November
2015 Events
Abraham M Keita from Liberia won the 2015 International Children's Peace Prize
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Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi addressed in the British
Parliament; India and UK announced deals worth 9 bn pounds; signed civil
nuclear pact and decided to collaborate in the field of defence and cyber
security; launching a rupee bond; UK is third largest foreign investor in
India behind Singapore and Mauritius; India has emerged as the third largest
source of FDI for UK; Bilateral Relations between India and UK is named as
"Two Great Nations, One Glorious Future"; Prime Minister,
Mr. Narendra Modi meets CEOs from UK, India in London; CEOs Forum has
identified six dominant themes for bilateral cooperation
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India signed MoUs with 6 countries (Oman, Kazakhstan, Kenya,
Ethiopia, Finland & three Scandinavian Countries) in the International
Civil Aviation negotiations; [ICAN (International Civil Aviation
Negotiations),2015 was held in Antalya, Turkey]
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India signed MoU with Republic of Korea to enhance bilateral air
service cooperation
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Union Agriculture Minister, Mr. Radha Mohan Singh discusses
bilateral cooperation with Brazil in the area of Agriculture
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Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi inaugurated Dr. Ambedkar Memorial in London;
Maharashtra Government had acquired this building where Dr. Ambedkar lived in
1920s
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Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi unveiled in London a statue of Basaveshwara, the 12th century
Indian Philosopher
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India and Bangladesh signed the Standard Operating Procedure
(SOP) in New Delhi, to operationalize the “Agreement on Coastal Shipping”
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India and Australia seal nuclear deal procedures; India will be the first country to buy
Australian uranium without being a signatory to the NPT
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India and UAE discussed issues of mutual cooperation in field of
economic and trade development among others.
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India and China agreed to deepen defence ties, maintain peace at
LAC
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India and Bangladesh vow to end border killings
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Afghanistan to collaborate with India for Skill Development
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Turkey issued special
postage stamp featuring, Mr. Narendra Modi
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Emirates Bank and SBI tie up to help NRI customers in the Gulf
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Federal banks becomes the second bank to open an IFSC Banking
Unit in GIFT City
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General Electric has won a $2.6 billion order the biggest in
it’s over 100-year history in India, to supply Indian Railways 1,000 diesel
locomotives over 11 years. Under this, the US based conglomerate will invest
$200 million to build local manufacturing and service facilities.
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Government has extended by one year the tenure of a high - level committee set up under
former CEA Ashok Lahiri to suggest
steps sort out taxation problem being faced by the trade and industry
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Governing council constituted to oversee the activities of the
National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) under the Chairmanship of
Union Finance Minister
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Swachh cess: Eating out, telephony, travels gets costlier; Services Tax in India is now 14.5%
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India and EU set to resume FTA talks: Commerce & Industry
Minister, Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman
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Governing Council of NIIF constituted under the chairmanship of
Finance Minister
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Union Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley holds meeting with Abu
Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA); ADIA shows keen interest in making
investment in National Infrastructure and Investment Fund (NIIF)
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Tata Steel commissioned the Kalingnagar
Steel Project in Odisha
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GSAT-15,
India’s latest communications satellite, was launched successfully by the
European Ariane 5 VA-227 launch Vehicle from Kourou in French Guyana in South
America; The 3164 kg GSAT-15 carries communication transponders in Ku-band as
well as a GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) payload operating in L1
and L5 bands
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Over 2000 ex-servicemen protesting the government's
"diluted" one-pension-one-rank scheme returned their medals
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Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, visited three memorials in
Punjab which commemorate some of the spectacular successes of the Indian
Armed Forces in the 1965 war [Dograi
War Memorial, Barki War Memorial and Asal Uttar]
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India is a land of Gandhi and Buddha; it won't accept anything
against the basic social values: Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi in London
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The ninth edition of the Regional
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (RPBD) was held in Los Angeles, California, USA on 14-15 November; theme: 'The Indian Diaspora: Defining a New
Paradigm in India-US Relationship'
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Ministry of Women and Child Development hold its annual Women of
India Exhibition with the theme “Women and Organic Products” from 13th to
23rd November, 2015 at New Delhi
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Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Mr.
