1.
Haryana Launched its First Food Bank at Gurgaon with Support from Cargill
Haryana
launched its first food bank in order to give assistance to the different
feeding programmes in Gurgaon as well as nearby areas. The food bank received
support by global food major Cargill and India Food Banking Network (IFBN),
which is initiated by Sam Pitroda, Advisor to Prime Minister on Public
Information Infrastructure and Innovations.
2. Yogesh
Agarwal, the Chairman of PFRDA Resigned; Anup Wadhawan Took Over
The
Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), Yogesh
Agarwal resigned from the post of Chairman on 13 November 2013. He resigned
because of the Government’s decision to not allow him to be a part of the
selection panel for members of the regulator.
In the
meanwhile, Joint Secretary Anup Wadhawan was appointed as the new Chairman of
PFRDA by the Finance Ministry. It is important to note that Yogesh Agarwal had
one and half years more as his tenure of the Chairman.
3. Shiraz Naval Minwalla won New
Horizons in Physics Prize 2014
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". The
New Horizons for Physics Prize awarded to promising junior researchers by
Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation. The award carries prize money of 100000
US Dollars.
About
Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation The Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation
is a not-for-profit corporation established by the Milner Foundation, Russia in
2012 and dedicated to advancing our knowledge of the Universe at the deepest
level by awarding annual prizes for scientific breakthroughs, as well as
communicating the excitement of fundamental physics to the public.
4. Krishna Tirath gave away
National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement
Krishna
Tirath, the union Minister for Women and Child Development on 14 November 2013
gave away the National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement to 22 children
on Children’s Day during the opening ceremony of Vatsalya Mela at Dilli
Haat.
The awards initiated in 1996 are presented every year to the children between the age group 4-15 years for their exceptional achievements in various fields including academics, art, culture and sports etc.
The awards initiated in 1996 are presented every year to the children between the age group 4-15 years for their exceptional achievements in various fields including academics, art, culture and sports etc.
The
Vatsalya Mela is celebrated on the day of Jawahar Lal Nehru’s birth
anniversary, which also marks the Children’s Day.
The Gold Medal was presented to Harshal Shahi from Delhi for his exceptional achievement in the field of chess.
The Gold Medal was presented to Harshal Shahi from Delhi for his exceptional achievement in the field of chess.
5. Veteran Journalist R.K. Mukker
Passed Away at 88
Veteran
journalist R.K. Mukker passed away on 13 November 2013 after prolonged illness.
He was 88 years old. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. He died
at Sahibabad in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district.
6. Kenichi Ito set his new
Quadruped Record
Kenichi
Ito, a Japanese man broke his own Guinness World Record for the 100 meter dash
on 14 November 2013. He runs on his arms and legs broke.
ITO of 30 years finished the dash in 16.87 seconds by saving about 30 seconds of his 2012 run of 17.47 seconds.
ITO of 30 years finished the dash in 16.87 seconds by saving about 30 seconds of his 2012 run of 17.47 seconds.
7. India-Republic of Korea Joint
Commission Meeting was held
The 7th
India-Republic of Korea (South Korea) Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) was held
in New Delhi on 8 November 2013. The Indian side was led by External Affairs
Minister, Salman Khurshid, while the Republic of Korea (ROK) side was led by
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se.
8. Fifth Session of India-Ukraine
Inter-Governmental Commission held in New Delhi
The fifth
session of India-Ukraine Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic,
Scientific, Technological, Industrial and Cultural Cooperation held in New
Delhi on 13 November 2013. The Commission was chaired by E. Ahamed, the
Minister of State for External Affairs.
The Ukrainian delegation was led by Ihor Mykolayovych Prasolov, the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine. He was accompanied by a 15 member official and 12 member business delegations from Ukraine.
The Ukrainian delegation was led by Ihor Mykolayovych Prasolov, the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine. He was accompanied by a 15 member official and 12 member business delegations from Ukraine.
India and
Ukraine also agreed to increase trade beyond the existing level of 3.2 billion
US dollars.
The fourth session was held in Kyiv in June 2012 and the sixth session of the Commission will take place in 2014 at Kyiv.
The fourth session was held in Kyiv in June 2012 and the sixth session of the Commission will take place in 2014 at Kyiv.
9. Ram Kripalu Tripathi, Popularly
Known as Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj, Died
Ram
Kripalu Tripathi, popularly known as Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj passed away on
15 November 2013 at New Delhi. He was 91 years old. He was given the title of
Jagadguru (the world teacher) at the age of 34 years, in 1957.
10. 33rd India International Trade
Fair opened at New Delhi
The 33rd India International Trade Fair began at Pragati Maidan in New
Delhi on 14 November 2013. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the India
International Trade Fair (IITF). The trade fair aimed to spur international
trade while highlighting India's economic growth. The Theme of IITF 2013 is
Inclusive Growth. The 14-day event scheduled from 14 to 27 th November 2013.
About 6000 exhibitors including 250 from foreign countries are participating in
the fair. This year Japan is a partner country and South Africa, the focus
country. While Bihar is a partner state, Odisha is the focus state.
11. International Day for Tolerance
observed on 16 November
International
Day for Tolerance was observed on 16 November 2013 across the world to educate
people about the need for tolerance in society and to aware them about the
dangers of intolerance.
About
International Day for Tolerance
International
Day for Tolerance is celebrated worldwide every year on 16 November to promote
the Tolerance among the public. The day was first observed in 1995.
12. Lord Swraj Paul presented with
International Indian of the Decade Award
Lord Swraj
Paul, a leading NRI industrialist and educationist was presented with the
International Indian of the Decade award on 15 November 2013. Swraj Paul was
presented the award for his outstanding achievements in the fields of industry,
education and philanthropy.
Virender Paul, the acting High Commissioner of India to the UK presented the award to Lord Swraj Paul at the 20th anniversary of the publication of India Link International (a monthly magazine).
Virender Paul, the acting High Commissioner of India to the UK presented the award to Lord Swraj Paul at the 20th anniversary of the publication of India Link International (a monthly magazine).
About Lord
Swraj Paul
• Lord Swraj Paul is the founder of the UK-based steel and engineering multinational company Caparo, which at present employs about 10000 people worldwide from UK, USA and India.
• He was made the Life Peer is a member of the House of Lords in 1996.
• Lord Swraj Paul is the founder of the UK-based steel and engineering multinational company Caparo, which at present employs about 10000 people worldwide from UK, USA and India.
• He was made the Life Peer is a member of the House of Lords in 1996.
• In 1983
he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India
• In 1998, he was granted the freedom of the city of London.
• In 1998, he was granted the freedom of the city of London.
13. 22nd Commonwealth Heads Of
Government Meeting (CHOGM) began in Colombo, Sri Lanka
The 22nd
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, CHOGM began in Colombo, Sri Lanka on
15 November 2013. The Summit was inaugurated by Prince Charles of England, who
is representing Queen Elizabeth at the Commonwealth Summit. The theme for CHOGM
2013 is Growth with Equity; Inclusive Development.
The
official symbol for CHOGM is Water
lily flower. The logo symbolises the blue water lily (Nil Manel), the
national flower of Sri Lanka.
About
CHOGAM
The
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is held every two years to
enable leaders of Commonwealth countries to come together to discuss global and
Commonwealth issues, and to decide on collective policies and initiatives.
Commonwealth
leaders have been coming together for discussions since 1949, but the title
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was adopted during a session in
Singapore in 1971.
The theme of
the 2011 CHOGM in Perth, Australia, was Building National
Resilience, Building Global Resilience.
Member
countries
Fifty-three
countries are members of the Commonwealth. These Countries are from Africa,
Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific and are diverse – they are amongst
the world’s largest, smallest, richest and poorest countries. Thirty-two of our
members are classified as small states – countries with a population size of
1.5million people or less and larger member states that share similar characteristics
with them.
Leaders of
member countries shape Commonwealth policies and priorities. Every two years,
they meet to discuss issues affecting the Commonwealth and the wider world at
the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
All
members have an equal say regardless of size or economic stature. This ensures
even the smallest member countries have a voice in shaping the Commonwealth.
The last
two countries to join The Commonwealth - Rwanda and Mozambique - have no
historical ties to the British Empire.Four countries - Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Fiji
and Pakistan - have been suspended from the Commonwealth in the past.
The
Gambian Government on 2 October 2013 announced that it is pulling out of the
Commonwealth with immediate effect. Gambian, a West African country
joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1965.
14. Prof. CNR Rao and Sachin
Tendulkar Selected for Bharat Ratna Award
The
Government of India on 16 November 2013 decided to confer, the Bharat Ratna,
the highest civilian award on eminent scientist Prof CNR Rao and cricket player
Sachin Tendulkar.
Sachin
Tendulkar is the first sports person to win the Bharat Ratna Award.
The Bharat
Ratna award so far, given only to eminent personalities from the field of
dance, music, art, literature and the social sector. In the year 2011, the
Government of India modified the eligibility criteria for Bharat Ratna Award -
to enable eminent Sports-persons to receive the Nation’s highest civilian award.
About
Prof. CNR Rao
Prof.
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao (CNR Rao) was born on 30 June 1934,
Bangalore, India. He is an eminent scientist and a well recognized
international authority on solid state and materials chemistry.
Prof, CNR
Rao is presently serving as the head of the Scientific Advisory Council to the
Prime Minister of India.
About
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Ramesh
Tendulkar is an Indian Batsman who is considered one of the greatest batsmen of
the cricket world.
Sachin
Tendulkar who belongs to Mumbai Maharashtra made his appearance in six world
cups for India and was the member of the 2011 World Cup winning squad of the
nation.
Sachin
Tendulkar made his Test debut against arch-rival Pakistan at Karachi in 1989.
