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Indira Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2014 bagged by ISRO

On 19th November 2014, ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) was chosen for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2014. ISRO was chosen for this prestigious award for its contribution in strengthening international cooperation in peaceful use of outer space.

Jury which was chaired by Vice President Hamid Ansari, in its statement said that ISRO is being awarded in recognition of its path-breaking achievement, culminating in the Mars orbiter mission, its significant contribution in strengthening cooperation in peaceful use of outer space.

List of 100 Global Thinkers released by Foreign Policy Magazine

On 17th November 2014, list of 100 Global Thinkers was released by Foreign Policy Magazine of America. 

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi was ranked on top in the list of decision makers for enthralling the world's most populous democracy. President of Bharatiya Janata Party Amit Shah was placed on third rank after Angela Merkel of Germany.

Haryana Police arrested Rampal Singh Jatin from his ashram in Hisar after court orders

On 19th November 2014, Self styled Godman Rampal Singh Jatin was arrested by Haryana Police from his Ashram in Hisar of Haryana. He was in news as Haryana and Punjab High Court had ordered Police to produce him in the court as a non bailable warrants were issued against him.

He defied court orders thrice in the contempt case citing bad health. He was sitting inside the Ashram and his supporters were shielding him from police arrest, they were also attacking police. 

In 2006 Rampal criticised Dayanand Saraswati who was founder of Arya Samaj. After this there were violent clashes at Karontha ashram between the followers of two sects, in which an Arya Samaj follower was killed. After this Rampal was charged with murder thenafter he was was arrested and spend many months in jail before his release in 2008.

Five death-sentenced Indian fishermen released by Sri Lanka

On 19th November 2014, Sri Lanka released five Indian fishermen. This incident was in news as these five Indian fishermen were sentenced to death on charges of drug smuggling in Sri Lankan waters. On 30th October 2014, Colombo High Court ordered death penalty to them.

After the Indian Govt efforts President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa used his executive powers to commute their death penalty and granted them pardon.

As per SC direction, CBI Director Ranjit Sinha to withdraw himself from 2G case

 On 20th November 2014, Supreme Court directed CBI Director Ranjit Sinha to withdraw himself from 2G case and also present CBI chief not to interfere in the ongoing 2G probe. Three most senior officers in the investigating team will be taking role of CBI director in this case. 

Bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu said that "To protect the faith in the institution and reputation of Director, CBI, we are not focusing on elaborate reasons and it is suffice to say information furnished by applicants prima facie appears to be credible and therefore required to be accepted".

                                                                                                          

                    

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First state of India to with bank accounts for all families is Kerala

Kerala became first state of India to have bank accounts for all families. This goal was accomplished under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY). Kerala Finance Minister KM Mani at the State-Level Banker's Committee (SLBC) meeting in Thiruvananthapuram made a formal announcement about this on 11th November 2014. In Kerala about 13 lakh new accounts were opened.

National Education Day - 11th November

On 11th November 2014, National Education Day was observed across India to mark the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. This year it was the 125th birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. 

President Pranab Mukherjee and other ministers paid floral tributes to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. PM described him as scholar, freedom fighter and a man who devoted his life towards nation building.

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Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was the first education minister of Independent India and in 2008 Government of India declared that his birth anniversary as the National Education Day.

BJP govt with Devendra Fadnavis as CM won trust vote in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

 On 12th November 2014, BJP govt with Devendra Fadnavis as CM won trust vote in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly through voice vote. Senior BJP leader Ashish Shelar moved the confidence motion of BJP government. 

Shiv Sena's leader Eknath Shinde was announced as opposition leader of the house. 

BJP's Haribhau Bagde unanimously elected as new Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

On 12th November 2014, Senior BJP legislator Haribhau Bagde was elected as new Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly unanimously. 

Haribhau Bagde has been elected as MLA from Phulambhari in Aurangabad district. 

Lee Chong Wei provisionally suspended by BWF

On 11th November 2014, World's No.1 Lee Chong Wei was provisionally suspended for an apparent anti-doping violation by BWF (Badminton World Federation). 

Lee Chong Wei who is from Malaysia faced this suspension due to an Adverse Analytical Finding of a sample taken at the BWF World Championships in August 2014.

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Lee Chong Wei has been named BWF player of the year four times and has won 55 career tittles.

PM Narendra Modi on 10-Day Visit to Myanmar, Australia and Fiji

During his 10-day foreign tour, PM Modi will hold bilateral talks with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott in Canberra after the annual summit of the Group of 20 of the world's biggest developed and emerging economies. The two-day G20 summit will be held in Brisbane from November 15. Then PM will be visiting Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne from November 16 to November 18.

