November 2015 Events
Part - 1
Miss international 2015: Ms.
Edymar Martinez (Venezuela); first and second runner up by Honduras and
Kenya; held at Tokyo
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C-DOT’s GyanSetu bagged
Recognition of Excellence award at ITU World Telecom Event, Budapest
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India and Indonesia are
two largest emerging economies of the world: Vice President, Mr. Hamid
Ansari; addresses India-Indonesia Business Forum
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India-UK discussed
investments in Indian Infrastructure including Rail Sector
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Prime Minister, Mr.
Narendra Modi reviewed the progress of fencing on the India-Bangladesh
border. Asserting that there can be no compromise on an issue of national
security, he asked the Chief Secretaries of all five States who share borders
with Bangladesh, to work towards early completion of this project.
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3rd ASEAN Defence
Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM-plus) at
Kuala Lumpur; Defence Minister, Mr. Manohar Parrikar participated; said the
situation in the South China Sea and recent developments there have attracted
interest and concern
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India and Russia hold the
bilateral army exercise 'INDRA-2015'
in Bikaner, Rajasthan; seventh joint exercise
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Ministry of External Affairs released, India
Africa Forum Summit 2015- E-Booklet
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“South Asian Annual
Disaster Management Exercise” (SAADMEx)
will be held in New Delhi from Nov 23-26, 2015; SAADMEx: comprises of SAARC
countries
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6th Asian Ministerial
Energy Roundtable was held at Doha, Qatar; Union Petroleum Minister, Mr.
Dharmendra Pradhan attended
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US President, Mr. Obama
spoke to Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, for the first time on the new
secure ‘hotline’ between the two
leaders; previewed global issues ahead of the upcoming G-20 summit, East Asia
Summit, and Paris Climate Conference
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India and Afghanistan
have held extensive discussions on various aspects of regional security,
particularly terrorism which threatens peace and stability of the region
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5-member panel (3 will be
nominated by the RBI and 2 will be by the Government; RBI Governor will be
the Chair of the Committee) proposed to decide monetary policy
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Hewlett - Packard splits
into two after 70 years
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India is world's 7th most
valued 'branded nation'; US on top: report
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Facebook to help BSNL set
up 100 WiFi hotspots
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Huwaei to sell
smartphones through Snapdeal
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India is expected to
emerge as the largest cotton producer in the world in 2015-16.
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Moody's investors service
upgraded its outlook for the Indian banking system to 'stable' from
'negative'
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India's manufacturing
sector growth plunged to a 22-month low in Oct 2015
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Anil Ambani led Reliance
Communications (RCom) buys Sitema arm for $690 million
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India's APEC membership
not on the agenda: USA
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Over 40% of China's
online goods are shoddy, counterfeit: reports
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Times Internet (TIL),
India's premier digital products company and part of the Times of India
Group, has launched ‘Samayam' a
news, entertainment and lifestyle content destination available in Tamil,
Telugu and Malayalam languages
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Bankruptcy Law Reform Committee (headed by Dr. T K
Viswanathan) submitted its report to Union FInance Minister, Mr. Arun
Jaitley
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Prime Minister, Mr.
