INTERNATIONAL
Barack Obama re-elected as
President of US
Barack Obama re-elected as President of US
with a clear victory over Republican challenger Mitt Romney on 7th
November 2012.
Hindu-American elected to US
Congress for the first time
Tulsi Gabbard is the first Hindu-American
elected as the US House of Representative from Hawaii in
November 2012 elections.
Nepal elected to UN ECOSOC board
Nepal elected a board member of the United Nations
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a three-year term starting in January
2013. Nepal along with 17 other countries were elected board members of ECOSOC
8th November 2012 by the UN General Assembly.
Israel fires into Syria
Israel was drawn into the fighting in neighboring
Syria for the first time on 11th November 2012, firing warning shots across the
border after an errant mortar shell landed near an Israeli military
installation in the Golan Heights.
China’s Communist Party selects
new leadership
China elects the new President as Xi Jinping and
Prime Minister as Li Keqiang on 14 November 2012.
Japan to go to polls on 16
December 2012
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda dissolved the Lower
House of Parliament on 16 November 2012 ,paving the way for elections in which
his ruling party will likely give way to a weak coalition government divided
over how to solve Japan’s myriad problems. Elections were set for 16 December
2012.
U.N. approves Palestinian
‘observer state’ bid
The United Nations General Assembly on 30 November
2012 endorsed an upgraded U.N. status for the Palestinian Authority, despite
intense opposition from the United States and Israel.The vote was 138 delegates
in favor of the measure including India, nine against including America, Brazil
and Canada and 41 abstentions including Britain.
INDIA & WORLD
The Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs (CCEA) lift export ban on some milk products
Amid surplus availability of milk powder in the
country, the government is likely to decide on 1st November 2012 on
lifting ban on export of milk products, especially whole milk powder, dairy
whitener and infant milk foods.
US included as dialogue partner
of Indian Ocean countries
The US was inducted as a sixth dialogue partner in
the 20-nation Indian Ocean Rim-Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC)
grouping on 3rd November 2012.The ministers of countries which are members of
IOR-ARC decided unanimously to give the US the same status that they had
earlier accorded to the United Kingdom, France, Egypt and Japan.
Agreement with World Bank for
Assam road project
India has signed a 320-million dollar loan
agreement with the World Bank for road projects in Assam on 5th November 2012.
Canada to allow civil nuclear
trade with India
India and Canada signed an agreement on 6th
November 2012 in New Delhi for bilateral Cooperation in civil nuclear trade.
So, India imports Uranium from canada for civil nuclear reactors.
DRDO ties up with York
University, Canada
Defence Research and Development Organisation and
York University, Canada signed a memorandum of understanding for doing
collaborative defence research in the areas of advanced materials,
nanotechnology, life sciences, bio-informatics, chemical and biological
defence, sensors, and others.
Indian-origin CEO of Datawind and
MIT professor among Forbes’ top 15 education innovators list
Indian-origin CEO of Datawind, the maker of India’s
low-cost tablet Aakash, Suneet Singh Tuli and Massachusettes Institute of
Technology professor Anant Agarwal named by Forbes magazine among the 15
“classroom revolutionaries” who are using innovative technologies to reinvent
education for students and teachers globally.
Mahatma Gandhi Grandson
elected to Kansas State Assembly
Mahatma Gandhi grandson Shanti Gandhi elected
to a State Assembly in the United States from Kansas’s 52nd Assembly District
as a Republican Party candidate during the general elections held on 6 November
2012.
India and Afghanistan
signed four agreements
India and Afghanistan signed four agreements
to cooperate in areas of social welfare, fertilizer, coal mining and youth
affairs on 12th November 2012.
Dr Ami Bera is the third
Indian-American elected to the US House of Representatives
An Indian-American physician from California became
only the third person of Indian-origin to be elected to the US House of
Representatives by defeating Republican Dan Lungren with just 184 votes lead.
Japan signs pact to import rare
earths from India
India and Japan on 16 November 2012 inked a
strategic agreement on ”Tokyo to import rare earth minerals from India”.