Prakash Javadekar has launched a new website on climate change – www.justclimateaction.org
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Funds giving ratio in the Centrally Sponsored Schemes for States
and UTs are revised
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Rashtrapati Bhavan will host for the first time a World Indology Conference in
collaboration with Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) from November
21 to 23, 2015
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“Anubhav”: Ministry
of Personnel has advised officers retiring within a period of six months to
leave behind a note or write-up on their achievements as well as outstanding
work done by them which could have, according to them, contributed to
efficient functioning of the government or any innovation introduced by them
which could have led to improvement in work culture
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Indian Navy's Long Range
Maritime Patrol Aircraft - Boeing P-8I dedicated to the nation from INS
Rajali, Arakkonam
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Defence Minister commissioned India’s Coast Guard offshore
patrol vessel ‘Samarth’
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35th India International Trade Fair (IITF) 2015 held at New
Delhi; Afghanistan as the ‘Partner Country’ and Bangladesh as the ‘Focus
Country’ in IITF 2015
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Union HRD Minister, Mrs. Smriti Irani inaugurated the National Children Assembly at Bal
Bhawan in New Delhi; said that children are the custodian of our cultural
legacy
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Union HRD Minister, Mrs. Smriti Irani announced that on 26th
January next year a programme called Seema
Darshan will be arranged for Indian soldiers
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Union Defence Minister, Mr. Manohar Parrikar dedicated to the nation
the “Sea-keeping and Maneuvering Basin
(SMB)” during a function held at Naval Science and Technological
Laboratory (NSTL), Visakhapatnam.
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Union Defence Minister, Mr. Manohar Parrikar handed over the
"MAARECH" - an advanced
Torpedo defence system developed by DRDO to the Indian Navy
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Shipwright School (a premier technical establishment and
alma-mater for Naval Architect Officers, Shipwright Officers and Shipwright
Sailors) of the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam,was named as INS Vishwakarma
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19th International Children’s Film Festival of India was
inaugurated in Hyderabad
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Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha commemorated Nov 15 as 'Day of Sacrifice' (Nov 15- Godse was
hanged to death); they also launched a website titled 'Nathuram Godse - The
Real Forgotten Hero'
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Government has declared the National Socialist Council of
Nagaland (Khaplang), NSCN (K), all
its formations and front organizations as a terrorist organization under the
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
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Union MoS for PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh has asked the State
Governments to expedite the process of abolition of interviews for
recruitment to all such government jobs where it is not essential.
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AMRUT Action Plans for 81 cities from 5 States (Tamil Nadu,
Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Mizoram) approved with total project outlay of
Rs.5,748 cr
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Union Petroleum Minister, Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the
Bio - Energy Summit 2015 in New Delhi
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Union Environment & Forest Minister, Mr. Prakash Javadekar
has announced the formation of Indian Resource Panel (InRP) on Resource
Efficiency
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Union Cabinet approved signing of Tripartite Agreement on IBSA
Fund for Poverty Alleviation
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Union Cabinet gave nod for setting up of National Resource
Facility for Bio-medical Research (NARF) at Genome Valley in Hyderabad
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Bangladesh hands over top ULFA
leader Anup Chetia to India
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India debuts in Top 100 World University Rankings; IISc -
Bengaluru @ 99th rank; top 3 universities are from USA - Stanford Univ,
California Inst of Tech and MIT
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Blue
Moon - a diamond was bought for $48.4 million
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Actor Benedict Cumberbatch received the CBE (Commander of the
Order of the British Empire) from Queen Elizabeth II for services to the
performing arts and to charity at Buckingham Palace in London, England.
