2015 Right Livelihood Awards (Alternative Nobel Prize): Tony de Brum & the People of the
Marshall Islands, Sheila Watt-Cloutier (Canada), Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera
(Uganda) and Gino Strada & his organisation ‘Emergency’ (Italy) were
chosen
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2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology / Medicine: (1) Mr. William C
Campbell (USA), (2) Mr. Satoshi Omura (Japan) and (3) Ms. Youyou Tu (China)
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2015 Nobel Prize in Physics: (1) Mr. Arthur B McDonald (Canada) and
(2) Mr. Takaaki Kajita (Japan) for the discovery of neutrino oscillations,
which shows that neutrinos have mass
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2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: (1) Mr. Tomas Lindahl (UK) (2)
Mr. Paul Modrich (USA) (3) Mr. Aziz Sancar (USA): for mechanistic studies of
DNA repair
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2015 Nobel Prize in Literature: (1) Ms. Svetlana Alexievich
(Belarus): for her polyphonic writings, a monument to siffering and courage
in our time
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2015
Nobel Prize in Peace: National Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia
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2015 Nobel Prize in Economics: Mr. Angus Deaton (Scotland/USA):
for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare
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Tamil author Perumal Murugan won the ILF's (Indian Language
Festival) Samanvay Bhasha Saaman Award for his work 'Madhorubagan'
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Union Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley has been chosen as 'Finance Minister of the Year, Asia'
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Mr. Marlon James Wins Man
Booker Prize 2015 for his novel 'A
Brief History of Seven Killings'; first Jamaican to win this award
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CORPAT (coordinated patrol): bilateral maritime exercise between
India and Indonesia to begin in Andaman in Oct 2015
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Nepal asks India not to 'push it to the wall' by choking
supplies; raised India's inhuman nature in UN
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India and Germany have 18 signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoUs) including Security Cooperation, railways, disaster management and
solar energy
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France to offer 2 billion Euros for Smart Cities Projects in
India; 3 cities selected for this - Puducherry, Nagpur and Chandigarh
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BRICS to establish liberal visa regime
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India and Maldives restarted the Joint Commission talks after a
hiatus of 15 years
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Indian and Chinese Armies kicked off their fifth annual
anti-terrorism exercise (Hand in Hand) in China's Kunming city
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India and Jordan inks 6 MoUs
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MITRA
SHAKTI 2015: third India - Sri Lanka joint training exercise culminated;
hedl at Pune
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HAND IN
HAND 2015: fifth joint exercise between India - China commenced at Yunnan
Province, China
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MALABAR
2015: joint naval exercise between India, Japan and USA; at Bay of
Bengal
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India and Singapore discuss Andhra Pradesh Capital City master
plan
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President Mukherjee inaugurated a street named after Mahatma Gandhi in Amman (Jordan)
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President Pranab Mukhrejee visited Palestine. Mukherjee is the first Indian head to visit Palestine.
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Germany to return Durga idol to India; Australia to return
Buddha idol to India
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Sweden keen to partner India in sustainable urban development
initiatives
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India, Israel signed pacts on Double Taxation Avoidance &
Cultural Exchange
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India fastest growing air travel market globally: IATA
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ICICI Bank has become the first institution worldwide to launch
mVisa - a cardless and deviceless solution
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Germany is India's largest trading partner in the European Union
and the seventh largest foreign investor in India
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India transcend China by becoming world’s largest producer in
cotton output
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Trans -
Pacific Partnership: USA and 11 other countries reached a landmark deal; aims to
become the world's largest free-trade zone linking 40% of the global economy
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BP to pay $20billion in penalty for oil spill in Gulf of Mexico
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UCO Bank registered the highest increase in gross Non-Performing
Assets (NPAs) in percentage terms against total loans in the 2014-15 fiscal
year. With this, UCO Bank became the worst performer among the other public
sector banks.