Maldivian Airlines inks pact with
Apollo Hospitals
Maldivian Airlines on 19 November 2012 had signed a
pact with the Chennai-headquartered Apollo Hospitals to give discounts to
each others’ clients. For example, Apollo Hospitals will give a discount on its
service charges for those who fly the airline, and the airline will give
similar discounts to the hospital’s patients on the airfare.
India adds 22 items in the list
of border trade with Myanmar
India had notified 22 additional items including
agricultural tools, bicycles, coal and garments in the list of items for border
trade with Myanmar.According to a study conducted by Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII), bilateral trade between India and Myanmar is expected to double
by 2015 from $1.3 billion, on the back of free trade agreement between New
Delhi and ASEAN region.
India votes against UN resolution
on death penalty ban
India was among the 39 countries that voted against
a UN General Assembly draft resolution which called for abolishing the death
penalty, saying every nation had the “sovereign right” to determine its own
legal system.
India, China joint economic
strategy held at New Delhi
The Second India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue
was held in New Delhi on 26 November 2012. In this meeting China and India
discussed several topics including greater cooperation at the global level,
strengthening communication on macroeconomic policies, deepening and expanding
trade and investment and promoting bilateral cooperation in the financial and
infrastructure sectors. The bilateral trade between these two countries
enhanced from $74 billion to $100 billion.
India- Maldives joint
military training exercises held at Belgaum
The fourth joint military training exercises
between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) –
EKUVERIN 2012 – was held in Belgaum from 12 to 25 November 2012.
NATIONAL
President Pranab Mukherjee
released a commemorative postage stamp on late Ramgopal Maheshwari
President Pranab Mukherjee released a
commemorative postage stamp on late Ramgopal Maheshwari on 20 November 2012.
Arvind Kejriwal launches Aam Admi
Party
Arvind Kejriwal announced the name for his
newly launched party as “Aam Admi Party” on 24 November 2012 in New Delhi.
Bangalore among top polluted
megacities in the world
India’s silicone valley Bangalore was rated among
top polluted megacities in the world, claims a new study, using data collected
by NASA’s high-tech satellites.Scientists at Tel Aviv University tracked
pollution trends for 189 megacities, including Mumbai, New York City and Tokyo,
by analysing eight years’ worth of data from three of NASA’s high-tech aerosol
monitoring satellites.
STATES
50% reservation for women in
Assam Panchayat Elections
The Assam State Election Commission has announced
50 per cent reservation of seats for women in the forthcoming panchayat
polls as stated by State Election Commissioner Biren Dutta on 9th November 2012
Chain of static sensors
positioned along the coast of Andhra Pradesh
Union Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Kumar
inaugurated a chain of static sensors positioned along the coast of Andhra
Pradesh at a programme organised at the Coast Guard district headquarters
Visakhapatnam on 23 November 2012.This will improve surveillance along coast.
Ban on plastic bags comes into
force in New Delhi
The ban on manufacture, sale and use of most types
of plastic bags in the Capital came into force on on 23 November 2012.
CONFERENCES
SAARC Speakers and
Parliamentarians Conference held at Islamabad
The sixth conference of the Association of SAARC
Speakers and Parliamentarians held in Islamabad on 4th November 2012.From
India, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha Professor
P. J. Kurien are participated the conference.In this conference they
discussed the role of women parliamentarians for social justice and the
strengthening of democracy in South Asia.
Countries G20 finance ministers
and central bankers summit held in Mexico
The G20 countries finance ministers and central
bankers summit held in Mexico on 4th November 2012.In this summit the
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said the India’s economy should grow by 5.5
percent to 6.0 percent in the year 2012 and return to 7 percent growth in 2013.
E-9 countries review meeting held
in New Delhi
E-9 countries review meeting held in New Delhi on
9th and 10th November 2012.The E-9 countries are India, Pakistan, Bangladesh,
China, Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Nigeria and Mexico .
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
went to Cambodia for South Asian summits
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh went to Cambodian
capital Phnom Penh on 18 November 2012 to attend the ASEAN and East Asia
Summits.