He made his ODI debut against Pakistan in 1989 in Gujranwala. He currently
holds the record for most hundreds in both Tests and One Day
Internationals.
In 198 Test matches, Sachin Tendulkar scored over Fifteen Thousand Eight hundred runs at an average of 53.86. He slammed 51 Test centuries and an unbeaten 248 against Bangladesh in Dhaka in 2004 was his best ever.
He made 49 hundreds in the one-day format, including a double hundred which is the first in this form of cricket and 96 half centuries.
In 2012, Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to score 100 international centuries.
Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement from Test cricket after playing his landmark 200th Test match against the West Indies on 15 November 2013. Earlier, Sachin Tendulkar announced retirement form one day cricket on 23 December 2012 and from Twenty20 cricket format on 26 May 2013.
In 198 Test matches, Sachin Tendulkar scored over Fifteen Thousand Eight hundred runs at an average of 53.86. He slammed 51 Test centuries and an unbeaten 248 against Bangladesh in Dhaka in 2004 was his best ever.
He made 49 hundreds in the one-day format, including a double hundred which is the first in this form of cricket and 96 half centuries.
In 2012, Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to score 100 international centuries.
Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement from Test cricket after playing his landmark 200th Test match against the West Indies on 15 November 2013. Earlier, Sachin Tendulkar announced retirement form one day cricket on 23 December 2012 and from Twenty20 cricket format on 26 May 2013.
About
Bharat Ratna award
· Bharat Ratna,
the highest civilian Award of the country was instituted in the year 1954.
· The first
three Indians, who received the Bharat Ratna were Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman,
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari and Sarvapali Radhakrishnan in 1954.
· There is
no written provision that Bharat Ratna should be awarded to Indian citizens
only.
· The award
has been conferred to a naturalised Indian citizen Mother Teresa (1980) and to
two non-Indians Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Nelson Mandela (1990).
15. INS Vikramaditya commissioned
in Indian Navy
INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier was inducted into the Indian Navy on 16
November 2013 giving a boost to the India’s maritime warfare capabilities. The
INS Vikramaditya (44500 tonne carrier Admiral Gorshkov) was commissioned by the
Union Defence Minister, AK Antony and the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitry
Rogozin in a ceremony at the sub zero temperature in the wind-swept Sevmash
Shipyard in the city of Severodvinsk port in the northern Arctic region of
Russia.
16. Abdullah Yameen won Maldives
Presidential Polls
Abdulla
Yameen, the candidate of Progressive Party of Maldives on 16 November 2013
defeated the former premier, Mohammed Nasheed to win the Maldivian Presidential
elections. Election Commission of Maldives announced the result of the election
on 16 November 2013, in which Yameen defeated Mohamed Nasheed of Maldivian
Democratic Party with a margin of six thousand votes.
Yameen
secured 51.39 percent (1 lakh 11 thousand) of votes, whereas Mohamed Nasheed
received 48.61 (1 lakh 5 thousand votes).
17. Bengal topped the medal list of
the 23rd G V Mavalankar Shooting Championship
West
Bengal, the host of the 23rd All India G V Mavalankar Shooting
Championship topped the medals tally on 16 November 2013. The championship
concluded at the Chandmari Range in West Bengal. This is the first time that
West Bengal topped the medal table of national level of shooting championship.
West
Bengal, shooters won five gold, five silver and a bronze to top the 10 day long
championship. Maharashtra stood at the second position in the championship with
four gold, five silver and three bronze medals. Whereas, Chandigarh was third in
the list as it won three gold, one silver and one bronze medal.
18. India moved to second position
in ICC test ranking
In the
latest ICC test ranking, India moved to the second position, following the 2-0
victory over West Indies on 16 November 2013. South Africa stood at the top
position with 131 points, which is followed by India with 119 ratings point.
England stands at third position with 116 points.
Test
rankings of other nations:
Rank
|
Team
|
Matches
|
Points
|
Rating
|
1
|
South
Africa
|
27
|
3531
|
131
|
2
|
India
|
33
|
3920
|
119
|
3
|
England
|
38
|
4407
|
116
|
4
|
Pakistan
|
25
|
2538
|
102
|
5
|
Australia
|
33
|
3318
|
101
|
6
|
West
Indies
|
25
|
2366
|
95
|
7
|
Sri
Lanka
|
26
|
2295
|
88
|
8
|
New
Zealand
|
30
|
2243
|
75
|
9
|
Zimbabwe
|
11
|
372
|
34
|
10
|
Bangladesh
|
16
|
285
|
18
|
19. First Integrated Checkpost
along India-Bangladesh border inaugurated
The first
Integrated Checkpost along Agartala-Akhaura, India-Bangladesh border was
jointly inaugurated on 17 November 2013 by Union Home Minister Sushilkumar
Shinde and his Bangladeshi counterpart Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir. The chief Mister
of Tripura, Manik Sarkar was also present on the occasion.
The Agartala-Akhaura Integrated checkpost is the first of the seven Land Customs Border Stations has been upgraded by the Land Port Authority of India along the 4096 km border.
The Agartala-Akhaura Integrated checkpost is the first of the seven Land Customs Border Stations has been upgraded by the Land Port Authority of India along the 4096 km border.
20. Waheeda Rehman to receive first
Centenary film award at IFFI
Waheeda
Rehman, the veteran actress of Bollywood will be conferred with the inaugural
Centenary Award for the Indian Film Personality of the Year 2013 at the 44th
International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa on 20 November 2013. The
award will be given to her in recognition of her contributions to the film
industry.
The award
has been instituted by the Government of India to mark the 100 years of Indian
Cinema. It includes a prize amount of 10 lakh rupees and a citation.
21. Doris Lessing, Nobel
Prize-Winning Author, Died at 94
British
Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing was died on 17 November 2013 at
London.She was 94 years old. Her best-known works are The Golden Notebook,
Memoirs of a Survivor and The Summer Before the Dark. In her life time she
wrote more than 80 books, including poetry, two operas, short stories, plays
and non-fiction. In 2007, the 88-year-old Doris Lessing became the oldest
recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. and only the 11th woman to win the
award.
22. Malta to Host Next Commonwealth
Summit in 2015
Malta, a
Southern European country was on 17 November 2013 unanimously chosen as the
host of the next Commonwealth summit in 2015.
The
decision was made at the retreat session of the Commonwealth Heads of
Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo, Sri Lanka after Mauritius withdrew as host of the
2015 Commonwealth summit as a result of its prime minister's boycott of the
Colombo summit over Sri Lanka's human rights concerns.
This is second time for Malta to host the Commonwealth summit. Before this, Malta hosted a Commonwealth Summit in 2005.
This is second time for Malta to host the Commonwealth summit. Before this, Malta hosted a Commonwealth Summit in 2005.
About
Malta
Malta is a
southern European country in the Mediterranean Sea. The capital of Malta is
Valletta which is also the smallest capital in the EU. Malta has two official
languages: Maltese and English. Malta got independence from the United Kingdom
in 1964 and became a republic in 1974 and joined the European Union in May
2004. Malta joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1964.
23. Bolt and Fraser-Pryce were
crowned World Athletes of 2013
The
Jamaican sprinters, Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were crowned the
male and female World Athletes of the Year, 2013 on 16 November 2013. They were
selected as the world athletes of the year by the sport's governing IAAF at a
ceremony in Monaco.
24. Sebastian Vettel won the United
States Grand Prix for record 8th successive victory
Sebastian
Vettel of Red Bull’s team on 17 November 2013 won United States Grand Prix.
France's Romain Grosjean in Lotus was second with Red Bull's Mark Webber took
the third place.
This was his eighth successive race of Vettel in a season. With this win he succeeded ahead of Michael Schumacher’s previous record of winning seven races in a row in the same season, which was set in 2004.
This was his eighth successive race of Vettel in a season. With this win he succeeded ahead of Michael Schumacher’s previous record of winning seven races in a row in the same season, which was set in 2004.
This was
also vettel’s 12th win of the season and if he wins the year-ender in Brazil
than he will tie with Michael Schumacher Formulae one record of 13 victories in
a single season. The win in the Brazil grand prix that is scheduled to happen
on 24 November 2013 will bring to him ninth victory in a row, which was set by
Alberto Ascari.
The Mark Webber (37) of Red Bulls will be driving last time in the Brazil grand prix, as it will be his last race in the Formulae one.
The Mark Webber (37) of Red Bulls will be driving last time in the Brazil grand prix, as it will be his last race in the Formulae one.
25. Redek Stepanek clinched Davis
Cup for Czech Republic
The Czech
Republic on 17 November 2013 defended the Davis Cup title 2013 after Redek
Stepanek defeated the Serbian Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 in the fifth rubber
of the final by BNP Paribas Final in Belgrade. With the win Stepanek handed the
win too Czech Republic 3-2.
With this win, Stepanek became the third player in the history to win Two Davis Cup Finals live fifth singles rubbers. He is also the first man to do so on consecutive occasions after bypassing Serbian youngster Dusan Lajovic for the loss of just five games.
26. National Press Day observed on 16 November
With this win, Stepanek became the third player in the history to win Two Davis Cup Finals live fifth singles rubbers. He is also the first man to do so on consecutive occasions after bypassing Serbian youngster Dusan Lajovic for the loss of just five games.
26. National Press Day observed on 16 November
National
Press Day is celebrated across the country on 16 November 2013. The day is
symbolic of a free and responsible press in India.
It is the
day on which the Press Council of India started functioning as a moral watchdog
to ensure that not only the press maintains the high standards expected from
this powerful medium but also that it was not fettered by the influence or
threats of any extraneous factors.
