NOVEMBER 2015 Current Affairs

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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

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India, China agreed to deepen defence ties, maintain peace at LAC 60 India, Bangladesh signed SOP to operationalise Agreement on Coastal Shipping 61 India, 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 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

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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

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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 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 to win 2015 Davis Cup tennis title 163

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Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg won 2015 Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 164 Tyson Fury defeated Wladimir Klitschko to become world heavyweight champion 164 ICC suspended West Indies spinner Sunil Narine for illegal bowling action 166 PV Sindhu won Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton tournament for 3rd con- secutive time 166 ICC appointed four female umpires for ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier 167 Australia, New Zealand to play the historic first day-night Test at Adelaide Oval 168 AIBA gave its nod for elections to sort Indian Boxing mess 169 Anju Bobby George appointed Chairperson of Target Olympic Podium Scheme 170 Roger Van Gent appointed as strategic coach of Indian Men’s Hockey Team 171 Indian cueist Pankaj Advani won 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship 171 NTPC named official partner for HWL Final 172 Djokovic became 1st player to win ATP World Tour Finals for 4th consecutive time 173 India Juniors won 8th Men’s Junior Asia hockey cup by defeating Pakistan 174 WADA suspended Russian Anti-Doping Agency for non-compliance 175 Srishti Pandey won Indiana FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 176 Indian cyclists won five medals on the opening day of Track Asia Cup 176 Czech Republic defeated Russia to retain Fed Cup 177 Siril Verma clinched silver at World Junior Badminton Championships 178 FIFA banned Nepal football Chief Ganesh Thapa for 10 years for corruption 179 IAAF provisionally suspended Russia from World Track and Field Events 179 Nico Rosberg beat Lewis Hamilton to win Brazilian Grand Prix 180 Xuerui Li defeated Saina Nehwal to clinch Women’s Singles title at China Open Su- perseries 181 Richard Proud-chaired Independent Commission on Doping in Sports submitted its report to WADA 181 Odisha’s Barabati stadium excluded from BCCI’s new Test venues 182 Srinivasan removed as ICC Chairman; Shashank Manohar to take his place 183

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Nigeria won 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup 184 BCCI announced monetary benefits for former players 185 Heena Sindhu won gold in 13th Asian Shooting Championship 187 Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin became fastest Indian to reach 150 test wickets 188 FIFA World Rankings 2015: Belgium topped for first time 188 Jitu Rai won silver in 13th Asian Shooting Championship 189 Michelle Payne became first female jockey to win Melbourne Cup 190 Shiva Thapa ranked World No 2 in boxing 191 2015 Paragliding World Cup concluded 191 Shoaib Malik announced retirement from Test Cricket 192 Mana Patel, Virdhawal won best swimmers’ award in 69th senior National Aquatic Championships 192 Nico Rosberg of Germany won 2015 Mexican Gand Prix Formula 1 championship 194 won 2015 men’s singles title by defeating 194 New Zealand won Rugby World Cup for record third time 195 Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis won women’s doubles title of Singapore Open 196

STATE 197 Congress MLA Sadanand Singh took oath as Pro-tem Speaker of Bihar Assembly 197 P Uday Bhaskar appointed as Chairman of Andhra Pradesh Public Service Com- mission 197 Delhi Government introduced Working Journalists (Delhi Amendment) Bill, 2015 198 Telangana Government declared 231 mandals as drought-hit 199 Maharashtra government to launch Gopinath Munde Farmers Accident Insurance Scheme 200 Rajasthan Government signed 295 MoUs attracting 3.3 lakh crore rupees invest- www.jagranjosh.com 9 Current Affairs NOVEMBER 2015 ment 200 Rajasthan, South Australia signed Sister-State Agreement 201 Nitish Kumar sworn-in as Bihar Chief Minister 202 Allahabad HC asked UP government to stop sale and use of Chinese manjha 203 Intel launched Ek Kadam Unnati Ki Aur initiative from Telangana 203 Delhi Government approved Jan Lokpal Bill, 2015 204 Foundation stone of first Mega Food Park of Telangana laid 206 Andhra Pradesh Government decided to waive off 110 crore loans of over 25000 weavers 207 Odisha implemented National Food Security Act, 2013 in 14 districts 208 Jharkhand Government introduced Mobile Governance 208 President approved Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Bill 209 Grand Alliance won the 2015 Assembly Elections of Bihar with two-thirds majority 210 Rajasthan government launched the Agro-Processing and Agri-Marketing Promo- tion Policy 2015 211 MP Government proposed 1656 crore rupees AMRUT Action Plan 212 Veteran actor Vikram Gokhale honoured with Vishnudas Bhave Award 213 Phase-I of T-Hub inaugurated in IIIT-Hyderabad 214 AP signed MoU with WEF to support state in assessing its competitiveness 215 Indian Railways signed MoU with Odisha for implementation of railway projects 215 Rajasthan Government relaxed two-child policy for government employees 216 Assam Government hiked daily minimum wages of workers in various sectors 217 Maharashtra approved APJ Abdul Kalam Amrut Yojna for pregnant and lactating women 217 Punjab Government signed MoU to set up bio-ethanol refinery 219

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