Narendra Modi inaugurated the Delhi
Economics Conclave (DEC) 2015; theme is "Realizing India’s JAM (Jan-Dhan Aadhar Mobile) Vision"
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Microsoft to partner with
Justdial, PayTm and Snapdeal for Cloud Initiative
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0.5% cess on services to support
Swachh Bharat on all services; will make every citizen to contribute to
Swachh Bharat
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Google to pilot Internet
via balloon in India With "Project
Loon"; likely to partner with BSNL for testing this technology by
using broadband spectrum in 2.6 GHz band
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Indian Government signed
Loan Agreement with Asian Development Bank for $273 million loan under Rural
Connectivity Investment Program for improving roads in the States of Assam,
Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal
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3.14 lakh Volkswagen
vehicles in India fitted with pollution-cheating device
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Aviation major Boeing and
the Hyderabad-based Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) have joined hands to
manufacture aerostructures, starting with those for the AH-64 Apache
helicopter, in India
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Mr. Raghuram Rajan has
been elected as Vice - Chairman on
BIS (Bank of International Settlements); first Indian central bank Governor to
become the vice-chairman of BIS; BIS
is headquartered at Basel (Switzerland)
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Government relaxes FDI
norms in 15 sectors; raised the FIPB's monetary limit to Rs 5,000 crore from
Rs 3,000 crore for approving FDI proposals
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Alternate Train
Accommodation Scheme (ATAS) called “VIKALP”
introduced from Nov 01, 2015 on pilot basis in 2 train routes
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Union Urban Development
Minister and Union Culture Minister inaugurated the Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav in New Delhi
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IITs to link with 'Make
in India', get Rs. 250 crore research boost
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Centre justified before
the Supreme Court that the penal provision for hate speeches should not be scrapped
and supported the prosecution of Mr. Subramanian Swamy for promoting hatred
between Hindus and Muslims in his book 'Terrorism in India'
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IFFI platform is a global
brand in the world of cinema: Mr. Arun Jaitley; Mr. Anil Kapoor to be the chief guest at the opening ceremony for IFFI
2015; ‘The Man Who Knew Infinity’ to be the opening film at IFFI 2015; Spain will be the country of focus;
IFFI 2015 will begin on Nov 20
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7th Nuclear Energy Conclave was inaugurated in
New Delhi
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The first ever three-day
Visitor’s Conference was commenced at Rashtrapati Bhavan with an interactive
session between Industry and Academia, exchange of 44 MoUs and lectures by
eminent persons
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‘IMPRINT India’, a Pan-IIT and IISc joint initiative to develop a
roadmap for research to solve major engineering and technology challenges in
ten technology domains relevant to India, was launched by the President of
India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee
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Prime Minister, Mr.
Narednra Modi launched three gold
related schemes - Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS), Gold Sovereign Bond Scheme
and the Gold Coin and Bullion Scheme (Nov 05, 2015); India has no reason
to be described as a poor country, as it has 20,000 tonnes of gold: Prime
Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi while launching the gold related schemes
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First ever national gold coin minted in India
with the National Emblem of Ashok Chakra engraved on one side and Mahatma Gandhi on the other
side to be released (Nov 05, 2015)
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Prime Minister, Mr.
Narednra Modi chaired his seventh interaction through PRAGATI - the
ICT-based, multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely
Implementation
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Indian Pharmacopoeia
Commission (IPC) is set to become the first WHO Collaborating Centre for
Safety of Medicines and Vaccines in the South-East Asia Region
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Annual Conference of
State Textiles Ministers held at New Delhi;
Technology Upgradation Fund
Scheme (TUFS) is in the final stage of revision and that it will be
notified soon
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Supreme Court said that
it will consider suggestions and inputs from the public on improving the
Collegium system of judicial appointments
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Prime Minister, Mr.
Narendra Modi, laid the foundation stone for three highway projects at
Sonepat in Haryana
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21st International
Conference on ‘Frontiers in Yoga Research and its Applications’ (INCOFYRA) will be held at Bengaluru
from Jan 03-07, 2016
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Union Home Minister, Mr.
Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Asia’s
foremost Information Security Conference: Ground Zero Summit 2015 in New
Delhi; theme for the Summit is "Digital
India – ‘Securing Digital India’"
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M K Kaw committee moots
single entrance for technical education
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Union Cabinet chaired by
Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi has given its apporval for MSPs for Rabi
Crops of 2015-16 season to be marketed in 2016-17
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Union Cabinet chaired by
Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi has given accession to the council of
Europe Convention on Transfer of Sentenced Persons
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Union Cabinet chaired by
Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing a MoU between
India and Colombia in the field of Tourism
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Union Cabinet chaired by
Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi has approved a MoU which has been signed
between India and Belgium for cooperation on new and renewable Energy issues
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Union Cabinet chaired by
Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi has given its approval for amending the
Double Taxation Avoidance Convention signed between India and Turkmenistan in
1997
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Union Cabinet chaired by
Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi has given its approval to a new scheme
moved by the Ministry of Power - Ujwal
DISCOM Assurance Yojna or UDAY; UDAY provides for the financial
turnaround and revival of Power Distribution companies (DISCOMs), and
importantly also ensures a sustainable permanent solution to the problem
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A new programme called SATYAM - “Science and Technology of
Yoga and Meditation” has been launched to strengthen research in the areas of
yoga and meditation
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4th Meeting of “Kayakalp” (Innovation Council of
Indian Railways) held at New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Mr. Ratan Tata
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Government issued
notification of OROP
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India successfully test
fired BrahMos missile; missile was test launched by a Mobile Autonomous
Launcher (MAL) deployed in full configuration
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E-Pathshala, a web portal which
hosts educational resources for Students, Teachers, Parents, researchers and educators
was launched
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Saransh, a tool which allows the
schools to identify areas of improvement in students, teachers and curriculum
to facilitate and implement change was launched
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Committee of Eminent
Persons (CEP) constituted by the IIT Council under the Chairmanship of Prof Ashok Misra Committee submitted its
report to the Government of India
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Power Ministers of all
States and Union Territories have unanimously decided to ensure
electrification of all the remaining un- electrified villages by 31st March 2017
in mission mode under Deendayal Upadhyaya Grameen Jyoti Yojana ( DDUGJY)
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Prime Minister,
Mr.Narendra Modi, reviewed the progress of works across various
infrastructure sectors
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Government proposes to
increase India's share in International Tourist arrival from 0.68% to 1.00%
by 2016-17: Union Culture Minister, Dr. Mahesh Sharma
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IAF’s annual exercise, Exercise Livewire, concluded
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Union Defence Minister,
Mr. Manohar Parrikar inaugurated the Central Data Centre, Army Cloud and
Digi-Locker for the Indian Army
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Union Home Minister, Mr.
Rajnath Singh has asked the Central and State Governments to organise and
celebrate the “Qaumi Ekta Week” (National
Integration Week: from Nov 19-Nov 25) in a befitting manner so that the
message of Communal Harmony and National Integration could reach out to every
part of the country and society.
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National Highways
Authority of India (NHAI) has released National Highways Construction Cost
Index (NHCCI)
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Ballistic missile Agni-IV test-fired as part of user trial
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Union Railway Minister,
Mr. Suresh Prabhu has finally given the go-ahead to the long-stalled,
big-ticket foreign direct investment (FDI) projects to set up state-of-the
art diesel and electric locomotive manufacturing plants in Bihar
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Centre approves Rs 2100
crore for Karnataka, Gujarat under NDRF
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India has maintained its
robust record of winning elections as it has been re-elected to the UN
Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) for the 6 years term
from 2016-2022
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Supreme Court upheld
Kerala Government’s ban on online lotteries
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Justice MB Shah-headed SIT on
Black Money submitted its third report
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Union Government
constituted Empowered Committee to
approve schemes under Nirbhaya Fund;
The Secretary of the Women and Child Development Ministry will be the
chairperson of the committee (at present it is Mr. V. Somasundaran).