The Press
Council of India was first constituted on 4 July 1966 as an autonomous,
statutory, quasi-judicial body, and it started functioning from 16 November
1966 with Justice J R Mudholkar, then a Judge of the Supreme Court, as Chairman.
27. India successfully Test Fired
Advanced Version of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile
India on
18 November 2013 successfully test-fired the advanced version of the BrahMos
supersonic cruise missile from the Pokhran test firing range in Rajasthan.
The block
III variant of BrahMos with deep penetration capability was test launched from
a Mobile Autonomous Launcher (MAL).
The 290-km
range BrahMos flies at a speed of 2.8 Mach and carries a conventional warhead
of up to 300 kg. The missile can be launched from multiple platforms including
land, sea, sub-sea and air.
28. NASA Launched MAVEN Mission to
study Mars Atmosphere
The US
space agency NASA on 18 November 2013 launched its MAVEN orbiter Mission to
Mars planet. The orbiter mission was launched on an Atlas V rocket from
Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station The probe will have a 10-month
cruise to the Red Planet- Mars. MAVEN is going to study Mars' atmosphere.
During the course of the long cruise, Maven will perform four trajectory
corrections, with the first scheduled to occur on 3rd December 2013.
About
MAVEN Mission
The Mars
Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission is part of NASA's Mars Scout
program. The mission will explore the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere, ionosphere
and interactions with the sun and solar wind.
29. National Integration Day
observed on 19 November
19
November: National Integration Day (Birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi)
National Integration Day is observed on 19 November 2013 all over India. It is
celebrated as the birth anniversary of the first woman Prime Minister of the
India, Indira Gandhi. The National Integration day is celebrated to enhance the
love and unity among people all across the India.
30. World Toilet Day observed on 19
November
The World
Toilet Day (WTD) was observed across the world on 19 November 2013. In the
world about a third of the world’s people don’t have an access to a decent
toilet.
World
Toilet Summit
Earlier the World Toilet Summit in 2013 was observed from 2 to 4 October 2013 in Central Java, Indonesia. The 13th session of the World Toilet Summit was held in support of the World Toilet Organization and the Indonesia Toilet Association (ATI), and supported by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of the Republic of Indonesia and the Ministry of Public Works and the Government of Surakarta.
Earlier the World Toilet Summit in 2013 was observed from 2 to 4 October 2013 in Central Java, Indonesia. The 13th session of the World Toilet Summit was held in support of the World Toilet Organization and the Indonesia Toilet Association (ATI), and supported by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of the Republic of Indonesia and the Ministry of Public Works and the Government of Surakarta.
31. Birth of Cinema authored by N.
Gopal Krishna Released
The book
entitled Birth of Cinema written by N. Gopal Krishna was released at ICFFI
media centre by a Journalist T. Udayawarluon 18 November 2013. The book
comprises of details related to the advanced cinematic technologies like the 3D
shootings and Voice enhancements and others, which were popularized by the
Hollywood directors. He is a film maker of Andhra Pradesh.
32. Angela Merkel, German
Chancellor selected for Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace 2013
Dr. Angela
Merkel, German Chancellor on 19 November 2013 selected for Indira Gandhi Prize
for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2013.
The International Jury for the Prize was chaired by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, which made this announcement on 19 November 2013 on the birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi.
Dr. Angela Merkel is nominated for her exemplary leadership in Europe and the world during the financial crises, her commitment to universal peace and disarmament and her leadership role in strengthening productive and mutually beneficial relations with India and other developing countries.
The International Jury for the Prize was chaired by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, which made this announcement on 19 November 2013 on the birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi.
Dr. Angela Merkel is nominated for her exemplary leadership in Europe and the world during the financial crises, her commitment to universal peace and disarmament and her leadership role in strengthening productive and mutually beneficial relations with India and other developing countries.
About
Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development
v The Indira
Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development was instituted (in 1986) in the name of former Prime
Minister of India, Indira Gandhi. It celebrates the values that she stood and
fought for in the service of our nation and its people.
v The
Indiara Gandhi Award is constituted by Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust.
v Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf, the Liberian President was conferred with the Indira Gandhi
Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2012.
33. Iran unveiled New Biggest Drone
with 2000Km Range
Iran on 18 November 2013 unveiled a biggest missile-equipped drone with a
range of 2000 km, which would enable it to cover much of the Middle East,
including Israel.
The drone named Fotros has an operational range of 2000
kilometres and can fly at an altitude of 25000 feet, with a flight time of 16
to 30 hours. The drone could carry out reconnaissance missions or launch
air-to-surface missile strikes. In September 2013, Iran announced the mass
production of the Shahed 129 drone, which it said has a range of 1700
kilometres, is capable of carrying eight missiles and can fly for 24 hours. In
the same month, Iran unveiled a reconnaissance drone
named Yasseer, which was said to be capable of flying for eight hours
with a range of 200 kilometres and at an altitude of 4500 meters.
34. Mangalore
University Presented with Indira Gandhi NSS Best University Award 2012-13
President
of India Pranab Mukherjee on 19 November 2013 presented Indira Gandhi National
Service Scheme Best University Award 2012-13 to Mangalore University of
Karnataka.
Mangalore University is fourth in the row of universities winning Indira Gandhi NSS Award in Karnataka. Prior to this university, RGUHS, Bangalore University, and UAS Dharwad had received this award.
Mangalore University is fourth in the row of universities winning Indira Gandhi NSS Award in Karnataka. Prior to this university, RGUHS, Bangalore University, and UAS Dharwad had received this award.
35. India
and Russia decided to held a Joint Air Force Exercise in 2014
India and
Russia on 18 November 2013 agreed to expand the range of strategic partnership
in a significant manner in Moscow. The two countries will also hold a Joint Air
Force Level exercise for the first time in 2014.
The Agreements
• The two countries agreed to hold a joint Air Force level exercise for the first time, which will happen in 2014 with a joint Navy Exercise in the Peter the Great Bay in the Sea of Japan. Recently, the armies of the two countries held an Exercise Indra in Rajasthan with a focus on anti-terrorism.
The Agreements
• The two countries agreed to hold a joint Air Force level exercise for the first time, which will happen in 2014 with a joint Navy Exercise in the Peter the Great Bay in the Sea of Japan. Recently, the armies of the two countries held an Exercise Indra in Rajasthan with a focus on anti-terrorism.
36. Lionel Messi awarded third
Golden Shoe
Lionel
Messi, the Barcelonan forward footballer on 20 November 2013 won the Golden
Shoe award. Messi won the award in recognition of his 46 goals in 32 leagues
appearances in the Europe’s domestic football league in the 2012-13 season.
This is the third Golden Shoe award of Messi and with this win he became the first footballer win the show three times. Earlier Messi won the award in 2009-10 for 34 goals and a Spanish record 50 in 2011-12.
About Lionel Messi
Lionel Andres Messi (26) is an Argentine Footballer and a captain to the national team of Argentina. At present he plays for FC Barcelona in Spain. He is the fourth footballer to win 3 Ballons d’Or. He is the second player to win three Ballon’s d’Or consecutively after Michele Platini.
This is the third Golden Shoe award of Messi and with this win he became the first footballer win the show three times. Earlier Messi won the award in 2009-10 for 34 goals and a Spanish record 50 in 2011-12.
About Lionel Messi
Lionel Andres Messi (26) is an Argentine Footballer and a captain to the national team of Argentina. At present he plays for FC Barcelona in Spain. He is the fourth footballer to win 3 Ballons d’Or. He is the second player to win three Ballon’s d’Or consecutively after Michele Platini.
37. SPMCIL conferred with
Engineering Excellence Award 2013
Engineering
Excellence Award 2013 was conferred on the Security Printing and Minting
Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL), a Public Sector Unit under the Ministry
of Finance, and Government of India on 19 November 2013. The award was given by
Engineering Watch at SCOPE Convention Centre in Delhi.
Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited
Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) was formed after corporatization of nine units including four mints, four presses and one paper mill, which were earlier functioning under the Ministry of Finance. The Company was incorporated on 13 January 2006 under the Companies Act, 1956 with its headquarters at New Delhi. SPMCIL is a Miniratna Category-I CPSE, and wholly owned Schedule ‘A’ Company of Government of India. It is engaged in the manufacture of security paper, minting of coins, printing of currency and bank notes, non-judicial stamp papers, postage stamps, travel documents and others.
Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited
Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) was formed after corporatization of nine units including four mints, four presses and one paper mill, which were earlier functioning under the Ministry of Finance. The Company was incorporated on 13 January 2006 under the Companies Act, 1956 with its headquarters at New Delhi. SPMCIL is a Miniratna Category-I CPSE, and wholly owned Schedule ‘A’ Company of Government of India. It is engaged in the manufacture of security paper, minting of coins, printing of currency and bank notes, non-judicial stamp papers, postage stamps, travel documents and others.
38. RBI Directed Public Sector
Banks to give loans to women SHGs at 7 percent
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 November 2013 directed Public Sector
Banks (PSBs) to provide loans to women self-help groups (SHGs) at 7 per cent
per annum to avail the benefit of interest rate subvention scheme under the
Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana-Aajeevika (SGSY) scheme.
v All women SHGs will be eligible for interest subvention to avail the
credit upto 3 lakh Rupees at 7 per cent per annum.
Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana-Aajeevika (SGSY) is an initiative by
the government to provide sustainable income to poor people living in rural
areas of the country.
39. Anjolie Ela Menon awarded with
Dayawati Modi Award
Anjolie
Ela Menon, a contemporary artist was awarded with Dayawati Modi Award for Art
and Culture and Education by Dayawati Foundation on 19 November 2013. The award
comprised of a cash price of 2.51 lakh rupees, a silver shield and a scroll of
hounour. It was presented to her by the Minister of state for Prime Minister
Office, Department of personnel and Training, Government of India.
