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Current Affairs CapsuleNovember 2014By AffairsCloud.com Team

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Awards and Recognitions

Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was conferred with

Japan's top national award 'The Grand Cordon of the Order of the

Paulownia Flowers' for his significant contribution to the enhancement

of relations and promotion of friendship between Japan and India. He is

the first Indian to receive the rare honour.

The LG People's Choice Awardand Polly Umrigar Awardhave been won

by Indian fast bowler Bhuvaneshwar Kumar.

Hindi PoetKedarnath Singhhas been conferred with Jnanpith Awardfor

his outstanding contribution to Indian Literature. It is Indias highest

literary award.

Radio Kashmir Jammu won the prestigious Akashawani Award on

Gandhian Philosophy and Public Service Broadcasting Award 2014for its

programme Jeevan Rekha, a programme on rescue operations carried

by Radio Kashmir Jammu during enormous floods in this region a couple

of months back.

The Hindustan Times and The Week bags the International Press

Institute India Award for Excellence in Journalism.

Legendary classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj has been conferred with the

Sumitra Charat Ram Award 2014 for Lifetime Achievement.

Indian-American Neha Gupta has been conferred with International

Childrens Prize 2014 for her work to help orphans in India and other

countries.

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has been selected for the

Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2014.

Former Indian Cricket Captain Dilip Vengsarkar has been conferred with

CK Naidu Lifetime Achievement award.

Deutsche Bank won the Custodian of the Year 2014 Award.

Chairman of Steel Authority India Limited Mr. C.S. Verma has been

conferred with the IIM - JRD Tata Award for Excellence in Corporate

leadership in Metallurgical Industries for the year 2014.

Mangalyaanclaims 2nd spot in Time's 25 best inventions of 2014.

Common Wealth Games Gold medallist Boxer Manoj Kumar hasconferred with the prestigious Arjuna Award.
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Indian Affairs

Laxmikant Parsekarsworn-in as the Chief Minister of Goa.

India and Bhutan have signed an MoU to develop Nalanda Universityat

Rajgir, Bihar as an International Centre for Excellence.

Union Cabinethas been reshuffled.

The India Economic Summit was help in New Delhi under the theme

Redefining Public-Private co-operation for a new beginning.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi adopted Jayapurvillage in his Loksabha

Constituency.

Private sector lender Axis Bankhas signed a pact with NongHyup Bank

(NH Bank) to enhance cooperation in treasury, trade and other business

between India and South Korea.

TheNational Bal Swachchatta Missionhas been launched by the GOI on

November 14th

. It is a six day programme, which will be carried out by

students in every district to create awareness about hygiene and

sanitation. Bal Swachchatta Weekwas observed from November 14th

to

November 19th

.

UnderPradhan Mandhri Jan Dhan Yojana,100% Financial Inclusion havebeen achieved by Goa and Kerala. The Union Territories achieved the

same are Chandigarh, Puducherry, and Lakshadweep. Three districts of

Gujarat Porbandar, Mehasana, and Gandhinagar have been declared

as 100% saturated in terms of coverage of all households with at least

one account.

Hand-in-Hand a joint military exercise between India and China

conducted at Pune on November 17th

November 25th

. The objective is

to build confidence and trust between the two armies.

Kisan Vikas Patraa small savings scheme to encourage people to save

money is relaunched.

Ing Vysya Bank merged with Kotak Mahindra Bankthrough an all stock

transaction worth over $2.4 billion.

The State Government of Gujarat launched Home Stay Scheme for

tourists who visiting the State of Gujarat.
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Jeevan Pramaan An Aadhar based Digital Life Certificate for

pensioners was launched by PM Narendra Modi. It will benefit crores of

pensioners.

Playing It My WayAn Autobiography of Sachin Tendulkarreleased.

Andhra Bank has launched two schemes namely AB Little starsand AB

Teensfor children (age 10-15) and teens respectively.

Barack Obama, President of The United States of America will be the

Chief Guest of Republic Day celebrations on 26th January 2015.

An MoU with respect to cooperation on clean energy investment was

signed between Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd

(IREDA) and US Exim Bank.

