The Theme of 33rd edition of the India International Trade
Fair is inclusive growth. The fair will begin from 14th of this month and
continue till 27th at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. This year 250 exhibitors from
25 countries are participating out of 6000 exhibitors from India and overseas.
The fair will be inaugurated by the President, Pranab Mukherjee.
Martha Dodray, a polio worker from bihar who is “performing
heroic work in protecting children from this crippling disease” has been
honoured with a prestigious UN Foundation award for her work in protecting
children from the disease.
The Vice President of India, M. Hamid Ansari released a book
entitled India’s Nuclear Energy Programme: Future Plans, Prospects and Concerns
at a function organized by Indian National Science Academy (INSA) on 7 November
2013. The book is edited by Prof. R. Rajaraman.
Agni-1 missile test fired from Wheeler Island off Odisha
coast. India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable
Agni-I ballistic missile with a strike range of 700 km from a test range off
Odisha coast as part of a user trial by the Army. The surface-to-surface,
single-stage missile, powered by solid propellants, was test-fired from a
mobile launcher at 09.33 hrs from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range at
Wheeler Island, about 100 km from Balasore.
U.S. automatically lost voting rights at UNESCO, after
missing a crucial deadline to repay its debt to the world’s cultural agency.
The U.S. hasn’t paid its dues to the Paris-based U.N. Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization in protest over the decision by world governments to
make Palestine a UNESCO member in 2011. Israel suspended its dues at the same
time.
Jordan will replace Saudi Arabia on the Security Council for
a two-year term starting in January after the Saudis’ unprecedented rejection
of the seat hours after they were elected, a UN diplomat has said. Earlier this
week, Jordan dropped its bid for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, leaving
Saudi Arabia a clear path in the now uncontested election next Tuesday.
India’s second international-standard multi-use Integrated
Check Post (ICP) and the first along the Bangladesh border will be opened to
people at Akhaurah in Tripura on November 17. The first such ICP was
inaugurated in Attari in Punjab along the Pakistan border by then Union Home
Minister P Chidambaram in April last year.
The International Hockey Federation, FIH has selected India
to host the men’s World Cup, which is planned for December 2018. England has
been selected as hosts of the 2018 women’s World Cup.
Super Typhoon “Haiyan” batters central Philippines. Typhoon
Haiyan is battering the central Philippines with sustained winds of 314
kilometres an hour.
The National Education Day of India was celebrated on 11
November 2013 at Gangtok, Sikkim. It has been celebrated in India since the
year 2008 to commemorate the anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, a the first Education Minister of
India.
Union Minister of Minority Affairs K Rahman Khan on 11
November 2013 launched a National Portal on Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. The portal
was inaugurated to mark 125th birth anniversary of the great national leader-
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. This portal is an initiative to digitise the heritage
of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, and make his life and legacy available online.
The V.C. Padmanabhan Memorial Award 2013 for Ecology and
Environment Conservation was presented to eminent ecologist and environmental
scientist Madhav Gadgil in Thrissur. The award carries a cash prize of Rs1
lakh, a bronze plaque and a citation.
Election Commission has banned the publication and
dissemination of exit polls of any kind in the five poll bound states from 11th
November till 4th December, when the Assembly elections are over. The Commission
has also banned the publication of results of any opinion polls 48 hours before
polling in a state.
SC Stays Gauhati HC verdict terming CBI as
‘unconstitutional’. In a huge relief to the Centre and the CBI, the Supreme
Court on Saturday stayed the Gauhati High court verdict declaring the agency as
“unconstitutional”, saying accused in “sensational cases” have sought halting
of the criminal proceedings based on that judgement.
India, Korea discuss ways to boost bilateral ties. During
the 7th India-Republic of Korea Joint Commission Meeting (JCM), co-chaired by
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and his Korean counterpart Yun Byung-se,
the two sides conducted a comprehensive review of bilateral relations, which
have been upgraded to a Strategic Partnership and have acquired range and depth
over the past few years.
Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
signed a roadmap agreement to allow inspectors broader access to nuclear sites.
The Government of Afghanistan on 10 November 2013 signed an
agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the development of road
network in the country at a cost of 220 million US dollar. The agreement was
signed between Afghan Finance Minister Dr. Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal and the ADB
Country Director Joji Tokeshi in Kabul.
Ministry of Home Affairs on 9 November 2013 inaugurated RAF
Academy of Public Order in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. This academy will train
personnel of Rapid Action Force along with selected members of other
paramilitary forces and civil police.
Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Beema Yojna (BPSSBY) Health care
scheme for BPL families launched in Punjab. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh
Badal today launched a cashless health care scheme for BPL families, which
would provide free medical services of up to Rs 30,000 per annum.
Regional Pravasi Bhartiya Divas 2013 launched in Sydney,
Australia. The Regional Pravasi Bhartiya Divas was officially launched on 11
November 2013 in Sydney.
Indian Angel Network launches cross-border business plan
contest. In a bid to draw a mix of investors and mentors from India and
Pakistan and promote the development of cross-border businesses, Indian Angel
Network has called for applications under its unique Indo-Pak initiative called
‘Startup Dosti’ — The Cross-Border Business Plan Competition. The programme is
aimed at entrepreneurs and has been developed in partnership with the Karachi-London
based SEED Ventures and the Washington DC-based Atlantic Council.
‘Malala’s book banned as she represents West, not Pakistan’.
The memoir “I am Malala” written by Teen Pakistani activist Malala Yousufzai
was banned from all private schools in Pakistan as she represented the West and
not her native country, said the head of schools’ association.
Three astronauts returned to Earth today, following a
166-day mission, bringing the Olympic torch back from the International Space
Station after a historic space walk. The trip completes the most ambitious leg of
Russia’s unparallelled torch relay in the run-up to the Winter Olympic Games in
Sochi next February.
Heena Sidhu became a part of the history by becoming the
third Indian pistol shooter to win Gold at the World Cup Final on 10 November
2013 in Munich. In the Women’s 10-metre Air Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup
final, the 24-year-old shooter defeated World Champion Zorana Arunovic of
Serbia to bag her first Gold. Prior to her, Anjali Bhagwat (2003) and Gagan
Narang (2008) have won Gold at the rifle/pistol event in World Cup finals.
Indian men’s hockey team finished fifth at the 3rd Asian
Champions Trophy at Kakamigahara, Japan on 10 November 2013.
World Pneumonia Day was observed on 12 November 2013 across the
world to raise awareness of pneumonia. This year, the theme for World Pneumonia
Day will focus on innovation – highlighting innovative solutions to end
childhood pneumonia, while at the same time emphasizing that there are existing
simple interventions that need to reach the most vulnerable children.
The Union Finance Minister P.Chidambaram released a Commemorative
Coin of 20 Rupees a circulation coin of 5 Rupees to mark the culmination of the
125th Birth Anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad at New Delhi on 11 November
2013.
The Union Government of India, the Government of Tamil Nadu
and the Government of Puducherry signed the Financing and Project Agreements
for World Bank assistance (IDA assistance) of 236 million US Dollar with the
World Bank on 11 November 2013.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of October rose
to 10.09% versus 9.84% in September. The consumer food price inflation was
reported at 12.56% versus 11.44% in September.
Japan pledged to provide $150 million towards reconstruction
efforts in Uttarakhand in the wake of devastating floods that hit the Himalayan
state in June this year. This was announced at a meeting between External
Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida on
the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting.
T.P. Seetharam, currently India’s High Commissioner to
Mauritius, has been appointed as the next ambassador to the United Arab
Emirates.
Ratan P Watal, a senior IAS officer was appointed as the
Secretary of Department of Expenditure in the Union Ministry of Finance on 11
November 2013.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and the Embassy of Sweden on 9
November 2013 jointly unveiled a Nobel Memorial Wall at Rajiv Chowk metro
station, Delhi. The aim of exhibiting this wall is to spread awareness about
all the Nobel Laureates of India, with a focus on Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.
The Vice President of India, M. Hamid Ansari released a book
entitled Momentous Times on the 175 years of Times of India at a function in
New Delhi on 11 November 2013. The Momentous Times is the fine collection and
is the quick glimpse of a selective history.
The book is an effort of the Times
of India Group.
Chetna Vijay Sinha, Director, Mann Deshi Mahila Bank and
Mann Deshi Foundation, on Monday bagged the 2013 India Social Entrepreneur of
the Year award by The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, a sister
organisation of the World Economic Forum, in partnership with Jubilant Bhartia Foundation.
Mohammed Siddikur of Bangladesh won the 50th edition of
Indian Open golf tournament on 10 November 2013 at the Delhi Golf Club (DGC),
New Delhi.
The first Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) squadron was
commissioned Tuesday by Western Naval Command chief Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha
in kochi. The ALH, named Dhruv, is the first indigenously designed and
manufactured helicopter built by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. The newly commissioned
squadron would be known as the Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 322.