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Nov 14: World Diabetes Day; Theme: 'Healthy Living and Diabetes'
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National
Integration Week from Nov 19 - 25; Nov 19: National
Integration Day; Nov 20: Welfare of Minorities Day; Nov 21: Linguistic
Harmony Day; Nov 22: Weaker Section Day; Nov 23: Cultural Unity Day; Nov 24:
Women's Day; Nov 25: Conservation Day
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Nov 19: World Toilet Day; theme: 'toilets and nutrition'
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Nov 19: International Men's Day; theme: 'Working To Expand Reproductive Options for Men'
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Nov 19: National Integration Day; birthday of Mrs. Indira Gandhi
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Tamil film Uttama Villain
bagged five awards in Los Angeles Independent Film Festival
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The
Leaders' Forum organised by UNESCO
in Paris; Union HRD Minister, Ms. Smriti Irani participated; [Ms. Smriti
Irani also paid homage to the statue of Aurobindo located in the Japanese
garden at UNESCO headquarters. The
statue is a gift from the Government of India to the Organization as its
tribute to the House of Peace]
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World’s
third Sanskrit film "Priyamanasam"
will be the opening film of Indian Panorama section in 46th IFFI 2015
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UN released report on impacts of Biodegradable plastics on
marine environment
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7 Indians on BBC 100
Women List
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Indian-origin barrister Kalyani
Kaul sworn-in as Circuit Judge in the UK
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Mr.
Filippo Grandi (Italian) is the UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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Dr.
Subir Gokaran, Economist (former Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India) is
appointed as Executive Director representing the Indian Constituency (India,
Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka) at the International Monetary Fund
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Mr. Syed
Akbaruddin appointed as next Permanent Representative of India to UN
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Union MoS for Home Affairs, Mr.
Kiren Rijiju, was sworn in as the Asia Leader for Disaster Risk Reduction
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Mr.
Hrushikesh Senapaty: new NCERT Director
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Ex- RAW chief, Mr.
Shankaran Nair passed away; his book "Inside IB and RAW: The Rolling Stone that gathered Moss"
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VHP leader Ashok Singhal dead
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President appoints Justice T.
S. Thakur as the new Chief Justice of India from Dec 03, 2015 under
Article 124(2); 43rd CJI; tenure:
Dec 03, 2015 - Jan 03, 2017
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Sameer Panda-led Indian team won NASA award for Burst Prevention
& Puncture Curative technology
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UK scientists have developed the world's first porous liquid
that can potentially be used to capture harmful carbon emissions to prevent
them from entering the Earth's atmosphere
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Russian President Putin ordered inquiry into allegations of
major drug abuse in athletics
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5 persons are in the race for FIFA President post
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V
Chennai Warriors - a new team in Champions Tennis League (CTL); other teams are:
Punjab Marshalls, Mumbai Tennis Masters, Raipur Rangers, Nagpur Orangers and
Hyderabad Aces
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India overcame great odds to emerge a 1-0 winner against Guam in
Bengaluru, its first victory in six 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
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French football legend Zinedine Zidane unveiled the official
ball (named as 'Beau Jeu') of Euro
2016, which will be hosted by France next year.
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IAAF provisionally suspended
Russian Athletic Federation
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China Open Series (Badminton): Saina Nehwal loses to Chinese Li
Xuerui in the finals
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Nico Rosberg won Brazilian
Grand Prix 2015
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Czech Republic defeated Russia to retain Fed Cup (Tennis)
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Siril
Verma clinched silver at World Junior Badminton Championships
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FIFA banned Nepal football Chief Ganesh Thapa for 10 years for
corruption
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Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson retire from
international cricket
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Delhi government-appointed Chetan Sanghi panel recommended
suspension of DDCA
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Bihar: over 50% of new MLAs faces criminal charges
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President approved Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan
Bill
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Annual
Hundred Drums Wangala Festival begins in Meghalaya
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Manipur: “Ningol
Chakkouba” festival; traditionally observed by hosting a special feast
for “married daughters” by their parental households
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Nagaland: Union Minister of Environment, Mr. Javadekar becomes
the first Union Minister to visit Doyang
Lake in Nagaland; Centre to develop Doyang Lake as Eco Tourism
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Andhra Pradesh Government decided to waive off 110 crore loans
of over 25000 weavers
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Odisha: National Food
Security Act (NFSA), 2013 was implemented in 14 of the 30 districts of
Odisha
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Haryana: Government jobs only to the persons who do not defecate
in open
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Kerala: under the Operation
Big Daddy, Crime Branch arrested Rahul and Reshmi ('Kiss of love'
campaign fame); they were operatinf an online sex service for rich clients
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Kerala hosted the country’s first 3 days global conference on
gender equality titled “International Conference on Gender Equality” (ICGE
-1) from November 12-14 in Kovalam; Theme: 'Gender, Governance and Inclusion'
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12th Asia-Europe Foreign Ministers' Meeting (ASEM FMM12) held in
Luxemburg; Theme: 'Working Together for
a Sustainable and Secure Future'
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2015
Valletta Summit on Migration was held for two days at
the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta, Malta
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BRICS
2016 @ New Delhi; theme: “Building
Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions” (in short it is BRICS!!!)
