September, 2013 26th September: Six people including four policemen were killed in a suicide strike on the p olice

station in Hiranagar while four army personnel including a Lieutenant Colo nel died at Samba camp. All three terrorists killed after gunbattle. CBI summons Congress MP and industrialist Naveen Jindal in Coal scam. 25th September: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left for the US for the UN General Assembly (U NGA) and meeting with President Barack Obama. RBI banned zero per cent interest rate scheme for purchase of consumer goods through credit cards.The central bank has also said that no additional charges can be levied on payment through debit cards. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) bans former IPL chief Lalit Mod i for life after its disciplinary committee found him guilty of "various acts of indiscipline and misconduct". The Union Government announced constitution of the Seventh Pay Commission to revise salary and pension for about 80 lakh staff and pensioners. 24th September: An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale hit Pakistan s Balochistan ar ea killing at least 30 people. An Ordinance to protect convicted MPs and MLAs from facing immediate disqual ification was approved by the Union Cabinet. 23rd September: A court in Egypt has banned "all activities" of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood f rom carrying out any activities in the country. YSR Congress leader Jaganmohan Reddy has been granted bail after 14 months b y a special CBI court in Hyderabad in the disproportionate assets case. 22nd September: 59 people have been killed in an attack by the al Shabaab group at a shoppin g mall in Nairobi, Kenya. At least 70 people died in suicide bombing attack outside a church in Peshaw ar, Pakistan. The Uttar Pradesh government revoked the suspension of IAS officer Durga Sha kti Nagpal. Tamil National Alliance (TNA) wins 30 of the 38 seats in the election held a t Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Election held after 25 years in this former wa r zone. Indian cricketer Virat Kohli was appointed as the brand ambassador of the Bo rder Security Force (BSF). 21st September: Gyan Correa's Gujarati film 'The Good Road' nominated to represent India in the Best Foreign Film category at next year's Oscars. Pakistan released former Afghan Taliban deputy chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Bara dar for peace efforts in Afganistan. 20th September: UP BJP MLA Suresh Rana arrested for alleged role in Muzaffarnagar riots. RBI hiking the short-term policy rate by 0.25 per cent which may increase EM Is for home and auto loans in the medium term. The Central Bureau of Investigation today officially closed its investigatio n into a corruption case against Mulayam Singh Yadav citing lack of evidence. 19th September: Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines decided to set up a new world-class joint v

enture airline based in India. Mohammedan Sporting wins Durand Cup Football tournament after defeating ONGC 2-1 in the final in New Delhi. 18th September: Indian wrestler Bajrang wins the bronze medal in the 60kg freestyle category in the World Championship. Sunrisers Hyderabad enters the main round of CLT20 after two consecutive vic tory in the qualifying round match. 17th September: 13 dead include the gunman who was killed after an encounter with security i n shooting at the Washington Navy Yard. China started flight operations at the world's highest civilian airport in S ichuan. Pakistani education rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai and American singer, human rights activist Harry Belafonte named as joint recipients of Amnesty Inter national's Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2013. Amit Kumar Dahiya wins silver medal at World Wrestling Championships in Buda pest, Hungary. Iran lifts ban on Facebook and Twitter after four years. Government raises import duty on gold jewellery to 15%. Australia wins the 5 match series by 2-1 against England. 16th September: Inflation in August rises to 6.1 per cent in food prices. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi visit riot-hi t Muzaffarnagar. Nina Davuluri wins the 2014 Miss America pageant and becoming the first Indi an-American to wear the crown. 15th September: India successfully test-fired Agni-V missile with range of about 5,000 km fo r second time from an island of Odisha. 14th September: US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced a deal on a framework to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons, after tal ks in Switzerland. Tripura ahead of Kerala to achieve top position in literacy chart in India w ith 94.65 percent. 13th September: The four accused men for raping and murdering a girl in New Delhi on 16th De cember, 2012 were sentenced to death by a Delhi court under Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna. Narendra Modi appointed BJP's PM candidate for 2014 polls. Rajasthan Royals cricketers S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan have been banned f or life, Amit Singh for five years and Siddharth Trivedi for one year by the Boa rd of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for their involvement in the spot fixi ng scandal during the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Ray Dolby, Founder and Director Emeritus of Dolby Laboratories died in San F rancisco, age 80. He suffered from Alzheimer s disease and acute leukemia. 12th September: Thomas Bach of Germany elected as the 9th President of the International Oly mpic Committee (IOC) in place of Jacques Rogge. India Denies Visa to Pakistani team Faisalabad Wolves for the Champions Leag ue T20.

