Current Affairs 24th November 2014 - Important Points • Former Union Minister Murli Deora passed away • Abu Dhabi Grand Prix bagged by Lewis Hamilton • UPSC got new Chairman as Deepak Gupta • Father Chavara Achen & Sister Euphrasia conferred with sainthood by Pope Francis • Sunil Manohar appointed as Advocate General of Maharashtra • FIDE World Chess Championship 2014 clinched by Norwarian Magnus Carlsen Current Affairs 24th November 2014 - Details Former Union Minister Murli Deora passed away On 24th November 2014, Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Murli Deora passed away after a prolonged illness. He was 77 years old and is survived by his wife and two sons. He has served as the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology during the UPA government. He was selected for the first time to Rajya Sabha in 2002 from Maharashtra. Now he was serving for third term. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix bagged by Lewis Hamilton On 23rd November 2014, Lewis Hamilton of Britain won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix of Formula One racing at Yas Marina circuit in United Arab Emirates. Lewis Hamilton who is a Mercedes driver, has already won the F1 racing championship for the year 2014. Thus he had won F1 world Drivers title twice in a year. Lewis Hamilton has won the Abu Dhabi GP win with 50 points which was 14 points ahead of Brazilian driver Felipe Massa finishing the second. UPSC got new Chairman as Deepak Gupta Among the Important Appointments, On 23rd November 2014, Deepak Gupta was appointed as chairman of Union Public Service Commission by President Pranab Mukherjee in accordance with the Article 316 (1) of the Constitution. He succeeded Rajni Razdan. Deepak Gupta who is a retired IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre became first UPSC chairman who was not a UPSC member. Father Chavara Achen & Sister Euphrasia conferred with sainthood by Pope Francis On 23rd November 2014, Pope Francis conferred sainthood on two Indians Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara and Sister Euphrasia. They were pronounced as saint by Pope Francis at a special mass St Peters Square at Vatican. Sunil Manohar appointed as Advocate General of Maharashtra On 18th November 2014, Eminent lawyer Advocate Sunil Manohar appointed as Advocate General of Maharashtra after his appointment was approved by State Cabinet. FIDE World Chess Championship 2014 clinched by Norwarian Magnus Carlsen On 23rd November 2014, Magnus Carlsen of Norway clinched FIDE World Chess Championship 2014 at Sochi, Russia. He defeated Noted Indian Chess player Viswanathan Anand with a score of 6.5 - 4.5. It is important to mention that he had also won FIDE World Championship last year thus he retained this title. Last year also he defeated Viswanathan Anand to get this title. Current Affairs 25th November 2014 - Important Points • PM Narendra Modi flags off Kathmandu-Delhi bus service • Legendary Kathak danseuse Sitara Devi died at 94 • Former SC judge CK Prasad to succeed Justice Markendey Katju as PCI chief • Shah Rukh Khan signed as brand ambassador by DHFL • Lahore based author Bilal Tanweer won Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2014 • Chuck Hagel resigned as US defence secretary • At Track Asia Cup 2014, Indian cyclist Deborah clinched four gold medals • Adani Power buys Avantha Groups 600 MW Korba West plant for Rs 4200 crore Current Affairs 25th November 2014 - Details PM Narendra Modi flags off Kathmandu-Delhi bus service On 25th November 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart Sushil Koirala flagged off the Kathmandu-Delhi bus service from Kathmandu. This service was named as Pashupatinath Express. This service is aimed to boost the bilateral ties between the two neighbouring countries and also expected to give a major boost to trade and tourism. Route of the bus will be from Kathmandu to Bhairawa to Sanauli to Gorakhpur to Lucknow to New Delhi. Legendary Kathak danseuse Sitara Devi died at 94 On 25th November 2014 Legendary Kathak danseuse Sitara Devi passed away in Mumbai. She was 94 years old. Sitara Devi was a gem of Indian dance and was honoured with many prestigious awards including Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Padma Shri and Kalidas Samman. When she was just 16 years old then after watching her performance Rabindranath Tagore described her as Nritya Samragini. Apart from performing at various national and international platforms she also gave her performances in various hindi movies like Usha Haran, Nagina, Roti, Vatan, Anjali, Mother India etc. Former SC judge CK Prasad to succeed Justice Markendey Katju as PCI chief On 24th November 2014, Former judge of Supreme Court Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad was selected as next chairperson of the Press Council of India (PCI) by a committee headed by Vice-President Hamid Ansari. He will be succeeding Justice Markenday Katju. Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad was appointed as Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court on 20 March 2009 and then took oath as Judge of Supreme Court of India in February 2010. Shah Rukh Khan signed as brand ambassador by DHFL On 20th November 2014, Second largest housing finance company of India, DHFL announced the name of noted bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan as its brand ambassador. Shah Rukh Khan became first ever brand ambassador of DHFL. Do You Know : Rajesh Kumar Wadhawan founded DHFL in year 1984 and current Chairman and Managing Director of DHFL is Kapil Wadhawan. Lahore based author Bilal Tanweer won Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2014 On 24th November 2014, Bilal Tanweer bagged the 2014 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize. He got this award for his novel The Scatter Here Is Too Great. Lahore based author Bilal Tanweer was honoured with a trophy and 2 lakh rupees. Chuck Hagel resigned as US defence secretary Among the International Current Affairs on 24th November 2014, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel resigned from his post. He started to serve at this post from Feb 2013, though he will stay on as secretary until his successor is confirmed. Chuck Hagel was the 24th United States Secretary of Defence and he served as United States Senator from Nebraska between 1997 and 2009. At Track Asia Cup 2014, Indian cyclist Deborah clinched four gold medals Among the Important Sports Current Affairs On 23rd November 2014, Indian Cyclist Deborah clinched four gold medals at the Track Asia Cup Cycling Championship 2014 which was held from 21st to 23rd November 2014 at Indira Gandhi Stadium, New Delhi. Overall India finished with medal tally of total 18 medals which includes 5 Golds, 4 Silvers and 9 Bronzes. Do You Know : Rising star of Indian Cycling Deborah is 19 years old and is from Andaman and Nicobar Islands. She survived the 2004 Tsunami. She was getting training from Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Andaman. Adani Power buys Avantha Groups 600 MW Korba West plant for Rs 4200 crore On 24th November 2014, Adani Power signed a binding agreement with Gautam Thapar-led Avantha Group to buy its Korba West Power Co Ltd (KWPCL) 600 MW unit at 4200 crore rupees. This unit is located at Korba in Chhattisgarh. After this deal Adani Power became the largest private sector power utility in India with an installed capacity of 11040 MW. Current Affairs 26th November 2014 - Important Points • On 26 November National Milk Day observed across India • Sania Mirza named as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia • Swachh Bharat Kosh Operational Guidelines announced by Union Government • 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attack anniversary remembered across the country • Kotak Mahindra 1st bank to fully own an insurance business Current Affairs 26th November 2014 - Details On 26 November National Milk Day observed across India 26th November will be celebrated as National Milk Day as decided by Indian dairy sector. This was decided on 26th November 2014 to mark the 93rd birth anniversary of Dr. Verghese Kurien. Dr. Verghese Kurien is also known as Father of White Revolution. Milkman of India Dr. Verghese Kurien was the architect of Operation Flood, the worlds biggest agricultural development programme. Sania Mirza named as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia On 25th November 2014, Indian tennis superstar Sania Mirza was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia, thus she became the first South Asian woman to be appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador. Other than Sania Mirza other Goodwill Ambassadors are British actor Emma Watson, Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman, HRH Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol of Thailand and Indian actor Farhan Akhtar. Swachh Bharat Kosh Operational Guidelines announced by Union Government On 25th November 2014, Union Government announced Swachh Bharat Kosh Operational Guidelines 2014 which will come into force with immediate effect. This is aimed to achieve the objective of cleanliness across India and its funds will be utilised to build toilets in schools of urban and rural areas. Swachh Bharat Kosh would be administered by a Governing Council which will be chaired by Secretary, Department of Expenditure. 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attack anniversary remembered across the country On 26th November 2014, India remembered sixth anniversary of 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attack. Prime Minister of India who was there in SARRC Summit also mentioned it during his speech. He urged SARRC countries to work together to combat terrorism. 166 people died and 304 were injured in this attack. Kotak Mahindra 1st bank to fully own an insurance business Among the Important Financial Current Affairs, On 25th November 2014, Kotak Mahindra Bank became first bank in India to fully own an insurance business. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gave permission to set up a wholly-owned non-life insurance company called Kotak General Insurance. Kotak General Insurance will be the 29th non-life company in the country and the CEO of the new entity will be Mahesh Balasubramanian. Current Affairs 27th November 2014 - Important Points • Boxer Manoj Kumar conferred with Arjuna Award • IIMA and World Gold Council set up India Gold Policy Centre • President Pranab Mukherjee penned a book titled The Dramatic Decade • Pakistani actress Veena Malik sentenced to 26 years in jail for blasphemy • Shariah Equity Fund to be launched by SBI Mutual Fund • Namsai became the 18th district of Arunachal Pradesh • Australian batsman Phillip Hughes died after head injury by bouncer Current Affairs 27th November 2014 - Details Boxer Manoj Kumar conferred with Arjuna Award On 26th November 2014, Boxer Manoj Kumar was honoured with prestigious Arjuna Award. Manoj Kumar received this award from Union Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at a function in New Delhi. It is important to mention here that Manoj Kumar was denied the award by the Kapil Dev-led selection committee then after he took legal route and won the case in Delhi High Court. IIMA and World Gold Council set up India Gold Policy Centre On 26th November 2014, World Gold Council (WGC) and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) collaborated to set up India Gold Policy Centre. This is aimed to conduct research on all aspects of the domestic gold industry. This centre will be developing insights into how the significant stocks of gold India owns can be used to advance growth, employment, social inclusion and economic wealth of the nation. President Pranab Mukherjee penned a book titled The Dramatic Decade New book which is titled as The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years is penned by President of India Pranab Mukherjee. This book is set to be released on 11th December 2014. It is news obviously because it is penned by the President, it is also important to mention that it is first of a three part volume. Second volume will be on the years 1981-88 and third will be from 1988 to 2012. First volume which will be throwing light into the era of 1970s which belonged to the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and have seen a major political and economic evolution in India. Pakistani actress Veena Malik sentenced to 26 years in jail for blasphemy On 26th November 2014, Pakistani actress Veena Malik, owner of Geo TV and Jang group Asad Bashir Khan and TV host Shaista Wahidi were sentenced to 26 years in jail by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) of the Gilgit region of Pakistan for blasphemy for appearing in mock Geo TV wedding scene in which religious song about the wedding of the Prophet Muhammads daughter was played in background. Shariah Equity Fund to be launched by SBI Mutual Fund Among the Important Banking Current Affairs, State Bank of India (SBI) Mutual Fund (MF) announced on 26 November 2014 that it will launch Shariah Equity Fund on 1 December 2014. The fund is aimed at attracting investments from Muslim populations of India. The fund has been approved by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, an authority that oversees the observance of Muslim civil laws in India. With this, SBI MF will become the fourth fund house in India to have an Islamic equity fund after Goldman Sachs MF, Taurus MF and Tata MF. Also, India became the second country outside the Islamic world where a state-owned bank is offering a Shariah-compliant fund. The UK is the first country who issued sovereign Islamic bonds in June 2014. Namsai became the 18th district of Arunachal Pradesh On 25th November 2014, Arunachal Pradesh got a new district Namsai. Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Nabam Tuki declared Namsai as 18th district of Arunachal Pradesh. Australian batsman Phillip Hughes died after head injury by bouncer On 27th November 2014, There was a sad news in Cricket world as a young Australia batsman Phillip Hughes passed away at the age of 25. Two days before he was struck on the top of the neck by a bouncer. During a domestic match in Sydney Phillip Hughes was hit by a delivery from bowler Sean Abbott. Current Affairs 28th November 2014 - Important Points • Historian Tapan Raychaudhuri passed away • New Secretary General of Lok Sabha is Anoop Mishra • Book titled Black Tornado : The Three Sieges of Mumbai 26/11 released • Crime novelist PD James passed away • MoU for cooperation in Oil and Gas sector inked between India and Mozambique Current Affairs 28th November 2014 - Details Historian Tapan Raychaudhuri passed away Noted historian of modern Indias economic and social history Tapan Raychaudhuri passed away on 26th November 2014 at his home in England. He was 88 years old. He was a Reader in Modern South Asian History