Union
Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh on 1 November 2013 declared Kannur
in Kerala as
the
first zero-landless district in the country.
The
former Union Home Secretary, G.K. Pillai was appointed as Chairman of the
MCX-SX.
The
12th edition of Pravasi Bhartiya Divas will be held in New Delhi from 7th to
9th of January 2014.
Rohit
Sharma, the Indian batsman on 2 November 2013 became the third cricketer in the
world to score a
double
hundred in an ODI match.
The
Government has decided to extend the sale of the non-subsidized 5 kg LPG
cylinders at petrol pumps across India.
Legendary
Pakistani folk singer Reshma passed away in Lahore, Pakistan on 3 November 2013
after a long battle with
throat
cancer.
Bangladesh
became the First South Asian Country to Approve Commercial Cultivation of Bt
Brinjal.
7th
Edition of Indian Pharmacopoeia 2014 – A Book of Drug Standards, Released By
Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Novak
Djokovic of Serbia on 3 November 2013 won the BNP Paribas Masters Tennis
tournament at Paris, France.
Indian
men’s hockey team on 3 November 2013 officially qualified for the Rabobank
Hockey World Cup 2014.
Virat
Kohli topped the batting charts in the ICC’s latest ODI ranking. He achieved it
after India won the series against
Australia
by 3-2.
Formula
One racing driver, Sebastian Vettel on 3 November 2013 won the Abu Dhabi
Formula One Grand Prix at the
Yas
Marina circuit.
India
defeated Australia 3-2 in the seven ODI series and retained its 1st Ranking in
the ODI playing nations.
Eminent
Scientist and Bharat Ratna Awardee Prof CNR Rao was on 4 November 2013
elected
as honorary foreign member of Chinese Academy of Science.
Yuki
Bhambri won the ATP men’s singles title of Taralgon event in Australia after
defeating Bradely Klahn.
ISRO
on 5 November 2013 successfully launched its historic mission to Mars from the
Satish Dhawan Space
Centre
in Sriharikota.
Abraham
K Techi Appointed International Weightlifting Referee.
IICT,
Hyderabad received samples for detection of Chemical Weapons from OPCW.
FDI
inflows into the service sector declined by 47.5 percent to 1.19 billion US
dollars during the April-August 2013
period.
Shiraz
Naval Minwalla, Professor of Physics in TIFR, Mumbai selected for the 2014 New
Horizons in Physics Prize on 5
November
2013.
Microsoft
company developed a new cost-effective sign language translator that converts
signs into spoken and written
language
& vice versa.
British
Paralympic powerlifter Ali Jawad on 5 November 2013 won gold at the Asian Open
Championships with a worldrecord
lift.
Ishwar
Das Rohani, the Speaker of Madhya Pradesh Assembly, died.
Assamese
music director Sher Choudhury passed away on 6 November 2013 at B. Baruah Cancer
Institute in Guwahati,
Assam.
Pakistan
Successfully Test Fired Surface-to-Surface Missile Hatf IX (Nasr).
Dr.
Reddy’s Laboratories is set up to launch generic drug Fondaparinux sodium
injection in Canada and two other
countries.
Mark
Schwarzer, Australia Goalkeeper Retired from International Football.
BCCI
on 6 November 2013 launched Thank you Sachin campaign on social networking site
Twitter to honour
Sachin
on his retirement.
Mumbai
emerged as the City with Highest Internet Penetration in India.
Yogesh
Malik Resigned as CEO of Uninor.
Gross
Direct Tax Collections during April-October in 2013-14 up by 11.58 Percent .
The
Reserve Bank of India permitted Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the foreign banks
to acquire the domestic
private
sector banks.
India’s
largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) on 6 November 2013 increased its
lending rates by 0.20
percent
with effect from 7 November 2013.
Tarla
Dalal, the Celebrity Cook of India, Passed Away at 77.
Indian
Navy inducted the fourth generation advanced jet trainer aircraft Hawk 132 at a
ceremony held at the Naval Air
Station
INS Dega.
National
Conference on the Wakf (Amendment) Act, 2013 Inaugurated.
Sunita
Sharma Appointed as the MD and CEO of the LIC Housing Finance.
The
Minister of Railways flagged off the first ever Dual Cab 4500 HP Freight Diesel
locomotive called Vijay on 6
November
2013.