She was
awarded Padma Shree in 2000.
40. Kauwboy won the Golden Elephant
Award in International Children's Film Festival
The 18th
International Children's Film Festival concluded on 20 November 2013 in
Hyderabad. A Dutch Film named Kauwboy, directed by Boudewijn Koole won the
Golden Elephant Award for best film in the 'International Live Action'
category. The film is about a 10 year old boy and a bird.
41. 3rd BRICS International
Competition Conference inaugurated by Prime Minister of India
Prime
Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh on 21 November 2013 inaugurated the 3rd
BRICS International Competition Conference in New Delhi. The theme of the
conference is: Competition Enforcement in BRICS Countries: Issues and
Challenges. The participating countries are BRICS Nations: Brazil, Russia,
India, China and South Africa. The two-day conference is organised by
Competition Commission of India (CCI) on behalf of BRICS countries.
BRICS
International Competition Conference is one of the most prestigious conferences
in the field of competition law and policy.
The
conference is third in the series with the earlier two BRICS International
Competition Conferences having been organised in Kazan, Russia and Beijing,
China respectively.
About
BRICS Nations
BRICS is an acronym for the powerful grouping of the world’s leading emerging economies, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The first BRIC Summit took place in Yekateringburg, Russia in 2009, where the elected leaders of the four countries formally declared the membership of the BRIC economic bloc. South Africa joined the bloc in 2010, resulting in BRICS.
The BRICS mechanism aims to achieve peace, security, development and cooperation. It also seeks to contribute significantly to the development of humanity and establish a more equitable and fair world.
BRICS is an acronym for the powerful grouping of the world’s leading emerging economies, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The first BRIC Summit took place in Yekateringburg, Russia in 2009, where the elected leaders of the four countries formally declared the membership of the BRIC economic bloc. South Africa joined the bloc in 2010, resulting in BRICS.
The BRICS mechanism aims to achieve peace, security, development and cooperation. It also seeks to contribute significantly to the development of humanity and establish a more equitable and fair world.
42. Malala Yousafzai Received EU's
Sakharov Human Rights Prize 2013
Malala
Yousafzai, Pakistani teenage activist on 20 November 2013 received the EU's
Sakharov human rights prize for her brave crusade for the right of the children
to education.
The
European Parliament President Martin Schulz presented the award to the
16-year-old Malala at a ceremony in Strasbourg, France. Malala Yousafzai
dedicated the award to "the unsung heroes of Pakistan" and to human
rights campaigners worldwide.
About
Sakharov Prize
v The
Sakharov Prize for free speech is awarded by the European Parliament annually
in memory of Soviet physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov.
v The prize
was set up in 1988 to honour individuals or organisations for their efforts on
behalf of human rights and fundamental freedoms. The 50000-Euro prize is
considered Europe's top human rights award.
v In 2012
the award went to detained Iranians, lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and film maker
Jafar Panahi, to honour those standing up for a better Iran. with this award
Malala joins a distinguished list of winners of the prize that includes South
Africa's Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar.
43. V. Baskaran appointed as Coach
of the Senior Men Hockey Team
Hockey
India on 20 November 2013 appointed the former Olympic gold-medallist V
Baskaran as Coach of the Senior Men Hockey Team. Baskaran will work under the
recently appointed Chief Coach Terence Walsh. Hockey India on 15 October 2013
appointed the Terence Walsh as Chief Coach of the Senior Men National Hockey
Team.
About V
Baskaran : Vasudevan Baskaran who was the captain of the team that won the
gold medal at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.
44. Frederick Sanger the two time
Chemistry Nobel Prize winner died
Frederick
Sanger, a British biochemist who is the only person to win Nobel Prize two
times for Chemistry died on 19 November 2013 in Cambridge, eastern England. He
was aged 95.
For the first time, he won the Nobel Prize in 1958 for development of the methods, which helped to unravel the chemical structure of Protein, mainly insulin. Second Nobel Prize was given to him in 1980, jointly with Walter Gilbert and Paul Berg for the development of the techniques to read the sequences of DNA, which carries the basic code for life.
By winning two Nobel, Sanger became one of the four people who had won the Nobel Prizes two times. The other winners of Nobel Prize two times are Marie Curie, John Bardeen and Linus Pauling.
For the first time, he won the Nobel Prize in 1958 for development of the methods, which helped to unravel the chemical structure of Protein, mainly insulin. Second Nobel Prize was given to him in 1980, jointly with Walter Gilbert and Paul Berg for the development of the techniques to read the sequences of DNA, which carries the basic code for life.
By winning two Nobel, Sanger became one of the four people who had won the Nobel Prizes two times. The other winners of Nobel Prize two times are Marie Curie, John Bardeen and Linus Pauling.
45. Indian Senior Women Hockey Team
Coach Inderjit Singh Gill Died
India's
senior women's hockey team coach Inderjit Singh Gill passed away in a fatal
road accident near Sangrur in Punjab on 20 November 2013. Gill died at the age
of 59. He was a Sports Authority of India (SAI) coach.
Inderjit
Singh Gill, started his coaching career in 1986 and was working with the Junior
& Senior Women hockey teams since 1999.
46. Darvis Patton, the US sprinter
and two time Olympic Medalist retired
Darvis
Patton, the US sprinter on 18 November 2013 announced his retirement after 13
years career. He won the Olympic silver medal as part of the 4x100 relay teams
in the 2004 Athens Olympics and in London Olympics in 2012.
He was a part of the team of US that won the sprint relay gold at the Paris world championship and Osaka in 2003 and 2007, respectively.
About Darvis Patton
• He became the sixth fastest man to run 100 meters at the 2013 Texas Relays
He was a part of the team of US that won the sprint relay gold at the Paris world championship and Osaka in 2003 and 2007, respectively.
About Darvis Patton
• He became the sixth fastest man to run 100 meters at the 2013 Texas Relays
47. MCX signed MoU with China’s DCE
Multi
Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) signed an agreement with China based
Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) on 20 November 2013. Both Commodity future
exchanges alliance will boost the strategic co-operation. The agreement is
designed to facilitate potential collaboration in areas such as knowledge
sharing, research and price risk management.
About MCX
The Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited (MCX), India’s first listed exchange, is a state-of-the-art, commodity futures exchange that facilitates online trading. The Multi Commodity Exchange, which started operations in November 2003, operates within the regulatory framework of the Forward Contracts Regulation Act, 1952 (FCRA, 1952).
The Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited (MCX), India’s first listed exchange, is a state-of-the-art, commodity futures exchange that facilitates online trading. The Multi Commodity Exchange, which started operations in November 2003, operates within the regulatory framework of the Forward Contracts Regulation Act, 1952 (FCRA, 1952).
About DCE
Founded on
18 November 1993, Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) is one of the four futures
exchanges under the supervision and administration of the China Securities
Regulatory Commission (CSRC) upon the approval of the State Council, and also
the only futures exchange in Northeast China.
48. Hamid Ansari released book
entitled Maimaar-E-Qaun-Dr A.R. Kidwai
Maimaar-E-Qaun-Dr.
A. R. Kidwai edited by Mufti Ataur Rahman Ansari
Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India on 21 November 2013 released a book entitled Maimaar-E-Qaun-Dr. A. R. Kidwai. The book has been edited by Mufti Ataur Rahman Ansari.
Dr A.R. Kidwai has been compiled in the book creatively. He was a learned scientist and served as a professor at Aligarh Muslim University. He contributed in the formation of Mewat Development Board in Haryana.
Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India on 21 November 2013 released a book entitled Maimaar-E-Qaun-Dr. A. R. Kidwai. The book has been edited by Mufti Ataur Rahman Ansari.
Dr A.R. Kidwai has been compiled in the book creatively. He was a learned scientist and served as a professor at Aligarh Muslim University. He contributed in the formation of Mewat Development Board in Haryana.
• He
served West Bengal as its Governor from 1998-99
• He became the member of Rajya Sabha from January 2000 to July 2004.
• He became the member of Rajya Sabha from January 2000 to July 2004.
49. Virat Kohli became Fastest
Batsman to Score 5000 Runs in ODIs
Indian
Cricketer Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to score 5000 runs in one-day
internationals when he scored 86 against the West Indies in the first ODI in
Kochi on 21 November 2013.
Virat Kohli achieved the feat in just 120 matches and 114 innings. He has so far scored 5005 runs, which included 17 centuries and 27 fifties in his short career.
Virat Kohli achieved the feat in just 120 matches and 114 innings. He has so far scored 5005 runs, which included 17 centuries and 27 fifties in his short career.
Before
Kohli, former captain Sourav Ganguly was the fastest to achieve the feat among
Indian batsmen in 131 matches and 126 innings. From India, skipper Mahendra
Singh Dhoni (135 innings), Gautam Gambhir (135 innings) and Sachin Tendulkar
(138 innings) are the next fastest batsmen to reach the 5000 runs in ODIs.
50. Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu reappointed as India Boxing Coach
Gurbax
Singh Sandhu was on 20 November 2013 reappoint
1.
Haryana Launched its First Food Bank at Gurgaon with Support from Cargill
Haryana
launched its first food bank in order to give assistance to the different
feeding programmes in Gurgaon as well as nearby areas. The food bank received
support by global food major Cargill and India Food Banking Network (IFBN),
which is initiated by Sam Pitroda, Advisor to Prime Minister on Public
Information Infrastructure and Innovations.
2. Yogesh
Agarwal, the Chairman of PFRDA Resigned; Anup Wadhawan Took Over
The
Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), Yogesh
Agarwal resigned from the post of Chairman on 13 November 2013. He resigned
because of the Government’s decision to not allow him to be a part of the
selection panel for members of the regulator.
