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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 DelhiJammu 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 countrys 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 SouthEast 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
Gandhis 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 Microsofts experimental Internet pilot project - Microsofts 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
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Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar announced to set up a committee to conduct a detailed study on the
issue of forest ownership in Northeast region
3 member committee set up by CM Arvind Kejriwal to investigate financial irregularities by the Delhi and
District Cricket Association (DDCA)- head Chetan B. Sanghi.
PM Narendra Modi approved the signing of the Tripartite Agreement among India, Brazil and South
Africa (IBSA) - Alleviation of Poverty and Hunger.
Cabinet given its nod for second extension to the Indian Development and Economic Assistance Scheme
(IDEAS) for Lines of Credit (LOC) to African and other countries for another five years - US $ 589.34 mn.
Delhi announced to host the first International Qawwali Festival 2016 Taali Ho.
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the interest subvention (subsidy) interest
equalisation scheme - Rs.2,500 crore-Rs.2,700 crore
PM Narendra Modi approved the proposal for setting up the National Resource Facility for Bio-medical
Research (NARF) by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) - Rs. 338.58 crores.
Ex post facto
MoU between India and Germany on Security Cooperation
Air Services Agreement between India and New Zealand
Afghanistan to collaborate with India for Skill Development - Afghanistan Deputy Foreign Minister Mr.
Hekmat Khalil Karzai and Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Rajiv Pratap Rudy
India-Russia Joint Army Exercise 7th edition INDRA-2015 culminated -Mahajan Field Firing Ranges,
Bikaner.
Technology Acquisition and Development Fund (TADF) under National Manufacturing Policy launched
by Minister of State for Commerce & Industry Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman .
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the railways projects worth about Rs. 8,000
crore in Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Bihar.
Minimum train fare increased from Rs 5 to Rs 10
50 of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh were declared drought-hit by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav - 53.50%.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has approved the Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill, 2015 - Prevention of Corruption Act,
1988.
Resurgent Rajasthan Partnership Summit in Jaipur to attract investment from private sectors in the state - 295
MoUs - Rs 3.3 lakh crore.
63rd meeting of the CABE chaired by Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani, Haryana Education Minister Ram
Bilas Sharma appointed as the member of Sub-Committee of Central Advisory Board of Education.
During Swachh Delhi campaign programme organized by Minister of Urban Development Shri M. Venkaiah
Naidu announced Rs.3, 250 cr special assistance.
Haryana Govt chaired by CM Manohar Lal Khattar announced the launch of a campaign to free Haryana of
tuberculosis (TB).
French President Francois Hollande will be the chief guest at the Republic Day parade.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu inaugurated 210 kms long Lumding-Silchar broad gauge section
(Assam).
Governing Council of NIIF(National Investment and Infrastructure Fund) constituted under the chairmanship of
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
First time World Indology Conference(Study of Indian history, literature, philosophy, and culture) in
collaboration with Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).
ICCR Distinguished Indologist Award to Prof. Heinrich Freiherr Von Stietencron(Germany)
India hosted the First South Asian Annual Disaster Management Exercise (SAADMEx-2015) by the National
Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in Delhi
Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry constituted a 13-member expert committee exclusively
on Sanskrit - headed by N Gopalaswami.
Tripura start supplying power to Bangladesh from Bijoy Dibosh Dec 16 - Bijoy Dibosh or Victory Day .
NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya engage in a dialogue with China's Development Research
Centre.
Completion of rural connectivity through all- weather roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak
Yojana(PMGSY) by three years from 2022 to 2019 - 60:40 - Rs 5,000 crore.
Delhi Assembly passed the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) (Delhi Amendment) Bill, 2015 - section 176(1)
of the CrPC Act, 1973.
World Congress on Disaster Management concluded with the adoption of Visakhapatnam Declaration -
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Delhi Assembly passes Delhi Right of Citizen to Time Bound Delivery of Services Amendment Bill, 2015
under Delhi (Right of Citizen to Time Bound Delivery of Services) Act, 2011.
AP gov announced to adopt the A.P. Port Policy 2015 - cargo, diversity of locations, increasing strategic depth
of hinterland.
India re-elected to the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) under Category B .
The Notes worth Rs 5,536 cr were exchanged between Mr. S. Selvakumar, Joint Secretary, Department of
Economic Affairs, Government of India and Mr.Yutaka Kikuta for Chennai and Ahmedabad Metro projects
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Signs 11 more Unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAS) - seven
(7) of these APAs have rollback provisions contained in them, the other four (4)are Agreements for future five
years
Lok Sabha adopted a resolution affirming commitment to the principles and ideals of the Constitution and
resolve to uphold and maintain its sanctity and supremacy.