The
Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment inaugurated the National
Conference on Intellectual Disability on 7
November
2013.
ISRO
successfully raised Mars Orbiter Spacecraft’s Orbit.
The
Ministry for I & B on 7 November 2013 announced the institution of a
special New Centenary Award to celebrate
100
years of Indian Cinema.
IHF
selected India to host the 2018 Men’s World Cup of Hockey and England to host
the 2018 Women’s World Cup of
Hockey.
M.
Hamid Ansari released a book entitled India’s Nuclear Energy Programme: Future
Plans, Prospects and
Concerns
on 7 November 2013.
Union
Cabinet approved the Visa Waiver Agreements with Poland, Slovenia and
Lithuania.
The
7th India-Republic of Korea Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) was held in New
Delhi on 8 November 2013.
Law
Ministry said that Amendment of Article 371(D) is needed for bifurcation of
Andhra Pradesh.
Delhi
Metro Rail Corporation and the Embassy of Sweden on 9 November 2013 jointly
unveiled a ‘Nobel Memorial
Wall’
at Rajiv Chowk metro station, Delhi.
India
won Silver Medal at 3rd Women’s Asian Champions Trophy 2013 on November 9,
2013.
Martha
Doodray won the Global UN Award for her commitment and dedication to eradicate
the Polio in India.
India
successfully test fired the indigenously developed surface to surface Agni-1
missile from the Odisha Coast.
Senior
IRS officer, Parvinder Sohi Behuria appointed as the Secretary General of
National Human Rights Commission.
UNESCO
suspended the voting rights of US and Israel as they stopped paying the dues to
UN’s cultural arm.
The
RBI has allowed third party payment for the export and import transactions
taking into account the
evolving
international trade procedure.
Ministry
of Home Affairs on 9 November 2013 inaugurated RAF Academy of Public Order in
Meerut, Uttar
Pradesh.
Gabriela
Isler from Venezuela won Miss Universe 2013 contest on 9 November 2013 held at
Crocus City Hall in
Moscow,
Russia.
Kenichi
Ito broke his own Guinness World Record for the 100 meter dash. He runs on his
arms and legs broke.
India
and Japan on 9 November 2013 decided to further strengthen their cooperation in
the maritime sector.
World
Science Day for Peace and Development observed on 10 November.
The
Government of Afghanistan on 10 November 2013 signed an agreement with ADB for
the development of road
network
in the country.
National
Education Day of India Observed Across the Country on 11 November.
Heena
Sidhu became the third Indian pistol shooter to win Gold at the World Cup Final
on 10 November 2013 in
Munich.
The
19th Kolkata International Film Festival was inaugurated on 10 November 2013
with the screening of
noted
director, Rituparna Ghosh’s Taak Jhaank.
Typhoon
Haiyan made a landfall in northern Vietnam, close to the China border on 10
November 2013. It claimed
thousands
of lives in Philippines.
The
two-day International Conference on Comprehensive Cleft Care concluded in Assam
on 10 November 2013. The
theme
of the conference was Think Big.
Vijaydan
Detha died on 10 November 2013 in Borunda village in Jodhpur. He gave a modern
touch and identity to the
folk
tales of Rajasthan.
Regional
Pravasi Bhartiya Divas 2013 launched in Sydney, Australia.
Indian
men’s hockey team finished fifth place at the 3rd Asian Champions Trophy at
Japan on 10 November 2013.
Mohammed
Siddikur of Bangladesh won the 50th edition of Indian Open golf tournament on
10 November 2013 at the
Delhi
Golf Club (DGC), New Delhi.
The
11th ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Foreign Ministers Meeting took place in New
Delhi from 11 to 12 November
2013.
Haryana,
on 11 November 2013, launched its first food bank in order to give assistance
to the different feeding
programmes
in Gurgaon.
Union
Minister of Minority Affairs K Rahman Khan on 11 November 2013 launched a
National Portal on Maulana Abul
Kalam
Azad.
M.
Hamid Ansari released a book entitled Momentous Times on the 175 years of Times
of India at a function in New
Delhi
on 11 November 2013.
P.Chidambaram
released a Commemorative Coin of Rs. 20 a circulation coin of Rs. 5 at 125th
Birth
Anniversary
of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
World
Pneumonia Day observed on 12 November.
Benigno
Aquino, the President of Philippines declared a state of national calamity to
speed relief efforts for victims of
Typhoon
Haiyan.
