November 2011

01 November 2011

• World Population hit 7 billion
• Baby Nargis : One of the symbolic 7 billionth babies born in Lucknow, UP
• Population growth of India in the last decade : 17.64%
• 65% of Indian population under 35 years
• Harin Raval : Additional Solicitor General of India
• Jarbom Gamlin : Resigned CM of Arunachal Pradesh
• Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration 2011 : Mohan Dharia
• CCS : Cabinet Committee on Security
• Palestine granted membership in UNESCO
• Irina Bokova : Director-General of UNESCO (UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation)
• Goraknath Temple : Temple in Peshawar re-opened
• TM Bhasin : Chairman & MD of Indian Bank

02 November 2011

• Michael Chilufya Sata : New President of Zambia
• Nabam Tuki : New CM of Arunachal Pradesh
• Mustafa Abdul Jalil : Chief of LNTC (Libyan National Transitional Council)
• Abdel Rahim Al Keib : New Interim PM of Libya
• MS Dhoni & Abhinav Bindra conferred Lieutenant Colonel rank
• Deepak Rao, a doctor & martial artist conferred major rank
• Ajay Bakshi : CEO of MAX Healthcare
• SK Goel : New Chairman of Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC)

04 November 2011

• New National Policy for senior citizens to be formed based on recommendations of Mohini Giri committee
• Anirban Lahiri : Indian Golfer
• Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) celebrates platinum jubilee
• M Narendra : Chairman & MD of IOB
• CS Verma : Chairman & MD of SAIL (Steel Authorities of India)
• India-China Bilateral trade target by 2015 : $100b
• Srikumar Banerjee : Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission
• Also Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy

05 November 2011

• Nelson Mandela conferred People's Parliament Global Award, a Meghalaya Tribal Award
• John F Kharshiing : Chairman of Grand Council of Chiefs of Meghalaya (GCCM)
• 27th National Junior Athletic Meet
• Haryana won with 27 golds
• Kerala finished 2nd
• India signs Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters
• The convention is developed by Council of Europe & OECD (Organisation for Economic  Co-operation & Development)
• Direct Tax collection up by 20%

06 November 2011

• Bhupen Hazarika : Indian Musician; PASSED AWAY
• SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) Meeting to be held at St Petersburg
• Meeting will consider
• Providing full membership to India and Pakistan
• Observer status to Afghanistan
• Turkey as dialogue partner

07 November 2011

• Kashinath Balaji : Site Director of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP)
• Shimon Peres : President of Israel
• R Chandrasekhar : Secretary of Information Technology
• Additional charge as Secretary of Telecommunications
• Chairman of Telecom Commission
• PIL : Public Interest Litigation

08 November 2011

• Manjula Chellur : Acting Chief Justice of Kerala
• Miss World 2011 : held @ London
• Ivian Sarcos (Miss Venezuela) won the title
• Sushil Kumar : Kaun Banega Crorepati 5 (TV Game Show) Winner
• To be ambassador of MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act)
• Mohan Parasaran : Additional Solicitor General of India
• To head US Body on Clean Energy Investment
• George Papandreou : Greece PM to step down
• 17th SAARC Summit (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)
• To be held at Addu City, Maldives
• Theme : "Building Bridges"
• CASA 1000 : Central Asia South Asia Electricity Trade & Transmission Project
• Russia's Order of Friendship Award conferred to D Jayakantan, Tamil writer

09 November 2011

• Ezhuthazhan Award 2011 conferred to MT Vasudevan Nair
• Conrad Murray : Doctor of Michael Jackson convicted of MJ's death and sent to jail
• "Fierce Focus" : Autobiography of Greg Chappel
• Joe Frazier : American Boxer; PASSED AWAY
• NPA : Non-Performing Assets
• Green Visakha : An ambitious plan to check pollution in Visakhapatnam
• Madan Bhimrao Lokur : New Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court
• Was Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court
• Mario Draghi (Italy) : President of European Central Bank

10 November 2011

• Moody's downgrades Indian Banking System form 'Stable' to 'Negative'
• Maharashtra tops in India's GDP contribution
• Power Finance Corporation (PFC) to launch $1b private equity fund
• Yukiya Amano : Director-General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• CSR : Corporate Social Responsibility
• Lavasa Hill Station Project to get controversial green nod
• Richard Branson : Chairman of Virgin Group

