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7
th
November - Infant Protection Day
7
th
November - World Cancer Awareness
Day
9
th
November - Legal Service Day
10
th
November - Transport Day
10
th
November - World Science Day for
Peace and Development
11
th
November - National Education Day of
India. It is celebrated in India since the year
2008 to commemorate the anniversary of
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, a great freedom
fighter, an eminent educationist and the
first Education Minister of India.
12
th
November - World Pneumonia Day
Theme: Innovation highlighting
innovative solutions to end childhood
pneumonia, while at the same time
emphasizing that there are existing simple
interventions that need to reach the most
vulnerable children.
12
th
November - Public Service Broadcasting
Day
14
th
November - Children's Day in India. It
is celebrated to commemorate the affection
of Jawaharlal Nehru towards children.
14
th
November - World Diabetics Day. It is
observed across the world to raise
awareness of diabetes.
Theme (For Period 2009-13): Education
and Prevention.
16
th
November - International Day for
Tolerance. It is observed across the world to
educate people about the need for tolerance
in society and to aware them about the
dangers of intolerance.
16
th
November - National Press Day. The
day is symbolic of a free and responsible
press in India.
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17
th
November - Guru Nanak Dev's Birth
Anniverrsary
19
th
November - World Toilet Day. The
World Toilet Organization created World
Toilet Day to raise global awareness of the
struggle 2.5 billion face every day without
access to proper, clean sanitation.
19
th
November - National Integration Day. It
is celebrated as the birthday anniversary of
the first woman prime minister of the India,
Indira Gandhi.
25
th
November - International Day for
Elimination of Violence against Women. It is
observed across the globe to raise
awareness about the problem.
26
th
November - Constitution Day of India.
Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is regarded
as the father of the Indian Constitution.








1) Abdulla Yameen has been sworn in as the sixth
President of Maldives after defeating the
former President Nasheed in the election.
2) Eminent Scientist and Bharat Ratna Awardee
Prof CNR Rao on 4
th
November, 2013 elected as
honorary foreign member of Chinese Academy
of Science.
3) The Former Union Home Secretary, G.K. Pillai
was appointed as Chairman of the MCX-SX.
4) Imomali Rakhmon Reelected as the President
of Tajikistan.
5) Krishna Mohan Sahni Appointed Chairman of
the National Multi-Commodity Exchange of
India.
6) Sunita Sharma Appointed as the MD and CEO of
the LIC Housing Finance.
7) Senior IRS officer, Parvinder Sohi Behuria
appointed as the Secretary General of National
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Human Rights Commission.
8) Ratan P Watal was appointed as the Secretary
of Department of Expenditure in the Union
Ministry of Finance.
9) R. Banumathi appointed Chief Justice of the
Jharkhand High Court.
10) Union Government on 12
th
November, 2013
appointed Usha Ananthasubramanian as the
Chairperson and Managing Director (CMD) of
public sector Bharatiya Mahila Bank.
11) Retired bureaucrat Krishna Mohan Sahni was
appointed Chairman of the National Multi-
Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (NMCE) on
12
th
November, 2013.
12) Hockey India on 20
th
November, 2013
appointed the former Olympic gold-medallist V
Baskaran as Coach of the Senior Men Hockey
Team.
13) Abraham K Techi appointed International
Weightlifting Referee.
14) Obama Appointed Indian-American Gargee
Ghosh to a key administration post as the
member of the President's Global Development
Council.
15) Gurbax Singh Sandhu was on 20
th
November,
2013 reappointed as the national coach of the
men's Indian boxing team till the 2016
Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
16) Raheel Sharif appointed as new Army Chief of
Pakistan.
17) All India Football Federation on 20
th

November, 2013 reappointed Kushal Das as
AIFF General Secretary for a second term of
another three years.
18) Nisha Desai Biswal was on 21
st
November, 2013
sworn in as the US Assistant Secretary of State
for South and Central Asia.
19) Justice Ajit Prakash Shah appointed as
Chairman of 20
th
Law Commission of India on
22
nd
November, 2013.
20) Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar sworn in as
the 22
nd
Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High
Court by Governor Ram Naresh Yadav on 24
th

November,2013.
21) Neeraj Sahai, Indian-American has appointed
as President of Standard & Poor's Ratings
Services, the world's largest ratings firm.
22) Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd on
27
th
November, 2013 appointed Satyananda
Mishra as the chairman of MCX's board.
23) Indian Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar
appointed as UNICEF's first brand ambassador
for South Asia on 28
th
November, 2013.