Bangladesh Opted out of D-8
Summit Scheduled to be Held in Pakistan
Bangladesh opted out of the key summit known as D-8
Summit in Pakistan which is scheduled to be held later in November, 2012.
Bangladesh opted out because Pakistan refused to apologise for the deeds
committed during 1971 war which eventually led to Bangladesh’s independence.
The 8th meeting of the India-UK
Joint Working Group (JWG) on counter terrorism
The 8th meeting of the India-UK Joint Working Group
(JWG) on counter terrorism was held on 20 November 2012 in New Delhi.
AWARDS & HONOURS
Aishwarya Rai was honoured with
French Civilian Award
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachan was honoured
with the second highest French civilian award “Knight of the Order of Arts and
Letters” by French government for her contribution in promoting
Indo-French cooperation in Cinema on 1st November 2012.
Tata Literature Live! First Book
Award
Banker and New York based – author Ruchir Sharma
was awarded the Tata Literature Live! First Book Award for his Breakout
Nations:In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles at the Mumbai Lit-fest on 4
November 2012.
Durgabai Deshmukh Awards for
Women’s Development Presented by President of India
President of India Pranab Mukherjee on 5 November
2012 presented the Durgabai Deshmukh awards for women’s development for the
years 2005, 2006 and 2007 at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.The eighth Award
for 2005 was jointly given to two winners, Mizoram Hmeithai (Widows)
Association and People’s Forum, Bhubaneswar. The ninth Award for the year 2006
was awarded to Sumangali Seva Ashram of Bangalore.The tenth Award for the year
2007 was awarded to the Snehalaya of Ahmednagar.
Germany honoured the Baba Kalyani
The chairman and managing director of Bharat Forge,
Babasaheb N. Kalyani honoured with ‘Cross of Order of Merit’ by
Germany. This is the highest honour awarded to individuals for their services
to the country in Germany.
Madhav Chavan wins education ‘Nobel
prize’
Dr Madhav Chavan has won the WISE Prize, which has
been likened to a “Nobel prize for education”.The award, announced on 13
November,2012 at the WISE summit in Qatar, recognises his education work in the
slums of Mumbai.
‘Bitter Seeds’ won 18 international
awards
‘Bitter Seeds’, a documentary film produced by
US-based filmmaker Micha Peled on the agrarian crisis of cotton growers and
their plight was being shown in Vidarbha region. “Every 30 minutes, a farmer in
the country kills himself in despair because he no longer provide anything for
his family. The film has won 18 international awards.
Urdu Scholar Gopi Chand Narang
Awarded Moortidevi Award for 2010
The Vice President of India Hamid Ansari presented
the Moortidevi Award for 2010 to eminent Urdu scholar Gopi Chand Narang
for his outstanding work on Urdu Ghazal aur Hindustani Zehan wa Tehzeeb at a
function organized by Bhartiya Jnanpith.
Chinese movie `11 Flowers` wins
award at Kolkata Film Fest
Chinese movie ‘11 Flowers’, directed by acclaimed
filmmaker Wang Xiaoshuai has won the prestigious NETPAC (Network for the
Promotion of Asian Cinema) award at the 18th Kolkata International Film
festival (KIFF), which ended on 17 November 2012.
Liberian President got the Indira
Gandhi peace prize for 2012
President of the Republic of Liberia Mrs. Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf got the Indira Gandhi peace prize for 2012 for her
Excellency, Peace,Disarmament and Development.
Malala chosen for bravery award
Malala Yousafzai,who became the face of Pakistan’s
struggle against the Taliban was honoured with bravery award by the Peace
and Prosperity Foundation Chairman Prince Ali Khan, at the Cholmondeley Room of
the House of Lords on 19 November 2012.
Gavaskar conferred with CK Nayudu
Lifetime Achievement award
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar was on 21
November 2012 conferred with BCCI’s prestigious Col CK Nayudu Lifetime
Achievement award.
Indian Origin Autar Kaw is U.S.
Professor of the Year
Autar Kaw, an Indian born professor of mechanical
engineering at the University of South Florida was received the award of ’
2012 US Professor of the Year ‘.
Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
presented to former Brazilian President Lula
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the former President of
the Federative Republic of Brazil, was conferred the Indira Gandhi Prize for
Peace, Disarmament and Development at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 22
November 2012.
