Dear Readers, This is the new series which have been started by us in which we will provide you weekly compilation of the current affairs. We will publish our new document named DOUBLE GA TONIC. We really hope that you all will like this new initiative by our team. This document contains the important current affairs from November 2015, i.e. 1st November to 14th November. This tonic is useful for all those candidates who are appearing for the RBI GRADE B EXAM AND NABARD EXAM. Also, this is useful for the IBPS CLERK EXAM 2015-16. www.bankersadda.com | www.careerpower.in | www.sscadda.com Page 1 INDIA IN NEWS Theatre. The SIAF annual festival began on 16 October The Government of India announced on 12 November 2015 and will continue till 16 November 2015. The 2015 that it signed Memorandum of Understanding culture week was inaugurated by Indian Ambassador (MoU) with six countries. These countries are: Finland, Ashok K Kantha along with Zhong Yanqun, Vice Chair of Kazakhstan, Kenya, Sweden, Norway and Denmark, and The Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Oman and Ethiopia. In addition, Agreed Minutes were People's Congress. signed with Serbia, Greece, and European Commission. Sierra Leone has been declared Ebola-free by the World The Record of Discussions was signed with Brunei Health Organisation, prompting nationwide Darussalam and Qatar. celebrations tinged with sadness over the loss of 4,000 India was re-elected by the General Assembly to a six victims to the disease. The capital Freetown was year term on the United Nations Commission on transformed into a giant carnival on Friday night as International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). Apart from India, ecstatic crowds took to the streets in an emotional 22 other countries including the United States and outpouring. Pakistan were also re-elected to the UNCITRAL. President Xi Jinping of China met with Ma Ying-jeou, the The Union Government on 9 November 2015 signed president of Taiwan in the first ever encounter between 273 million US dollar loan agreement with Asian the leaders of the neighbors and longtime rivals, an act Development Bank (ADB) to continue improving rural both sides described as a breakthrough gesture meant roads in the States of Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya to promote peace and mutual prosperity. Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal. The loan agreement A court of Belgium asked Facebook to stop tracking the was signed by S Selvakumar, Joint Secretary (Bilateral country's Internet users who are not members of the Cooperation), Department of Economic Affairs and US-based social networking website. It gave 48 hours to Teresa Kho, Country Director of ADB. the social networking site to stop tracking people in The government approved an agreement with Belgium Belgium. The ruling was pronounced on a case lodged in for cooperation in development of new and renewable June 2015 by the Belgian Privacy Commission, which energy technologies. The objective of the Memorandum, said Facebook indiscriminately tracks Internet users it added is to establish the basis for a cooperative when they click like or share on the website. institutional relationship to encourage and promote A rare tropical Cyclone Chapala has slammed into technical bilateral cooperation on new and renewable Yemen triggering heavy flooding and causing damage in energy issues on the basis of mutual benefit, equality coastal region of the war racked country. The cyclone and reciprocity. made landfall in the south eastern provinces of India, UK announced commercial deals worth 9 billion Hadramawt and Shabwa along the Gulf of Aden coast of pounds. The deals cover retail, financial and Yemen in Arabian Sea bringing winds of speed more professional services, health and education among than 100 kms per hour. others. India, Indonesia signed MoUs on Energy, Culture Exchange. These MoUs were signed in the presence of Vice President Hamid Ansari and his counterpart Jusuf Kala in Jakarta. INTERNATIONAL NEWS Punjabi in the first week of November 2015 became the An Indian culture week called ‘India in Shanghai’ was on third most common language, after English and French, 5 November 2015 inaugurated at China Shanghai in the House of Commons of Canada after 20 Punjabi- International Arts Festival (SIAF) at the Shanghai Grand www.bankersadda.com | www.careerpower.in | www.sscadda.com Page 2 speaking candidates were elected to the parliament in Former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Justice Ajit October 2015. Prakash Shah, was on 9 November 2015 appointed as Cyclone Megh struck Yemeni Island of Socotra. the ethics officer (ombudsman) at Board of Control for Bosnian and Serbian Governments held first joint Cricket in India (BCCI). He will preside as the sole session post-Bosnian War in Saravejo. The joint session decision maker on all conflict of interest issues plaguing was the first since the end of the Bosnian War in 1995. Indian cricket. The