Government
of India, Government of Tamil Nadu and Government of Puducherry signed the
Financing and Project
Agreements
for World Bank assistance.
Novak
Djokovic won Barclays ATP World Tour Final after defeating Rafael Nadal.
Oscar
Fernandes Inaugurated the Two Day International Seminar on Road Sector.
Ratan
P Watal was appointed as the Secretary of Department of Expenditure in the
Union Ministry of Finance.
Union
Government on 12 November 2013 appointed Usha Ananthasubramanian as the
chairperson and
managing
director of public sector Bharatiya Mahila Bank.
Paras
Ajmera, Director of Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX) resigned from the board on
12 November 2013.
The
Commonwealth Business Forum was inaugurated by the President of Sri Lanka
Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo on
12
November 2013.
Indian
Navy on 12 November 2013 commissioned the first Advanced Light Weight
Helicopters Squadron at
Southern
Command, Kochi, Kerala.
The
Industrial Production of India has grown by 2 percent in September 2013 mainly
on account of better performance by
power
and mining sector.
Russia
on 12 November 2013 successfully launched the Proton-M rocket carrying a
defense satellite, Raduga-1M from
Kazakhstan.
R.
Banumathi Appointed Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court.
Retired
bureaucrat Krishna Mohan Sahni was appointed Chairman of the National
Multi-Commodity Exchange of India
Ltd
(NMCE) on 12 November 2013.
Public
Service Broadcasting Day observed in India on 12 November.
India
declared itself free from Notifiable Avian Influenza (H5N1) and has notified
the same to the World
Organisation
for Animal Health.
Veteran
journalist R.K. Mukker passed away on 13 November 2013 after prolonged illness.
He was 88 years old.
Prasar
Bharati and Radio-Television of Slovenia on 13 November 2013 signed an MoU to develop
and strengthen mutual
friendly
relations in broadcasting.
Air
Marshal HB Rajaram on 13 November 2013 flagged in IAF Aqua Scullers on the
successful completion of their white
water
rafting expedition.
Mallikarjun
Kharge released a Ruby Jubilee-40th Year Edition of the book titled Indian
Railway Track on 13 November
2013.
The
Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), Yogesh
Agarwal resigned from the
post
of Chairman on 13 November 2013.
Professor
Mushirul Hasan was conferred with the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship by the
Jawaharlal Nehru
Memorial
Fund.
World
Diabetes Day observed on 14 November.
M.
Hamid Ansari inaugurated the Fourth Biennial Conference of Asian Society of
International Law on Asia on 14
November
2013.
Krishna
Tirath gave away National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement.
Children’s
Day was celebrated in India on 14 November 2013 in order to commemorate the
birth anniversary of Pandit
Jawaharlal
Nehru.
Rapid
Metro-India’s First Private Metro service started operation from Gurgaon,
Haryana on 14 November 2013.
The
33rd India International Trade Fair began at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on 14
November 2013.
The
22nd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, CHOGM began in Colombo, Sri
Lanka on 15 November
2013.
Ram
Kripalu Tripathi, popularly known as Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj passed away on
15 November 2013 at New
Delhi.
5th
session of India-Ukraine Inter-Governmental Commission held in New Delhi. It
was chaired by E. Ahamed.
Lord
Swraj Paul presented with the International Indian of the Decade Award for his
achievements in the fields of
industry,
education and philanthropy.
International
Day for Tolerance observed on 16 November.
Sebastian
Vettel won the United States Grand Prix for record 8th successive victory.
Doris
Lessing, Nobel Prize-Winning Author, Died at 94.
National
Press Day observed on 16 November.
Government
on 16 November 2013 decided to confer, Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award
on eminent scientist Prof
CNR
Rao & Sachin Tendulkar.
INS
Vikramaditya inducted in the Indian Navy by AK Antony at Sevmash Shipyard in
Russia. It will boost the
India’s
maritime warfare capabilities.
Abdulla
Yameen has been sworn in as the sixth President of Maldives after defeating the
former President
Nasheed
in the election.
Usain
Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce have been crowned the Male and Female World
Athletes of the Year,
2013.
The
22nd CHOGM ended in Sri Lanka with the adoption of the independent declarations
– on Youth, International Trade
and
Inclusive Development.
Waheeda
Rehman will receive the inaugural Centenary Award for the Indian Film Personality
of 2013. The award is
instituted
by Government of India.