11 November 2011

• National Education Day : Nov 11
• In memory of Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, 1st Education Minister of free India
• Lucas Papademos : New Greece PM
• Mumbai to host Indian Economic Summit of the World Economic Forum (WEF)
• BICRA : Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment
• Standard & Poor's upgraded Indian Banking System from Group6 to Group5
• Mohamed Nasheed : President of Maldives
• Dhanendra Kumar : Chairman of the Committee on National Competition Policy
• India offers Pakistan Preferential Trade Agreement
• Nepal to host next SAARC summit

12 November 2011

• Coal India 116th All-India Beighton Cup Hockey : IOC beat ONGC
• Rs.6000Cr capital infusion for Public Sector Banks
• Ellen Johnson Sirleaf : Re-elected President of Liberia
• Billy Crystal to replace Eddie Murphy as host of the 84th Oscars in 2012
• Leon Panetta : US Defence Secretary
• SS Bajaj : Chairman of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
• Jst Markandey Katju : Chairman of Press Council of India (PCI)
• Veerendra Kumar : Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI)
• Chairman & MD of Mathrubhumi

13 November 2011

• LBS Under-21 Hockey : held @ Delhi
• Germany beat New Zealand
• Sultan of Johor Cup Hockey 2011 : Malaysia bt Australia
• Sebastian Vettel equals Nigel Mansell's season pole record of 14 at Abudhabi GP
• Syria suspended from Arab League
• Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani : PM of Qatar
• Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi Resigns
• Mohamed Nasheed : President of Maldives
• Rufiyaa : Currency of Maldives
• People's Majlis : Parliament of Maldives
• Sanjay Agarwal : CEO of Kingfisher Airlines
• M Kasinathan Balaji : Project Director of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project

14 November 2011

• Mario Monti : New PM of Italy
• Peter Roebuck : British Cricket writer found dead
• IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) Athletes of the Year 2011
• Usain Bolt (Jamaica)
• Sally Pearson (Australia)
• Paris Masters Tennis
• Singles : Roger Federer (Swiss) beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France)
• Doubles : Rohan Bopanna/Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (Ind/Pak) beat Julien Benneteau/Nicolas Mahut (France)
• Abudhabi Grand Prix : Lewis Hamilton (UK; McLaren) won
• Klaus Schwab : Founder & Executive Chairman of World Economic Forum
• RP Singh : Principal Auditor of CAG (Comptroller & Auditor General)

15 November 2011

• Haroon Lorgat : Chief Executive of ICC (International Cricket Council)
• FMCG : Fast Moving Consumer Goods
• Payment in cash for MGNREGA in 60 left wing extreme districts
• 17th International Children's Film Festival : @ Hyderabad
• Nandita Das : Chairperson of Children's Film Society of India
• Zafar Mahmood : Pakistan Commerce Secretary

16 November 2011

• Plan to divide Uttar Pradesh into 4 small states
• Julia Gillard : PM of Australia
• 40% of economically extractable uranium is in Australia
• Agni IV (Formerly Agni II Prime) : Range of 3000 Km
• 55th National Shooting Championship : To be held @ Balewadi, Pune
• Allahabad Bank ties up with Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to manage its management expenses and policy payments via NEFT (National Electronic Fund Transfer)
• Jindal power gets nod for Tamnar project of 2400 MW in Chattisgarh
• Serbs in Kosovo seek security from Russia

17 November 2011

• Relaxes in Nuclear liability norms
• Cabinet nod for 26% FDI in Provident Fund
• Shakira (Colombian Singer) : Appointed UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
• UNICEF : UN Children's Fund
• UNESCO : UN Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation
• Serena Williams (US Tennis Player) : Appointed UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
• Agni V : Range of 5000Km
• Cancer Vaccine : Developed by National Institute of Immunology, Delhi
• V Rajagopal : Chairman of Society of Hunger Elimination (SHE)
• Loya Jirga : name of a high level meeting of Afghanistan prepared for major events
• 150 Years of CAG commemorated by releasing Rs.150 coin