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UK filmmaker (Ms. Leslie
Udwin) backs protest against Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi
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Tata motors announces Lionel Messi as their global brand ambassador
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ISS (International Space
Station) turns 15
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Book "Interlinking of Indian Rivers"
written by Radha Kant Bharati was released
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Dracula Ant discovered in
Western Ghats (Kerala)
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World's most powerful people in 2015 (by Forbes): Russian
President, Mr. Vladimir Putin tops the list followed by German
Chancellor, Ms. Angela Merkel and US President, Mr. Barack Obama; Indian
Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi is at ninth position
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World's most powerful
people in 2015 (by Forbes): listed for 73 persons of which 30 are from USA, 8
from China, 4 each from Japan and Russia; 9 of them are women
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Book "Code of Conduct for Aero Space – A
Strategy for India" written by Manpreet Sethi was released
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SBI’s Arundhati
Bhattacharya remains the most powerful business women in India; ICICI Bank’s
Chanda Kochhar and Shikha Sharma of Axis Bank follow Bhattacharya at the
second and third place, respectively
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Nov 10: World Science Day
for Peace and Development; Theme: 'Science
for a Sustainable Future'
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First International Film
Festival for the persons with disabilities to be held in Delhi
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Election Commission of
India, appointed Mr. Sandeep Saxena as
one of the Deputy Election Commissioners in New Delhi for five years
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Captain Swaminathan appointed
as new commanding officer of INS Vikramaditya
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Justice T.S. Thakur to be
the next Chief Justice of India; 43rd
CJI from December 02, 2015; he would be at the post until Jan 04, 2017
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Jayant Krishna
appointed as interim CEO of NSDC (National Skill Development Corporation)
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Justice A. P. Shah has
been designated as the ethics officer (ombudsman) at Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI) for 1 year tenure
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Indian astronomers
discover rare giant radio galaxy ('J021659-044920')
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WTA: Sania and Martina
(Tennis world refer them as SanTina)
won the women's doubles title; it is their 9th title in 2015; WTA: Agnieszka
Radwanska claims maiden WTA Finals title
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Roger Federer beats
Rafael Nadal in 3 sets to take Swiss Indoors title
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Mercedes' Nico Rosberg
wins 1st Mexican Grand Prix since
1992; Lewis Hamilton 2nd
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Yogeshwar Dutt emerged as
the costliest Indian grappler in the inaugural Pro Wrestling League (PWL)
auctions; picked up by Haryana for Rs. 39.70 lakhs
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Indian Boxer Shiva Thapa
attained No.2 spot in World Rankings
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Cricketers Sachin
Tendulkar and Shane Warne rang the opening bell at the NYSE; becoming the
first cricketers to perform the ceremonial activity at the world's largest
stock exchange
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India's R. Ashwin becomes
the fastest India bowler to reach 150 wickets in his 29th Test
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Golf: India's Chirag Kumar won the Asia Tour tile
(Panasonic Golf Open Golf Championship)
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Tennis: Novak Djokovic
beats Andy Murray to clinch Paris Masters title
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BCCI sacks N Srinivasan
as ICC chairman, Shashank Manohar to take over
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Russian Athletics
Federation be banned from the sport over widespread doping offences: WADA; Richard Proud-chaired Independent
Commission on Doping in Sports submitted its report to WADA
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Vidarbha opener Wasim Jaffer became the first
cricketer in Ranji Trophy history to notch up 10000 runs
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Odisha’s Barabati stadium
excluded from BCCI’s new Test venues
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Nigeria won 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
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Progressive Punjab Investors Summit 2015: MoUs worth Rs. 1.12 lakh crore had been signed
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If the 1984 riot culprits
had been punished, the riots in Gujarat and Dadri lynching could not have
happened: Delhi Chief Minister, Mr. Arvind Kejriwal
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Meghalaya: enforce AFSPA
in Garo Hills - Meghalaya High Court to Centre
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Odisha: MoU has been
signed between Ministry of Railways and Government of Odisha to form an SPV
for Implementation of Railway Projects in Odisha
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Rajasthan: Inland
Waterways Authority of India under the Ministry of Shipping proposes to guide
and support Rajasthan government for building an Inland Shipping Port at Jalore
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Madhya Pradesh: proposes
Rs. 1656 crore AMRUT Action Plan to improve basic infra in 32 mission cities
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Uttar Pradesh: Varanasi is chosen for Microsoft's
experimental project for Digital India; Varanasi is among Microsoft's two
pilot projects in India to provide low-cost Internet to villages, the first
being Srikakulam Dt of Andhra Pradesh
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Maharashtra: Government