PM Modi will be visiting Fiji, by this he will become first Indian premier to visit this south Pacific island nation of Fiji after 33 years. Before him Indira Gandhi had last visited in 1981.

PM Modi will be meeting more than 40 leaders during this three nation tour, which includes around 20 bilateral meetings with the leaders of China, Germany, Britain and South Korea.

                                                                                                                  

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Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh conferred with Jnanpith award 2013

 On 10th November 2014, Noted Hindi Poet Kedarnath Singh was conferred with the Jnanpith Award which is country's highest literary award. Eminent Poet was conferred with this prestigious award by President Pranab Mukherjee at a function at Balyogi Auditorium, Parliament Library Building in New Delhi.

Mr. Kedarnath Singh was honoured for his outstanding contribution towards Indian literature. 

Jeevan Pramaan-Digital Life Certificate for Pensioners launched by PM

On 10th November 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Jeevan Pramaan- an Aadhar based Digital Life Certificate for pensioners. This scheme is about digital life certificates which is expected to benefit over a crore pensioners who have to produce Life Certificates each year to receive pension.

After this pensioners will not have to submit their physical Life Certificate in November each year in order to continue their pensions.

Now this all process will be using a software application which will have facilities to record the pensioner's Aadhar number and biometric details. So these details will be collected digitally on real time basis which will be a valid proof that the pensioner's pension should continue.

Mannan Kumar Mishra reappointed as BCI Chairman

On 10th November 2014, Mannan Kumar Mishra was re-elected as Chairman of the Bar Council of India (BCI), also S. Prabakaran was re-elected as Co-Chairman of BCI.

Bhoje Gowda SL was elected as vice-chairman, T.S. Ajith was elected as chairman of the executive committee and Nilesh Kumar was elected as the vice-chairman of the executive committee.

These new office bearers will be holding the office till April 2014.

India, Israel joint venture LR SAM missile successfully tested in Israel

On 10th November 2014, India and Israel successfully test fired long range surface to air missile jointly developed which also signifies their cooperation in developing advanced weapon systems.

LRSAM (Long Range Surface to Air Missile) was tested by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in the presence of DRDO (Defence Research & Development Organisation) scientists and officials of Indian Army. DRDO chief Dr Avinash Chander (Who is also Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister) and IAI President Joseph Weiss were persent on this occasion among all other top officials.

                                                                         

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Autobiography of Sachin Tendulkar titled "Playing It My Way" launched

On 5th November 2014, Autobiography of Sachin Tendulkar titled "Playing It My Way" was launched by Sachin Tendulkar himself in the presence of family members, some of his former teammates and celebrities. 

In this book Sachin has mentioned many things like his life up and downs, his opinions on coaches etc. 

Captain of ICC ODI Team of the Year 2014 is Mahendra Singh Dhoni

On 5th November 2014, There was good news for fans of MS Dhoni as Indian cricket captain was named as the captain of ICC ODI Team of the Year 2014. Dhoni has been included in this team for eight times till now out of which he has been selected as captain for the fifth time.

All team members named are as following : 

• Mohammad Hafeez of Pakistan
• Quinton de Kock of South Africa
• Virat Kohli of India
• George Bailey of Australia
• AB de Villiers of South Africa
• MS Dhoni of India (wicketkeeper) (captain)
• Dwayne Bravo of West Indies
• James Faulkner of Australia
• Dale Steyn of South Africa
• Mohammad Shami of India
• Ajantha Mendis of Sri Lanka
• Rohit Sharma of India (12th man)

Important to Note : Angelo Mathews who is captain of Sri Lankan cricket team was named as captain of the ICC Test Team of the Year 2014.

Jayapur village in Varanasi adopted by PM under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana

 On 5th November 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi adopted village named Jayapur located in Varanasi under newly inaugurated scheme named Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY), as you must be aware of that Varanasi is the Lok Sabha constituency of PM himself.

Prime Minister is scheduled to visit this village on 7th November 2014, which will also be the first visit of PM to his constituency after being the PM of country. 

Cabinet approved the treaty on transfer of sentenced persons between India and Nigeria

On 6th October 2014, Union Cabinet approved the treaty on transfer of sentenced persons between India and Nigeria. This was done under the Repatriation of Prisoners Act, 2003.

This transfer will help prisoners to serve the remaining part of their sentence in their countries and also this will facilitate their social rehabilitation.

World's Most Powerful People 2014 list released by Forbes

On 5th November 2014 World's Most Powerful People 2014 list was released by the Forbes. This list gives the annual ranking of the World's most 72 Most Powerful People on the basis of many parameters like their scope and use of power, the number of people they impact and financial resources.