An MoU was signed between State bank of India andAdani Enterprises

for $1 Billion to construct mine, rail, and port project in Australia.

A rural electrification scheme called Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti

Yojana has been approved by the GOI. The cost of the scheme is Rs

43,033 crore and will replace the existing Rajiv Gandhi Grameen

Vidyutikaran Yojana.

The 45th edition of International Film Festival of India began at Goa.

The festival was inaugurated by Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan andSuperstar Rajinikanth.

CBI has named Additional Director R K Duttato head the CBI probe in

the 2G spectrum scam after the Supreme Court removed the agencys

Chief Ranjit Sinhafrom the 2G spectrum case.

Market Regulator SEBI withdraws recognition granted to Delhi Stock

Exchangedue to serious irregularities.

Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandra Babu Naidu is going to sign 6MoUs with

Japan.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar dedicated the National Command

Control Communication and Intelligence Network (NC3I) & Information

Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) to strengthen the Indian

Coastal Surveillance.

Classical Indian dancerSitara Devi,famously known as Kathak Queenhas

been rested in peace at the age of 94 at Mumbai.

Former Petroleum Minister Murali Deora has been deceased due tocancer.
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Kotak Mahindra Bank,promoted by Uday Kotak became the first bank in

India to wholly own non-life insurance company, after Reserve Bank of

India (RBI)'s approval on 25th

November 2014. The emergence of Kotak

General Insurance will be the 29th

non-life insurance company in the

country.

World Gold Council (WGC) and Indian Institute of Management,

Ahmadabad (IIMA) collaborated to set up India Gold Policy Centre to

conduct research on all aspects of the domestic gold industry.

Lok Sabha passes Delhi Special Police Establishment (Amendment) Bill,

2014. As per the new Bill, CBI Director will be chosen by a panel

comprising Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha or the

Leader of a single largest party in the House and Chief Justice of India orany other Supreme Court Judge.

The Central Bank, RBI has eased the gold import restrictions, which is

popularly known as 80:20 norms.

Reserve Bank of India has issued Guidelines for Small Financial Banks

and Payment Banks.

Lok Sabha has passed the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders Bill,

2014. The first Common Wealth Science Conference was inaugurated at

Bengaluru.

The Bombay Stock Market (BSE)crossed INR 100 Trillion(over USD 1.6

Trillion) market capitalization of Indian companies on 28th November

2014 morning.

Kotak Mahindra Bankbecame the first bank in India to wholly own non-

life insurance company, after Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s approval. The

emergence of Kotak General Insurance will be the 29th non-life

insurance company in the country.

Union Government has passed Central University Amendment Bill 2014

in the Lok Sabha. The bill provides for the establishment of Mahatma

Gandhi Central University in Motihari (Bihar).

Union Government has launched Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA)

Scheme or E-visa to make travel of foreigners to India on Tourist Visa on

Arrival (TVOA) facilityeasier. The scheme is available for 43 countries toboost tourism to India.
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Arunachal Pradesh got a new district Namsai. It is the 18thdistrict of the

State.

State Bank of India (SBI)will launch an Islamic equity fund next month

aimed primarily at its 17 crore Muslims. The Securities and ExchangeBoardof India recently allowed the State Bank of India and three mutual

funds to launch Sharia funds.

International Affairs

One World Trade Centreopened at New York, thirteen years after the

9/11 attacks. It is now the tallest building in USA.

The lower house of Parliament of Japan was dissolved by the PrimeMinister Shinzo Abeahead of the mid-December general election.

The International Buddhist Conference 2014 was held from 15

November to 18 November 2014 in Lumbini, Nepal with the objective of

preserving Buddhist culture and heritage.

Singapore has been ranked as the No 1 place for the seventh

consecutive year in the world in terms of ease in doing business, as per

the latest report published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

Singapore is followed by Switzerland, Australia, Hong Kong and

Sweden.

India and Australia have signed pacts on social security, transfer of

sentenced prisoners, combating narcotics trade and trafficking, tourism,

and Arts and Culture during the presence of Prime Ministers of both the

countries. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime

Minister Tony Abbott have also agreed to have a Free Trade deal by

2015 end. United States of America and Afghanistan signed a long delayedBilateral

Security Arrangement (BSA). The deal will allow the US troops to stay

there till next year.