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) approved a pilot project submitted by National Environmental
Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur - 11.80 crore
Govt advanced the date for implementation of the roll out of Bharat Stage (BS) stage V and VI norms for fourwheelers by 3 years.
National Green Tribunal (NGT) sought a report into illegal felling of trees in the eco-sensitive zone around the
Tajmahal by December 16 - Swatanter Kumar .
E-District project instigated by Delhi Govt to offer services online, launched by Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal, Project nickname Guiding Light
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India worlds 7th most valued Nation Brandreport by Brand Finance USD2.10 billion
Top 5 Countries : US, China, Germany, UK and Japan
India(Dr. Harsh Vardhan) and Russia(Mr. Dmitry Livanov) Agree to Strengthen Collaboration in the Area of
Information and Communication Technology.
Minister for Science, Technology and Earth Science, Dr. Harsh Vardhan and the South African Minister for
Science, Technology Ms. Naledi Pandor agree to Strengthen Collaboration in Key areas
Health Sciences and Biotechnology, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Green
Chemistry and the Mega project in the area of HIV Vaccine Research Collaboration(US $ 1 million)
Singapore ranked first in worlds healthiest countries list and India secured 103rd Rank(22.17%).
Top Healthy countries:Singapore , Italy and Australia.
Special forces of the US and Nepalese armies launched a month-long joint military training Balance Nail 16-01
in Nepals mountainous regions.
Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Turkey won 2015 Parliamentary Election of Turkey.
Punjabi became Canadas third most common language in Parliament of Canada
China Launches the C919 Joins the Big Jet Club - first Chinese-built 158-seat
Nepal receives first consignment of petrol from China through Rasuwagadhi trading point - 73.5 metric tonnes
of petrol
India ranks 99 on Global Prosperity Index 2015
China (52), Sri Lanka (61), Thailand (48), Nepal (89) and Bangladesh (103)
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom announced an Emergency in the state for 30 days.
Taiwan and China to hold historic meet for the first time
Taiwans President Ma Ying-jeou will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Singapore
PM Narendra Modi ranks 9th in 2015 Forbes Worlds Most Powerful Person
Top 3 Persond : Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Barack
Obama
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani (36th) and Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal (Indian-origin, 55th)
UN General Assemblys (UNGA) Disarmament Committee adopted a draft resolution submitted by Japan
It failed to secure endorsement of US, Britain, France
Hindi largest spoken Indian language in US by Census Bureau of US - 6.5 lakh people.
UK (David Cameron)signed 3 billion pounds in trade deals with Kazakhstan (Nursultan Nazarbayev)
France will deploy its aircraft carrier to support operations against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq by
President Francois Hollande.
India(7.5 per cent) positioned more favourably for future than China by WEF report
China at 28, whereas Brazil at 75
UNHCR released study titled I am Here, I belong on Need to End Childhood Statelessness
Launch Campaign to End Statelessness by 2024 reporting that in every 10 minutes
Venezuela withdraws USD 460mn from International Monetary Fund(IMF) in its third such operation this year.
SBIs Arundhati Bhattacharya remains the most powerful businesswomen in India
ICICI Bank's Chanda Kochhar(2nd) and Shikha Sharma of Axis Bank(3rd).
India cultural week International Arts Festival inaugurated in Shanghai first time-Ambassador Ashok K
Kantha .
Sierra Leone declared as Ebola-free by the World Health Organisation(WHO)
Chinese President Xi Jinping and PM Lee Hsien Loong endorsed the promotion of negotiations to upgrade the
China-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (CSFTA).
Chinas National Marine Environment Forecasting Centre and Australias Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems
Cooperative Research Centre ink deal to share info on Antarctica condition.
Independent commission(IC) headed by Richard W. Pound submitted its report to World Anti-Doping Agency
(WADA)- Top Secret Doping: How Russia makes its Winners.
India Ranks 106th Among 145 Nations on the Charities Aid Foundations World Giving Index.
THE Top 100 World University Ranking
Stanford University (1st), California Institute of Technology (2nd) & Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(3rd) and IISc made its entry at 99th spot.
Amazons first appearance in 2015 Thomson Reuters top 100 innovators list
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Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi won the Myanmar elections
Worlds top 50 business leaders by Fortune - Indian-origin CEOs viz MasterCards Ajay Banga(5th),
Microsofts Satya Nadella and Cognizants Francisco DSouza.