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World Bank assisted Project "Neeranchal" for the Watershed Component (Erstwhile
Integrated Watershed Management Programme) of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi
Sinchayi Yojana
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IMF released Global Financial Stability Report October 2015
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Volkswagen recalls 389 units of Polo model cars in India
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Industrial growth in Aug 2015 soars to 6.4%
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Dell to buy EMC for a record for $67billion; largest technology acquisition ever
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Etihad Airways signed deal worth 700 million US dollars with IBM
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Central bank of India RBI has inked pact with Bank of Botswana
agreed for Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information.
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Tech giant IBM is going to instigate its cloud data centre in Chennai with an estimating outlay of
$1.2 billion. It will be the IBM’s
42nd data centre globally but first in India.
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India has been named as the most attractive country for
investment in a survey of more than 500 global investors: Ernst & Young
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A Search-cum- Selection
Committee (SC) has been constituted under the Chairmanship of Mr. Shaktikanta Das, for selecting a
CEO for the Investment Management Company, under the National Investment and
Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)
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Tata Housing tied-up with Facebook to sell its affordable homes
online
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Swachh Bharat campaign completes one year; 48% village
households have access to toilets at present (in census 2011 it was 31%)
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Central Government notified ‘Mid Day Meal Rules, 2015’ under the
National Food Security Act, 2013
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Karnataka: Acid and burn victims to get a compensation of up to
Rs. 20 lakh for their treatment
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Odisha: tribal village (Baripada) gets 100% solar-powered
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Odisha: launched Citizen Portal to launch police complaints
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Odisha: Amo doli
programme launched in naxal-affected Rayagada district; to help patients
and pregnant women from inaccessible areas to reach nearest hospital
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Karnataka: LED bulbs to light up all homes in Jan 2016
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Delhi: Chief Minister, Mr. Arvind Kejriwal sacked Minister Mr.
Asim Ahmed Khan accused of corruption
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Kerala: Government launched the Operation Valsalya project to trace, rescue and reunite the
missing children with their family.
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Tamil
Nadu bans methane exploration in delta districts;
government passed a G.O. too; asks the Centre to drop further action on the
exploration and allied activities in the entire Cauvery Delta
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Government of Andhra Pradesh launched Andhra Pradesh State
Enterprise Architecture (APSEA). It is alternatively called as e-Pragati project
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Rajasthan Government unveiled the Rajasthan Startup Policy 2015 to galvanize the start-up ecosystem
in the state and provide them required sustenance to the entrepreneurial
talent.
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Odisha: Mission Abbas
launched to provide affordable houses to Economically Weaker Sections (EWS),
Low Income Groups (LIG) and slum dwellers
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Kerala: prison in Thrissur to have block for transgenders
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Delhi: vehicles entering Delhi to pay environment charge from
Nov 2015
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Tamil Nadu Government banned
drug Ketoprofen to save vultures
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Uttar Pradesh Government launched mobile app mSehat for health workers
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Rajasthan government signed 27 MoUs under Housing for All scheme;
; becomes the first state to firm up private investments in affordable
housing
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At 17,600 feet DRDO
inaugurates new R&D centre in Changla in Jammu & Kashmir
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Centre plans Rs. 1200 crore strategy to strengthen cross-country
organ transplants
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Trichy
Corporation (in Tamil Nadu) won Skoch
Award for Effective Solid Waste Management
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MoS for Agriculture and Farmers' welfare, Mr. Sanjeev Kumar
Balyan launched KISAN [C(K)rop
Insurance using Space technology And geoiNformatics] project
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MoS for Agriculture and Farmers' welfare, Mr. Sanjeev Kumar
Balyan launched 'Hailstorm' app
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1st National Sagarmala Apex Committee Meeting held in New Delhi
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INS
Astradharini was commissioned
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2016's Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be held in New Delhi
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India's
first offshore windmill likely to come up in Tamil Nadu; Rameswaram
and Kanyakumari identified as potential sites
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Ahmedabad hosted its first ever Garba night exclusively for
pregnant women and new mothers
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SC refers Aadhaar privacy issue to Constitution Bench
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Union Cabinet has approved the protocol amending the Convention
and the Protocol between India and Israel and Vietnam, for avoidance of
double taxation and for prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on
income and on capital
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Union Cabinet has approved the Production Linked Bonus for
Railway Employees.