Novak Djokovic on 11 November 2013 retained the Barclays ATP
World Tour Finals title after defeating the number one, Rafael Nadal.
World Diabetes Day was observed on 14 November 2013 across the
world to raise awareness of diabetes. The theme for period 2009-13 is Education
and Prevention.
Children’s Day was celebrated in India on 14 November 2013
in order to commemorate the birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru the
first Prime Minister of India after Independence.
Micro-blogging Website Twitter has appointed Parminder Singh
as the Managing Director of Asia, North Africa and India. Singh has worked at
Google as Managing Director of display solution sales for Asia Pacific region
for five years. He is the third person to join Twitter from Google over the
last one year after Rishi Jaitly and Shailesh Rao, both hired in November last
year.
SBI not to merge any associate bank this fiscal. State Bank
of India has gone back on its plan to bring one of its associate bank’s under
its fold in the current fiscal.
The Minister of Railways Mallikarjun Kharge released a Ruby
Jubilee-40th Year Edition of the book titled Indian Railway Track-Design,
Construction and Maintenance (Ruby Jubilee-40th Year Edition) on 13 November
2013. The book is authored by a renowned Civil Engineer M.M. Agarwal who served
Indian Railways for 33 years and retired from the post of Chief Engineer.
Shiraz Naval Minwalla, Professor of Physics in TIFR, Mumbai
selected for the 2014 New Horizons in Physics Prize on 5 November 2013. He was
awarded “for his pioneering contributions to the study of string theory and
quantum field theory; and in particular his work on the connection between the
equations of fluid dynamics and Albert Einstein’s equations of general
relativity”.
International funding agencies, the World Bank and the Asian
Development Bank, have assured a financial assistance of USD 313 million to
Odisha government for restoration and rehabilitation activities in cyclone
Phailin hit areas.
NASA in November 2013 released a natural-color image of
Saturn from space, the first in which Saturn, its moons and rings, and Earth,
Venus and Mars, all are visible. The panoramic mosaic of the majestic Saturn system was taken by Cassini Spacecraft
of the NASA.
Sachin Tendulkar postage stamp released on honour of the
Little Master before 200th Test match at the Wankhede Stadium.
Prime Minister inaugurates First branch of the “first
all-women Bharatiya Mahila Bank” at Nariman Point in Mumbai. Venezuela’s
President Nicolas Maduro gets power to rule by Decree – i.e. create laws
without parliamentary approval.
National Assembly granted him such
powers for 1 year to enable him “fix economy” Mangalore University (Karnataka)
awarded Indira Gandhi National Service Scheme Best University Award 2012-13 by
the President.
National Integration day observed on Birth anniversary of
the first woman Prime Minister of the India, Indira Gandhi.
India and Russia to hold first ever joint Air Force Level
exercise in 2014.
President of Germany (Chancellor) Angela Merkel has been
selected for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development,
2013.
Cyclone ‘Helen’ to strike Andhra Pradesh coast on 21st
night.
Current captain of Indian Football team Sunil Chhetri breaks
the record of Baichung Bhutia (42 goals) to become India’s highest goal scorer.
Abdulla Yameen has been sworn in as the 6th President of the
Maldives on 17 November 2013.
Malta to Host Next Commonwealth Summit in 2015.
India successfully Test Fired Advanced Version of BrahMos
Supersonic Cruise Missile on 18 November 2013 from the Pokhran test firing
range in Rajasthan. with deep penetration capability from a Mobile Autonomous
Launcher (MAL).
Rapid Metro-India’s First Private Metro service started operation
from Gurgaon, Haryana Bolt and Fraser-Pryce were crowned World Athletes of 2013
Sebastian Vettel won the United States Grand Prix for record 8th successive
victory.
Redek Stepanek clinched Davis Cup for Czech Republic Global
Entrepreneurship event begins i. Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is set to
hit India this week which is run by IIM Ahmedabad be held from November 18 –
24, across 29 cities with 150 events and over 10,000 participants.
NASA launches Maven mission to Mars : Maven, a robotic
spaccraft will be launched onboard unmanned Atlas V rocket.
Legendary Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Scientist C N R Rao
awarded India’s highest Civilian award Bharat Ratna Foreign Investment
Promotion Board clears proposal to increase foreign holding in Axis Bank from
49% to 62 %. Indian Navy gets its second Boeing P-8I aircraft, will boost the
Navy’s long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare
capabilities.
Yogesh Agarwal resigns as Pension Fund Regulatory and
Development Authority (PFRDA) Chairman. Anup Wadhawan has taken over as the new
(interim) chairman.