Top 3 : Mark Parker(Nike), Mark Zuckerberg(Facebook),Andrew Wilson(Electronic Arts)
World Energy Outlook 2015 released by International Energy Agency (IEA)- India Oil worlds largest coal
importer
GOI signed a MoU with Republic of Korea (RoK) to enhance bilateral air service cooperation.
Tata Consultancy Services to offer internships to 1,000 UK graduates between 2016 and 2020 1000 mew
internship.
Pakistan and China kicked off the $46 billion China- Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC) project.
2015 Valletta Summit on Migration held in Valletta, Malta.
EU launched an emergency fund for Africa - $2 billion to combat the poverty and conflict driving
migration.
French President Francois Hollande declared state of emergency after a series of terror attacks.
India (Nitin Gadkari)and Bangladesh(Shafiq Alam Mehdi) signed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to
operationalize the Agreement on Coastal Shipping.
4 Indian cities namely Wayanad (Kerala), Rishikesh (Uttarakhand), Amritsar (Punjab)
and Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) featured in the top 100 list of high quality services in hotels hotel search
website trivago.
India, Brazil signed MoU - National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and EMBRAPA for raising cattle &
buffalo yields for agricultural research corporation.
China-India Yoga College started classes in Chinas Kunming city - Yunnan Minzu (Nationalities) University
India(PM Narendra Modi) announced the cessation of a Civil Nuclear Deal for buying uranium from
Australia(PM Malcolm Turnbull) at the G-20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey.
India among the least honest countries along with China, Japan and South Korea -Study of UEA - Norfolkbased University of East Anglia.
G-20 Antalya summit held in Antalya, Turkey - 2016 at Hangzhou in China
10-point proposal on tackling global terrorism and international movement of foreign terrorist fighters
India(Rajiv Mehrishi) and Bangladesh(Dr Md Mozammel Haque Khan) agreed to share militant information.
India and China arbitrated to bilateral defence ties and maintain peace and tranquillity at the Line of Actual
Control(LAC)
Oxford Dictionarys Word of the Year 2015 emoji known as Face with Tears of Joy
Brazil have declared a state of emergency for 180 days in more than 200 towns affected by a deadly mining
waste spill - Samarco pledged to pay USD 260 million.
France(Francois Hollande) launched fresh air raids on Islamic State stronghold in Syria - 10
Rafale and Mirage 2000 fighters
23rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)held in Manila, Philippines-21 countries.
Theme Building Inclusive Economies, Building a Better World: A Vision for an Asia-Pacific
Community
2 Indian-origin businessmen ranked by Forbes magazine among the richest entrepreneurs in America
Top 3 : 1. Mark Zuckerberg(Fb), 2. Dustin Moskovitz(Fb), 3. Jan Koum(whatsapp)
PM Narendra Modi given its ex-post facto approval for signing MoU between India and Vietnam Cooperation in the field of Animal Health.
Gov extended the currency swap facility for SAARC members-RBI offers the facility of varying sizes not
exceeding $2 billion.
A Chinese state-owned company Nucleoelectrica will finance and build two nuclear power plants in
Argentina cost $15 billion
India ranked 6th out of 162 nations most affected by terrorism in 2014 - 3rd edition of the Global Terrorism
Index 2015 (GTI).
Global gender index - India mounted to 108th position(0.664)
Top 3 :Iceland, Norway and Finland
BioGenesis Global cancer summit 2015 held at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Theme Frontiers in oncology: genetics, diagnostics and therapeutic
UNSC unanimously approved the French-sponsored resolution 2249 (2015) to redouble and coordinate
action to prevent further attacks by ISIS.
Chinese navy conducted naval drills in the South China Sea- President Xi Jinping
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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Interior Minister Guo
Shengkun agreed to form a Ministerial-level mechanism to boost security cooperation.
Russia signed 2 agreements to finance and build Egypts first nuclear power plant at Dabaa on the
Mediterranean coast - Four 1,200 MW reactors.
World Health Organization (WHO) launched the first World Antibiotic Awareness Week from 16 November to
22 November, 2015.
Theme Antibiotics: Handle with Care
China is offering $10 billion in infrastructure loans to Southeast Asian countries.
India Ranks 4th among Worlds Most Vacation- Expedias 2015 Vacation Deprivation
UAE-1st followed by Malaysia and Singapore
President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita declared State of emergency in the Mali due to terrorist attack in Bamako.
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena inaugurated the Mahatma Gandhi International Centre (MGIC)
in Matale - Indian High Commissioner Y. K. Sinha.
Conservative opposition candidate Mauricio Macri won Argentina's presidential election ending 12 years of
leftist rule.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) released the report titled The Human Cost of
Weather Related Disasters
5 countries hit by the highest number of disasters US China , India, Philippines and Indonesia.
