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Page 1: Current Affairs - November 2015 INDIA

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1 November 2015

• Air Marshal Virender Mohan Khanna took over as Maintenance Head of IAF

• AK Jha took over as CMD of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited

• NPPA capped prices of few drugs for Diabetes, Hypertension, Pneumonia

• Facebook to help BSNL set up 100 rural Wi-Fi hotspots

• Alternate Train Accommodation Scheme (ATAS) called

“VIKALP” launched

• BrahMos missile test-fired from Indian Navy's latest stealth

destroyer INS Kochi

• Hero MotoCorp Founder Brijmohan Lall Munjal died at 92

2 November 2015

• SC issued notice to Union Government over improper

implementation of MGNREGA

• Meghalaya HC asked Union Government to enforce AFSPA 1958

in Garo Hills region

• Eight Core Industries of IIP grew by 3.2% in September 2015;

Fastest in 4 months

• Mana Patel, Virdhawal won best swimmers' award in 69th senior

National Aquatic Championships

• C-DOT‟s GyanSetu bagged Recognition of Excellence award at

ITU World Telecom Event, Budapest

• Odisha government banned fishing to protect Olive Ridley turtles

• MTS India merged with Reliance Communications

• Tata Motors signed Lionel Messi as Global Brand Ambassador for its Passenger Vehicles

• First International Film Festival for the persons with disabilities to be held in Delhi

• Deepak Singhal appointed Executive Director of Reserve Bank of India

• Captain Krishna Swaminathan took over command of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya

• Suresh N Patel appointed as MD & CEO of Andhra Bank

3 November 2015

• Daughters cannot inherit ancestral property if father died before 2005: SC

• Justice MB Shah-headed SIT on Black Money submitted its third report

• Child born out of rape has right over assaulter‟s property: Allahabad High Court

• Shiva Thapa ranked World No 2 in boxing

• Dracula ant discovered in Western Ghats region of Kerala

• Maharashtra approved APJ Abdul Kalam Amrut Yojna for pregnant and lactating women

• Assam Government hiked daily minimum wages of workers in various sectors

• Rajasthan Government relaxed two-child policy for government employees

• International Indigenous Terra Madre 2015 started in Shillong

• Shekhar Kapur to head jury and Anil Kapoor to be chief guest at IFFI 2015

• Interlinking of Indian Rivers authored by Radha Kant Bharati released

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4 November 2015

• Union Government constituted Empowered Committee to approve schemes under Nirbhaya

Fund

• Dr T K Viswanathan Committee on Bankruptacy Law Reforms submitted its report

• RBI notified Operational Guidelines of Sovereign Gold Bonds 2015-16

• Jitu Rai won silver in 13th Asian Shooting Championship

• Indian Railways signed MoU with Odisha for implementation of railway projects

• AP signed MoU with WEF to support state in assessing its competitiveness

• Flipkart appointed Surojit Chatterjee as Head of Consumer Experience and Growth

• Forbes list of World's Most Powerful People 2015 released

• India's former Ambassador to Nepal Bimal Prasad died

• Justice T S Thakur set to be the Chief Justice of India

• Rebooting India authored by Nandan Nilekani & Viral Shah

released

5 November 2015

• President Pranab Mukherjee launched research project Imprint

India

• Supreme Court upheld Kerala Government‟s ban on online

lotteries

• PM Narendra Modi launched three gold related schemes

• CCEA hiked Minimum Support Prices for Rabi Crops of 2015-16

season

• Union Cabinet approved UDAY for financial turnaround and

revival of DISCOMS

• RBI issued Uniform Guidelines on Internet Banking for Cooperative Banks

• Phase-I of T-Hub inaugurated in IIIT-Hyderabad

• Veteran actor Vikram Gokhale honoured with Vishnudas Bhave Award

• MP Government proposed 1656 crore rupees AMRUT Action Plan

• Rajasthan government launched the Agro-Processing and Agri-Marketing Promotion Policy 2015