Chuck Hagel, US defence secretary resigns over Islamic State strategy.
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SAARC Committee has decided to dissolve three regional centres and

merge four others to end the duplication of work. The three dissolved

centres are Information Centre in Kathmandu, Human Resource

Development Centre in Islamabad and New Delhi-based Documentation

Centre.

Pope Francis conferred Sainthoodon two Indians Father Kuriakose Elias

Chavara and Sister Euphrasia.

The deadline to reach an agreement for Irans Nuclear Programmedeal

with six world powers (P-6 countries) has been extended to the end of

June, 2015 after recent talks in Vienna, Austrian failed.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart

Sushil Koirala flagged off the Kathmandu-Delhi bus service from

Kathmandu. This service was named as Pashupatinath Express.

Foreign Ministers of the eight member states signed an agreement on

energy cooperation namely 'SAARC Framework Agreement for Energy

Cooperation (Electricity)' in the presence of their heads of state and

government during the concluding ceremony of the 18th

SAARC Summit

held at Kathmandu, Nepal. Islamabadhas been selected as the host of

19th

SAARC Summit.

Important Appointments

Ranjani Shankaranhas been appointed as the Chairman and Managing

Director of Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd (BHAVINI), an atomic

power company of India.

Hasmukh Adhiahas been appointed as the Financial Services Secretary.

Senior IRS Officer Anita Kapur has been appointed as the newChairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).

Vivek Sood appointed as CEO of Uninor, a subsidiary of Norway based

Telenor Groups.

Indian Actor Farhan Akthar has been aapointed as the UN Womens

Goodwill Ambassador.

Public Enterprise Selection Board (PSEB) finalised Sutirtha Bhattacharya,

a 1985 Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer as the new chairman and

managing director of Coal India limited (CIL).
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National Security Advisor Ajit Dovalhas been named as Indias Special

Representative for boundary talks with China.

Deepak Guptahas been appointed as the Chairman of UPSC. He replaces

Razni Razdan as her term ended.

Indian Tennis PlayerSania Mirzahas been appointed as the UN

Womens Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia.

West Bengal Governor K N Tripathito hold the additional charge of

Bihar.

Shah Rukh Khanhas been appointed as the brand ambassador of DHFL.

Eminent lawyer and Advocate Sunil Manohar appointed as Advocate

General of Maharashtra.

Former judge of Supreme Court Justice Chandramauli KumarPrasad

was selected as next Chairperson of the Press Council of India (PCI) by a

committee headed by Vice-President Hamid Ansari. He will be replacing

Justice Markendeya Katju.

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Anoop Mishrahas been appointed

as the Secretary General of Lok Sabha.

Science and Technology

European Space Agency (ESA)'s Rosetta spacecraft chased the comet

named 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko (67P) (situated between the

orbitrs of Mars and Jupiter) and successfully launched the Lander Philae

to be landed on the comet. This is the first space mission to have landed

a robotic lander on a comet, but the robot is struggling with anchoring

due to weak gravity conditions.

India successfully test fired the indigenously developed nuclear capablesurface-to-surface missile PrithviII from the test range at Chandipur,

Odisha.

NASAhas installed Worlds first zero gravity 3D printer on International

Space Station (ISS).

The Kuaizhou II or Speedy Vessel IIa satellite for monitoring natural

disasters was successfully launched by China.
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Yaogan Weixing-24 a remote sensing satellite by China to carry out

disaster relief monitoring, scientific experiments and to estimate crop

yields.

Symantec antivirus Company known as Symantec Corporation has

uncovered an stealth software application (Malware) running sending

screenshots, recover deleted files, steal passwords named as Regin.

Earths most abundant material has been named as Bridgmanite.

Sports

Indian Skipper M S Dhoni has been named as the Captain for the ODI

team of the year and the Test team of the yearis led by Angelo Mathews

of Sri Lanka.

Duleep Trophy was won by the Central Zone Cricket team after

defeating the South Zone by 9 runs.