In the
meanwhile, Joint Secretary Anup Wadhawan was appointed as the new Chairman of
PFRDA by the Finance Ministry. It is important to note that Yogesh Agarwal had
one and half years more as his tenure of the Chairman.
3. Shiraz Naval Minwalla won New
Horizons in Physics Prize 2014
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". The
New Horizons for Physics Prize awarded to promising junior researchers by
Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation. The award carries prize money of 100000
US Dollars.
About
Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation The Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation
is a not-for-profit corporation established by the Milner Foundation, Russia in
2012 and dedicated to advancing our knowledge of the Universe at the deepest
level by awarding annual prizes for scientific breakthroughs, as well as
communicating the excitement of fundamental physics to the public.
4. Krishna Tirath gave away
National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement
Krishna
Tirath, the union Minister for Women and Child Development on 14 November 2013
gave away the National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement to 22 children
on Children’s Day during the opening ceremony of Vatsalya Mela at Dilli
Haat.
The awards initiated in 1996 are presented every year to the children between the age group 4-15 years for their exceptional achievements in various fields including academics, art, culture and sports etc.
The awards initiated in 1996 are presented every year to the children between the age group 4-15 years for their exceptional achievements in various fields including academics, art, culture and sports etc.
The
Vatsalya Mela is celebrated on the day of Jawahar Lal Nehru’s birth
anniversary, which also marks the Children’s Day.
The Gold Medal was presented to Harshal Shahi from Delhi for his exceptional achievement in the field of chess.
The Gold Medal was presented to Harshal Shahi from Delhi for his exceptional achievement in the field of chess.
5. Veteran Journalist R.K. Mukker
Passed Away at 88
Veteran
journalist R.K. Mukker passed away on 13 November 2013 after prolonged illness.
He was 88 years old. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. He died
at Sahibabad in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district.
6. Kenichi Ito set his new
Quadruped Record
Kenichi
Ito, a Japanese man broke his own Guinness World Record for the 100 meter dash
on 14 November 2013. He runs on his arms and legs broke.
ITO of 30 years finished the dash in 16.87 seconds by saving about 30 seconds of his 2012 run of 17.47 seconds.
ITO of 30 years finished the dash in 16.87 seconds by saving about 30 seconds of his 2012 run of 17.47 seconds.
7. India-Republic of Korea Joint
Commission Meeting was held
The 7th
India-Republic of Korea (South Korea) Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) was held
in New Delhi on 8 November 2013. The Indian side was led by External Affairs
Minister, Salman Khurshid, while the Republic of Korea (ROK) side was led by
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se.
8. Fifth Session of India-Ukraine
Inter-Governmental Commission held in New Delhi
The fifth
session of India-Ukraine Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic,
Scientific, Technological, Industrial and Cultural Cooperation held in New
Delhi on 13 November 2013. The Commission was chaired by E. Ahamed, the
Minister of State for External Affairs.
The Ukrainian delegation was led by Ihor Mykolayovych Prasolov, the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine. He was accompanied by a 15 member official and 12 member business delegations from Ukraine.
The Ukrainian delegation was led by Ihor Mykolayovych Prasolov, the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine. He was accompanied by a 15 member official and 12 member business delegations from Ukraine.
India and
Ukraine also agreed to increase trade beyond the existing level of 3.2 billion
US dollars.
The fourth session was held in Kyiv in June 2012 and the sixth session of the Commission will take place in 2014 at Kyiv.
The fourth session was held in Kyiv in June 2012 and the sixth session of the Commission will take place in 2014 at Kyiv.
9. Ram Kripalu Tripathi, Popularly
Known as Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj, Died
Ram
Kripalu Tripathi, popularly known as Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj passed away on
15 November 2013 at New Delhi. He was 91 years old. He was given the title of
Jagadguru (the world teacher) at the age of 34 years, in 1957.
10. 33rd India International Trade
Fair opened at New Delhi
The 33rd India International Trade Fair began at Pragati Maidan in New
Delhi on 14 November 2013. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the India
International Trade Fair (IITF). The trade fair aimed to spur international
trade while highlighting India's economic growth. The Theme of IITF 2013 is
Inclusive Growth. The 14-day event scheduled from 14 to 27 th November 2013.
About 6000 exhibitors including 250 from foreign countries are participating in
the fair. This year Japan is a partner country and South Africa, the focus
country. While Bihar is a partner state, Odisha is the focus state.
11. International Day for Tolerance
observed on 16 November
International
Day for Tolerance was observed on 16 November 2013 across the world to educate
people about the need for tolerance in society and to aware them about the
dangers of intolerance.
About
International Day for Tolerance
International
Day for Tolerance is celebrated worldwide every year on 16 November to promote
the Tolerance among the public. The day was first observed in 1995.
12. Lord Swraj Paul presented with
International Indian of the Decade Award
Lord Swraj
Paul, a leading NRI industrialist and educationist was presented with the
International Indian of the Decade award on 15 November 2013. Swraj Paul was
presented the award for his outstanding achievements in the fields of industry,
education and philanthropy.
Virender Paul, the acting High Commissioner of India to the UK presented the award to Lord Swraj Paul at the 20th anniversary of the publication of India Link International (a monthly magazine).
Virender Paul, the acting High Commissioner of India to the UK presented the award to Lord Swraj Paul at the 20th anniversary of the publication of India Link International (a monthly magazine).
About Lord
Swraj Paul
• Lord Swraj Paul is the founder of the UK-based steel and engineering multinational company Caparo, which at present employs about 10000 people worldwide from UK, USA and India.
• He was made the Life Peer is a member of the House of Lords in 1996.
• Lord Swraj Paul is the founder of the UK-based steel and engineering multinational company Caparo, which at present employs about 10000 people worldwide from UK, USA and India.
• He was made the Life Peer is a member of the House of Lords in 1996.
• In 1983
he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India
• In 1998, he was granted the freedom of the city of London.
• In 1998, he was granted the freedom of the city of London.
13. 22nd Commonwealth Heads Of
Government Meeting (CHOGM) began in Colombo, Sri Lanka
The 22nd
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, CHOGM began in Colombo, Sri Lanka on
15 November 2013. The Summit was inaugurated by Prince Charles of England, who
is representing Queen Elizabeth at the Commonwealth Summit. The theme for CHOGM
2013 is Growth with Equity; Inclusive Development.
The
official symbol for CHOGM is Water
lily flower. The logo symbolises the blue water lily (Nil Manel), the
national flower of Sri Lanka.
About
CHOGAM
The
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is held every two years to
enable leaders of Commonwealth countries to come together to discuss global and
Commonwealth issues, and to decide on collective policies and initiatives.
Commonwealth
leaders have been coming together for discussions since 1949, but the title
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was adopted during a session in
Singapore in 1971.
The theme of
the 2011 CHOGM in Perth, Australia, was Building National
Resilience, Building Global Resilience.
Member
countries
Fifty-three
countries are members of the Commonwealth. These Countries are from Africa,
Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific and are diverse – they are amongst
the world’s largest, smallest, richest and poorest countries. Thirty-two of our
members are classified as small states – countries with a population size of
1.5million people or less and larger member states that share similar characteristics
with them.
Leaders of
member countries shape Commonwealth policies and priorities. Every two years,
they meet to discuss issues affecting the Commonwealth and the wider world at
the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
All
members have an equal say regardless of size or economic stature. This ensures
even the smallest member countries have a voice in shaping the Commonwealth.
The last
two countries to join The Commonwealth - Rwanda and Mozambique - have no
historical ties to the British Empire.Four countries - Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Fiji
and Pakistan - have been suspended from the Commonwealth in the past.
The
Gambian Government on 2 October 2013 announced that it is pulling out of the
Commonwealth with immediate effect. Gambian, a West African country
joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1965.
14. Prof. CNR Rao and Sachin
Tendulkar Selected for Bharat Ratna Award
The
Government of India on 16 November 2013 decided to confer, the Bharat Ratna,
the highest civilian award on eminent scientist Prof CNR Rao and cricket player
Sachin Tendulkar.
Sachin
Tendulkar is the first sports person to win the Bharat Ratna Award.
The Bharat
Ratna award so far, given only to eminent personalities from the field of
dance, music, art, literature and the social sector. In the year 2011, the
Government of India modified the eligibility criteria for Bharat Ratna Award -
to enable eminent Sports-persons to receive the Nation’s highest civilian award.
About
Prof. CNR Rao
Prof.
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao (CNR Rao) was born on 30 June 1934,
Bangalore, India. He is an eminent scientist and a well recognized
international authority on solid state and materials chemistry.
Prof, CNR
Rao is presently serving as the head of the Scientific Advisory Council to the
Prime Minister of India.
About
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Ramesh
Tendulkar is an Indian Batsman who is considered one of the greatest batsmen of
the cricket world.
Sachin
Tendulkar who belongs to Mumbai Maharashtra made his appearance in six world
cups for India and was the member of the 2011 World Cup winning squad of the
nation.
Sachin
Tendulkar made his Test debut against arch-rival Pakistan at Karachi in 1989.
He made his ODI debut against Pakistan in 1989 in Gujranwala. He currently
holds the record for most hundreds in both Tests and One Day
Internationals.
In 198 Test matches, Sachin Tendulkar scored over Fifteen Thousand Eight hundred runs at an average of 53.86. He slammed 51 Test centuries and an unbeaten 248 against Bangladesh in Dhaka in 2004 was his best ever.
He made 49 hundreds in the one-day format, including a double hundred which is the first in this form of cricket and 96 half centuries.
In 2012, Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to score 100 international centuries.
Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement from Test cricket after playing his landmark 200th Test match against the West Indies on 15 November 2013. Earlier, Sachin Tendulkar announced retirement form one day cricket on 23 December 2012 and from Twenty20 cricket format on 26 May 2013.
In 198 Test matches, Sachin Tendulkar scored over Fifteen Thousand Eight hundred runs at an average of 53.86. He slammed 51 Test centuries and an unbeaten 248 against Bangladesh in Dhaka in 2004 was his best ever.
He made 49 hundreds in the one-day format, including a double hundred which is the first in this form of cricket and 96 half centuries.
In 2012, Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to score 100 international centuries.
Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement from Test cricket after playing his landmark 200th Test match against the West Indies on 15 November 2013. Earlier, Sachin Tendulkar announced retirement form one day cricket on 23 December 2012 and from Twenty20 cricket format on 26 May 2013.
About
Bharat Ratna award
· Bharat Ratna,
the highest civilian Award of the country was instituted in the year 1954.
· The first
three Indians, who received the Bharat Ratna were Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman,
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari and Sarvapali Radhakrishnan in 1954.
· There is
no written provision that Bharat Ratna should be awarded to Indian citizens
only.
· The award
has been conferred to a naturalised Indian citizen Mother Teresa (1980) and to
two non-Indians Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Nelson Mandela (1990).
15. INS Vikramaditya commissioned
in Indian Navy
INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier was inducted into the Indian Navy on 16
November 2013 giving a boost to the India’s maritime warfare capabilities. The
INS Vikramaditya (44500 tonne carrier Admiral Gorshkov) was commissioned by the
Union Defence Minister, AK Antony and the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitry
Rogozin in a ceremony at the sub zero temperature in the wind-swept Sevmash
Shipyard in the city of Severodvinsk port in the northern Arctic region of
Russia.
16. Abdullah Yameen won Maldives
Presidential Polls
Abdulla
Yameen, the candidate of Progressive Party of Maldives on 16 November 2013
defeated the former premier, Mohammed Nasheed to win the Maldivian Presidential
elections. Election Commission of Maldives announced the result of the election
on 16 November 2013, in which Yameen defeated Mohamed Nasheed of Maldivian
Democratic Party with a margin of six thousand votes.
Yameen
secured 51.39 percent (1 lakh 11 thousand) of votes, whereas Mohamed Nasheed
received 48.61 (1 lakh 5 thousand votes).
17. Bengal topped the medal list of
the 23rd G V Mavalankar Shooting Championship
West
Bengal, the host of the 23rd All India G V Mavalankar Shooting
Championship topped the medals tally on 16 November 2013. The championship
concluded at the Chandmari Range in West Bengal. This is the first time that
West Bengal topped the medal table of national level of shooting championship.
West
Bengal, shooters won five gold, five silver and a bronze to top the 10 day long
championship. Maharashtra stood at the second position in the championship with
four gold, five silver and three bronze medals. Whereas, Chandigarh was third in
the list as it won three gold, one silver and one bronze medal.
18. India moved to second position
in ICC test ranking
In the
latest ICC test ranking, India moved to the second position, following the 2-0
victory over West Indies on 16 November 2013. South Africa stood at the top
position with 131 points, which is followed by India with 119 ratings point.
England stands at third position with 116 points.
Test
rankings of other nations:
Rank
|
Team
|
Matches
|
Points
|
Rating
|
1
|
South
Africa
|
27
|
3531
|
131
|
2
|
India
|
33
|
3920
|
119
|
3
|
England
|
38
|
4407
|
116
|
4
|
Pakistan
|
25
|
2538
|
102
|
5
|
Australia
|
33
|
3318
|
101
|
6
|
West
Indies
|
25
|
2366
|
95
|
7
|
Sri
Lanka
|
26
|
2295
|
88
|
8
|
New
Zealand
|
30
|
2243
|
75
|
9
|
Zimbabwe
|
11
|
372
|
34
|
10
|
Bangladesh
|
16
|
285
|
18
|
19. First Integrated Checkpost
along India-Bangladesh border inaugurated
The first
Integrated Checkpost along Agartala-Akhaura, India-Bangladesh border was
jointly inaugurated on 17 November 2013 by Union Home Minister Sushilkumar
Shinde and his Bangladeshi counterpart Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir. The chief Mister
of Tripura, Manik Sarkar was also present on the occasion.
The Agartala-Akhaura Integrated checkpost is the first of the seven Land Customs Border Stations has been upgraded by the Land Port Authority of India along the 4096 km border.
The Agartala-Akhaura Integrated checkpost is the first of the seven Land Customs Border Stations has been upgraded by the Land Port Authority of India along the 4096 km border.
20. Waheeda Rehman to receive first
Centenary film award at IFFI
Waheeda
Rehman, the veteran actress of Bollywood will be conferred with the inaugural
Centenary Award for the Indian Film Personality of the Year 2013 at the 44th
International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa on 20 November 2013. The
award will be given to her in recognition of her contributions to the film
industry.
The award
has been instituted by the Government of India to mark the 100 years of Indian
Cinema. It includes a prize amount of 10 lakh rupees and a citation.
21. Doris Lessing, Nobel
Prize-Winning Author, Died at 94
British
Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing was died on 17 November 2013 at
London.She was 94 years old. Her best-known works are The Golden Notebook,
Memoirs of a Survivor and The Summer Before the Dark. In her life time she
wrote more than 80 books, including poetry, two operas, short stories, plays
and non-fiction. In 2007, the 88-year-old Doris Lessing became the oldest
recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. and only the 11th woman to win the
award.
22. Malta to Host Next Commonwealth
Summit in 2015
Malta, a
Southern European country was on 17 November 2013 unanimously chosen as the
host of the next Commonwealth summit in 2015.
The
decision was made at the retreat session of the Commonwealth Heads of
Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo, Sri Lanka after Mauritius withdrew as host of the
2015 Commonwealth summit as a result of its prime minister's boycott of the
Colombo summit over Sri Lanka's human rights concerns.
This is second time for Malta to host the Commonwealth summit. Before this, Malta hosted a Commonwealth Summit in 2005.
This is second time for Malta to host the Commonwealth summit. Before this, Malta hosted a Commonwealth Summit in 2005.
About
Malta
Malta is a
southern European country in the Mediterranean Sea. The capital of Malta is
Valletta which is also the smallest capital in the EU. Malta has two official
languages: Maltese and English. Malta got independence from the United Kingdom
in 1964 and became a republic in 1974 and joined the European Union in May
2004. Malta joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1964.
23. Bolt and Fraser-Pryce were
crowned World Athletes of 2013
The
Jamaican sprinters, Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were crowned the
male and female World Athletes of the Year, 2013 on 16 November 2013. They were
selected as the world athletes of the year by the sport's governing IAAF at a
ceremony in Monaco.
24. Sebastian Vettel won the United
States Grand Prix for record 8th successive victory
Sebastian
Vettel of Red Bull’s team on 17 November 2013 won United States Grand Prix.
France's Romain Grosjean in Lotus was second with Red Bull's Mark Webber took
the third place.
This was his eighth successive race of Vettel in a season. With this win he succeeded ahead of Michael Schumacher’s previous record of winning seven races in a row in the same season, which was set in 2004.
This was his eighth successive race of Vettel in a season. With this win he succeeded ahead of Michael Schumacher’s previous record of winning seven races in a row in the same season, which was set in 2004.
This was
also vettel’s 12th win of the season and if he wins the year-ender in Brazil
than he will tie with Michael Schumacher Formulae one record of 13 victories in
a single season. The win in the Brazil grand prix that is scheduled to happen
on 24 November 2013 will bring to him ninth victory in a row, which was set by
Alberto Ascari.
The Mark Webber (37) of Red Bulls will be driving last time in the Brazil grand prix, as it will be his last race in the Formulae one.
The Mark Webber (37) of Red Bulls will be driving last time in the Brazil grand prix, as it will be his last race in the Formulae one.
25. Redek Stepanek clinched Davis
Cup for Czech Republic
The Czech
Republic on 17 November 2013 defended the Davis Cup title 2013 after Redek
Stepanek defeated the Serbian Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 in the fifth rubber
of the final by BNP Paribas Final in Belgrade. With the win Stepanek handed the
win too Czech Republic 3-2.
With this win, Stepanek became the third player in the history to win Two Davis Cup Finals live fifth singles rubbers. He is also the first man to do so on consecutive occasions after bypassing Serbian youngster Dusan Lajovic for the loss of just five games.
26. National Press Day observed on 16 November
With this win, Stepanek became the third player in the history to win Two Davis Cup Finals live fifth singles rubbers. He is also the first man to do so on consecutive occasions after bypassing Serbian youngster Dusan Lajovic for the loss of just five games.
26. National Press Day observed on 16 November
National
Press Day is celebrated across the country on 16 November 2013. The day is
symbolic of a free and responsible press in India.
It is the
day on which the Press Council of India started functioning as a moral watchdog
to ensure that not only the press maintains the high standards expected from
this powerful medium but also that it was not fettered by the influence or
threats of any extraneous factors.
The Press
Council of India was first constituted on 4 July 1966 as an autonomous,
statutory, quasi-judicial body, and it started functioning from 16 November
1966 with Justice J R Mudholkar, then a Judge of the Supreme Court, as Chairman.
27. India successfully Test Fired
Advanced Version of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile
India on
18 November 2013 successfully test-fired the advanced version of the BrahMos
supersonic cruise missile from the Pokhran test firing range in Rajasthan.
The block
III variant of BrahMos with deep penetration capability was test launched from
a Mobile Autonomous Launcher (MAL).
The 290-km
range BrahMos flies at a speed of 2.8 Mach and carries a conventional warhead
of up to 300 kg. The missile can be launched from multiple platforms including
land, sea, sub-sea and air.