First
Integrated Checkpost along India-Bangladesh border inaugurated
India
moved to the second position in the latest ICC test ranking. South Africa is at
top position and England is at third
position.
The
host of the 23rd All India G V Mavalankar Shooting Championship, West Bengal
topped the medals tally. It
concluded
at Chandmari Range.
Noted
Dalit writer Omprakash Valmiki passed away on 17 November 2013 at Dehradun,
Uttarakhand.
Malta,
a southern European country was on 17 November 2013 unanimously chosen as the
host of the next
Commonwealth
summit in 2015.
Germany’s
aviation company e- Volo on 17 November 2013 tested the first helicopter which
is noiseless and emissionfree
named-
Volocopter.
Preneet
Kaur, the Minister of State for External Affairs of India visited to Serbia on
a three day visit from 18 to 21
November
2013.
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.
RBI
has opened a refinance window of 5000 crore rupees for the MSME sector. The
facility has been planned
to
ease the liquidity of MSMEs.
A
book entitled Birth of Cinema was released by T. Udayawarluon at ICFFI media
centre. The book is written by N.
Gopal
Krishna.
The
US space agency NASA on 18 November 2013 launched its MAVEN orbiter Mission to
Mars Planet.
India
on 18 November 2013 successfully test-fired the advanced version of the BrahMos
supersonic cruise missile from
the
Pokhran, Rajasthan.
PM
Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson, Sonia Gandhi inaugurated India’s first
all-women bank,
Bharatiya
Mahila Bank in Mumbai on 19 November 2013.
Angela
Merkel, German Chancellor on 19 November 2013 selected for Indira Gandhi Prize
for Peace,
Disarmament
and Development for the year 2013.
Lionel
Messi won the Golden Shoe award in recognition of his 46 goals in 32 leagues
appearances.
World
Toilet Day observed on 19 November.
National
Integration Day observed on 19 November.
India
and Russia agreed to expand the range of strategic partnership. The two
countries will hold a Joint Air Force Level
exercise
for the first time.
The
Venezuela National Assembly gave final approval to special powers for Nicolas
Maduro, the President of Venezuela.
President
Pranab Mukherjee on 19 November 2013 presented Indira Gandhi National Service
Scheme Best University
Award
2012-13 to Mangalore University.
Nepali
Congress (NC) emerged as single largest Party in the second Constituent
Assembly election held on 19 November
2013.
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.
The
Government of India approved 20 proposals of FDI that amounts 915.83 crore
rupees on the recommendation of
FIPB.
SPMCIL
was conferred the Engineering Excellence Award 2013. The second Best Engineering
Marvel for project to
Modernisation
of Ink Factory Project
The
44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)began at Panaji in Goa on 20
Novemebr 2013 with great
fanfare.
G77+China
group walked out of negotiations on “Loss and Damage” in UN Climate Change
conference in Warsaw on
20
November 2013.
Anjolie
Ela Menon, a contemporary artist was awarded with Dayawati Modi Award for Art
and Culture and
Education
by Dayawati Foundation.
All
India Football Federation on 20 November 2013 reappointed Kushal Das as AIFF
General Secretary for a second
term
of another three years.
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.
Sukhoi-30
fighter jet has been selected by the Indian Air Force as the platform to mount
the supersonic BrahMos missiles.
Jet
Airways on 20 November 2013 concluded the sale of 24 per cent equity stake in
the airline to Etihad Airways for
2057
crore Rupees.
MCX
on 20 November 2013 signed an MoU with the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) of
China to boost the
strategic
co-operation.
The
US sprinter, Darvis Patton announced his retirement. He won the Olympic silver
in Athens Game in 2004 and London
Games
in 2012.
Indian
Senior Women Hockey Team Coach Inderjit Singh Gill Died on 20 November 2013.
Hockey
India on 20 November 2013 appointed the former Olympic gold-medallist V
Baskaran as Coach of the Senior
Men
Hockey Team.
Malala
Yousafzai on 20 November 2013 received the EU’s Sakharov human rights prize for
her brave crusade
for
the right of the children to education.
A
British biochemist, Frederick Sanger died. He is the only person to win the
Nobel Prize two times for Chemistry.
Kauwboy
directed by Boudewijn Koole won the Golden Elephant Award for best film in the ‘International
Live Action’
category
in ICFF.