1) Yogesh Malik resigned as CEO of Uninor.
2) Paras Ajmera, Director of Multi-Commodity
Exchange (MCX) resigned from the board on
12
th
November, 2013.
3) The Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and
Development Authority (PFRDA), Yogesh
Agarwal resigned from the post of Chairman
on 13
th
November, 2013. Anup Wadhawan took
over.
4) Valdis Dombrovskis, the Latvian Prime
Minister announced his resignation and
thereby fall of his Government due to Riga's
Supermarket collapse.
5) Shoma Chaudhury, managing editor of
Tehelka, on 27
th
November, 2013 announced
her resignation from the Tehelka, an
investigative magazine.





1) Nitish Sengupta, the Former Member of
Parliament died.
2) Legendary Pakistani Folk Singer Reshma passed
away in Lahore, Pakistan on 3
rd
November,
2013 after a long battle with throat cancer.
3) Assamese Music Director Sher Choudhury
passed away on 6
th
November, 2013 at B. Baruah
Cancer Institute in Guwahati, Assam.
4) Ishwar Das Rohani, the Speaker of Madhya
Pradesh Assembly, died.
5) Tarla Dalal, the Celebrity Cook of India, passed
away at the age of 77.
6) The Rajasthani Folk Writer, Vijaydan Detha
died on 10
th
November, 2013 in Borunda village
in Jodhpur. He gave a modern touch and
identity to the folk tales of Rajasthan.
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7) Veteran Journalist R.K. Mukker passed away on
13
th
November, 2013 after prolonged illness. He
was 88 years old.
8) Ram Kripalu Tripathi, popularly known as
Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj passed away on
15
th
November, 2013 at New Delhi.
9) Doris Lessing, Nobel Prize-Winning Author,
died at the age of 94.
10) A British biochemist, Frederick Sanger died.
He is the only person to win the Nobel Prize
two times for Chemistry.
11) Noted Dalit Writer Omprakash Valmiki passed
away on 17
th
November, 2013 at Dehradun,
Uttarakhand.
12) Indian Senior Women Hockey Team Coach
Inderjit Singh Gill Died on 20
th
November,
2013.
13) 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.
14) Paul Walker, the star of the "Fast & Furious"
movie series, died in a car accident in Southern
California, US on 30
th
November, 2013.



1) IRCON for its performance won two top
Infrastructure Awards.
2) The Ministry for I & B on 7
th
November, 2013
announced the institution of a special New
Centenary Award to celebrate 100 years of
Indian Cinema.
3) Martha Doodray won the Global UN Award for
her commitment and dedication to eradicate
the Polio in India.
4) Rahul Jindal, an Indian-American doctor got
Outstanding American by Choice Award.
5) Infosys Science Foundation announced
Winners of the Infosys Prize 2013.
6) Shiraz Naval Minwalla, Professor of Physics in
TIFR, Mumbai selected for the 2014 New
Horizons in Physics Prize on 5
th
November,
2013.
7) Krishna Tirath gave away National Child Award
for Exceptional Achievement.
8) Professor Mushirul Hasan was conferred with
the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship by the
Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund.
9) Lord Swraj Paul presented with the
International Indian of the Decade Award for
his achievements in the fields of industry,
education and philanthropy.
10) Government on 16
th
November, 2013 decided
to confer, Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian
award on eminent scientist Prof CNR Rao &
Sachin Tendulkar.
11) Waheeda Rehman will receive the inaugural
Centenary Award for the Indian Film
Personality of 2013. The award is instituted by
Government of India.
12) Angela Merkel, German Chancellor on 19
th