Indo-Pak border in Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan has been lit with solar power - around Rs 6.5 crore - Solar
Energy Corporation of India(SECI).
Sri Lanka PM Ranil Wickremesinghe said that wont allow any country to set up naval base on its territory at
the 6th annual Galle Dialogue in Galle.
Modi visit to Malaysia & Singapore 2015
PM Narendra Modi unveils Swami Vivekanandas statue in Malaysia
India & Malaysia signed 3 MoUs - Cultural Exchange Programme, Project Delivery and Monitoring and
Cyber Security.
MoU signed on Performance Management Delivery Unit (PEMANDU)
Assistance of $1 million to India-Students Trust Fund
13th India ASEAN Summit,Theme Our People, Our Community, Our Vision
The 10th East Asia Summit (EAS) was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Theme Our People, Our
Community, Our Vision
visit to Singapore signed 10 agreements- defence relations, economic and cultural cooperation, skills
development, capacity building.Indian Diaspora, and expertise in urban development
India top 10 in Corporate Responsibility reporting: KPMG - Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting
2015.
UNICEF released a report titled "Unless We Act Now" detailing how millions of children worldwide are at risk
from climate change.
Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a nationwide state of emergency-target of jihadist violence since
the 2011 revolution.
4th meeting of the India-US Defense Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) held at the Pentagon - India, US
make progress on jet engine, aircraft carrier cooperation
2015 to be the warmest year on record World Meteorological Organization (WMO) because of climate
cycle El Nino.
Air Pollution causes millions of death in Asia UN Report, in Air quality India was ranked 174 out of 178
countries.
Chinas navy involved in anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden-its first joint drill with NATO ship.
Albania and India signed an agreement on the removal of visa requirements for diplomatic and service passport
holders.
24th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Malta - India joins UK, Australia to help poor nations
combat climate change - $ 2.5 million.
Saudi Arabia allowed women to vote and contest in municipal elections for the first time - 979 women.
Russia imposes economic sanctions against Turkey since Turkey shot down a Russian jet.
International Monetary Fund agreed to add the Chinese yuan to its reserves basket in the biggest shake-up
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Amazon.com Inc is set to open its first physical book store in Seattle University Village.
National Collateral Management Services (NCML) signed an agreement with South Africas largest agribusiness company (AFGRI) to cooperate in different areas.
Nestle India ties up with Snapdeal to start Maggie sale
Gov initiated the process of 5% stake sale in Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) - Rs. 1,300 crore.
Cerebra Integrated Technologies Ltd (Cerebra) has signed an MoU with US-based Echostreams Innovative
Solutions for storage servers.
GAIL tops among PSUs in Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index(CDLI) released by Carbon Disclosure Project
(CDP).
Watch maker Titan Co and global information technology major HP joined hands to offer a range of smart
watches.
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved 10% disinvestment in Coal India, 3rd government stake sale
- Rs.20,000 crore.
Intel India announced the launch of Ek Kadam Unnati Ki Aur - aimed at working with the government to
create the blueprint - in Nadimpallevillage of Mahabubnagar district of Telangana.
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs(CCEA) decided to pay a production-linked subsidy of Rs 4.50
per quintal directly to cane farmers-Rs 1,147 crore.
Tata Steel commissions first phase of Kalinganagar plant in Odisha - largest single-location greenfield steel
project- 1,00,000 crore.
Dumping duty imposed on carbon black imports from China($ 397.10 per tonne), Russia($ 36.17 per tonne) for
5 years.
Airports Authority of India (AAI) signed MoU with infrastructure giant IL&FS Global Financial Services to
help it spread its wings overseas.
FMCG firm Emami has roped in Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra to endorse its new skincare product.
Global marketing research firm Nielsen launched India's first digital advertisement measurement system to find
out the return on investment.
Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata invested an undisclosed amount in Singapore-based big data company
Crayon Data.
Competition Commission of India(CCI) slapped penalties totalling Rs. 258 crore on Jet Airways,
IndiGo and SpiceJet for cartelization in fixing fuel surcharge for transporting cargo.
Australian High Commissioner, Patrick Suckling entered the Australia-India Nuclear Cooperation Agreement
into force.
All India Radio (AIR)s programme on child labour bagged the first prize at the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting
Union (ABU) Prizes 2015.
Famous film, television and stage actor Vikram Gokhale (67) felicitated with the prestigious Vishnudas Bhave
Award.
Priyamanasam the third Sanskrit feature film-India selected to open at the 46th edition of the 10-day
International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa.
Bhilai Steel Plant and Rallis India were awarded the 21st CII-EXIM Bank award for Business Excellence for
2015.
Santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma honoured with the Aditya Vikram Birla Kala Shikhar Award for
lifetime achievement.
A puncture-proof tyre technology invented by Sameer Panda from Odisha state bag Nasa award for finding
solution to tyre bursts.
Indian Origin community campaigner Muna Chauhan in the UK bestowed with Point of Light by British PM
David Cameron.
American GLAMOURs Women of the Year awards conferred Reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner
with Transgender Champion award.
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Manipal University won two prestigious FICCI Higher Education Awards 2015 at the Indo Africa summit
in New Delhi.
2015 International Childrens Peace Prize conferred on Abraham M. Keita from Liberia
Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Child Awards for Exceptional Achievement 2015
Rajiv Gandhi Manav Seva Award: Moji Jini(AP), Smt Vaijayanti M. Chougala(Karanataka) and
Santhosh. G. Thomas(Thiruvananthapuram)
5 Indian tech startups bestowed by 3rd edition of the Next Big Idea Contest.
Lightmetrics Technologies Private Limited, Packal, Neuron and Swift File Transfer and Survelytics.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) conferred Union Minister of State for Home
Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju with Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Champion for the Asia Region.
Syria based journalist Zaina Erhaim awarded with Reporters without Borders Prize in France for her defence of
press freedom.
President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Indira Gandhi National Service Scheme Awards for the year 201415 to individuals, universities and volunteers.
2015 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace conferred on UNHCR
Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami won Denmarks top literary award the Hans Christian Andersen Prize.
Tennis champion Ashok Amritraj awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of East London.
Uttar Pradesh entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for planting the most number of saplings in one
day.
The film The Assassin by the veteran Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien clinched five awards, at
the 52nd Golden Horse Awards.
43rd Annual American Music Award in Los Angeles - Swift emerged as the winner by bagging 3 top prizes
song of the year for Blank Space.
8th edition of the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards was held in New Delhi - 29 winners from
2013 and 27 from 2014.
Noted Marathi actor Prashant Damle conferred with Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Award for his outstanding
contribution in the field of theatre, film and music.
Noted scholar and Maha Sahasravadhani Garikapati Narasimha Rao chosen for the 12th Lok Nayak
Foundation Award.
Rohini Mohan journalist with The Economic Times bagged the Shakti Bhatt First Book prize 2015 for her book
The Seasons of Trouble.
Eminent physicist and Padma Bhushan awardee Trilochan Pradhan conferred with the Kalinga Samman 2014
for popularising science .
Indian-origin South African freedom fighter Ahmed Kathrada awarded the Freedom of the City of Cape Town.
Marathi film Katyar Kaljat Ghusali and Bengali film Cinemawala are among the 12 films shortlisted for
prestigious 2015 UNESCO Fellini Medal.
President Pranab Mukherjee presented Presidents Standard to two Indian Air Force (IAF) squadrons based in
Hasimara, West Bengal.
Power Pavilion of Ministry of Power won Gold Award at the India International Trade fair (IITF) -2015.
Indian-origin author Priya Parmars historical novel Vanessa and Her Sister included in the New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2015.
CVRDE scientist V Balaguru bags DRDO's Scientist of the Year Award 2013 by Defence Minister Manohar
Parrikar.
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Tata Motors has roped in soccer superstar Lionel Messi as global brand ambassador.
Justice Tirath Singh Thakur will take over as successor of Chief Justice of India H L Dattu.
Suresh N Patel appointed as managing director Hyderabad based Andhra Bank .
R K Takkar appointed as head of the Kolkata-based UCO Ban.
J K Garg has been named as the MD of Corporation Bank.
Mahesh Kumar Jain has been elevated as the MD and CEO of Indian Bank
Repco Home Finance approves reappointment of MD R Varadarajan.
Flipkart named Google executive Chatterjee Sr Vice President
Ravikumar Sreedharan appointed as MD of Unisys Corporation India
Maldives Parliament arrested the countrys vice president Ahmed Adeeb Abdul Ghafoor over his involvement
in a blast on a speedboat carrying the countrys president.
Justin Trudeau sworn in as 23rd Prime Minister of Canada
Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board (TNUSRB) is to hire the countrys first transgender police
officer - Prithika Yashini
Navtej Singh Sarna an Indian Foreign Service officer will be Indias next high commissioner to UK.
Romanias Prime Minister Victor Ponta resigned after being charged for forgery, tax evasion, and money
laundering as part of a far-reaching anti-corruption
Oxford University Press (OUP) India has appointed V Sivaramakrishnan as the Managing Director including
the responsibilities including Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal succeeding RanjanKaul.
