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Current Affairs 2015 – November Pocket PDF Current Affairs Pocket PDF Current Affairs 2015 – November Pocket PDF Indian Affairs • Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma released the Draft Aviation Policy 2015 5/20 rule, Reduce the value added tax and MRO will be zero • India, Sri Lanka bilateral naval exercise SLINEX 15 in Sri Lanka - October 27 to November 1 • Indian Railways launches Vikalp scheme for waitlisted passengers on November 1 -Delhi-Lucknow and Delhi- Jammu routes. • J & K CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed ordered to constitution of a committee to suggest rentals for Wakf property in J&K • Punjab government signed MoU with a consortium of Beta Renewables, Novozymes and CVC India Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd Rs. 950 crore • Kerala Cultural Affairs minister KC Joseph announced Malayalam Language Act at Formation Day • India, Indonesia ink pacts on energy, culture exchange - Vice President M. Hamid Ansari and Indonesian counterpart Jusuf Kala. • External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Norwegian counterpart Borge Brende, co-chaired a bilateral conference on trade and investments to explore pioneer opportunities. • Delhi Metro has become the first metro service in the country to be certified with International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) • Ministry of Human Resource Development constituted TSR Subramanian committee(4 members) to draft New Education Policy. • Odisha Government imposes 7- month ban on fishing to protect Olive Ridley sea turtles. • First International Film Festival for the persons with disabilities to be held in Delhi on December 1. • Union Tribal Affairs Minister Shri Jual Oram inaugurated National Tribal Crafts MelaAadishilp at Dilli Haat in New Delhi • Mysuru MP Pratap Simha inaugurated the country’s first visually challenged friendly station in Karnataka. • Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurates 7th Nuclear Energy Conclave in New Delhi Theme : “Creating conditions for rapid capacity addition on nuclear power in India.” • Maharashtra Government approves APJ Abdul Kalam Amrut Yojna for Pregnant and Lactating women - 10 crore - 16 districts • Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) is set to become the first WHO Collaborating Centre in the South- East Asia Region annaounced by Shri J P Nadda. • Centre imposed the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 and deploy the Army and paramilitary forces in insurgency-hit Garo Hills - Meghalaya High Court • Union Cabinet given its nod to Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojna (UDAY) approved a scheme to ease the financial crunch facing power distribution companies or discoms Gov take 75 percent and 25 percent discoms. • PM launches Indian gold coin(5g/10g) & bullion bearing national emblem Ashok Chakra and Mahatma Gandhi’s image. • Union Cabinet gives nod to MoU on Tourism with Colombia -Ministry of Tourism of India(Mahesh Sharma,Minister of State, Ministry of Tourism) and the Ministry of Trade Industry and Tourism of Colombia • NGT bans age-old agricultural practice of straw burning in Northern States - Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh Imposition of 2,500 to 15,000 rupees fine • Supreme court announced that the 2005 amendment in Hindu law- Daughters cannot inherit ancestral property if father died before 2005. • Varanasi selected for Microsoft’s experimental Internet pilot project - Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella • CCEA approved the increase in the MSP for rabi crops of 2015-16 season to be marketed in 2016-17 announced by Power Minister Piyush Goyal. • President Pranab Mukherjee launched the Impacting Research Innovation and Technology (Imprint) India a joint initiative of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc). • 17 MoUs for Academia Industry Linkages signed between NIPERs and Pharma Industry NIPER private pharma industry subject of the MoU Hyderabad (11 mous) and NIPER CPSE subject of 1 | Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Pocket PDF the MoU mohali (6 mous) • Union Cabinet gives nod to MoU between India and Belgium in the field of energy • Cabinet approves double taxation treaty between India and Turkmenistan • PM Inaugurated Delhi Economics Conclave 2015 in Delhi Theme: Realizing India’s JAM (Jan-Dhan Aadhar Mobile) Vision • Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India(RGI) released data of Census 2011 on Highest Educational Level • Primary(major share of 32.6%), Primary (25.2%), Middle (15.7%), Matric (11.1%), Higher Secondary (8.6%) and Graduate above (4.5%) • PM announces Rs. 80,000 cr package for all-round development of J&K at Srinagar’s Sher-i-Kashmir Cricket Stadium. • Gov has decided to impose 0.5%Swachh Bharat Cess on all serviceswith effect from November 15, 2015 by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley • Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu inaugurates ‘International Summit on Energy Efficient Technologies in Railways’ Theme: Energy Efficiency Trends and Technologies in Railways • Dr T K Viswanathan Committee on Bankruptcy Law Reforms submitted its report Recommend to set up insolvency Regulator and insolvency adjudicating authority • 21st INCOFYRA(International Conference on ‘Frontiers in Yoga Research and its Applications) to be organised in Bengaluru in 2016 by PM Modi Theme: Yoga in Integrated Healthcare Systems. • Allahabad High Court has administered that born out of rape has right over assaulter’s property • Railway minister Suresh Prabhu given the nod to foreign direct investment (FDI) projects to set up state-of-the art diesel and electric locomotive manufacturing plants in Bihar . Between Marhora and Madhepura and it’s Outlay is Rs 40,000 crore - GE and Alstom . • Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Asia’s foremost Information Security Conference Ground Zero Summit 2015 Theme : Digital India Securing Digital India • Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje launched the Rajasthan Agro-Processing and Agri-Marketing Promotion Policy-2015 – 112MoUs. • India and China signed two agreements after talks between Vice President Hamid Ansari and Chinese counterpart Li Yuanchao. • Gov issued the notification regarding implementation of ‘One Rank One Pension’ in respect of Defence Forces personnel. Arrears will be paid in four equal half yearly instalments - Rs 500 Crore. • Tamil Nadu Registrar of Societies has cancelled the registration of environment group Greenpeace India. • Government notifies norms for making AAIB(Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau) independent body • FIPB clears 4 FDI proposals worth Rs 384.45 Cr headed by Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das • Bihar Assembly elections the Grand Alliance of Nitish Kumar surpassed the BJP led NDA (National Democratic Alliance) in all regions of Bihar with vote share of 41.9% and become the CM of Bihar for the third time. • India to grow at 7.2% in FY-16 as per interim economic outlook report of Paris based Think Tank Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) • $273 million loan agreement inked between Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Gov of India (GOI) For the improvement of rural roads in the States of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal. • Centre approves Rs 2100 crore for Karnataka(Rs.1,540 crore), Gujarat(Rs.562 crore) under NDRF(National Disaster Relief Fund) • International Indigenous Terra Madre 2015 or Slow Food festival started in Shillong and Theme song: Ko Mei Ramew The coffee table book ‘Meghalaya: Sifting Through the Clouds’ was released by the CM of Meghalaya and Phrang Roy • GOI eased Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms for 15 sectors which includes defence, broadcasting - Rs.5, 000 crore • New Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal established a two-member committee to investigate alleged irregularities in Delhi and District Cricket Association • Kerala is organising Nation’s first “Global Conference on Gender Equality” in Kovalam. 2 | Page Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com Current Affairs Pocket PDF Theme – Gender, Governance and Inclusion • Finance Minister has extended the tenure of the high level committee to interact with trade and industry on taxation policies by one year • 11 concords signed by India in “International Civil Aviation Negotiation(ICAN) in Antalya, Turkey MoU with 6 countries and Agreed Minutes with 3 countries and Record of Discussions with 2 countries. • Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Bill given approved by Pranab Mukherjee – export and sale of cows. • Kerala government is going to set up a Nation’s first university in Kozhikode district • Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi and the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Radha Mohan Singh inaugurated the first Women of India Exhibition at Dilli Haat, INA in New Delhi Theme – Women and organic Products • Annual Hundred Drums Wangala Festival begun at Asanang near Tura town in Meghalaya. • Union Health Minister JP Nadda formed a committee to evaluate the Indian Medical Association’s five-point demands. • President of India Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 35th India International Trade Fair (IITF 2015) 2015 in New Delhi • Jammu and Kashmir would get its first handicrafts museum in Srinagar. • Seakeeping and Manoeuvring Basin(SMB) and Torpedo Defence System “Maareech” to Nation by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar • India’s food industry to be worth $65 bn by 201-report of IIM-Calcutta and Academic Foundation, Indian Food industry Expected to grow 11% annually to reach $65.4 billion US spend 9%, Brazil spends 17% and China spends 25%.
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