PM
Manmohan Singh on 21 November 2013 inaugurated the 3rd BRICS International
Competition
Conference
in New Delhi.
Virat
Kohli became the fastest batsman to score 5000 runs in one-day internationals
when he scored 86 against
the
West Indies on 21 November 2013.
Salman
Rushdie, Mira Nair and Majula Bansal, the prominent Indian Americans on 21
November 2013 were
honoured
by Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC).
The
Vice President of India released a book entitled Maimaar-E-Qaun-Dr. A. R.
Kidwai edited by Mufti Ataur
Rahman
Ansari.
Nisha
Desai Biswal was on 21 November 2013 sworn in as the US Assistant Secretary of
State for South and
Central
Asia.
Priti
Patel, an Indian Origin British MP on 22 November 2013 has been honoured with
the prestigious Asian Trader
Editor’s
Award.
Magnus
Carlsen of Norway won the FIDE World Chess Championship 2013 at Chennai on 22
November 2013.
The
North East Business summit began on 22 November 2013 at Dibrugarh in Assam.
The
Cyclonic storm Helen on 22 November 2013 struck Andhra Pradesh coast near
Machilipatnam.
The
Heads of the Competition Authorities of BRICS Nations signed a Joint Accord
namely ‘DELHI
ACCORD’
on 22 November 2013.
Union
Government on 22 November 2013 appointed Justice Ajit Prakash Shah as the new
Chairman of the 20th Law
Commission
of India.
Barack
Obama, has appointed Gargee Ghosh to a key administration post as the member of
the President’s Global
Development
Council.
National
Aluminium Company Limited on 22 November 2013 received the EEPC (Engineering
Export Promotion
Council,
Eastern Region)’s Gold Trophy for 2011-12.
COP-19,
UN Climate Change Conference concluded in Warsaw, Poland on 23 November 2013 by
approving the new
global
treaty.
National
Lok Adalat organised throughout the country on 23 November 2013 settled a
record 28.26 lakh cases pending
in
various courts.
China
on 23 November 2013 announced that it was set up an Air Defence Identification
Zone over an area in the East
China
Sea.
India
on 23 November 2013 successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Dhanush
ballistic missile from a naval ship off
Odisha
coast.
Jason
Day, Australian Golfer won the Golf world cup at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club
in Melbourne on 24 November
2013.
Iran
and P5+1 group of Nations reached a breakthrough deal on 24 November 2013 to
curb Iran’s nuclear programme in
exchange
for limited sanctions relief.
Formula
one racing driver Sebastian Vettel won the F1 Brazilian Grand Prix on 24
November 2013.
Ireland
and Afghanistan on 24 November 2013 qualified for ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2014
after winning their
respective
matches in the qualifiers at Dubai.
India
on 24 November 2013 welcomed the prospect of resolution of issues related to
Iran’s controversial nuclear
programme.
Afghanistan’s
Loya Jirga on 24 November 2013 gave its consent on the issue of signing the
Afghan-US Bilateral Security
Agreement.
Justice
Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar was sworn in as the 22nd Chief Justice of Madhya
Pradesh by Governor Ram Naresh
Yadav
on 24 November 2013.
The
CCEA approved the continuation of the Agriculture Export Promotion Plan Scheme
of the APEDA during 12th Plan
Period.
Geneva
II Syria peace conference set for 22 January 2014.
International
Day for Elimination of Violence against Women observed on 25 November.
EC
decided to use Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail on a large-scale for the first
time in the country in the Mizoram
Assembly
polls on 25 November 2013.
Thailand
PM on 25 November 2013 declared a special emergency law for Bangkok after riot
police and anti-government
protesters
scuffled in capital.
Union
Cabinet on 25 November 2013 approved proposal to transfer Indu Mill land in
Mumbai to Maharashtra for
constructing
Dr B R Ambedkar memorial.
India
and Malaysia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 25 November 2013 to
strengthen co-operation in
public
administration and governance.
“Selfie” named Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the
Year for 2013.
Deepak
Lathore won Gold and two Silver medals in the Boys’ 50 Kg category of the
Commonwealth Weightlifting
Championships
on 25 November 2013.
Reserve
Bank of India on 25 November 2013 widened the definition of infrastructure
lending sub category in a
bid
to expedite Projects.
SC on
26 November 2013 constituted Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints
Committee to deal with complaints
of
sexual harassment.