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10th
WTO Ministerial meeting @ Nairobi (Kenya) from Dec 15-18, 2015
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Cuddalore District: death due to rain is 27; 90000 acres of
paddy crop submerged in flood; 1500 acres of banana plantation completely
flattened
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Government has deputed secretary (revenue) Mr. Gagandeep Singh
Bedi IAS, who earlier served as the collector of the district, to oversee the
relief work
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Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalithaa said relief and rehabilitation
works in rain-affected areas particularly in Cuddalore District were on a war
footing and compensation to damaged standing crops would be disbursed to
farmers once the rain water recedes
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Tamil Nadu government has proposed to address severe water
supply problem in urban areas of the state under Atal Mission for
Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)
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Tamil Nadu government has submitted annual Action Plan for
2015-16 under Atal Mission with a project expenditure outlay of Rs.3,249 cr
to the Ministry of Urban Development
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8 MoUs in various sectors totalling Rs. 2439 crore signed in UEF
2015 Summit held in Chennai; UEF: a non-profit org which encourages
entrepreneurship among the minority community in Tamil Nadu
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Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalithaa allocated Rs. 500 crore for
immediate relief and rehabilitation work in
rain - affected areas in the State
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Death toll in the State due to recent rain related incidents
increased to 189
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Tamil Nadu leads in rooftop solar installations
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World
Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) held at Geneva; world
nations struck a landmark deal on using satellites to track flights, which
could prove key to preventing a repeat of the mysterious disappearance of
flight MH370 in March 2014
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The
Giant Magellan Telescope (in Chile): to be the largest
telescope in the world; to begin operations in 2021
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Sweden and Slovenia tightened their borders of the increasing
refugee
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Pakistan and China kicked off their ambitious $46billion
economic corridor project with China acquiring over 2000 acres in Gwadar Port
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Multiple terror attack in Paris; at least 150 killed; emergency
declared in France; France sealed all borders
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World's
first permanent nuclear waste plant in Finland
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Myanmar: Aung San Suu
Kyi's NLD won 329 seats in the 664 member Parliament; she cannot become
President as her sons are British (the new Constitution bars those with a
Child owing allegiance to a foreign power from holding office); she is
expected to run a proxy government now
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Indonesia: Thousands sterilisied on Vasectomy Day (Nov 13); dubbed as global
"vasectomy-athon"
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Terrorist go on a deadly rampage killing at least 129 in Paris;
7 attacks in 40 minutes; ISIS claims responsibility for the attacks
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French President, Mr. Francois Hollande vows to punish ISIS for
the attacks
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World Bank approves $500 million loan to Pakistan
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G20
Summit at Antalya (Turkey); Theme: "inclusive
and robust growth through collective action"
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After confirming that a bomb brought down a Russian charter jet
over the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt last month, Russia struck Raqqa (capital of
ISIS) with advanced 'Kalibr' cruise missile from a submarine in the eastern
Mediterranean Sea
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Kosmos 2510, the
first satellite of EKS (Tundra) system, launched by Russia
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November 2015 Events – Part 1
November 2015 Events – Part 3
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