‘Twitter’ has appointed Parminder Singh as the Managing
Director southeast Asia, MENA (Middle East and North Africa) and India.
Australian Jason Day wns “Golf world cup” at The Royal
Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne.
UN observes November 25 as the “International Day for the
Elimination of Violence against Women”.
Protests against the PM Yingluck Shinawatra led government
escalates in Thailand. Protesters besiege finance, foreign and several other
ministeries.
German Sebastian Vettel (Team Red Bull) becomes firstever
Formula 1 driver to win nine successive race in a single year (Italian Alberto
Ascari too won 9 consecutive race but in two seasons- 1952-53) by winning
Brazilian Grand Prix.
Following Bharat Ratna, scientist C N R Rao elected as the
honorary foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences – the first Indian
to be so.
Japan and US protests over China’s declaration of its new
maritime air defence zone [East China Sea Air Defence Identification Zone
(ADIZ)] which also cover area over disputed Senkaku / Diaoyu islands.
Mexico will award its 2013 International Prize for Equality
and Non-Discrimination to Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot by the
Taliban for championing girls’ rights to education.
Ireland and Afghanistan on 24 November 2013 qualified for
ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2014 after winning their respective matches in the
qualifiers at Dubai.
Squadron Leader Shalija Dhami becomes the first woman from
IAF (Indian Air Force) to qualify as a flying instructor.
22 year old Norway’s Magnus Carlsen defeats India’s
defending five-time champion Viswanathan Anand to become the World Chess
Champion.
Nisha Desai Biswal, an Indian American, nominated by Obama
administration to be the new Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central
Asian Affairs.
Gurubax Singh Sandhu retained as the national coach of the
men’s Indian boxing team till the 2016 olympics in Rio de janeiro.
”Strategic Forces
Command” of India successfully test-fires surface-to-surface, nuclear-capable Dhanush
ballistic missile from a naval ship off Odisha coast. Dhanush is a naval
variant of India’s indigenously developed ‘Prithvi’ missile.
Italian Senate expels former Prime Minister Silvio
Berlusconi from parliament over his conviction in a tax fraud case.
Indian weightlifter, Deepak Lathore won Gold and two Silver
medals in the Boys’ 50 Kg category of the Commonwealth Weightlifting
Championships on 25th November 2013 at Penang, Malaysia.
The word Selfie was named as word of the year by Oxford
Dictionaries on 19th November 2013.
Sachin Tendulkar is UNICEF’s first brand ambassador for
South Asia “International Heavy Minerals Conference 2013″ with theme “Overcoming
New Challenges” concludes in
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The 9th edition of
this biennial event took place for the first time in India.
4 new species of freshwater catfish have been discovered
from the Manimala river in Kerala. They are: Horabagrus melanosoma, Mystus
heoki,Mystus indicus and Mystus menoni.
India’s first State-of-the-art Styrene Butadiene Rubber
Plant comes up at Panipat, Haryana.
Dubai wins the race to host World Expo 2020 by beating
contenders Yekaterinburg (Russia), Izmir (Turkey) and Sao Paulo (Brazil) in the
vote. “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future” has been selected as the theme
for this Expo.
India concludes Commonwealth Youth And Junior Weightlifting
Championships 2013 with a handsome tally of 47 gold, 28 silver and 12 bronze
medals. The tournament was held in Penang, Malaysia.
Manpreet Singh has been appointed as the captain of the
India in the 18-nation Junior Hockey World Cup. The tournament is to be held
from December 6-15 in New Delhi.
The world’s largest credit rater “Standard & Poor’s
Ratings” appoints Citigroup’s Neeraj Sahai as its next president.
Rural Development Ministry launches Kaam Mango Abhiyan under
MGNREGA to proactively register demand in select six districts of the country.
The programme has come in the wake of recent data suggesting
worrying decline in people demanding work under MGNREGA.
India, Belgium agree to work on signing an MOU to enhance
cooperation in renewable energy.
Lieutenant-General Raheel Sharif to succeed Ashfaq Parvez
Kayani as next Army Chief of Pakistan.
India observes ‘Constitution Day‘ on November 26, 2013.
China to launch Chang’e-3 lunar probe (lander+moon rover) in
December 2013 which will attempt “soft landing” on the moon.
The 4th World Cup Kabaddi, circle style, will be held in
Punjab from 7th to 14th December 2013.
The world cup is organised by the Punjab government. The matches will be played
at various places in the state including at Bhatinda, Ludhiana, Patiala,
Amritsar and Jalandhar.
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