at St. Antony’s College, Oxford from year 1973 to 1993. He was an Indian historian specialising in British Indian history, Indian economic history and the History of Bengal and was honoured with Padma Bhushan in 2007 in recognition to his contributions to history. New Secretary General of Lok Sabha is Anoop Mishra On 26th November 2014, Former Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Anoop Mishra was appointed as new Secretary General of the Lok Sabha by Speaker of Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan. His this appointment will come in effect from 1st December 2014 to 30th November 2016. Book titled Black Tornado : The Three Sieges of Mumbai 26/11 released New Book authored by Sandeep Unnithan titled Black Tornado: The Three Sieges of Mumbai 26/11 was released on 23rd November 2014. 26/11 which was a very sad day for every Indian as Mumbai was under attack of militants. The response to this attack was the first instance of all three wings of the Indian armed forces coming together to fight terror. NSG called this operation Black Tornado, which is the story of the men called into action including army personnel, Indian Navy and the air force in the desperate hours following the most sensational terrorist attack the country had ever seen. Crime novelist PD James passed away On 27th November 2014, Crime novelist Phyllis Dorothy James passed away. She was 94 years old, she took her last breath in Oxford, UK. Her series of detective novels starring the policeman and poet Adam Dalgliesh are very popular and many of her novels were adapted for television. MoU for cooperation in Oil and Gas sector inked between India and Mozambique On 28th November 2014, a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) was inked between India and Mozambique for for cooperation in Oil and Gas sector. This will be valid for a period of five years. Important to mention here that this MoU was signed during the India visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mozambique Oldemiro Julio Marques Baloi. It is expected to boost the bilateral cooperation on the basis of equality and mutual benefit between two countries. Mozambique plans to produce 34 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas annually from its Rovuma Area 1 offshore block - where state-run ONGC Videsh Ltd, Oil India and Bharat Petroleum Corp have bought 30 percent stake. Current Affairs 29th November 2014 - Important Points • RBI decided to sell Rs. 12000 Crore Government Bonds through Open Market Operations • Commercial surrogacy banned by Thai parliament • Rajiv Mehrishi nominated as Director on RBI Central Board by Union Government • Book titled Next China-India War authored by General S. Padmanabhan released • Gold imports eased by RBI, 80:20 scheme scrapped Current Affairs 29th November 2014 - Details RBI decided to sell Rs. 12000 Crore Government Bonds through Open Market Operations Among the important banking current affairs, On 26th November 2014, RBI decided to sell government bonds worth 2000 crore rupees. These government bonds will be sold through Open Market Operations (OMOs) with an aim to squeeze the liquidity in the market. RBI will sell government securities maturing in different years will have different interest rates as 2017 (bearing interest rate of 8.07 per cent), 2020 (7.80 percent), 2022 (8.08 percent) and 2027 (8.26 percent). Do You Know : Open market operations (OMO) are a monetary policy tool used by RBI to increase or decrease money supply by buying and selling government bonds in the open market. Commercial surrogacy banned by Thai parliament On 28th November 2014, Commercial surrogacy was banned by voting in Thailands Parliament. It was said that violators could face 10 years in jail. After an outrage erupted over the unregulated industry following a series of scandals including the case of an Australian couple accused of abandoning a baby with Down syndrome this ban was made. Anger among the people about Thailands surrogacy trade was also increased when a Japanese man was found to have fathered nine surrogate babies. Rajiv Mehrishi nominated as Director on RBI Central Board by Union Government On 28th November 2014, Indian Government nominated 1978-batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre Mr. Rajiv Mehrishi as a Director on the Central Board of Directors of Reserve Bank of India. He will be succeeding Arvind Mayaram. At the time of his nomination Mr. Rajiv Mehrishi was working as Secretary of Department of Economic Affairs in Union Ministry of Finance. Mr. Mehrishi has served on many positions in the state government and said to be have done a lot for labour reforms in Rajasthan. Book titled Next China-India War authored by General S. Padmanabhan released Recently book titled Next China-India War - Worlds First Water War - 2029 which is authored by former Army chief General Sundarajan Padmanabhan was released. He has predicted that two countries may have conflict over the Brahmaputra. He