November, 2013 selected for Indira Gandhi
Prize for Peace, Disarmament and
Development for the year 2013.
13) President Pranab Mukherjee on 19
th
November,
2013 presented Indira Gandhi National Service
Scheme Best University Award 2012-13 to
Mangalore University.
14) SPMCIL was conferred the Engineering
Excellence Award 2013. The second Best
Engineering Marvel for project to
Modernisation of Ink Factory Project.
15) Anjolie Ela Menon, a contemporary artist was
awarded with Dayawati Modi Award for Art
and Culture and Education by Dayawati
Foundation.
16) Kauwboy directed by Boudewijn Koole won
the Golden Elephant Award for best film in the
'International Live Action' category in
International Children's Film Festival.
17) Malala Yousafzai on 20
th
November, 2013
received the EU's Sakharov Human Rights
Prize for her brave crusade for the right of the
children to education.
18) Salman Rushdie, Mira Nair and Majula Bansal,
the prominent Indian Americans on 21
st

November, 2013 were honoured by Indo-
American Arts Council (IAAC).
19) Malala Yousafzai, Kainat Riaz and Shazia
Ramzan were chosen for the GG2 Hammer
Award for their bravery at the GG2 Leadership
Awards 2013. Malala topped Power List 101 at
GG2 Leadership Awards.
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20) Priti Patel, an Indian Origin British MP on
22
nd
November, 2013 has been honoured with
the prestigious Asian Trader Editor's Award.
21) Lionel Messi won the Golden Shoe award in
recognition of his 46 goals in 32 leagues
appearances.
22) East Timor film 'Beatriz's War' bagged Golden
Peacock award for Best Film at the 44
th

International Film Festival of India at Panaji,
Goa on 30
th
November, 2013.



1) Rohit Sharma, the Indian batsman on 2
nd

November, 2013 became the third cricketer in
the world to score a double hundred in an ODI
match.
2) Novak Djokovic of Serbia on 3
rd
November,
2013 won the BNP Paribas Masters Tennis
tournament at Paris, France.
3) Indian men's hockey team on 3
rd
November,
2013 officially qualified for the Rabobank
Hockey World Cup 2014.
4) 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.
5) Formula One racing driver, Sebastian Vettel on
3
rd
November, 2013 won the Abu Dhabi
Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina
circuit.
6) India defeated Australia 3-2 in the seven ODI
series and retained its 1st Ranking in the ODI
playing nations.
7) Yuki Bhambri won the ATP men's singles title
of Taralgon event in Australia after defeating
Bradely Klahn.
8) Mark Schwarzer, Australia Goalkeeper Retired
from International Football.
9) BCCI on 6
th
November, 2013 launched Thank
You Sachin campaign on social networking site
Twitter to honour Sachin on his retirement.
10) 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.
11) India won Silver Medal at 3rd Women's Asian
Champions Trophy 2013 on 9
th
November,
2013.
12) Heena Sidhu became the third Indian pistol
shooter to win Gold at the World Cup Final on
10
th
November, 2013 in Munich.
13) Indian men's hockey team finished fifth place
at the 3rd Asian Champions Trophy at Japan
on 10
th
November, 2013.
14) Mohammed Siddikur of Bangladesh won the
50th edition of Indian Open golf tournament
on 10
th
November, 2013 at the Delhi Golf Club
(DGC), New Delhi.
15) Novak Djokovic won Barclays ATP World Tour
Final after defeating Rafael Nadal.
16) Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce have
been crowned the Male and Female World
Athletes of the Year, 2013.
17) Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to score
5000 runs in one-day internationals when he
scored 86 against the West Indies on 21
st

November, 2013.
18) Magnus Carlsen of Norway won the FIDE
World Chess Championship 2013 at Chennai on
22
nd
November, 2013 and becomes Youngest
World Chess Champion.
19) Formula one racing driver Sebastian Vettel
won the F1 Brazilian Grand Prix on 24
th

November, 2013.
20) Ireland and Afghanistan on 24
th
November,
2013 qualified for ICC Twenty20 World Cup
2014 after winning their respective matches in
the qualifiers at Dubai.
21) The US sprinter, Darvis Patton announced his
retirement. He won the Olympic silver in
Athens Game in 2004 and London Games in
2012.
22) Jason Day, Australian Golfer won the Golf
world cup at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club in
Melbourne on 24
th
November, 2013.
23) 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.




1) Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam
Ramesh on 1
st
November, 2013 declared
Kannur in Kerala as the first zero-landless
district in the country.
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2) The 12
th
edition of Pravasi Bhartiya Divas will
be held in New Delhi from 7
th
- 9
th
January,
2014.
3) The Government has decided to extend the sale
of the non-subsidized 5 kg LPG cylinders at
petrol pumps across India.
4) Bangladesh became the First South Asian
Country to Approve Commercial Cultivation of
Bt Brinjal.
5) 7th Edition of Indian Pharmacopoeia 2014 - A
Book of Drug Standards, Released By Ghulam
Nabi Azad.
6) ISRO on 5
th
November, 2013 successfully
launched its historic mission to Mars from the
Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
7) IICT, Hyderabad received samples for detection
of Chemical Weapons from OPCW.
8) FDI inflows into the service sector declined by
47.5 percent to 1.19 billion US dollars during
the April-August 2013 period.
9) Microsoft Company developed a new cost-
effective sign language translator that converts
signs into spoken and written language & vice
versa.
10) British Paralympic powerlifter Ali Jawad on 5
th

November, 2013 won gold at the Asian Open
Championships with a world-record lift.
11) Pakistan Successfully Test Fired Surface-to-
Surface Missile Hatf IX (Nasr).
12) Dr. Reddy's Laboratories is set up to launch
generic drug Fondaparinux sodium injection in
Canada and two other countries.
13) Mumbai emerged as the City with Highest
Internet Penetration in India.
14) The Reserve Bank of India permitted Wholly
Owned Subsidiaries of the foreign banks to
acquire the domestic private sector banks.
15) India's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI)
on 6
th
November, 2013 increased its lending
rates by 0.20 percent with effect from 7
th

November, 2013.
16) Indian Navy inducted the fourth generation
advanced jet trainer aircraft Hawk 132 at a
ceremony held at the Naval Air Station INS
Dega.
17) National Conference on the Wakf
(Amendment) Act, 2013 Inaugurated.
18) Gross Direct Tax Collections during April-
October in 2013-14 up by 11.58 Percent.
19) The Minister of Railways flagged off the first
ever Dual Cab 4500 HP Freight Diesel
locomotive called Vijay on 6
th
November, 2013.
20) The Union Minister for Social Justice &
Empowerment inaugurated the National
Conference on Intellectual Disability on 7
th

November, 2013.
21) ISRO successfully raised Mars Orbiter
Spacecraft's Orbit.
22) M. Hamid Ansari released a book entitled
India's Nuclear Energy Programme: Future
Plans, Prospects and Concerns on 7
th
November,
2013.
23) Union Cabinet approved the Visa Waiver
Agreements with Poland, Slovenia and
Lithuania.
24) The 7th India-Republic of Korea Joint
Commission Meeting (JCM) was held in New
Delhi on 8
th
November, 2013.
25) Law Ministry said that Amendment of Article
371(D) is needed for bifurcation of Andhra
Pradesh.
26) Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and the Embassy
of Sweden on 9
th
November, 2013 jointly
unveiled a 'Nobel Memorial Wall' at Rajiv
Chowk metro station, Delhi.
27) India successfully test fired the indigenously
developed surface to surface Agni-1 missile
from the Odisha Coast.
28) UNESCO suspended the voting rights of US and
Israel as they stopped paying the dues to UN's
cultural arm.
29) The RBI has allowed third party payment for
the export and import transactions taking into
account the evolving international trade
procedure.
30) Ministry of Home Affairs on 9
th
November,
2013 inaugurated RAF Academy of Public
Order in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.
31) India and Japan on 9
th
November, 2013
decided to further strengthen their
cooperation in the maritime sector.
32) Gabriela Isler from Venezuela won Miss
Universe 2013 contest on 9
th
November, 2013
held at Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Russia.
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33) The Government of Afghanistan on 10
th