Zubin Karkaria appointed global chief executive officer of travel and visa services company Kuoni.
Drug maker Cipla appointed Naina Lal Kidwai as an independent director on its board.
N Srinivasan was dethroned as ICC Chairman- President Shashank Manohar
Iran appoints first Woman Ambassador Marzieh Afkham since the 1979 Islamic revolution
Indian-American Ashok Mago appointed as a member of Board of Regents of the University of North Texas in
the US by Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
RBI Governor Dr. Raghuram Rajan appointed as Vice Chairman on BIS(Bank for International Settlements)
Board.
Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Ajit Prakash Shah designated as the ethics officer (ombudsman) at Board of
Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
Jayant Krishna appointed as interim CEO of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).
Italian diplomat Filippo Grandi designated as the new UN refugee chief.
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) appointed I S Jha as its Chairman and Managing Director.
Former RBI Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn appointed as an Executive Director on the board of
the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Gov appointed Singapore-based lawyer Christopher Thomas as its arbitrator for resolving the Rs 10,247 crore
tax dispute with London-listed Cairn Energy.
Deutsche Bank appointed James McMurdo a former Goldman Sachs executive as its head of corporate
and investment banking for the Asia Pacific region.
Indian-origin barrister Kalyani Kaul sworn-in as Circuit Judge in the UK
Actor Satish Shah, film critic Bhawana Somaaya and TV producer Bijendra Pal Singh of CID fame to the
FTII society as members of Film and Television Institute of India Society.
Vinay Nambiar appointed SpiceJets UAE country head
Nokia appointed Sandeep Girotra Head of India(planned combination of Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent)
Indias largest alcoholic beverages company United Spirits has appointed Sanjeev Churiwala as its chief
financial officer.
Former high-profile spokesperson of the External Affairs Ministry Syed Akbaruddin appointed as Indias
Permanent Representative to the UN, succeedor of Asoke Mukerji.
ICICI Bank's head of corporate banking division Zarine Daruwala quit the Mumbai based lender to join UK
base Standard Chartered as its India CEO.
Professor Hrushikesh Senapaty joined as director of National Council of Educational Research and
Training (NCERT).
Former Indian Premier League(IPL) Chief Operating Officer Sundar Raman will join the Reliance Industries
Limited (RIL) as its Chief Operating Officer.
President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee appointed Justice Tirath Singh Thakur as 43rd Chief Justice of India
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Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications Ltd (R-Com) is merging with telecom business of MTS brand worth Rs.4,500 crore.
Boeing, Tata Group announce aerospace JV in India to manufacture aero structures
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) through its subsidiary Adani Kattupalli Port acquired
the Kattupalli Port in Tamil Nadu from L&T.
Google acquired New York based Fly Labs responsible for apps like Flt, Tempo, Crop, and Clips in the iOS
App Store.
Naresh Goyal-promoted Jet Airways acquire 75 fuel-efficient 737 MAX 8 aircraft from US plane maker
Boeing - $110 million each.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd acquired Chinas Youtubr Youku Tudou Inc for about $3.67 billion.
Indiabulls Housing Finance to acquire 39.76 per cent stake in the UKs OakNorth Bank for USD 100 million.
Online taxi-booking company Ola has acquired Geotagg-Rs 120-150 crore.
Talwalkars Better Value Fitness Ltd (TBVF) entered into an agreement to acquire strategic stake 51% in
Inshape Health and Fitnez Private Ltd (IHPL)
Agrochemical major UPL Ltd announced merger of the group's seed firm Advanta to provide all agri-solutions
- 48.44 per cent - 181.83 million
Portea Medical,home healthcare company acquired speciality pharmaceutical distributor MedybizPharma.
Apollo Tyres acquired German tyre distribution major Reifencom GmbH for 45.6 million euros (around Rs 301
crore).
American hotel chain Marriott International acquire rival hotel company Starwood Hotels & Resorts at $12.2
billion.
US drugs giant Pfizer Inc signed a deal to buy Ireland based Allergan for $ 160 bn.
Payment gateway services platform NumberMall acquires Delhi-based BankSmarts Solutions
Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos with a strike-range of over 290 kms test-fired from Indian Navys newest
ship INS Kochi.
Environment Ministry Launches New Website on National Clean Development Mechanism Authority http://www.ncdmaindia.gov.in
15th vessel in the series of 20 Fast Patrol Vessel, ICGS Arinjay delivered by the Cochin Shipyard Limited
(CSL) to the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) at Okha, Gujarat.
Civil communications satellite ChinaSat 2C launched by China - driven by the Long March-3B(China) carrier
rocket.
