Events of November Fourth Week (Nov 23-30, 2014)

Nov IV Week (Nov 23-30, 2014)
Date	Events
23-Nov-14	45th IFFI's tribute to dancers of Indian cinemas - Sadhana Bose, Uday Shankar, Padmini, Sandhya, Vyjayanthimala, Hema Malini, Shobhana, Madhuri Dixit, SudhaChandran and Kamal Haasan among others
	Government convenes all Party meet on CSAT exam issue in UPSC
	Achyuta Samanta, a social entrepreneur from India, is among 15 laureates selected for the prestigious Gusi Peace Prize for the year 2014
	Fr Kuriakose Elias Chavara and Sr Euphrasia (from India) were elevated to sainthood by Pope Francis
	China launches 13000 km cargo rail route from Yiwu (in China) to Madrid (in Spain); passes through 8 countries including China and Spain
	Lahore-based author Bilal Tanweer’s maiden novel "The Scatter Here is Too Great" has bagged the 2014 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize
24-Nov-14	A delegation of ten Members of Parliament from Bangladesh, led by Muhammad Faruk Khan, visited the Election Commission of India
	Promotion and Use of Hindi in the North East Region Development Programmes is Important Step in Mainstreaming North East to the Nation: Dr. Jitendra Singh
	India and Sweden celebrate 5 years of bilateral collaboration in healthcare
	Winter session of Parliament begins
	Former Union Minister Murali Deora passed away
	Former Supreme Court (SC) judge Justice Chandramauli Kumar (CK) Prasad was chosen as the next chairperson of the Press Council of India (PCI).
	L.A.V. Nathan, chairman of the SC-appointed Supervisory Committee said that, Tamil Nadu can take immediate steps to raise the level of Mullaperiyar dam to 152 feet as per provisions of the Supreme Court
	Three global organisations [World Toilet Organisation (WTO), WASTE and the Financial Inclusion Improves Sanitation and Health (FINISH)] signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to share best practices in the sanitation sector and help millions of Indians gain access to basic sanitation facilities
25-Nov-14	Mr. Nitin Gadkari flagged off Delhi-Kathmandu-Delhi bus service
	Legendary Kathak danseuse Sitara Devi passed away in Mumbai Hospital.
	Obama sacks defence secretary Chuck Hagel
	Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Commonwealth Science Conference organized by the Royal Society at Bangalore.
	India and Nepal sign 10 MoUs
	Twin City Agreement between Ayodhya-Janakpur; Kathmandu-Varanasi and  Lumbini-Bodh Gaya
	India and Nepal were now powered by the "engine of trust" - Modi
	Supreme Court slammed the governments of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi for their failure to stop female foeticide
	Union Health Ministry likely to ban the sale of loose cigarettes and impose a higher fine for smoking in public
	Sania Mirza was named a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for the South Asian region by UN Women
26-Nov-14	18th SAARC Summit begins at Kathmandu, Nepal; Theme: “Deeper Integration for Peace and Prosperity”
	National Milk Day (Birthday of Dr. Verghesse Kurien)
	India has voted against a UN General Assembly draft resolution calling for moratorium on the use of death penalty
	The Lok Sabha passed a bill to amend the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act to include leader of the single largest opposition party as a member of the selection committee to choose the CBI chief.
	Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Mr. Anoop Mishra will be the new Secretary General of the Lok Sabha
	Pune Marathas won the inaugural Champions Tennis League 2014 by defeating Delhi Dreams
27-Nov-14	The TVoA (Tourist Visa on Arrival) enabled with ETA (Electronic Travel Authorization) Scheme will facilitate nationals of 43 countries to travel to India for tourism for a short stay of 30 days
	Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley revises the target for opening of accounts under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) from 7.5 crore to10 crore by 26th January, 2015
	Australian batsman Phillip Hughes became the first international player to die from an injury suffered while batting
	The E. Sreedharan committee for delegating tendering and commercial powers for railway projects to lower levels of bureaucracy submitted its interim report to Union Railway Minister
	Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders (Amendment) Bill 2014, to include more castes under the Scheduled Castes category in four states -- Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tripura and exclude one caste from it in Sikkim was passed by the Lok Sabha
	SC suggests B. Srinivasan to step down from BCCI also says CSK must be suspended without any further probe
	RBI eases norms for small banks
28-Nov-14	India Signs Agreement with ADB for a Loan of Us $100 Million to Support Kerala’s Additional Skill Acquisition Program
	Defence Minister Mr. Manohar Parrikar said in Lok Sabha that, at present, there is shortage of 2776 scientists in Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
	A total of 99 suicide cases have been reported from the Armed Forces this year - Mr. Manohar Parrikar
	India accounts fort he highest number of TB cases in the World - WHO
	7 States (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal) identified locations for AIIMS
	The Supreme Court asked the Centre to continue with German language in KV schools instead of imposing Sanskrit at the middle of the curriculum. Asks Centre to impose Sanskrit from next year
29-Nov-14	Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off a passenger train from Mendipathar in Meghalaya to Assamese Capital, following which Meghalaya found a place on the country's railway map
	Bhartiya Mahila Bank is targeting a deposit base of Rs. 1000 crore
	First trial of 15 minutes test for Ebola to take place soon in Guinea
	Namibia voted in Africa's first electronic ballot (India's EVM used)
	Mauritius has ordered a Dornier-228 aircraft costing Rs. 100 crore from Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. for sea surveillance
	Prime Minister called for the privatization of railway stations to equip them with better services, and said that the government has decided to allow 100% FDI in the railways to spur modernisation.
	President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya at Bhubaneshwar. The Mahavidyalaya was set up in 1964 by the then Chief Minister of Odisha, the late Biju Patnaik.
30-Nov-14	India's P V Sidhu won Macau Grand Open Prix
	All India Conference of Directors General/Inspectors General of Police - 2014, in Guwahati
	‘Leviathan’ (Russian film) bagged the Golden Peacock Award for Best Film in IFFI - 2014
	An umpire and former captain of Israel's national cricket team Hillel Oscar died after being hit by a ball which had just been struck by a batsman.
	Baichung Bhutia becomes the first Indian footballer to be inducted into AFC's Hall of Fame
	Union HRD Ministry said that, her Ministry would celebrate sage Thiruvalluvar’s birth anniversary every year
	American geologists have named the earth’s most abundant mineral as "Bridgmanite".
	The statue of Squadron Leader Mahinder Singh Pujji, who arrived in Britain in 1940, was unveiled in Kent in England.

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