approves APJ Abdul Kalam AMRUT Yojna
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Jammu & Kashmir:
Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi inaugurated the 450 MW Baglihar Hydro
Electric Project Stage-II, and lay the foundation stone for the 4-laning of
the Udhampur-Ramban and Ramban-Banihal section of National Highway 44
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Kerala: India's highest
graduate unemployment rate at over 30%
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Bihar: Nitish - Lalu
combine alliance win Assembly Elections; alliance won 178 seats in the 243
seats leaving BJP and its allies with just 58 seats; Bihar: Mr. Nitish Kumar to be sworn in as
Chief Minister on Nov 14; fifth time as Chief Minister
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International Indigenous
Terra Madre (Slow Food Festival)
2015 started in Shillong
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Karnataka: BJP calls Tipu
Sultan a 'tyrant' amid violent protests on birth anniversary, 1 VHP leader
killed
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West Bengal: AIDS preventive medicine (PrEP: Pre -
Exposure Prophylaxis) available from December in Sonagachi; project is to
be financed by the Melinda Gates Foundation
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Tamil's leading daily
newspaper Daily Thanthi launched its free English edition "DT Next" from Nov 01, 2015
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Tamil Nadu moves Supreme
Court against Madras High Court orders for CISF protection; SC slammed the
Tamil Nadu Police and dismissed the plea; Tamil Nadu deposits Rs. 16.6 crore
to Centre for the deployment of CISF for Madras High Court
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The 'Karai-Kulakkalnattam' in Perambalur District has been declared as
a 'Geological Heritage Site' by
the State Government for conservation, protection and maintenance
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Tamil Nadu Textile
Minister, Ms. Gokula Indra participated in the annual conference of State
Textile Ministers Meet; expressed the need for additional support for
handloom weavers
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Madras High Court has
directed the Tamil Nadu Government to create a separate column for
transgenders in the application forms for recruitment of candidates
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Tamil Nadu cancels Green
peace India registration
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Royal Enfield to set up its
third plant in Tamil Nadu
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Cyclone Roanu (coined by
Maldives): in Tamil Nadu
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Turkey: Justice and
Development Party (AKP) scored a stunning electoral comeback; won 315 seats
in the 550 members; President: Recep Tayyip Erdogan; President, Mr. Recep
Tayyip Erdogan called for a new Constitution that would give him more power
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Leaders of South Korea,
China and Japan to work together for regional trade and security after
setting aside historical animosities with their first summit talks (in Seoul)
in more than three years
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Canada: Punjabi has now attained the status
of third language in Canada's new
Parliament after English and French (House of Commons has now 20 Punjabi
speaking candidates)
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The UK's first national
Sikh (Maj Gen Patrick Sanders) memorial honouring those who fought the World
War-I has been unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire
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Nepal, US armies launched
Joint Military training 'Balance Nail
16-01'
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Security officials in
China launched Spy Hotline to report on foreign spies
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Yemen: Tropical cyclone Chapala
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Canada: Mr. Justin Trudea
was sworn in as country's 23rd Prime Minister; 4 Indo - Canadians in the
Cabinet
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Maldives: President, Mr.
Abdulla Yameen declared emergency; emergency declared for the first time
in 11 years
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Romania: Prime Minister,
Mr. Vitor Ponta resigned due to a corruption
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Japan issues first
same-sex partner certificates
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UN's Green Climate Fund
to finance ($168 million) the developing countries to fight global warming
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Syria: UN Chemical
weapons watchdog confirmed that the 'Mustard Gas' was used in the war
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Russian President, Mr.
Vladimir Putin halts Russian flights to Egypt; airlines no-fly zones are
increasing in African and West Asian Countries
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US President, Mr. Barack
Obama rejected Keystone Pipeline
Project; the 1179 mile pipeline project to carry 800000 barrels/day of
carbon-heavy petroleum from Canada
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Iran: appointed its first woman ambassador (Marzieh
Afkham; to Malaysia) since 1979 Islamic Revolution
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Myanmar: acting chairman of Myanmar's ruling party
conceded defeat to Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party National League for
Democracy (NLD)
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WHO officially declares Sierra Leone as Ebola-free
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Belgian court gives
Facebook 48 hours to stop tracking Internet users or pay fine on per day
basis
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China to Philippines: No
sea feud talk at APEC summit
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United Nations cultural
agency(UNESCO) rejected Kosovo’s proposal for membership after Kosovo failed
to receive the support of two-thirds of the body’s member nations; Kosovo has
won membership in IMF and World Bank
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Cyclone Megh struck Yemeni Island of
Socotra
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