Punjabi film “Andhey Ghorey Da
Daan” bags Golden Peacock Award 2012 in 43rd IFFI Goa
“Andhey Ghorey Da Daan” a Punjabi film
directed by Gurvinder Singh and produced by National Film Development
Cooperation was bagged the Golden Peacock award of the International Film
Festival of India, IFFI. The award carries a Golden Peacock with a cash prize
of 20 lakhs prize of20 lakh rupeex.
SPORTS & GAMES
Kimi Raikkonen won Abu Dhabi GP
Kimi Raikkonen won an Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on 4th
November 2012.
Mahesh Bhupathi-Rohan Bopanna win
Paris Masters
Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna clinched the
Paris Masters, their second title of the year, after scoring a hard-fought win
over Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer in Paries on 4th November 2012.
Czech Republic lifted Fed Cup
The Czech Republic got the Fed Cup title after
beating Serbia in the final on 4 November 2012.
National Anti-Doping Disciplinary
panel suspendes 11 athletes for two years
The National Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (NADDP)
suspended all the 11 athletes for two years, who were tested positive with
methyl hexane amine (MHA) in the run-up of the last Commonwealth Games.The
suspended 11 athletes are :Two athletes, Saurabh Vij and Akash Antil; Six
wrestlers, all of them internationals, Arjuna awardee Rajeev Tomar, Joginder
Singh, Sumit Sehrawat, Rahul Maan, Gursharanpreet Kaur and Khatri; and three
swimmers, Amar Muralidharan, Jyotsana Pansare and Richa
Pakistan won Second Asian Kabaddi
Championship 2012
Pakistan won the Second Asian Kabaddi Championship
2012 against India on 6th November 2012.
Gaganjeet Bhullar, Youngest Indian on Elite
Golfers’ League
Gaganjeet Bhullar, 24, became the youngest Indian
to make it to the elite group of the world’s top-100 players in the latest
rankings.
Hanoi to host 2019 Asian Games
Vietnam’s capital Hanoi will host the 2019 Asian
Games.
India bags four medals in 14th
Asian Youth (boys & girls) weightlifting championships
India won four medals on the opening day of the
14th Asian Youth (boys & girls) weightlifting championships at Yangon,
Myanmar, on 8th November 2012.Santa won a bronze in snatch with a lift of 95 kg
before securing a gold each in clean and jerk and total lift with efforts of
126 kg and 221 kg respectively. The other medal of the day for the Indians was
won by Chandrika Tarafdar in youth girls’ 44 kg category. She won a silver with
a total lift of 132 kg.
Rahul bags 3 more golds for India
in Asian Youth Weightlifting
Ragala Venkat Rahul won three gold medals to help
India increase their medals tally to seven on the second day of the 14th Asian
Youth (Boys & Girls) Weightlifting Championships at Yangon, Myanmar on 9th
November 2012.Competing in the 77kg weight category, Rahul secured the yellow
metals in snatch, clean and jerk and overall with a total lift of 280 kgs.
International news agencies
boycott India-England Test series
International news agencies on 15 November 2012
decided to boycott the high-profile Test series between India and England which
began in Ahmedabad to protest against the restrictions imposed by the BCCI on
some photo agencies covering the tour.
Saina Nehwal retains 3rd place in
Badminton World Federation women’s rankings
London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal
retained her third place in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) women’s
rankings released on 16 November,2012.
Priyanka is Asian under-10
champion
Asian under-10 girls chess champion Nuthaki
Priyanka bagged the world youth chess championship at Maribor, Slovenia on 18
November 2012. She completed with 9.5 points of 11 rounds.
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton won
United States Grand Prix 2012
McLaren-Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the 2012
United States Grand Prix race at Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas. It was
the first F1 race in United States since 2007.
Usain Bolt, Allyson Felix named
IAAF world athletes of the year
Usain Bolt won the IAAF(International Amateur
Athletic Federation) World male Athlete of the Year award for the fourth time
and United States sprinter Allyson Felix won the women’s World Athlete of the
Year award on 24 November 2012.