November, 2013 signed an agreement with
ADB for the development of road network in
the country.
34) The 19th Kolkata International Film Festival
was inaugurated on 10
th
November, 2013 with
the screening of noted director, Rituparna
Ghosh's Taak Jhaank.
35) Typhoon Haiyan made a landfall in northern
Vietnam, close to the China border on 10
th

November, 2013. It claimed thousands of lives
in Philippines.
36) The two-day International Conference on
Comprehensive Cleft Care concluded in
Guwahati, Assam on 10
th
November, 2013. The
theme of the conference was Think Big.
37) Oscar Fernandes inaugurated the Two Day
International Seminar on Road Sector
38) The 11
th
ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Foreign
Ministers Meeting took place in New Delhi
from 11
th
to 12
th
November, 2013.
39) Regional Pravasi Bhartiya Divas 2013 launched
in Sydney, Australia.
40) Haryana, on 11
th
November, 2013, launched its
first food bank in order to give assistance to
the different feeding programmes in Gurgaon.
41) Union Minister of Minority Affairs K Rahman
Khan on 11
th
November, 2013 launched a
National Portal on Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
42) 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
th

November, 2013.
43) P.Chidambaram released a Commemorative
Coin of Rs. 20 a circulation coin of Rs. 5 at 125
th

Birth Anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam
Azad.
44) Benigno Aquino, the President of Philippines
declared a state of national calamity to speed
relief efforts for victims of Typhoon Haiyan.
45) Government of India, Government of Tamil
Nadu and Government of Puducherry signed
the Financing and Project Agreements for
World Bank assistance.
46) The Commonwealth Business Forum was
inaugurated by the President of Sri Lanka
Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo on 12
th

November, 2013.
47) Indian Navy on 12
th
November, 2013
commissioned the first Advanced Light Weight
Helicopters Squadron at Southern Command,
Kochi, Kerala.
48) The Industrial Production of India has grown
by 2 percent in September, 2013 mainly on
account of better performance by power and
mining sector.
49) Russia on 12
th
November, 2013 successfully
launched the Proton-M rocket carrying a
defense satellite, Raduga-1M from Kazakhstan.
50) India declared itself free from Notifiable Avian
Influenza (H5N1) and has notified the same to
the World Organisation for Animal Health.
51) Prasar Bharati and Radio-Television of Slovenia
on 13
th
November, 2013 signed an MoU to
develop and strengthen mutual friendly
relations in broadcasting.
52) Air Marshal HB Rajaram on 13
th
November,
2013 flagged in IAF Aqua Scullers on the
successful completion of their white water
rafting expedition.
53) Mallikarjun Kharge released a Ruby Jubilee-
40th Year Edition of the book titled Indian
Railway Track on 13
th
November, 2013.
54) Rapid Metro-India's First Private Metro
service started operation from Gurgaon,
Haryana on 14
th
November, 2013.
55) The 33
rd
India International Trade Fair began
at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi on 14
th

November, 2013.
56) Union Minister of Commerce and Industry
inaugurated Services Conclave 2013.
57) M. Hamid Ansari inaugurated the Fourth
Biennial Conference of Asian Society of
International Law on Asia on 14
th
November,
2013.
58) The 22
nd
Commonwealth Heads of Government
Meeting, CHOGM began in Colombo, Sri Lanka
on 15
th
November, 2013.
59) 5
th
session of India - Ukraine Inter-
Governmental Commission held in New Delhi.
It was chaired by E. Ahamed.
60) Sebastian Vettel won the United States Grand
Prix for record 8
th
successive victory.
61) INS Vikramaditya inducted in the Indian Navy
by AK Antony at Sevmash Shipyard in Russia.
It will boost the India's maritime warfare
capabilities.
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62) The 22
nd
CHOGM ended in Sri Lanka with the
adoption of the independent declarations - on
Youth, International Trade and Inclusive
Development.
63) First Integrated Checkpost along India-
Bangladesh border inaugurated.
64) India moved to the second position in the
latest ICC test ranking. South Africa is at top
position and England is at third position.
65) The host of the 23
rd
All India G V Mavalankar
Shooting Championship, West Bengal topped
the medals tally. It concluded at Chandmari
Range.
66) Malta, a southern European country was on 17
th