• V Sivaramakrishnan appointed as Managing Director of Oxford University Press India

6 November 2015

• Union Government decided to impose 0.5% Swachh Bharat Cess on all services

• Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin became fastest Indian to reach 150 test wickets

• 21st INCOFYRA to be organised in Bengaluru in 2016

7 November 2015

• Union Government issued notification for implementation of OROP

• Union Government launched E-Pathshala, Saransh, Shaala Siddhi Portals

• Conference of Power, New Renewable Energy and Mines Ministers of States & UTs concluded

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• Indian Army successfully test-fired BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in Rajasthan

• Santoor maestro Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma honoured with Kala Shikhar award

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

8 November 2015

• BCCI announced monetary benefits for former players

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

• What Happened to Netaji? authored by former journalist Anuj Dhar released

9 November 2015

• Nuclear capable surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile successfully test-fired

• Union Government signed Loan Agreement with Asian Development Bank

• Srinivasan removed as ICC Chairman; Shashank Manohar to take his place

• Ministry of Defence launched Army Cloud, Data Centre & Digi-Locker for the Indian Army

• Ministry of Railways issued Letter of Award to GE Global Sourcing India Pvt Limited

• Srinivasan removed as ICC Chairman; Shashank Manohar to take his place

• Odisha's Barabati stadium excluded from BCCI's new Test venues

• Nuclear capable surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile successfully test-fired

• Ministry of Defence launched Army Cloud, Data Centre & Digi-Locker for the Indian Army

• Justice AP Shah appointed as the Ethics Officer (Ombudsman) at BCCI

• RBI Governor Dr Raghuram Rajan elected as Vice-Chairman on BIS Board

10 November 2015

• Defence Minister commissioned India‟s Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel „Samarth‟

• PRASAD and Swadesh Darshan schemes of Ministry of Tourism

11 November 2015

• India's GSAT-15 communication satellite launched successfully

12 November 2015

• President approved Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Bill

• Subir Gokarn appointed as IMF's Executive Director

13 November 2015

• Governing Council of NIIF constituted under the chairmanship of Finance Minister

• Online auto classifieds portal CarTrade acquired CarWale

14 November 2015

• Children‟s Day observed across India on 14 November

• Children's book writer Kamala Laxman died

• Shipwright School Commissioned as INS Vishwakarma

• Maareech, an Advanced Torpedo Defence System, handed over to Indian Navy

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15 November 2015

• First AMRIT outlet opened at AIIMS Delhi for selling affordable drugs

• Union Government declared NSCN-K as terrorist organization under UAPA, 1967

• Jharkhand Government introduced Mobile Governance

• Veteran actor Saeed Jaffrey died

16 November 2015

• AMRUT Action Plans for 81 cities approved with total project

outlay of 5748 crore rupees

• Draft Fiscal and Contractual Regime for Award of Hydrocarbon

Acreages released

• Odisha implemented National Food Security Act, 2013 in 14

districts

• Andhra Pradesh Government decided to waive off 110 crore loans

of over 25000 weavers

• Foundation stone of first Mega Food Park of Telangana laid

• Syed Akbaruddin appointed as next Permanent Representative of

India to UN

• Senior journalist Hemendra Narain died

• PM Narendra Modi concluded his two-nation tour to UK and

Turkey

• Infosys Science Foundation announced winners of Infosys Prize 2015

17 November 2015

• Delhi government-appointed Chetan Sanghi panel recommended suspension of DDCA

• VHP leader Ashok Singhal dead

• Indian Red Cross Society Secretary General SP Agarwal died

• RAW former Chief Sankaran Nair died

• Kiren Rijiju conferred with Disaster Risk Reduction Asia Champion honour by UN

• CCI imposed penalties on 3 Airlines for concerted action in Fixing Fuel Surcharge

• Zarin Daruwala appointed as CEO of StanChart Bank India

• IAMAI released Internet in India 2015 report

18 November 2015

• Union Cabinet approved setting up of National Resource Facility for Bio-medical Research