18 November 2011

• Aviation Ministry may allow 24% FDI by Foreign Carriers in Indian Carriers
• UNESCO Award for Tolerance & Non-Violence : Anarkali Honaryar (Afghanistan) & Khaled Abu Awwad (Palestine)
• Migration of low income spouses of Indian subcontinent banned in UK

20 November 2011

• Vivek Express : India's Longest & World's 8th Longest rail route service
• From Dibrugarh(Assam) to Kanyakumari - 4286 Km
• World's Longest : Moscow to Vladivostok
• Paban Singh Ghatowar : Union Minister of Development of North East
• CEAT Awards 2010-11
• International Cricketer : Jonathan Trott (England)
• International Batsman : Jonathan Trott (England)
• International Bowler : James Anderson (England)
• International Youngster : Virat Kohli (India)
• International Twenty20 Player : Suresh Raina (India)
• Lifetime Achievement : Courtney Walsh (West Indies)
• Match Winning Innings : Gautam Gambhir (India)
• Completing 10 Years in International Cricket : Virender Sehwag (India)
• Contribution To Indian Cricket : VVS Laxman

21 November 2011

• Husain Haqqani : Stepped down as Pakistan's envoy to US
• Abdureahim El-Keib : PM of Libya
• Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero : Outgoing PM of Spain
• Jawaharlal Nehru joins Singapore's Coveted Club "Friends to our Shore"
• IBSA gifts a sports centre to Palestine in Ramallah
• This is the first project completed through IBSA funding
• Bar Council of India to celebrate Golden Jubilee
• It was formed in 1961 to regulate legal profession
• Tipaimukh Dam Project : in Manipur; 1500MW capacity

22 November 2011

• UP House passed the votes for splitting the state into four
• Tahrir Square : A place in Egypt that had witnessed so much of protests

23 November 2011

• 42nd International Film Festival : @ Goa
• Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to set up a 11 member athletes committee
• The 11 members will be picked by athletes qualified for 2012 London Olympics
• "Fast Gold Loan" - a new product of Federal Bank
• Yahoo started video service
• DIPP : Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
• Mariano Rajoy : Next PM of Spain

24 November 2011

• Cyrus Pallonji Mistry : Current Deputy Chairman and Next Chairman of Tata Group
• Poly Umrigar Award 2011 : to be conferred to Rahul Dravid
• CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award 2011 : to be conferred to Ajit Wadekar
• CP Joshi : Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways
• Shery Rahman : New Pakistan envoy to US
• James Murdoch : Steps down from the board of UK Newspapers that publish The Times, The Sunday Times & The Sun
• India-UAE inks pacts on security cooperation and transfer of prisoners

25 November 2011

• 51% FDI in Multi-Brand Retail & 100% FDI in Single-Brand Retail
• Aamir Khan to be National Brand Ambassador of UNICEF after Amitabh Bachchan & Priyanka Chopra
• Bertrand Tavernier : French Filmmaker to be honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI)
• Post Office Savings Public Provident Fund (PPF) scheme to give better returns
• PPF Interest made 8.6% from 8%
• Maximum annual contribution 1 lakh
• Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) stopped
• Maturity periods for National Savings Certificate (NSC) & Monthly Income Scheme (MIS) to be 5 years
• Cabinet approves Companies Bill 2011

28 November 2011

• "Through The Eyes Of A Painter" : Film filmed by MF Husain
• Ustad Sultan Khan : Indian Sarangi Maestro, PASSED AWAY
• India-Nepal signed revised DTAA (Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement)

29 November 2011

• ATP World Tour Final : Roger Federer bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
• Calcutta Stock Exchange : only stock exchange in India which allow trade in three exchanges with single membership (CSE , NSE [National Stock Exchange], BSE [Bombay Stock Exchange])
• A consortium of Indian steel companies led by SAIL got 3 Iron-ore blocks in Afghanistan
• Kamal Ganzouri : PM of Egypt

30 November 2011

• Indira Goswami : Assamese writer; PASSED AWAY
• James Murdoch : Re-elected Chairman of BSkyB (British Sky Broadcasting Group plc [Public Limited Company])
• Michel Jarraud : Secretary-General of World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
• Jst M Karpaga Vinayagam : Reappointed Chairperson of Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, Petroleum & Natural Gas
• "300 Ramayanas" : Essay by AK Ramanujan
• Savio Medeira : Indian national Football Coach