Here few top people are by decreasing ranking : 

• Vladimir Putin - President of Russia
• Barack Obama - President of US
• Xi Jinping - President of China
• Pope Francis
• Angela Merkel - German politician and Leader of the Christian Democratic Union

If we talk about India then Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was ranked 15th in this annual ranking and then Mukesh Ambani was ranked 36th.

20th India Russia Inter-Governmental Commission Meeting held in New Delhi

On 5th November 2014, 20th Session of India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) was held in New Delhi in which Chairwoman from Indian side was Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj  while the chairman from the Russian side was Deputy Prime Minister of Russian Federation Mr. Dmitry Rogozin.

Bharti Airtel Called off Rs 700 crore deal to acquire Loop Mobile

On 5th November 2014, Bharti Airtel Called off Rs 700 crore deal to acquire Loop Mobile. Earlier Airtel signed the deal with Loop Mobile in Feb 2014 to buy its business and assets in Mumbai but now it called it off because Department of Telecommunications (DoT) under Union Ministry of Information and Technology is yet to clear the transaction and Loop's mobile license is set to expire on 29 November 2014. 

In March 2014 Loop Mobile and Bharti had applied to the DoT for approval. DoT has not given it clearance yet as Loop Mobile and its sister concern Loop Telecom owe spectrum and other charges to the government.

                                                                                                                         

                      

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Former PM Manmohan Singh chosen for top national award by Japan

On 3rd November 2014, Former Prime Minister of India Mr. Manmohan Singh was chosen for Japan's top national award 'The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers' for his contribution to India-Japan ties. After this he became first PM of India to receive this honour. This is a high level national order which is given to recognize the distinguished contribution. 

After this Former PM Manmohan Singh said that he is humbled by the love and affection showered upon me by the people and government of Japan.

Senior IPS officer Ashok Kumar appointed as DGP of Tamil Nadu

On 3rd November 2014, Senior IPS officer Ashok Kumar was named as new Director General of Police (DGP) of Tamil Nadu. He will be succeeding K Ramanujam for this post. IPS officer Ashok Kumar is of 1982 batch and presently holding the charge of Director General of Police (DGP) intelligence.

New World Trade Centre opened after a span of 13 years after 9/11 attacks

Among Important International Current Affairs, On 3rd November 2014, World Trade Center of the United States reopened its new tower for business after thirteen years of 9/11 terrorist attack. 

This is now the tallest building in US and it took total of eight years to build it. 

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey owns this 104 story building. The publishing giant Conde Nast became the first commercial tenant in America's tallest building.

Mudgal Committee submitted final report to Supreme Court on IPL Spot Fixing 

On 3rd November 2014, Much awaited report on IPL Spot fixing was submitted to Supreme court of India by Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee. This report was in a sealed envelope which was submitted to the two-judge SC bench of Justice TS Thakur and Ibrahim Kalifulla. 

Important to mention here that Mudgal committee was appointed by the Supreme Court to investigate the fixing and betting scandal in the cricket Indian Premier League. Apart from Justice Mukul Mudgal, Additional Solicitor General L Nageswara Rao, advocate Nilay Datta, Deputy DG (Narcotics Control Bureau) BB Mishra and former India captain Sourav Ganguly are also the members of this committee.

S&P downgrades Indian Overseas Bank to speculative grade

Among the Banking Current Affairs, On 3rd November 2014, Global rating agency Standard & Poor lowered credit rating of state-owned Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) to speculative grade. Bank's risk position was revised from moderate to weak. 

The move will affect the credit cost of the IOB. IOB's credit costs will remain high because of the bank's weak asset quality. Though rating agency can improve rating if Bank's risk management. Now the bank's rating will remain weak for next 12 months.

IAS Officer Hasmukh Adhia appointed as Secretary, Department of Financial Services

Among the important Appointments, On 3rd November 2014, 1981-batch IAS officer of Gujarat Cadre Mr. Hasmukh Adhia was appointed as the Union Financial Services Secretary. He was serving as Additional Chief Secretary in the Finance Department of Gujarat government. 

He succeeded 1980-batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer GS Sandhu who was made the Chairman of the National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention.

India and Sri Lanka started joint military exercise Mithra Shakti

On 3rd November 2014, The special forces of Indian and Sri Lankan armies started three-week long mock war drill at the Uva-Kudaoya Commando Regiment Training School near Colombo. This exercise will be till 23rd November 2014 which is a part of training of counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency in the island nation. 

