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NOVEMBER 2015 Current Affairs NOVEMBER 2015 Current Affairs www.jagranjosh.com 1 Current Affairs NOVEMBER 2015 PREFACE 16 PICK OF THE MONTH 17 Gender Equality: 118 Years to Go 17 27th ASEAN Summit held at Kuala Lumpur 25 7th Central Pay Commission submitted its report 30 30 India’s GSAT-15 communication satellite launched successfully 32 Union Government decided to impose 0.5% Swachh Bharat Cess on all services 33 IEA released World Energy Outlook 2015 37 UNHCR chosen for Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2015 39 Justice T S Thakur appointed Chief Justice of India 41 INTERNATIONAL 42 IMF approved China’s Yuan as Elite Reserve Currency 42 Saudi Arabia Women to Vote and Contest in Municipal Elections for the First time44 Mauricio Macri won the Presidential election of Argentina 44 India-Singapore signed 10 agreements on mutual co-operation 46 Joint Statement on enhanced Malaysia-India Strategic Partnership released 48 Mahatma Gandhi International Centre inaugurated in Matale by Sri Lankan Presi- dent 51 UN Security Council approved French-sponsored resolution urging action against ISIS 52 23rd APEC Economic Leaders Meeting Declaration Issued 53 CCEA approved extension of Indian Development and Economic Assistance Scheme 56 Srilankan President presented cabinet paper to abolish Executive Presidency 57 India and Vietnam inked MoU for cooperation in the field of Animal Health 58 India ratified Articles of Agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank 59 2 www.jagranjosh.com NOVEMBER 2015 Current Affairs India, China agreed to deepen defence ties, maintain peace at LAC 60 India, Bangladesh signed SOP to operationalise Agreement on Coastal Shipping 61 India, Australia completed formalities for Civil Nuclear Pact 63 2015 Valletta Summit on Migration concluded 64 Terrorist attack in Paris; Hundreds Killed 65 India, UK announced commercial deals worth 9 billion pounds 66 Ukrainian Parliament approved amendment to Labour Code prohibiting discrimina- tion at workplace 69 India inked MoUs with six countries in the International Civil Aviation Negotiations 69 Opposition Croatian Democratic Union led by HDZ Party won Parliamentary Elec- tions of Croatia 71 Russian President Putin ordered inquiry into allegations of major drug abuse in ath- letics 72 India re-elected to UN Commission on International Trade Law 73 Belgian court ordered Facebook to stop tracking non-members 74 WHO officially declared Sierra Leone Ebola-free 75 ‘India in Shanghai’ Cultural Week inaugurated at Shanghai 76 Bosnian and Serbian Governments held first joint session post-Bosnian War in Saravejo 77 Maldives Parliament voted to Impeach Vice President Ahmed Adeeb 78 Tanzania’s first female Vice President Samia Suluhu sworn in 79 Maldives declared State of Emergency for 30 days 80 Hindi largest spoken Indian language in US: Census Bureau of US 80 UNGA First Committee approved draft resolution to prevent placement of nuclear arms in outer space 81 Norway reopened Consulate General in Mumbai after four decades 83 India, Indonesia signed MoUs on Energy, Culture Exchange 83 Security officials in China launched Spy Hotline to report on foreign spies 84 Nepal, US armies launched Joint Military training Balance Nail 16-01 85 www.jagranjosh.com 3 Current Affairs NOVEMBER 2015 Punjabi became third most common language in Parliament of Canada 85 China made sexual assault on men a crime 86 Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) won majority in Parliamentary elec- tions of Turkey 87 NATIONAL 88 Union Government launched IPV injection as part of Global Polio Endgame Strat- egy 88 Union Government approved 3120 crore rupees investment for infra boost in 102 AMRUT cities 89 Ministry of Railways, TERI University signed MoU to set up Railway Chair on Sus- tainable Mobility 90 Ministry of Railways signed AOT Agreements with SAIL-RITES Bengal Wagon In- dustry Pvt Ltd 91 Union Government announced 10 New/Revised Schemes for Disabled Persons under the National Trust 92 CCEA approved implementation of CCTNS and ICJS Project by March 2017 to re- vamp Criminal Justice System 93 CCEA approved four rail line projects worth 8351 crore rupees 94 Indian Resource Panel (InRP) on Resource Efficiency constituted 96 Union Cabinet approved setting up of National Resource Facility for Bio-medical Research 97 AMRUT Action Plans for 81 cities approved with total project outlay of 5748 crore rupees 98 Union Government declared NSCN-K as terrorist organization under UAPA, 1967 99 First AMRIT outlet opened at AIIMS Delhi for selling affordable drugs 100 Ministry of Railways issued Letter of Award to GE Global Sourcing India Pvt Limited 101 Union Government signed Loan Agreement with Asian Development Bank 103 Union Government launched E-Pathshala, Saransh, Shaala Siddhi Portals 103 4 www.jagranjosh.com