Virat Kohli become the fastest Cricketer to reach 6000 runs (144th

match and 136th

Innings) in ODI. He broke the 20 year old record of West

Indies batsman Vivian Richards.

Indian Cricketer Rohit Sharmahad scored 264 runs against Sri Lanka and

become the highest ODI scorer in the history of Cricket. He broke the

record of Virendar Sehwag (219 runs). Rohit Sharma is the only player to

have scored two double centuries in ODIs. First one (209 runs) was

against Australia.

Kapil Dev launched SloPho(slogan and photography) - a social gamified

collaboration platform or basically an app available for free on Android.

International Boxing Association unanimously gave permanent

membership to recently elected Boxing India during its quadrennialcongress in Jeju Islands, Korea.

Indian Badminton players Saina Nehwaland Srikanth Kwon the China

Open Womens singles and Mens singles respectively for the first time.

Lewis Hamiltonhas joined Formula 1s illustrious ranks of double World

Champions after race victory in the season-deciding Abu Dhabi GP

emphatically clinched him the 2014 drivers title.

Switzerland's Roger Federer beat France's Richard Gasquet to seal

Switzerland's first Davis Cup triumph.
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Magnus Carlsen of Norway clinched FIDE World Chess Championship

2014 at Sochi, Russia. He defeated Noted Indian Chess player

Viswanathan Anand with a score of 6.5 - 4.5.

Indian Cyclist Deborahclinched four gold medals at the Track Asia Cup

Cycling Championship 2014 which was held from 21st to 23rd

November 2014 at Indira Gandhi Stadium, New Delhi.

Australian batsman Phillip Hughes died after head injury by bouncer.

During a domestic match in Sydney Phillip Hughes was hit by a delivery

from bowler Sean Abbott.

Karnatakadefended Vijay Hazare Trophyafter defeating Punjab by 156

runs in the final match.

Indian Women Boxer, Sarjubala Devihas won Silver medal in the World

Womens Boxing Championships held in Jeju City, Korea.

Important Days Observed in November

Date Remembered Day Organised &

Purpose

2014 Theme

Nov 1 World Vegan Day

Nov 2 International Day to

End Impunity forCrimes against

Journalists

The date was chosen

in commemoration ofthe assassination of

two French journalists

in Mali on 2

November 2013.

Nov 6 International Day for

Preventing the

Exploitation of the

Environment in War

and Armed Conflict

Nov 8 International Day of

Radiology

Promotes the role of

medical imaging inmodern healthcare

and coincides with the

anniversary of the

discovery of x-rays.

The

commemoration ofWorld War 1.

Nov 10 World Science Day

for Peace and

Development

Peace and

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Nov 20 Transgender Day of

Remembrance

(TDoR)

To memorialize those

who have been killed

as a result of

transphobia (the

hatred or fear of

transgender andgender non-

conforming people)

and to bring attention

to the continued

violence endured by

thetransgender

community.[2](TDoR)

was founded in 1999

byGwendolyn Ann

Smith,atrans woman

who is a graphicdesigner, columnist,

and activist,[3]to

memorialize the

murder ofRita Hester.

Nov 21 World Television

Day

Commemorating the

date on which the first

World Television

Forum was held in

1996.

Nov 21 World Hello Day To sayhello to at least

ten people on the day.

The message is for

world leaders to use

communication rather

than force to settle

conflicts. Celebrated

from 1973 as a

response to theYom

Kippur War.

Greet ten people for

peace(General

theme).

Nov 25 International Day for

the Elimination ofViolence against

Women

UNiTE to End

Violence againstWomen, is Orange

your Neighborhood.

Nov 26 International Day of

Cats

Nov 26 National Milk Day To commemorate the

birthday of the

legend Dr. Verghese

Kurien, Father of

White Revolution and

also known as

the Milkman of India.
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Nov 26 (65t

National law day on

2014)

National Law Day To commemorate the

drafting of the

Constitution by the

Constituent Assembly

finished in 26 Nov

1949.Nov 29 International Day of

Solidarity with the

Palestinian People

UN organized to mark

the anniversary of

resolution 181.

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