This joint exercise has been named Mithra Shakti Exercise.

                                                                                                                     

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Bangalore became Bengaluru and Mysore became Mysuru officially

 Banglore and Mysore will be called by their old Kannada names officially, as Banglore will be called as Bengaluru and Mysore will be called as Mysuru. 

Few other cities will be also called by their old Kannada names, there are : 

• Bellary (old) - Ballari (new),
• Belgaum (old) - Belagavi (new),
• Hubli (old) - Hubballi (new),
• Tumkur (old) - Tumakuru (new),
• Bijapur (old) - Vijapura (new),
• Chikmalgalur (old) - Chikkalmagaluru (new),
• Gulbarga (old) - Kalaburagi (new),
• Hospet (old) - Hosapete (new) and 
• Shimoga (old) - Shivamogga (new).

China's Chang'e 5-T1 landed successfully after rounding Moon

 China successfully recovered an experimental spacecraft Chang'e 5-T1 after a eight day space trip. This mission of China was aimed at obtaining experimental data and testing technologies for re-entry through Earth's atmosphere involving guidance, navigation and control etc. It is important to mention that this was a test run for the China's mission, as China will be sending a spacecraft to the moon in 2017 and will get it returned to Earth after collecting samples from moon.

                                                                                                        

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Maharashtra got new Chief Minister with oath of Devendra Fadnavis

On 31st October 2014, Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis of BJP was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra after oath ceremony at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Oath of office and secrecy was administered by Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao. More than 30000 people were gathered to witness the oath. After this Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis became 18th CM of Maharashtra.

New book authored by Chetan Bhagat titled Half Girlfriend released

New book authored by Chetan Bhagat was released and title of this novel is "Half Girlfriend".

This novel is about a boy who is from Bihar and his name is Madhav, who falls in love with a rich girl Riya from Delhi and then its about their love story.

On 31st October Rashtriya Ekta Diwas observed on the day of birth anniversary of Sardar Patel

On 31st October 2014, Rashtriya Ekta Diwas was observed on the 139th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

Union govt took decision to observe 31 October as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or National Integration Day. On this occasion Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi flagged off the Run For Unity in New Delhi. This was a nation wide marathod to mark this day.

Bangladesh Islamist leader Matiur Rahman Nizami sentenced to hang for war crimes

On 29th October 2014, Bangladesh fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami party chief Matiur Rahman Nizami was sentenced to death by Bangladesh war crimes tribunal. He was sentenced to death for his role in the killing of thousands of people during the Bangladesh independence war against Pakistan in 1971. Important to mention here that Matiur Rahman Nizami was already given death penalty in Chittagong arms haul case in January 2014.

Pankaj Advani won IBSF World Billiards Championship

On 30th October 2014, Pankaj Advani clinched IBSF World Billiards Championship (Point Format) in Bangalore after defeating Robert Hall of the UK with a score of 1928 - 893 in the finals. This was his second title in the event as on 28th October he won World Billiards (Timed Format) Championship 2014 by beating Rank 1 player Peter Gilchrist.

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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's statue foundation laid in Gujarat

On 31st October 2014, foundation stone of the Statue of Unity was laid by Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel. Statue of Unity will be the world's tallest statue of Iron man of India Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, that will be set up on an island Sadhubet at Sardar Sarovar Dam of the Gujrat.

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Statue of Unity will be 182 meter tall.

First European Union country to recognize the State of Palestine is Sweden

Among the International Current Affairs on 30th October 2014, Sweden became the first European Union (EU) country to officially recognise the State of Palestine, though Israel protested against this decision of Sweden.

There are already 130 other nations that already recognise the Palestinian State. Even Hungary, Slovakia and Poland recognise it, but these three countries took this step before joining the EU.

Wanted in Bhopal gas tragedy, Warren Anderson passed away at 92

Former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson passed away in Florida at the age of 92. He was former Union Carbide chief and was wanted by India to face prosecution for his role in the Bhopal gas tragedy. 

In the year of 1984, poisonous gas leak at the company's plant in Bhopal killed thousand's and thousands were affected by it. 

Minor damages caused to INS Kora, as it was scraped by merchant vessel

On 31st October 2014, Indian Naval Ship Kora was scraped by a foreign merchant vessel about 300 NM at sea from Visakhapatnam which resulted in minor damages to the ship, though there were no damage to the watertight integrity of the ship or any injuries or loss of life.

This minor accident was occurred when INS Kora and INS Gaj were on passage from Visakhapatnam to Port Blair. Merchant cargo ship was from Chittagong in Bangladesh to Colombo. 

                                                                                         

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