Pakistan
army on 26 November 2013 launched military operations against terrorists in the
North Waziristan tribal region
near
the Pak-Afghan border.
North
Atlantic Treaty Organization on 26 November 2013 launched a three-day cyber
defence exercise
“Cyber
Coalition 2013” at Estonia.
Constitution
Day was observed across India on 26 November.
Reserve
Bank of India on 26 November 2013 allowed banks to treat loans given to medium
manufacturing
enterprises
as priority sector advance.
Gujarat
government on 26 November 2013 issued notification constituting an inquiry
commission into the alleged snooping
on a
woman by the Gujarat police.
Pakistan
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 26 November 2013 launched the construction of the
country’s biggest Nuclear
power
project.
Bureau
International des Expositions (BIE) on 27 November 2013 voted in favour of
Dubai to be the host city
for
the World Trade Fair or EXPO 2020.
Nepal
and the UAE on 27 November 2013 qualified for the ICC T20 World cup which will
be held in Bangladesh in
2014.
Raheel
Sharif appointed as new Army Chief of Pakistan.
Valdis
Dombrovskis, the Latvian Prime Minister announced his resignation and thereby
fall of his Government due to
Riga’s
Supermarket collapse.
The RBI
has directed the banks to charge customers for the transaction SMS alerts on
the basis of usage,
instead
of imposing a fixed fee.
Australian
water skier Sarah Teelow died a day after falling off her skis during the
opening moments of the high-speed,
75-mile
Bridge-to-Bridge race
India
won the three one day series against West Indies by 2-1. This was the sixth ODI
title win in a row for India after it
defeated
West Indies.
Shoma
Chaudhury, managing editor of Tehelka, on 27 November 2013 announced her resignation
from the Tehelka,
an
investigative magazine.
Neeraj
Sahai, Indian-American has appointed as president of Standard & Poor’s
Ratings Services, the world’s largest
ratings
firm.
Biocon
on 26 November 2013 announced that it had received market authorisation from
the DCGI for its Breast cancer
Drug-Biosimilar
Trastuzumab.
The
cyclonic storm Lehar on 27 November 2013 hit the Andhra Pradesh coast and
caused severe damage in the coastal
region.
The
9th International Heavy Minerals Conference (HMC 2013) was held in
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh from 27 to
29
November 2013.
The
CCEA has approved the proposal to undertake scientific deep drilling in the
Koyna intra-plate seismic zone, in
Maharashtra.
A
music album that contains original poems of Swami Vivekananda was launched by
Jitin Prasada to commemorate his
150th
birth celebrations.
Multi
Commodity Exchange of India Ltd on 27 November 2013 appointed Satyananda Mishra
as the chairman
of
MCX’s board.
Italian
Senate on 27 November 2013 expelled ex- Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from
Parliament over his tax fraud
conviction.
The
National Green Tribunal on 28 November 2013 stated that state law can’t prevail
over central rules on sand mining.
Union
Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 28 November 2013 approved
a proposal to create a
Legislative
Council in Assam.
Indian
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar on 28 November 2013 appointed as UNICEF’s first
brand
ambassador
for South Asia.
RBI
has relaxed the norms for participation of Non-Banking Finance Companies in the
insurance joint
ventures.
Malala
Yousafzai, Kainat Riaz and Shazia Ramzan were chosen for the GG2 Hammer Award
for their bravery
at
the GG2 Leadership Awards 2013.
Union
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on 29 November 2013 signed a Memorandum of
Understanding with
Department
of AIDS Control.
US on
29 November 2013 exempted some countries, including India and China, from the
tough Iranian sanctions for
reducing
their dependence on Iranian oil.
Union
Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily on 29 November 2013 inaugurated the first “Synthetic
Rubber Plant” of the
country
at Panipat in Haryana.
The
National Tiger Conservation Authority has approved the fifth tiger reserve of
Maharashtra in Nagzira.
Belgium
has opened a Consulate General of Belgium in Chennai. The consulate was
inaugurated by Princess Astrid of
Belgium.
Tripura
on 30 November 2013 introduced for the first time in the country PVC Electoral
Photo Identity Card as
mandated
by Election Commission of India.
East
Timor film ‘Beatriz’s War’ bagged Golden Peacock award for Best Film at the
44th International Film
Festival of India at
Panaji, Goa on 30 November 2013.