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Union Cabinet gave its approval for setting up of three new All India Institutes of Medical
Sciences (AllMS) at Nagpur in Maharashtra, at Manglagiri in Andhra
Pradesh and at Kalyani in West Bengal under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha
Yojna (PMSSY)
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Union Cabinet gave its ex-post facto approval to the protocol
for cooperation in the field of blue economy between India and Seychelles
(signed in Aug 2015)
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Union Cabinet approves Rs. 500 crore project for war memorial,
museum
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Union Cabinet gave its ex-post facto approval for circulation of
a MoU and Agreement on cooperation in the field of sports signed with
Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan
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Union Cabinet gave its approval for the formation of as service
by the name of 'Indian Skill
Development Service'
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Achary
Panel Recommendation – 400% Hike in Basic Salary of Delhi MLAs
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Centre asked all the States to take strictest action against
those who attempt to weaken the secular fabric by exploiting religious
sentiments
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SC asks Mr. Vinod Rai to audit temple trust (Sree Padmanabha
Swamy temple) for 2004-2014 and submit the report soon
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Show one place where River Ganga is clean: NGT to Centre
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Mr. K. Rajendran IPS is the new Chennai City Police Commissioner
(101th City Police Commissioner); replaces Mr. S. Geroge IPS
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Article 370 is a permanent provision of the Constitution and
can't be touched: Jammu & Kashmir High Court
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Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi unveiled the plaque for laying
of the Foundation Stone of the Fourth Container Terminal of the Jawaharlal
Nehru Port at Mumbai
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Constitution
Day will be celebrated on November 26 and all schools will
celebrate the 'Samvidhan Divas': Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi
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Article 370 is beyond amendment, repeal or abrogation: J&K
High Court
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Green India Mission plans of four States (Mizoram, Manipur,
Jharkhand and Kerala) approved
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Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has acquired ISO
9001:2008 certificate for monitoring, planning, development and maintenance
of highway infrastructure and road transport throughout the country
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Ministry of Shipping launched a programme to develop 78
Lighthouses as tourism centers
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Novelist Ms. Dilip Kaur Tiwana (Punjab) returns Padma Shri Award
over 'communal attacks'
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Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalithaa honoured Dr. Shanti Ranganathan with Avvaiyar Award - 2015
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Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi met 35 members of Netaji's
family; announces that centre will begin declassifying 89 files from Jan 23,
2016
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Indian Navy plans to conduct an International Fleet Review (IFR)
on the Eastern Seaboard at Visakhapatnam from 04 - 08 February 2016
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DRDO Missile Complex in Hyderabad to be named after Dr Kalam
(“Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex”)
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CVCF (Central Victim Compensation Fund): Centre has set up Rs.
200 cr fund for victims of sex abuse, trafficking
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Centre flagged off special train on climate change (Science
Express Climate Action Special); will halt at 64 locations across 20 States
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Cabinet approved the MoU between the India-Taipei Association
(ITA) in Taipei and Taipei Economic and Cultural Center (TECC) in India
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Cabinet approved Upgradation of existing NIFT Campuses for
implementation of reservation for OBC students – extension of timeline for
utilization of fund.
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Cabinet gave its approval for the Revised Cost Estimate (RCE) of
Rs.2904.04 crores for the Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport Project in
Myanmar.
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Cabinet approved MoU between the Ministry of New and Renewable
Energy, India and Mozambique.
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A memorial for Dr. Kalam would be built at Rameswaram, to
inspire future generations: Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi
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With a view to provide confirmed accommodation to waitlisted
passengers and also to ensure optimal utilisation of available accommodation,
a scheme called Alternate Train Accommodation
Scheme – VIKALP has been conceptualised
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Rameswaram town in Tamil Naidu has been included in Atal Mission
for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) for providing basic urban
infrastructure. Rameswaram is the
498th to be included in the Mission. With the addition of Rameswaram,
Tamil Nadu would have 32 cities and towns under Atal Mission
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