11th September: India lost to Afghanistan 0-2 in the final of the 2013 SAFF Championship at the Dasrath stadium in Kathmandu. Prayers resume at Kedarnath Temple after 86 days of calamity hit Uttarakhand in June this year. 10th September: Syria has accepted a Russian proposal to place its chemical weapons under in ternational control for dismantling. India's launch preparations for the Rs 450 crore Mars orbiter mission passed the successful thermo-vacuum test of the spacecraft with its payloads. Rafael Nadal wins US Open title and 13th Grand Slam crown as he beat Novak D jokovic 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the final. 9th September: Ganesh Chaturthi celebrated across India. Toll now 31 dead in Muzaffarnagar communal riots. Leander Paes-Radek Stepanek win US Open men's doubles title after defeating second seeded Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares pair 6-1, 6-3. Leander Paes become s the oldest man to win a Grand Slam title. This is his 14th title. Serena Williams wins 17th grand slam title with US Open victory over Victori a Azarenka by 7-5, 6-7, 6-1. Ryan Campbell of Australia at the age of 19 became the youngest person to fl y a single engine aircraft around the globe. 8th September: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari steps down as Pak President after succes sfully completing his five-year term, paving the way for Mamnoon Hussain to take over. Liberal leader Tony Abbott will be the next prime minister of Australia afte r his party wins 88 seats to Labor's 57 in the 150-seat parliament. International Literacy Day celebrated. Wrestling included in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games after it defeated baseba ll/softball and squash for a spot in the competition. 7th September: Zubin Mehta performs his concert in Shalimar Bagh, Kashmir despite threats. Tokyo will host the 2020 summer Olympics after beating Istanbul in a head-to -head voting by the International Olympic Committee. 6th September The Rajya Sabha today passed the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Aut hority (PFRDA) Bill. The International Olympic Committee has asked the Indian Olympic Association to sack "charge-framed" officials through constitutional amendments by October 31 and conduct fresh elections by December 15 to return to the Olympic fold. Leander Paes with Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic reached the men s doubles f inals of the US Open. Egypt government has dissolved the Muslim Brotherhood as a registered non-go vernmental organization. National pentathlon championship starts in Goa. 5th September: Teacher s Day Celebrated across India on the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepal li Radhakrishnan. The monsoon session of Parliament has been extended by a day till September 7. Air India hikes fares by up to 25 per cent on all domestic routes. Indian author Sushmita Banerjee shot dead outside her house in Afghanistan. President Pranab Mukherjee appointed Deepak Sandhu as the first woman Chief

Information Commissioner of the Central Information Commission. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) informed that the number of tel ephone subscribers in India reach to 903.09 million at the end of June 2013. The United Nations first International Day of Charity held as a marked in ho nour of Mother Teresa. 4th September: The Pension fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill, 2013 has been passed in the Lok Sabha. The Bill will open the doors for foreign investme nt in pension funds. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives in St Petersburg for 8th G20 summit. Raghuram Rajan took over as the 23rd RBI governor of RBI. 3rd September: Microsoft to acquire Nokia's Devices & Services business in 5.44 billion eur os deal. Gary Kirsten joins IPL giants Delhi Daredevils as head coach. 2nd September: Food Security Bill passed by Rajya Sabha. Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde inform that the cabinet resolution on Telan gana will take place within 20 days. Gujarat-based Adani group fined Rs. 200 cr for environmental damage. Gareth Bale included in the Real Madrid team after completing his record-bre aking move from Tottenham for record 132m dollar. 1st September: South Korea defeats India by 4-3 in the finals to win 9th Asia Cup Hockey To urnament. Bhuvana Kalva won 2013 ITF Women's Tennis Tournament defeating sixth-seeded Akari Inoue of Japan 6-4, 7-5 in the final of the tournament. Current Affairs October 2013 1st October: National Voluntary Blood Donation Day was observed. S. Varadarajan appointed the new Chairman & Managing Director of Bharat Petr oleum Corporation Limited (BPCL). Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) approved Jet-Etihad deal.