28. NASA Launched MAVEN Mission to
study Mars Atmosphere
The US
space agency NASA on 18 November 2013 launched its MAVEN orbiter Mission to
Mars planet. The orbiter mission was launched on an Atlas V rocket from
Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station The probe will have a 10-month
cruise to the Red Planet- Mars. MAVEN is going to study Mars' atmosphere.
During the course of the long cruise, Maven will perform four trajectory
corrections, with the first scheduled to occur on 3rd December 2013.
About
MAVEN Mission
The Mars
Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission is part of NASA's Mars Scout
program. The mission will explore the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere, ionosphere
and interactions with the sun and solar wind.
29. National Integration Day
observed on 19 November
19
November: National Integration Day (Birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi)
National Integration Day is observed on 19 November 2013 all over India. It is
celebrated as the birth anniversary of the first woman Prime Minister of the
India, Indira Gandhi. The National Integration day is celebrated to enhance the
love and unity among people all across the India.
30. World Toilet Day observed on 19
November
The World
Toilet Day (WTD) was observed across the world on 19 November 2013. In the
world about a third of the world’s people don’t have an access to a decent
toilet.
World
Toilet Summit
Earlier the World Toilet Summit in 2013 was observed from 2 to 4 October 2013 in Central Java, Indonesia. The 13th session of the World Toilet Summit was held in support of the World Toilet Organization and the Indonesia Toilet Association (ATI), and supported by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of the Republic of Indonesia and the Ministry of Public Works and the Government of Surakarta.
Earlier the World Toilet Summit in 2013 was observed from 2 to 4 October 2013 in Central Java, Indonesia. The 13th session of the World Toilet Summit was held in support of the World Toilet Organization and the Indonesia Toilet Association (ATI), and supported by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of the Republic of Indonesia and the Ministry of Public Works and the Government of Surakarta.
31. Birth of Cinema authored by N.
Gopal Krishna Released
The book
entitled Birth of Cinema written by N. Gopal Krishna was released at ICFFI
media centre by a Journalist T. Udayawarluon 18 November 2013. The book
comprises of details related to the advanced cinematic technologies like the 3D
shootings and Voice enhancements and others, which were popularized by the
Hollywood directors. He is a film maker of Andhra Pradesh.
32. Angela Merkel, German
Chancellor selected for Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace 2013
Dr. Angela
Merkel, German Chancellor on 19 November 2013 selected for Indira Gandhi Prize
for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2013.
The International Jury for the Prize was chaired by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, which made this announcement on 19 November 2013 on the birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi.
Dr. Angela Merkel is nominated for her exemplary leadership in Europe and the world during the financial crises, her commitment to universal peace and disarmament and her leadership role in strengthening productive and mutually beneficial relations with India and other developing countries.
The International Jury for the Prize was chaired by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, which made this announcement on 19 November 2013 on the birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi.
Dr. Angela Merkel is nominated for her exemplary leadership in Europe and the world during the financial crises, her commitment to universal peace and disarmament and her leadership role in strengthening productive and mutually beneficial relations with India and other developing countries.
About
Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development
v The Indira
Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development was instituted (in 1986) in the name of former Prime
Minister of India, Indira Gandhi. It celebrates the values that she stood and
fought for in the service of our nation and its people.
v The
Indiara Gandhi Award is constituted by Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust.
v Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf, the Liberian President was conferred with the Indira Gandhi
Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2012.
33. Iran unveiled New Biggest Drone
with 2000Km Range
Iran on 18 November 2013 unveiled a biggest missile-equipped drone with a
range of 2000 km, which would enable it to cover much of the Middle East,
including Israel.
The drone named Fotros has an operational range of 2000
kilometres and can fly at an altitude of 25000 feet, with a flight time of 16
to 30 hours. The drone could carry out reconnaissance missions or launch
air-to-surface missile strikes. In September 2013, Iran announced the mass
production of the Shahed 129 drone, which it said has a range of 1700
kilometres, is capable of carrying eight missiles and can fly for 24 hours. In
the same month, Iran unveiled a reconnaissance drone
named Yasseer, which was said to be capable of flying for eight hours
with a range of 200 kilometres and at an altitude of 4500 meters.
34. Mangalore
University Presented with Indira Gandhi NSS Best University Award 2012-13
President
of India Pranab Mukherjee on 19 November 2013 presented Indira Gandhi National
Service Scheme Best University Award 2012-13 to Mangalore University of
Karnataka.
Mangalore University is fourth in the row of universities winning Indira Gandhi NSS Award in Karnataka. Prior to this university, RGUHS, Bangalore University, and UAS Dharwad had received this award.
Mangalore University is fourth in the row of universities winning Indira Gandhi NSS Award in Karnataka. Prior to this university, RGUHS, Bangalore University, and UAS Dharwad had received this award.
35. India
and Russia decided to held a Joint Air Force Exercise in 2014
India and
Russia on 18 November 2013 agreed to expand the range of strategic partnership
in a significant manner in Moscow. The two countries will also hold a Joint Air
Force Level exercise for the first time in 2014.
The Agreements
• The two countries agreed to hold a joint Air Force level exercise for the first time, which will happen in 2014 with a joint Navy Exercise in the Peter the Great Bay in the Sea of Japan. Recently, the armies of the two countries held an Exercise Indra in Rajasthan with a focus on anti-terrorism.
The Agreements
• The two countries agreed to hold a joint Air Force level exercise for the first time, which will happen in 2014 with a joint Navy Exercise in the Peter the Great Bay in the Sea of Japan. Recently, the armies of the two countries held an Exercise Indra in Rajasthan with a focus on anti-terrorism.
36. Lionel Messi awarded third
Golden Shoe
Lionel
Messi, the Barcelonan forward footballer on 20 November 2013 won the Golden
Shoe award. Messi won the award in recognition of his 46 goals in 32 leagues
appearances in the Europe’s domestic football league in the 2012-13 season.
This is the third Golden Shoe award of Messi and with this win he became the first footballer win the show three times. Earlier Messi won the award in 2009-10 for 34 goals and a Spanish record 50 in 2011-12.
About Lionel Messi
Lionel Andres Messi (26) is an Argentine Footballer and a captain to the national team of Argentina. At present he plays for FC Barcelona in Spain. He is the fourth footballer to win 3 Ballons d’Or. He is the second player to win three Ballon’s d’Or consecutively after Michele Platini.
This is the third Golden Shoe award of Messi and with this win he became the first footballer win the show three times. Earlier Messi won the award in 2009-10 for 34 goals and a Spanish record 50 in 2011-12.
About Lionel Messi
Lionel Andres Messi (26) is an Argentine Footballer and a captain to the national team of Argentina. At present he plays for FC Barcelona in Spain. He is the fourth footballer to win 3 Ballons d’Or. He is the second player to win three Ballon’s d’Or consecutively after Michele Platini.
37. SPMCIL conferred with
Engineering Excellence Award 2013
Engineering
Excellence Award 2013 was conferred on the Security Printing and Minting
Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL), a Public Sector Unit under the Ministry
of Finance, and Government of India on 19 November 2013. The award was given by
Engineering Watch at SCOPE Convention Centre in Delhi.
Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited
Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) was formed after corporatization of nine units including four mints, four presses and one paper mill, which were earlier functioning under the Ministry of Finance. The Company was incorporated on 13 January 2006 under the Companies Act, 1956 with its headquarters at New Delhi. SPMCIL is a Miniratna Category-I CPSE, and wholly owned Schedule ‘A’ Company of Government of India. It is engaged in the manufacture of security paper, minting of coins, printing of currency and bank notes, non-judicial stamp papers, postage stamps, travel documents and others.
Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited
Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) was formed after corporatization of nine units including four mints, four presses and one paper mill, which were earlier functioning under the Ministry of Finance. The Company was incorporated on 13 January 2006 under the Companies Act, 1956 with its headquarters at New Delhi. SPMCIL is a Miniratna Category-I CPSE, and wholly owned Schedule ‘A’ Company of Government of India. It is engaged in the manufacture of security paper, minting of coins, printing of currency and bank notes, non-judicial stamp papers, postage stamps, travel documents and others.
38. RBI Directed Public Sector
Banks to give loans to women SHGs at 7 percent
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 November 2013 directed Public Sector
Banks (PSBs) to provide loans to women self-help groups (SHGs) at 7 per cent
per annum to avail the benefit of interest rate subvention scheme under the
Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana-Aajeevika (SGSY) scheme.
v All women SHGs will be eligible for interest subvention to avail the
credit upto 3 lakh Rupees at 7 per cent per annum.
Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana-Aajeevika (SGSY) is an initiative by
the government to provide sustainable income to poor people living in rural
areas of the country.
39. Anjolie Ela Menon awarded with
Dayawati Modi Award
Anjolie
Ela Menon, a contemporary artist was awarded with Dayawati Modi Award for Art
and Culture and Education by Dayawati Foundation on 19 November 2013. The award
comprised of a cash price of 2.51 lakh rupees, a silver shield and a scroll of
hounour. It was presented to her by the Minister of state for Prime Minister
Office, Department of personnel and Training, Government of India.
She was
awarded Padma Shree in 2000.
40. Kauwboy won the Golden Elephant
Award in International Children's Film Festival
The 18th
International Children's Film Festival concluded on 20 November 2013 in
Hyderabad. A Dutch Film named Kauwboy, directed by Boudewijn Koole won the
Golden Elephant Award for best film in the 'International Live Action'
category. The film is about a 10 year old boy and a bird.