Australian scientists identified a critical molecular feedback loop to target neuroblastoma cancer Drug
CBL01371
Army successfully test fired the 300-km-range Brahmos supersonic land attack cruise missile at Pokhran test
range in Rajasthan.
Google is working with the government on a pilot project for providing internet connectivity by using
large balloons.
Ballistic missile Agni-IV test-fired as part of user trial with strike range of 4,000 km from a test complex off
Odisha coast - Dr A P J Abdul Kalam(Wheeler) Island launch complex.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar inaugurate the 2 initiative system for Indian army.
A highly encrypted Cloud system of the Indian Army and Digital Army
CISF launched a new mobile application m-Power was launched by CISF Director General Surender Singh
A team at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) discovered an extremely rare galaxy J021659044920 of gigantic size by using the worlds largest radio telescope operating at low frequencies.
GSAT 15, Nations latest communications satellite instigated successfully by the European Ariane 5 VA-227
launch Vehicle from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana in South America.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar commissioned the Coast Guards latest and largest offshore patrol vessel,
Samarth at Vasco Da Gama, Goa.
Asias largest red light districts Sonagachi in Kolkata roll out AIDS preventive medicine from Dec in
Sonagachi - Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis.
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Oldest known stars discovered at the heart of Milky Way - SMSS J181609.62 -333218.7
SBI to launch mobile wallet Batua for feature phone users to existing as well as non-SBI customers.
Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Prakash Javadekar has launched a new
website in Pune on Climate Change - www.justclimateaction.org
EkStep launched by Nandan and Rohini Nilekani to address learning challenges in the primary education space,
first app Annual Status of Education Report(ASER)
Ola launched its mobile wallet Ola Money for mobile recharges, transfers
SIC Global launches Stockal, Indias first mobile-based platform for global investments - platform Stockal.
Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar dedicated the Boeing P 8 I (Poseidon Eight India) Long Range
Maritime Patrol aircraft to the nation.
Greenpeace India, an environmental NGO has recently launched an app Clean Air Nation App: Alert! Against
deadly air
Navy Chief Admiral R K Dhowan commissioned the former Shipwright School (SWC) and premier training
establishment of the Indian Navy as INS Vishwakarma at the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) in
Visakhapatnam.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das introduced Mobile Governance as the state marked its statehood day.
Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated e-lala an e-commerce portal of Confederation
of All India Traders (CAIT).
Growing flowers first in 'Veggie growth system' will provide knowledge on cultivating plants in space - Veggie
growth system.
46th edition of the Biannual Top500 list of supercomputers crowned the Chinas Tianhe-2 supercomputer.
Russia successfully launched the first satellite EKS Kosmos-2510 for its newest early warning system EKS at
the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, located in Northern Russia
Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting launches International Film Festival India (IFFI) 2015 official
Mobile App in Panaji.
Alphabet revamped Google+ online social network focused on peoples interests and tuned for smartphones or
tablets.
China is conducted tests on its largest and most powerful rocket the Long March 5 at the Wenchang Satellite
Launch Centre by Liu Tongjie .
Gov to set up separate portal to support innovative products Under Department of Electronics and IT (DeitY) by
Communications and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
An indigenously-developed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) of the Indian Army crashed
near Pokhran in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan.
Income Tax Department is developing a mobile app for taxpayers to help them file their returns, online taxfiling company, ClearTax.in
India test-fired supersonic interceptor missilecapable of destroying any incoming ballistic missile from a test
range off Odisha coast.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) collaboration with Intel launched a new Centre of Excellence (CoE)
for Internet of Things (IoT) in Hyderabad.
New app eSeniorCare aimed at enhancing the physical health, vitality and brain fitness of older people .
India successfully test fired Dhanush missile - one of its nuclear-capable ballistic missiles from a naval ship off
the coast of Odisha.
Japan successfully launches its first commercial satellite H-IIA from Tanegashima Space Center in southwest
Japan.
India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile, strike range of 350
km from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur.
Ministrer of External Affairs (MEA) Smt. Sushma Swaraj launched the Bharat Ko Janiye an online quiz
program for the Indian Diaspora.
India successfully test-fired the indigenously built nuclear-capable Agni-I missile from the Abdul Kalam Island
off the Odisha.
China successfully launched a remote sensing satellite Yaogan 29 was carried by a Long March 4C rocket ,
focus on experiments on survey of land, crop yields and disaster relief.
India-Israel co-developed LRSAM(Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile) aka Barak 8 missile was successfully
flight-tested for the first time from an Israeli Naval Platform.