aim of the session was to improve their relations Tanzania's first female Vice President Samia Hassan and contribute to the stabilization of the Western Suluhu was sworn into office. She was sworn in along Balkans. with the new President John Pombe Magufuli at the Maldives Parliament voted to Impeach Vice President swearing-in ceremony held in the country’s economic Ahmed Adeeb. All 61 parliamentarians present voted in capital Dar es Salaam. favour of the impeachment and none opposed in the 85- Navtej Singh Sarna appointed as Indian High member house. The opposition Maldivian Democratic Commissioner to United Kingdom (UK). Sarna is a 1980 Party stayed away from voting. batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer. Romania's Prime Minister Victor Ponta resigned. Since Oxford University Press India (OUPI) has appointed V September 2015, he has been facing weeks of intense Sivaramakrishnan (Siva) as the managing director, with pressure to quit after going on trial in facing charges of regional responsibilities including Bangladesh, Sri fraud, tax evasion and money laundering. Lanka, and Nepal. Maldives declared State of Emergency for 30 days. Indo-Canadian Sikh Harjit Sajjan was on 4 November Maldives president declared emergency, giving 2015 sworn-in as Defence Minister of Canada. Sajjan sweeping powers to security forces to arrest suspects succeeded Conservative Defence Minister Jason Kenney. ahead of a major anti-government protest rally. Justice T S Thakur (63) will be next Chief Justice of Hindi largest spoken Indian language in US: Census India. His name has been recommended by current CJI Bureau of US. As per the American Community Survey Justice Dattu. Current CJI Justice Dattu will retire on data, Hindi has emerged as the largest Indian language December 2, 2015. Presently, Justice Thakur is the spoken in the US with nearly 6.5 lakh people speaking it. senior most judge of the Supreme Court. He would be Nepal, US armies launched Joint Military training the 43rd CJI. Balance Nail 16-01. Since 2003, the two countries have Former Cabinet secretary T.S.R. Subramanian has been conducted about 30 Balance Nail training sessions. The appointed chairperson of a committee set up by the Balance Nail is beneficial as the training is then passed Human Resource Development Ministry to draft the on to the wider Nepalese army. new education policy. The committee has been Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) won mandated to submit the draft of the new policy no later majority in Parliamentary elections of Turkey. The than December 31, 2015. party founded by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Anil Kumar Jha today took over the charge of Chairman- secured 376 seats which was 14 seats less needed to cum-Managing Director of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd call a referendum on changing the constitution to (MCL), a leading subsidiary of Coal India. increase the powers of the president. Indian-born Harjit Sajjan sworn-in as Defence Minister of Canada. He is one of the Prime Minister Justin APPOINTMENTS (INDIA & WORLD) Trudeau’s 30-member Cabinet that was sworn-in at a Indian-origin barrister in UK, Kalyani Kaul was sworn- public ceremony held at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Canada. in as a Circuit Judge in the UK on 9 November 2015. Deepak Singhal appointed Executive Director of Reserve Now, she will be sitting at Snaresbrook Crown Court Bank of India. Singhal replaced K K Vohra who will now with immediate effect. look after the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Former Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India Subir Corporation (DICGC). Vithal Gokarn on 12 November 2015 was appointed as Air Marshal Virender Mohan Khanna took over as an Executive Director on the board of the International Maintenance Head of IAF Monetary Fund (IMF). Gokarn will replace Rakesh Mohan at the IMF. Mohan’s three year tenure ends in November 2015. Raghuram Rajan, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor who has been a vocal votary for increased co-ordination among central banks, has been elected vice-chairman of the Bank of International Settlement (BIS). Mr. Rajan will have a three-year term as vice-chairman of the BIS. www.bankersadda.com | www.careerpower.in | www.sscadda.com Page 3 STATES (INDIA) IN NEWS Phase-I of T-Hub inaugurated in IIIT-Hyderabad. After a six-day delay in the implementation of the Technology Hub or T-Hub is the country’s largest Environment Compensation Charge or ‘environment incubation centre for start-ups and entrepreneurship. cess’ on trucks entering Delhi, the concessionaire — Indian Railways signed MoU with Odisha for SYMR Consortium LLP — has begun to collect the tax at implementation of railway projects. The MoU aims at its toll booths. Apart from the toll tax, an environment forming a Joint Venture Company to develop railway tax to the tune of Rs 700 on light-duty vehicles and Rs infrastructure in Odisha.