2nd October: U.S. master writer and master of spy thriller novels Tom Clancy dies at 66.

3rd October: The CBI court in Ranchi sent former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad to five years in jail with a fine of Rs.25 lakh in the case of illegal withdrawal of pu blic money from Chaibasa treasury. Union Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi resigned from his post in protest again st the Union Cabinet's approval of the separation of Telangana. The union cabinet formally decided to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh to carve out Telangana as India's 29th state. Hyderabad will be shared for 10 years as the capital of the old and new stat

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4th October: Indian Election Commission announced election dates for five states - Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Mizoram and Delhi which will be held from 11t h November to 4th December and the counting will be on 8th December. Afghanistan qualified for its maiden ICC World Cup after defeating Kenya by seven wickets to finish second in the World Cricket League Championship in Sharj ah.

5th October: The Union government launched the Inter Company LPG portability scheme in 24 cities across the country through which consumer can switch their LPG distribut ors through a portability system and also buy 5kg cylinders of liquefied petrole um gas at select petrol stations. The Prime Ministers of Bangladesh and India inaugurated a joint power transm ission plant through which Bangladesh will receive up to 500 megawatts (MW) of e lectricity.

6th October: Sania Mirza and Cara Black won the Women s Doubles in China Open tennis champi onship trophy. Mumbai Indians wins the Champions League Twenty20 for the second time after beating Rajasthan Royals by 33 runs in the final at the Ferozeshah Kotla. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid played their last Twenty20 match as Champi ons League Twenty20.

7th October: Government hike railway fares by two per cent for all classes because of a r ise in the prices of diesel and power. India test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missi le with a strike range of 350 km from Balasore, Odisha. Arundhati Bhattacharya appointed SBI's first woman chairperson. Randy Schekman (USA), James Rothman (USA) and Thomas Sudhof (Germany) wins N obel Prize for Medicine for cell transport.

8th October: The Union Cabinet of India approved the National Identification Authority of India Bill that will give statutory status to the Unique Identification Authori ty of India (UIDAI). Peter Higgs (United Kingdom) and Francois Englert (Belgium) jointly awarded Nobel Prize for Physics. Supreme Court lifted the restraints it put on N Srinivasan from assuming cha rge as the elected chief of the Indian cricket board (BCCI).

9th October: Martin Karplus ( Harvard University), Michael Levitt (Stanford School of Med icine) and Arieh Warshel (University of Southern California) jointly got Nobel p rize in the field of Chemistry. Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf granted bail and free to leave Pa kistan after a decision by a court in Islamabad.

10th October: High alert has been declared as the cyclonic storm "Phailin" is expected to hit. Sachin Tendulkar announces retirement from Test cricket after playing 200 wh ich will be held in Mumbai from November 14. Canada's Alice, 82 Munro won the Nobel Literature Prize. Malala Yousafzai, 16-year-old education activist from Pakistan wins European Union's Sakharov human rights award.

11th October: Hague-based Organisation OPCW awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize. Agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan selected for the Indira Gandhi Award f or National Integration for the year 2012.

12th October: Cyclone Phailin has made landfall in Odisha. Over five lakh people have been evacuated in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

13th October: Over 70 people died and over 100 injured in a stampede at Ratangarh temple i n Madhya Pradesh's Datia district. Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel won the Japanese Grand Prix.

14th October: Vijayadashami or Dussehra celebrated across India. Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller of America won the Nobel p rize for economics.

15th October: Kumar Mangalam Birla, head of the Aditya Birla Group has been charged with c onspiracy and cheating to land two coal blocks in Odisha in 2005.