November, 2013 unanimously chosen as the
host of the next Commonwealth summit in
2015.
67) Germany's aviation company e- Volo on 17
th

November, 2013 tested the first helicopter
which is noiseless and emission-free named-
Volocopter.
68) Iran on 18
th
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.
69) 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.
70) The US space agency NASA on 18
th
November,
2013 launched its MAVEN orbiter Mission to
Mars Planet.
71) India on 18
th
November, 2013 successfully test-
fired the advanced version of the BrahMos
supersonic cruise missile from the Pokhran,
Rajasthan.
72) Preneet Kaur, the Minister of State for
External Affairs of India visited to Serbia on a
three day visit from 18
th
21
st
November, 2013.
73) Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the
Communist Party of the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam visited India between 19
th
- 22
nd

November, 2013.
74) Srishti Rana of India crowned Miss Asia Pacific
World 2013.
75) PM Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson,
Sonia Gandhi inaugurated India's first all-
women bank, Bharatiya Mahila Bank in
Mumbai on 19
th
November, 2013.
76) 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.
77) The Venezuela National Assembly gave final
approval to special powers for Nicolas Maduro,
the President of Venezuela.
78) Nepali Congress (NC) emerged as single largest
Party in the second Constituent Assembly
election held on 19
th
November, 2013.
79) RBI on 19
th
November, 2013 directed Public
Sector Banks (PSBs) to provide loans to women
Self-Help Groups (SHGs) at 7 per cent per
annum.
80) The Government of India approved 20
proposals of FDI that amounts 915.83 crore
rupees on the recommendation of FIPB.
81) The 44
th
International Film Festival of India
(IFFI) began at Panaji in Goa on 20
th

Novemebr, 2013 with great fanfare.
82) G77+China group walked out of negotiations on
"Loss and Damage" in UN Climate Change
conference in Warsaw on 20
th
November, 2013.
83) Sukhoi-30 fighter jet has been selected by the
Indian Air Force as the platform to mount the
supersonic BrahMos missiles.
84) Jet Airways on 20
th
November, 2013 concluded
the sale of 24 per cent equity stake in the airline
to Etihad Airways for 2057 crore Rupees.
85) MCX signed an MoU with the Dalian
Commodity Exchange (DCE) of China to boost
the strategic co-operation.
86) The Vice President of India released a book
entitled Maimaar-E-Qaun-Dr. A. R. Kidwai
edited by Mufti Ataur Rahman Ansari.
87) The Cyclonic storm Helen on 22
nd
November,
2013 struck Andhra Pradesh coast near
Machilipatnam.
88) The Heads of the Competition Authorities of
BRICS Nations signed a Joint Accord namely
'DELHI ACCORD' on 22
nd
November, 2013.
89) The 9
th
North East Business summit began on
22
nd
November, 2013 at Dibrugarh in Assam.
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90) National Aluminium Company Limited on 22
nd

November, 2013 received the EEPC
(Engineering Export Promotion Council,
Eastern Region)'s Gold Trophy for 2011-12.
91) COP-19, UN Climate Change Conference
concluded in Warsaw, Poland on 23
rd
November,
2013 by approving the new global treaty.
92) National Lok Adalat organised throughout the
country on 23
rd
November, 2013 settled a
record 28.26 lakh cases pending in various
courts.
93) China on 23
rd
November, 2013 announced that
it was set up an Air Defence Identification Zone
over an area in the East China Sea.
94) India on 23
rd
November, 2013 successfully
test-fired its nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic
missile from a naval ship off Odisha coast.
95) Iran and P5+1 group of Nations reached a
breakthrough deal on 24
th
November, 2013 to
curb Iran's nuclear programme in exchange for
limited sanctions relief.
96) India on 24
th
November, 2013 welcomed the
prospect of resolution of issues related to
Iran's controversial nuclear programme.
97) Afghanistan's Loya Jirga on 24
th
November,
2013 gave its consent on the issue of signing the
Afghan-US Bilateral Security Agreement.
98) The CCEA approved the continuation of the
Agriculture Export Promotion Plan Scheme of
the APEDA during 12
th
Plan Period.
99) Geneva II Syria peace conference set for 22
nd

