Current Affairs November 2013

: Current Affairs November 2013 :

:National :

• The 9th International Heavy Minerals Conference (HMC 2013) was held at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

• Music Album launched to commemorate 150th birth celebrations of Swami Vivekananda

• Google launched election portal in India

• Dubai Chosen to host the World EXPO 2020

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] launched a cyber Defence Exercise “Cyber Coalition 2013” at Estonia.

• Latvian Prime Minister resigns over the supermarket roof collapse

• On 26 November 2013 Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif launched the construction of the country’s biggest Nuclear power project

• National Aluminium Company Limited [NACLO] Received the EEPC Export Award for 2011-2012

• On 26 November 2013 Reserve Bank of India include Medium Manufacturing Enterprises under priority sector

• Preneet Kaur, the Minister of State for External Affairs of India visited to Serbia

• India and Malaysia signed a MoU to strengthen co-operation in public administration and governance

• ‘Selfie’ was named as the Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the year for 2013

• Constitution Day was observed across India on 26 November

• Ban Ki Moon, the UN Secretary General announced the Geneva-II Syria peace conference set for 22 January 2014

• World’s First Green Helicopter Tested in Germany

• International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women is observed across world on 25 November 2013

• The Vice President of India Hamid Ansari released a book entitled Maimaar-E-Qaun-Dr. A. R. Kidwai

• RBI directed Public Sector Banks (PSBs) to provide loans to women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) at 7 per cent

• India and Vietnam signed eight agreements

• Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) signed a MoU with Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) of China to boost the strategic co-operation

• The 3rd BRICS International Competition Conference inaugurated by Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh on 21 November 2013

• Kauwboy won the Golden Elephant Award for best film in the 18th International Children’s Film Festival India (ICFFI)

• The 44th Edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) began at Panaji, Goa on 20 November 2013

• India’s first all-women bank, Bharatiya Mahila Bank inaugurated by PM Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson, Sonia Gandhi on 19 November 2013

• President Pranab Mukherjee presented Indira Gandhi National Service Scheme Best University Award 2012-13 to Mangalore University on 19 November 2013

• Malta Chosen as Host of Next Commonwealth Summit in 2015

• Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari inaugurated the Fourth Biennial Conference of Asian Society of International Law

• Krishna Tirath, the union Minister for Women and Child Development gave away the National Child Awards on Children’s Day

• World Diabetes Day was observed across the world on 14 November 2013

• ‘Pink Star’ Diamond sold for world record $83 million in Geneva

• Children’s Day was celebrated across India on 14 November 2013

• Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram inaugurated the IT based Risk Management System [RMS] for Trade Facilitation in Export Sector

• On 13 November 2013 Prasar Bharati signed MoU with Radio-Television of Slovenia for Co-operation in Broadcasting

• The Public Service Broadcasting Day was observed in India on 12 November 2013

• On 11 November 2013 Union Minister of Minority Affairs K Rahman Khan launched a National Portal on Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.

• World Pneumonia Day observed on 12 November

• P.Chidambaram Released Commemorative coins of    Rs.20 on Birth Anniversary of Abdul Kalam Azad

• Vice President M. Hamid Ansari Released a Book Entitled ‘Momentous Times’

• The Indian Navy commissioned the First Advanced Light Weight Helicopters Squadron at Kochi

• India, Kuwait signed five pacts to strengthen bilateral cooperation in Culture and Education

• India and Japan Decided to further strengthen their cooperation in the Maritime sector

• The National Education Day of India was celebrated across the country on 11 November 2013

• The 7th India-Republic of Korea Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) was held in New Delhi

• The Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment Kumari Selja inaugurated the National Conference on Intellectual Disability on 7 Novemder 2013

• Vice President of India, M. Hamid Ansari released a book entitled India’s Nuclear Energy Programme

• Indian Navy inducts The Fourth Generation Advanced Jet Trainer aircraft Hawk 132

• BCCI Launched ‘Thank you Sachin’ campaign on social networking site Twitter on 6 November 2013

• The Union Minister of Minority Affairs Shri K.Rahman Khan, inaugurated the National Conference on the Wakf (Amendment) Act, 2013 in New Delhi

• The 12th edition of Pravasi Bhartiya Divas 2014 to be held in New Delhi

• Bharti Airtel signed an agreement with the Warid Group’s Congo business

• The Ministry of External Affairs Launched the mPassport Seva mobile app for iOS and Windows Phone .