NOVEMBER 2015 Current Affairs Union Government issued notification for implementation of OROP 105 Supreme Court upheld Kerala Government’s ban on online lotteries 106 Union Government constituted Empowered Committee to approve schemes under Nirbhaya Fund 107 Child born out of rape has right over assaulter’s property: Allahabad High Court 107 PM Narendra Modi launched research project Imprint India 109 Justice MB Shah-headed SIT on Black Money submitted its third report 110 Daughters cannot inherit ancestral property if father died before 2005: SC 111 Meghalaya HC asked Union Government to enforce AFSPA 1958 in Garo Hills re- gion 112 SC issued notice to Union Government over improper implementation of MGNRE- GA 112 Vikalp Scheme launched for confirmed accommodation to waitlisted passengers in alternate trains 113 ECONOMY 114 RBI granted in-principle approval to NPCI to function as the central unit for Bharat Bill Payment Systems 114 RBI granted in-principle approval to three applicants for setting up TReDS 115 RBI permitted Foreign Portfolio Investors to buy Defaulted Bonds 115 Anant Geete flagged off 3 Cities Fame India Eco Drive in New Delhi 116 SEBI signed MoU with Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on bilat- eral cooperation 117 Technology Acquisition & Development Fund under National Manufacturing Policy launched 118 CCEA approved disinvestment of 10 percent paid up equity capital in Coal India Limited 119 Draft Fiscal and Contractual Regime for Award of Hydrocarbon Acreages released 120 Conference of Power, New Renewable Energy and Mines Ministers of States & UTs www.jagranjosh.com 5 Current Affairs NOVEMBER 2015 concluded 122 RBI issued Uniform Guidelines on Internet Banking for Cooperative Banks 123 Revised guidelines for Internet Banking with Transaction facility 124 Union Cabinet approved UDAY for financial turnaround and revival of DISCOMS125 CCEA hiked Minimum Support Prices for Rabi Crops of 2015-16 season 127 PM Narendra Modi launched three gold related schemes 128 RBI notified Operational Guidelines of Sovereign Gold Bonds 2015-16 129 Dr T K Viswanathan Committee on Bankruptacy Law Reforms submitted its report 130 Eight Core Industries of IIP grew by 3.2% in September 2015; Fastest in 4 months 132 NPPA capped prices of 18 drug formulations 133 ENVIRONMENT | ECOLOGY 135 World leaders launched Mission Innovation for accelerating clean energy revolution 135 Bill Gates led Breakthrough Energy Coalition formed to reduce demand for fossil fuels 136 UN chief launched Anticipate, Absorb, Reshape Initiative to build climate resilience 136 2015 likely to be the warmest year on record: WMO 137 New species of tree frog Ghatixalus magnus discovered in Idukki district of Kerala 140 UNISDR released the report titled The Human Cost of Weather Related Disasters 141 2nd World Congress on Disaster Management concluded; Visakhapatnam Declara- tion adopted 142 Cyclone Megh struck Yemeni Island of Socotra 143 Dracula ant discovered in Western Ghats region of Kerala 144 Odisha government banned fishing to protect Olive Ridley turtles 145 6 www.jagranjosh.com NOVEMBER 2015 Current Affairs CORPORATE 146 Urban Development Minister launched portal for small traders’ e-lala 146 Arun Kumar Kapoor appointed CEO of Dish TV 147 AAI signed MoU with IL&FS to bolster overseas expansion 147 TCS, Intel launched Centre of Excellence for IoT in Hyderabad 148 Marriott International to acquire Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide 149 CorporateOnline auto classifieds portal CarTrade acquired CarWale 150 V Sivaramakrishnan appointed as Managing Director of Oxford University Press India 150 Forbes list of World’s Most Powerful People 2015 released 151 Tata Motors signed Lionel Messi as Global Brand Ambassador for its Passenger Vehicles 153 Ravikumar Sreedharan appointed as MD of Unisys Corporation India 154 MTS India merged with Reliance Communications 154 Facebook and BSNL partnered to set up 100 WiFi hotspots in rural India 155 SCIENCE | TECHNOLOGY 156 Japan conducted its first dedicated commercial satellite launch 156 Sameer Panda-led Indian team won NASA award for Burst Prevention & Puncture Curative technology 157 Civil communications satellite ChinaSat 2C launched by China 158 C-DOT’s GyanSetu bagged Recognition of Excellence award at ITU World Telecom Event, Budapest 158 SPORTS 161 Anil Khanna re-elected as president of Asian Tennis Federation 161 Ethiopian Birhanu Legese, Kenyan Cynthia Limo won Delhi Half Marathon 161 India defeated Bangladesh to win Under-19 Tri-Series cricket title 162 Great Britain defeated Belgium to win 2015 Davis Cup tennis title 163 www.jagranjosh.com 7 Current Affairs NOVEMBER 2015 Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg won 2015 Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 164 Tyson Fury defeated Wladimir
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