January, 2014.
100) 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
th

November, 2013.
101) Thailand PM on 25
th
November, 2013 declared
a special emergency law for Bangkok after riot
police and anti-government protesters scuffled
in capital.
102) Union Cabinet on 25
th
November, 2013
approved proposal to transfer Indu Mill land
in Mumbai to Maharashtra for constructing Dr
B R Ambedkar memorial.
103) India and Malaysia signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) on 25
th
November, 2013
to strengthen co-operation in public
administration and governance.
104) "Selfie" named Oxford Dictionary's Word of the
Year for 2013.
105) Deepak Lathore won Gold and two Silver
medals in the Boys' 50 Kg category of the
Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships
on 25
th
November, 2013.
106) Reserve Bank of India on 25
th
November,
2013 widened the definition of infrastructure
lending sub category in a bid to expedite
Projects.
107) SC on 26
th
November, 2013 constituted Gender
Sensitisation and Internal Complaints
Committee to deal with complaints of sexual
harassment.
108) Pakistan army on 26
th
November, 2013
launched military operations against terrorists
in the North Waziristan tribal region near the
Pak-Afghan border.
109) North Atlantic Treaty Organization on 26
th

November, 2013 launched a three-day cyber
defence exercise "Cyber Coalition 2013" at
Estonia.
110) Reserve Bank of India on 26
th
November, 2013
allowed banks to treat loans given to medium
manufacturing enterprises as priority sector
advance.
111) Gujarat government on 26
th
November, 2013
issued notification constituting an inquiry
commission into the alleged snooping on a
woman by the Gujarat police.
112) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 26
th

November, 2013 launched the construction of
the country's biggest Nuclear power project.
113) Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) on
27
th
November, 2013 voted in favour of Dubai
to be the host city for the World Trade Fair or
EXPO 2020.
114) Nepal and the UAE on 27
th
November, 2013
qualified for the ICC T20 World cup which will
be held in Bangladesh in 2014.
115) 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.
116) Biocon on 26
th
November, 2013 announced
that it had received market authorisation from
the DCGI for its Breast cancer Drug-Biosimilar
Trastuzumab.
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117) The cyclonic storm Lehar on 27
th
November,
2013 hit the Andhra Pradesh coast and caused
severe damage in the coastal region.
118) The 9th International Heavy Minerals
Conference (HMC 2013) was held in
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh from 27
th
to
29
th
November, 2013.
119) The CCEA has approved the proposal to
undertake scientific deep drilling in the Koyna
intra-plate seismic zone, in Maharashtra.
120) A music album that contains original poems of
Swami Vivekananda was launched by Jitin
Prasada to commemorate his 150
th
birth
celebrations.
121) Italian Senate on 27
th
November, 2013
expelled ex- Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
from Parliament over his tax fraud conviction.
122) The National Green Tribunal on 28
th

November, 2013 stated that state law can't
prevail over central rules on sand mining.
123) Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh on 28
th
November, 2013
approved a proposal to create a Legislative
Council in Assam.
124) RBI has relaxed the norms for participation of
Non-Banking Finance Companies in the
insurance joint ventures.
125) Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on
29
th
November, 2013 signed a Memorandum
of Understanding with Department of AIDS
Control.
126) US on 29
th
November, 2013 exempted some
countries, including India and China, from the
tough Iranian sanctions for reducing their
dependence on Iranian oil.
127) Union Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily on
29
th
November, 2013 inaugurated the first
"Synthetic Rubber Plant" of the country at
Panipat in Haryana.
128) The National Tiger Conservation Authority
has approved the fifth tiger reserve of
Maharashtra in Nagzira.
129) Belgium has opened a Consulate General of
Belgium in Chennai. The consulate was
inaugurated by Princess Astrid of Belgium.
130) Tripura on 30
th
November, 2013 introduced
for the first time in the country PVC Electoral
Photo Identity Card as mandated by Election
Commission of India.
131) Kenichi Ito broke his own Guinness World
Record for the 100 meter dash. He runs on his
arms and legs broke.
132) The 3
rd
BRICS International Competition
Conference inaugurated by Prime Minister of
India.


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