Sebastian Vettel won third
Formula One world title
Sebastian Vettel became the youngest triple
champion in Formula One history on 25 November 2012.He stood sixth position in
Brazilian Grand Prix with 8 points.But overall he got F1 world
title for this season with 281 points. This is the third time consecutively
he got the F1 title.
India to hold 3rd World cup
Kabaddi in December
Punjab would host 3rd World Kabaddi Cup from
1 to 15 December 2012. 23 countries are participating in this world
cup.The prize money for this world cup is Rs.4.54crores.
ECONOMY
Rs 6,000-cr fine on Tata Steel
for illegal mining
The Odisha government imposed a fine Rs 6,000
crore on Tata Steel for its alleged involvement in “illegal and excess
mining” at its captive mines.
India signs loan agreement with
World Bank for USD 70 million
India signed a 70-million US Dollar loan
agreement with World Bank for financing the Karnataka Health Systems
Development as well as Reform Project on 22 November 2012.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Indian diamond fetches 16.9
million euros at auction
A 76-carat flawless diamond from India’s famous
Golconda mines broke world record by fetching a whooping 16.9 million euros (Rs
1,18,16,98,700) at an auction in Geneva on 14 November 2012.
Scientists Created a Paper-thin
material that can stop bullets
A team of mechanical engineering and materials
scientists from Rice University and MIT has created special nanomaterials that
were able to stop bullets in the lab. The type of material, called a structured
polymer composite, can actually self-assemble into alternating glassy and
rubbery layers.
Solar System’s largest planet
discovered
A team of astrophysicists had discovered an
enormous gaseous planet that is 13 times more massive than Jupiter, earning the
name “Super-Jupiter “ and is the largest planet in our own solar system.
India successfully test fires
supersonic interceptor missile
India successfully test-fired an indigenously
developed supersonic interceptor missile, capable of destroying a hostile
ballistic missile, from a test range off the Odisha coast on 23 November 2012.
Drug that can halt cancer spread
Scientists was developed a new drug called
Aflibercept, for stop the cancer cells from multiplying.
Pakistan tests nuclear-capable
ballistic missile
Pakistan successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable
ballistic missile called Hatf-V(Ghauri) on 28 November 2012 that can hit
targets up to 1,300 km (807 miles) away.
Astronomers Discovered Giant
black hole in tiny galaxy
Astronomers claim to have discovered the most
massive black hole ever known in a small galaxy about 250 million light-years
from Earth, holding a mass equivalent to 17 billion Suns.The super-massive
black hole is located inside the galaxy NGC 1277 in the constellation
Perseus.It makes up about 14 per cent of its host galaxy’s mass, compared with
the 0.1 per cent a normal black hole would represent, scientists said, adding
that it has a mass equivalent to 17 billion Suns.
PERSONS IN NEWS
a) Appointments
Rakesh Mohan appointed as
executive director on IMF board
Former RBI Deputy Governor Rakesh Mohan appointed
as executive director on the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
VK Malhotra re-elected Archery
Association President
Vijay Kumar Malhotra was on 9th November 2012
re-elected as President of the Archery Association of India after beating Assam
unit vice-president BVP Rao in Archery Association presidents elections.
Obama appoints Indian-American
Rajiv Shah to head USAID
Indian-Americans won one of their highest-ever
appointments in the US government when President Obama on 13 November 2012
nominated Dr Rajiv Shah as administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID).
Anil Dev Singh appointed new
chief of IOA election panel
Anil Dev Singh, retired Chief Justice of the
Rajasthan High Court, appointed as the new Chairman of The Indian Olympic
Association (IOA) on 19 November 2012.
Scott Flemming named India’s
basketball coach
The Basketball Federation of India (BFI) had
appointed Scott Flemming, who brings along with him over 30 years of collegiate
and professional experience in the United States, as the head coach of the
men’s national team on 19 November 2012.