• Bangladesh Becomes First country in South Asia to approved the commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal,

• The Government Decided to extend the sale of 5 kg LPG cylinders at petrol pumps across India

• IRCON won Two Awards at Dun & Bradstreet Infra Awards 2013

• Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh Declared Kannur in Kerala as the First zero-Landless district in the country

• China opened a new Highway that links Medog to Zhamog-located near the border with Arunachal Pradesh

• India won Gold in 18th Asian Archery Competition at Chinese Taipei

• Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi laid the Foundation stone of the Statute of Unity

• Six major central banks make currency swap accords permanent.

• Vice-president of India, Hamid Ansari meets revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, wraps up Cuba visit.

                              : Personalities :

• Indian Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar appointed as UNICEF’s first brand ambassador for South Asia

• Noted Dalit Writer Omprakash Valmiki Passed away

• Nobel Prize Winner Aung San Suu Kyi receives honorary doctorate in Canberra

• Shoma Chaudhury, managing editor of Tehelka announced her resignation from the Tehelka magazine

• Neeraj Sahai, appointed as president of Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services

• Lieutenant General Raheel Sharif appointed as the New Army Chief of Pakistan

• Priti Patel an Indian Origin British MP has been honoured with the prestigious Asian Trader Editor’s Award

• World champion water-skier Sarah Teelow died

• Deepak Lathore won Gold and two Silver medals in the Boys’ 50 Kg category of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships

• Magnus Carlsen of Norway won the FIDE World Chess Championship 2013

• Nisha Desai Biswal was sworn in as the US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia.

• Kushal Das reappointed as All India Football Federation [AIFF] General Secretary for a second term of another three years

• Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar was sworn in as the 22nd Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court on 24 November 2013

• Prof CNR Rao becomes 1st Indian elected to Chinese Academy of Science

• Indian Senior Womens Hockey Team Coach Inderjit Singh Gill Passed away

• Double Nobel Prize-Winning Biochemist Frederick Sanger passes away at 95

• Malala Yousafzai Received the EU’s Sakharov Human Rights Prize on 20 November 2013

• On 20 November 2013 the Former Olympic gold-medallist V Baskaran appointed as Coach of the Senior Men Hockey Team

• US sprinter and two time Olympic Medalist Darvis Patton retires

• Angela Merkel, German Chancellor selected for Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace 2013

• Anjolie Ela Menon to receive Dayawati Modi Award for Art, Culture and Education, 2013

• Abdulla Yameen sworn in as the sixth President of Maldives

• Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were crowned World Athletes of the Year, 2013

• Gurbax Singh Sandhu Retained as the National Coach of the Men’s Indian Boxing team till 2016 Olympics

• Veteran journalist R.K. Mukker passes away at 88

• Professor Mushirul Hasan was conferred with the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship

• Yogesh Agarwal the Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)resigned from the post

• Joint Secretary Anup Wadhawan was appointed as the New Chairman of PFRDA

• Shiraz Naval Minwalla, Professor of Physics in TIFR won New Horizons in Physics Prize 2014

• Malayalam Film actor Augustine passes away at 58

• Paras Ajmera, Director of Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX) resigned from the board

• Ravichandran Ashwin Became the Fastest Indian bowler to take 100 wickets in Test cricket

• Usha Ananthasubramanian appointed as the chairperson and managing Director of public sector Bharatiya Mahila Bank

• Justice R. Banumathi, Judge of the Madras High Court was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court on 12 November 2013

• Krishna Mohan Sahni was appointed as the Chairman of the National Multi-Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (NMCE) on 12 November 2013

• Shri Anand Sharma Union Minister of Commerce and Industry inaugurated Services Conclave 2013

• Ratan P Watal was appointed as the New Expenditure Secretary

• Mohammed Siddikur of Bangladesh Won the 50th Edition of Indian Open Golf Tournament 2013