16th October: World Bank cuts India growth forecast to 4.7 per cent from 6.1 percent for t he current fiscal year. Indian Railways appointed acting chairman of Railway Board Arunendra Kumar a s the head of the board. INS Sunayna inducted into Indian Navy s service which is the largest offshore patrol vessel (OPV). Eleanor Catton, author of New Zealand won Man Booker prize for her book "The Luminaries". She also becomes the youngest novelist to win the man booker prize at the age of 28 years. The book has set a new record for the longest winning n ovel with 852 pages. Virat Kohli scores the fastest century by an Indian batsman in ODI with 52 b alls against Australia. EPL club Liverpool launched a residential football academy in Pune.

17th October: The U.S. Congress approved a deal to end a partial government shutdown. Terence Walsh appointed as Chief Coach of the Indian National Hockey Team.

18th October: The Archaeological Survey of India team began digging at Daundia Khera villa ge of Unnao district, UP for the prophesied 1,000 tones of gold as claimed by a local priest Swami Shobhan Sarkar. Micromax has appointed Hollywood star Hugh Jackman as its brand ambassador.

19th October: India s tallest air traffic control (ATC) tower with 84-metre structure inaugu rated in Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has banned Kolkata Knight R iders pacer Pradeep Sangwan for 18 months.

20th October: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Moscow to strengthen bilateral stra tegic partnership. Lata Mangeshkar presented with the first national Yash Chopra Memorial Award in Mumbai. Indian squash player Dipika Pallikal defeated former World number one Rachae l Grinham of Australia to clinch the Macau Open title.

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Congress MP Rashid Masood has been disqualified from the Rajya Sabha for con victed in a corruption case.

22nd October: India started pumping electricity for the first time from Kudankulam nuclear power plant, Tamil Nadu with an initial output of 160 MW. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and (JDU) MP Jagdish Shar ma disqualified from the Lok Sabha as both are convicted in the Bihar fodder sca m.

23rdh October: Former Delhi health minister Harsh Vardhan will be the BJP's Chief Minister candidate for Delhi election. India and China signed Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA) to soothi ng tension on their contested border.

24th October: The legendary singer Manna Dey died of cardiac arrest at the age of 94 in Ba ngalore hospital where was treated for respiratory illness. India ending an eight year ban on military supplies to Nepal with the suppli es of vehicles and arms. Astronomers have found the most distant galaxy Hubble Space Telescope and th e Keck Observatory in Hawaii.

26th October: BCCI terminated Sahara-owned franchise Pune Warriors from the IPL.

27th October: 5 killed and over 70 injured in seven crude bomb serial explosions ahead of Narendra Modi's Hunkar rally in Patna. Sachin Tendulkar played his last Ranji match as Mumbai take on Haryana at La hli, Haryana. Amitabh Bachchan received the 3rd Hridayanath Mangeshkar Award for his contr ibution to the film industry. Germany's Sebastian Vettel became Formula One's youngest four-times world ch ampion on Sunday after winning the Indian Grand Prix for Red Bull.

28th October: The Supreme Court directed the Sahara Group to hand over title deeds of prop erty worth Rs. 20,000 crore to market regulator SEBI within three weeks.

29th October: RBI hikes repo rate by 25 Basis Points to 7.75 % from 7.50%. India has developed a new tactical surface-to-surface missile 'Pragati' with a range between 60-170 km. Mukesh Ambani becomes India's richest for 6th year in a row in Forbes' list with a net worth of $ 21 billion. Union Government appoints Air Marshal Arup Raha as the next Chief of the Air Staff who will replace Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne.

30th October: Infosys has agreed to pay a penalty of $34 million to the United States gove rnment for making errors in 1-9 paperwork and other visa related matters. Sensex closes at all-time high above 21,000. Srishti Rana of India crowned as Miss Asia Pacific World 2013 in Busan, Sout h Korea.

