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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

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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



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



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



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.



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.



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



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



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



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



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".

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