• Parvinder Sohi Behuria appointed as the Secretary General of National Human Rights Commission [NHRC]

• Miss Venezuela Gabriela Isler Won Miss Universe 2013

• The 19th Kolkata International Film Festival was inaugurated by Legendary Actor Amitabh Bachchan on 10 November 2013

• Yogesh Malik Resigned as the Chief Executive Officer of Uninor

• Sunita Sharma was appointed as the Managing Director [MD] and Chief Executive Director [CEO] of the LIC Housing Finance on 6 November 2013

• The speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Iswardas Rohani Passes away at 67

• Assamese Music Director Sher Choudhury passes away at 69

• Paralympic powerlifter Ali Jawad won gold at Asian Open Championships with a world-record lift

• Tarla Dalal, the First celebrity chefs of India Passes away at 77

• Imomali Rakhmon was Re-elected as the President of Tajikistan

• Mark Schwarzer, Australia Goalkeeper announced his Retirement from International Football on 6 november 2013

• Mahatma Gandhi’s Charkha was sold for Rs 1.1 Crore at UK auction

• Indian Weightlifting Federation Joint Secretary Abraham K Techi appointed as an international Weightlifting Referee

• Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker Ishwar Das Rohani Passes away

• Legendary Pakistani folk singer Reshma passed away

• Sebastian Vettel won Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix 2013

• Jignesh Shah Vice-chairman and a Director of Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX), resigned from the board

• G.K. Pillai, the former Union Home Secretary appointed as the Chairman of the MCX-SX

• Nitish Sengupta, the former Lok Sabha and Revenue Secretary, passes away at 80

• Novak Djokovic won the BNP Paribas Masters Tennis tournament 2013 at Paris, France.

• Rohit Sharma Became Third Cricketer in the World to Score a Double Century in ODI Match.

• Gurdeep Singh Pall Appointed as the corporate vice president of Skype

• Bharat Suresh Joshi Appointed as British Deputy High Commissioner in Chennai

• Amar Babu Appointed as New President of India’s IT hardware Industry body MAIT

                               : Astronomy  :

• India Successfully Test-Fired its Nuclear-capable Dhanush Ballistic Missile

• US space agency NASA launched its MAVEN Mission to Study Mars Atmosphere

• India successfully Test-Fired the Advanced version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile on 18 November 2013

• Nasa Release new Photo of Planet Saturn,Earth taken from the Cassini Spacecraft

• Russia successfully launches the Proton-M rocket carrying a Military satellite

• India successfully test-fired it’s indigenously developed nuclear-capable Agni-I ballistic missile

• Pakistan Successfully Test-Fired surface-to-surface missile Hatf IX (Nasr) on 5 November 2013

• India Successfully Launched Historic Mission to Mars from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota

• Scientists discovered a New planet called Kepler 78b

                                  : Sports :

• Indian Team Announced For Junior Men Hockey World Cup 2013

• Nepal and UAE qualified for the ICC T20 World cup 2014

• India defeated West Indies in the ODI series

• Ireland and Afghanistan qualified for ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2014

• Formula one racing Driver Sebastian Vettel won the F1 Brazilian Grand Prix on 24 November 2013

• Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to Score 5000 runs in ODIs

• Indian Women Hockey Team won the Silver Medal at 3rd Women’s Asian Champions Trophy 2013

• Indian Men’s Hockey team finished Fifth Place at the 3rd Asian Champions Trophy 2013

• India Defeat West Indies by an innings and 51 runs in Sachin’s 199th Test

• India to host 2018 Men’s Hockey World Cup

• Indian men’s Hockey team on 3 November 2013 Qualified for the Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014

:World Organisations :

•Russia and Japan agreed to expand their Defence Ties.

: Books And Authors :

•7th Edition of  Indian Pharmacopoeia 2014 – A Book of Drug Standards at the Nirman Bhawan Released by Ghulam Nabi Azad on 4 November 2013.

: Technology  :

U.S. software giant Microsoft developed a New Sign Language Translator device: KINECT.