41. 3rd BRICS International
Competition Conference inaugurated by Prime Minister of India
Prime
Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh on 21 November 2013 inaugurated the 3rd
BRICS International Competition Conference in New Delhi. The theme of the
conference is: Competition Enforcement in BRICS Countries: Issues and
Challenges. The participating countries are BRICS Nations: Brazil, Russia,
India, China and South Africa. The two-day conference is organised by
Competition Commission of India (CCI) on behalf of BRICS countries.
BRICS
International Competition Conference is one of the most prestigious conferences
in the field of competition law and policy.
The
conference is third in the series with the earlier two BRICS International
Competition Conferences having been organised in Kazan, Russia and Beijing,
China respectively.
About
BRICS Nations
BRICS is an acronym for the powerful grouping of the world’s leading emerging economies, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The first BRIC Summit took place in Yekateringburg, Russia in 2009, where the elected leaders of the four countries formally declared the membership of the BRIC economic bloc. South Africa joined the bloc in 2010, resulting in BRICS.
The BRICS mechanism aims to achieve peace, security, development and cooperation. It also seeks to contribute significantly to the development of humanity and establish a more equitable and fair world.
BRICS is an acronym for the powerful grouping of the world’s leading emerging economies, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The first BRIC Summit took place in Yekateringburg, Russia in 2009, where the elected leaders of the four countries formally declared the membership of the BRIC economic bloc. South Africa joined the bloc in 2010, resulting in BRICS.
The BRICS mechanism aims to achieve peace, security, development and cooperation. It also seeks to contribute significantly to the development of humanity and establish a more equitable and fair world.
42. Malala Yousafzai Received EU's
Sakharov Human Rights Prize 2013
Malala
Yousafzai, Pakistani teenage activist on 20 November 2013 received the EU's
Sakharov human rights prize for her brave crusade for the right of the children
to education.
The
European Parliament President Martin Schulz presented the award to the
16-year-old Malala at a ceremony in Strasbourg, France. Malala Yousafzai
dedicated the award to "the unsung heroes of Pakistan" and to human
rights campaigners worldwide.
About
Sakharov Prize
v The
Sakharov Prize for free speech is awarded by the European Parliament annually
in memory of Soviet physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov.
v The prize
was set up in 1988 to honour individuals or organisations for their efforts on
behalf of human rights and fundamental freedoms. The 50000-Euro prize is
considered Europe's top human rights award.
v In 2012
the award went to detained Iranians, lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and film maker
Jafar Panahi, to honour those standing up for a better Iran. with this award
Malala joins a distinguished list of winners of the prize that includes South
Africa's Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar.
43. V. Baskaran appointed as Coach
of the Senior Men Hockey Team
Hockey
India on 20 November 2013 appointed the former Olympic gold-medallist V
Baskaran as Coach of the Senior Men Hockey Team. Baskaran will work under the
recently appointed Chief Coach Terence Walsh. Hockey India on 15 October 2013
appointed the Terence Walsh as Chief Coach of the Senior Men National Hockey
Team.
About V
Baskaran : Vasudevan Baskaran who was the captain of the team that won the
gold medal at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.
44. Frederick Sanger the two time
Chemistry Nobel Prize winner died
Frederick
Sanger, a British biochemist who is the only person to win Nobel Prize two
times for Chemistry died on 19 November 2013 in Cambridge, eastern England. He
was aged 95.
For the first time, he won the Nobel Prize in 1958 for development of the methods, which helped to unravel the chemical structure of Protein, mainly insulin. Second Nobel Prize was given to him in 1980, jointly with Walter Gilbert and Paul Berg for the development of the techniques to read the sequences of DNA, which carries the basic code for life.
By winning two Nobel, Sanger became one of the four people who had won the Nobel Prizes two times. The other winners of Nobel Prize two times are Marie Curie, John Bardeen and Linus Pauling.
For the first time, he won the Nobel Prize in 1958 for development of the methods, which helped to unravel the chemical structure of Protein, mainly insulin. Second Nobel Prize was given to him in 1980, jointly with Walter Gilbert and Paul Berg for the development of the techniques to read the sequences of DNA, which carries the basic code for life.
By winning two Nobel, Sanger became one of the four people who had won the Nobel Prizes two times. The other winners of Nobel Prize two times are Marie Curie, John Bardeen and Linus Pauling.
45. Indian Senior Women Hockey Team
Coach Inderjit Singh Gill Died
India's
senior women's hockey team coach Inderjit Singh Gill passed away in a fatal
road accident near Sangrur in Punjab on 20 November 2013. Gill died at the age
of 59. He was a Sports Authority of India (SAI) coach.
Inderjit
Singh Gill, started his coaching career in 1986 and was working with the Junior
& Senior Women hockey teams since 1999.
46. Darvis Patton, the US sprinter
and two time Olympic Medalist retired
Darvis
Patton, the US sprinter on 18 November 2013 announced his retirement after 13
years career. He won the Olympic silver medal as part of the 4x100 relay teams
in the 2004 Athens Olympics and in London Olympics in 2012.
He was a part of the team of US that won the sprint relay gold at the Paris world championship and Osaka in 2003 and 2007, respectively.
About Darvis Patton
• He became the sixth fastest man to run 100 meters at the 2013 Texas Relays
He was a part of the team of US that won the sprint relay gold at the Paris world championship and Osaka in 2003 and 2007, respectively.
About Darvis Patton
• He became the sixth fastest man to run 100 meters at the 2013 Texas Relays
47. MCX signed MoU with China’s DCE
Multi
Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) signed an agreement with China based
Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) on 20 November 2013. Both Commodity future
exchanges alliance will boost the strategic co-operation. The agreement is
designed to facilitate potential collaboration in areas such as knowledge
sharing, research and price risk management.
About MCX
The Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited (MCX), India’s first listed exchange, is a state-of-the-art, commodity futures exchange that facilitates online trading. The Multi Commodity Exchange, which started operations in November 2003, operates within the regulatory framework of the Forward Contracts Regulation Act, 1952 (FCRA, 1952).
The Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited (MCX), India’s first listed exchange, is a state-of-the-art, commodity futures exchange that facilitates online trading. The Multi Commodity Exchange, which started operations in November 2003, operates within the regulatory framework of the Forward Contracts Regulation Act, 1952 (FCRA, 1952).
About DCE
Founded on
18 November 1993, Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) is one of the four futures
exchanges under the supervision and administration of the China Securities
Regulatory Commission (CSRC) upon the approval of the State Council, and also
the only futures exchange in Northeast China.
48. Hamid Ansari released book
entitled Maimaar-E-Qaun-Dr A.R. Kidwai
Maimaar-E-Qaun-Dr.
A. R. Kidwai edited by Mufti Ataur Rahman Ansari
Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India on 21 November 2013 released a book entitled Maimaar-E-Qaun-Dr. A. R. Kidwai. The book has been edited by Mufti Ataur Rahman Ansari.
Dr A.R. Kidwai has been compiled in the book creatively. He was a learned scientist and served as a professor at Aligarh Muslim University. He contributed in the formation of Mewat Development Board in Haryana.
Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India on 21 November 2013 released a book entitled Maimaar-E-Qaun-Dr. A. R. Kidwai. The book has been edited by Mufti Ataur Rahman Ansari.
Dr A.R. Kidwai has been compiled in the book creatively. He was a learned scientist and served as a professor at Aligarh Muslim University. He contributed in the formation of Mewat Development Board in Haryana.
• He
served West Bengal as its Governor from 1998-99
• He became the member of Rajya Sabha from January 2000 to July 2004.
• He became the member of Rajya Sabha from January 2000 to July 2004.
49. Virat Kohli became Fastest
Batsman to Score 5000 Runs in ODIs
Indian
Cricketer Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to score 5000 runs in one-day
internationals when he scored 86 against the West Indies in the first ODI in
Kochi on 21 November 2013.
Virat Kohli achieved the feat in just 120 matches and 114 innings. He has so far scored 5005 runs, which included 17 centuries and 27 fifties in his short career.
Virat Kohli achieved the feat in just 120 matches and 114 innings. He has so far scored 5005 runs, which included 17 centuries and 27 fifties in his short career.
Before
Kohli, former captain Sourav Ganguly was the fastest to achieve the feat among
Indian batsmen in 131 matches and 126 innings. From India, skipper Mahendra
Singh Dhoni (135 innings), Gautam Gambhir (135 innings) and Sachin Tendulkar
(138 innings) are the next fastest batsmen to reach the 5000 runs in ODIs.
50. Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu reappointed as India Boxing Coach
Gurbax
Singh Sandhu was on 20 November 2013 reappointed as the national coach of the
men's Indian boxing team till the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. This
decision was taken in consultation with the Sports Authority of India at New
Delhi.
First appointed as coach in 1993, Gurbax Singh Sandhu has ably served for almost two decades during which Indian boxers have made ground-breaking progress in the international arena including winning the country's first Olympic medal, and first World Championship medal, through Vijender Singh (75kg category).
First appointed as coach in 1993, Gurbax Singh Sandhu has ably served for almost two decades during which Indian boxers have made ground-breaking progress in the international arena including winning the country's first Olympic medal, and first World Championship medal, through Vijender Singh (75kg category).
ed as the national coach of the
men's Indian boxing team till the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. This
decision was taken in consultation with the Sports Authority of India at New
Delhi.
First appointed as coach in 1993, Gurbax Singh Sandhu has ably served for almost two decades during which Indian boxers have made ground-breaking progress in the international arena including winning the country's first Olympic medal, and first World Championship medal, through Vijender Singh (75kg category).
First appointed as coach in 1993, Gurbax Singh Sandhu has ably served for almost two decades during which Indian boxers have made ground-breaking progress in the international arena including winning the country's first Olympic medal, and first World Championship medal, through Vijender Singh (75kg category).
