to raise awareness about violence against

women and discuss solutions that would work for women community.

200. The Constitution Day of India is being observed on 26th November to spread awarenessof Indian Constitution and its architecture Dr. B R Ambedkar.

201. CM Nitish announces liquor ban in Bihar from April 1 2016.

202. Reserve Bank of India on 24 November 2015 decided to grant in principle approval to theNational Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to function as the Bharat Bill Payment CentralUnit (BBPCU) in Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS).The BBPS is an integrated bill payment system which will function as a tiered structure for

operating the bill payment system in the country with a single brand image providingconvenience of anytime anywhere bill payment to customers

203. Atonio Costa, the leader of Portugals Socialist Party was named Prime Minister of

Portugal.

204. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted in-principle approval to three applicants to set upand operate Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS).


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The three organisations have been asked to set and operate TReDS in accordance to theGuidelines issued on 3 December 2014 under the Payment and Settlement System (PSS) Act2007.Organisations to which in-principle approval was granted are NSE Strategic Investment Corporation Limited (NSICL) and Small Industries Development

Bank of India (SIDBI), Mumbai Axis Bank Limited, Mumbai Mynd Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon, Haryana

205. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) permitted the Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) to buyfully or partly defaulted bonds in the repayment of principal on maturity or principal installmentin the case of amortising bond.

206. The second Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Corvette INS Kadmatt has been formallyhanded over to Indian Navy at Kolkata, West Bengal. It has been built by Garden ReachShipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) and would be inducted into the Eastern Fleet

shortly.

207. Australia and New Zealand have created history by playing first day-night Test match at theAdelaide Oval Cricket Stadium with a pink Kookaburra ball.

208. Noted litterateur and Professor Surendra Upadhyay passed away due to cardiac arrest. Hewas 74.

209. Anil Khanna was re-elected as the president of Asian Tennis . Federation (ATF). He waselected for four years in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

210. Great Britain won the 2015 Davis Cup tennis title by defeating Belgium 3-1 at Ghent inBelgium.

211. Russia has imposed economic sanctions against Turkey, a NATO member over the issue ofdowning of a Russian Sukhoi 24 warplane on the Syrian border.

212. Indian Coast Guard has commissioned interceptor boat ICGS C-422 into its fleet to furtherenhance its vigil along Pondicherry and South Tamil Nadu coast in the Bay of Bengal

213. For the first time, Saudi Arabia allowed women to vote and contest in municipal elections.As per a royal decree issued in 2011, the authorities on 29 November 2015 allowed 979 women

to register and campaign for 284 municipal councils.

214. Ethiopian Birhanu Legese and Kenyan Cynthia Limo won the Delhi Half Marathon in themen and women categories respectively.

215. The Mayyazhi Mahotsavam (Fete de Mahe), a three-day cultural extravaganza, started on29 November 2015 at Mahe, Puducherry.


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216. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has suspended West Indies off-spinner SunilNarine from bowling in international cricket with an immediate effect.

217. Union Government has decided to advance the date for implementation of Bharat Stage(BS) V and BS VI emission norms for four-wheelers in order to reduce vehicular air pollution

from road transport sector. As per advance dates, BS V norms will be rolled out from 1st ofApril, 2019 and BS VI norms from 1st April, 2021.

218. Two-time defending champion PV Sindhu completed a hat-trick of womens singles title atthe USD 120,000 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold after defeating Japans Minatsu Mitani in thefinals.

219. India will provide $2.5 million for the vulnerable nations in the Commonwealth to helpthem introduce clean energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

220. Australia won the first ever day-night cricket test by 3 wickets against New Zealand , with

the tail-ender Peter Siddle ushering the hosts to victory in a dramatic finish under lights.

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