31st October: Gujrat Chief Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Statue of U nity, the world largest 82 meters (597 ft) monument of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Jharkhand high court rejects Lalu Prasad Yadav's bail petition against fodde r scam. Current Affairs November 2013 1st November: Pakistan Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud killed in drone strike. The election process in Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram initiated with the issue of gazette notification by the respective Governors of the two States. 2nd November: India wins the seven matches ODI series against Australia by 3-2. Rohit Sharma makes record of most sixes in an ODI match with 16 sixes in his 209 run innings against Australia. 3rd November: India celebrates Diwali. Famous Pakistani folk singer Reshma dies due to throat cancer in Lahore. 4th November: Yuki Bhambri wins his first ATP Challenger level singles title of the season and second of his career after defeating American Bradely Klahn in the summit c lash of the Traralgon event in Australia. China sets up station at the Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) sector in Ladakh near th

e Line of Actual Control, to monitor Indian planes. 5th November: India's Mars orbiter Mangalyaan took off successfully from the PSLV-C25 laun ch vehicle at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh. The Mars orbiter completed its first stage of its journey successfully when entered the Earth's orbit around 44 minutes after blastoff. Mangalyaan will enter Mars orbit in September 2014. A court in Bangladesh has sentenced 152 people to death for their actions in a 2009 border guard mutiny in which 74 people were killed. 6th November: Celebrity chef Tarla Dalal passes away in Mumbai at the age of 76. A R Rahman has been conferred an honor by Canada as a Canadian street in Mar kham. Piramal Enterprises Ltd. has acquired over-the-counter (OTC) brand Caladryl in India from Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. 7th November: According to the Wealth-X-UBS billionaire census report 2013, India has 103 billionaires. Mumbai is among the top five 'billionaire cities' globally with 30 billionai res. Allahabad High Court ordered Uttar Pradesh government to withdraw unauthoriz ed security provided to 830 people and recover money spent on them within 15 day s. 8th November: The India s Mars spacecraft successfully completed the second of the six orbit raising maneuvers for the Mars Orbiter. India successfully test fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable sur face-to-surface Agni-I missile from Odisha. 2018 men's hockey World Cup will be held on India. India wins by an innings and 51 runs against West Indies in the 1st test at Kolkata. 9th November: 1,200 People died in super typhoon Haiyan in Philippines. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh decides not to attend CHOGM which is to be held in Sri Lanka next week. India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khursh id will head the Indian delegation at the Summit. World chess championship game starts in Chennai between World champion Viswa nathan Anand and world number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway. UN has conferred the 'UN Frontline Workers Global Leadership Award' to Marth a Dodray from Darbhanga district of Bihar for her commitment and dedication in e radicating polio in India. The Supreme Court put a stay order till 6th December, 2013 on Gauhati High c ourt verdict which had declared the setting up of the CBI as unconstitutional.

10th November: Total 10,000 People died in the typhoon Haiyan in Philippines. Miss Venezuela Gabriela Isler becomes Miss Universe 2013 in a ceremony in Cr ocus City Hall in Moscow. 11th November: 1st phase of voting in Chhattisgarh held with high security. Woman shooter Heena Sidhu created history by becoming the third pistol expon ent from India after Anjali Bhagwat (2003) and Gagan Narang (2008) to win a gold medal at the ISSF World Cup finals in Munich, Germany. Mumbai Cricket Association formally renamed the Kandivili ground as the Sach in Tendulkar Gymkhana Club. 12th November: UP Lokayukta has given a clean chit to BSP chief Mayawati in the alleged Noi da The Competition Commission of India has approved Etihad's $325 million (Rs. 2,000 crore) deal to buy a 24 percent stake in Jet Airways. The annual consumer price inflation increases to 10.09 percent in October fr om 9.84 percent in September. 13th November: Usha Anathasubramaniam appointed as the first Chairperson and Managing Direc tor of Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB), the first all-women bank of India. The first office tower at Ground Zero site opened after the September 11, 20 01 attacks. The Supreme Court said that it is mandatory for the police to register FIR i f a complainant approaches it for the registration of a cognizable offence. 14th November: Children s Day and World Diabetes Day celebrated across India. India's first fully privately funded Rapid Metro Gurgaon starts of its comme rcial operations. The last Test Match of Sachin Tendulkar's cricketing life played in Mumbai. 15th November: BCCI excludes Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh in new contra ct list for the 2013-14 seasons. Maldives President Mohamed Waheed has stepped down from the post on the eve of the second round of the country's presidential polls. 16th November: Sachin Tendulkar become the first sportsperson to received Bharat Ratna. The Prime Minister's Office announced that Indian Cricket legend Sachin Tend ulkar and highly regarded scientist CNR Rao will be awarded the Bharat Ratna, In dia's biggest civilian award. The super aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya formally joined the Indian Navy.