BBC appointed Tony Hall as new
director general
Royal Opera House chief executive Tony Hall had appointed
as director general of the BBC on 22 November 2012,replacing George Entwistle
who resigned earlier this month in a burgeoning scandal over the corporations’
reporting of sexual abuse.
Ranjit Sinha appointed new CBI
Director
Senior IPS officer Ranjit Sinha was appointed
the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation for two-year term on
22 November 2012.
Barbosa sworn in as first
non-white President of Brazil’s Supreme Court
Joaquim Barbosa was sworn-in as Brazil’s Supreme
Court’s first non-White President on 23 November 2012 at a packed
ceremony in the capital Brazilia . Barbosa, became famous in Brazil after
overseeing one of the country’s biggest corruption trials involving key members
of the former President Lula Da Silva’s government.
Alok Joshi new RAW chief
The Haryana cadre IPS officer Alok Joshi was
appointed head of India’s external intelligence gathering agency – Research and
Analysis Wing (RAW) on 27 November 2012. Alok Joshi will take charge from S.K.
Tripathi on December 30, 2012.
Luiz Felipe Scolari appointed new
Brazil Football team coach
Brazilian Football Confederation have
appointed Luiz Felipe Scolari as the new coach for Brazil Football team
on 29 November 2012.
Mohan re-elected as vice
president of IBSF
Capt Mohan, the president of the Billiards and
Snooker Federation of India, was re-elected as the vice president of the
IBSF (International Billiard & Snooker Federation). The election took place
at the Annual General Body meeting of International Billiards and Snooker Federation,
at Sofia, Bulgaria on 29 November 2012.
b) Resigns
American CIA Director David
Petraeus resigned
American Central Intelligence Agency(CIA) Director
David Petraeus resigned on 10th November 2012 due illegal affair with Broadwell
that was proved by the FBI in investigation.
BJP suspended Ram Jethmalani from
party for ‘indiscipline’
The BJP on 25 Novemebr 2012 suspended a
Rajya Sabha member Ram Jethmalani from the party for ”gross
indiscipline”. He recently attacked the for for criticizing the appointment of
the new CBI chief.
Ricky Ponting retired from
international cricket
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has
announced he will retire from international cricket at the end of the third
Test against South Africa.He is the second highest run scorer in Test history
behind Sachin Tendulkar.Ponting has scored 13,366 runs at an average of 52.21
in his career.
Yeddyyurappa quits BJP,
Assembly
The former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S.Yeddyurappa
quits the BJP and resigned to the Legislative Assembly on 30 November 2012. He
started his political career when he was elected as President of the
Shikaripura Taluk erstwhile Jana Sangha in 1972. He won his first Assembly
election in 1983 as BJP candidate. He became the first BJP chief minister in
South India.
c) Deaths
Yerram Naidu senior TDP leader
dies in road accident
K. Yerran Naidu, Telugu Desam Party’s senior leader
and former union minister for rural development died in a car accident in
Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district on 2nd November 2012.
Cartoonist,T.Samuel passes away
Veteran cartoonist, T Samuel, a pioneer of pocket
cartoons in India, passed away on 2 November 2012. He worked for the
famous newspapers like Times of India ,Indian Express and Nav Bharat Times
etc.. He became famous as the creator of pocket cartoon “Babuji”.
BJP leader Kailashpati Mishra
passes away
Veteran BJP leader and former governor of Gujarat
and Rajasthan Kailashpati Mishra died in Patna on 3rd November 2012.
Veteran freedom fighter V P
Murthy Raju passes away
Freedom fighter and former Andhra Pradesh minister
Ch V P Murthy Raju passed away in West Godavari district on 12th November
2012.Raju had been MLA for six terms and served as a minister when late P V
Narasimha Rao was Chief Minister.
Ex-Minister KC Pant passes away
India’s former defence minister and Planning
Commission deputy chairman Krishna Chandra Pant died on 15 November 2012.Pant
was India’s defence minister between 1987 and 1989, when the Congress party was
in power under then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Shiv Sena Chief Balasaheb
Thackeray died
Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray died in
Mumbai on 17 November 2012.