• Indian Resource Panel (InRP) on Resource Efficiency constituted

• CCEA approved implementation of CCTNS and ICJS Project by March 2017 to revamp Criminal

Justice System

• CCEA approved disinvestment of 10 percent paid up equity capital in Coal India Limited

• Technology Acquisition & Development Fund under National Manufacturing Policy launched

• Srishti Pandey won Indiana FIDE Rating Chess Tournament

• CCEA approved extension of Indian Development and Economic Assistance Scheme

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• Justice T S Thakur appointed Chief Justice of India

• TCS, Intel launched Centre of Excellence for IoT in Hyderabad

19 November 2015

• 7th Central Pay Commission submitted its report; recommended

23.55% hike

20 November 2015

• Harshavardhan Neotia elected as President of FICCI

• AAI signed MoU with IL&FS to bolster overseas expansion

• Arun Kumar Kapoor appointed CEO of Dish TV

21 November 2015

• New species of tree frog Ghatixalus magnus discovered in Idukki district of Kerala

• Blue Revolution with an outlay of 3000 crore rupees proposed

22 November 2015

• SEBI signed MoU with Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on bilateral cooperation

• 2nd World Congress on Disaster Management concluded; Visakhapatnam Declaration adopted

23 November 2015

• Ministry of Railways, TERI University signed MoU to set up Railway Chair on Sustainable

Mobility

• Marathi actor Prashant Damle selected for Dinanath Mangeshkar award

• Kuldip Nayar honoured with Ramnath Goenka Lifetime Achievement Award

• Urban Development Minister launched portal for small traders‟ e-lala

• Rishi Gour appointed as Country President of Sodexo India On-site Services

• Renowned labour economist TS Papola passed away

24 November 2015

• Union Government announced 10 New/Revised Schemes for Disabled Persons under the

National Trust

• Ministry of Railways signed AOT Agreements with SAIL-RITES Bengal Wagon Industry Pvt Ltd

• RBI granted in-principle approval to three applicants for setting up TReDS

• RBI granted in-principle approval to NPCI to function as the central unit for Bharat Bill Payment

Systems

• PM Modi concluded his two-nation tour to Malaysia & Singapore

• Writer, Journalist Mahip Singh Passed Away

• Distinguished football administrator TR Govindarajan died

25 November 2015

• AIBA gave its nod for elections to sort Indian Boxing mess

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• Sunil Kanoria appointed as President of ASSOCHAM

26 November 2015

• Delhi Government introduced Working Journalists (Delhi Amendment) Bill, 2015

• Union Government approved 3120 crore rupees investment for infra boost in 102 AMRUT cities

• Anant Geete flagged off 3 Cities Fame India Eco Drive in New Delhi

• RBI permitted Foreign Portfolio Investors to buy Defaulted Bonds

• Anju Bobby George appointed Chairperson of Target Olympic Podium Scheme

• National Milk Day observed in India

• Sitting Rajya Sabha MP from Nagaland Khekiho Zhimomi passed away

• GRSE handed over ASW Corvette 'Kadmatt' to Indian Navy

• Noted litterateur Surendra Upadhyay passed away

27 November 2015

• NTPC named official partner for HWL Final

• Rajiv Bansal appointed as CFO of OlaCabs

28 November 2015

• UNESCO Fellini medal to be awarded at IFFI for the

first time

29 November 2015

• India beat Bangladesh in final to win Under-19 Tri-

Series cricket title

• Ethiopian Birhanu Legese, Kenyan Cynthia Limo won

Delhi Half Marathon

30 November 2015

• MoEF released Draft Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules, 2015

• GAIL launched Bhuvan-GAIL Portal for satellite monitoring of Pipelines

• Dr Abdul Kalam IGNITE award presented by President Pranab Mukherjee

• Embrace of the Serpent bagged Golden Peacock Award for Best Film at IFFI 2015

• ITU released Measuring the Information Society Report 2015


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