The 22nd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, CHOGM began in Colombo, S ri Lanka. Indian wins the Test Series 2-0 against West Indies. This is the last Test M atch of Sachin Tendulkar. 17th November: Abdulla Yameen sworn in as new Maldives President. Malta will host the next Commonwealth summit in 2015. Actress Waheeda Rehman will receive the inaugural Centenary Award for the In dian Film Personality of the Year, a special honor to commemorate the 100 years of Indian cinema. 18th November: India successfully test-fired the advanced BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Pokhran, Rajasthan. 27-year-old Jamaican Usain Bolt has been named male World Athlete of the Yea r for a fifth time. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce selected for the Women's Athlete of the Year award. 19th November: Chhattisgarh recorded 74.70 per cent voter turnout in 72 Assembly constituen cies in the second phase of polling. A motion laid in the House of Commons, England congratulating Sachin Tendulk ar on a magnificent career and for being an ambassador for the game. German Chancellor Angela Merkel selected for Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2013. 20th November: India's first women's bank, the Bharatiya Mahila Bank has been inaugurated i n Mumbai at the Air India building in Nariman Point. 14-year-old Prithvi Pankaj Shaw from Rizvi Springfield, Mumbai scores 546 in 330 balls in prestigious Elite Division Harris Shield Under-16 cricket tourname nt. Prithvi Pankaj has broken the earlier Mumbai schools cricket record of Armaa n Jaffer who had scored 498 in Giles Shield semi-final in 2010-11. 21st November: Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to score 5000 tionals when he scored 86 against the West Indies. Kohli matches and 114 innings. The 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) a. Former Olympic gold medalist V Baskaran appointed as Hockey Team. runs in one-day interna achieved it in just 120 started at Panaji in Go Coach of the Senior Men

22nd November: Cyclonic storm Helen hits in Andhra Pradesh.

Norway's Magnus Carlsen becomes world chess champion after defeating Five-ti me title-holder Viswanathan Anand in World Chess Championship match held in Chen nai. 23rdh November: Supreme Court Chief Justice P Sathasivam inaugurated a day-long National Lok Adalat where for the first time 39 lakh pending cases are being taken up simult aneously all over the country for settlement. The Lok Adalats are taking place i n the Supreme Court, 24 high courts and all the district courts of the country. 24th November: Iran and P5+1 (United States, France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia) gr oup of Nations reached a breakthrough deal on 24 November 2013 to curb Iran's nu clear programme in exchange for limited sanctions relief. 25th November: Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram ended with polling percenta ge of 71 and 82 respectively. A CBI court in Delhi convicted Parents Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in the case o f murder of their young daughter, Aarushi and their domestic help, Hemraj in 200 8. 26th November: Apple has topped the 'World's Most Valuable List' compiled by Forbes magazin e with a brand value of $104.3 billion. Rajesh and Nupur Talwar were sentenced to life in prison by a CBI court for the twin murders of their daughter Aarushi and their domestic help Hemraj in 200 8. 27th November: India beat the West Indies in the three-match cricket series 2-1. A book of psalms from 1640 has become the world's most expensive printed boo k as it was auctioned in New York for $14.2m. Pakistan appoints Lieutenant General Raheel Sharif as new army chief. 28th November: Sachin Tendulkar became UNICEF's first brand ambassador for South Asia and w ill work in promoting hygiene and sanitation in the region. 29th November: India's economy grows 4.8 per cent in the three months through September. 30th November: India's Mars orbiter craft leave the Earth's sphere of influence (SOI) and b

egin the 300-day voyage in deep space to the Mars.