Ajmal Kasab hanged, buried at
Pune’s Yerwada Jail
Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only terrorist
caught alive during the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai, was hanged at Pune’s Yerwada
Jail on 21 November 2012.Two secret codes are used the government with respect
to Kasab to maintain secrecy 1. Operation X:-Hanging code named Operation X. X
stood for execution 2. C-7096 :-C-7096, the number by which Kasab was
identified officially.
Nobel winner and organ transplant
pioneer Joseph Murray passes away
Dr. Joseph Murray, the surgeon who carried out the
first successful kidney transplant and later won a Nobel Prize for his work in
medicine and physiology, died on 26 November 2012 in Boston.
India’s diplomatic politician and
former PM IK Gujral passes away
“Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral
passed away on 30 November 2012 in Gujral. Born on 4 December, 1919 in
Jhelum.IK Gujral started as the Vice President in NDMC in the 1950s and
later became a Union Minister. Later He became the India’s
Ambassador to the USSR. Gujral, an intellectual who propounded the ‘Gujral
Doctrine’ of five principles for maintaining good neighbourly relations, left
the Congress to join the Janata Dal in the late-1980s. In the 1989 elections,
Gujral was elected from Jalandhar parliamentary constituency in Punjab and he
became Minister for External Affairs, first under V P Singh (in December 1989)
and then under Deve Gowda (in June 1996). Later he became the 12th Prime
Minister of India in April 1997 for one year. “
d) Visitors
William Hague on four day
official visit to India
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs of United Kingdom, Mr. William Hague will be on a four day official
visit to India from 7th November 2012.During his visit Mr. Hague will discuss
bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual interest with External
Affairs Minister, Mr Salman Khurshid in New Delhi.
Canadian Prime Minister visited
India
Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, visited
the India from November 3rd to 9th, during his visit India and Canada
signed several agreements including Civil Nuclear Deal, Social
Security Agreement, a Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation in
Information Technology and electronics and an agreement to boost bilateral
cooperation in Defense Science and Technology.
Hamid Karzai arrived to India on
four day visit
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai arrived to India
on 9th November 2012 on a four-day visit.
Aung San Suu Kyi met Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh
Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh In New Delhi on 14 November,2012 during her 6 day
visit to India.She then visited Shantivan to pay tribute to Jawaharlal
Nehru.Later in the day, she will deliver the Nehru Memorial Lecture on the
occasion of the former PM’s birth anniversary.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
went to Cambodia for South Asian summits
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh went to Cambodian
capital Phnom Penh on 18 November 2012 to attend the ASEAN and East Asia
Summits.
Barack Obama makes first US
presidential visit to Burma
Barack Obama became the first American president
visited the Myanmar. He visited the Myanmar on 18 November 2012 and then
went to Cambodia to attend the ASEAN and East Asia Summits.
e) Miscellaneous
Sunita Williams embarks on record
7th space walk
Indian-American Sunita Williams along with Flight
Engineer Aki Hoshide on 1st November 2012 ventured out of the
International Space Station, adding to her record-setting space walking
sojourns, to find an ammonia leak in the vital radiator system.
China invites Abdul Kalam to
teach at Peking University
China invited APJ Abdul Kalam to teach at Peking
University
Irom Sharmila, the Iron Lady of
Manipur completed 12 Years of Fast
Iron Lady from Manipur, Irom Sharmila on 5 November
2012 completed 12 years of her fast demanding for cancellation of the Armed
Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 (AFSPA). She blames AFPSA as the main
cause for violence in the state of Manipur and other parts of Northeastern
India.
Life Ban on Mohammad Azharuddin
Lifted by Andhra Pradesh High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on 8 November 2012
lifted the life ban from playing Cricket on Mohammad Azharuddin which was
imposed by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in Year 2000.
Ramanujan’s genius Proved by US
Mathematician
Ramanujan’s genius Proved to the world by
Ken Ono of Emory University in Atlanta on the occasion 125th Birth
Anniversary of Ramanujan.Ken Ono of Emory University proved the Ramanujan’s
formula of outputs for the roots of 1 like the square root —1.