Public Works Department (PWD) of AAP gov launched PWD Swachch Delhi app for keeping its 1260 km of
roads, street lights, schools, hospitals and housing societies.
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Indian Coast Guard (ICG) commissioned an interceptor boat at the Karaikal port to enhance its shallow water
by Speaker of the Puducherry Assembly Sabapathy
ENVIRONMENT
Tropical Cyclone Chapala slammed into Yemen and causing heavy flooding and damage in coastal region of
the war afflicted country.
Cyclone Megh slammed on Yemens Socotra island the second rare tropical storm to hit the Arabian
Peninsula country.
First exclusive hospital for elephants established in Assam at the Kaziranga National Park.
Magnitude 7.0 quake hits off southern coast of Japan USGS
New species of duck-billed dinosaur in US that roamed the Earth about 79 million years ago by a professor
at Montana State University .
Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) identified 778 new species of fauna in the last five years announced by former
director of the organization K Venkataraman.
The famous Dudhwa National Park (DNP), situated at Indo-Nepal border, opened with hundreds of tourists
from across the country witnessing jungle safari.
American engineers developed a new material that could transform seawater into drinking water by filtering
through extremely small holes called nanopores.
Five new species of wasps have been discovered in parts of India by researchers Veenakumari Kamalanathan,
Prashanth Mohanraj and F.R. Khan - adikeshavus.
A 1,111 carat high quality diamond discovered at a mine in Botswana
A new species of tree frog Ghatixalus magnus was discovered and another species of bush frog was
rediscovered in the Western Ghats.
China joint venture with Korea to build the world's largest animal cloning factory in Tianjing China is set to
save thousands of animals from extinction - 31.3 million dollar .
US scientists found a new way to resist malaria- they have bred a genetically modified (GM) mosquito that can
resist malaria infection - gene editing method called Crispr
India emits only 3.96% of global carbon dioxide emission Mospi report
SPORTS
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis sealed the Year-End WTA No. 1 doubles ranking by Dubai Duty Free.
New Zealand won the third Rugby World Cup after beating Australia, 2019 Japan.
16th national women boxing championship in Assam
Nikhat Zareen defeated Vanlal Duati from Mizoram to won Gold Medal
Nico Erik Rosberg from Germany won the 2015 Mexican Gand Prix title of Formula One (F1) in Mexico City.
Roger Federer won 2015 Swiss Indoors Basel Title of Tennis in Switzerland - 7th Title.
69th senior National Aquatic Championships at Rajkot
Mana Patel of Gujarat and Maharashtras Virdhawal Khadeemerged as the best swimmers in
Womens category and mens category.
Overall Team Championship in Swimming
State
Point
Karnataka
233 points(28 medals)
Maharashtra
232 points
Railways
188 points
Overall Team Championship in Diving
Services
32 points
Railways
32 points
Kuwaits gov decided to terminate its agreement with the Olympic Council of Asia.
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu created history by becoming the first Indian footballer to play for a first
division European club.
Indian Boxer Shiva Thapa(3rd Indian) attained No.2 spot in World Rankings(56Kg)
6th Vikas(75kg), 7th- Satish Kumar(+91kg boxers), 13th - L Devendro Singh(49kg) 18th - Sumit
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Category
Boys Singles
Girls Singles
Boys doubles
Girls doubles
Country
Chinese Taipei
Malaysia
China
China
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Mercedes team the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix or Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Yas Island
Birhanu Legese from Ethiopia and Cynthia Limo from Kenya have won the 2015 Delhi Half Marathon in mens
and womens categories.
Great Britain won the Davis Cup for the first time in 79 years since the Davis Cup World Group started in 1981
in Ghent- Team Czech Republic.
West Indies off spinner Sunil Narine was suspended from international cricket by the International Cricket
Council(ICC)
OBITUARY
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IMPORTANT DAYS
Nov 2, 2015 : International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
Nov 6, 2015 : International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict,
National Legal Services Day
Nov 10, 2015 : World Science Day for Peace and Development
Nov 11, 2015 : National education day
Nov 12, 2015 : Public Service Broadcasting Day, World Pneumonia Day
Nov 13, 2015 : World Kindness Day
Nov 14, 2015 : World Diabetes Day, Childrens Day Bal Divas
Nov 15, 2015 : World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
Nov 16, 2015 : International Day for Tolerance, National Press Day
Nov 19, 2015 : World Toilet Day.
Nov 20, 2015 : Universal Children's Day, world philosophy day
Nov 21, 2015 : World television day
Nov 25, 2015 : International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Nov 26, 2015 : First National Constitution Day, National Milk Day
Nov 29, 2015 : International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
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