has showcased Chinese plan to divert Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra River) from flowing south to India and Bangladesh to flowing north to Northwest China in his prediciton. Though India has already protested against this project to the UN, who referred it to the International Court of Justice. Both the Court and the UN held that as the river originates in Tibet, a province of China, China was entitled to alter the course of the river to suit her. Gold imports eased by RBI, 80:20 scheme scrapped On 26th November 2014, Gold imports were eased by RBI (Reserve Bank of India) and 20:80 scheme was scrapped. Withdrawing of 20:80 scheme is aimed to cut smuggling of gold and raise legal shipments into India. In 2013, the 20:80 scheme was introduced to bring down inbound shipments, sliding rupee and to combat a huge current account deficit (CAD) along with a hike in import duty to 10 percent. Under 20:80 scheme it was mandatory to export 20 percent of the imported gold as finished products like jewellery. Initially only public sector firms and banks were allowed to import gold and later in May 2014 these rules were slightly eased to star and premier export houses. Current Affairs 30th November 2014 - Important Points • Two subatomic particles belonging to the family of baryon discovered by CERN scientists • Book titled Letters for a Nation written by Jawaharlal Nehru & Madhav Khosla • Major General Gadi Eizenkot is the 21st Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces Current Affairs 30th November 2014 - Details Two subatomic particles belonging to the family of baryon discovered by CERN scientists Two new heavy-weight subatomic particles belonging to the family of baryon were discovered by CERN scientists at Large Hadron Collider (LHC) beneath the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland. These two new particles belonging to baryon family are are six times as massive as protons. These baryons are constituted of three strongly-bound elementary particles called quarks like protons Book titled Letters for a Nation written by Jawaharlal Nehru & Madhav Khosla Book published by Allen Lane an imprint of Penguin Books titled Letters for a Nation written by Jawaharlal Nehru & Madhav Khosla was published. Jawaharlal Nehru letters as Prime Minister of India to the heads of the countrys provincial governments which he kept a tradition till 1963 are there in this book. Selected letters from all these letters are contained in this book. These contain a collection of letters which covers a range of themes and subjects viz. citizenship, war and peace, law and order, national planning and development, governance and corruption etc. Major General Gadi Eizenkot is the 21st Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces Among the International current affairs on 29th November 2014, Major General Gadi Eizenkot was appointed as the 21st Chief of Staff of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed his appointment after Prime Minister and his Cabinet cleared his name. Major General Gadi Eizenkot will be succeeding Lt Gen Benny Gantz. He is the current chief of staff of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). Current Affairs 1st December 2014 - Important Points • Second successive Macau Open title clinched by Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu • 40 Indian prisoners released by Pakistan • Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the first train from Meghalaya Current Affairs 1st December 2014 - Details Second successive Macau Open title clinched by Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu On 30th November 2014, Noted Indian Shuttler P V Sindhu clinched Macau Grand Prix Gold trophy for second successive year. USD 120,000 Macau Grand Prix Gold trophy was bagged by P V Sindhu after defeating Kim Hyo Min of Korea in the womens singles finals. Two-time World Championship bronze medallist P V Sindhu have rank World No. 11. P V Sindhu defeated Kim by 21-12 21-17 in match of 45 minutes at the Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion. 40 Indian prisoners released by Pakistan On 28th November 2014, 40 Indian prisoners were released by Pakistan and today they were repatriated by Pakistan government through Attari-Wagah route. Out of 40 prisoners, 35 were fishermen who inadvertently went into Pakistani waters through Arabian Sea while fishing and later they were held by the Pakistani coast guards for illegal fishing and other five were arrested in Pakistan as their travel documents were not complete. Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the first train from Meghalaya On 29th November 2014, First passenger train from Meghalaya was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This train is scheduled to run between Mendipathar to Guwahati. Apart from this PM Modi also laid the foundation stone of a board gauge railway line from Bhairabi to Sairang in Mizoram.
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