Cancer charity drops Armstrong
name
Lance Armstrong’s cancer charity removed the former
cycling champion Lance Armstrong’s name from its title. The Lance Armstrong
Foundation now officially known as the Livestrong Foundation.
Burma’s Suu Kyi Named New UN
Ambassador
The United Nations announced Myanmar’s opposition
leader Aung San Suu Kyi as an ambassador to its program on HIV/AIDS. Suu Kyi
accepted the invitation to head the program during a meeting with UNAIDS
executive director Michel Sidibé.
PLACES IN NEWS
Earthquake in Guatemala
Guatemalans hit by A powerful earthquake with a
magnitude of 7.4 on 8th November 2012.
Mumbai’s Sufi shrine Haji Ali
Dargah bans entry of women
The management of Mumbai’s iconic Sufi shrine Haji
Ali Dargah, which is visited by thousands of devotees every year, has
restricted the entry of women.
Strong Earthquake strikes Myanmar
A strong earthquake with magnitude of 6.8 hit
the Myanmar on 11th November 2012 .
North Island New Zealand volcano
Mt Tongariro erupts
New Zealand’s Mount Tongariro volcano in the
central North Island erupted on 21 November 2012.
ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
AITA—-All India Tennis Association.
IOR-ARC— Indian Ocean Rim-Association
for Regional Cooperation
SAARC—-South Asian Association For
Regional Cooperation
USAID—-United States Agency for
International Development
IAAF—–International Amateur Athletic
Federation.
BOOKS IN NEWS
Vice President Releases Series of
Books Granthavali
The Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari
released a collection of writing and works -Granthavali of late Dr
Dineshnandini Dalmia in New Delhi on 2nd November 2012.
Saina Nehwal autobiography book
released by Gagan Narang
Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal , Ace shooter Gagan
Narang and badminton player Parupalli Kashyap released book autobiography
of Saina Nehwal “Playing to win-My life on and off the court ” in
Hyderabad on 7 November 2012.
Yuvi – book on Yuvraj released
“The book on Indian Cricketer Yuvraj Singh named
Yuvi was released in third week of November 2012. Yuvi, the book on Yuvraj
Singh is published by Harper Sport and written by Makarand Waingankar. The book
illustrates the brilliance of cricket shown by Yuvraj Singh in his career as a
cricketer and the way he recovered from Cancer.
Chief of the Air Staff and
Chairman COSC Air Chief Marshal Nak Browne Releases Book
Chief of the Air Staff and Chairman COSC Air Chief
Marshal Nak Browne Releases Book titled “VICTORY INDIA – A Key to Quality
Military Leadership” on 20 November 2012.The book is a collection of well
written contributory articles by military experts.The book focuses on the
process of identification, selection and training of our dynamic youth to mould
them into inspiring effective quality military leaders.
Amitav Ghosh, Jeet Thayil
shortlisted for literature prize
Six books including “River of Smoke” by Amitav
Ghosh, “Narcopolis” by Jeet Thayil and “The Wandering” by Pakistan-based author
Jamil Ahmad, have been shortlisted for the DSC South Asian Literature Prize
2013.The finalist will be announced at the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival
January 2013.
COMMITTEESS IN NEWS
Pope Benedict XVI appoints six
non-European cardinals for Pope selection committee
Pope Benedict XVI has appointed six priests from
non-European countries to be cardinals, at a service in the Vatican’s St
Peter’s Basilica.From India Baselios Cleemis Thottumkal, head of the Syro-Malankara
Catholic Church was selected as a one of the Cardinal for the pope
selection committee.
DAYS & DATES
UN declared November 10th as
“Malala Day”
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
declared November 10 as ‘Malala Day’
Celebration of “Water
Conservation Day” on 19th November 2012
National Integration Day is celebrated on 19th
November to mark the birth anniversary of late Mrs Indira Gandhi, the 1st woman
Prime Minister of India. On this occasion Union Ministry of Water Resources has
decided to celebrate “Water Conservation Day” on 19th November 2012 to create
awareness regarding concern about depleting water resources & its vision
for the water underlining the Ministry’s commitment to be an active contributor
to the sustainability of this very important natural resource.
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